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	==Koramia and the Greysword (1942 to 1961 NC)==		==Koramia and the Greysword (1942 to 1961 NC)==

	==The Great War and Neptaris===		==The Great War and Neptaris==

	==The Crimson Plague==		==The Crimson Plague==

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	==Neptaris Today ~~(1961 to present)~~===		==The Great War and Neptaris===

			==The Crimson Plague==

			==The Time of Blood==

			==The Restoration==

			==Neptaris Today==
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	==The Great Civil War (645 to 670 NC)==		==The Great Civil War (645 to 670 NC)==
	In the fall of 645 NC, Xaphar invited his daughter, grandson and a number of clergymen from Neptaris, including the Archbishop of Betshaba, to join him at what would come to be known as the Battle of Stones. As Xaphar and his company watched the battle (which the Neptarans were winning), huge boulders suddenly began falling from the sky. The boulders killed every member of the party except the young Xaphargus. When he crawled from beneath the bloody rubble he rose to face Mandrake, the former Archbishop of Neptaris. The Mandrake pulled his sword and ran the boy through. Though Mandrake didn't realize it at the time, the last true Neptarch died by his hand.		{{:The_Great_Civil_War_of_Neptaris}}

	When Mandrake returned to Neptaris after more than a century of exile in Kamaria, he expected a hero's welcome. Instead, the nobles of the city immediately began bickering amongst themselves over the now empty throne. Mandrake, finally disgusted with the whole affair, left the city to live out his years in the Arisian forest, now known as Darkwood. Without an Archbishop to call an Ecumenical Council, even the priests of the city began arguing over what should be done. The few who were not killed in the Battle of Stones either did not desire the position of Archbishop or refused to vote for anyone but themselves. By the spring of 646 NC, neither an Archbishop nor a Neptarch had been chosen. Each of the noble houses gathered their troops and prepared for war. Deimos of House Rimman was the first to take Castle Zepharos, so he had a clear advantage early on, but the other noble houses cut him off from the rest of the city, critically hampering his attempts at re-establishing the regency of House Rimman. Fighting raged through the streets as each House attempted to put its head on the throne. Soon, the fighting spilled into the countryside as mercenaries began flocking to the city to fill the ranks of the various noble Houses. In 652, the fighting was briefly interrupted when a new Archbishop was finally chosen, but even he was ineffectual at calming the nerves of the embattled Houses and too afraid of repercussions to name a Neptarch himself until there was a clear victor.

	In 664 NC, after almost twenty years of nearly endless warfare, House Arisan finally declared that it was tired of the fighting and was going into voluntary exile in the Arisian forest. Caridius of House Rimman, believing the House to be fleeing only so it could prepare its forces, departed the city in pursuit of the migrating House Arisan. He eventually found them and his men attacked, killing each member of the House in what would become known as the Massacre of the Wintering Hill. The Wintering Hill, located some ten miles east of the city, became muddy with the blood of the innocents who died that day; even still the hill is devoid of life and many suggest that it is haunted by those who were slaughtered. Caridius returned to Neptaris, expecting the others to bow before his obvious might, but he was killed by an arrow shot before he even reached the city gates.

	The fighting continued after the Massacre of the Wintering Hill and House Delane made a simple decision that would shape the future of the city. House Delane was suffering great losses, as many of the Houses were, and hiring mercenary companies to fight their battles had become standard procedure. So none thought anything when they hired the Great Gryphon Mercenary Company, led by the son of a merchant, Valerius Marcosi.

	Valerius Marcosi proved to be a brilliant military commander who won victory after victory for House Delane. In the Battle of Krios Forge, he overcame the combined forces of House Perrenos and House Rimman even though he was outnumbered five to one. He also used fishing ships as transport vessels to get his men to and from the city as quickly as possible. By the time his contract with House Delane was up in 668 NC, he had effectively destroyed the ability of most of the major Houses to wage war. When House Delane offered him double his previous salary, Valerius unexpectedly refused the offer. A week later, the army of Kamaria arrived at Neptaris, with Valerius Marcosi's Great Gryphons leading the charge. The Noble Houses fought a losing battle for the next two years as Valerius and his Kamarian allies scored victory after victory against the Neptarans. Most believed that Valerius had been hired by the Kamarians to assist in again annexing Neptaris in its time of weakness. When the last noble House surrendered to him in 670, they discovered that they were very wrong.
	==Valerius Marcosi and the Code of Urban Law (670 to 700 NC)==		==Valerius Marcosi and the Code of Urban Law (670 to 700 NC)==

