Divine War

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The **Divine War** was a cataclysmic battle that took place 500 years before the events of Sovereigns of Ahdaine. It is the first major war that kicked off on Ahdaine, and the first brutal conflict between the Gods, who forged alliances with one another, against one another.

## History

Most of the Gods maintained steady relations with their people. Caercia was in deep contact with her Human populace, introducing values of meritocracy and economic prosperity to her people. Dentiir believed in justice and liberty, which she described with the single word "mastik'r", and taught her Trivera the values of freedom whilst upholding the law as well. Mecinbecht instilled a show of physical prowess to his population of Minrosa, and valued heroism, tradition, and high grounds, literally and metaphorically. Amnetros filled the Light Elves and the Crimson Elves with a deep desire for knowledge of the Arcane, instilling motivation and willpower in his people.

Monmukeura, on the other hand, was known as a destructive force of nature by his Primutus populace. Taking the physical form of a giant typhoon, occasionally Monmukeura would wreak havoc on the Tideuanan archipelago if he felt his people were turning their backs on him. This has caused the Primutus to revere him, but fear him as well. Due to this constant fear, many Primutus would search for ways to appease him just so they can live.

### Onoma's travels

It wasn't until one day in 637 Post-Void that a Primutus man named Onoma noticed Monmukeura was not only not destroying the archipelago anymore, but it seemed as though he stopped caring for them altogether. He would not answer their prayers, he stopped bestowing rain on their islands, among other things that were causing the Primutus grief. Being a merchant, Onoma has been to multiple nations on the Ahdaine mainland, especially Zocoias, in which he became immensely jealous of the wealth, prosperity, and abundance of food and drink Humans had.

Onoma would spend the next three years studying Human life in Zocoias, befriending people there and even gaining the attention of some of the Lords. He believed he was living good getting along with the populace of Zocoias, but was still perturbed by the lack of care Monmukeura was giving his people. Thus, he asked one of his Zocoian friends, who was a Warrior Human named Jaqayn, if he would ever fight and possibly die for his Goddess Caercia. His friend replied with an astute "absolutely."

The next week, Onoma returned home and devised a plan to meet with Alpha Tuorzas, the King of Tideuana. Upon meeting Alpha Tuorzas, Onoma reminded him of the immense wealth and prosperity Caercia is bestowing upon the Humans of Zocoias. Initially Tuorzas didn't care, but then he considered the possibility of gaining Monmukeura's favor by bringing war to Caercia's nation of Zocoias. Onoma, who was albeit very concerned, believed it to be true, and that the only way for Monmukeura to notice his own people again was to pillage the land of Zocoias and destroy them. As such, they planned the attack on Zocoias' coast and initiated it in 641.

### The first strike

The attack began on Zocoias in 641 Post-Void, initiated by the relentless forces of Tideuana's Vine Militia. Upon slaughtering many innocents, the Caercian Army put up a valiant defense nonetheless, and demanded answers from Tideuana, to which they did not open themselves up for dialogue. Zocoias increased defenses on the southwestern coast to protect them from further attacks which would come later.

Among members of the Caercian Army southwestern forces was Jaqayn, who had already killed a considerable number of Primutus invaders. He noticed a small boat one day with a single Primutus sailing towards the coast and prepared his sword for an execution, only to find out it was Onoma. Arriving on the coast, Jaqayn asked why this was happening, only to be silenced by Onoma. Onoma would then beg Jaqayn to tell his Human allies to stop fighting back, lest Monmukeura will be angry with his people. Jaqayn, uninterested in listening to him speak or justify the war, impaled him with his sword, killing him.