Marrow War

The Admonition
Emperor Manfried Dwendal had leaders of various faiths executed after they attempted to usurp the throne in rebellion against his religious restrictions. It turned out to be an uprising sown by Julous. Publicly exposing the plot, the emperor outlawed only select faiths that he felt threatened civilized life. He redirected much of the people's fury by also proclaiming the Julous Dominion an enemy of the empire later that year and declaring war on the neighboring nation.

The Julous Dominion attempted to cement their rule over the area around Kamordah, they drove independent villagers nearby into the Cyrios Mountains, just in time to hear the horns of war blaring from the empire to the north. The violent conflict known as the Marrow War lasted over sixteen months and cost the lives of many soldiers and innocents on both sides of the Marrow Valley.

The Julous Dominion lacked the unified military force of the empire that led to occupation of Zadash. Baron Inock Julous and Baroness Tessandra Julous met with Manfried Dwendal to negotiate a peace but were executed instead, leaving the Dominion leaderless and bringing the Marrow War to an end.

Aftermath
To prove and avoid future uprisings to the people of the newly conquered Julous Dominion, Emperor Manfried declared that all citizens would keep their lands and homesteads. No soldiers would stand trial or be punished. Life would continue as it had, except for the implementation of imperial taxes, laws, and oversight across the valley under the new emperor. Out lawed religious iconography was destroyed, crops and goods were redistributed according to the needs of the empire, and life slowly returned to normal for the Zemnian people.