A link between eras.

Why did Roland join the mages' campaign against the Barbarians? He couldn't have failed to understand that his joining effectively meant the intervention of Erathia and Enroth in the war with the Barbarians, who, although they were unpleasant neighbors, had never started a major war. Nevertheless, Roland sided with the mages and thus laid the foundation for the end of two dynasties: the Ironfists and the Gryphonhearts...