Aurelian Civil War

After the end of the Osean Continental War, Brioche II had become old and ill. His doctors expected he would at most have another two years in him. As Brioche II had no true blood heirs, he asked Rizzardo of house Kannan to come to Aurelia and become his adopted son and claim the throne of Aurelia. Brioche II and Rizzardo had become friends during the Directian occupation of Aurelia during the Osean Continental War, and Brioche trusted him deeply. Rizzardo himself was of the Directian Imperial family and the cousin of the Emperor. However, before Rizzardo could be officially declared heir, Brioche II passed away. When Rizzardo announced his adoption, backed by much of the royal household, much of the public resented the idea of a Directian, and one who had occupied Aurelia no less, on the throne. Some refused to accept him as king, and riots ensued. Worse still, Ethan Gold, supposed illegitimate son of Brioche II, formed an even more militant group and claimed the throne for himself, backed by much of the Aurelian people.

Throughout the mid-to-late 2070s, the war was a stalemate, with the respective leaders focusing largely on repairing their damaged economies. Rizzardo Kannan recovered the city of Digne, which had been seized by rebels during the schism, while Ethan Gold heavily besieged the rebelling city of Gryphus. By the end of 2080, Rizzardo shifted his sights to regaining the final rebel city, Tillius; it seemed as though, lacking a formal declaration of war, reclaiming the rebels was of the greatest priority for both sides.

In the early 80s the tides changed however and the forces of the Imperial Republic of Aurelia gained a distinct upper hand, pushing back Gold rebels to their last bastion at Wles. In his desparation Ethan Gold gathered his remaining followers and moved them north in a list ditch attempt to defeat Rizzardo's forces. On his way north Gold's forces encountered an Imperial Legion under command of Tannis Kannan heading towards Erusia for a parley. For reasons currently unknown (possibly confusion?) Ethan's forces unsuccesfully attacked the Legion. The Independent Republic of Directus immedietly declared war on Ethan Gold in response and moved Tannis's Legion south towards Wles, destroying any rebel forces on the way.

See also:

Imperial Republic of Aurelia

New Aurelian Army