Laris

Laris is an infamous city-state of the Hundred Kingdoms in the Confederation of Rivers located along the Sandy River. At one time Laris was a major city that had survived from the times of the Shogunate, however a rivalry with the nearby city of Velen led to disaster when the two nations entered into a dispute over water rights along the Sandy River.

War erupted in RY 265 when Velen invaded Laris and took control of several irrigation and via-duct sites, and Laris retaliated by flooding several down-river towns near Velen. The disagreement erupted into a full scale war, drawing in the rest of the Hundred Kingdoms, as well as Lookshy and several other major powers in the region.

Combat rapidly escalated until the Seventh Legion was forced to deploy First Age weapons of mass destruction to bring fighting to a stop. The entire Sandy River was poisoned and both Laris and Velen were nearly wiped out in the process.

Today both city-states are much reduced and have only now recovered. Bitterness still exists between both nations, who each blame the other for their tragic fates.