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 The last of these were not plans Alexandria took kindly to. Sending the Red Rose and a contingent of its finest soldiers to Limberry, upon hearing rumors of Burmecian royalty sighted within its borders, Queen Brahne sought to destroy it for its interference. There the forces of Limberry in concert with Union and unaffiliated aid forces fought against the combined might of the Alexandrian Black Mages, Soldiers, and... the legendary General Beatrix: She Who Felled a Hundred Men. After a long, and difficult, battle Alexandria was driven back. But her fury now ignited would not be so easy to extinguish. The battle against Archadia, with the combined efforts of Ivalice's Lords working together, eventually sees the ouster of Archadia as well shortly after. And so, months would pass quietly after the enemies of Ivalice retreated to lick their wounds and reorganize. One could be forgiven for believing that, perhaps, the war might have been over...
-...but it had not yet even begun. Near simultaneously, Archadia prepares for an offshore attack on Zeltennia from the island of Nelveska even as Archadia launches its own attack upon the city of Goug. While a group of Union and affiliate allies join forces with the Zeltennian army to stop Archadia's latest advance, Faruja and his allies deal roundly with the attack on Goug shortly after - rescuing engineer hostages from the clutches of Alexandria Black Mages, Goffard Gaffgarion, a Black Waltz, and... a naughty Confederate Shinki riding astride a Behemoth (Fuki). Unfortunately, Alexandria manages to steal away one engineer even so... spiriting them away to the distant farm town of Dali for purposes unknown.
+...but it had not yet even begun. Near simultaneously, Archadia prepares for an offshore attack on Zeltennia from the island of Nelveska even as Alexandria launches its own attack upon the city of Goug. While a group of Union and affiliate allies join forces with the Zeltennian army to stop Archadia's latest advance, Faruja and his allies deal roundly with the attack on Goug shortly after - rescuing engineer hostages from the clutches of Alexandria Black Mages, Goffard Gaffgarion, a Black Waltz, and... a naughty Confederate Shinki riding astride a Behemoth (Fuki). Unfortunately, Alexandria manages to steal away one engineer even so... spiriting them away to the distant farm town of Dali for purposes unknown.
 '''To be continued. (Will add appropriate links/entries for notable people and stuff soon.)'''

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 ...but it had not yet even begun. Near simultaneously, Archadia prepares for an offshore attack on Zeltennia from the island of Nelveska even as Archadia launches its own attack upon the city of Goug. While a group of Union and affiliate allies join forces with the Zeltennian army to stop Archadia's latest advance, Faruja and his allies deal roundly with the attack on Goug shortly after - rescuing engineer hostages from the clutches of Alexandria Black Mages, Goffard Gaffgarion, a Black Waltz, and... a naughty Confederate Shinki riding astride a Behemoth (Fuki). Unfortunately, Alexandria manages to steal away one engineer even so... spiriting them away to the distant farm town of Dali for purposes unknown.
-'''To be continued. (Faruja and/or Ultima (Old) player will add appropriate links/entries for notable people and stuff soon.)'''
+'''To be continued. (Will add appropriate links/entries for notable people and stuff soon.)'''
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 The last of these were not plans Alexandria took kindly to. Sending the Red Rose and a contingent of its finest soldiers to Limberry, upon hearing rumors of Burmecian royalty sighted within its borders, Queen Brahne sought to destroy it for its interference. There the forces of Limberry in concert with Union and unaffiliated aid forces fought against the combined might of the Alexandrian Black Mages, Soldiers, and... the legendary General Beatrix: She Who Felled a Hundred Men. After a long, and difficult, battle Alexandria was driven back. But her fury now ignited would not be so easy to extinguish. The battle against Archadia, with the combined efforts of Ivalice's Lords working together, eventually sees the ouster of Archadia as well shortly after. And so, months would pass quietly after the enemies of Ivalice retreated to lick their wounds and reorganize. One could be forgiven for believing that, perhaps, the war might have been over...
