Belvarian Civil War

The Belvarian Civil War was a war between Good King Omund's armies with his Dragonknights and the United Free Cities led by Grand Duchess Adelais of Stonesfield with the Warforged. The war lasted from 1481 to 1488. Trovenkellig and Astropolis sided with King Omund. The United Free Cities comprised of Stonesfield, Khovetska, and Meztepec. Xienshao remained neutral.

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Good King Omund was the architect of the Age of Law of New Belvaria. He united the leaders of the Great Cities and repelled the encroaching chaos of the wilderness. His court wizard, Ebine, created the incorruptible Dragonknights to uphold law and justice throughout the lands.

Leventus, High Cleric of Meztepec, became a close confidant of Omund's when he was only Blade Saint of Trovenkellig, and was one of his electors to kingship. However, Omund's implementation of his Dragonknights throughout the cities put him at greater odds with the New Belvarian nobility. They took it as a grab for greater power, just as King Bertram had done long ago. Levuntus pleaded with Omund to withdraw his Dragonknights, but Omund persisted.

Levuntus eventually came to oppose Omund and fought on the side of the United Free Cities, led by Grand Duchess Adelais of Stonesfield, against Omund in the Belvarian Civil War. The brightest artificers and engineers of Stonesfield and Khovetska came together to create their own elite fighting force, the Warforged. Eventually, Adelais and her armies were defeated, after which Levuntus surrendered to Omund, who granted him amnesty.

However, the underlying political tensions that led to the war had not been resolved. Several leaders, calling themselves "Liberators", plotted to assassinate him. They recruited Levuntus, who took a leading role in the assassination.

Afterwards, stricken with guilt, Levuntus took his own life. His name has since become synonymous with acts of intimate public betrayal and treason.