The Battle of the Fire Plains

Military: Battle

Eero Hengellen's reunification of the Requiem kingdoms encountered one of its greatest setbacks when his forces clashed with those of a relatively minor warlord who resisted the growing coalition. What was supposed to be a clean, sweeping victory for Hengellen turned to bitter defeat when the warlord, a man called Bivodan summoned the power of a long-forgotten god of fire, scorching the battlefield and reducing everything --and everyone-- in the vicinity to ash, including himself.

While the battle was a major defeat for the Reunification Coalition, with Bivodan having reduced himself to cinders, the remnants of his followers were easily swept up, and his rebellion became little more than a footnote to the grander scheme of things.