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* 2: Sections of the Isenbury-Alexandretta Railway Line are restored up to Fuilbak. The [[Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe|Tyġ°ryġ°yh]] and [[Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe|Ć'eleiedźak'°eh 'Azeh]] arrive in force, under the personal command of [[Salome|Mamyr Aslanpx°e]], at Þresz Hverne. Engineers are brought forward under Ŝḥenĉeł'y escort to assess the usability of the next stretch, connecting Þresz Hverne to Uvnmark.
* 2: Sections of the Isenbury-Alexandretta Railway Line are restored up to Fuilbak. The [[Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe|Tyġ°ryġ°yh]] and [[Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe|Ć'eleiedźak'°eh 'Azeh]] arrive in force, under the personal command of [[Salome|Mamyr Aslanpx°e]], at Þresz Hverne. Engineers are brought forward under Ŝḥenĉeł'y escort to assess the usability of the next stretch, connecting Þresz Hverne to Uvnmark.
* 11: Elements of the [[Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe|Tyġ°ryġ°yh]] equip for deep penetration and disperse into the hills
* 11: Elements of the [[Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe|Tyġ°ryġ°yh]] equip for deep penetration and disperse into the hills
*22: Reforms announced by the Magistra of the [[People's Academy of Elwynn]] would see it enter into a relationship defined as ''spiritual communion'' with the [[Church of Elwynn]], mandate the enrolment of all academic staff and students as members and apprentices of the Guild of Academicians respectively, and introduced "days of obligation" where apprentices would undertake fifteen days of labour on designated public projects in their locality. Protests, campus sit-ins, and resignations ensued.


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Part of Timeline of Modern Benacia

1685 AN

I.1685

  • 1: Celebrations erupt in Shirekeep as the year 1685 is proclaimed a Year of Jubilee in Shireroth, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Kaiseress Noor's entering of Shirekeep and ascension to the throne after the Oustfest Massacre and her subsequent election the Kaisership the previous year.
    • Salome delivers a speech from the parapet of the Bâb-an-Nûr to an assembled crowd of Shirekeepers, Palatini Corpsmen, Ŝḥenĉeł'y, and visiting dignitaries, to mark the date of her great grandmother's ascension to the Golden Mango Throne.
      "40 years is the Year of the Ruby Jubilee. Ruby, the Gemstone of the Sun, the Light of the World, whom this nation called Noor. Blessings upon her memory, and fortune upon her progeny."
    • Cedrist Temple, Mirioth (Sathrati): At a ceremony officiated over by Aurangzeb al-Osman and the Council of Sathrati, the magnates of Amity, Miriroth, and Yardistan attend as officiants performed the sacrifice of forty bullocks and forty Deep Singers made as burnt offerings before the Shadowed Halls of Mors. As the scents of roasted meats ascended towards the heavens, the attendant feudal lords and representatives of the Honourable Company joined together in an acclamation directed towards envoys of the Golden Mango Throne arrayed in splendour upon a raised dais, draped in cloth of gold, and overlooking the heaped smouldering pyre:
Kaiseress of Kaisers, the greatest of Kaisers! (repeated 8 times)
The Gods gave you to us! May the Gods save You for us! (repeated 27 times)
As Kaiseress, pious and felicitous, may You rule for many years! (22 times)
For the good of the human race, for the good of the Landsraad, for the good of the Imperial Republic, for the good of all! (24 times)
Our hope is in You, You are our salvation! (26 times)
May it please our Kaiseress to live forever! (22 times)
May You pacify the world and triumph here in person! (24 times)
  • 3: By Royal Decree a special visa is established for all participating teams, their staff and guests in the Benacia Cup, which is organized by the Kingdom of Batavia.
  • 4: Minister of the Exterior, Aloys Serratus, is heard screaming "they would have absurdity and name it law!" during a meeting with his subordinates.
  • 20: The Joint Tribunals for the Southwest and for the Southeast are opened, with the designated purpose of identifying and prosecuting any private companies, front organizations, and individuals in the Global South who aided the Guttuli Protectorate regime in its crimes.
  • 21: Having met to discern the validity of Letters Patent found amongst the prisoner's effects, the Council of Sathrati determined that the appointment of Lord Daniel Mortis du Grifos to the Lord Lieutenancy of the island of Amity by the Kaiseress of Shireroth was found to be in good order. This decision, combined with the previous ceremony of acclamation held on the fortieth jubilee of the Kaiseress Noor's return to Shirekeep, effectively marked an acknowledgement of Imperial sovereignty for the first time since the Kalirion Fracture in 1671.
    • The Lord Grifos was shortly thereafter recovered from the oubliettes lovingly preserved by the Jaysh al-Sathrati in Arg-e Ardashir and reunited with his retinue and permitted to continue on to the port of Erudition, there to find lodgings.

