# [[War of the Alliance]] >From 1001 to 1007 The War of the Alliance was the war that ended the [[Reign of Terror]] and hailed the start of the [[Modern Era]]. Exiled and insurgent forces from [[Aurora]] joined the goblins of [[Sha'at Kapul]] and armies of [[Vesper]], [[Ibir]], and [[Jangalore]] to defeat the [[Empire of Light]] and the [[Vile King Lucius IV|Eternal Emperor]]'s forces. ## Timeline >[!timeline|t-l c-plain] **The War of the Alliance** _1001_ >The [[Auroran]] insurgent guerrilla ally themselves with [[Sha'at Kapul]] and [[Jangalore]] against the [[Saint Lucius the Purifier|Eternal Emperor]]. >As the goblins arm Aurorans to fight back the Empire with their artifacts, insurgent Jangalori forces invade the Empire-controlled [[Thmert]], creating two simultaneous fronts against the [[Empire of Light]]. >[!timeline|t-r c-plain] **The New World joins the Alliance** _1005_ >Armies of independent [[Vesper]] land in [[Longmeadow]]. Their forces are strenghtened by their war automatons, sentient golems created by the [[Fortdweller Factories]]. >[[Grand Duke Geraldo Marino de Fortuna|Sir Geraldo Marino]], a [[Fortuna|Fortunan]] [[Paladins of Saint Malcolm|Paladin of Saint Malcolm]], unites forces in [[Ibir]] against the [[Lucian|Lucians]] in the [[Campaign of Saint Malcolm]]. They succeed and soon depart [[Dawn Fort]] towards [[Aurora]], arriving in the [[Kingdom of Isles]] to fight alongside the local resistance. >[!timeline|t-l c-plain] **Siege of Zenithir** _1007_ >The four fronts have advanced towards [[Zenithir]] >The exiled King of [[Longmeadow]], [[Emperor Bahamir II|Bahamir II]] defeats the [[Saint Lucius the Purifier|Eternal Emperor]] in combat. >The Emperor’s phylactery is found by the [[Sha'at]] in [[Torholt]] and destroyed.