Otsuk War

Otsuk War
Date 1815-1818 Location Otsuk Result Athsudan victory, Otsuk put under a personal union with Athsud
Belligerents
Athsud	Kingdom of Otsuk
Strength
X	X
Casualties and losses
TBA	TBA

The Otsuk War was a conflict fought between the Kingdom of Otsuk and Athsud. The conflict was started after the reigning King of Otsuk died, and the King of Athsud forged evidence to support himself as the successor to the throne. The subsequent denial of the throne to the King of Athsud, and the placing of a legitimate claimant on the throne prompted the King of Athsud to declare war. This war is the main cause to why Otsuk is still part of Athsud in the modern day.

Background

Post-Milevian Otsuk

Since the fall of the Milevian Empire in the 17th century, Otsuk was a loose confederation of duchies and chiefdoms bound together by a king, who acted as a figuredhead with some loose political power. Though a mojrity of power layed in the hands of the dukes and chiefs, who gathered together in the Clan Council. In the late 18th century, this structure began to break down in Otsuk, as an influential clan managed to forge and bribe their way into getting their preferred successor onto the throne, tightening their grip around the duchies and chiefdoms that weren't under their management. This eventually lead to a devastating civil war that saw the overthrow of the (I don't actually have a name for the clan oops), and the death of entire family lines. The now shaken Monarchy was given to the leader of the most influential clan that fought against the (clan name here). The civil war lead to paranoia of outside clan influence, and the old Clan Council was entirely abolished, transforming Otsuk into an absolute monarchy.