Editing Viamontian Lore (section)

=== Conquest of Aluvia ===
The first campaign of the unitied Viamontian army began in 704 RC, when the Grand Armada of Viamont invaded the neighboring nation of Aluvia.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont /><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[The Reign of Alfrega]]</ref><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4>2003/03 [[The History of Auberean/Volume IV: Shifting Ways (-888 to -574)]]</ref><ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Aluvian|Zogblaster Archive - Aluvian Introduction]]</ref> The structured army of Viamont, accompanied by the Ferran Knights, defeated the loosely organized Aluvian militias led by the Aluvian King Pwyll II on the Plain of Ayrifal.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont /><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega /><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /><ref name=TheViamontianKnight>2004/10 pre-[[Throne of Destiny]] - [[The Viamontian Knight]]</ref> [[Aflric]], who led the invasion of Aluvia,<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /> was instated as ruler of Aluvia.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro /> Alfric held the titles of Viamont Royal Governor,<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega /><ref name=AlfricsBull>2003/10 [[Reign of Terror]] - [[Alfric's Bull]]</ref> Overlord of Viamont,<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 />, and King.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro /> Viamont used the wealth and resources of the conquered Aluvia, and more borrowed Roulean Expertise, to vastly improve their naval forces.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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Alfric's reign of Aluvia lasted until 735 RC. He was suceeded by his son [[Theolaud]], who ruled Aluvia as King.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega /><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /> Theolaud's reign lasted 30 years, until 765 RC. By this time, [[Elous VIII]] was king of Viamont. While the exact circumstances of Theolaud's death are lost to history, but it is speculated that he was assassinated, that he died in a duel with a Viamontian noble, or that he died in a duel with King Elous VIII himself. And the motives behind his death were possibly that he claimed Aluvia as his own kingdom, and possibly that he seized control of Aluvia to defend himself against the Viamontian king, who did not approve of Theolaud's affair with the king's young daughter.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega />
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Theolaud's daughter, [[Alfrega]], was the next to reign in Aluvia. She was known by the Aluvians as Alfrega the Mad, and the Winter Queen.<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega /><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /> Alfrega was a paranoid ruler, who rounded up those she thought were conspiring against her and executed them.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /> Her reign ended in 779 RC. Her son, [[Osric]], was next to reign in Aluvia.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /> Though Osric was of Viamontian heritage, he re-established Aluvia as a kingdom for the Aluvians.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro /><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /> Osric made peace with the the rebellious Aluvian nobles, lowered taxes, and named his son after the Aluvian saint Pwyll. To this day, Aluvians praise Osric, whom they call the Wise, in their folk songs.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro />
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Osric reigned in Aluvia until 810 RC.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4 /><ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers>2002/03 [[Stormwaltz Quotes]] - [[Stormwaltz Quotes/On Aluvian Rulers|On Aluvian Rulers]]</ref> His son, Pwyll, took the throne, and the royal name [[Pwyll III]]. Thanks to the work of Osric, Aluvia was united as one by the time of Pwyll's reign, and Aluvia enjoyed a golden age.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro /> In 835 RC, on what was described as the eve of war between Viamont and Aluvia, Pwyll III was killed by an ambassador from Viamont.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers /><ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro /> After Pwyll's death, Aluvian knights and commoners alike fell upon their Viamontian enemies and destroyed them.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro />