The Battle of Dragoza

The incident known as the Battle of Dragoza took place in 890 3E and was the final battle of a long and bloody civil war which divided Achadia over the issue of Aasauria and its ever-evolving technology. Though the root cause of this war was lost over time, many speculate that Aasauria was preparing to build a powerful weapon that would have made it untouchable in terms of military might. Fearing this, the barons of Hexgarde spear-headed a propaganda campaign against the Aasaurian royal family. The campaign was so successful that only Reddima and Pollux remained loyal to Aasauria's cause. This, however, put the two nations in a predicament. Pollux was a fledgling nation, still rebuilding after the ousting of its former leader, and Reddima was ill prepared to fight a war on two fronts after the Galladians broke their hundred year peace treaty and took a key fortification known as Stahlengrade Keep along the Reddima-Gallad border. With their hands tied, the two nations could only send menial shipments of soldiers, and arms to the doomed nation.

At the Battle of Dragoza, the royal family was killed to the last man, woman, and child. The Order of the Northern Sky, Aasauria's fabled knighthood which kept traditions dating back to the Dragon Crusade was decimated, and Aasauria's fields, which were once the envy of Achadia, were left barren and unusable by the wayward use of magic which caused the first Cataclysm.