Title: Empress I’lshandre The Third
Rise: 763 A.R.
Death: 797 A.R.
House: House I'lshandre
Preceded by: Emperor I’lshandre The Second
Succeeded by: Emperor I’lshandre The Fourth
After the death of her father, Emperor I’lshandre The Second, in 763 A.R. Empress I’lshandre The Third is left as the only heir.
The First Incursion 772 A.R. - 774 A.R. A large force of Hobgoblins invade the Empire from the western Wyldlands. The fighting will be fierce and violent and last for several years. The First Incursion ends during GreenRain of 774 A.R. The remaining Hobgoblin forces retreat into the Wyldlands. House Torsk is raised up from Minor House to Major House status for their unflinching loyalty to the Empire and hardships suffered from the Incursion.
Year of the Broken Sighs In 778 A.R. The Empress decrees that the territories lost during Alsindre's Insurrection to the Kingdom of Melistrande is a slight to the Empire and must be remedied. The Imperial armies are gathered and war is started as they march to restore the city of Karast and surrounding lands back to the Empire.
In 780 A.R. King Aruc The Third, now in his later years as King of Melistrande, signs the Peace Treaty of Singing Rock. All lands that used to be part of the Empire and that is held in Melistrande hands is returned to the Empire. The Kingdoms armies retreat and settlers are allowed to stay, albeit under Imperial rule.
Year Of Storms 784 A.R. the Second Incursion of the Wyldlands begins. This year is remembered as a particularly bloody one for the Empire. Wyld storms raged regularly from the Wyldlands during this tumultuous year. It is believed that with such great upheaval the denizens of the Wyldlands grew bold.
In the North East a great Gnoll horde raged out of the Wyldlands and into House Noviri’s territory, while simultaneously a great Orc Horde came out of the Western Wyldlands to assault House Torsk.
785 A.R. The Gnolls of the North are finally put to rest and destroyed. All Imperial forces are quickly re-positioned and marched to the West to assist House Torsk in the defense of the Empire.
The Second Wyldlands Incursion ends in 786 A.R. During the Battle of Millers Creek the Great Orc Slaineye is killed. The Orcs quickly route from the battlefield. Over the next week several lesser Orcs declare themselves war chief at the same time. This causes a great raging battle amongst the Orcs themselves. When the battles are over the Orc horde is no longer a threat to the Empire and they retreat back into the Western Wyldlands.
In 787 A.R. The Empire is surprised as the Third Incursion of the Western Wyldlands begins. The Orc tribes were somehow united by Deatheater, an Orc shaman. The Horde quickly surrounds Rikar and sieges the city, bottling up the armies of House Torsk and then they begin raging towards the heart of the Empire.
In 788 A.R. Newly Installed King Luto The Sixth of Melistrande declares the Treaty of Singing Rock null and marches an army towards Karast. The Empire is too weak from multiple invasions to respond in kind and the armies of Melistrande quickly retake the territories they lost from the peace treaty.
It is during this time that the remaining lands of House Moringil are seized by Melistrande. Although never removed from the Imperial Roster of Roses, historians believe that all of House Moringil’s descendants are killed during this time and the House fades into obscurity.
The Third Incursion ends in 789 A.R. The Orc tribes become splintered and many are forced back into the wyldlands. The Imperial armies now all turn and march towards Karast.
In 791 A.R. a new peace accord is signed between the Empire and the Kingdom of Melistrande. Known as the Treaty of the Splintered Tower, it makes great concessions from both Kingdom and Empire. All lands south of the city of Leshstrand are now known as The Disputed Territory and are claimed by both Kingdom and Empire.
Empress I’lshandre The Third dies in 797 A.R.. Her third son and only surviving heir becomes Emperor I’lshandre The Fourth.