Wow, blending history into fantasy, or should I say blending fantasy into history? Your concept here is very unique. The objective view point and the style you write here is certainly rarely seen in a regular fantasy story.

Great job!

One book is one answer.’ That’s your own proverb, so kindly be mindful of it. {- *grins* That's a great little saying and attitude there. ^-^

which earned all wrights and possessors an instant death {- wrights?

Certainly even the year-shift fae did not realise how powerful the moon fae had become {- I keep having a feeling that that should have a comma after 'certainly'.

But they are never the generals. {- I think that that sentence might be more powerful in its own paragraph. ^-^

truces were sought on both sides and foiled on both sides {- comma before 'and'. Just runs better that way, though I'm sure there's some grammatical reason to be found somewhere.

(approximately 50km from the modern Ferrean border to the west) {- numbers up to a hundred are written out. Usually.

sent by a [g]overnment desperate for this chance to refill its coffers

That was so very, very sad. Gorgeously written, but so tragic. Overviews do create a good, clear tool. This definitely falls under that category. And it's far from boring, me dear. ^-~ It was beautiful.

And a great look into the Dragon Makers world. Felt quite prologue-y, though I know it isn't.

Wonderful work. ^-^

*nods* Isn't the auto-formatter here a real bear? I'm starting to get better with it, slowly.

Anyway, this was a thrilling (and sad) read. Very intriguing to get a glimpse of the overall course of events. And heartening to know that there are fae still out there somewhere, though I don't want to ponder the hatred on either side.

"There were, are and always will be those on both sides whose thoughts are free of the mindless cycle of revenge. But they are never the generals."Very nicely put. =P

"When a strong detachment of the Talton Army gathered in Liari, sent by a overnment desperate for this chance to refill its coffers" government.

"Rather than march on Talton - where, it must be said, there could only have been a fifty-percent chance of victory, or less - called a full retreat and withdrew to Liari." either 'she' or Lacrellame before 'called a full retreat.'

"I would tell you what Lucalyon means, and why that is such a sad irony, but I would rather not share the language. Suffice to say that something very bright was made very black." Oh, *twitchtwitch* very nice bait there.

Great work, Alyssa! I envy your ability to make up all sorts of names for places and events. Thanks for posting this!

Oh. Very interesting. *huggles Arathalian*

I'm really becoming rather fond of that fae. ^_^

Nice to see a mention of Cochalyon (sp?) too. ^_^