It has been twenty years since the original events of the War for Calradia, and several things have changed:
1. Mastgar the Merciless, a renowned mercenary and excellent military commander, has banded together hundreds of mercenaries to form their very own faction. Since the War for Calradia ended several years ago, mercenaries have been treated as worthless scum and were considerably underpaid. Mastgar opposed this, first verbally, then physically, recruiting hundreds of mercenaries and bringing them into open rebellion. Mastgar now plans to rule Calradia himself, and decrees that all who join him will be well paid, well fed, and well respected. So far, the Mercenary Union has taken several towns and castles in central Calradia.

2. Lord Kastor of Veluca, having gained enough favour with several lords, has decreed open rebellion against King Graveth. Many lords came to the aid of Kastor, seeing his beliefs as the more righteous. Several lords have had sons, who have joined both Graveth and Kastor.

3. The Kingdom of Swadia and Nords were surprised by the uprising of merenaries and Sargoth, Wercheg, Suno, and Dhirrim quickly fell to their armies. Since then, both the Nords and Swadia have stood their ground, with Swadia being cramped in the mountains, and the Nords being split on two sides, both East and West.