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	The Forfarian Civil War ([[537 BC]]-[[543 BC]]<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref> or [[547 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>) began when [[Tristen ApBlanc]] (under the guise of Marc) challenged the ApFittles for rule over [[Forfar]]. In the preceding years, he had [[exploited]] the ApFittles' hospitality by fortifying the [[Lord's Tower]] and gather a cadre of [[mercenary\|mercenaries]] while the ApFittles were distracted fighting against various [[monster]]s that seemed to be flooding the land.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>		The Forfarian Civil War ([[537 BC]]-[[543 BC]]<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref> or [[547 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>) began when [[Tristen ApBlanc]] (under the guise of Marc) challenged the ApFittles for rule over [[Forfar]]. In the preceding years, he had [[exploited]] the ApFittles' hospitality by fortifying the [[Lord's Tower]] and gather a cadre of [[mercenary\|mercenaries]] while the ApFittles were distracted fighting against various [[monster]]s that seemed to be flooding the land.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>

	The [[war]] raged on through the late 1920s of the [[Forfarian Calendar]] and perhaps a bit beyond. Upsets in the [[ApFittle Clan]] started becoming noticable in [[542 BC]] with the death of [[Lord Patrick ApFittle]]. His successor was [[Andrew ApFittle]].<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref> In [[543 BC]], Tristen achieved a major victory over the ApFittles by [[razing]] [[ApFittle Hall]] to the ground and ordering [[the ~~Execution~~ of the ApFittles\|mass execution of no less than 27 ApFittles]]. This act of [[evil]] ushered in a chaotic [[epoch]] of strike and chaos with Tristen's tyrannical influence falling upon more and more the land. This era was called the [[Time of Terrors]], and it caused many people of [[Birnam]] and around to abandon Forfar altogether.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30, MM p.30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30; [[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 30</ref> In [[546 BC]], the people of Birnam drafted papers of surrender against Tristen's forces.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref> In [[547 BC]], Tristen achieved victory over the last of ApFittle's forces.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>		The [[war]] raged on through the late 1920s of the [[Forfarian Calendar]] and perhaps a bit beyond. Upsets in the [[ApFittle Clan]] started becoming noticable in [[542 BC]] with the death of [[Lord Patrick ApFittle]]. His successor was [[Andrew ApFittle]].<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref> In [[543 BC]], Tristen achieved a major victory over the ApFittles by [[razing]] [[ApFittle Hall]] to the ground and ordering [[the Massacre of the ApFittles\|mass execution of no less than 27 ApFittles]]. This act of [[evil]] ushered in a chaotic [[epoch]] of strike and chaos with Tristen's tyrannical influence falling upon more and more the land. This era was called the [[Time of Terrors]], and it caused many people of [[Birnam]] and around to abandon Forfar altogether.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30, MM p.30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30; [[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 30</ref> In [[546 BC]], the people of Birnam drafted papers of surrender against Tristen's forces.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref> In [[547 BC]], Tristen achieved victory over the last of ApFittle's forces.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>

	Despite his excesses and despite the mystical warnings of the land, Tristen refused to stop in the [[pogrom]] of extermination against the [[ApFittles]]. At the climax of the cruelty, Tristen's depredations brought about the [[Year of Woe]] in [[547 BC]]. Tristen saw whom he thought was the last [[ApFittle Family\|ApFittle]] killed with [[the Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. Forfar was drawn into the [[Demiplane of Dread]] and became [[Forlorn]] as a result.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 73">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 73</ref>		Despite his excesses and despite the mystical warnings of the land, Tristen refused to stop in the [[pogrom]] of extermination against the [[ApFittles]]. At the climax of the cruelty, Tristen's depredations brought about the [[Year of Woe]] in [[547 BC]]. Tristen saw whom he thought was the last [[ApFittle Family\|ApFittle]] killed with [[the Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. Forfar was drawn into the [[Demiplane of Dread]] and became [[Forlorn]] as a result.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 73">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 73</ref>

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	Despite his excesses and despite the mystical warnings of the land, Tristen refused to stop in the [[pogrom]] of extermination against the [[ApFittles]]. At the climax of the cruelty, Tristen's depredations brought about the [[Year of Woe]] in [[547 BC]]. Tristen saw whom he thought was the last [[ApFittle Family\|ApFittle]] killed with [[the Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. Forfar was drawn into the [[Demiplane of Dread]] and became [[Forlorn]] as a result.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 73">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 73</ref>		Despite his excesses and despite the mystical warnings of the land, Tristen refused to stop in the [[pogrom]] of extermination against the [[ApFittles]]. At the climax of the cruelty, Tristen's depredations brought about the [[Year of Woe]] in [[547 BC]]. Tristen saw whom he thought was the last [[ApFittle Family\|ApFittle]] killed with [[the Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. Forfar was drawn into the [[Demiplane of Dread]] and became [[Forlorn]] as a result.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 73">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 73</ref>
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The Forfarian Civil War ([[537 BC]]-[[543 BC]]<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref> or [[547 BC]]<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>) began when [[Tristen ApBlanc]] (under the guise of Marc) challenged the ApFittles for rule over [[Forfar]]. In the preceding years, he had [[exploited]] the ApFittles' hospitality by fortifying the [[Lord's Tower]] and gather a cadre of [[mercenary|mercenaries]] while the ApFittles were distracted fighting against various [[monster]]s that seemed to be flooding the land.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 5, 15">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 5,15</ref>

The [[war]] raged on through the late 1920s of the [[Forfarian Calendar]] and perhaps a bit beyond. Upsets in the [[ApFittle Clan]] started becoming noticable in [[542 BC]] with the death of [[Lord Patrick ApFittle]]. His successor was [[Andrew ApFittle]].<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref> In [[543 BC]], Tristen achieved a major victory over the ApFittles by [[razing]] [[ApFittle Hall]] to the ground and ordering [[the Execution of the ApFittles|mass execution of no less than 27 ApFittles]]. This act of [[evil]] ushered in a chaotic [[epoch]] of strike and chaos with Tristen's tyrannical influence falling upon more and more the land. This era was called the [[Time of Terrors]], and it caused many people of [[Birnam]] and around to abandon Forfar altogether.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30, MM p.30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30; [[Melancholy Meetings]] p. 30</ref> In [[546 BC]], the people of Birnam drafted papers of surrender against Tristen's forces.<ref name="Eve of Sorrows p. 28">[[Eve of Sorrows]] p. 28</ref> In [[547 BC]], Tristen achieved victory over the last of ApFittle's forces.<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 131">[[Gazetteer I]] p.131</ref>

Despite his excesses and despite the mystical warnings of the land, Tristen refused to stop in the [[pogrom]] of extermination against the [[ApFittles]]. At the climax of the cruelty, Tristen's depredations brought about the [[Year of Woe]] in [[547 BC]]. Tristen saw whom he thought was the last [[ApFittle Family|ApFittle]] killed with [[the Execution of Andrew ApFittle]]. Forfar was drawn into the [[Demiplane of Dread]] and became [[Forlorn]] as a result.<ref name="Weeping Lands p. 30">[[Weeping Lands]] p. 30</ref><ref name="Gazetteer I p. 73">[[Gazetteer I]] p. 73</ref>