The Hidden Origins of the Great War: A Century or a Myth?

📜 What the Official Record Says

According to accepted’ historical accounts, the chronology of the Great War begins circa 460 CE, when the Confederation defeated the tiny navy of Ameran Indi at the Battle of Albasra Bay—and then launched a full-scale invasion of the island. Then the official war begins:

• 470 CE: Imperial troops land in Ameran Indi.
• 471 CE: The Confederation expels them.
• Mid-470s: Cascadia joins, escalating the arms race and spreading the conflict to nearly every continent.

Yet behind this conventional narrative lies a provocative theory: that the war’s true roots stretch back into the 450s or even earlier—hidden under the weight of semantics, politics, and wartime propaganda.

🕰️ Alternative Origins: Three Pre-War Flashpoints

1. The Proto-Conflict of the 460s

While not formally declared, tensions between the Sudaani Empire and the Confederation had been growing for years. Recent scholarship hints at clandestine raids, maritime skirmishes, and arcane sabotage stretching back into the late 450s. In these accounts, the war didn’t begin in 470—it merely escalated into full view.

2. The Globalization Threshold

Historian Emma Yarsen suggests 470 CE was simply the point at which regional hostilities metastasized into global war. “The war became ‘Great’ when it consumed everyone,” she argues. By this metric, the “Great War” is less a defined event and more a geopolitical avalanche set in motion years before.

3. A Manufactured Myth?

Some claim that the term “Great War” itself was a retrospective construction, coined by scholars and archivists after the conflict's end to encapsulate a chaotic era into one marketable term. If true, this makes 470 CE not the beginning, but merely the first act of a long-forgotten play.

🎙️ Expert Opinions

Dr. Lionelstraße, conflict historian:

“Labeling it as a 100‑year war obscures the fact that the seed spent decades germinating.”

Archivist Marissa Quell:

“Cataloging records from the 450s shows operations consistent with an organized military action, not rogue raids.”

📢 What This Changes

• Historical Commemoration: Events may need re-dating. Peace accords and war memorials could shift back a decade or more.
• Geopolitical Analysis: It challenges the view of the Sudaani Empire as instigator and suggests a more complex cycle of provocation.
• Magic & Mythology: Earlier war magic and spellcraft development may have deeper wartime origins than previously assumed.

Reframing the war's beginning opens avenues for reinterpretation—not only for historians, but for military tacticians, cultural scholars, and adventurers alike.

💬 Join the Debate

Is 470 CE the true start of the Great War—or was that just the year it could no longer be ignored?

Let us know what you think in the comments below. Your voice might change the way we write history.