Lazic havoc in the grand invasion of Hybris

Lazic knew one thing was certain, with half of the coastline of the Adriatic, their claim to the sea would go uncontested, and therefore their eggs were in another basket.

As less trained Lazic ships, mainly light Triremes and Tetraremes, were sent to the early waves in the Adriatic, a much larger force was prepared outside of Hellenic view.

40 vessels, 10 of which made up of Quinquedremes, the largest vessels the Mediterranean had seen to date, were prepared at the capital of Calabri.

Smaller Quadriremes had long been stopping Hellenic ships from entering the island of Hybris, and slowly supplies began to run low on the island in the midst of Lazic waters. No ships entered or leave, or else face destruction in the pit of Lazic control.

As the Adriatic grew violent, this force was prepared carefully, Hellenic merchants stranded in Lazica were tied as figureheads on the front of Lazic ships, and messages were sent to the age old Lazics in the ancient island of Hybris, "torch the ships in 10 nights"

The island had historically been Carthaginian and Lazic before Hellenics took it over, and the culture and lineage of the Lazics still stayed strong, and with promises of riches and power, Lazics of Hybris were ready to stand for their country.

Ten days passed, and battle in the East raged on, with little knowledge of the devastation to the Hellenics that was soon to come.

In the dead of night, the port of Hybris was set ablaze, half of the navy in the Island destroyed, and as the smoke billowed from the ancient island, and the reality of the prison in the center of the sea was realized, the hare of Hybris was in the lion's den of the Lazics.

Ships were approaching.

Thirty ships larger than anything before sailed on the horizon, at their head Hellenic prisoners tied and suffering. Fear was struck into all those who looked at the ships, and as the fleet neared, Hellenic ships came to fight them.

Arrows flew, and suddenly the Hellenics saw something extremely strange, and they were filled with momentary hope as Lazic triremes were set ablaze, and were appeared to be destroyed.

But they then watched in horror as the Lazic fireships sailed into Hellenic ships, utterly decimating them and setting them ablaze.

Arrows rained down on the island, and as the first Quinquedreme breached the shores of Hybris fighting began. The Lazic people of the island took to the streets, fighting from the inside and setting the barracks of the Hellenics ablaze.

It was a navy battle like none seen before, the symbol of ships ablaze, both in night and day, was adopted as a symbol of Lazic valor. The island was stormed, with chants of "Viva Lazica!" as soldiers hunted down and killed Hellenic soldiers in the island.

Hybris, the former jewel of Lazic and Carthaginian culture, had been retaken after centuries, and the victory over the island sent shockwaves through the Lazic nation. The island had been taken completely and totally under Lazic control, 20 of the thirty ships there decimated, and the remaining 10 Hellenic ships were captured in the Grand Harbor of Hybris.

Lazica had struck a major blow to Hellas, and despite troubling themselves in the Adriatic, had finally expelled the Hellenics from the West.