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War of 1707 (outdated)
Total civilian dead: 250,000+ - 500,000+
Total dead: 900,000+ (highest estimate)
The War of 1707, commonly called the War of Unification (Estandér: Guerra da Unificação), War of Conquest (Lútenian: Guerra de Conquista) and the War of the Brothers (Cisaltannine-Algaréan: Guerra de ls Armanos) was a war fought in Estandé, where its end resulted in a unified Estandér state from Corvallé to Rineo under the administration of the House of Gandarão-Colinça, commonly known as the House of Estandé-Abrasendé. The war came to be after the idea of 'Setenismo' quickly enlightened many people, following the ideas of Bartolomeu Abraão da Socia, the creator and the first to advocate the unification of Estandé. This spread would not be witnessed by da Socia himself, as he died a few decades before in 1643. Da Socia's main reason for unification was the overall hegemony of the 'superior' Estandér culture, which came to dominate the medieval-to-early modern Estandér landscape; with most of the population of old Estandé speaking Estandér and even abandoning their culture and embracing Estandér culture. Otherwise, other ideas included the protection of the land that the descendants of the Septenians resided in and to keep away foreign powers.
Ambrósio of Estandé succeeded his father, Afonso VII, a few decades after the War of 1707. He was an avid reader of da Socia's works and thus, he was thoroughly influenced by said writings and the ideology that these books had within. The ailing Afonso VII picked his eldest son, Ambrósio, to be his regent until 1701, when he died from complications of pneumonia. Ambrósio was crowned Kingdom of Estandé after and married the eldest daughter and only surviving child of the King of Abrasendé, who died in 1705, effectively uniting both Abrasendé and Estandé from thereon and the subsequent establishment of the Kingdom of Estandé-Abrasendé. Ambrósio was at the helm of the Setenismo concept and allied with Dom Teodoro IV of Lútenia in 1706, promising him more lands to the west of the Leuctam River from the lands of the Kingdom of Sidora. The Duke of Querta and the Duke of Montaña-Branca distrusted the Estandér-Abrasendér and prepared for the inevitable and that was the betrayal of the Estandér.
War in Sidora
An ultimatum was given to the King of Sidora, Dom Frederico VII, on January 7th of 1707. The ultimatum demanded the lands of the Pomentese March and the lands west of the Leuctam River, which was followed by extremely unbalanced demands that would have been disastrous for the economy and the already fragile political state of Sidora. Naturally, the Sidorans declined and prepared forces. The first battle was, surprisingly, a Sidoran victory -- known as the Battle of Setujo de Manta in the lower half of the Manta River in what's now southeastern Upper Sidora. The Sidorans, although at this time severely weakened by a decentralised government, had effective tactics that won them a few battles that humiliated the Estandér-Abrasendér army until more reinforcements came after the Campaign of the East had ended in 1710. The Sidorans utilised shock tactics that were used to great effect, as in the Battle of Setujo de Manta, the undaunting and unbreaking Sidoran lines continued pushing on even when they were met with enemy fire. This advancing group later split into three columns, one of which turned to flank the army of General Monterroso, and effectively having the Sidorans win in Setujo de Manta. This tactic worked in the early to middle parts of the campaign until these tactics were proven ineffective and costly after grapeshot was used more often by Estandér-Abrasendér artillery batteries.
The War in Sidora saw the invaders beaten back until the very end. During the early days of the campaign, when Lútenian forces were driven back to Setusmo by Sidoran infantry, they were given a chance; a chance to stop the Estandér-Abrasendér plans of uniting Estandé while also getting land west of the Leuctam River and possibly even more as long as they helped them with their ally. The Lútenians betrayed the Estandé-Abrasendé on the 17th of August, effectively joining in the side of the anti-Estandér-Abrasendér coalition. The combined forces of the Lútenian and Sidoran military could not cross the Alta mountains and when they tried to, they would get picked off by Estandér-Abrasendér light infantry.
The Pomentense March had proven to be a gateway to the east as Upper Sidora was fairly flat in its south, thus, most of the bloodshed and battles were fought in this location. --WIP-