The Hurricane Wars

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of violence, sexual content, and child abuse.

In a novel about war, power is an integral concept. As the Night Empire continues its reign of terror across the Continent, seeking to overtake all the kingdoms of the Sardovian Allfold, it takes on the role of oppressor, the imperialist force of violence that attempts to obtain as much power as possible. While Talasyn and the other Sardovians attempt to resist the Night Empire’s hunger for aether hearts, land, and resources, they are ultimately unsuccessful, and the Continent falls. After 10 years of constant conflict and bloodshed, the Night Empire prevails, taking control of the entirety of Sardovia. The Sardovians are robbed of their land, their culture, and their autonomy, as imperialism seeks to erase the cultures it conquers.

The Nenavar Dominion, protected by its position on the far side of the Eversea, remains out of Hurricane Wars while the conflict raged on. Because of their uninvolvement, they are able to develop technology not solely geared toward war. When Talasyn and Alaric witness the Nenavarene aethermancy amplifier, they both have the same thought process: “So this was what it was like when a country hadn’t spent the last decade at war.