Modern History of "True" Stildane

On this day, the Tarrasque devastated the refuge of Durev, casting many into the bitter and frozen chaos wastes. It was nearly the end of the Sanctuary of Uvasten, and a moment of deep local trauma.

On this day, the young and ambitious prince Avenek became king of the largest kingdom of Eketen - priming the region for change.

The "Open Hands" Policy, championed by Spymaster Uzrina of Kizen, led to the Empire getting much more involved in local politics throughout Ustavet - particularly focusing on the region of Verzavek. This was a mix of espionage, politics, and favorable trade deals - not necessarily hostile, but the first time since the Cleansing that the Empire made an active effort to project power Southward.

A military-political expedition intended to drive the Arvarans from Merishka. With Calazen gone and significant international backing for the Sunekan side, Arvarun quickly abandoned the Merishkan core (but kept the North for themselves).

A Kizen exploratory commission into the Suneka, intended to map the far South, arrange cross-continental trade deals, establish embassies in Eketen, Arvarun, and Merishka, and document technological advances in Sunekan lands. Led to a massive fascination of Sunekan culture in Kizen from 1919 to 1950.

Land inequalities dating back to the tyrannical regime of the Fifth Scouring favored wealthy Kobold families in Verzavek - and had never been corrected by Ustavet. Many smallfarmers in Verzavek were losing their lands, even as trade boomed. These farmers took to protests, and began waging a quiet war against the big landholders from 1960 to 1980. The event is often only chronicled as a 1966 event by historians, but really extended over two decades.

A large group of refugees from Verzohn that fled into the chaos wastes seeking to migrate to Verzavek, instead relocated to the hidden sanctuary of Durev. This sudden injection of new bodies, ideas, technology, and new kinds of magic led to a revitalization of the secret city.

The city of Durev, hidden in the wastes, was almost destroyed yet again by the dreaded Tarrasque. It is still not fully understood why the terrible beast turned away at the last moment, but Durev was spared - and the Tarrasque has not returned.

The treaty ensured a creation of a selkie port in Vruhafen, as well as an exemption from tariffs for selkies. In exchange, the selkies re-opened safe trade with Southern Stildane and the Suneka.