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🪖 The Time Is Now 🪖
The international call of France to attack the Greeks for the nationalization of the Suez Canal. For the Adriatic Kingdom this was merely a good reason to go to war for however, with the mockery of Crete and the ever growing desire of taking Epirus it was a natural move for them to invade the Greeks solely for those reasons at least for now. Their sudden government change would signify that the negotiations have fallen apart and that the Adriatic Kingdom would respond with a declaration of war against Greece for the island of Crete and the Epirus region of Greece with thousands of troops being lined up in the border they had with Greece, with troops from the mainland arrived to Albania through the Adriatic which was being protected by the Adriatic Fleet.

As troops were amassed in the border between Albania and Greece, the fleets in Sicily and Naples were starting to set sail to support the French in the battles in the sea which will determine the success of this war against the Greeks whose dominance in the Mediterranean seas was uncontested, and will prove difficult to eliminate if their efforts are done separately. Fleet Admiral Diego would be in charge of pulling off a miracle in the seas by using the Acclimators they bought from France while using their own ironclads which thanks to the Sicilian initiative of making more ironclads they had plenty to work with as part of the Regia Marina was protecting the transportation of regular infantry, artillery, etc to Albania where they launch a land assault of the Greek mainland in Epirus with Joseph and Napoleon, who was removed from Illyria and sent to Albania, to work with the generals Nicolao, Ignazio, and Vita to make the operation run smoothly hoping that more nations join the war against Greece to make their fronts a lot bigger.

The logistic specialists were transported all the way to the shores of Naples and Albania in order to secure the transportation of all the raw materials and resources they needed for the campaign. The idea was to take all of Epirus and if the situation required it, move South to take Athens and force the Greeks to surrender, and hoping having a strong hand in the negotiations and annexing not only Epirus but the whole coastline of Greece that was close to the Adriatic and the annexation of Crete which will help them asserting control over the Mediterranean and complete control of the Adriatic waters.

Thanks to the promotion of patriotism across the realm of the Adriatic the war is seen as natural, as the expansion of the state was part of the mission of protecting the people of the Adriatic and even claiming that they themselves are the right protectors of the Mediterranean, aside from France, and with Joseph their king in the frontlines the moral of the troops in Albania would certainly increment it as well as their patriotism and their desire to make their nation proud of their conquest. While the nation had a growing desire of expanding their borders beyond their peninsula, internally, the nation was cooking something behind the curtains.

👑 Crown of Naples 👑
Before Joseph went away from home to fight the war with his men, as he always said that a true leader is there to lead the troops to victory, he left his three children in charge of the nation while he was gone. This meant a race to prove Joseph who was fitter to rule the nation once he passes away, with the three of them engaging in a competition to become the next heir of the Adriatic Empire and the one who would carry the legacy of Zenaida and Joseph in their hands. One of them would be in charge of securing the stability of the Empire economically, the other would continue to spread patriotism and enlist the conscripts to keep replenishing the troops in Albania while also securing the ports, and last but not least the other son would secure that the transportation of resources to the frontlines is done safely and smoothly as possible.

A lot of the policies Joseph had planned were postponed for next year as the war was more important and measures had to be done so the nation would not collapse on its own before the war ended, keeping the nation afloat would prove to be a challenge as they also had to deal with family squabbles and the Illyrian insurrection which they were hoping their aunt Batilde would take care of them now that they need their troops more than ever.

👑 Crown of Albania 👑
With the massive news that Greece was at war with the French, Charlotte had to meet Joseph to discuss about their next course of action, in which both of them agreed that this was an opportunity that they should take advantage of, knowing that Albania had the desire of taking Epirus and Naples had in its best interests the annexation of Crete it was clear that they were both in symphony about the idea of declaring war on Greece. Which leads us to this moment in time.

The Albanians have already prepared for this day, securing their borders for any possible invasion of Greece or viceversa, their fortifications would serve to mount the defense of Albania in case the Greeks attacked first or of the invasion failed and the troops had to retreat to the safety of Albania, which hopefully it was not needed. The Albanian troops would assist the Neapolitan troops in their invasion as the rearguard, securing the retreat of the Neapolitan Forces in case of being overwhelmed by the enemy. But of course most of their troops would stay at the borders between Albania and Greece, their fortifications must stay secured to ensure the retreat.

In non-war related topics, she already had secured a safe line of succession, starting with their oldest daughter Johanne being the heir of the Albanian Crown. Johanne always had a desire of expanding their borders further into Serbia, with the Illyrian Crown about to be formed at any given moment, it was important that they were the most dominant crown in the Balkans and with the Adriatic Empire she was surely going to want to be the dominant crown in the Empire or at least contesting the power of the Crown in Naples as they were expecting them to annex all of Italy for themselves the Crown of Naples would assert a lot of dominance over the Empire which was not a good idea, it would further centralize the Empire until the crowns were merged and their power stripped.

👑 Crown of Sicily 👑
The war was not seen with good eyes in Sicily, however, the expansion of the Empire was important at the end of the day. But they could not shake this feeling that their own crown was at risk of dissolving. Not because of Naples, as they have proven their compromise with the crown of Sicily, the problem lyes inside the family of Julie, whose rupture was more and more evident as stepfather and son could not get along as they both knew they were rivals for the Crown of Sicily.

Both of them would work hard to gain the favor of Julie by doing everything in their power to gain the favor of Julie which with a broken heart could not come up with a concrete decision which further ruptured the family internally. With no choice Fernando even sent letters to the caretakers of the Crown of Naples, as he knew Joseph was busy, to support him in his endeavors of taking the crown of Sicily, however neither of the three brothers, children of Joseph, were sure how to react to this development in Sicily. All three of them were not aware of the situation of Sicily and they had to postpone their answer until they fully grasped the situation.

Cornelius on the other hand was working really hard in trying to convince her mother to give him his rightful place in the throne of Sicily and that he would make sure Sicily was in good hands, however his stubborn mother, refused to make a decision and with all the stress that was going around her family finally started to take a toll in her health.

🎉 Rhenzern you were mentioned!! 🎉 I have entered the war on your side

🎉 Boilanzandia you were mentioned!! 🎉 I have entered the war against you

🎉 North Goguryeo you were mentioned!! 🎉 I have entered the war on your side I guess