Forty Years War (Medi Fantasmus)

The Ten Years of Darkness refers to the conflict between the Grand Alliance of the Septennate and the Black Legion of Darius Mograine, who attempted to conquer Albion and proclaim himself emperor in order to bring about a reunification of Old Illyria

The Forty Years' War was a series of conflicts in Albion between the Grand Alliance of the Septennate and the many invaders of Albion between 43 PGC and 0 KC. It was the most notable conflicts in Albion's history and remained so until the Interregnum, and would be cemented into the minds of Luthans for centuries thanks to the massive political and economic changes that were brought about following the invasion of the Black Legion and the subsequent damage sustained by the Albian kingdoms before Lord Mograine's defeat at the hands of King Godwin.

Although the scholarly term for the conflicts is the Forty Years' War, it is commonly referred to as an amalgamation of three phases: the Southland Troubles (43 PGC to 37 PGC), the

most Luthans are familiar only with the final conflict: the Usurpation War. The Usurpation War is where the Grand Alliance led by the newly-appointed High King Godwin faced off against Mograine the Usurper, the warlord commander of the Black Legion that sought to conquer Albion and craft a new empire. This was by far the most consequential of the

The Usurpation War was a conflict in Albion mainly between the Grand Alliance of the Septennate and Lord Mograine's Black Legion. It was the final chapter in the wars against continental tribal invaders, where the seven kingdoms had repeatedly battled pirates, vikings and raiders attempting to conquer southern Albion. Lord Darius Mograine, grandson of Pentiros Mograine who attempted to reinstate the old Illythirian Empire, had enlisted many of these tribesman into his army and launched a successful invasion of Albion. Lord Mograine's goal was the conquest of Albion and the establishment of a new empire that would eventually reunite Illythiria. The way he would go about this goal was the invasion and usurpation of the throne of Cambria, who was the most powerful kingdom of the Septennate (hence the name, Usurpation War).

The war was the largest conflict Albion had ever seen up until that point, and

The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts in Europe from 1337 to 1453, waged between the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, and the House of Valois over the right to rule the Kingdom of France. Each side drew many allies into the war. It was one of the most notable conflicts of the Middle Ages, in which five generations of kings from two rival dynasties fought for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe. The war marked both the height of chivalry and its subsequent decline, and the development of stronger national identities in both countries.

Later historians adopted the term "Hundred Years' War" as a historiographical periodisation to encompass these conflicts, constructing the longest military conflict in European history. It is common to divide the war into three phases separated by truces: the Edwardian War (1337–1360), the Caroline War (1369–1389), and the Lancastrian War (1415–1453). In the end, the House of Valois retained the French throne and the English and French monarchies remained separate.