III.1685

  • 9: Following the funerary procession back to Raynor's Keep, after the burial of Ayreon IV, Johan Anderion is detained by the Chamber of the Crypteia and placed into confinement in The Kelb.
  • 11: Following an investigation by the Internal Security Bureau (Benacia Command), a full Board of Enquiry, convened by the Manpower Directorate of Benacia Command, determined that the execution of the Salbnan, Godascalc Berahthram Vasilescu, was a miscarriage of justice orchestrated, by the Salbnan Salbnan, Ansovald Aldebrand Popescu, to cover for his role in the mishandling, poor deployment, and ultimate destruction of the XXXII Salb; a defeat which ensured the subsequent collapse of the Black Legions garrison on Florencia. Salbnan Popescu was summarily executed by strangulation upon the formal reading of the Board's verdict.
  • 12: Wedding of Selardi Jen Daniyal to Ardashir Jahangir al-Osman held at Sakatopolis in the Valley of Mors. Members of the House of Osman previously gathered for the Funeral of Kaiser Ayreon IV were in attendance along with their retinues, representatives of the N&H and Honourable Company, as well as celebrants and revellers hired for the occasion. Wedding vows and blessings were conducted in the Zurvanite fashion albeit culminating in a Cedrist pyre-sacrifice of roasting oxen and subsequent feast. Many Alalehzamini notables crossed the border to attend the feast and to offer their congratulations, along with gifts of pomegranates, jewellery, luxury consumer goods, and envelopes of cash, to the newly wedded couple.
  • 14: Johan Anderion is arraigned in his cell at the Kelb, listing off his crimes to conspire to support the genocidal regime in the Lower Elwynn. The Joint Tribunal on Crimes in and for the Lower Elwynn issues indictments for 107 other conspirators of the Guttuli regime based across the Benacian continent, half of whom are already in confinement in Shireroth or other Raspur Pact nations.
  • 15: The Imperial Judex finds in a case between Batavian tradesman Roeland de Klijne and the Kaiseress (De Klijne v The Kaiseress), the unilateral ending of the application of the Shirerithian Customs Area to Batavia to be illegal. Imperial Government sends a letter to the Batavian government, informing it of the decision, and apologising for the error. The government brings up several violations of the treaty, and asks for Batavian cooperation in solving those violations.
  • 23: The return to public life of Frederik Haabye Truls is marked by the announcement of the birth of his second daughter, Kari Noor Truls, born to the Third Consort, Mariyam Guadalim.
  • 24:
    • The Kurpla Conference ends the minor conflict by restoring the monarchy under the Line of Drak and establishing a power sharing arrangement between the rival chancellors.
    • Isor Verion received the Loyal Address of the remaining Verionist officers in the garrison of the city of Chryste and acclamation of the crews of the ships of the Iron Fleet in its harbour, who thereafter loudly petitioned and clamoured for him to accept the titles of Captain-General of the United Benacian Defence Force (Bat: Verenigde Benacische Weermacht), and Admiral-General of the Free Batavian Navy (Bat: Vrije Bataafsche Marine). The tumult continued throughout the night until, at length, Isor Verion appeared on the balcony of the Hotel Astoria in downtown Chryste and - seemingly moved by genuine emotion - he proclaimed to the assembled soldiery milling about below that he would accept the burden placed upon him to become their Captain-General. Thereafter he donned the crimson sash that would denote his new rank and announced, to deafening cheers, an accession donative to be paid to all men of the forces who had remained loyal to the Verionist banner in Benacia during its darkest times. Celebrations continued in the bars, brothels, and casinos of the city for the next three days unabated.

