The Rivan Codex by David Eddings & Leigh Eddings
Author:David Eddings & Leigh Eddings [Eddings, David & Eddings, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Epic, Fantasy, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780345435866
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 1999-11-02T04:00:00+00:00
It must be candidly admitted, however, that through the closing
centuries of the third millennium and throughout most of the fourth,
it was a basic tenet of Tolnedran policy to maintain the balance of
power between the contending Duchies of Mimbre and Asturia.
From a practical standpoint, it was to the enormous advantage of the
Empire to encourage the friction between the two contending
houses, since a strong and unified Arendia would have made the
development of the Tolnedran Empire an impossibility. It is of
course a truism that the Arendish Knights are one of the most
awesome forces in the west. Had the Arends been united at any time
during the third or fourth millennia, the Empire would never have
been, and the whole history of the west would have changed. The
stalemate between Mimbre and Asturia lasted until 3793 when the
Mimbrates concluded a secret treaty with Tolnedra. In return for
certain military assistance from the Empire (largely the removal of
restrictions upon Cherek freebooters and Algar raiders and the
northward march of a column of ten legions from Tol Vordue toward
Asturia's southern border) the Mimbrates pledged a limited
allegiance to the Tolnedran Emperor. This opportunity arose when the
continual warfare in Arendia had become a nuisance hindering the
construction of the Great West Road and an interference with
normal commerce.
The four-pronged attack against her so stretched the defensive
capability of the Asturians that their supply of manpower dried up,
and the nation collapsed into that most useless (and most typically
Arendish) defense - the retreat into fortified strongholds. The details
are gloomy and need not be repeated. The results were inevitable.
Asturia fell. Vo Astur was laid waste. The last Duke of Astur fell in
battle, and his family was all but exterminated. Asturia as a
recognizable nation was no more. It was, however, a weakened Mimbrate
Duke who was crowned the first unchallenged King of Arendia, and
the Tolnedran design in the west was complete. Arendia was no
longer a threat.
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