The Battle of Nalon was the first hostile encounter between the Eternal Empire and the Char'in Dominion in history. It was also one of the most, if not the most decisive battle in the Char'in Civil War. After Arven of Hunter City discovered the isolated system in the in the year 451 AFE, the Empire allied itself with the Nalonia Republic, causing the momentum of the Char'in Civil War to shift when the Nalonia Republic was on the brink of extinction.