Major Alliances: None

Major Conflicts: Fructera, Ceresia

Neutral with Candia and the Dairy Islands.

Vegetania and Fructera's conflict is at the heart of the Ravening War.

Opposed to the Meatlands through the Meatland's alliance with Fructera.

Major Alliances: Meatlands

Major Conflicts: Vegetania, Dairy Islands, Candia

Aligned with Ceresia through Ceresia's ally, the Meatlands.

Although Fructera's main conflict focuses on Tomaté’s claim to the Vegetanian throne, its allies have involved Fructera in their own conflicts.

Major Alliances: Meatlands

Major Conflicts: Vegetania, Candia, Dairy Islands

Ceresia's democratic Senate has been overtaken by an imperialist semi-dictator. Uneasily allied with the Meatlands, it seeks conquest of neighboring territories. Temporarily aligned with Fructera through their alliance with the Meatlands and their mutual adversary Candia.

Major Alliances: Fructera, Ceresia

Major Conflicts: Dairy Islands, Candia

The Meatlands are a collection of tribes that span the northern continent atop Calorum. It is uneasily allied with Ceresia.

Major Alliances: Candia

Major Conflicts: Fructera, Meatlands, Ceresia

As a critical geographic kingdom in Calorum, whoever controls the Dairy Islands controls much of the coastal access to the rest of the continent. Its conflicts are mainly to do with other countries looking to control access to ports rather than any political conflict with the Dairy Islands itself.

Major Alliances: Dairy Islands

Major Conflicts: Fructera, Ceresia, Meatlands

Candia entered the war with great reluctance after a long neutral period at the start of the war. Its priorities involve defending its ally, the Dairy islands, rebuffing Ceresian imperialist forces, and ending the war.

Battle of Vinolia – Count Tomaté has been slain. House Uvano, as the only remaining great house, is emerging as sovereign house of Fructera. With the death of his challenger, Belvedere will be crowned as king of Vegetania. His coronation will be attended by senior Bulbian officials.

Siege of Port Béchamel - Ceresia has attacked Port Béchamel in the Dairy Islands, a valuable island historically settled by Ceresians and Dairy Islanders alike. It is also seasonally inhabited by pilgrims of the nomadic Goat Clans. Imperator Foccacia's forces have started a months-long siege to take the settlement as a naval base for themselves. With ships and aid blocked from entering, resources to wait out the invasion are quickly drying up. The ancestral city burns, sowing discord in both the Meatlands and the Dairy Islands.

...that Dairy Islanders and Seafood Meatland Tribes have reported sightings of the legendary sea serpent, The Loop Ness Monster, sinking pirate and merchant ships alike. It was last sighted off the coast of Kellogg's Peak. Travel with extreme caution along the coast for the next three months!

...that disgraced Vegetanian houses who supported Tomaté's claim to the throne have fled into the Verduran Forest. Word on the grapevine is they've turned away from the light of the Bulb. Peasants in the surrounding area report disappearing livestock and haunting music late at night. The Church has put a bounty on whoever can find the source of the heresy.

... that following Belvedere's crowning, an ambassador's meeting will be held to discuss an alliance between Imperator Focaccia and King Belvedere. A band of Vegetanian diplomats accompanied by Bulbian priests will meet the Imperator and his court at his summer palace, the Palazzo Brioche. Focaccia has arranged for a munera (gladiator fight) at the Challahseum for the amusement of his guests.

Fructera, along with its Meatlander and Ceresian allies, pushed toward the heart of Vegetania at the start of summer. The Vegetanian forces successfully repelled them at the Battle of Vinolia, where Counte Tomaté was slain.

Candia is assisting the Dairy Islands, who are being besieged by both Ceresia and Basha's faction of Meatlanders.

Tensions are growing between clans of the Meatlands as other nations have difficulty understanding the Meatland's lack of central governance. Meatlanders are being indiscriminately grouped together as one nation despite individual affiliation and alliances.

After routing Fructera at the Battle of Vinolia, Belvedere will be crowned King of Vegetania. This ends the initial conflict that ignited the Ravening War. Under Belvedere, Vegetania will soon ally itself with Ceresia and join their imperial conquest.

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Major Alliances: Ceresia

Major Conflicts: Fructera

Under the newly crowned Beldevere Cabbage, Vegetania allies itself with its former adversary Ceresia to drive the last of the Fructeran forces from its lands. In exchange, Vegetania begins lending its own troops and military strongholds to its imperialist ally for their own agendas.

