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|image = [[File:AeternalMobilization.jpeg|
|caption = ''Aeternal Army mobilizing for the Maven Campaign, circa 1801''
|date = 5 December 1798 - 11 November 1801 <br> (2 years and 346 days)
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However, his promises of an eternally glorious and prosperous nation under the rule of a God were not what made him powerful. The power The Aeternus held lay in the hands of Darren Tennyson, George Tyramin, and Theodore Stuart. All were members of the nobility, and all were powerful commanders in the Aivintian military. Their support meant the support of a sizable part of the Aivintian Army and the Aivintian Navy, which eventually secured his victory in the war. To these men, he did not promise what he promised the common people. He promised them power, the chance to hold high offices in his new nation, offices which granted them great wealth and authority. They greedily accepted.
The Assassination of Geoffrey Dale was the nail in the coffin of the Kingdom of Aivintis
There were a number of reasons to kill the King. The Aeternists were planning an assassination of both King Geoffrey and Duke Henry, in order to cripple the nation and pave the way for their revolution. The Aivintian Republicans, a movement of radical democrats which had coalesced less than a year before the Assassination as a way to organize their efforts, had been discussing an assassination of the King in order to bring attention to their movement from the beginning. However, it was the Maven Supremacists, in the end, that actually ordered the Assassination.
Although Maven had supported a unified Aivintis since the Maven Act of Union in 1763, and Duke Henry had consistently vocalized the desire for peaceful change, the popularity of the Maven Supremacist movement led to growing resentment of the King. The radical Maven Supremacists finally cracked after the third letter of rejection by King Geoffrey. Inflamed by propaganda and the release of the letter, a number of these radicals met in a bar in downtown Maven, and conspired to kill the King.
According to surviving historical records, The Black Hand was an Assassin’s Guild dating back to at least the 16th century. Rumors claimed they had chapters all over the world. It soon became apparent that they were at least active in Aivintis. For an unknown fee, the Black Hand sent an assassin after King Geoffrey. The King was shot twice in the head while he was praying in the Teronian Chapel. His guards rushed in, and two died before the assassin was taken down. A letter was found on his corpse from The Black Hand’s leadership, claiming responsibility for the Assassination and explaining who had ordered the hit.
The Assassination of Geoffrey Dale led to war for a number of reasons. Of course, the main reason was the disorder that the assassination caused, which allowed for the three major factions of the First Aivintian Civil War to rally their supporters and attempt their takeover of the government. However, the reason why this worked was that the King had no heir. For years, the King had no heir. However, he was only able to produce a bastard son, Daniel, who rose to become the Aeternus. Legally, if there was no royal heir, Parliament was authorized to choose the next King. However, the only obvious choice, Duke Henry, was clearly behind the King’s murder. Due to this, Parliament was unable to make a decision, and Duke Henry was forced to crown himself King of Aivintis from his palace in Maven, far from the capital of Teronia, with no legal backing.
Following the death of King Geoffrey, the Aivintian Republicans executed the Count of Redmondburg and declared war on Florence’s self-proclaimed New Kingdom of Aivintis, forming the Aivintian Republic. The liberal count of Carlisle willingly joined the Aivintian Republic, which had elected Thomas North as Commander-in-Chief during the war efforts. The more conservative Count of Bricaster, however, was overthrown by Aivintian Republicans under the command of General Nathaniel Boyd, an influential Republican.
[[The Aeternus]] struck shortly after Boyd’s Revolt, capturing Aslough and Teronia with the support of his three Generals. Derrim, unwilling to face the full might of the Aeternal Army, joined them soon after. The Aivintian military in those territories either followed the will of their new master, or deserted and fled to the Aivintian Republic. Few in the north thought it wise or necessary to join the New Kingdom, due to its distance and what they viewed as similarity between the two regimes.
The newly crowned King Henry was the last to declare war. His territories were the most stable, though, and mobilization was quick. The old Kingdom of Aivintis was now effectively rubble, the borders had been drawn for three main belligerents, and the War of Aivintian Succession had truly begun.
== Northern Front ==
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