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| - The two nations of Peramul and Yucerta take advantage of the Second Border War and use this to secede from the empire of Ulyssa. The Imperial forces are too spread thin to have a war on two fronts, and the two nations manage to leave peacefully. There had been tension between the two countries prior to the war, mostly due to differences in their religions and cultural practices, since both sides thought that their way was right and the other was wrong. None of it was enough to start a war, but it was enough to convince the Peratecas to conquer Yucerta and try to wipe out their culture when the opportunity presented itself. Yucerta was a small country to the west of Peramul that existed four hundred years ago, the border of the two countries being a long river, Río Tlacoatl. In the past, the two countries had been at peace with each other and shared a common festival, La Tomatina, but there came a time when a number of chieftains from Yucertano tribes decided that they wanted to expand east into Peramul. They sent out warriors to capture several of Peramul’s outlying villages over a period of four years. On the fifth year, Peramul, being more advanced in warfare because of repeated skirmishes Rune’Daathians, sent out the bulk of their military into Yucerta to crush the opposing forces. They won the war after only a year, but decided to continue on through Yucerta and conquer all of the land, uniting the continent under the Perateca flag. In the decades following the Perateca conquest of Yucerta, underground resistance members would spread propaganda by slaughtering seagulls and pinning the corpse by the wings to the wall of a public building over the graffiti “Si no estás asustado, ¿por qué yo debería tener miedo?” (Literally meaning: “If you aren't afraid, why should I have fear?”) This graffiti was interpreted as a statement that the Peratecas are monsters that should have been driven away by the seagulls, but weren’t. The second part implies the resistance’s willingness to fight back as ruthlessly as Peramul. Perateca soldiers swept through the cities, towns, and villages of Yucerta and located the meeting areas for resistance members. Caught resistance members or sympathizers were imprisoned, interrogated, and exiled. After seven years, there were not enough supporters of the resistance remaining in the country, so the movement fell apart. Some descendants of the Yucertanos saw the exile of their parents and grandparents as an outrage, but many saw it as an act of mercy and so did not feel the need to rebel. By this time, only the older generations wished to be freed from Peramul, while younger generations had adjusted to the change in lifestyle and no longer cared. For hundreds of years, tensions between Peramul and Ulyssa have been high. Ulyssians wanted Peramul re-added to the Empire, while Peratecas sent raiding parties to attack Ulyssian villages and stake claim on valuable resources. As tensions continued to rise, Ulyssian soldiers began sending slavers through Perateca villages to capture and enslave their citizens. Finally, tensions reached a breaking point. Ulyssa sent a large division of soldiers to begin capturing and reclaiming Perateca land for the Empire. Perateca soldiers were sent in return and repelled the soldiers in a bloody battle. The Perateca believe that, because of the blood spilled, roses began to grow in the battlefield. Thus, the name of the battle. Ulyssa, realizing it could not reclaim the land, finally ended the attacks. Tensions remained high, but no more armed conflicts took place.
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