Episode: Paved With Good Intentions III
Posted by Story on 05/21/19
From the eastern coast of the Northlands, word reaches Arx that Duke Asger Crovane's killer was possibly identified- a former thrall in House Crackneck's employee that seems to have been murdered himself to cover the tracks of whoever hired him or in retribution for his actions. The war between House Warwynd supported by allied Thraxian houses against House Crackneck and House Longwood seems to be continuing to escalate since the destruction of most of the naval forces of Crackneck and Longwood. Several coastal villages in the Northlands have been attacked by raiders flying no flags, and one large caravan traveling from Longwood to Crackneck was attacked and massacred along the Great Road. Some other Grayson vassals have started to support Longwood, and a naval flotilla escorting Thraxian merchants traveling towards Helianthus' lands was attacked and completely destroyed. Nor is that the end of violence in the Isles.
Due to the death of Marquis Ford at the hands of unknown attackers, House Blackshore's domain of New Hope saw prudent steps taken to increase it's defenses, and it was well they did- there was an assassination attempt against Baroness Skye during their Harvest Festival, by what turned out to be members of the sellsword group known as the Undrowned Sons. Nor was that the only attack against what are seen as more progressive forces in the Isles- the Village of Coldreach, a former thrall settlement on Darkwater lands run by the commoner Coldrain family has been attacked and completely destroyed by unknown forces. Every man, woman and child in the village was killed, including all members of the Coldrain family, and it's suspected that the only reason the village was not burned was to avoid smoke that could have potentially alerted Darkwater naval forces. Throughout much of the Isles, there's been a large swell in violence against former thralls, with threats, intimidation, and murders throughout many domains against former thralls- particularly prodigal ex-thralls. Many thralls once freed refuse to ever set foot in the Isles again, and there's been some disappearances of Mercies and other members of the Faith of the Pantheon that specifically tend to ex-thralls. The traditionalist domains do very little to stem the violence, while the progressive domains, like New Hope, live under the threat of outside attack. Diplomatic efforts inside Thrax have kept open rebellion from starting, but the 'mild' actions short of outright war are by no means pleasant.
Due to the death of Marquis Ford at the hands of unknown attackers, House Blackshore's domain of New Hope saw prudent steps taken to increase it's defenses, and it was well they did- there was an assassination attempt against Baroness Skye during their Harvest Festival, by what turned out to be members of the sellsword group known as the Undrowned Sons. Nor was that the only attack against what are seen as more progressive forces in the Isles- the Village of Coldreach, a former thrall settlement on Darkwater lands run by the commoner Coldrain family has been attacked and completely destroyed by unknown forces. Every man, woman and child in the village was killed, including all members of the Coldrain family, and it's suspected that the only reason the village was not burned was to avoid smoke that could have potentially alerted Darkwater naval forces. Throughout much of the Isles, there's been a large swell in violence against former thralls, with threats, intimidation, and murders throughout many domains against former thralls- particularly prodigal ex-thralls. Many thralls once freed refuse to ever set foot in the Isles again, and there's been some disappearances of Mercies and other members of the Faith of the Pantheon that specifically tend to ex-thralls. The traditionalist domains do very little to stem the violence, while the progressive domains, like New Hope, live under the threat of outside attack. Diplomatic efforts inside Thrax have kept open rebellion from starting, but the 'mild' actions short of outright war are by no means pleasant.