War of Broken Vows
The Conflict
Prelude
Some sources say that Arsa after being away on a long voyage arrived a few days early and walked in on her husband being disloyal with one of the castle maids, causing Arsa in her flustered state to attack him with a dining knife, only for her attempt to fail. She received a scar from the fight, but not long after she fled to the city of Saluildungpi and begin the war. There are documents claiming Ituvak said that on the trip Arsa was taking she was frolicking with the Lord of Saluildungpi, Fadung, and with her being upset with the king's impotence she sought to replace him. Leading her to attempt to assassinate him, and take the throne for herself alongside Fadung. The biggest suggestion thinking this is true is that only a week after the war officially began she started dating Fadung. While some scholars have theorized it was actually Fadung pulling the strings behind the scene to get with the woman he loved. He supposedly achieved this by hiring a prostitute to make advances on Ituvak, and placing a spell upon Arsa so that once she witnessed the scene her better judgement would be suppressed allowing only her rage to appear. However this is only theorized and has very little evidence to support this, with the only piece being an unsent letter by Fadung expressing his hidden love for her.
As sad as it is, I can appreciate that an entire war is built on the relationship problems between two people. That's how some of these things start and spiral out to have huge repercussions for the world around them. Makes me feel bad for the world at large.
I wanted it to be something simpler compared to my previous written wars. Something more grounded, but having some of the most extreme effects on the world. There is a weird beauty in it <3