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The War of Shadows was a conflict instigated by the empire of [[Dolhr]] against most other nations on the continent of Archanea. Dolhr was lead by [[Medeus]], the last [[earth dragon]] revived by the sorcerer [[Gharnef]]; Dolhr allied itself with a number of the continent's strongest nations before launching its invasion of the nation of [[Archanea (nation)|Archanea]], eventually conquering most of the continent by Archanean year 604. Prince [[Marth]] of [[Altea]] fled when his nation was conquered, and began a revolt against Dolhr in 604. Marth's army formed the [[Archanean League]] and liberated the nations conquered by Dolhr, defeated its allies, and reclaimed the [[Falchion (Archanea)|Falchion]] with which Marth then defeated Medeus, ending the War of Shadows in the year 605.

In order to increase Dolhr's might, Gharnef began to manipulate the leaders of various nations. Gharnef captured the twin heirs of [[Grust]], [[Yuliya]] and [[Jubelo]], and imprisoned them in Khadein in order to blackmail King [[Ludwik]] into forming an alliance between Grust and Dolhr.<ref name="Grust royals">{{Cite|The late King Grust had two children. Princess Yuliya and Prince Jubelo. They're still young. Maybe thirteen, or fourteen; cute little twins, both of them. In the last war, Gharnef, the Dark Pontifex, kidnapped the twins to blackmail the king. They were taken to Khadein, the city of magic, and locked away in a pitch-black room. At great personal risk, Pontifex Wendell saved them. He took them to a monastery to protect them.|An old man from Grust in [[The Grustian Expedition|Chapter 1]]|New Mystery of the Emblem}}</ref> King [[Osmond]] of [[Macedon]] and his son [[Michalis]] disagreed on the country's course for the coming war, between an alliance with [[Archanea (nation)|Archanea]] or Dolhr; Gharnef persuaded Michalis into killing his father, becoming King of Macedon, and forging an alliance with Dolhr, to the chagrin of his sister Princess [[Minerva]] who objected to Dolhr's actions.<ref>{{Cite|But instead, you let Gharnef trick you into destroying your family, and your kingdom with it.|[[Gotoh]] to [[Michalis]] in [[A Knight-Filled Sky|Chapter 22]]|Shadow Dragon}}</ref> At some point, Gharnef convinced King [[Jiol]] of [[Gra]] to ally with Dolhr and betray [[Altea]].<ref>{{Cite|Betraying Altea was Gharnef's idea! Let...let him fight the brat!|[[Jiol]] in [[Land of Sorrow (Shadow Dragon)|Chapter 14]]|Shadow Dragon}}</ref>

In the year 600, war began;<ref>{{Cite|600: The Dolhr Empire confronts Archanea and begins an invasion. Start of the War of Shadows.|Perfect ending timeline|Mystery of the Emblem}}</ref> the armies of Dolhr, Grust, and Macedon made much progress on their respective fronts. By 602, Dolhr had reached Millennium Court, the capital of [[Archanea (nation)|Archanea]], and began a siege on the castle<ref>{{Cite|602: The Dolhr Empire's troops led by Medeus lay siege to Millennium Court.|Perfect ending timeline|Mystery of the Emblem}}</ref> which, along with an intervention from [[Camus]] of Grust's [[Sable Order]], resulted in it's occupation and the capture of Princess [[Nyna]] and a group of Archanean Knights.<ref>Events of [[The Capital Falls]], {{FEBS}}</ref> Camus was placed in control of occupied Archanea and Nyna was considered to be in his custody; members of the Archanean royal family began to be exterminated, but Camus' authority saved Nyna from execution.<ref>{{Cite|'''Nyna:''' When the Dolhr-Grust allied forces seized control of Archanea, the entire royal family was killed, save me. I was given into Grust's custody—the custody of the Sable Order, to be more specific. I am told Dolhr wished for my execution—and with it the end of the holy lineage of House Archanea—and Grust was willing to comply.<br>'''Marth:''' But you are not dead.<br>'''Nyna:''' That is right. I was not put to the sword. The Sable Order's captain came to my defense. His name...was Camus.|[[Nyna]] and [[Marth]] in [[Camus the Sable|Chapter 20]]|Shadow Dragon}}</ref><ref name="beginning">{{Cite|Two years have passed since the millennial palace was seized by Grust's Camus the Sable. Emperor Medeus of Dolhr ordered Camus to take full control of the palace. However Camus defied his orders, by continuing to shelter Princess Nyna. As time passed, Medeus lost his patience with Camus and ordered his men to take Nyna captive.|Opening narration of [[The Beginning]] bonus episode|New Mystery of the Emblem}}</ref>