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	leader was brought down by the blade of Ambros de Montford, uncle of the		leader was brought down by the blade of [[Ambros de Montford]], uncle of the
	young Duke of Farin, and recently appointed Earl Marshall. For some		young Duke of Farin, and recently appointed Earl Marshall. For some
	reason, Ambros decided to spare the life of the enemy commander, whether it		reason, Ambros decided to spare the life of the enemy commander, whether it

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Since the time of [[Dav]]'s son and successor, Iain I, the Kingdom of
[[Lithmore]] has been at war with a nation far to the south, the [[Daravi]]
Sultanate and it's protectorates, which stand between it and the Duchy of
Farin. The Daravi nations openly accept and even embrace the practice of
magic, and this is the basic reason for the constant warfare between the
two. It is unknown at this point, why Dav chose to end his [[Consolidation Timeline|consolidation]]
before conquering these nations, but the rest of his line has certainly had
no easy time of doing it. Following some initial success by Iain I, there
has been a lot of give and take in the various wars that seem to erupt at
least once every generation.

However, in the year of 269, a small group of Daravi managed to sneak
deeply into the borders of the Duchy of [[Farin]], into the capital itself, and
into the very palace of the Duke. In the dead of night they kidnapped the
Duke, but left enough evidence to ensure that his nobles knew that he still
lived. Farin was thrown into disarray, and with a mixture of panic,
vassals overly eager to rescue their Duke, and a void in the leadership,
some grave mistakes were made. The Daravi Sultan himself made excellent
use of this, and within three years, he marched victoriously into the city
of Farin itself. By this time, the King was forced to rescind the title of
the absent Duke, whose entire family had been slain, and appoint in his
place, the Marquis of Montford. The following years were full of bloody
battle, as the new Duke of Farin, with the assistance of the King, slowly
managed to fight their way back, and managed to reclaim Farin. What they
found there chilled the hearts of everyone- not a single building was left
standing, not a tree still grew, not even a blade of grass. What was once
the pride of the Duchy was nothing more than a wasteland, blighted by some
great magic- to this day it is unknown what occurred there, but now the
ruin is avoided by all but renegades and [[heretic]]s. Faithful Davites fear
to tread there.

What followed was a period of peace; Farin had lost her will to fight, and
the Daravi were distracted at home by a dynastic squabble in their own
heartland at the sudden death of their Sultan. The home demesne of the new
Dukes, Montford, was declared the new capital of the Duchy, although it
still retained the traditional name of Farin. All was quiet on the front,
until one scorching day in the year 293 when a surprisingly small group of
only one-hundred Daravi horsemen burst past the border guards. For a time
they fought valiantly, but their number was steadily reduced, until their
leader was brought down by the blade of Ambros de Montford, uncle of the
young Duke of Farin, and recently appointed Earl Marshall. For some
reason, Ambros decided to spare the life of the enemy commander, whether it
was out of respect for his valiant charge and talent as a warrior, or in
the hope of obtaining information from the man, his reasoning is unknown to
all but himself. It wasn't long after that he discovered just whom he had
captured, this man was the eldest son of the Daravi Sultan, Prince Umwar
Fehmid Cateran.

The young prince was taken to King Bran, and has since remained there as
his guest, and while he has remained there enjoying the lifestyle of a
[[Lithmorran]] noble, there is no doubt that he is a political prisoner, and
the reason for the prolonged peace with the Daravi. This current situation
has been agitating many of the old guard of the Order, who call for the
death of the Prince and the renewal of the war. To date, the King had
refused these calls, for one very good reason; his beloved niece, Firella
ab Yarvine, has been held by the Daravi Sultan for the past five years. It
is unknown how she came to be captured, but there is no doubting that she
is there.

As for the Prince, the King's confessor, Bishop Narim ab Dekarti, has
personally examined him and found him completely free of magery. It awaits
to be seen how the newly crowned King, Iain II, will deal with this issue,
but it is not a matter that he can ignore for long.

The Daravi are generally said to be dark of skin, similar to the people of
Farin, but different in dress, as they tend to clad themselves in flowing
robe-like clothing and turbans suitable to their desert kingdom. It is
said amongst scholars and veteran soldiers that the Daravi speak none of
the civilised tongues prevalent in the kingdom, and instead speak a
language closer to that of the [[Charali]].

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