The Royal War

# First Stage

## (560) 1st revolt of Brentwood

Anger rises in Brentwood what laid in the middle of Ardor. People had enough of the tyrannical leader of the last decades. On the streets, people started to protest against the king. After many riots, the movement evolved to a true independence force that claimed Brentwood and started to move towards Ardain but got halted at the Ardorian Gap.

## (570) slaughtering At the Arorian Gap

Ardor moved all their troops towards Brentwood as the situation started to slip out of control. The two armies clashed at the Ardorian Gap, where Ardor royal forces had to high ground and decimated the Anti-Royal independence force.

## (570-625) The Anti-Royal oppression

With the failure of independence was, Ardor hunted down trouble makers and made them prisoners or even gave them the penalty of death. The effectiveness of this was however small, as the troops of Ardor were too much spread out to be effective. Secret groups of Anti-Royals were kept easily secret.

# Second Stage

## (630) Ankor revolt & independence

The fire of independence was deafened for a couple of decades but got revived more to the south in Seaward, where new revolts evolved to a new independence force. The harbor city wanted to be independent and didn’t want to give away many of its products to Ardor without taxation. The following months the revolt fire spread over the lands and Ankor was able to hold off the Ardorian armies who had to come from far away. When the Royal Armies arrived they got defeated due to tiredness and a well-organized defense. Ardor was obligated to recognize Ankor as an independent state.

# Third Stage

## (640) 2th revolt of Brentwood

The successes of Ankor to the south of Brentwood sparked the fire again in the hearts of those who have lost years ago at the Ardorian Gap. New revolts broke out and land (later Betria) became unstable.

## (641) The Alliance of the Anti-Royal state

Ankor recognized Betria as an independent state as it would serve as a buffer state against Ardor. They made an alliance to strengthen themselves against possible attacks from Ardor.

## (670) Anti-Royal Allegiance with the Imulan Empire

Attacks from Ardor came against the Anti-Royal alliance, who was just barely able to hold them off. Ankor who had grown in economic wealth saw an opportunity in buying an ally with the Imulan Empire, for an expensive price they were able to buy their services.

## (680) Battle of Woodgate

With the help of the Imulan forces, the Anti-Royal alliance was able to push the Royal Ardorian forces out of the great city of Woodgate. The push came to a stalemate at the Ardorian Gap once again due to too strong defensive positions.

## (685) Battle of the Red Mountains

The Anti-Royal alliance choose to let the Imulan Empire attack with a small force within the Red Mountains over the Red Pass that would always fail but take away some of the Royal forces from the Ardorian Gap. The plan/diversion was a success and the Royal forces were halved at the Ardorian Gap.

## (686) 2th Battle of the Ardorian gap and the Ardorian defeat

The success of the Red Mountains attack, which lured away half of the troops from the Ardorian Gap, made it possible for the Anti-Royal forces to push and take the Ardorian Gap. The Path into Ardor laid open, but both sides came to an agreement that the advance would stop in return for recognition of the state of Betria and a no-attack pact.