-...but it had not yet even begun. Near simultaneously, Archadia prepares for an offshore attack on Zeltennia from the island of Nelveska even as Archadia launches its own attack upon the city of Goug. While a group of Union and affiliate allies join forces with the Zeltennian army to stop Archadia's latest advance, Faruja and his allies deal roundly with the attack on Goug shortly after - rescuing engineer hostages from the clutches of Alexandria Black Mages, Goffard Gaffgarion, a Black Waltz, and... a Confederate naughty Shinki riding astride a Behemoth (Fuki). Unfortunately, Alexandria manages to steal away one engineer even so... spiriting them away to the distant farm town of Dali for purposes unknown.
+...but it had not yet even begun. Near simultaneously, Archadia prepares for an offshore attack on Zeltennia from the island of Nelveska even as Archadia launches its own attack upon the city of Goug. While a group of Union and affiliate allies join forces with the Zeltennian army to stop Archadia's latest advance, Faruja and his allies deal roundly with the attack on Goug shortly after - rescuing engineer hostages from the clutches of Alexandria Black Mages, Goffard Gaffgarion, a Black Waltz, and... a naughty Confederate Shinki riding astride a Behemoth (Fuki). Unfortunately, Alexandria manages to steal away one engineer even so... spiriting them away to the distant farm town of Dali for purposes unknown.
 '''To be continued. (Faruja and/or Ultima (Old) player will add appropriate links/entries for notable people and stuff soon.)'''

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 Days later, Faruja and a now much familiar band of Union and unaffiliate allies enter into the accursed Yuguewood. Once haunted by the spirits of long fallen soldiers from an ancient and bloody war, her woods had (at least temporarily) recently been silenced as part of a civilian request by a band of mercenaries. Though unusually peaceful they were, the sight of a slaughter the allies happened upon quickly revealed all was not well. They had come in search of a supply wagon, and apparently they'd found it... or pieces of it anyroad. Their thorough search of the roads for the lost supplies and escorts eventually turned them up at a mausoleum guarded by a ferocious Marlboro. A mausoleum that was apparently also being desecrated by... Templarate. For the first time, it was revealed to Faruja that Lord Folmarv was not the 'man' he had thought him to be. A traitor to the Church and a fiend himself, Folmarv and a mysterious Templarate mage had come to awaken an ancient evil. Despite their best attempts to put an end to the traitor's designs, the allies failed and the fiends departed - leaving Faruja to question everything he knew about the organization to which he belonged...
-Erstwhile, Archadia had made progress toward defeating the Lord Barrington - forcing him and his men to take refuge in the last bastion of safety in the land: Riovanes. Their making much headway toward forcing a surrender finally made the royal family and the other regional Lords to act - each committing a share of soldiers and supplies to the task of assissting the Duke. Faruja and company request an audience with one of the most revered of these Lords, on behalf of the Church, in the hopes of gaining favorable aid - both to deal with Archadia as well as to protect his own people from the wrath of Alexandria. A wrath that, as of late, had driven them to near extinction. The man he sought... was the Silver Noble Lord Marquis Elmdore. As luck who have it, the legendary Generals of the East and West Lions too had much to discuss with the Marquis about war. There, with his allies, and amidst three of the greatest warriors of Ivalice still living... plans were hatched to deal with their enemies and extend sanctuary to Faruja's beleaguered people as well.
+Erstwhile, Archadia had made progress toward defeating the Lord Barrington - forcing him and his men to take refuge in the last bastion of safety in the land: Riovanes. Their making much headway toward forcing a surrender finally made the royal family and the other regional Lords to act - each committing a share of soldiers and supplies to the task of assissting the Duke. Faruja and company request an audience with one of the most revered of these Lords, on behalf of the Church, in the hopes of gaining favorable aid - both to deal with Archadia as well as to protect his own people from the wrath of Alexandria. A wrath that, as of late, had driven them to near extinction. The man he sought... was the Silver Noble Lord Marquis Elmdore. As luck would have it, the legendary Generals of the East and West Lions too had much to discuss with the Marquis about war. There, with his allies, and amidst three of the greatest warriors of Ivalice still living... plans were hatched to deal with their enemies and extend sanctuary to Faruja's beleaguered people as well.
