Creeperian Crusade

Creeperian Crusade
Part of the Creeperian-Deltinian Wars and the Creeperian Wars of Religion
Taking of Almadinat Almuqadasa by the Crusaders
Date 8 February 1231 – 25 December 1345 (114 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Southern Landmass Result Creeperian Victory Establishment of the Kingdom of Creeperopolis Destruction of the Caliphate of Deltino and its rump state successor states Spread of the Creeperian Catholic Church Decline of Deltinian Islam
Belligerents
Catholics	Muslims
Before 1326 Creeperopolis Castilliano (from 1239) State of the Church (from 1258)	Before 1326 Deltino
After 1326 Creeperopolis Castilliano State of the Church	After 1326 Abdan Helam Jakiz
Commanders and leaders
Creeperopolis Alfonso I Alfonso II Salvador I Manuel I Miguel I Papal State Gregorio IX Celestino IV Innocento IV Alexander IV Urbano IV Clemento IV Gergorio X Innocento V Adrian V Juan XXI Nicolás III Martín IV Honorio IV Nicolás IV Celestine V Bonifaco VIII Benedicto XI Clemento V Juan XII Benedicto XII Clemento VI Castilliano Sancho II Óscar I Sancho III Sancho IV José II Óscar II	Deltino Suleiman III Selim IV Osman I Selim V Selim VI Abdan Orhan I Orhan II Helam Mehmed I Jakiz Ohmad I
Strength
Creeperans: ~3,500,000 Castillianans: ~1,300,000 Papacy: 100,000	Deltinians: ~4,000,000 Abdaners: 300,000-500,000 Helamans: 250,000-300,000 Jakizians: 250,000-300,000
Casualties and losses
Creeperans: High Castillianans: Moderate Papacy: Low	Deltinians: High Abdaners: Moderate Helamans: Moderate Jakizians: Very High

The Creeperian Crusade (Creeperian Spanish: Cruzada Creeperiano, Arabic: الحملة الصليبية الزاحفة) was a series of various military campaigns and religious wars initiated by the ethnic Creeperans of the Emirate of Rabadsun against the Caliphate of Deltino. The initial objective of the crusade was to secure the independence of the Kingdom of Creeperopolis and recapture all territory claimed to he "historic Creeperian land" that was controlled by the Old Kingdom of Creeperopolis (537AD–745AD) and the Creeperian Confederation (220BC–537AD).

The crusade began on 8 February 1231 when Alfawnasu III, the then-reigning Emir of the Emirate of Rabadsun, declared independence for the ethnic Creeperans living there. He proclaimed himself King of the Creeperans of the Kingdom of Creeperopolis. The declaration was made in response to the One-Religion Decree established by Suleiman III, the Caliph of the Caliphate of Deltino, on 31 January 1231. The decree outlawed the practicing of any religion that was not Deltinian Islam, effectively creating a theocracy with no religious freedom. The decree, therefore, outlawed the practicing of Creeperian Catholicism, the religion of the Creeperian people. The Creeperans had until 9 February to renounce their faith. Alfawnasu III, with the approval of Pope Jiryjuriun IX, decalred independence and called for a crusade against the Deltinian Muslims to secure freedom for the Creeperans.

Instead of reverting to the Old Creeperian language, the Creeperans adopted the Spanish language and de-Arabized their kingdom. Rabadsun was renamed to Creeperopólis, meaning "City of the Creeperans." Alfawnasu III changed his name to Alfonso I and Jiryjuriun IX changed his name to Gregorio IX, with all Creeperans following suit and solidifying the Creeperian naming customs. Suleiman III did not accept the declaration and war began. Instead of one war, the crusade was a series of wars fought between Creeperopolis and Deltino. The crusade came to an end under the reign of Miguel I. His reign witnessed both the collapse of the Caliphate in 1326 and the fall of Deltino's three rump successor states: the Emirates of Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz, in 1345.

The crusade occurred across the Southern Landmass for a period of 115 years between the establishment of Creeperopolis in 1231 and the fall of the Shata' Albahr in 1345. The collapse of Deltino and its successor rump states allowed Creeperopolis to become the dominant nation on the landmass. The crusade marked the end of Islamic dominance on the landmass and began the ongoing period of Catholic dominance. The crusade is often used in Creeperopolis to promote Islamophobia and anti-Deltinian sentiment.

Belligerents

Muslims

The Caliphate of Deltino (734AD-1326) had difficulties establishing full control over Creeperopolis as the Creeperian inhabitants were overwhelmingly Creeperian Catholic and refused to be subjects of the Islamic caliphate. The Creeperian inhabitants also wished for their kingdom to continue, free from Deltinian control. As soon as the Old Kingdom fell, the Deltinians established the Emirate of Rabadsun as a Creeperian client state with Rodolfo I as the Emir of the emirate.

