Riadhann War

The Riadhann War, sometimes referred to as the Battle of the Riadhann Isles due to its brief nature, was a conflict fought over two weeks in the Autumn of 2999 TC between the Elven Dominion and the natives of the Riadhann or Riatan archipelago.

The isles were discovered the previous year by a merchant expedition thrown off course by a storm. After no small amount of deliberation, the supposed riches of the isles, including timber and rare ores, sorely needed by the Dominion at the time, proved to be too lucrative to ignore. An expedition under the seasoned Calad ar Cruinen, an elven Emnouir, was sent, numbering only several hundred soldiers. The elves sacked the natives' capital under the cover of night and faced them several times in open battle, besting them, and soon bringing the once-isolated island chain into the fold of the Lenanhar.

Several decades later, after the death of Empress Ettari, the isles were annexed by the Pentari Alignment, remaining a quaint backwater until 3636 TC, when the last of the elven settlers abandoned the isle, and the natives, to their own devices.