Parame Civil War

Impalador Robright Parame, great grandson to the first Impalador of Parame, Elmame of Parame, began investing talks with ambassadors across the Serpentine Seas. While most of the older nobility disliked this expansion, none dared voice their dissent openly. Fearing more centralization and loss of control, they began a buildup of arms encase Imperial policy was no longer favorable to them. Many trade rights were given to the petty kings across the seas, and their influence was felt in the harbors of the western coast. Robright made several trips to Artychus, but never returned from his last voyage in 4,008. After a season of no word or return, his chosen Regent, Daliah Helmhire had her chargen, the Impalator in Waiting, assassinated. Before the Daliah could be confirmed, information spread of her Artychusi ancestry spread and was the only excuse the Nobles of Basilk and Hydrell needed to strike her claim. Kimaris followed suit, striking Daliah’s claim to the throne, but their slow response to organize afterwards left them devastated as the war enter their borders first. Trize became a staging ground for Artuchusi support to those loyal to Daliah, but throughout the six years of war, none of the mercenaries promised arrived. Of the few weapons that did arrive, most was low quality iron that was ill-tempered and quickly broke. The supplies were long spoiled prior to arrival, and were of no use to Daliah’s forces. Pagus stayed neutral until the last few months of the war, arriving only after it was clear the forces of the nobility had cemented victory. Macorn and Griggen, for harboring Daliah’s forces, suffered much change to its peerage. The borderlands of Ivern were annexed under the guise of hunting down Daliah's remnants, but by that time her and her supports were captured or killed. The heartlands of Parame were devastated from the war, but new leadership, backed with favorable reorganization of the Dukedoms emerged to take the title of Impalador.

Many scholars now see the war as a ploy by Artychus to destablize Cyrant and keep them from leaving their boarders.