| abstract | - The Second Ashlan Civil War was a major conflict in the Ashlan Expanse that saw the forces of the Bendu Order on Kal'Shabbol against the tyrannical forces of Shadows of the Phoenix on Had Abaddon. The conflict was fought primarily due to the desires of Husen Al-Dubrir and Mathias Helsdain to conquer the Bendu and Kal’Shabbol and kill Ussej Padric Bac, though it was also to retrieve Al-Dubrir’s daughter. The conflict traced its origins back to rise of Shadows of the Phoenix and the chipping away of the democratically elected government of Had Abbadon. As the Bendu, primarily Ussej Padric Bac and Laili Jeyna Rendar, feverishly negotiated with the tyrannical uprising in an attempt to restore the democratic government, a teenaged Ussej Padric Bac II met and began lusting over the daughter of Al-Dubrir, Tesiana Al-Dubrir. Though he and his parents left Had Abaddon shortly thereafter, he never forgot about her. Fifteen years later, Ussej Padric Bac II returned to Had Abaddon with David Rendar for negotiations with Shadows of the Phoenix, as they had taken over the government on Had Abaddon. Ussej met Tesiana once again and they fell in love with one another. Ussej brought Tesiana back with them to Kal'Shabbol and, though he wanted his daughter back from the Bac family, he used it as an excuse to launch a war against the Bendu and Kal'Shabbol. In the end, however, Al-Dubrir’s forces were defeated, but not after costing the life of thousands on both sides of the war. Though the war was never given its just remembrance by those outside of the Ashlan Expanse, no one forgot who fought in it, nor did they forget the heroes who died in it.
|
