Fiction:Second House War

"Wings of amber Scales of blood Swords of azure Glinting buried in the mud. What dark designs have forced this era when two houses finally decree that the other bears no right to rule This blessed empire, sublime and free? The spirits cry out< "please, shed no pain!" But alas, for their cries are in vain. For fate has decided this age For the lords of paradise To stain with blood and tears this celestial stage."

- Ellenim Quilvash "Paradise Stained"