IV.1685

V.1685

  • 12: Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr, eminent retired statesman and former Sardar of Alalehzamin attended the wedding celebrations of a nephew and his grand-daughter in the Bailiwick of Islus. Festivities continued long into the night and the aged centenarian was seen to be in some discomfort, where upon he was allowed to retire into the private chambers of the groom's family. Whilst recovering in the nighttime cool of the apartment's sheltered rooftop veranda, Mehr suffered an aneurysm whilst left alone in the company of a pair of tea dancers who had been instructed to attend to his health and give warning of any deterioration. In spite of being airlifted to an ESB-run private clinic in Ardashirshahr Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr was pronounced dead upon arrival. Ten days of official state mourning were thereafter declared in the AAR.
  • 17: State funeral for Firdaus Abdollahi Mehr held with dignitaries from across Elwynn and the world attending.
  • 18: Elwynnese politics: Livist Party announces its break-away from the Nationalist and Humanist Party.
  • 19: After obtaining confirmation of the news that the worldwide Vanic Web had begun to collapse irreparably, Princess Helena Strand submitted to the Council of Eliria a bill funding the construction of several new monuments and statues celebrating the Elwynnese people, Liv Dravot, and the end of Vanic influence across Micras.
  • 20: Princess Helena Strand's Liv Dravot statue bill passed the Council of Eliria with 9 votes to 2 (the DSWC members voted against).

VI.1685

VII.1685

  • 1: Nila Valgarai, Conducător of the Congressional Government in Elwynn and Democratic princely candidate for the upcoming elections, is forced to resign after the Daily Mail & Telegraph of Eliria publishes an article on Valgarai's investment banking schemes. The article shows quite clearly that Valgarai had set up an illegal tax avoidance scheme. The Democratic Party subsequently withdraws from the princely election but refuses to endorse any other candidates, "The Democratic Party trusts its voters". In the congressional counties, the Elwynnese Workers' Party is considering not cooperating with the Democratic Party for the selection of the next Conducător, and invites the Ayreonist Alliance and the Nationalist and Humanist Party for discussions on whether a three-party non-democratic coalition can be found. "The mandate for the Democratic Party to govern is clearly gone", as one spokesperson said.
  • 3: The Autokrator of Constancia issues a decree [1] forever suppressing the Church of the Froyalanish Ancient Ways, as well as practice of Froyalanish Ancient Ways within the Imperial State of Constancia. This same decree, among other provisions, declares all subjects and nationals of the High Realm of Stormark as [[2]] of the Imperial State under the patronage and protection of the Autokrator, with minors as wards of the Imperial State. Another decree grants formal diplomatic recognition of the Imperial State of Constancia to the Kingdom of Amokolia, and an ambassador is appointed.
  • 16: Constancian ambassador to West Amokolia, Aileen Zarou, meets King Kir for an audience. During the audience, she proposes a marriage between him and the 67-year old Princess Olympia of Constancia. The ambassador is politely rebuffed.
  • 20: The Elwynnese Workers' Party and the Democratic Party of Elwynn conclude a deal whereby Pedyr Mekaarveq would be selected as conducator in the Congressional Counties, to head a minority government with the confidence and supply of the Democratic Party, until the next scheduled elections.

