War of the Words

## Overview

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The War of Words was a bloody battle fought between Neld, Vandar, Deren, and some mysterious interloper. It ended with Deren's victory, however the costs were high on all sides.

## Context

The War of Words started as a war between the island nation of Neld and the Republic of Vandar, which then involved Deren.

While King Draynor and his Knights had brought peace and stability to Deren, their involvement in this war was unavoidable. The advancing army of Vandar was bend on conquest, and Deren was obligated to aid their allies in Neld. Neld themselves were a warlike people, and their capture was already a bloody affar.

Their nature meant the allies would eventually war among themselves, but nevertheless, Deren's bond stood. The conquerors had attacked and King Draynor was bound by honour to act.

Deren remained loyal to their allies in Neld in spite of the fact that the two people have little in common. If it happened the other way around, Neld would never have come to their aid.

Deren sent a legion of knights, and representatives from Society of Thought, including Trailin. The famed dragonborn mage of K'eld Ner.

Tralin was something of a wonder in the school of thought, a generalist of the highest caliber, his specialty lay in the unique and fascinating combinations of magics. Tralin was said to be able to even combine elements that normally opposed in his complex magical rituals.

Tralin would occasionally demonstrate his more unusal talents in Draynor's court. He could produce a flame that burnt bright as the sun, and consumed all the timber it was fed while the room grew ice cold. The wine in peoplpe's goblets close to the fire froze solid. He was said to be doing research into the combination of dark and light, to produce fanatically devoted and absolutely benevolent temple warriors that would protect the temples sanctity. Skeletal Wizards that served the light; benevolent undead.

Tralin being on the front increased the chances of Deren substancially. He rarely left the tower at the university. He was an oddity, as his family hails from White Dragons. Not only had Tralin turned on his family's tradition of ice, he had been a kind and helpful servant of Draynor for a very long time. Tralin had been instrumental in implementing some of the reforms that helped most the poor and the downtrodden. He was the first, but through his own efforts, not the last nonhuman member of Deren's royal court. Rumor had it that he was being considered for Dukedom. The Dragonborn remained a mystery but Tralin was trusted implicitly.

Vandar was a republic, and Deren a monarchy. At the start this was about ideologies. The rule of the people was the way of Vandar, and their choices were decided by popular vote.

To Vandar, Draynor was a tyrant and dictator who oppressed his people by denying them popular rule. Vandar saw it as their duty to advance the rule of the people. Gone is a time where people can be trodden under the feet of the few.

To Feldar, the commander of Vandar's army, it was his destin to spread the enlightenment to people everywhere. Feldar, who was old enough to have lived under the leadership of a dictator, though there was no question to what must be done, men women and children could no longerr be allowed to be slain by vindictive leaders.

Darin, the strategist of Vandar and coordinator of espinage had a different view. Many supported Vandar for different reasons. By supporting a republic, they have the power of make the laws so they will in turn create a social order in their favour using wealth and influence.

There will always be checks. Feldar insisted as a firm believer of the cause. Those who act unjustly shall return in their next life at the lowest end of the society, or even better, return as the very tyrants Vandar will crush completely.

Darin on the other hand saw different possibilities for the world he was not deterred by some remnant of silly superstition about the next life being torment for those who did harm here. Afterall, there were great magics in the world, and he would just have to make sure he never died.