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After the withdrawal of Aethel from the duties of the Republic, Aurelius became the sole "acting leader". During this time, he participated in many summits, peace talks and meetings with foreign officials to discuss the future of not only the Republic, but Lydoneia as a whole. The citizens of Lydoneia, pressuring Aurelius to become involved in foreign conflict, finally had their wish granted when Aurelius was approached by Shil0, leader of Fossores, about a potential coalition force formation on August 19th, 2021.

Aurelius was quickly rushed into a secret roundtable meeting with the leaders of the [[Fossore Republic]], the [[Arcadian Altanate]], the [[Federation of Arith]], the [[Kingdoms of Arith]] and the [[Kingdom of Pyrrhia]]. The meeting was held in response to the current threat of war against the FOA by Elyria. As a member of the council, Aurelius maintained a fairly neutral position, but was adamant of the destruction of the famed "[[Lore Axe]]". At the conclusion of the meeting, the leaders of the nations present decided to join forces to form the [[Entente]], an anti-Elyria coalition that would fight tooth and nail to rid Alathra of the Elyrian threat. Within hours after the meeting, the coalition collectively declared war and began preparing. Under the leadership of Aurelius, Haven donated a massive amount of netherite to the cause, exactly seven sets of armor. In addition to this, building supplies, food, valuables and weapons were donated as well.

In the evening hours of August 20th, 2021, Aurelius was declared a Lieutenant of the Entente, who was responsible for overseeing the First Infantry division. The most populous division of the Entente, they were involved in all major battles within the Great War at that point - the Battle of Romanus Silva, the Battle of Nevermore Brigade, the Battle of Blocksburg, the Battle of Savage Crow and the Battle of Peachfield. Fighting alongside Aurelius were Haven citizens CoolGuyBoris, BryanTheBoring and Salmon, while other members of Lydoneia provided ground assistance in combat, those specifically being nugget31 and [[HDSkipper]].

Lydoneia, and Haven specifically, faced major losses in the battles of August 20th. As a result, Aurelius drafted a withdrawal document and sent it to the press. Lydoneia officially withdrew from The Great War on August 21st, 2021, being the first major nation within the Entente to do so. Many nations followed. Following the withdrawal, Aurelius met with [[King Eiric]], [[Attune]] and [[Theodmer]] in Peachfield to discuss the signing of a non-aggression pact which would effectively end Lydoneia's involvement in the war. After much deliberation and hours of negotiations, Aurelius came to an agreement with King Eiric and the Elyria-Lydoneia NAP was signed on August 22nd, 2021. The NAP aimed to restore relations between the two previously cooperating nations. Lydoneia was now no longer able to join any coalition force against the nation of Elyria or its allies, it could no longer declare war on Elyria until a peace summit was held, and it was responsible for building a road network connecting the rest of Elyria. Taking full responsibility for the defeat in The Great War and placing the entire blame on his shoulders, Aurelius accepted the terms and decided that he alone would create the road network. As of August 31st, 2021, the road is still in its planning stages and construction will begin soon. The collateral for the road building is in the form of a special axe crafted by Aurelius, the strongest weapon in the region, dubbed "Fury of Aurelius". The axe is still under possession of Elyrian forces, and will be returned to Haven after the roads are completed.