Editing DissidiaTemplar West Marches/The World (section)

== An Equal and Opposite Reaction 720==
The suddenly expansionist nature of the '''Molinari''', combined with the paramilitary "Monster Hunting" guilds and their advances in armor, begin to alarm some of the factions/races that rose back to power after the fall of '''Farven'''. Many of the older members of the long lived races, after all (Elves, Dwarves, Delmvalmi) personally remember the rise of '''Humanity''' and the resulting consequences. The innovation of artificial sunlight further exacerbates the problem (from some perspectives) by effectively removing a threat to the '''Molinari's''' rear that might have checked further expansion.

Political pressures are building when events come to a head in the '''Larjenhoff Incident'''. A group of '''Monster Hunter'''s kill a dragon demanding tribute from the eponymous frontier town, a largely human settlement unwilling to acknowledge the sovereignty of a supernatural being. Many members of the more conservative races consider this to be an act of murder, particularly the disciples of the various '''Seinaryu''' ("holy dragon") movements. Violent clashes between '''Monster Hunters''' and '''Seinaryai''' break out, resulting in casualties on both sides. 

Leading factions of the Dwarven, Elven, and '''Ogrim''' (Orc/Troll) races quickly establish the '''Heilga the "Sacred League"'''. Foreign Adventurers '''Monster Hunters''' are promptly banned from operating within '''Heilga''' territory. A policy assuring mutual defense of independence is quickly adopted, drawing in more of the non-aligned races/factions concerned with losing ground to a new world order. Even the (mostly) pacifistic '''Delmvalmi''' join the league, under the written caveat that their telepathic powers will be used to defuse battles and negotiate peace, in their usual custom.

An unusual sort of cold war starts to set in...