Unification Wars

The Unification Wars were a series of wars, generally separated into four major conflicts, which precipitated the formation of the current Amestrian Empire. The wars, along with a number of peaceful annexations, brought the 17 human fiefdoms which previously spanned the southern regions into the folds of the empire. The wars are known as the Great Conquest to many in the northeastern regions of the empire. These regions were the most recently and most violently conquered, and many who inhabit them are not human, or are humans who feel greater ties to the gnomish and elvish nations which neighbor them.

Known colloquially as Cailan's War, the fourth and final unification war was unpopular with the Imperial Senate, the military, and just about everyone other than the then-emperor Cailan. Following the death of the emperor and decades of strife in the northeastern regions, his successor took the equally controversial step of returning some power to the old local authorities. This devolution has quieted discontent to a simmer, but the future of the region is still uncertain.