Rens Rebellion

Ren's Rebellion was a major yet short conflict that helped bring an end to Londorian rule, mostly in the Eastern Lands but in Mirrah too.
== History ==
=== Backstory to the Fall of Londor ===
During the Third Age, many nations rose and fell, Londor was one of these nations, who took control and subjugated many nations that came before them such as Mirrah, Jugo, Forossa and the Eastern Lands. All of these were conquered by Londor aside from the Eastern Lands, who were allowed to keep their name, but remain under the control of Londor, seizing the Emperor Isshin and imprisoning him within the capital of Londor called Morion (which in turn used to be the capital of Mirrah: Mirmark). Londor was mainly populated by Hollowed Undead, leading to them being known as the Nation of Hollows and were ruled by a sinister group known as the Sable Church, who in turn had three sisters: Elfriede, Yuria and Lilliane, with their age in that order. Spurred on by the Primordial Serpent Darkstalker Kaathe, they initiated a plan to try and usurp the First Flame, taking its power for themselves. Yuria infiltrated Lorithia, in an attempt to try and take the First Flame for Londor but failed, due to the fact that the Ashen One had already let the flame fade, for the first time in history. Elfriede also attempted to get to the First Flame, but upon her interaction with it, turned her into Ash. She would however eventually be resurrected as an Unkindled, betray Londor in the process and abandon all plans to usurp the flame, instead venturing into the Painting of Ariandel.
A man known as Ren, born in the Eastern Lands (specifically their capital Higashi) during the time that Londor had it under its control (Born in 1498FY), started his own quest to become a powerful warrior, following the execution of his father Ieyasu, though the reason for his treachery is unknown. He began training to become a Drakeblood Knight, a famous type of warrior unique to the Eastern Lands, due to their affinity with Dragons blood and as such awakening Draconic powers within them, potentially granting them the ability to control, tame and ride dragons. He showed great promise from childhood of being a strong warrior , training to become one of the strongest fighters at that time. When he believed to be strong enough, took part in the Drakeblood knight ritual consuming the dragons blood an undergoing his strength transformation. The ritual was known to kill many of those that took part, with only a fraction of those surviving and the process taking over several weeks to overcome. Ren however managed to surpass all symptoms within the first few days and the transformation was complete, faster than any that had come before him. Following this, Ren began to enact a secret plan to liberate the Eastern Lands from Londorian rule, though he had to plan this carefully and made sure to wait for the opportune moment, even if it took over a hundred years.
During this time, Ren set out in the year 1578FY to claim his own Dragon, a task which evades most Drakeblood Knights, yet is seen as one of their most solemn duties. Whilst it is not a necessary task to be a true Drakeblood Knight, it proves the power and worth that the warrior has and the control of his abilities. This practice had been forbidden for centuries by this point, as Londor would not technically be the ones to control the Dragons and so feared their power. Venturing into the Valley of the Dragons, a famous breeding ground for Dragons and Dragonkin alike, he began is quest to tame a dragon. Many lives had been claimed by this valley, but Ren saw this as an opportunity to strengthen himself and his cause. Eventually he met a dragon in battle and began to try and tame it. Though this was not an easy feat, Ren managed to succeed on his first attempt, bonding with an Adult Male Red Fire Drake, who he apparently named after his father. The dragon was thereafter known as Ieyasu.
=== Ren Begins The Rebellion ===
With the plot to usurp the First Flame failing, Yuria abandoned Lothric (Which was soon named to Lorithia by the Ashen One) and soon returned to Londor. Yuria then decided to pool an entire army of Hollowed Undead, most of which were stationed at Higashi of the Eastern Lands (in order to keep them in check and subjugation), creating a huge army outside the walls of Higashi with a plan to march against Lorithia and the Ashen One in 2AD. This was when Ren decided to initiate his plan, as he saw this as an opportunity to save Lorithia from invasion, whilst also attempting to destroy Londor in the process. As the leader of the Drakeblood Knights, he ordered all of them to mount the dragons that they had under their control, hidden in the Valley of the Dragons and muster whatever forces of the Eastern Lands that they had. Yuria ordered the march of Hollowed Undead against Lorithia and now that they were in the field, were completely open to attack, something that Yuria did not expect. Ren's Drakeblood Knights and their Dragons unleashed an unbelievable miasma of fire into the hoards of undead, destroying their countless legions and tens of thousands of undead destroyed in the blink of an eye.
Yuria, who was at the front of the army, realised to late what was happening and as such was caught in the dragonfire, almost instantly incinerating and was destroyed along with her army. Only several hundred hollows managed to escape into the forests, only few managing to rally to Morion. Lilliane, the youngest and last of the Sable church upon hearing of the news that a huge bulk of their forces had falling began to be concerned for the future of Londor. Unfortunately, the situation was only going to get worse. A woman in Morion known as Muriel had her own plan to liberate Mirrah and upon hearing of the destruction of Yuria's army began her own rebellion. Civilian forces began rise up, slaying the hollowed undead but Liliane's forces over the following months of fighting began to quell the rebellion. Muriel also attempted to rescue all those who had been captured and imprisoned, including that of Emperor Isshin who began fighting alongside the civilians and Muriel. Upon discovering that the Emperor had been freed by a Rebellion in Morion, Ren and his Drakeblood knights flew to the Capital of Londor with the intention of helping Muriel and Isshin, much like the Easterners did to aid Mirmark during the Second Forossan-Eastern War. Soon the fighting grew too much for the forces of Londor and Lilliane and as a result, ordered the evacuation of Londor, with Lilliane fleeing from the lands with her forces and going west towards Lorithia. Ren attempted to pursue them, but lost them in the mountain ranges, though he knew where they were heading and knew that they had no chance of surviving against Lorithia and as such left them to their fate.
=== Aftermath ===
With the Sable Churches leadership crumbled, their Usurpation of Fire plan failed and their lands of Subjugation lost, Londor ceased to be. Muriel was named Empress, reinstating Mirrah to its former glory and Isshin was once again Emperor of the Eastern Lands. Forossa did not mark a return and as such its lands were split between the Eastern Lands and Mirrah. Jugo also managed to mark a return, though it was not as significant a rebellion as Mirrah and the East as the leadership there was not as great as the others. Ren was given an honourable title of Ren The Liberator, showcasing his extraordinary abilities, whilst being named officially as the Captain of the Drakeblood Knights and also as the Defender of the East, he effectively became one of the worlds greatest warriors alive and potentially ever to have lived.
Lilliane did indeed attempt to march her remaining army to Lorithia, but something happened that she did not see coming. She soon came across the magical barriers used by that of the Ancient Kingdom of Drangleic, stopping the army dead in its tracks and would have to perilously navigate around it to try and get to the West. But when she eventually made her way around the barrier, she discovered that the continents had once again separated. Due to the stagnation (the act of constantly linking the fire) the two continents of Dwyrain and Gorlewynn merged, converging around the First Flame, but with the First Flame fading and the Era of Healing taking place, the continents began to move back to their original locations, trapping the remaining forces of Londor at the edge of Dwyrain. Instead, Lilliane decided to found a new nation on the Western edge, using the magical barriers of Drangleic as defence and constructed the new city of Morion and began to cease being known as Londor, instead just becoming known by its primary city. The threat that was Londor ceased to be, but the threat that was Morion lied dormant in the West of Dwyrain, mostly going unnoticed for several hundred years, until Morion initiated its own form of vengeance.