The Other War is so called not to distinguish it from some better-known original Europian wars, but because the enemy (of pretty much everyone) was the mysterious Other. The first battle, if something so apparently one-sided can be describe as a "battle", was an attack on Castle Heterodyne, in which the Lady Lucrezia Mongfish Heterodyne disappeared for reasons still unknown, among many other casualties — including infant Heterodyne heir Klaus Barry. The Other primarily targeted sparks all over Europa, working through revenants, and managed to exterminate forty-three major houses and terrorize the whole continent. a turning point was the destruction of the 39th spark house a Lord Womack, the so-called "Lightening Eater". Bill and Barry Heterodyne appear to have led the resistance while sear