Major Alliances: None

Major Conflicts: Vegetania, Dairy Islands, Candia

The defeat of Count Tomaté at the battle of Vinola resulted in disarray of Fructera's leadership. The only remaining Fructeran Great House, House Uvano, seems inclined to begin withdrawing from their nation's conflict with Vegetania and the Dairy Islands.

Major Alliances: Vegetania

Major Conflicts: Meatlands, Candia, Dairy Islands

Ceresia operates under an imperialist semi-dictator. Its former alliance with Meatlander clans are collapsing against the anti-Ceresian leader Basha Myaso. Its former adversary Vegetania has reached out with an offer of alliance.

Major Alliances: Fructera

Major Conflicts: Ceresia, Dairy Islands, Candia

The clan leader Basha Myaso is set to challenge the Speaker of the Hen in combat. A strong leader and widely respected by many clans, this could be the push Basha needs to call for unification of the Meatlands. Clans aligned with Basha begin to move against their former Ceresian allies.

Major Alliances: Candia

Major Conflicts: Fructera, Meatlands, Ceresia

As a critical geographic kingdom in Calorum, whoever controls the Dairy Islands controls much of the coastal access to the rest of the continent. Its conflicts are mainly to do with other countries looking to control access to ports rather than any political conflict with the Dairy Islands itself.

Major Alliances: Dairy Islands

Major Conflicts: Fructera, Ceresia, Meatlands

The loss of another one of their princesses on a diplomatic envoy strikes a deep blow to Candia's neutrality. For now, it continues to prioritize defending its ally, the Dairy Islands, and rebuffing Ceresian imperialist forces to the north.

Cornclave Announced - Pontifex Clementine III (born Salvo Oleracii) of the Bulbian Church has died. The whole of the Bulbian Church is in mourning, and clergy travel across the nation to attend his funeral. A cornclave has been called for the third week of Highharvest. All members of the College of Chardinals are expected to travel to Brightgarden to attend the election. The archbishop Belizabeth Brassica is widely rumoured to be the popular favourite. She strikes a conservative contrast to the late Clementine III, who was seen as too willing to tolerate apostasies within the church.

A Challenge in the Meatlands - Basha Myaso, believing Princess Sapphria of Candia’s death to be a betrayal of hospitality rules, is set to challenge the Speaker of the Hen in combat. A strong leader and widely respected by many clans, this could be the push Basha needs to call for unification of the Meatlands. As a strongly anti-Ceresian advocate, Basha's rise to leadership could spell the end of the Meatland's already-uneasy alliance with their neighbors. Whichever way the challenge goes, the whole of Calorum watches in anticipation.

...that a Ceresian official has been captured and held hostage in Dairy Islander-held territory.

...that a supposed oracle and heretical danger to the Bulbian faith has been spotted in Sacchromyca.

...that a Ceresian senator was brutally murdered during a negotiation in Tricula Valley, raising questions of intent and possible violations of guest-right.

... that the one they call the Architect of Rot has made a new ally.

... that the reputation of a certain heretic sect has started to travel beyond Candian borders, with travellers regaling tales of purple smoke and pixie dust.

... that a Vegetanian nobleman was lost at sea after attempting to slay the Loop Ness Monster.

... and that the same sea monster was seen playing near a Dairy Island dock.

... that troops have been putting entire villages to the sword for pillage, as famine begins to set in on autumn's approach.

Princess Down – On the second week of Harvestdawn, Princess Sapphria of Candia travelled through the Pulp Bay around the Dairy Islands and up the Sangre River to the metropolis of Carn in the Meatlands. She was on a diplomatic mission to meet with the Speaker of the Hen. After their meeting, she was killed by an unknown Vegetanian assassin. Despite Candia's lack of involvement in the war, she is the second of Candia's princesses and the third of the Candian royal family to die.

Vegetania & Ceresia Allied; Dairy Islanders Most Affected - With Count Tomaté’s death, Vegetania's challenge to the throne is gone. The nation officially crowns Beldevere Cabbage as rightful king and allies itself with Imperator Focaccia, aiding in Ceresia’s attacks on bordering nations. The combined military might of Calorum’s two largest nations poses a great threat to the rest of the continent. With this newly acquired help, Imperator Focaccia continues his conquest. War ravages the borders of Candia, Fructera, and the Dairy Islands.

