Thraxian Civil War
| Thraxian Civil War | ||||||||
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 Military situation as of 25th November 2024 | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| Shapurians | Navidans | Hashemites | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Shapur XIV Prince Jahangir |
Navid III Princess Mina | Jared Hashemi | ||||||
| Units involved | ||||||||
| all feline units | unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
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6,000 humans 16,000 cats | 9,000 humans | 7,500 humans | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
| 152 | 31 | 92 | ||||||
The Thraxian Civil War is an ongoing military conflict taking place in Zargothrax between three factions led by King Shapur XIV, his father King Navid III and his former Chief Advisor Jared Hashemi. The war began after Shapur's eldest daughter Princess Mina revealed that her grandfather Navid was still alive via a social media livestream, causing Hashemi to attempt to seize power by granting himself emergency powers due to the now-contested nature of the throne.
The conflict is ongoing, with all three factions holding substantial territory across the country. Both Shapurian and Navidan forces are regularly engaging Hashemite forces, but have been reluctant to engage each other, despite no official ceasefire existing between the two factions.
Background
In 1996, an unknown disease spread throughout Zargothrax, killing Shapur's brothers and leaving him with brain damage. He later converted from Zoroastrianism to Cosmic Infinity, and again later created his own splinter religion where he himself is a translator for "feline prophets". Shapur spent little time on matters of state, leading Jared Hashemi to take on more and more elements of power.
Timeline
On the 5th November 2024, Princess Mina of Zargothrax broadcast live from her phone revealing her grandfather was alive. Jared Hashemi then declared that Shapur was an illegitimate king because his father was alive - while simultaneously claiming Navid was illegitimate by being legally dead. He therefore granted himself emergency powers. Navid and Mina fled Castle Zargo; while Shapur fled separately with his eleven resident cats. Navid and Mina travelled to the island of Khasira; while Shapur travelled to his family's ancestral city of Szarghomet; in ruins for several centuries. All three would-be rulers then began to invite feudal lords across the country to declare allegiances.
Factions
Shapurians
King Shapur's faction is headquartered in the House of Zargo's ancestral home city of Szarghomet in the far south of the country. They also hold territory around an uninhabited area which has been named "Camp Demon" as Prince Jahangir was supposedly present on a "demon-hunting mission" when civil war broke out.
King Navid's territory surrounds the city of Alwadha on the island of Khasira; while he also holds the western half of the island of Sharquaksia as well as a slice of mainland territory.
Hashemites
The self-styled Regent Hashemi's territory remains headquartered in the official capital of Castle Zargo, but is otherwise spread throughout the country where pockets of popularity for anti-monarchy causes have formed. This is causing supply-line issues for the Hashemite faction.