The War Without Rivals

Military action

Count Neska of Barstoi crosses into eastern Ardeal, sparking a 6-year civil war between Ardeal and Barstoi.

In 4687, Count Aericnein Neska of Barstoi accuses Count Olomon Venacdahlia of criminally squandering the country’s resources in the fallow yet potentially bountiful Furcina region of the Dragosvet Plains. Troops from Barstoi occupy eastern Ardeal, beginning the War Without Rivals. Appeals from Ardeal for justice and royal censure against Barstoi become mired in political squabbling.   Taking matters into their own hands, Ardeal’s nobility, with support from residents of Varno, attack Barstoi soldiers in 4689. The invaders prove stubborn defenders and fields transform into trenches.   In 4693, after years of protracted combat, Count Neska recalls his troops and cedes Furcina back to Ardeal, but not before burning and salting hundreds of square miles of farmland. The fire-scarred, trench-riddled land is renamed the Furrows.