In the last years of the reign of King Sendar the Sunpriests of Karse hired the Tedrel Nation, half a nation of homeless mercenaries that not even the Mercenary Guild wouldn't back since they refused to obey any of the normal rules that bonded Mercenary Companies adhered to, such as; no raping, pillaging or outright destruction of infrastructure and population, to fight Valdemar for them, promising the land held by Valdemar to them as a new homeland. The Tedrel Wars lasted a little over four years with the first three beginning around spring and ending in autumn, making sure to keep Valdemar on the defensive and as was stated in Exile's Honor: