The righteous war

After the war of the five lords, Edgar Ravengray has taken the Griffin's crown and proclaimed himself emperor of The Griffin Empire. Killing the previous emperor (Aedon Whiteshield), he banished the rest of the emperor's family (His wife, Melania and his daughters, Eleana and Astra) to Dal'Shaq and told them never to return to Domas or he will have them killed.

Edgar Ravengray promised to rule righteously and to be a better emperor than Aedon was. However, he would execute any Griffin lord who wouldn't bend the knee to their new emperor, himself. He killed 5 lords because they refused to kneel before him. That included Lord Manuel of house Loveheart (son of Frederick Loveheart), who served emperor Aedon in the war of the five lords for full 7 years and refused to bend the knee to Edgar.

Hearing the word that his father was executed for "treason", his son, Frederick, decided to flee from Domas in order to find the missing Whiteshield ladies. He searched for them for more than 5 months and finally saved them and brought them home.

At first, Lord Frederick had to armies to start a rebellion with and therefore asked the king of Summerwind for help. He promised him land in Luidora and eternal alliance if he wins. The king of Summerwind decided to help not by providing him with his royal army but by asking a few lords to provide their armies instead. Lord Ewyn Saros, Lord Tarmos Merrygard and Lord Martyn Goldhorn decided to help Lord Frederick in his rebellion against Edgar Ravengray. Lord Frederick was provided with 20,000 fine soldiers to start his conquest with.

By returning to The Griffin Empire, he has decided to conquer his home town of Ergvas first.

Fighting bravely and fiercely, Lord Frederick has managed, throughout the following months, to conquer a part of the western Griffin territory. Now controlling over 35,000 soldiers in his army, he went south towards South Haven. The city fell easily after only a few days of siege.

Soon, Gavris Ravengray (Edgar's brother) reached out to Lord Frederick and asked to join the rebellion against his brother. Lord Frederick accepted his proposal and soon, the whole woodlands and hill lands were conquered as well, thanks to Lord Gavris, the righteous rebellion had control over the whole southern part of The Griffin Empire.

Now controling over 50,000 soldiers, the righteous rebellion easily managed to conquer the central and northern parts of the empire. Only the lakelands and the city of Victoria itself remained. The siege of Victoria is considered the longest lasting siege in this war. It lasted for approximately 4 months. Soon, Edgar Ravengray crumbled and weakened. The soldiers of the rebellion have breached the city and slowly started making their way towards the Griffin's palace.

Once they have breached the throne room, they found Edgar himself and a few of his still loyal lords. Edgar Ravengray surrendered on spot saying he has done his duty by killing the mad emperor, Aedon, and that he now wishes to die. Lord Frederick then killed Edgar by cutting his head off.

The result of this war lead to House Whiteshield once more becoming the rulers of the Griffin Empire, with Empress Eleana sitting on the throne. Lord Frederick Loveheart, for his bravery and his commitment, became Hand of the empress, the highest rank a man can achieve.