Originally Posted by Encyclopedia Eorzea
Timeline
1159 - Lalawefu Sil Tatawefu ascends the throne in Sil'dih and increases taxes to spur economic reform.
1162 - Lalawefu takes measures to secure a stable water source, and is hailed by his people as the "King of Springs." The act deals a serious blow to Ul'dah, as Sil'dih's water supply is diverted from upstream of their sister sultanate's own reservoir.
1177 - Lalawefu Sil Tatawefu succumbs to illness. A withering drought overtakes Thanalan. Sil'dih falls into economic decline, and its people voice public discontent with the sultanate's excessive taxation.
1178 - Ul'dah invades Sil'dih to reclaim their water supply. Sil'dih takes advantage of the crisis to unify its people under a common cause, and wages a war of resistance against its sister state.
1179 - Ul'dah enlists the services of Ala Mhigan mercenaries, and the soldiers of fortune swell their ranks as the kingdom besieges Sil'dih.
1181 - Ul'dahn thaumaturges develop the Traders' Spurn, an alchemical concoction with the power to reanimate the dead. With this devastating weapon, they lay waste to Sil'dih.