Palace War
Palace War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Olboros forces | Yobátmás forces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ještrún V | Koruos the Butcher | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
High | Very high |
The Palace War (also known as the Olboros-Yobátmás Conflict) was a war fought in Ekuostia (modern Barradiwa) over the course of five years between 1512 and 1517. The war followed shortly after Palace City was freed from Neviran rule in late 1511 by armies led by the Olboros dynasty from Letzia, who themselves fought for independence from the Neviran Empire merely two years prior during the fallout of the attempted Neviran assimilation of Saovia. Palace City itself was very weak due to mismanagement by the generals put in charge there, and the assimilation (which affected their resources) only served to damage their hold further. The Olboros forces easily drove out the Neviran garrison and declared the Ekuostian population free of tyranny.
After the city was freed, the exiled Yobátmás host led by Koruos II (often known as "Koruos the Butcher") began marching south from Rydkes to thank the Olboros bannermen for freeing their home; however, Koruos's host was denied entry into Palace City, and Ještrún V of Gšons proceeded to publically declare himself Yesron I, Emperor of Ekuostia, planning to hand Gšons off to his brother. Koruos immediately responded to the move with a declaration of war, and thus the fighting began. After five years of back and forth in the Ekuostian hinterlands, the Olboros forces emerged victorious.
The war is fairly well-known among the general public for being a turning point in Ekuosian history as it effectively sealed the status of House Olboros as a powerful force in the region, and from this point they would only grow stronger. The war was featured as a major story arc in the fourth season of the critically-acclaimed historical drama River of Crowns, which documented the fallout of various events in Ekuosia occurring between 1507 and 1517.