Wars of Western Expansion

In the year 1600 A.H., 200 exploreres were sent west, to chart the western part of the continent and establish a land link to the other coast. After exploring for a month, the party was ambushed by natives The Fotkorl, who killed about half the group, and took them to their village. There they were tortured and deliberatly starved. After about a month of imprisionment, a group of 20 men escaped, although only 15 made it back to civillised territory.

Upon hearing these news, the Emperor, His Holyness Horlont Jaffir the II, called for the formation of an army, to spearhead a massive colonisation effort to the west. The resulting conflict would become what is officialy known as the Wars of Western Expansion (1601 - 1623 A.H.)(also known as: The Aboriginal War, The Western War, The Indian Wars)

The opening battles of this conflict showed how little Franberry knew about war. The first thrusts into Fotkorl territory were met with failure, as units quickly retrated back into civillised territory. The only things that were saving the army from total destruction was steel weapons (swords and muskets), but apart from that the Fotkorl had more men, better knowledge of the area and war and some excellent leaders. About a year of defeats passed before the Army's first true victory over the Fotkorl, The Battle of Janpol, were the army, re-trained by foreing experts smashed a much larger Fotkorl host. After the battle, the army started to expand slowly into native territorry, with colonist establishing towns and cities not far behind the army's sweep. It would take 18 more years, some more defeats and much more victories until the last symbol of the strength of the Fotkorl fell, their capital of Vaan. The Battle of Vaan was a grueling 2 month process, in the spring of 1621, which singalled victory for Franberry.