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===Auroran Imperial War===
During the war, Norograd constructed a tactical orbital nuclear weapon known as Kevatuul, named after the Kozam god of chaos. It was Intended to be used to destroy Morstaybishlian military installations and infrastructure whilst obscuring the distinct electromagnetic characteristics of the blast from spotter satellites. The project saw many delays as interest with Norogradian high command piqued and waned, though it was eventually built and assembled in orbit by late 1974. It's first mission was intended to be a supporting role in either a second attempt to reach the interior Staynish oilfields, or an invasion of South Staynes. Both were put on hold due logistical issues, though the south Staynish plan was approved for after the alliance with Ethalria was withdrawn.
During the war, Norograd constructed a tactical orbital kinetic bombardment weapon know as Kevatuul. It was Intended to be used to pummel the weakened Morstaybishlian empire with precision strikes on military installations, allowing Norograd to easily conquer the land where [[South Staynes]] now resides. However three Emberitian intelligence agents were discovered after attempting to sabotage the weapon via an undisclosed method. As Ethalria-Norograd relations were decaying at the time, and the fact that the agents were female, it was falsely assumed that the agents were Ethalrian. This caused a major panic in the military command structure, and thus an order was put through to drop all eight rods onto the Ethalrian city of Rivendale and its military installations. This was later found to be against the orders of Keit, who quickly found out that the agents were Emberitian and would've fired it at several Empire cities and the Emberwood capital of Aura. The Four rods that impacted Rivendale created intense seismic shockwaves which caused devastation in the city centre, collapsing skyscrapers, killing thousands of civilians and military personnel, as well as many armoured vehicles. The weapon inadvertently gained the attention of numerous world powers, notably [[Vekaiyu]] and [[Packilvania]]. This threatened the sanctity of the continent, ultimately leading to the formation of the [[Auroran Continental Assembly]] to combat the greater threat. Kevatuul was promptly de-orbited and discretely recovered, most of its remains now currently being on display in the Axdelian science museum.▼
However, before it could be used three Emberitian intelligence agents were discovered after attempting to sabotage the weapon via an undisclosed method. As Ethalria-Norograd relations were decaying rapidly with Norograds withdrawal and the fact that the agents were female, it was falsely assumed that the agents were Ethalrian. This caused a major panic in the military command structure, and thus the officer in command of a command site put through an order to drop all eight rods onto the Ethalrian city of Rivendale and sever military installations. This was later found to be against the orders of Keit, who had made no assumptions as to the identity of the agents, and those close to him have claimed he intended to strike parts of Emberwood as revenge instead. Of the four rods aimed at Rivendale, three detonated fully, with the fourth one suffering from a fizzled yield reduction of several orders of magnitude. The explosions caused the earth around the impact sites to rise twenty feet, pulverising concrete foundations and collapsing undeground metro lines, basements and bunkers where many had hid after the first rod impacted. Rtge siesmic shockwaves caused a few skyscrapers to collapse, though in the aftermath many others were condemned after the damage done to their foundations. The death toll in the city was in the tens of thousands, and the military bases struck fared no better either.
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=== Reunification with Lyrevale ===
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