"On that cold wintry night not a soul spoke a word

not a man woman or child, not even the lonely birds.

Stars shone brightly like a weave of golden stitching across the sky

yet all of this was to silence every whimper and cry."

-Sir Kade Hettle

Date 1243

The Night of Silent Cries wasn't just a rebellion. It was a roaring fire storm that would change Tiralia forever and that it certainly did. King Artime Drake III was certainly not a good ruler, nor was he bad. Like every ruler he was loved by few and judged by many and that would prove to be his undoing. Artime's temper was fiery and one final decision threw Tiralia into total war. Convergence (the capital of Tiralia) was stuck in the center and surrounded from Northerners, Westerners and Easterners. Only the south had supported the crown and even with the forty thousand men at the capital they were greatly outnumbered. What caused all of this you ask? An execution. A lord from the north had sent an agent to Convergence and unknown to everyone, he was plotting to kill the king. No one knew and never expected it. He was caught and every lord told the king to exile and spare him, but he chose to kill him. Artime tried to do everything after his mistake to rectify it. Treaties did nothing and there hadn't been a war in centuries. Lords almost craved for it.

The crown won the first battle of the rebellion at the Canyon of St. Belron setting the momentum for most of the battles. During the next year Queen Iriana Drake was found to be with child. Winning the war became more necessary for the crown. The crown's army marched with haste outwards to reclaim the capitals of the other regions of Tiralia, but after splitting up, the south took a gamble. They were within reach of the Eastern army and attacked. Unknown to them, the East outnumbered them 5:1. They were massacred and left the corridor to Convergence open. Following the news morale broke completely on the other fronts and the crown was forced to march back to Convergence as quickly as they could. But it was too late. On the night of the 16th of Decrecal everything fell silent. No birds sang, no frogs croaked and it seemed every animal from the tributaries of the rivers was gone. Then the rebellion won. Not a soul even knew until a barrage of trebuchets fired at the city walls. The city was incapacitated within minutes and the Queen Iriana, under all the stress, went into labour. The Drake guards were recalled, but promptly killed by the invading forces. By the time that the child was born the rebels were in the palace. Only one person knew what happened in the final moments of Iriana and the Drake dynasty and they have been missing for nineteen years and is expected to be in hiding. Whether the child survived is also unknown as no body was found.

As soon as dawn broke a new king was crowned and King Falack was named the rightful king of Tiralia. Iriana Drake was given a traditional burial, but Artime was declared an enemy of the new crown and was hunted down. Artime's army was found and pardoned. Artime himself was never found.