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The Algazi League were the main force in trade in the Gulf of Ishenar at the time, but both Norjihan and Szezkia had designs on extending their influence over the region. The Szezks had attempted to try and increase control via diplomatic methods, negotiating deals with various countries, including giving the Algzai League several islands in the Ishenar in 1663. Meanwhile, Govegz II launched what he called the 'Ishenar Plan', an attempt to tighten Norjihani control via expansion. This meant the construction of a giant navy, funded via loans from the Algazi Union. Alongside this, he demanded a great levy from his subjects, especially the Princes of Istan who he tried to exert a much greater control on than prior; when the Principality of Istan had been subsumed into Norjihan in 1612, the princes had been granted much greater autonomy, and had even married into the House of Rona. This attempt by Govegz to curb the autonomy of his vassals was met with much animosity, including a rebellion in the North in 1665; this was only defeated when the Princes of Istan intervened, with the promise they would have their autonomy returned to them. | The Algazi League were the main force in trade in the Gulf of Ishenar at the time, but both Norjihan and Szezkia had designs on extending their influence over the region. The Szezks had attempted to try and increase control via diplomatic methods, negotiating deals with various countries, including giving the Algzai League several islands in the Ishenar in 1663. Meanwhile, Govegz II launched what he called the 'Ishenar Plan', an attempt to tighten Norjihani control via expansion. This meant the construction of a giant navy, funded via loans from the Algazi Union. Alongside this, he demanded a great levy from his subjects, especially the Princes of Istan who he tried to exert a much greater control on than prior; when the Principality of Istan had been subsumed into Norjihan in 1612, the princes had been granted much greater autonomy, and had even married into the House of Rona. This attempt by Govegz to curb the autonomy of his vassals was met with much animosity, including a rebellion in the North in 1665; this was only defeated when the Princes of Istan intervened, with the promise they would have their autonomy returned to them. | ||
This build up was seen as a threat by Szezkia, who feared an invasion; Xhodiar, who thought Norjihan may try to inncrease their control in Isugza; and Asmal, who were worried Govegz may try to take back the former territory of the Viceroyalty of Istan (especially given Voren Lordinal, Prince of Istan, had become one of Govegz's most trusted generals and advisors). This fear was all but confirmed by the Norjihani invasions of Gemet and Sroyos in 1664 and 1667 respectively. Govegz hoped that by controlling territory on both sides of the Ishenar, Norjihan could act as a gatekeeper who could control what went in and out. | |||
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The War of the Grand Coalition, also called the 'Szezko-Norjihani Colonial War' was a conflict in South Baredina from 1668 to 1673 over control of trade in the Gulf of Ishenar, as well as an attempt at Norjihani expansion under the colonialisation programme of Norjihan. The war began in 1668 when Norjihan attempted to launch an invasion of Niofe, territory of the Kingdom of Szezkia, and became a war in which Norjihan tried to establish their domination over the Ishenar region, strengthen their grip on their Hemeshi colonies and eventually take Szezkia itself. The war was fought between the The Kingdom of Norjihan and their Isugzan puppets against the Grand Coalition of the Kingdom of Szezkia, Xhodiar, the Algazi League and Asmal, as well as a revolt led by Voren Lordinal, Prince of Istan, who claimed the Norjihani crown.
Background
Norjihani-Szezk Relations
The House of Rona, starting from Govegz I Rona in 1306, had ruled Norjihan for 353 years when Govegz II took the throne in 1659, after the mysterious death of his father Malac IV. It was under Govegz I that Szezkia has become an independent state, after the Szezk Genocide and the Coup of 1306, in which Govegz attempted to wipe out the Szezk royal family, and after the War of the Three Armies - which resulted in Szezkia's sovereignty being at least partially accepted by Norjihan - the two governments remained highly suspicious of each other. The House of Rona called themselves 'Kings of the Szezk, Vanquisher of the Ill-blooded', in a deliberate attempt to incense the Szezks, and trade between the two nations was completely banned from 1306 until 1592, and even after then was heavily restricted, with particularly heavy tarrifs imposed on the Szezk by the Norjihanis, and vice versa. Relations had never really got off the ground when Govegz II became King, and he swiftly reimposed the ban on Szezk trading, and in 1662 attempted a blockade of Avdjereg in an attempt to force the Szezks to give up the Lailum Field, a symbolic gesture as that is where one of the most famous massacres of the Szezk Genocide took place. Whilst Govegz II was forced to lift the blockade after the Szezks threatened all out war, he still saw it as an expression of Norjihani force.
Norjihani Expansionism
The Algazi League were the main force in trade in the Gulf of Ishenar at the time, but both Norjihan and Szezkia had designs on extending their influence over the region. The Szezks had attempted to try and increase control via diplomatic methods, negotiating deals with various countries, including giving the Algzai League several islands in the Ishenar in 1663. Meanwhile, Govegz II launched what he called the 'Ishenar Plan', an attempt to tighten Norjihani control via expansion. This meant the construction of a giant navy, funded via loans from the Algazi Union. Alongside this, he demanded a great levy from his subjects, especially the Princes of Istan who he tried to exert a much greater control on than prior; when the Principality of Istan had been subsumed into Norjihan in 1612, the princes had been granted much greater autonomy, and had even married into the House of Rona. This attempt by Govegz to curb the autonomy of his vassals was met with much animosity, including a rebellion in the North in 1665; this was only defeated when the Princes of Istan intervened, with the promise they would have their autonomy returned to them.
This build up was seen as a threat by Szezkia, who feared an invasion; Xhodiar, who thought Norjihan may try to inncrease their control in Isugza; and Asmal, who were worried Govegz may try to take back the former territory of the Viceroyalty of Istan (especially given Voren Lordinal, Prince of Istan, had become one of Govegz's most trusted generals and advisors). This fear was all but confirmed by the Norjihani invasions of Gemet and Sroyos in 1664 and 1667 respectively. Govegz hoped that by controlling territory on both sides of the Ishenar, Norjihan could act as a gatekeeper who could control what went in and out.