The Galtic Wars

The Galtic Wars, also known as the Northern Acquisition Campaigns, were a series of military conflicts waged between between the Meron Supremacy and various galtic tribes and kingdoms in southern Bruna.
In the early 9th century of the Iron Age, competition between the Meron frontier and galtic tribes, as well as conflict between the tribes themselves, led to the first Galtic War in 921-2a. Though at first the Meron legions faced a moderately coordinated and unified opposition, some galtic military leaders felt uneasy about some coastal tribes' neutrality, and delivered them an ultimatum to join the war on the galtic side or be seen as an enemy. A few tribes complied with these demands, but most, including the powerful Amberwyn Tribe, instead sought the Merons for protection, and ended joining the war against the tribes that had threatened them. This furthered division within the northern camp, and allowed for the legions to exploit logistical weaknesses in the fractured armies. After 4 years of intermittent fighting, the war ended in a Meron victory, with the Supremacy expanding as far north as the Bartan River.
The interbellum period saw an increase in economic integration between the Supremacy and the coastal tribes which had fought with them, many of which received control over the lands of the defeated clans. There was also a period of cultural integration for the galts living in the now Meron lands south of the Bartan, where the druidic faith was at times lightly discouraged, and at others brutally suppressed. During the first years of occupation, Meron legions put down over a dozen local revolts of varying sizes.
Though this peace would last for half a century, the Meron Supremacy would eventually begin a new wave of military expansion northwards. This time, galtic leaders had learned from the past generations, and rallied together in an united front against meron aggression. Despite standing with the merons in the previous war, the Amberwyn Tribe was quickly welcomed into this alliance, mostly because of the economic and strategic value of their capital city, Valken. This war would last for over a decade, and although the galtic alliance would perform admirably on the battlefield, it would result in a conclusive Meron victory, and the annexation of the entire region into the Supremacy.
The Galtic Wars were a catastrophic event for galtic civilization. Southern Bruna, where the fighting was waged, was home to nearly 70% of the population of the entire continent. Of that 70%, nearly 24% were killed, either as soldiers in battle or as civilians caught in between the fighting. Of the surviving population, over a million galts were enslaved and shipped overseas to be sold, and modern historians estimate that nearly 40% of all the gold in the region was looted by meron forces. It would take nearly one thousand years for the galtic population to reach its pre-war levels.

Conflict Type

War

Start Date

921-2a

Ending Date

986-2a

Conflict Result

Meron victory and gradual annexation of most southern galtic tribes

Location

Bruna

Belligerents

Meron Supremacy

• The Meron Supremacy

Galtic Coalition

Strength

50,000-75,000 troops (6 legions plus cavalry auxiliaries)

70,000-100,000 combatants

Casualties

• Over 50,000 killed
• Over 20,000 wounded

• 1,000,000 galts killed in battle
• 1,000,000+ captured or enslaved
• 800 settlements destroyed

Objectives