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The '''Somber War''' was a military conflict involving most nations originating in the [[Commonwealth]] that lasted from 9 October 2017 to 8 April 2018.
The war drew in all the server's economic great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the [[Western Alliance]] versus [[Nox]]. Although the initial alliance only consisted of [[Hjaltland]]
The trigger for the war was the declaration of war by [[Lexington]] on Hjaltland and the Commonwealth<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/755nes/lexington_declares_war_on_hjaltland_commonwealth/</ref> and the subsequent obsidian bombing of [[Westminster]], the capital city of the Commonwealth. This set off a diplomatic crisis for a vast variety of nations on Civclassic, such as [[Tvtopia]], who publicly stated their support in favor of the Commonwealth<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/75akb9/tvtopia_denounces_lexington_and_calls_out_to/</ref> while others declared and/or kept their neutrality, such as Yoahtl (at first) <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/756ocf/the_empire_of_yoahtl_declares_neutrality_in_the/</ref>. These declarations of war were soon matched by a formal declaration of war on Lexington by the Commonwealth.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/755r53/the_commonwealth_declares_war_on_lexington/</ref>
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Quickly following the obsidian bombing of Westminster, Lexington City was captured<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/772u3q/lexington_city_has_fallen/</ref> and Lexington (which may also be referred to as Nox in this article) fighters retreated into their bunkers, the war turned into a battle of attrition, with a trench line that changed little until the end of the war.
Followed by a couple attempts at breaching the Lexington [[vault]], during early April 2018 a new plan was formulated by the Western Alliance with the new powers that joined
== Prelude To War ==
The conflict between Hjaltland and Lexington is much older than CivClassic and has to be viewed in the context of [[A brief account of significant events that have helped form Civclassics|events from Civcraft]]. Hjaltland
=== Animal farm conflict ===
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