The Hallengardian Civil War

The Hallengardian Civil War was a Hallengardian conflict, fought by Lauch supported The Kingdom of Loyalist Hallengard and The Kingdom of Free Hallengard for the control over a reunited Hallengard.

Origins of the conflict
When the Kingdom of Aedwin declared independence from the Empire of Lauchette, they torched the Lauch ships and defeated the Lauch troops residing in their territory. After the White War ended, the Lauch troops, unable to return to Lauchette, took refuge in Hallengard.

Meanwhile Edmund Warde, the King of Aedwin sent Kedran Herrehold, the governor of Hallengard a call to arms, to aid them in the war against Lauchette, in exchange for Hallengaridan freedom, however Kedran declined the offer. As this was the second time he denied freedom from his people, a rebellion arose spearheaded by his steward, Gorge Haberford.

The Lauch court feared that Aedwin could take advantage of a Hallengardian uprising, so they decided to negotiate, and split Hallengard to two seperate kingdoms, in hopes of pleasing the rebels: Free Hallengard, a sovereign Hallengaridan kingdom, and Loyalist Hallengard, a Lauch controlled vassal. Furthermore Lauchette guranteed the independence of the newly formed free kingdom, but only with the condition of not joining the war.

Albeit Gorge accepted the offer, the Free Hallengaridans weren't statisfied with how half of their knigdom remained under Lauch control, and only four months later, Free Hallengard invaded it's Loyalist counterpart.

The Battles
Although the majority of the Hallengardian army was on the loyalist side, their morale were much lower, as many of them did desire their freedom from the Lauch Empire. The Free Kingdom wanted to liberate the Hallengardian towns, in many they were met welcomed with cheers.

The Loyalists thought they couldn't force enough of their Hallengardian regiments to fight the rebels, so they established a strong defence of the capital, hoping to hold out until the army of Lauchette arrives.

The rebels had the higher manpower, however nearly all the assaults of the siege were failures. Meanwhile Aedwin, with the help of Ostar and the Guild of Greenfields were already fighting Lauchette on the sea. Once Aedwin was confident they had the naval superiority, King Edmund rode up north to aid Free Hallengard in their siege.

As the Aedwinian regiments arrived, a rebel victory was assured. King Gorge offered to spare the lives of everyone who surrenders to them, and shortly after the Loyalists decided to lay down their weapons.

Aftermath
Hallengard was reunited as one kingdom, and the Loyalist was abolished, however as nearly all of them decided to stay down, most members lived on in the reunited kingdom, which lead to numerous activities even after the war was over. The biggest of them was the assassination of King Edmund Warde.

The sparing of the Kedran Herrenhold would also escalate into both internal, and external conflicts.