Arcadian War for Independence

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Concurrent:	Nine Years' War (until 4441PCZ)
Next:	Gallian Revolution
Arcadian War for Independence
Beginning:	Yuisk 15th, 4439PCZ
End:	4447PCZ
Place:	Northwest Nekcroz: Angevin & Arcadia Grand Line: Uther Islands
Outcome:	Treaty of Rylord Albion recognizes the independence of Arcadia. Bankruptcy in Gallia combined widespread oppression of lower class leads to the Gallian Revolution. Arcadian hybrid-government formed: Jacob Cadwallader coronated as the first King of Arcadia Matthew O'Connell elected the first President of Arcadia
Major Battles	Battles of Halkridgon & Jarctod Siege of Garodon Battle of Dorick Hights Siege of Torkfall
Belligerents
Arcadia Ganonsyoni Talmyrnia Gallia Starkland Kraftriket Värdland
Albion
Commanders
Jacob Cadwallader Matthew O'Connell Lothaire V
Georgina III

The Arcadian War for Independence, also referred to as the Arcadian Revolution or the Arcadian Rebellion, was a conflict for freedom by the Serene Kingdom & Republic of Arcadia in northeastern Nekcroz.

Prelude

The origins of the Arcadian Revolution date back to the early days of the Salrinoan Revolutionary Wars (4432 – 4450PCZ) to the far north of Aquilonis. The Arcadians were inspired by the movements of independence from a government that had failed their people and many thought: "If they can do it, why not us?". They had reason to think so, as resentment against the Albinese government had been growing for years.

Albion had been levying high taxes on varying things in Arcadia for years, without the consent of the locals. These taxes were primarily to pay for the debt they had accumulated as a result of overspending on several wars in recent decades, which were primarily on expansion in Nekcroz and Tarak, both against mainland Soligaian powers and native nations in Nekcroz and Tarak, including the ongoing Nine Years' War (4432 – 4441PCZ). These taxes were seen by the locals as a threat to Arcadia's autonomy, which, while still legally Albinese subjects, had long since grown accustomed to governing themselves with their own local charters due to Albion preoccupying itself with internal matters and territorial expansion. Each time certain patriotic groups – referred to by the populace as the Arcadian Resistance – local governing authorities, and even influential local nobility, managed to get the taxes overturned through varying means, including acts of protest and economic threat, but finally the Albinese Monarchy tried to exert their authority over the territory by force by sending the Royal Army to enforce Albinese rule.

War

War Begins

On Yuisk 15^th, 4439PCZ, a simple patrol in central Arcadia turned into open engagement when the residents of the small town of Halkridgon, some of them Resistance Militia, met the patrol on the open plain outside the town and demanded that the patrol go around the town. The lieutenant in charge of the patrol refused and both sides shouted back at each other. Finally, a musket shot rang out of nowhere (no one knows which side, if either, fired first) and both sides exchanged volleys.

The Resistance Militiamen of Halkridgon were forced to withdraw after several volleys and fell back to the neighboring town of Jarctod. There a larger, more prepared, contingent of armed Resistance Militia stood ready. After nearly three hours of back and forth battle with every type of weapon available, the Resistance prevailed and the Albinese were forced to retreat. The Albinese made haste back to the port city of Garodon, their base of operations in Arcadia, all the while pursued by the rebel army, which was growing in number with each step as people from all over flocked to it.

As the Albinese made it to the safety of Garodon, the rebels wasted no time surrounding the the city, beginning the Siege of Garodon.

The Tide Turns

With the conclusion of the Nine Years' War in 4441PCZ, Albion was able to commit its full forces to the ongoing war in Arcadia. At this point they were determined to achieve victory in a desperate need to show strength, as they had lost both territory and credibility in both Nekcroz and Tarak as a result of the Nine Years' War.

Aftermath

While the war achieved its desired outcome of gaining Arcadian independence from Albion, the aftermath also had far-reach consequences for other parts of the world.

Gallian Revolution

In Gallia, the country was rendered bankrupt as a result of overspending to fund the conflict, leading to a long-term economic depression. Poorly thought-out plans to remedy the situation, including raised taxes, only sowed resentment against the government among the lower class. In 4451PCZ, the people finally snapped when the latest tax on their staple foods resulted in a mob storming the imperial palace, the senate, and the residencies of various noble families, beginning the Gallian Revolution.

While the imperial family escaped the fall of the palace, anti-monarchist politicians rallied the people into the cause of republicanism. While the emperor set up himself and his loyalists in a far off city, the leaders of the revolution declared the establishment of the Republic of Gallia. Civil war ensued until the imperial government was defeated seven years later; Emperor Lothaire V (Lothaire Guillaume-Ludovic de la Gloire) was executed by guillotine, and his family fled into exile in Starkland, homeland of his wife, Empress Hermine.

While the Gallian Republic endured for the better part of fifty years under good leadership, in the last decade of its tenure the new leadership was poorly managed, primarily as the newly-elected president sought to establish himself as president-for-life and become the sole dictatorial ruler of Gallia. Widespread famine and economic collapse resultant from this led to increased poverty and renewed resentment with the government. In 4515PCZ, new revolts and a power struggle within the government caused Gallia to collapse and implode in on itself, breaking into at least seven states of varying governing types; three kingdoms and four types of republics. This period of division endured until 4526PCZ, when the kingdom ruled by House Glaçons – a cadet branch House Gloire, the former ruling house of Gallia – launched a campaign of conquest with Meridiño aide, culminating in the "Valois Restoration" with the reunification of Gallia under House Glaçons as the new royal house of Gallia.

Revolution in Tarak

A generation after the end of the Arcadian Revolution, independence movements in central Tarak gained traction and gave way to the Taraki Revolutionary Wars, a series of conflicts for autonomy or independence from the Commonwealth of Edwardia, a dominion of Albion.

Notes & Trivia

• The Arcadian War for Independence and the aftermath was primarily inspired by the American Revolution.
  • The fact that Albion was still fighting another war when the Arcadian War broke out was inspired from the War of 1812; i.e. Britain was still fighting the Napoleonic Wars when the United States declared war on Britain in 1812.
  • The Gallian Revolution is primarily inspired by the French Revolution.
• The town of Jarctod is pronounced "/jark.tɔd./".