Twenty-Six Years' War
The Twenty-Six Years' War was a series of wars in modern-day Albion that saw the petty kingdoms of Audley, Chafford, and Ongar, as well as various other princely states, against the Hitsereign, a firebending state to the North that had forced the smaller Albonian states into a system of tribute and vassalage. Initial attempts at resistance led to fierce retaliation by the Hitsereign, including the destruction of Chafford and the occupation of the South during a period known as Direct Rule. Anti-occupation forces developed the Albonian tradition of Chiblocking (independently of the Free Territory) while serving in the Army of Audley, which sparked a fresh liberation movement as the firebending forces had not faced a combatant using non-conventional techniques. This culminated in the complete destruction of the Hitsereign, the unification of Albion, and a strong anti-bending tradition that remains to this day.