The War of Roses

== The Illithid and the War of Roses ==
While the Spheres of the Coiled Junction enjoy an age of relative peace… There was a time where the Realms within were locked in a heated war for survival with an invading race of psionic aberrations known at the time to the denizens of the Junction as the Illithid.
These strange and cunning creatures begin their invasion slowly, seeming to many as bogeymen and sailor stories. But as time passed the threat grew beneath the noses of the junction’s varied rulers. When the Illithid finally launched their assault formally, the worlds they conquered were caught completely unawares.
The war was long and bloody with naval battles spanning across the spheres. 25 years into the grueling conflict the Dwarven King, Dumas Hammerhand; of the free port of Stoneholm had by luck and blood discovered the location of the beating heart of the Illithid Invader’s. He met in secret with the various rulers of the Known Spheres… The Tsar of Polyshar, High Queen Celestine of Yal’rena, The Void Jarl of Midgard, Elven King Thailaas of the Crescent Dominion, and even The Ali'i nui of Honua he nui. 
They would forge the foundation of the First Council and in doing so, unified with the sole purpose of driving back the Illithid tide. Within the coming year the combined forces of these rulers mounted a final assault against the Soveriegn Elder Brain Yish’lshal’benh’noff on the Illithid hive world of Sha’lmar. The Gargantuan invading naval force spearheaded by Stoneholm; itself a colossal vessel served as a mobile fortress, and flagship for what was to be known as the Reckoning. 
The war ended on Sha’lmar with the planet itself torn asunder and the fractured and leaderless Illithid scattering to the winds. In the years that followed the various navies of the council leaders have hunted the illithid to supposed extinction within the Coiled Junction. Stoneholm, heavily damaged from her role in the final battle, was towed into anchorage into the heart of the debris field of Sha’lmar. 
There it continues to serve as a freeport and Neutral meeting place of the council of crowns.
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