The empire's victory in the Battle of Nations on the Black Coast forced the Shadow of Addat to retreat, but this did not save Nogara. The bloody war dragged on for a long hundred years. Unable to withstand the onslaught of numerous enemies, the empire fell apart. Fierce battles, plague and famine devastated the coastal plains year after year. The Gods of Death ruled the vast expanses of the collapsed empire of the Nogars, until a man came to the dense midnight forests, challenging the whole world and calling himself king. The stranger united the barbarian tribes of the forests and steppes under his rule and brought them to the coast. The midnight coast of the Round Sea submitted to the new banner. Through blood and death, the long-awaited time of peace came to the coast.