Triumvirate Battles

The Triumvirate nations, Kapesh and Gethsemane, have a historic reputation for sparring with one another. Separated by The Narrow Sea, these nations warred from roughly annum 2600 to 4000. Initially sparked by Gethsemane enslaving humans who crossed into their territories, and Kapesh doing the same with Elves and Dwarves. Kapesh offered an exchange of prisoners, which Gethsemane rejected.

This rejection sparked conflict between the nations that lasted centauries. It wavered in intensity over the years, and its core motivation changed from enslavement, to expansion, to resources, and finally religious differences.

Few major effects surfaced from the battles aside from death, and political divide. However, the city of Riverbridge, originally part of Gethsemane, constantly changed hands due to its location on the border. Slaves were eventually traded between sides for their freedom, any many died in the extended conflict. However, the conflict did give a foothold for the Alderian Rebellion.

The peak occurred during annum 3673. Gethsemane had sought the aid of a powerful being from The Void called The Maul Bearer. A demon of great strength who was to be given any territory he conquered as payment, so long as Gethsemane kept him unbound from The Void. The demon and his army destroyed the Kapesh city of Rello Arr and its surrounding territory, creating the West Scars.

Kapesh was able to kill the The Maul Bearer and his armies before they took Kierketholl, but the attacks left Kapesh weak for generations. This weakness later gave way to the Alderian Rebellion.

Enslavement of Humans, Elves and Dwarves sparked the initial conflict, and later became a bargaining chip between sides. These slaves began to be treated more as high valued prisoners than slaves, as their value in trades during conflict often outweighed their value as workers.

They suffered much injustice during these times, but the Off-Human slaves faced a much darker fate. The ways the nations had to stretch during wartimes depended heavily on the labor of slaves. The greater the stakes of the battle, the greater the mistreatment of Off-Human slaves. Many recognize this suffering as the greatest of all during the Triumvirate Battles.

After the discovery of Mechanicum Immaculatum and the creation of Warforged, the Triumvirate Battles entered a state of fast moving destruction and exhaustion of resources. The machines were so efficient at warfare that they expedited the rate at which the conflict occurred far beyond what normal military strategy could prepare for. This created a sort of mutually-assured-destruction. This, paired with the fact that some Warforged would go rouge and attack their masters on occasion, made for very bloody battles.

This forced The Triumvirate to reconsider their disputes. The world had changed so much and it was evident how little Zol knew about itself. The kingdoms of Kapesh struck and agreement to stop the conflict, and release all slaves that were Humans, Elves, and Dwarves.

Political amicability grew over time, but cultural divide never faded. Still to this day there is great disdain between the people of Kapesh and Gethsemane.

Since the concord, no major conflicts between kingdoms has arisen.