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Beginning in 938 AD, the Church formed mutually beneficial relationships with the landed lords. This further expanded and stabilised their power.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} By 951 AD, it had become common practice for the landed lords to bribe powerful people within the Church, and also to war amongst themselves. The lands the lords governed became known as the "[[Land of Mountains]]" and the "[[Land of Forests]]."{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}
Beginning in 938 AD, the Church formed mutually beneficial relationships with the landed lords. This further expanded and stabilised their power.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} By 951 AD, it had become common practice for the landed lords to bribe powerful people within the Church, and also to war amongst themselves. The lands the lords governed became known as the "[[Land of Mountains]]" and the "[[Land of Forests]]."{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}


Nine years later, in 960 AD, a landed lord had been appointed as the director of a [[Magic Academy]], one of many institutions set up by the Church dedicated to the study of [[magic]]. That upset the wizards, as the lord was not familiar with [[magic]] whatsoever.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} Eleven years following that, some young wizards led a [[White Revolt|revolt]] against the continued election of landed lords into positions of power within Magic Academies. Unfortunarely for them, their uprising was suppressed overnight.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}
Nine years later, in 960 AD, a landed lord had been appointed as the director of a [[Magic Academy]], one of many institutions set up by the Church dedicated to the study of [[magic]]. That upset the wizards, as the lord was not familiar with [[magic]] whatsoever.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} Eleven years following that, some young wizards led a [[White Revolt|revolt]] against the continued election of landed lords into positions of power within the Magic Academy. Unfortunately for them, their uprising was suppressed overnight.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}


Because the food supply chain into the Cathedral City was disrupted over the years, the city's government and the Church began trading money, weapons, women and children to the landed lords in exchange for food.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} 986 AD thus saw the formation of the [[Blue Order]], an underground revolutionary group dissatisfied with the corruption in the Magic Academies and the Church. In four years, they garnered support from wizards and lords alike.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} They enacted their plan a year later, staging a [[Blue Revolt|massive revolt]] in the Central Magic Academy in the Cathedral City. This was once again met with suppression, albeit via magic means. The use of sealing magic resulted in eighty percent of the citizens living within two of the city's wards to die. Meanwhile, the survivors went insane, and were subsequently buried alive.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}
Because the food supply chain into the Cathedral City was disrupted over the years, the city's government and the Church began trading money, weapons, women and children to the landed lords in exchange for food.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} 986 AD thus saw the formation of the [[Blue Order]], an underground revolutionary group dissatisfied with the corruption in the Magic Academy and the Church. In four years, they garnered support from wizards and lords alike.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} They enacted their plan a year later, staging a [[Blue Revolt|massive revolt]] in the Central Magic Academy in the Cathedral City. This was once again met with suppression, albeit via magic means. The use of sealing magic resulted in eighty percent of the citizens living within two of the city's wards to die. Meanwhile, the survivors went insane, and were subsequently buried alive.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}


Following that incident, which came to be known as the Blue Revolt, the Church became even more dependent on the military might of the landed lords.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} Meanwhile, the landed lords began funding their own independent magical research.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} In 994 AD, no landed lord acted as the director of a Magic Academy. Although the academies gained their independence, the lack of support from landed lords led to their decline.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}
Following that incident, which came to be known as the Blue Revolt, the Church became even more dependent on the military might of the landed lords.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} Meanwhile, the landed lords began funding their own independent magical research.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}} In 994 AD, no landed lord acted as the director of a Magic Academy. Although the academy gained its independence, the lack of support from landed lords led to its decline.{{Bookref|WorldInside|Page 245: Chronology}}
===Deposition and death===
===Deposition and death===
In May 998, five young magical girls with the [[Power of Song]] (later known as Intoners) made their way to the castle of the cruel lord of the Land of Sands.{{Bookref|U5}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 1, Chapter 1}} They faced him in battle and killed him, ending his ruthless reign.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 1, Chapter 2}}
In May 998, five young magical girls with the [[Power of Song]] (later known as Intoners) made their way to the castle of the cruel lord of the Land of Sands.{{Bookref|U5}}{{Bookref|U5|Volume 1, Chapter 1}} They faced him in battle and killed him, ending his ruthless reign.{{Bookref|U5|Volume 1, Chapter 2}}