VIII.1685

IX.1685

  • 1: Palatini Artillery begin bombardment of the rocky hills along and behind the Guttulinese Pandor defensive line, in Tippin.
  • 2: Localised bouts of intense and narrowly focused electromagnetic interference degraded radio and telegraphic communication networks, civilian and military, in Ank, Barrowfield, Meszor, and Svalbarh between the hours of 6 AM and 12 PM. Concurrent with this phenomenon, legacy data nodes inherited from the Benacian Data Network began to fail in a cascade further degrading those supplementary electronic communication systems that relied upon fibre-optically networked computational servitors. Levels of interference lowered in increments across the afternoon before ending entirely by 4 PM.
  • 17: After concentrated bombardments of Pandor Station XI and XII, elements of the Guard Kampioen Cuirassiers engage and cross into Protectorate territory. Following behind are Maltenstein Circle Militia.
    • A numbers station, operating on a shortwave radio frequency, began broadcasting from an undisclosed location in Ransenari administered Upper Lunaris.
  • 18: Operation Carrion – the longstanding plan for a campaign of sustained aerial bombardment against military, industrial, and political targets in the Guttuli Protectorate was initiated by the air forces of the Southern Banner Group of Benacia Command.
    • The action commenced at 1:49 AM, local time, when Streïkrupp-bi-Łoidi "Ruanled" (six GAV-5(P) Nereid led by two GAV(P)-6 Zephyr ) engaged Guttuli radar sites along the Lowbrook Line, a network of prepared positions facing the frontier with Drak-Modan, with the intention of blinding the Guttuli Corps in a crucial sector.
    • At 2:03 AM two UGB F-10 Carnifex with terrain following radar led 22 F-8 Shrikes in a strike package against command and control hubs located in Lowbrook.
    • Concurrent with the preceding action, a brace of S-3 Schlächter ballistic missiles began to fall on Meszor, twice an hour, every hour, for the remainder of the day. Trajectories appeared to indicate a launch point somewhere within the interior of the isle of Amity in Sathrati.
  • 19: Reports of arson, sabotage, and attempted assassinations directed against Guttuli Corps personnel in occupied Lunaris were reported to have spiked across a 24-hour period. Suspicion fell inevitably upon the Children of Salus, hitherto thought to have been suppressed following a doomed insurgency.
  • 20: Maaqa Kalirion-Alnavion is invited to Ardashirshahr by the Sardar i-Azam, Aurangzeb Tokaraizadeh al-Osman, to explain the proposals of the National Movement for Human Ecology concerning the "reorganisation of society into communes for harmonious labour and natural beauty" to the government of the Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic.
  • 22: Guttulinese forces, massed at Uvnmark, launch a counterattack into Tippin in an attempt to dislodge the occupying Imperial force. The main thrust falls upon militia and auxiliary, with the lack of armored units noted.
  • 23: Guard Kampioen Cuirassiers, having detached from the main invasion force, cross into Fulmin and into rear of the eastern edge of Pandor Line, coordinated with artillery strikes from the north.
  • 24: —
    • Brookshirian Militia and Auxiliary forces are ordered to retreat back through the gaps made into the Pandor Line. Sappers continue their work to disable casemates along the defensive line up until the retreat is complete.
    • Laqi bullroarers buzz in Þresz Hverne, behind the western end of the Pandor Line. Guttulinese infantry are deployed along the roads connecting Pandor fortifications together and build makeshift fortified positions in the main settlements in Þresz Hverne. It is determined that only a minimal number of Laqs can traverse the impassible rocky highlands located between the Pandor and Lowbrook Lines.

