| Theaters of Operations |
|---|
| Eastern Front (Fan Shoar, Irombi) |
| Northern Front (Oriental Coastlands, Yamato) |
| Western Front (Sundering Sea, Sonngefilde) |
| Allied Nations | Triad Nations |
|---|---|
| Empire of Metamor | Republic of Telvar |
| Quenardya | Yamato |
| Republic of Whales | Espaku |
| Numerous smaller allied nations in Fan Shoar | Shoari & Irombian puppet states |
| Outcomes |
|---|
| Decisive Allied Victory |
| Unconditional Surrender of Yamato |
| Destruction of Telvari Republic |
| Negotiated Cease-Fire with Espaku |
The end of the First World War left Yamato conqured, broken, and under occupation by Rukilia. Yamato's allies had fared a lot better, but Yamato was under control by another nation, and a nation that was ruled by Nagas and not humans.
It was an untenable situation at best. Yamato threw off its Rukilian occupation force in a nasty guerrilla war for independence that lasted through most of the 1840s. They began to rebuild with a thirst for vengeance, but world recession in the 1850s and 1860s dragged out the recovery process and made Yamato's resentment even worse. In the late 1860s, Yamato began to expand its holdings in Fan Shoar, far from the interests of the Elves nor the Nagas (who now controlled or strongly influenced almost half of Galendor between them). New alliances were formed in Fan Shoar, Irombi, even some parts of the Southlands — anywhere that the triple alliance of Metamor, Quenardya and Whales was feared and resented.
In 1870, the nations of Espaku, Telvar, and Yamato signed a treaty, unknown to the rest of the world.
The treaty divided the Eastern Hemisphere into "domains of influence" in which they would make no attempt to compete with one another. Espaku received most of Irombi, while Telvar took its eastern quarter and divided Fan Shoar down the middle with Yamato.
The details of the pact were kept secret for more than two decades, but the outward signs were obvious: Espaku, Telvar and Yamato began making plays for dominance over the half of the world where the Empire of Metamor and Quenardya were not highly active. If the three nations' leaders believed that they could avoid the wrath of Kyia and Artela by leaving Galendor alone, though, they were soon to learn otherwise.
By 1885 the world was in full-blown war again, though this time most of the ground fighting occurred in Fan Shoar rather than Galendor. The conflict was even more terrible than the last one, and spells were used in battle that ought never to have been tested in even the remotest wasteland. Civilians died by the millions, and still the conflict dragged on. Eventually, a joint Imperial/Quenardya invasion force was launched against Yamato from the Oriental Coastlands, while Whales and Metamor fought a holding action in Fan Shoar against the forces of the Republic of Telvar. Yamato was again defeated, and this time completely occupied by Metamor peacekeepers (who were far more respectful of local customs than the Nagas had been).
Yamato was defeated in 1892 and occupied by Metamor peacekeepers. The war in the east was brought to an abrupt and complete end in 1893, when a truly horrifying spell destroyed Telvar's capital and led to the creation of the Rift.1
None of the Allied governments have officially acknowledged responsibility for the spell, but it is generally believed that mages from all three nations participated in its design and execution at the behest of the Whalish government. Certainly the pragmatic nature of the Whalish people would lend itself to using such a spell, but after the war all involved parties (including Whales) signed agreements that banned the use of such massively destructive spells.
