Silkstone Pact

A protective alliance between the kingdoms of Adestia, Hastogar, Eldhil and Iregion in the event of an attack by the Dwarven Dominion. While these realms were bitter enemies during the Succession Wars (and still are) they could not ignore the growing threat of the Dominion, so they signed the Silkstone Pact to force the Dominion to the negotiating table during the Treaty of Ylsalon in A.I. 429.

It should be noted that the treaty only obliges these realms to help each other in case of an attack by the Dominion, otherwise they are free to act against each others' interests (and they did so on many occasions in the past half a century).

In A.I. 487 the Kingdom of Adestia was occupied by Reaton rebels, which the Dominion used as an excuse to invade the realm. This prompted King Berthold of Hastogar to call the rest of the Silkstone Pact to arm. Eldhil honored the alliance, while Iregion refused, citing various excuses. This lead to the Silkstone War and ended the half a century of peace that came after the Succession Wars.