Stories of the Losavral War

[Flaming]

November 24th, 6 PM

It had been over 400 years since the borders of the region of Ikaranara were threatened by an external force. There was, of course, the Great War, but it had been an internal revolution that had done the Father States in. No, to have an enemy on the border of the Ikaranarean heartland was unprecedented. And unprecedented times would be met by unprecedented measures.

The generals sat in a meeting room. Their primary objectives were so, so simple.

Recapture Atrissian Tzara and prevent civilian casualties.

Every person in that room knew that the veneer of simplicity was a deadly lie. If it were a state, maybe it would be that easy. But they had nearly 50 years of foresight. They may have had 3 divisions all ready to cross the borders, and an additional one-and-a-half divisions from their Losavral and Pasten allies, but those numbers meant nothing if all the men got killed.

They wouldn’t just be facing terrorists. No, they’d be facing Terra Firma, an organization that had evaded and eluded even the Izaakians from who they hailed. Their ferocity and infamy were only surpassed by that of the Reizen Independence Movement.

The issue? Ikaranara had fought the RIM before. Terra Firma was new ground.

The communists were strong on their own, and having Terra Firma on their side meant that Ikaranara couldn’t just mount an offensive. The terrorists would turn the land into a killing field, and every inch gained would be paid in blood. That was an unacceptable outcome. Ikaranara was past the age of sweeping offensives. They would be careful, quick, and overwhelming when they struck. They would be the ones drawing blood.

There was still a sense of unease when the orders were given to start the operation. But they were in too far. The war had already started, and it was going to happen whether they liked it or not.

And so, they gave the order. Operation “Axaltra” was on.

[Flaming]

Xarabos, Atrissian Tzara (Occupied by the Losavral People’s Front)

The LPF had always claimed to be for the people.

Vakrê could beg to differ.

The Atrissians had dominated Atrissian Tzara ever since it was conquered during the War of the Two Coalitions. The Ikaranareans had incorperated their portion of Tzara into Narus, but they had let the Tzarans keep their unique regional culture, especially after the Great War.

The Atrissians were not so kind. Ironically, they were one of the founders of Losavra- the “Land of many-” but throughout their history since Losavra’s founding, they had oppressed other groups. Their oppression of the will of the Akon Islanders kicked off a border-war between the remaining Triangular Empire and free Losavra, and for the lucky Akon Islanders, the Triangular Empire took the island back. The Tzarans were not so lucky.

The LPF had formed as an organization to push socialist and communist ideas onto the people- eventually, by force. The Tzarans, who had fundamental disagreements with the idea of a command economy and many other aspects of the ideology, were not receptive. As many Atrissians flocked to the ideology, they started calling the Tzarans foolish, saying that what was being done was being done for their own good. There was violence against the Tzarans, and many quietly stayed in their homes, afraid for persecution for speaking out against the LPF.

Now, it was going too far.

For every Tzaran, it was clear as night and day why the LPF had launched attacks into Ikaranara. The day the Atrissian government broke off from the central Losavral government at the bidding of the LPF, thousands of Tzarans had started moving west to cross the border into Ikaranara. The LPF in Atrissia knew they could not defeat Ikaranara head-on- so, they launched a barage of missiles to force Ikaranara to close the border for the first time since 1965. It sent a clear message. Nobody was leaving.

Vakrê could not stand for this, so she had been at the head of organizing a large protest of over 4,000 who would march near the headquarters of the LPF and demand that they cease attacks into Ikaranara long enough for refugees to leave the area. It had been carefully planned to avoid weapons and violence. They were hoping that if the Atrissians were not able to work with them, they would at least let them leave.

They should not have been surprised when bullets started raining down on them.