Lore: Period of Uncertainty

Period of Uncertainty

"Whoever wins, We Lose."

Background

The era forever called, the "Period of Uncertainty" is a nice way of saying, a Civil War era.  This lasted from 1482 to 1500. For a whole 18 years the country knew of only war and death.

This time period occurred after the death of the High King. Without an able successor, and a villainous queen many of the royal houses took up arms against their former liege in an attempt to "save" the kingdom from total collapse, which in reality is just a facade to build up their position and strength in the land.


For a long period of time that lasted for many years, the country of Drangleic. Had no ruler, only a council to keep the peace, however the presiding council members were either corrupted officials or people who just didn't give a damn about the priorities of the land and are more interested in favoring the war to their own satisfaction. Therefore the land and the people within it suffered. Not to mention raiding barbarian tribes made the situation much more worse for the people of Drangleic

The period's high point occurred when a young noblewoman in the Southlands. Eden Oda, took up arms and proclaim that the period will come to an end. And the next era would be an era of peace. For a time the other houses just laughed and brush off this upstart, but soon they found themselves at her mercy or her allies. Slowly but surely she conquered the provinces one by one, and soon around the summer time of 1500 AD, her armies breached the capital city of Angelholm and the city came under her control.

Reason? And Aftermaths

Many of Angelholm's scholars came to a similar conclusion. The High King at the time use to be a man of such strength and vigor, but in his later years he became "dull and boring" as his former wife described him, all he did in his later years was have his advisers preside over country meets and political matters hence the unstable regions and the raiding barbarian tribes.

Some scholars believe it was the lack of heirs, When it came to fostering children, the former High King had no such luck. Some say it was a curse, other say he had bad eggs. the women's guild believe it was the matter of him not being good in bed, or having this weird issue of having things 'dirty' which was odd for a king. Either way, this kind of behavior eventually caused the kingdom to self-imploded and on his deathbed, he declared that the kingdom will go to his wife. Much to the chagrin of everyone, because the truth was obviously clear his wife was clearly a pretender and a manipulator. She wanted the throne above all things else. Her life and luxury eventually became her downfall, her former guards eventually threw her out the highest tower they could find and without any children of her own this caused strife within the Imperial Court this led to the creation of the "Council of Lyons" which was established soon after to ensure peace and stability.