2001 Coralden Occupation

The 2001 Coralden Occupation was an event which took place in 2001 at the end of the Dragonrain Wars. In order to stop the Dragonrain Wars (sometimes called the Second Elvish Civil War, King Ithlandiel XXII of Phoenixia sent 2 battalions to neutralize Coralden and Dragonia (the two Elvish provinces fighting). At the time, the 1995 Bombing of Keirihaki had driven the Dragonian Chief into a rage, including the Sieze of Leric in 1999; the Dragonians overwhelmed the defenses at Bo-laia and pushed the Rainic defense back about halfway into their territory before the Phoenixians intervened. In 1996, General Lux was court-martialed and filed for execution for his order on Keirihaki, but was imprisoned by King Trevor VIII of the Rainbow Tribe for several war crimes. During this time both Tribes had (accidentally) slain Phoenixian Knights as collateral damage at Leric, and Ithlandiel would not accept this. In February of 2001 he gave an order and sent the 408th battalion to the Dragonian capital, Vulcannus, and the 177th battalion to the Coralden capital, Letheria. Letheria, being on the lagoon, was surrounded by the battalion's navy and surrendered within two hours after a minor shelling campaign by the Phoenixians (the Phoenixian attack yielded no deaths, but several injuries for Rainbow tribers within the city). King Trevor VIII ordered his Knights to stand down and the Phoenixian 177th General took control of the city. Trevor VIII was imprisoned for several war crimes (including the collateral death of Phoenixians during the Sieze of Leric and the slaying of civilians during the bombing of Keirihaki in 1995). He was replaced by Trevor IX. The fortresses of Aun and Bo-laia were neutralized by an additional battalion, and all parts of the province surrendered. Dragonia did not surrender for an additional 2 weeks, but the 408th General managed to neutralize their capital city, Vulcannus. The Coralden citizens lived their normal lives after the initial attack, and tribal practices were allowed to continue under Phoenixian supervision. Three additional battalions were brought for reinforcement in 2008. In early 2002, the Mistui Initiative was signed as a peace offering from Trevor IX to the Dragonian chief L'au.