Dark Ages Of Artica

## Beginning EOC 56 - EOC 77

### Conquest Of Artica and it's aftermath

In EOC 56 The Druid-Elven War was concluded, with millions dead on both sides and many of Artica's beautiful and unique wildlife either endangered or completely extinct. Queen Elewisa declared Artica to be the continent of the Elves and their official home, while all was going well at the time Druids that still lived in Artica continued to rebel and antagonize the Elven population, this created a problem for Elewisa and her people that she couldn't fix after her decision to disband the army in peacetimes to increase her support.

Due to this, Druids continued to rebel and harass Elven settlements with little resistance and soon a group was formed in north Artica dedicated to reclaiming the continent for it's original Druid inhabitants, however they couldn't launch a all out rebellion, they'd need to wait for the Elven Imperious to be further destabilized.

### Lack of National Unity

Queen Elewisa could only unify the Elves to win against the druids and conquer the continent, however as the war gradually ended several Elven tribes, all with different cultures and traditions started to worry about what would happen next, would they be given autonomy and govern themselves or continue being apart of Elewisa's Imperious, many of the tribes except Elewisa's wanted independence and for the Elven Imperious to dissolve leaving every tribe allowed to continue their traditions and what they desired.

Queen Elewisa was very against this idea and did whatever she could to keep the tribes together, but knew that if she didn't give them some sort of autonomy they would eventually rise against her creating more challenges. Because of this she passed an act that allowed tribal customs and practices to be legalized everywhere in the Imperious along with tribal chieftains being allowed to have a say in what the central government did with their tribe. This act kept the tribes happy until EOC 61, when they continued to grow increasingly distasteful of Elewisa's desire for an empire, nothing was done about this and it is thought to be the leading cause for The Dark Ages, among most Elves.

### Assassination Of Queen Elewisa And The Succession Crisis

In EOC 70 During Queen Elewisa's coronation of Empress Of Artica she was shot and killed by a Druid rebel, this created a division in the Imperious that it'd never seen before and has yet to see again, due to Elwisa's lack of a lover she had no kids and no obvious successor to the throne the Imperious had no leader and political instability started to divide the empire, several political parties were formed, the most important and still surviving being the AFP the Artica Freedom Party managed to keep a small portion of the empire stable and due to this it was widely seen as the only party capable of taking over Artica after Elewisa's death.

## The Elven Civil War EOC 77 - EOC 92

### Deformation Of The Elven Imperious

In EOC 75 5 years after Queen Elewisa's death the Elven Imperious was finally dissolved 16 new nations making created due to this. This is seen by many as the start of The Dark Ages but Artica remained peaceful however that was soon to change.

### The Beginning Of The War

Summerset and the area around it was completely controlled by The Queen's Party a political organization and nation that was seen as the successor to the Imperious. The Artican Freedom Party not only wanted Summerset to try and establish a new theorized nation, a nation where Elves and Druids would be able to live together in harmony. However The Queen's Party refused to give up the city without a fight and formed an alliance with neighboring tribes that would soon form the Second Elven Imperious. The AFP did the same forming The Artican Freedom Alliance with 10 of the tribes around it in exchange for their autonomy and independence when the war was won. In EOC 77 the war was officially started both sides agreeing to keep Summerset as a demilitarized and protected zone from any battles however both sides kept a small garrison inside the city. Throughout the first few months several offensives were made to take over bordering towns and cities from the opposing side.

### Rise Of Queen Valroris and the end of the war EOC 89- EOC 92

It wasn’t long until the Second Elven Imperious had took charge of the consistent stalemate between them and the Artican Freedom Alliance with the rise of Queen Valroris. With the rise