Have You Heard of the Bulb - The Bulbian Church continues sending missionary aid to places ravaged by the war, spreading their influence across the land. A number of clergy attending missions in hostile nations are pondering whether to attempt the journey back to Vegetania for the funeral of the late Pope.

If You're Dead, and He's Vegetanian, Then Who's Driving This Nation? - The defeat of Count Tomaté at the battle of Vinola resulted in disarray of Fructera's leadership. The only remaining Fructeran Great House, House Uvano, has become the de facto leadership. While Uvano seems inclined to begin withdrawing from their nation's conflict with Vegetania and the Dairy Islands, these negotiations will take time.

Storm Warning - A great storm from the Outlands is ravaging the Meatlands, killing off many clans' livelihoods and flocks. Desperate for resources to weather the freezerburn, some clans are banding together to attack their former allies - Ceresia and the Dairy Islands - to recoup losses for the winter ahead.

Major Alliances: None

Major Conflicts: None

After the death of Holy Martyr Princess Citrina Rocks, Vegetania begins to withdraw from its former alliance with Ceresia and considers peace talks with Fructera.

Major Alliances: None

Major Conflicts: Ceresia

House Uvano withdraws from their nation's conflict with Vegetania and the Dairy Islands. Ceresia remains on the offensive.

Major Alliances: None

Major Conflicts: Meatlands, Candia, Dairy Islands, Fructera

Ceresia operates under an imperialist dictator. Ceresia remains determined in its conquest of Fructera, Dairy Islands, and the borders of Candia despite its former Meatlander and Vegetanian allies withdrawing support.

Major Alliances: Fructera

Major Conflicts: Ceresia

The Meatlander clans, under Basha Myaso's guidance, fully turn on their former ally Ceresia.

Major Alliances: Candia

Major Conflicts: Ceresia

As a critical geographic kingdom in Calorum, whoever controls the Dairy Islands controls much of the coastal access to the rest of the continent. Its conflicts are mainly to do with other countries looking to control access to ports rather than any political conflict with the Dairy Islands itself.

Major Alliances: Dairy Islands, Fructera

Major Conflicts: Ceresia

Candia, greatly sorrowed by the loss of Holy Martyr Princess Citrina Rocks, demands peace talks between Vegetania and Fructera. It continues to support its Dairy Island ally and considers joining forces with other nations to rebuff Ceresia's conquest.

Pontifex Elected - Pontifex Belizabeth Brassica is elected to the papal seat after the shocking events of the Cornclave.

Lemon Drop - Princess Citrina of House Rocks seeks to entreat peace with King Cabbage and Vegetania, but is run down and martyred in the streets (organised in secret by Archbishop Belizabeth Brassica). She is much mourned and soon sainted. Her death prompts peace talks between King Cabbage and Lord Uvano of Fructera. She is the third of Candia's princesses and the fourth of the Candian royal family to die.

...that something either unholy or miraculous occurred at the Cornclave, depending on who you ask.

...that unnatural abominations have appeared in Candia, ready to defend its ancient borders.

...that the motivation behind the challenge between the Speaker of the Hen and Basha Myasho is not quite what it's said to be.

...that a strange wolf-like creature was seen howling on the outskirts of the south of Ceresia.

...that Lady Raptheart was found most foully murdered.

...that House Pinior has been stripped of its titles and holdings for harbouring an enemy of Ceresia.

Cold Feet - Imperator Focaccia continues his assault on the borders of the Dairy Islands, Meatlands, Fructera, and Candia. With most of its former allies turned on it, and winter setting in, Ceresia begins to find itself without allies.

What WAS That? - The events of the Cornclave stir great internal unrest and conflict within the Bulbian Church.

Inclement Weather - Rice blizzards begin to hit Southern Ceresia. Supply lines suffer and armies starve as beasts of burden and livestock alike die in the field.

Famine - Plague spreads through the Verduran Forest, killing off the livestock and winter stores of countless Vegetanian villages. Freezer burn spreads further south than it ever has before. Refugees begin to flee to their lord's holdfasts and major cities for the winter.

Aren't We All Food, Anyway? Increased bandit activity in the Dairy Islands and rumours of cannibalism begin to spread along the shores of the Meatlands. Although some of the rumours are owed to national prejudice, the inhabitants of at least one Fructeran village have completely vanished without a trace.

Winter reaches further south than it ever has before. The Maesters agree this will be the harshest winter in decades.