Continental Chronicles of Novusaes: The Battle of the Three Powers

As the sun rose and set over and over again, more than a thousand years had passed since the survivors set foot on the continent of Novusaes. Unlike the northern kingdoms, which had long been divided, the mighty Empire of Guthandushad began to move towards centralisation.

The Emperor, Oir, issued a series of decrees in a bid to bring power scattered throughout the empire back to the centre by forceful means. Not surprisingly, the decrees were met with strong resistance from the nobility, most notably from the head of the nobility in the Costa area, Duke of Poedilea, Hugh Lanse, who held the largest fief in the Empire and led the most powerful force.

A civil war was fought for control of the empire, and the conflict between the royalists and the nobility spread across the empire, from small scuffles to widespread war. When it turned into a full-scale war, the nobility used their geographical and numerical superiority to win a series of battles, leaving the Emperor furious but helpless.

In this situation, the current Pope, Lotario Reptrone, gained the trust of the Emperor and became involved in the war on behalf of the Holy See of Essoth.

The intervention of the Holy See of Essoth quickly broke the stalemate in the war, and the royalists were victorious, sweeping away the gloom of their previous defeat. This brought Lotario's prestige to a peak in the eyes of the entire Empire. When the Emperor Oir found himself unable to control the Holy See, Lotario had already taken the initiative.

Afterwards, the Emperor Oir announced his abdication and was then secretly imprisoned. With the military and political power in his hands, Lotario quickly won a decisive victory on all fronts, and Hugh Lanse, the leader of the noble party, was captured and executed. However, Tancred Lanse, also of the Lanse family, led his people to Lotario and was promoted to the position of Imperial Marshal, in charge of the entire army.

The battle for power among the three powers came to an end with a sweeping victory for Lotario, known as the Battle of the Three Powers. With the entire empire in his hands, Lotario, for his part, began to plot further in order to achieve a greater goal.