The War of 516-520

Excerpted from "The Annals of the South" (522) by Christer Daye, scholar of the College of Trowe

For the past hundred years, Trowe and other southern states have been peacefully settling the wastelands in the west and turning the land into productive farmland. This progression of peace and prosperity was interrupted by the violent barbarian hordes, both Centaur and Orcish, of the western interior. Many human settlements were destroyed, their women raped, and their men put to the sword. The southern states tried all forms of diplomacy, but the hordes sometimes refused and, at other times, betrayed promises.

In the spring of 516 in the Gulf of Tompsonn, Orcish pirates attacked a ship of Trowe. The government of Trowe issued a declaration of war against western piracy, brigandry, and terror in all forms. The army liberated huge swaths of Centaur-infested land and drove out the Orcish beasts, beasts who practice all manner of blood sacrifice and evil ritual. Calm returned to the coast, and human families were able to tend to their land.