Sixty Day War

The Sixty Day War, also known as the Sterling Civil War and the Great War of Independence, was an an armed conflict between Sterling and the newly risen Sahask rebels.

Just prior to the war, two shipments of Vyrtanan Ember-fueled firearms have been stolen, and not a whole day later the freshly armed rebellion wiped out the local guard and killed the governor and her family. This incident marks the beginning of the first stage of the war, which lasted forty days, during which the rebellion suffered catastrophic losses. With the fighting on the streets of Sahask, they were on the brink of surrender when marauder mercenaries arrived to relieve them, and turn the fight around. In the following twenty days the rebellion gained serious footholds deep into Sterling's land. Despite the military success, they knew they could not wage a prolonged war with Sterling, and started peace negotiations after an exchange of prisoners, which resulted in a ceasefire agreement. Sahask had to give up most of its occupied territories, but in turn the population of affected lands was allowed to freely choose to move to either of the two states. This resulted in a ratio of 5:1; for every five Sterling commoner who wanted to move, only one wished to move back to Sterling.