Stehevar Secessionary Wars

The Stehevar Secessionary Wars were a series of ongoing conflicts between the Kingdom of Iadria and its three Frontier Duchies of Eaddovar, Baghramia and Midatham. The only Iadrian lands east of Leogoth, the Frontier Duchies had been acquired by King Castor I nearly a century earlier in the Wars of Eastward Expansion. Ever since, they had resisted Iadrian rule, but the stable Menestas Dynasty kept the turbulent lands secure. The War of Iadrian Succession, lasting until 6A 166, saw the extinction of the Menestas bloodline and significantly weakened the King’s control over his far-flung territory. The new King, Alastair II Silvane, was forced to concentrate on rapprochement and reconstruction within Iadria proper during his initial reign, leaving the Frontier to slip ever further into chaos. In 6A 172, with Iadria barely recovered from its civil war, the Duchy of Eaddovar proclaimed its independence from the Crown, forming a new Principality east of the major Iadrian garrisons in the Duchy. This attempted secession was quickly followed by proclamations from the Duchies of Baghramia and Midatham, each supported by their respective eastern monarchs-in-exile. Within the span of a few years, Iadria found itself embroiled in a full-scale war to retain control of the Near East. While Iadrian garrisons and the advancing Royal Legions were able to maintain dominance in most of the Frontier region, determined secessionist forces clung to whatever territory they could, waging both guerilla and conventional warfare against the Western armies. Enjoying primarily clandestine support from the powerful realms of Midaria and Ibbathis, both of which were eager to see Iadrian dominance in the Near East collapse, the secessionist forces proved impossible for overstretched Iadrian troops to fully eliminate.