 The last of these were not plans Alexandria took kindly to. Sending the Red Rose and a contingent of its finest soldiers to Limberry, upon hearing rumors of Burmecian royalty sighted within its borders, Queen Brahne sought to destroy it for its interference. There the forces of Limberry in concert with Union and unaffiliated aid forces fought against the combined might of the Alexandrian Black Mages, Soldiers, and... the legendary General Beatrix: She Who Felled a Hundred Men. After a long, and difficult, battle Alexandria was driven back. But her fury now ignited would not be so easy to extinguish. The battle against Archadia, with the combined efforts of Ivalice's Lords working together, eventually sees the ouster of Archadia as well shortly after. And so, months would pass quietly after the enemies of Ivalice retreated to lick their wounds and reorganize. One could be forgiven for believing that, perhaps, the war might have been over...

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 No sooner had they escaped the gaping maw of death itself, however, and they had already to begin making preparations to interfere with Archadia's advances in Fovoham. In the interim, between their preparations being made and the long and arduous journey to Fovoham, Faruja and his allies briefly stop to answer a search for a missing man. It's a search that begins on the snowy plains of the Felmarian Highlands, and ultimately ends with yet another battle in underground mines. This one with a fiend not unlike the fiend they'd fought at the Church's sanctuary days prior, apparently antagonizing... a Dragon. A lady Dragon, or so it would seem, and her unlikely lover-to-be - the once proud Templar knight known as Beowulf Cadmus.
-After rescuing Ser Cadmus and the scaly object of his affections, they make request for information on his doings and inadvertently learn more of the Church than they'd prefer to hear. Before he can give them the full breadth of his story, though, the changed object of affections (thanks to a certain Lunar 'fox'...) flees from their presence causing Ser Cadmus to depart from them earlier than intended in pursuit.
+After rescuing Ser Cadmus and the scaly object of his affections, they make request for information on his doings and inadvertently learn more of the Church than they'd prefer to hear. Before he can give them the full breadth of his story, though, the changed object of his affections (thanks to a certain Lunar 'fox'...) flees from their presence causing Ser Cadmus to depart from them earlier than intended in pursuit.
 Days later, Faruja and a now much familiar band of Union and unaffiliate allies enter into the accursed Yuguewood. Once haunted by the spirits of long fallen soldiers from an ancient and bloody war, her woods had (at least temporarily) recently been silenced as part of a civilian request by a band of mercenaries. Though unusually peaceful they were, the sight of a slaughter the allies happened upon quickly revealed all was not well. They had come in search of a supply wagon, and apparently they'd found it... or pieces of it anyroad. Their thorough search of the roads for the lost supplies and escorts eventually turned them up at a mausoleum guarded by a ferocious Marlboro. A mausoleum that was apparently also being desecrated by... Templarate. For the first time, it was revealed to Faruja that Lord Folmarv was not the 'man' he had thought him to be. A traitor to the Church and a fiend himself, Folmarv and a mysterious Templarate mage had come to awaken an ancient evil. Despite their best attempts to put an end to the traitor's designs, the allies failed and the fiends departed - leaving Faruja to question everything he knew about the organization to which he belonged...

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 Archadia's promised retribution for its defeat in Yardrow came swiftly, with the might of its imperial army descending upon Fovoham and seizing vast stretches of territory, putting the Duke Barrington at an immediate disadvantage in his own Dukedom. What they could not seize, the demons were keen to burn to the ground - as they tried to do firstly with outlying Woodfaire. Through the efforts of Union, unaffiliated, and Church interlopers, their advance was slowed considerably (See: Woodfaire Burning, for instance), but these efforts alone would not be sufficient to stem the tide. Aid from Fovoham's neighbors was slow in the coming even now, with many still apprehensive about going to battle with House Solidor and its Order of Judges so soon.