X.1685

  • 1: Guttuli Corps Headquarters issues a general mobilization order for all troops on home rotation, with governing agencies to release all unnecessary officers on secondment to the government so that they may command field units.
  • 2: Elwynnese princely elections: Kamilla Winther of the N&H is declared victor in the election. Results are appealed by Amin al-Beebullahabadi on the grounds of electoral fraud. Investigation begins.
  • 15: The Elwynnese Electoral Commission publish their findings, declaring that the allegations of Mr al-Beebullahabadi are baseless. Kamilla Winther is immediately sworn in as Princess of the Elwynnese Republic, with a formal accession ceremony scheduled for the following month.
  • 16: Benjamin Sluyjs, President of the Commission for the Integration of Amokolia arrived in Tsofnhafen and greeted Kir Azariah Vidar, titular king of West Amokolia as "Citizen Kalirion". Thunderstruck at this insult, Kir demanded to know by what authority the East Amokolian Premier had been empowered to present his credentials unto him thus. Sluyjs responded that, by the fresh mandate of Her Serenity the Princess Elect, the Commission was to henceforth assume responsibility for the governance of West Amokolia and the suppression of the Vanic remnant within its borders. Kir refused to continue the audience further. Sluyjs responded that it was not matter and that Citizen Kalirion would receive the time required to collect his effects and prepare for returning to life as a private citizen.
  • 17: Kir Azariah Vidar spent the day in consultations with the Parliament of West Amokolia and the government in West Amokolia. While he had considerable support to remain monarch (mainly from the Mishalacian National Movement, the Conservative Party of Amokolia, and the Conservative Monarchist Party), the other parties in the Parliament felt that Amokolian reunification could only occur within Elwynn, and that an "annexation" of East Amokolia into an independent Kingdom of Amokolia would be a "pie in the sky" (as one member eloquently put it). The Parliament, with a slim majority, then advised the King to accept the credentials, and replace the West Amokolian executive with the Commission headed by Benjamin Sluyjs. The King then telephoned his sister the Kaiseress for advice.
  • 18: In the early hours of the day, King Kir of Amokolia issued a decree in which the executive powers under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Amokolia would be vested in the council of ministers, that is the Commission for the Integration of Amokolia into the Elwynnese Republic. He then boarded a jet that took him to Shirekeep. A statement from the Royal Palace in Tsofnhaven said that the King had not abdicated but "merely acted on the advice of the Parliament whom he serves". If the Parliament votes to end the monarchy, "the King will be happy to give that bill his royal assent".
  • 19: The Commission for the Integration of Amokolia declared the Parliament of West Amokolia to be an unlawful institution and ordered its immediate suspension pending the apportionment of new bailiwicks and the tabling of an Amokolian general election, provisionally scheduled for 01.III.1686.

XI.1685

Protests in Frankfurt-am-Oder
Sector Sub Commands tasked with assisting the reorganisation and reconstruction of Amokolia.
  • 12: Convention of Tsofnhaen marks the capitulation of West Amokolia to Benacia Command and Elwynn. The process for the reorganisation of West Amokolia and preparations for its reunification under Elwynnese sovereignty began from this point.
    • Protests arose in Frankfurt-am-Oder against the so-called "Convention of Tsofnhafen". Sayings like "We will not be enslaved to Elwynn!", "King Arkadius, have mercy!" and "Only Arkadius can free us!". The Germanian protesters, condemned for their Vanic Taint, were subsequently dispersed by axe-wielding Amokolian lumberjacks bussed in by the UDF for the occasion. A bounty was paid for each protester felled. The protesters will use their firearms if they are attacked.
    • In Elwynn, there were protests in Eliria, La Terre, and Caligae against the violence against the protesters.
    • Communications breakdown in the northwest quadrant of the Guttuli Protectorate, as a series of explosions destroy landlines connecting the various Guttuli Corps installations in the region. Due to EM interference by the Raspur Pact, high priority is placed on restoring basic trunk services, and to use messengers to communicate between headquarters and combat units. Reserve troops that had been equipped and deployed for the front are recalled to provide security at each municipal headquarters.
  • 13: Guttuli Protectorate#Guttuli Corps Headquarters uses broadband radio to issue encoded directives to each of its deployment zones cut off from regular communications. It is repeated several times throughout the day and on multiple frequencies so as to overcome communications interference.
  • 14: Kir Azariah Vidar, King of Amokolia, penned his abdication, without selecting a successor, amidst having been shamed by the Elwynnese occupying powers. He asked the new constituent assembly (to be elected in the coming year) to decide upon the future direction of the country. He stated that he was "no Amokolian," and, addressing the Amokolian nation, had "no right to make decisions on your behalf; no, the decision on the future of your country is yours alone". He then set off for the Two Martyrs where he vowed to devote himself to physical and mental exercise, and to the establishment of order and good government there.
  • 15: Protests erupted in Tsofnhafen against Kir's abdication, urging him to come back. Protesters were angered by the UDF treatment of Kir. "He was not Amokolian by birth or blood", one protester said, "but he fought for us – the only man who ever fought for our nation". Elwynnese flags were seen to be burned in certain quarters.
    • 39,000 cudgellers deployed into West Amokolia to spearhead the restoration of public order, humanitarian relief efforts, and the commencement of reconstruction works. A detachment of cudgellers was tasked to address the humanitarian situation in Brandenburg with whatever "Malexander" pattern tents and ration packs are available.
  • 16: West Amokolia - New ordinances issued. The Military Occupation Authority in West Amokolia divided the country into five Sector Sub-Commands, each with an appointed military governor and a brigade strength Sector Reconstruction Team formed from units of the UDF and the Corps of the Gentlemen-at-Cudgels. Personnel from the Amokolian Highlanders and the Royal Amokolian Army, upon the surrender of their arms, were transferred to the Fröjaländarläger Malexanderstad for demobilisation, debriefing, and screening to identify participants in war-crimes and those who remained under the sway of the Vanic Taint. With regards to the civilian population, assemblies of more than six citizens were prohibited except in circumstances specifically authorised by the Sector Sub Command Military Governor, the carrying of firearms in public spaces was prohibited, and gun-owners were obliged to register with the local judicial office of the Sector Sub Command for an assessment of their right to receive a firearms licence.
  • 19: A messenger, Uscz. Liet Kuis, sent to issue deployment orders to reserve units based out of Pandor XXVIII through XXXIII, returns to Uvnmark without his escort, bearing a letter written from Kaiseress Salome to the Protectorate Military Council. After an examination and debriefing, it is determined that the Uscz. Kuis and his escort had been captured shortly after leaving Uvnmark, that Kuis had no indication of who had captured him, or where they had held him over the intervening days, except that it was always outside or in tents.

