Hulran Invasion of Etrand

The Hulran invasion of Etrand was an attempt by the Kingdom of Hulra to conquer (parts of) the Kingdom of Etrand, only to end with Etrand annexing Hulra instead. It coincided with and happened at the same time as the Long Raid.

Course of the conflict
During Authumn of 273, the Long Raid happened, during which Prince Alfried attempted to repell the invaders, only to be killed in battle - or more precisely, to fall off the horse and break his own neck. When he heard news of his brother's death, Prince Cuthbert was busy defeating a peasant revolt - after that, he began to march south to meet the Drmiah, only to be stopped a Hulran army led by King Willem V of Hulra himself.

The Hulrans chased Cuthbert and his army into Grandfolk, and then besieged the city. The siege of the city continued - winter began, and Willem demanded the surrender of the city, but Cuthbert refused. As time went on, an unusually cold winter engulfed Etrand: rivers and lakes froze, the besieging army began to starve, and after a couple weeks, they began to retreat to the East, only to have Cuthbert backstab them. King Willem died in the battle. He chased the Hulrans to the border of the kingdom, and even went ahead to invade Hulra itself, where he met little resistance.

However, Cuthbert was called back by his father, and command of the invading force was given to Stephanus Mirenwald. Cuthbert himself would visit Talon and elect against trying to pursue the Drmiah, leaving the Long Raid unpunished. Meanwhile, the Etrandish army pressed forward in Hulra - without the honour-inspiring leadership of Cuthbert, the Etrandish decided to repay the Hulran atrocities tenfold, raping, killing, pillaging and vandalizing to their hearts' content. King Gerulf IX of Hulra disappeared mysteriously, as all of Hulra came under Etrandish occupation.

Aftermath
For both countries, recovering from the effects of the war would take quite a long time. Government would be reorganized in former Hulra under the military occupation (and later a reorganized civilian government), but the formerly wealthy kingdom would remain a rather poor backwater for a long time. Eastern Etrand was devastated by the Hulran invasion, which was comparable to the Long Raid's damage to the South.

Initially, there were some debates in Etrand about the future of Hulra - whether to annex it completely and forcibly convert them to Titanism, create a puppet state / vassal state (which would have been still Pagan), or to just withdraw and leave it alone. The annexation camp won, so the Viceroyalty of Etrancoast was established with the intent of gradually integrating former Hulra into Etrand. Eventually, the plan to integrate Etrancoast faded away, and the Etrandish began to negotiate and comrpomise with the Etrancoasti nobility, leading to the creation of the Earldom of Etrancoast.