Battle of Noneth

The  was a battle that took place in 180  along the shores of the  in eastern. It was a pitched battle between the forces of the and the eastern tribes of the  nation. led his Serelind forces to victory, crushing the Taélda just west of the ruined at. It was an early battle during a period of starvation, tribal migration, and sporadic fighting that became known as the.

Background
When failed to return from his campaign against the  at  in 120, his empire collapsed and local warlords seized power. Four kingdoms emerged from the chaos: (125),  (128),  (137), and  (142).

Between 145 and 177, eastern Hârn enjoyed unusually mild weather. Excellent crop yields and hunting encouraged rapid population growth. When the weather returned to normal, the had established themselves in the mountains. Human tribes were forced to range further afield for sustenance while the kingdoms in the region brought more land under cultivation in an effort to feed their people. With highland gargun pressing the humans of the foothills, the quest for food became an avalanche with the four kingdoms at the bottom. The weather was poor for six decades. Tribes found raiding the kingdoms’ settlements to be easier than competing with the gargun. Necessity drove dozens of tribes to combine into hordes capable of stripping whole districts of anything edible.

In 178, the destroyed, the largest an settlement in the , heralding 60 years of starvation, tribal migration, and sporadic fighting that became known as the. Each of the four kingdoms struggled to survive the barbarian onslaught.

The battle
In 180  mustered his Serelind forces at  to deal with the eastern tribes of the  nation who had pushed south and west from their traditional lands in southern, a hilly, forested, wilderness plateau between what is now  and. His forces then marched north and met the Taélda along the shores of the  just west of the ruined  at  and northeast of where the  joins the Néphen about a  from the. The Serelind forces emerged victoriously, having crushed the marauding Taélda.

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