Caivian Important Events

### **Battle of Burnsley - Conflict & Date**

The Battle of Burnsley was fought in August 870 AD during the Cavian Civil Wars (899-849 AD).

* **Fleets & Commanders**
	+ Caivian Light Sorcerers
	+ Caivian Dark Sorcerers

### **Battle of Burnsley - Background**

The village of Burnsley in Caivia is well known for the civil strife that took place between the light and the dark sorcerers. For centuries, the village was known to be a refuge for the magical kind who had fled the atrocities of the dark sorcerers. While much of the details for the battle itself remain a mystery, the premise is that during the summer of 870 AD, Caivian troops led by Matthew Lacaros, a sorcerer from Westray were opposed by the forces of an alliance of dark sorcerers residing in Burnsley. Despite the efforts of the dark sorcerers, they were outnumbered by the magical forces led by the then guardian of the land, Edmund Falcon, in part due to his ability to use his magical powers. The battle was fierce but eventually victory fell into the hands of Falcon’s army.

The light sorcerer’s army was formed in three ranks, with its formation beginning to disintegrate as it entered the confined waters of Burnsley. Opposing them, the allied fleet was deployed with Falcon’s army. As the light sorcerers approached, the dark sorcerers slowly backed, luring the enemy into the waters and buying time until the next morning.

As they turned, the magics quickly moved to the attack. Driven back, the first line of forces were pushed into the second and third lines causing them to foul and further break down. In addition, the rising swell led the dark sorcerer army largely leaderless when their admiral was killed early in the fighting. As the fighting raged, the humans were the first to break and flee.

### **Aftermath of Burnsley**

Losses for the Battle of Burnsley are not known with certainty, however it is estimated that the magics lost around 60 ships while the humans lost around 330. In order to ensure the dark sorcerers would not return, the town was burnt down, with magical bindings placed to ensure nothing survived (including livestock and supplies) between the time when the magics felt it would be safe to return. The tragedy lies in the fact that the village never recuperated and remains burnt to this day, with only a handful of priests living there as a guidance to the lost souls that roam its streets at night. There are rumors that only magical beings can gain entry and survive in the village today.

### Rytheda, The Eternal One

Rytheda is a dragon who resides in the caves of Mt. Caolan - a mountain that overlooks the **Cryst Plains**. Rumour has ir that Rytheda overlooks the lands surrounding her cave; she protects and oversees the protection of both regions of Caivia.

Rytheda was bound by an oath long ago when a knight, famous for hunting and killing dragons stumbled upon her in her lair. Having recently settled in to await the hatching of a recent clutch she was at he rmost vulnerable. **Evaine**, the knight, seeing the protective nature of Rytheda opted instead of killing her to protect her and her clutch.

The clutch soon hatched under Rytheda's watchful gaze and Evaine's protections. Because of this, Rytheda swore an oath to protect Evaine;s home as he had protected her and her own. And so to this day Rytheda does just that. This is also part of how the Dragon became the Caivian national symbol and that hteir power made them revered.

#### A Magical Oath of Binding

However, when Rytheda made this oath of protection she unknowingly (at the time) bound herself to the lands, preventing her from leaving or indeed venturing very far from her lair. In fact, she, to this day, is only able to soar within the Springrock Mountains.

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