The War of the Demitasse Spoon (417-420 Conflict) occurred during the Gerovian Anarchy (415-442 Conflict).

The events leading up to the “war” are actually quiet pathetic when compared to the violence and bloodshed it caused, and in light of the violence and bloodshed of the Gerovian Anarchy as a whole.

It all started in the summer home of Count Rufus Quintus, of House Quintus, Count of Vuul–the town no longer exists.

In 417 Conflict, Count Rufus celebrated a minor victory for the Gerovianists by inviting some of his friends and allies over to his summer home by the shores of Lake Ardona. Among the guests was Count Verim van der Graaff, of House van der Graaff, Count of Mulgrydd–this town, also, no longer exists.

After a party that was said to have lasted three days and three nights, Count Rufus awoke on the fourth morning to find one of his jewel encrusted, golden demitasse spoons had gone missing.

After thorough investigations–involving time and resources that should have, realistically, gone to the civil war–it was determined that Count Verim had stolen the spoon, and absconded with several serving plates as well.

Count Rufus, enraged, turned his armies on Count Verim and his family.

What ensued is often considered by many anti-royalists to be an example of the foolish decadence of nobility and royalty, and serves as an example of how disconnected from reality they can be. It has been specifically referred to by many pro-Republican writers of the day, including the Father of Republicanism, Carolus Vingrus.

The “War of the Demitasse Spoon” as it came to be known, lasted three years, caused the death of 3,000 people (most of them soldiers and innocent townsfolk), the eradication of 2 towns, 4 villages, and a logging camp, and the deaths of both Count Verim and Count Rufus, and the complete extinction of their noble houses.

And what became of the demitasse spoon for which so much blood was spilled?

Supposedly it had been found within six months, at the bottom of the fountain in Count Rufus’s garden. It was later determined it had been misplaced during the debauchery, and Count Verim falsely accused. But by that point, Count Rufus has held two of Count Verim’s children hostage, had assassinated his mother, and had lost several members of his close family as well.

They had gone too far to apologize and risk losing face, and neither wished to show weakness in the face of their perceived “enemy.” Instead they destroyed themselves and each other, and caused the deaths of countless innocents.

For a spoon.