Formation of the Clayden Dynasty of Gilneas

The Æveros Uprising
On the afternoon of Æveros 1st of 999 L.D, a massive military junta was formed in the heart of Gilneas City led by Leoric Thorne, the son of Emperor Aderic II. Hundreds of soldiers loyal to Leoric killed any soldier in the city loyal to Thorne, proclaiming the city as the Kingdom of Leoria. Once word got out of the uprising, Aderic, angered about the event, gathered up a massive legion of 1,200 soldiers and even marched alongside them as they went down to the city. No negotiations were made, but instead, the soldiers instantly clashed as they entered the city, resulting in a gruesome 6 hour battle. After 5 hours in the midst of combat, Aderic sought out Leoric, engaging in a fight with him resulting in Leoric's decapitation. Once Leoric was killed, the battle died off shortly after, resulting in 586 Leorian deaths, and 391 Gilnean deaths, not counting the casualties in the uprising. This battle would come to be known as the Two-Kings Battle, the single bloodiest battle of any Gilnean civil war.

Kasser's Rebellion
After word got out of Leoric's death, Kasser, the bastard son of Aderic, was furious being that Leoric was the only one of House Thorne to treat him with respect. With the massive amount of deaths accumulated from the Two-Kings Battle, Kasser saw it as an opportunity not only for revenge, but to solve the turmoil throughout Gilneas. The night after the Æveros Uprising, Kasser gave a speech in Keel Harbor as well as Stormglen, rallying up a massive following of civilians armed with scythes, sickles, mining picks, and other laboring tools. Kasser then led the rebellion to the road leading up Mount Westry, organizing a wall of rebels along the road. On the morning after Æveros's Uprising when Aderic and the majority of his troops were returning to the manor along the mountain path, they ran into Kasser's

Rebellion just as Kasser had predicted, resulting in clash between the two forces. Being that Aderic's troops were weak and low in numbers from the previous battle, after an hour, Kasser's Rebellion achieved victory, and Kasser personally killed Aderic in the midst of battle to satisfy his vendetta. This battle would come to be known as the Battle of Mount Westry with a total of 201 rebel deaths and 126 Gilnean deaths. This climactic battle resulted in Kasser's ascension to the throne, and the beginning of the Clayden Dynasty.