Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20141223120240/@comment-14909251-20150611231946

MetallicArcher wrote: Oobleck did say the turning point was 3 years into the war, but we don't know for how long it dragged after that... or if it dragged for a longer period of time in certain Kingdoms than others.

There is also the possibility that full blown war only blew up after a long period of time of escalating smaller conflicts. So, even if the war itself was resolved in less than a decade, you would have to add the damage of the previous years. I don't see how a turning point three years into it would not mean it ended in at most a few years. That would make it a conflict of somewhat average length. When you consider the American Civil War, there were numerous events prior to that such as Bleeding Kansas or the raid on Harpers Ferry. Saying it was formed in the ashes of war implies it emerged during the reconstruction period, which would fit if it were attempting to promote peaceful relations and engaging in humanitarian activities.