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The time under Lécaronian rule proves even more peaceful and prosperous. Belkondíl is first province and heartland of the Empire, all its great riches and luxuries are brought together here, most importantly the stolen treasures of Seligon. With this arrival of a plurality of foreign ideas and artifacts, Olgish culture also undergoes a major shift, embracing Seligonian Fashion and many of the customs orginating in Seligon's Olgish kingdoms. The Olgish language has already receded to the fringes; most of the Empire's provinces speak Soskish, the language of their Edhenian invadors, and in L.R. 540, Ésôrin the Wise declares Lécaronian Soskish the official language of court and administration in the Empire, Olgish remaining only in ecclesiastic and ceremonial use. | The time under Lécaronian rule proves even more peaceful and prosperous. Belkondíl is first province and heartland of the Empire, all its great riches and luxuries are brought together here, most importantly the stolen treasures of Seligon. With this arrival of a plurality of foreign ideas and artifacts, Olgish culture also undergoes a major shift, embracing Seligonian Fashion and many of the customs orginating in Seligon's Olgish kingdoms. The Olgish language has already receded to the fringes; most of the Empire's provinces speak Soskish, the language of their Edhenian invadors, and in L.R. 540, Ésôrin the Wise declares Lécaronian Soskish the official language of court and administration in the Empire, Olgish remaining only in ecclesiastic and ceremonial use. | ||
It is this centrality that finally also brings Belkondíl back in the focus of war and unrest. In the troublesome 7th century L.R., when Lécaron reaches the high of its power only to within half a century lose most of its territory, Belkondíl experiences the first major external conflict in centuries. After Lécaron's critical defeat in the Geranian War of Independence 666‒672, the young Kingdom of Geran does not halt once its own lands are liberated. In the early summer of 687, the Geranian cavalry crosses the Ilathw and invades Ortûlék, beginning the devastating four-year Geranian War. The fatal Battle of Talis of 691 forces Lécaron into a truce. Atrissar is split between the kingdom and the empire, Tarébras has long declared for the invadors and remains with their new polity. Lécaron gradually loses more and more lands all over Elondor; by 740, the empire is truncated to its core lands in Belkondíl and its first conquests in Iilish territory. | |||