In the north, careful alliances are held between the Free States, Avoronia, Ruska, and Thouran as growing tensions rise within the Diocese of Alpia. With the Festival of Moon passed, serving as a conjoining friendly nation, both the isolated emperor of Bastile and the increasingly radicalized religious diocese of Alpia were absent. As war raged in the North between the allied Kingdoms of Avoronia and Ruska aided by the Free States and the mechanical army of Alpia. The Southern duchy of Zubar is threatened by the empire's continual advances north as it continues to suffer from past wars damages wrought on its people.
