When the pirate fleet collided with the Freet Turmite in the Far Coast Strait between the Isle of Ilighôn and the Mountains AphrunnE won. The Gestin alliance ensured that Hlondeth's fleet remained intact from the naval battles using the pirates as cannon fodder. Dempster Turmish's decision not to bring in siege engines was a mistake, and the siege lasted over a month, ending with the Turkish army's return to Alaghôn.
Arriving there, discovering that it was after the war, Gestin's political power grew along with legal and pirate smuggling from Hlondeth. During this period of growth, House ExMathriusinos made a fortune extracting unique emerald-hued marble from the Orsraun Mountains, as the nobility of House ExMathriusinos began to position themselves to gain political power for themselves, but Gestin's popularity and success stifled it. .