In 1231, Caliph Suleiman II died and was succeeded by his son, Suleiman III. Suleiman III reinstated laws revoked by his predecessors which allowed the practicing of any religion other than Deltinian Islam in 1231. He replaced the laws he revoked with the "One-Religion Decree," a decree which mandated that only Deltinian Islam could be legally practiced. This was met by resistance the Creeperian Catholics of the Emirate of Rabadsun. Then Emir Alfawnasu III used the basis of the "One-Religion Decree" to declare independence for the Emirate of Rabadsun as a Catholic Creeperian kingdom, called the Kingdom of Creeperopolis, on February 8, 1231.

Catholics

Creeperopolis was originally founded as a kingdom in 537AD by Felipe I. The kingdom was mostly confined to the city of Yerkink, present day Salvador, for most of its existence.

Felipe I reigned from 537AD-568AD. He was succeeded by his son Armando I who reigned from 568AD-598AD, when he was assassinated by his brother, Fernándo I. Fernándo I only reigned from 598AD-601AD when he was executed on orders of Armando I's son who became Armando II. He reigned from 601AD-656AD. He was toppled by the son of Fernándo I, Felipe II. Felipe II only reigned from 656AD-661AD when Armando II raised an army to retake the throne. He was again overthrown by Felipe II in 667AD, but he was himself overthrown again by Armando II once again in 675AD. By then, Armando II had grown old and was once and for all killed in a coup, again by Felipe II in 678AD. Felipe II had also grown old however, and was arrested and executed on orders of Armando III, Armando II's son, in 679AD. Armando III reigned until 713AD when he abdicated in favor of his brother Fidel I. Fidel I reigned from 713AD-732AD, his death. He was succeeded by his son, Fidel II, who was captured and killed by the invading Deltinian forces in 745AD, ending the Old Kingdom of Creeperopolis.

Major battles

1230s

• First Battle of Rabadsun - February 8, 1231 - Creeperian Victory
• Second Battle of Rabadsun - March 15, 1231 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Alqarya - April 4, 1231 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Edfu - October 19, 1232 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Al Madiq - March 3, 1233 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Esna - September 19, 1235 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Farshut - July 2, 1236 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of San Santiago - February 18, 1239 - Creeperian Pyrrhic Victory

1240s

• Battle of Qena - March 5, 1241 - Deltinian Victory
• First Battle of Sohag - May 10, 1244 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Tahta - August 9, 1245 - Creeperian Victory
• Second Battle of Sohaq - May 9, 1248 - Creeperian Victory

1250s

• Battle of Asyut - December 3, 1253 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Apastenal - May 18, 1254 - Castillianan Victory
• Battle of Minya - January 8, 1255 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Faiyum - March 19, 1257 - Creeperian Victory

1260s

• Battle of Basioun - September 1, 1262 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Al Marji - October 5, 1263 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Idku - July 9, 1265 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Jucuba - April 23, 1267 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Wasriomo - November 6, 1269 - Deltinian Victory

1270s

• Battle of El Chopo - January 18, 1273 - Deltinian Victory
• Battle of Queleapa - January 2, 1275 - Creeperian Pyrrhic Victory
• Battle of Sahagún - May 4, 1276 - Castillianan Pyrrhic Victory
• Battle of Safaga - October 17, 1278 - Creeperian Victory

1280s

• Battle of Alsakhra - November 4, 1281 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Buqbuq - March 30, 1286 - Creeperian Victory

1290s

• Siege of Salvación - December 25, 1290-July 17, 1292 - Creeperian Pyrrhic Victory
• First Battle of Derna - June 14, 1299 - Deltinian Victory

1300s

• Second Battle of Derna - October 31, 1300 - Deltinian Victory
• Third Battle of Derna - January 28, 1302 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Sirte - May 17, 1306 - Creeperian Victory

1310s

• Battle of Misrata - September 7, 1311 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Zliten - June 30, 1316 - Deltinain Victory
• Battle of Khoms - December 13, 1319 - Creeperian Victory

1320s

• Battle of Damanhur - April 17, 1322 - Creeperian Victory
• Siege of Almadinat Almuqadasa - September 1, 1324-June 13, 1326 - Creeperian Victory
• First Battle of Buhayrat Alrasul - October 1, 1324 - Deltinian Victory
• Second Battle of Buhayrat Alrasul - March 13, 1326 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Altal - September 19, 1324 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Janzour - May 1, 1329 - Creeperian Victory

1330s

• Battle of Zuwara - July 13, 1330 - Creeperian Victory
• Battle of Al Hammah - September 16, 1334 - Creeperian Victory

1340s

• Siege of Shata' Albahr - March 18, 1340-December 25, 1345 - Creeperian Victory
• Siege of Alshshati - June 9, 1341-October 1, 1345 - Creeperian Victory
• Siege of Alssahil - November 1, 1343-July 17, 1345 - Creeperian Victory

See also

• Creeperopolis
• Deltino