War of the Calaran Ocean

The War of the Calaran Ocean was the first of several wars between Haleglar and the Taronian Coderite Empire. It began when the Coderites unknowingly captured Elizabeth Gathian, daughter of Haleglar's King Oriathon V and soon had the two nations engaging in naval engagements of unprecedented size throughout the Calzon Sea.

The War lasted from 1849 to 1853, when a Halglaran fleet led by Prince Darian Gathian broke through the Coderite barricade at Tegalfia and evacuated the Halglaran troops from the Diamond Isles. A ceasefire between the two combatants lasted until 1868 with a brief Coderite invasion on the Halglaran home island of Nimoraa.

Information
Start Date: Tellird 1849 (Haleglar begins to mobilize against the Costaratan Empire)

End Date: Ninetho 1853 (Halglaran soldiers are pulled from the Diamond Isles)

Combatants: Taronian Coderite Empire vs. Haleglar vs. Pirates of Crystal Cove (1849)

Leaders:

-Haleglar: King Oriathon V of Haleglar, Royal Guard Commander Imerond Freeor, Admiral Miron.

-Coderite Empire: _ _.

-Pirates of Crystal Cove: Pentol Pallonil, Beldarion Bardor.

Major Battles: Battle of the Flagships (1849), Third Battle of Calzon (1849), Battle of the Diamond Channel (1853) Siege of Tegalfia (1853)

Age of Exploration
In the 1840s, Haleglar, under new king Oriathon V, began sending ships out eastward to discover what lands lay beyond them. In 1848, the king's oldest daughter Elizabeth was sent on one of these voyages as a gift for her sixteenth birthday. Her ship never made it back to Haleglar and she was stranded out in the Calzon Sea, four thousand miles from Haleglar, with only a few companions. She stayed on at the city-state of Calzon City for a while but during that time it was taken over by the Taronian Coderite Empire and she was taken prisoner.

Word Reaches Haleglar
Eventually, news of this came back to Haleglar via Royal Guard Beldarion Bardor and, after long months of deliberation, Haleglar began to prepare for war, both to rescue the princess and to claim Calzon and other surrounding islands for Haleglar, a crucial step in gaining supremacy in the Calaran Ocean.