Military: War
With the Halruaan royal family assumed dead, Mannfred von Kessel, the next heir in line declares himself the king of Halruaa only to be challenged by the more popular younger sister Cecilia von Kessel. This political maneuvering ultimately spills into a civil war between eastern Traditionalist forces that support Mannfred von Kessel and western Reformation forces that support Cecilia von Kessel. The war would go on for eight years resulting in the loss of much Halruaan blood only to end suddenly with both heirs assassinated