-As war raged in Fovoham, Faruja dreamt of the demons he feared would soon swallow Ivalice whole. But though his greatest concerns were with the factions of men, particularly of twin dragons of Archadia and Alexandria, deeper fears of even more sinister plots had begun to possess his thoughts like an itch that couldn't be scratched. He would soon find his fears all too real, as a mythical evil plucked from the very pages of the Zodiac Braves shambled its way into his very sanctuary... leaving a river of blood and sundered innocents in its wake. The fiend declared itself Hashmal the Bringer of Order, an undying abomination before God whose very existence precedes the birth of Ivalice itself. Despite its attempts to undermine Faruja's faith and his very psyche, and lay his allies low with its crushing strength, it was seemingly defeated... but at a steep cost.
+As war raged in Fovoham, Faruja dreamt of the demons he feared would soon swallow Ivalice whole. But though his greatest concerns were with the factions of men, particularly of the twin dragons of Archadia and Alexandria, deeper fears of even more sinister plots had begun to possess his thoughts like an itch that couldn't be scratched. He would soon find his fears all too real, as a mythical evil plucked from the very pages of the Zodiac Braves shambled its way into his very sanctuary... leaving a river of blood and sundered innocents in its wake. The fiend declared itself Hashmal the Bringer of Order, an undying abomination before God whose very existence precedes the birth of Ivalice itself. Despite its attempts to undermine Faruja's faith and his very psyche, and lay his allies low with its crushing strength, it was seemingly defeated... but at a steep cost.
 No sooner had they escaped the gaping maw of death itself, however, and they had already to begin making preparations to interfere with Archadia's advances in Fovoham. In the interim, between their preparations being made and the long and arduous journey to Fovoham, Faruja and his allies briefly stop to answer a search for a missing man. It's a search that begins on the snowy plains of the Felmarian Highlands, and ultimately ends with yet another battle in underground mines. This one with a fiend not unlike the fiend they'd fought at the Church's sanctuary days prior, apparently antagonizing... a Dragon. A lady Dragon, or so it would seem, and her unlikely lover-to-be - the once proud Templar knight known as Beowulf Cadmus.

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+Archadia's promised retribution for its defeat in Yardrow came swiftly, with the might of its imperial army descending upon Fovoham and seizing vast stretches of territory, putting the Duke Barrington at an immediate disadvantage in his own Dukedom. What they could not seize, the demons were keen to burn to the ground - as they tried to do firstly with outlying Woodfaire. Through the efforts of Union, unaffiliated, and Church interlopers, their advance was slowed considerably (See: Woodfaire Burning, for instance), but these efforts alone would not be sufficient to stem the tide. Aid from Fovoham's neighbors was slow in the coming even now, with many still apprehensive about going to battle with House Solidor and its Order of Judges so soon.
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 ==== Fifty Years War ====
 (Note Kings all mentioned below are named only on a first name basis, excepting Ondoria Atkascha. Ivalice, Romanda, and Ordallia's royal families are all related by blood, but it's unlikely they're all Atkascha.)
 A literal fifty year conflict between the nations of Ordallia and Ivalice, in which the result was Ordallian victory and Ivalice's falling into the state of poverty and civil war it is in now. To understand the depths of the depravity of this war, one must first understand that not only were Ordallia and Ivalice on peaceful and mutually beneficial terms - but also, their respective Royal Families were tied by blood at the time of the conflict. Before the war, Ordallia was ruled by King Devanne III and Ivalice by King Denamda II... Devanne's uncle by blood. Conflict arose in Zelmonia, a territory between the two nations which some time ago Ordallia had acquired, and up until the war Ivalice had provided indirect support to Zelmonia for the sake of its liberation. Zelmonia, at the height of this conflict, decided to petition King Denamda for direct aid. Before that could transpire, King Devanne III passed away - leaving a power vacuum in Ordallia. Devanne's cousin, Varoi VI was to be named the new King, but Denamda declared his own right to rule the throne of Ordallia by virtue of being Devanne's uncle. This was refused, and Denamda declared war against Ordallia.