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During this time, the more successful Ethalried Empire in southern Aurora absorbed the economic sphere and influences that Maltervenia and Calath once had.
==Era of Changes (890CE - 972CE)==
Arin couped the Ethalried Empire and established matrilineal succession in 890. The claim to the throne was contested and the nation fell into civil war. With the Ethalried Empire’s attention on its internal problems, parts of the outer territories were either annexed by the second Maltervenian Empire, annexed by other empires or seceded, forming their own kingdom. The Maltervenian Empire saw rapid physical and economic expansionism across northern Aurora and established itself as the hub of a new trade route. These lands were a mixture of loosely controlled, economically dependent nations or satellite kingdoms.
When the decline of the Ethalried Empire began, Egbert declared himself king of Staynnica and amassed large armies from his influence as a nobleman and the new nation began rapid expansionism in the north-west. Staynnica became the largest kingdom to secede from the collapse of the Ethalried Empire, though it inevitably became economically dependent on the trade and riches of the Maltervenian Empire.
The first grandson of Egbert, King Ræulf, sailed to Aetern in 965 and met with the kings of the Kingdoms of Dovia, Laulia and Calthia. Unhappy with how they were treated under their economic dependency of Maltervenia, the four kings planned military strategies and came to an agreement. News caught wind in Maltervenia and Ræulf’s boat was sunk on its return voyage, though survivors managed to escape and return the plans and news of his death to his brother Rænnulf who was a revered military commander. Rænnulf became king, and declared war on Maltervenia.
Rænnulf marched his armies into Maltervenia and was met at Verns Bridge, near Gastony, and was killed in the subsequent battle. The throne passed to his younger brother Rænouart, who continued and won the battle and was later crowned king. Rænouart died a year later of dysentery, and the crown passed to the fourth brother [[Pip the Gallant|Þipæ]], who in 972 defeated King Botulf of Maltervenia and declared himself King of the Staynes. Honouring the agreement laid out with the kings of the other three kingdoms, Staynes relinquished any claim of land east of Lake Newton, something that still exists today.
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