The War of the Three Sisters Begins

Military: War

Prior to Evalyse, the land around the Aurmedian Sea was known as Ethleonis. Little is known about Ethleonis, and scholars often debate the validity of that which is. In part, this is due to the warlike nature of the Ethleonian peoples, who seemed averse to modern techniques for record-keeping, and in part due to the wholesale burning of historical texts and scrolls in the events leading up to the downfall of Ethleonis.   Scholars can agree that the last king of Ethleonis, King Rothar Valdrin, could not sire any sons, yet bore three daughters. By Ethleonian law, none of those daughters could inherit the throne. The eldest daughter felt slighted by her inability to take the throne, and eventually staged a coup. The other sisters, whether through greed, piety, or other motives, resisted their sister's attempt at the throne and instead poised to take it for themselves. This coup, ending in the death of King Rothar Valdrin, sparked what is known today as "The War of the Three Sisters."