First Chatcaavan War

What the Pelted call what happened to them in Princes' Game. They aggressively named it the FIRST because they're determined to start the second when they find Second-to-the-Usurper and make him pay. Major events in this war as counted by the Pelted include things that happened on Pelted 'soil'.

Major Events

Border Skirmishes

(largely unreported in PG, except as off-screen things; Maia mentions it I believe at the beginning of AR?),

Second's Push

"Our guess is that they crept out along the border, lined up at the edge of Sector Veta and headed spinward, because they also hit Sector Alpha" was Meryl's assessment.

Includes all the sideswipes committed by Second, culminating in the destruction of Tam-ley

Eldritch Prophecies

Not sure where else to put this, but it's relevant somewhere, so:

Only love can hold this, because the war for it will never end

You will have to make a choice, arii, a choice, you will have to make a choice

It is not enough to rule, one must Change

• "The future before us, and the empires we must maintain... only love can hold them. Or the war for them will never end." (Liolesa talking to Lisinthir)

• "It will pass," she said again. "You will find yourself having to choose, then." (Queen Ransomed talking to Vasiht'h)

• "Yes," the Emperor agreed. "Admiral-Offense, it is who we are. And we have held it apart from us for too long. It is not enough to rule. We must also Change."