3rd Airborne Division

3rd Airborne Division (Empire of Ikaria)
The 3rd Airborne Division is an airborne division of the Royal Army of the Empire of Ikaria. It was originally activated on the 9th of the Yelping Moon, 286 SIY as the 3rd Infantry Division, but was inactivated at the end of the First Nodrian-Ikarian War in 296. It was reorganized as the 3rd Airborne Division on the 28th of the Lone Moon, 340 SIY just before the Second Great War broke out.

First Nodrian-Ikarian War
At the outbreak of the First Nodrian-Ikarian War, the first 9 divisions of the Empire of Ikaria were founded, the 1st-9th divisions, also known as "The Original Nine," with the 3rd Airborne Division being one of the original 9. It originally included 2 brigades, which included 2 regiments. It was raised in Ou and quickly marched to the Nodrian Border, meeting up with the 1st and 2nd divisions. The Division was inactivated shortly after the conclusion of the war.

Second Great War
With the outbreak of the Second Great War, the Ikarian Government reactivated the 3rd Airborne Division along with many others. Its sister divisions, the 5th, 11th, and 25th airborne divisions were constituted and activated shortly after the 3rd.

The 3rd Airborne Division was stationed near the Ardenian Border and was considered one of the "Fighting Twenty-Five" as one of the 25 active duty infantry divisions of the Empire of Ikaria.

Second Ikarian Civil War
The 3rd Airborne Division chose the side of the Ikarian Government during the civil war, still stationed at Fool's Hope Rampart, when it was taken over by rebels, they fled back to Eden to reorganize. They were one of 14 of the "Fighting Twenty-Five" to side with the Ikarian Government, the other 11 chose the side of the rebels.