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[b]The Second Takervian Uprising[/b] ([i]May, 1815-[/i])[/h2][/center]

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The [b][color=beige]Sultanate of the Seljuk[/color][/b] had only recently been nicknamed the "Wounded Animal of the World," a dying empire held together by the stitching of tradition. Far enough away from the Continent to be out of the way, but close enough to influence affairs there, the Seljuk had forever been a nebulous anomaly. The War never reached the Seljuk, save for a failed expedition by the Tyrant that cost a brief thousand soldiers, Seljuk life continued on unabated. It was life [i]after[/i] the war that took the most dire turn for the Seljuk, and the Takervian minority there. During the War, the Tyrant Cato appealed largely the various minorities present to rise up and shake off the shackles of empire. The uprising was championed by the Takervians. The military oppression that came in it's wake was brutal, unforgiving and largely forgotten while Cato ravaged the Continent proper. Ten thousand Takervians lost their life in a futile uprising that went mostly undocumented.

The Takervians did not forget however. On May 16th, 1815, 1,200 Takervians raided the local garrison and killed it's small detachment there. The Takervians declared an insurrection of independence against the Seljuks under the leadership of 71 year old Kava Tavasha, a Takervian nationalist dating back to the 1770's. Kava Tavasha served in the Seljuk Army during the initial Takervian Uprising of 1811, but was exempted from service for fear of compromised combat performance. He wrote in his journal: "[i]It surprises me still the overlords do not send dogs to kill other dogs. It would be, as the Continentals say, killing two birds with one stone[/i]." The Second Takervian Uprising was--in essence--an experiment in nationalism. 

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[i]Kava Tavasha speaking to his followers in Tavolo, Seljuk, now Takervia, 1815[/i][/center]

The Seljuk Grand Army was a multinational force with heavy conscription. The Sultanate and the Chief of the Army, Saruhan Nalband collaborated on the morning of May 17th and agreed that a mobilization of the army to put down a local revolt would be too costly and given the poor infrastructure of the Sultanate, too time consuming. The revolt had taken hold of the city of Tavolo in Takervia, a city barely over 25,000. The garrison there was 350 soldiers and Chief of the Army Nalband believed that the forces of the Takervia region could handle the insurgency. On May 19th, the [b]24th Infantry Regiment[/b] (2,000 Soldiers, 4 Cannon) of the Seljuk Grand Army under Deli Husrev Pasha, stationed in Saymeçin, received a message from Chief of the Army Nalband to move on Tavolo and: "put down the revolution expeditiously."

The [b]Battle of Tavolo[/b] ([i]1815[/i]) took place on May 24th when Deli Husrev Pasha's 24th Regiment, still in marching formation, was caught unawares sixteen miles outside of Tavolo. Expecting a disunited and undisciplined army, they found over 1,500 well armed soldiers marching against them. Deli ordered the four cannon--the one asset that the Takervians did not possess--into position and loaded with "wide shot," a leather canister filled with lead balls. The Takervians offered no respite. The Takervians suffered heavy casualties in their first charge and were turned back by a sickening barrage of musket fire. The second charge however, led by 71 year old Kava Tavasha himself, took the guns after savage hand to hand fighting, with the most of the artillery officers surrendering and leaving their guard to fend for themselves. The remainder of the 24th Regiment retreated. Deli Husrev Pasha himself was taken prisoner.

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[i]The Takervians charge the guns of the Seljuk 24th Regiment, May, 1815[/i][/center]

The Seljuk Army--up to October--remained demobilized. The Chief of the Army was powerless without the command of the Sultan, and the Sultan was a brooding and paranoid leader. His authority, which lay tenuously on the result of the last great victory understood that allowing a second Takervian victory would see his command undone. The Continent, and the [b]Great Powers[/b] looked on with some interest, as the future of the Takervians might speak to the Palovians, or the Kinnerians along the western coast of the Continent.