IC:the islands were captured by ryzarlian,he destructed all MRE bases on the islands.when “the empire strikes back”(sorry for the silly joke) the stormy sea islands keep all in ET control.the bases were used to house ryzarlian and his fleet,ryzarlian who is seen as the new balthazar,planned an attack that had to destruct the MRE navy,but the storms kept them on the island

-the sharks alongside them end up fleeing from the scene seeing their "allies" defeated so easily-

OOC:I will post a basic map of the region when the rally of the chimean forces is complete.

a sabertooth ship sailed in and is captured, with scorpianus freed.commodore ryzarlian decides to act quick without further help.

IC:ryzarlian decides to split the army.one part, using most of the rhino artillery, goes to the great crater to breach through the tough wall and the other attacks the coast and manta islands using the whole fleet.OOC:the great crater is at another topic so this is the other invasion.IC: ryzarlians fleet meets the manta fleet in the area between their territories.

ET ships conquer the islands and are let into the city of cronois by rebels,the ET troops start an amphibious attack on a big part of the coast and then go on to liberate the rest of the territory with high influence of cronois and his rebels, in the rest of the are ryzarlian finds much resistance and he decides to build a wall around the ET/rebel territory.the rebels start a republic and decide to make cronois their leader, while he is still at the great crater.OOC:someone please do all the battles, only two terms:no important deaths and keep up with the ultimate outcome I write.(if I write the ET wins, the ET can still lose the battle if you say they win another battle that decides the outcome)

After this series of crushing defeats, this independent Ray faction, known as the ODRL (Old Dynasty Restoration League; their leader claiming to be a descendant of the original Imperial dynasty that was overthrown by the Mantaxes) retreat to their main base; Gryphon Island, which they'd forcefully claimed several years ago by taking advantage of the Empire and ET's peace treaty at the time, preventing either of those factions from fighting back.

ODRL 'Admiral-Emperor', Macabre: "If this keeps up, we won't last for much longer... It looks like the ET has bolstered its numbers with beings from that eastern continent we've heard about."

ODRL Captain: "On the bright side, at least the ET are the only ones who've broken the peace treaty. The Empire hasn't made a move to attack...well, anyone."

Macabre: "For now, but how long do you think that'll last...? Those accursed Mantaxes are probably waiting for the ET to weaken us just enough to swoop in and finish the job themselves."

Captain: "So you think the Empire's indirectly using the ET to weaken us, while still conserving their manpower and resources?"

Macabre: "Precisely. We can't hope to ally with the ET against the Empire either, since they're just as opposed to the origi--to the true royal family, as they are to the Mantaxes. We need to look elsewhere for reinforcements."

Captain: "What about The Fangs?"

The Admiral-Emperor snorts.

Macabre: "Those kids? Not only are they principally anti-Empire, meaning they wouldn't fight to restore me to the throne, they're also completely under the boot of that old lion they rescued. I'd trust that Luggington fellow as far as I could throw him...without having chi plugged."


OOC: I'm not introducing the Manta Ray Empire proper just yet, because of an agreement with the other RPers that I wouldn't start the West Sea Wars until after the Fire vs Ice story line is over, and also because I'll need time to make the HQ topic and set everything up (there are going to be a lot of characters) before the Empire gets plunged into conflict. Fighting the ODRL for now is still providing the ET with important victories, as they claim more islands.