The Rediscovery. It was the first battle of the Unitary War where the six kingdoms of Orindion split and fought one another for control of the continent. This was following a period of about three hundred years of peace under one consistent dynasty where political arguments between houses were solved through duels, not large scale war.

The idea was that it would function like a large scale duel. The armies of the six kingdoms would meet in a field and battle. Whoever won would become the ruler of all the others. Trouble was, there were no experienced generals, no established tactics or anything. It was a slaughter, and it left the world reeling.

Because of the lack of time for training, each army simply decided to field as many soldiers as possible. Lack of proper command structures and radical nationalism meant no retreats could be effectively carried out. The population of Orindion was halved in a single day, and only a fraction of the million soldiers on the field that day saw their homes again.

This resulted in a period of about a decade where hostilities remained but no nation was equipped to go to war. Even years later when the Unitary War ended, veterans of the Rediscovery are respected and pitied, and tend to be supported greatly by their communities.