XII.1685

  • 2: The bodies of a Guttulinese night patrol are discovered in a pile outside Lowbrook, stripped bare and mutilated, identity confirmed by their identification disks. Reserve troops deployed to the Lowbrook Line are assigned to Bandit-Hunting duties.
  • 3: The Gaton region of the Guttuli Protectorate is placed on lockdown, with curfews extended from early evening to morning. Checkpoints are established along every major road throughout Districts I and II (western Guttuli).
  • 7: Farmers in Alsin, Uidast, Uvnmark, and Farhuil report seeing men, dressed in mottled camouflage fatigues, steal from their stores and livestock.

XIII.1685

  • 10: Commission for the Integration of Amokolia publishes its findings for a united Amokolia within Elwynn: Elwynn to be derepublicanized, Mishalacia to be its own autonomous country in the form of a principality, and West and East Amokolia form one autonomous country, and the Congressional Counties to be renamed Upper Elwynnese Republic. The findings also showed that most of the Unified Governorates' Mishalan would be ceded to Elwynn in return for Isor Verion's handover of Lower Batavia to it (and subsequent marriage to Ayesha al-Osman). Elwynn's foreign commissioner, Rivka Sendyx, says that she has received the full support of the Lower Batavian government to go ahead with this deal.
  • 11: The proposal for Lower Batavia to join the UGB is signed off by Isor Verion. Immediate protests and surprises in Lower Batavia - the government there had not been consulted, and threw a fit.
  • 13: A section of soldiers in Guttuli Corps uniforms arrive at Alexandrit Hydroelectric Power Station with orders to arrest members of its leadership board. Instead, they plant and detonate explosives. Power to Alexandrit is limited to key sectors of the city, leaving the civilian quarters in rolling blackouts.
  • 15: Isor Verion, faced with rebellion, vetoes the Lower Batavia handover deal. Raspur Pact angered.
  • 16: West Amokolia is formally united with Elwynn. New constitution ratified by the Council of Eliria. Elwynn is officially renamed the Elwynnese State.
  • 17: Lower Batavia declares its independence from the United Benacian Republic; UBR subsequently dissolved. Free Batavian Navy ordered to go under the command of the Unified Governorates as Isor Verion's last attempt at gaining Ayesha al-Osman's favour. Unternehmen Trotz, launched by the Black Legions without prior knowledge of Isor Verion's new orders to the fleet, resulted in the loss of an aircraft carrier, a cruiser, and two destroyers. The incident is the cause of acute embarrassment but after a command-level conference featuring suitable mutual apologies and the exchange of hostages, the attacking force then altered its mission objectives to cover the evacuation of the Second Fleet to the port of Klymdown.
  • 19: Protests in Mishalan against the failed unity of the Mishalacian state.
  • 20: The Alalehzamini Autonomous Republic and Unified Governorates governments propose a deal whereby Northern Tellia and the Transelwynnese bailiwicks would join the UGB in return for Mishalacia's unity under Elwynn.
  • 22: Council of Eliria ratify the AAR-UGB deal with a unanimous vote. Elwynn's foreign commissioner, Rivka Sendyx, commits suicide, leaves a note with the words, "I lied. May the Icebear forgive me."
  • 23: The former Prince of Elwynn, Frederik Truls, incapacitated by illness at the start of his second term, was recalled to public duty by his wife, the current Princess of Elwynn, Kamilla Winthers to serve as Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for the Court of the Prince.

