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The Albertine government in Cryria later sought to consolidate its sphere of influence in North Novaris, and considered Aikthudr'zhur to be a part of its ''Nordenfästningen''. In 1887 the Kingdom was pressured into ending restrictions on foreign agricultural imports. Almost immediately, cheap Cryrian agricultural goods flooded into the Aikthudr'zhur and forced many of its small farmers off their traditional lands and into the Cryrian-run mines to sustain themselves. Later that year, Cryrian-owned docks increased their fees on local fishing vessels, causing an explosion in anti-Cryrian riots in the capital. In the resulting Sack of Highdrilian, Cryrian forces reacted violently and the Royal Family was forced to flee into the mountains after the RCRN threatened to bombard the city. Cryrian troops briefly occupied the capital and sacked the Palace, while unrest exploded around the Kingdom. The looting of the Royal Palace became a long-lasting scar on Aikkian history, as numerous important artifacts were stolen and shipped back to Leidenstad by Cryrian troops. Among these were the threeThree swordsSwords of the Aikkian Monarchy - The Sword of Generations, the Sword of Ancestors Past  and the Sword of the Crashing Moon. These blades had been in the Royal Family since the formation of the Kingdom and were used in the enshrinement of new monarchs as a means of symbolically channeling the spirits of previous rulers. The swords were now delivered to the House of Leidensen as a means of ensuring Cryrian control over the monarchy and the Gloaming Throne's future inheritance.

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The threeThree swordsSwords arewere returned to Aikthudr'zhur in 2020 by order of the newly crowned Queen Ulrika II as part of a new Cryrian diplomatic effortefforts to re-engage with the Novaran mainland. The swords had by now resided in the House of Leidensen'sCryrian possession for one-hundred-and-thirty-three years, with one of them coming into the ownership of the House of Tynam after a card game before being returned along with the others. The return of the blades was received with much fanfare and nationwide celebrations, and marked a new chapter in the still-strained Aikkian-Cryrian relations.

Only days after the return of the swords, King Håkan passespassed away in a boar hunt after reigning for one-hundred-and-ninety-four years. The monarch had been crowned at the age of six and legendarily refused to die until the blades were returned so that his heir could have a proper coronation. Queen Halein took the throne enshrined shortly after her father's coronation as the first monarch to grow up in the post-colonial era.