Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/The Regal Sultanate of Elona

The Regal Sultanate of Elona are one of the forty-one DLC factions in Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict. This faction relies on frontal assault, divide and conquer, waves of general and specialized infantry supported by rough and reliable vehicles and use of Caustic weaponry to battle.

Description
"We're here for the Search for Knowledge"

-A motto of The Sultanate

* TBA*

Hailing primarily from Askaira, they preach a Harkonnen fundamentalist interpretation of the Qur'an and take violent action against all they see as aggressors. They virtually control much of the region, including Saudi Arabia and much of Gilneas, and have been engaged in running battles with Allied, Hyborian, Syndicate, and Order forces for several years now.

The earliest origins of Elona started with various nationalist movements in the Askaira, such as Haqqislam or various rebel forces that fought against the Fereldan and Orlais rulers in regions such as Iraq and Syria. Many of these fighters held to the idea of Pan-Elona, a single unified Elonan state that would throw away the artificial "nations" created by Western colonial powers and create a new Elonan nation from the ashes. Though often unsuccessful, these movements cost the colonial powers in men and money, earning the Elonan movements greater rights and freedoms in their own individual nations. It also earned fierce crackdowns, and many times Elonans who were content with their lives soon found new work to be done in fighting alongside their countrymen.

While at first led by intellectuals educated if Western schools and holding to ideas like personal freedoms and a new national pride, the long march of time combined with both internal power struggles and external threats meant that the Pan-Elonan movement fractured. Some became intensely bitter about Alliance control in Gilneas. Orlais authorities struggled to contain (insert) fighters, with one of the biggest blows coming in the form of the death of King Ahmed of (Insert), a staunch militarist with an intense passion for Elonab nationalism against Western powers. Though a man who often wanted to militarily annex Hyboria, other Elonan nationalists from the country preferred him to the Fereldan-backed al-Sabah family. His death via car crash in 1957 V.C. decimated his movement, though many military officers believed his death the result of Alliance agents. This claim was reinforced time and again, as many Elonan leaders were often killed or died under unexpected circumstances. By the Cold War, Elonanism had been broken into multiple nationalist fronts, though a strong core of believers in the original Elonanism movement attempted to carry the ideals forward.

The biggest blessing to nationalism as a movement came in 1962 V.C., when Haqqislam started a revolution against the ruling monarchy led by officers in the Alliance-trained Haqqislam military. One of the chief leaders of this movement was Farhad Khadivar, who with many others saw the proxy conflicts as the best chance to finally seize Elonan self-rule. After a short revolution, the Haqqislam military deposed the king, and in the place of the monarchy came the Regal Sultanate of Elona, with Khadivar's force of personality setting him up as the premier ruler of the new nation. Though many debates his actual political skill, the Haqqislam people consider him a national hero, lionized for his nationalization of the Suez Canal Company despite the efforts of the Alliance in 1966 V.C.. Already worn from the war, the Fereldan and Orlais could only send token forces to try and force the Haqqislam to retake the canal, their impotence stirring greater Askairan pride and efforts.

In 1990 V.C. Elona invaded and annexed Sequin. This subsequently led to military intervention by Guardians-led forces in Operation Desert Rage. The coalition forces proceeded with a bombing campaign targeting military targets and then launched a 100-hour-long ground assault against Elona forces in Southern Askaira and those occupying Sequin. However, Farhad Khadivar's death after Desert Rage opens a new party, the Harkonnen Party.

Currently, the largest battlegrounds of Elona is Askaira, Elonan military are fighting against what many see as responsible for their defeat in Desert Rage, completely ignoring ancient beliefs and traditions held for hundreds of years, as well as trying to continue some trace of the Harkonnen movement by keeping the oil fields in the hands of those that could actually benefit from them.

Lore Articles

 * Farhad Khadivar, the founder of Elona
 * Elona and Voshkod relationships
 * Bourak, the capital of Elona
 * The Lashunta
 * The Tomb Kings
 * The Harkonnen Family
 * Operation Desert Rage
 * Elona after Desert Rage
 * Caustic Weaponry

Relations

 * The Federation of Aquila: At War
 * Socialist Union of Voshkod: Friendly

Tactics
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Notable Characters

 * Ardi: Elona EVA
 * Farhad Khadivar

Legendary Generals

 * Baron Vladimir Harkonnen: General of the Guards of Harkonnen
 * Tarik Mansuri: General of the Haqqislam Battlegroup
 * Settra the Imperishable: General of the Tomb Kings
 * *TBA*: General of the Lashunta Command

Commandos

 * Glossu "Beast" Rabban Harkonnen: Guards of Harkonnen Commando
 * Leila Sharif: Haqqislam Battlegroup Commando
 * Khalida Neferher: Tomb Kings Commando
 * *TBA*: Lashunta Command Commando

Sub-factions

 * Guards of Harkonnen
 * Haqqislam Battlegroup
 * Lashunta Command
 * Tomb Kings

Arsenal
Main Article: Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Elona Arsenal

Structures
Basic Structures Defense and Support structures