Great Winminster wrote:2888 BC: Aleksund III pushes for stronger ties with neighbouring kingdoms.
2887 BC: Marxet Nor invades the conquered Maxian territory after another man is picked to be the Norian King. They crush the Maxian army and capture their top general after said general lays siege to Verket. The Maxian army, while extremely weak, surprisingly win.
2886 BC: The general is set free in exchange for a captured Norian noble. Marxet Nor invades again, killing most of the top generals, and a rebellion causes Maxia to lose Verket. The general then invades Verket in a sneak attack, and retake it.
2885 BC: The wife of a Norian noble tricks the general, and he is then captured. His soldiers arrive, and a battle begins.
Meanwhile, in Marxet, in a dispute between Ivalo (Edward Plantagenet, or Edward IV), a descendant of Nikola, and the Tuk (Duke) of a province called Sumerket, pick roses to determine their side. Ivalo picks white, and the Tuk of Sumerket picks red.
Ivalo then plots a rebellion after his uncle dies after telling him that he has a claim to the throne. Then, the Royal Knights (Parliament) learn of a dispute between a noble, who is running the nation for Aleksund III until he grows up, and a bishop when a riot breaks out. Aleksund tells them not to fight, and the noble and the bishop agree. An Arl from Varik tells the Knights of Ivalo's request to have Varik's father's royal titles passed to Ivalo.
Aleksund grants this request, and Ivalo becomes the Tuk of Yark.
2884 BC: The general's troops now stand in the town of Roek, and after the Norian army taunts them, they fight. Maxia wins the battle. Another general, Filip, tells the general about the noble's wife's plan, but she tricks the general again, and the general then goes onto the Norian's side.
The king arrives, and the general meets him, only to get a message from Filip, saying that his switching sides makes him look suspicious, so the general leaves.
2883 BC: The king now knows about the dispute between Yark and Sumerket after they as the king if they can duel. The king tells them to be quiet about the dispute, since it will make Maxia weaker. He also says that even though he prefers them both, he is on the side of the red rose.
The general then plans an attack on Vordek, but the Norian king's army traps him. He asks Yark for any reinforcements, but he has none.
A messenger goes to Sumerket, telling him that Yark is the one that put the general in the situation he is in now.
The general's son arrives, but the general tells him to leave, so he won't die, but he refuses. The battle starts, and the general's son dies, and the general dies of a heart attack shortly thereafter.
2882 BC: Sumerket and Yark invade the Norian forces in Vordek, and win. Yark captures the Norian noble's wife, and Sumerket captures Mergret, the daughter to one of the nobles. Sumerket thinks she is beautiful and tries to marry her, and the Norian noble's wife is executed.
The bishop then also tries to get Maxia and Marxet Nor to make peace with one another. Marxet Nor accepts.
The Tuk of Sukholv arrives in the capital, and tells the king about Mergret, and the king decides to marry her.