THE SEASON TURNS TO SPRING.READ DISPATCHES?
As the seasons of war turn ever on, may this dispatch find you in fair health and fairer counsel. Within this brief missive, I have enclosed rumours and accounting of the war’s ebb and flow: the banners raised and broken, alliances sworn and sundered, whispers from court and camp alike, and the toll each clash has taken upon our fair Calorum.It is my hope that these tidings will serve you well. May the light of the Bulb guide your judgment and grant you advantage where your fortune yet wavers.In service and vigilance, on this day of Brightdawn, 1194, I remain yours,
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VEGETANIA
Major Alliances: None
Major Conflicts: Fructera, Ceresia
Neutral with Candia and the Dairy Islands.
Vegetania and Fructera's conflict is at the heart of the Ravening War.
Opposed to the Meatlands through the Meatland's alliance with Fructera.
FRUCTERA
Major Alliances: Meatlands
Major Conflicts: Vegetania, Dairy Islands, Candia
Aligned with Ceresia through Ceresia's ally, the Meatlands.
Although Fructera's main conflict focuses on Tomaté’s claim to the Vegetanian throne, its allies have involved Fructera in their own conflicts.
CERESIA
Major Alliances: Meatlands
Major Conflicts: Vegetania, Candia, Dairy Islands
Ceresia's democratic Senate has been overtaken by an imperialist semi-dictator. Uneasily allied with the Meatlands, it seeks conquest of neighboring territories. Temporarily aligned with Fructera through their alliance with the Meatlands and their mutual adversary Candia.
MEATLANDS
Major Alliances: Fructera, Ceresia
Major Conflicts: Dairy Islands, Candia
The Meatlands are a collection of tribes that span the northern continent atop Calorum. It is uneasily allied with Ceresia.
DAIRY ISLANDS
Major Alliances: Candia
Major Conflicts: Fructera, Meatlands, Ceresia
As a critical geographic kingdom in Calorum, whoever controls the Dairy Islands controls much of the coastal access to the rest of the continent. Its conflicts are mainly to do with other countries looking to control access to ports rather than any political conflict with the Dairy Islands itself.
CANDIA
Major Alliances: Dairy Islands
Major Conflicts: Fructera, Ceresia, Meatlands
Candia entered the war with great reluctance after a long neutral period at the start of the war. Its priorities involve defending its ally, the Dairy islands, rebuffing Ceresian imperialist forces, and ending the war.