Elona
The Great Dynasty falls into the Pretender Wars and Shattered Dynasty
In 583 AE the Great Dynasty collapses, igniting the Pretender Wars and the Shattered Dynasty Era; the bloodshed only ends in 640 AE, when the last Pretender King falls and Elona reunites as three allied provinces — Istan, Kourna, and Vabbi.
The Great Dynasty's rule ended in ruin in 583 AE (783 DR), fracturing into the Pretender Wars as rival claimants — the so-called Pretender Kings — tore the realm apart in what became the bloodiest chapter of Elonan history. This long collapse is remembered as the Shattered Dynasty Era.
The wars finally burned out in 640 AE (840 DR), when the last of the Pretender Kings fell. Rather than crown a single ruler, Elona reforged itself as a union of three allied provinces — Istan, Kourna, and Vabbi — the political map the land would still wear generations later in the days of Nightfall.