1686

I.1686

Highly visual propaganda leaflet airdropped by the Southern Banner Air Force over the Guttuli stronghold of Gator
  • 01: A 144 heavy bomber raid, escorted by 192 F-8 Shrikes engaged in the suppression of enemy air defences, targeted the former Kern Industries manufacturing plants and adjacent dockyards in Musica.
  • 7: A bandit-hunting patrol comes upon a camouflaged encampment in the Kristfaln-Bervas woods. Taking caution, the patrol calls in reinforcements rather than engage it directly. The ensuing battle and disbursement of the camp results in thirteen confirmed Laq kills.

II.1686

  • 8: Operation Yellow. After several months of testing the Guttulinese Frontier, Imperial troops launch a series of pinning attacks against Guttuli Corps positions in Tippin. Guttulinese reserve troops are deployed forward, on the expectation that Imperial troops would attempt to exploit the gap in fortifications they had made during the previous year's incursion.
  • 20: Operation Yellow. Palatini armored units spearhead an attack against Guttulinese fortifications on the western Pandor Line.
  • 22: Operation Yellow. The Kampioen Guard Cuirassiers raise the Ayreon Banner in Þresz Hverne. The Third Apollonian Guard, with attached Woodshire and Maltenstein Militia, circles around Salb Envin Battle Command C, preventing its disorderly retreat eastwards to Uvnmark.
  • 23: Protectorate Military Council holds an emergency meeting at Gaton to discuss the invasion crisis. Labor battalions and reserve infantry are deployed to the Uvnmark-Þresz Hverne boundary to begin establishing a defensive perimeter to contain Imperial Troops. Salb Hagraa Battle Commands B and C are ordered to redeploy away from the Lowbrook Line to exploit the northern curl of the Lowbrook Line's defenses to prevent Imperial troops from expanding southwards.

III.1686

  • 3: Salb Hagraa troops and Kampioen Guards engage one another in southern Þresz Hverne.
  • 4: Salb Hagraa Battle Command B's Mobile Headquarters is ambushed by a Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe cell of the 3rd Pesyk'°ehe F'yc'ehe, while establishing itself at Western Station LXIII. The ensuing chaos at HQ coincides with a renewed offensive by Kampioen et al. troops.
  • 9: Western Station LXIII is razed after several days of fighting in the tunnels. A detachment of militia are left to guard the rubble for any Guttulinese troops that attempt to unbury themselves.
  • 18: Ŝḥenĉeł'yhe and Apollonian Guards meet near the village of Fuilbak, in southeastern Þresz Hverne, to resupply and drop off POWs captured over the intervening months of their forest operations.

IV.1686

  • 2: Sections of the Isenbury-Alexandretta Railway Line are restored up to Fuilbak. The Tyġ°ryġ°yh and Ć'eleiedźak'°eh 'Azeh arrive in force, under the personal command of Mamyr Aslanpx°e, at Þresz Hverne. Engineers are brought forward under Ŝḥenĉeł'y escort to assess the usability of the next stretch, connecting Þresz Hverne to Uvnmark.
  • 11: Elements of the Tyġ°ryġ°yh equip for deep penetration and disperse into the hills
  • 22: Reforms announced by the Magistra of the People's Academy of Elwynn would see it enter into a relationship defined as spiritual communion with the Church of Elwynn, mandate the enrolment of all academic staff and students as members and apprentices of the Guild of Academicians respectively, and introduced "days of obligation" where apprentices would undertake fifteen days of labour on designated public projects in their locality. Protests, campus sit-ins, and resignations ensued.
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1680–1684
Timeline of Modern Benacia
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