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	==The Fall of the Neptarchs (560 to 645 NC)==		==The Fall of the Neptarchs (560 to 645 NC)==
	With Feldan dead leaving no heir, it fell to the priests of the city to determine a new Neptarch. The Eleventh Ecumenical Council was called to determine the new ruler. They quickly chose Marius of House Arisan, a half-elf and cousin of Feldan, but he was assassinated by one of his own archers within a year. In 561, the Twelfth Ecumenical Council was called to determine yet another ruler and they chose a merchant by the name of Delanro Marn, who had no prior claim to noble blood. The nobles of the city were of course very opposed to the Council raising a member of the middle class to the position of Neptarch, but the decision stood and in 562 NC Delanro Marn was coronated.		{{:The_Fall_of_the_Neptarchs}}

	Delanro began reforming many of the city's trade laws, but heavily taxed the upper and lower classes of the city. Furthermore, he established the Order of the Golden Coin in 568 NC, which was intended to be an extension of the Guard that would seek out and capture those thieves who preyed on the merchants of the city. The Order had many of the same rights as Feldan's Warders, though they were not allowed to execute a criminal who surrendered to them. Delanro died of old age in 582 NC, and his throne passed to his eldest son, Anatole Delane. Anatole's coronation was confirmation of the legacy of Delanro, and House Delane was officially recognized as a noble house. Anatole's reign was long and fairly unremarkable, though he did repeal many of his father's more restrictive laws against those classes not of the merchant sector. His most notable act was constructing a Temple to Minos, god of commerce, in his last decade of office, establishing that Church as a power in the city. When he died in 622 NC, his son, Bartas, was recognized as the new Neptarch by the Archbishop. Bartas proved to be a weak-willed and ineffectual ruler of the city. House Rimman coerced him into marrying Diaman, daughter to the head of House Rimman. Two days after the birth of their first son, Xaphargus, Bartas died in his sleep in 631. Some suggest that Diaman strangled him.

	Competition began almost immediately for the position of Regnant. Some of the noble houses even took to the streets, fighting with hired men and fomenting riots. Eventually, the Archbishop of Betshaba named Xaphar of House Rimman, Diaman's father, Regent until Xaphargus reached the age of majority. Xaphar quickly showed himself to be a tyrannical and unjust ruler. He issued new laws during the trials of his allies and his enemies meant to assist or hinder the efforts of the individuals on trial. He also reestablished the Warders of Neptaris and wrote laws to support them that gave them more power than even Feldan had. Xaphar executed people easily, which gained him the support of some of the more sadistic members of the clergy of Cthos, but alienated most of the other clergymen (particularly the clergy of Clementia). Xaphar also started a war of conquest with Kamaria in 642 NC in which Xaphar proved to be a much more capable military leader than a civil ruler. His success against the Kamarians led to an increase in the man's already over-inflated ego and he began to invite members of his court to watch the battles with him. His pride would result in an end to the rulership of House Rimman and plunge the city into decades of civil war.
	==The Great Civil War (645 to 670 NC)==		==The Great Civil War (645 to 670 NC)==
	In the fall of 645 NC, Xaphar invited his daughter, grandson and a number of clergymen from Neptaris, including the Archbishop of Betshaba, to join him at what would come to be known as the Battle of Stones. As Xaphar and his company watched the battle (which the Neptarans were winning), huge boulders suddenly began falling from the sky. The boulders killed every member of the party except the young Xaphargus. When he crawled from beneath the bloody rubble he rose to face Mandrake, the former Archbishop of Neptaris. The Mandrake pulled his sword and ran the boy through. Though Mandrake didn't realize it at the time, the last true Neptarch died by his hand.		In the fall of 645 NC, Xaphar invited his daughter, grandson and a number of clergymen from Neptaris, including the Archbishop of Betshaba, to join him at what would come to be known as the Battle of Stones. As Xaphar and his company watched the battle (which the Neptarans were winning), huge boulders suddenly began falling from the sky. The boulders killed every member of the party except the young Xaphargus. When he crawled from beneath the bloody rubble he rose to face Mandrake, the former Archbishop of Neptaris. The Mandrake pulled his sword and ran the boy through. Though Mandrake didn't realize it at the time, the last true Neptarch died by his hand.

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