Ascendancy War

One of the Silvan Ascendancy’s largest military operations, the Invasion of Auridia was also the first time since the Elfin Divide that the Elven Civil War stretched beyond Elven territory.

The Ascendency’s first steps for the Invasion were carried out flawlessly. Simultaneously, Silvan Galactic Cruisers arrived at the same time as a Behemoth with thousands of smaller passenger ships filled with Ascendency fighters. The Cruisers drew the attention of the planet defense fleet and the smaller ships slipped down to the surface uncontested. Planetary forces did not realize they had already been invaded until after the Ascendency had a firm beachhead.

Intense fighting on the ground lasted for nearly six years, even though Humanity’s flagship, the Star of Tellus, drove off the Ascendency fleet within the first month of the war. During the conflict the Ascendency inflicted heavy losses, including several raids against the capital city of Auridia, Zephyr’s Gate. The Silvans were only able to continue this campaign for so long due to the periodic return of their Galactic Cruisers to deliver supplies to their forces.

Finally, heroic acts from Human units such as the Blades of Azure, heavy fatigue from years of fighting with minimal resources from the Silvan forces and an impending military response from the Vulpine forced the Ascendency to abandon the campaign. Silvan forces accepted an invitation from the Human Triumvirate to leave the planet uncontested so long as they did not employ a scorched earth policy as they retreated. Leaked communication from Human and Vulpine forces shows that they had threatened the Ascendency with a repeat of the Sacking of Docarro if they broke this agreement.