The Battle of the Rivers was a conflict between the Crimson Coalition and the joint forces of the Magicracy of Alent and the Union Workers. It took place at the Joining Fords of the Twin Rivers northwest of Alent in the autumn of 1017 AE. It turned into a three-way conflict when Kendra Finian, at the behest of the Red Sun, manipulated a water elemental to betray the Coalition at the moment of its victory, thus devastating both the Coalition and Alentian armies. Despite heavy losses, the Coalition was eventually victorious and reclaimed the riverlands from the fleeing Alentian and Union forces once the water elemental was banished.