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Following the return of the Red family to Nottingham in these dire times, the white faction within the Red realm was overjoyed at their presence. The mayors and barons came out in droves to greet their lords back, and quickly and efficiently went on their way to spread the word of their Lord. At first, the measures were effective. The strongly Unionist population of Nottingham accepted the harsh measures the Mountain Chain people had previously not accepted. Cracks in the "solution" started to show after a few days however, as the measures were less thought through than they seemed.
The increased military police inside the Duchy did help initially, but eventually exasperated the feeling the blue faction had that their lords were favoring the refugees above their own people. Additionally, instead of allowing minor expressions of discontent, the guards snubbed out any attempt for venting, which resulted in a lot of pent up anger. Especially the public burning threat of criminals who refused the labor camp hit hard, a punishment normally only reserved for heretics and demon worshippers would be applied to the people. Dozens of people were convicted to the labor camps in rapid succession, the locals using the now empty houses to facilitate the soup kitchens for the needy.
This fragile situation collapsed when a middle aged woman was burned on the pyre communally for stabbing a guard and refusing the labor camp after they tried to forcibly remove her from her house. The woman Agathe named, lived in a large Nottingham manor, an old mayoral family that had fallen on hard times. Her sons and husband were already sentenced to labor camp for smaller crimes such as stealing and vandalism. Finally the guards came to remove her from her house so the house could be repurposed as a soup kitchen for the needy. The city officials did not at any time plan where the new soup kitchens would come from, as Nottingham was built full, and there was no time to build entirely new buildings. The city officials had resorted to evicting people from their houses to clear space for refugees.
Agathe was burned on the pyre in a violent but silent rainy day. The bureaucrat made the necessary announcements, simply stared at silently by the crowd until the screaming of Agathe broke the silence as the fire consumed her, hot and high enough even to defy the rain. As the event passed, the discontent at the family for putting the interests of the refugees above their own boiled up and spilled over when the guards tossed the woman's charred remains into the river. Clashes between guards and blue faction members broke out all over the city of Nottingham, starting in the baker's district where the bakers assailed the guards with rolling pins and oven shovels. Women ran around the streets announcing the riots, and other craftsmen quickly joined them with hammer, stave and pans in hand.
The rioting quickly consumed the capital, the Red militia was unable to hold back the mass of people rioting as the majority of the professional soldiers were dedicated to the Qadir front. The city officials were taken in custody and imprisoned inside the Trieg Dome, the Cathedral repurposed by the people to create impromptu "judgement trials" against officials who had wronged the people of Nottingham. The riots eventually calmed down and created a peculiar situation in the capital where the Reds were no longer in charge, but weren't specifically suffering a rebellion either. The Blue faction continued paying taxes to the Red estate, left the Red properties alone and otherwise respected the Red family members. They however imprisoned the Barons and Mayors and guardsmen, establishing their own neighborhood watches. The foreigners were killed or expelled from the capital, quickly pressing against the already overburdened holds of the Red lands. This resulted in a huge flux of refugees fleeing south, into the Paschen and Du Sablon lands. These lands barely populated quickly saw the rise of forest camps where the refugees attempted to live off the land, or steal from the locals where necessary.
In short, the Red family lost effective governance over their capital. Meanwhile in the Sictor lands, the recent disappearance of the family ruling the place left the people in confusion. The sudden arrival of the Red heir complicated things, as the people still had not calmed down from the last time they expressed discontent at being ruled by the foreigners across the sea. After the Red heir left, the Crown Prince's heralds announced an Imperial shuffle of titles. Count Viduggla of the Northern Duchy was sent to Nordskag, to become Marquis of a local county instead. His land was granted to the Count Black instead, to structurize the entire island under one ruler. The Sictor lands meanwhile were to be revoked from any vassalage and put directly under the state. Chancellor Typhonus was to manage the lands until the Qadir invasion was over and a new suitable family could be assigned to the lands.
Finally, worry started plaguing the other counties in Dragenthal. Locals from the Paschen, Du Sablon, Fuchs, Morwinn, Duchamp and van Dirkse wondered whether their rulers had secretly sworn fealty to the Reds like the Sictors had.
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The increased military police inside the Duchy did help initially, but eventually exasperated the feeling the blue faction had that their lords were favoring the refugees above their own people. Additionally, instead of allowing minor expressions of discontent, the guards snubbed out any attempt for venting, which resulted in a lot of pent up anger. Especially the public burning threat of criminals who refused the labor camp hit hard, a punishment normally only reserved for heretics and demon worshippers would be applied to the people. Dozens of people were convicted to the labor camps in rapid succession, the locals using the now empty houses to facilitate the soup kitchens for the needy.
This fragile situation collapsed when a middle aged woman was burned on the pyre communally for stabbing a guard and refusing the labor camp after they tried to forcibly remove her from her house. The woman Agathe named, lived in a large Nottingham manor, an old mayoral family that had fallen on hard times. Her sons and husband were already sentenced to labor camp for smaller crimes such as stealing and vandalism. Finally the guards came to remove her from her house so the house could be repurposed as a soup kitchen for the needy. The city officials did not at any time plan where the new soup kitchens would come from, as Nottingham was built full, and there was no time to build entirely new buildings. The city officials had resorted to evicting people from their houses to clear space for refugees.
Agathe was burned on the pyre in a violent but silent rainy day. The bureaucrat made the necessary announcements, simply stared at silently by the crowd until the screaming of Agathe broke the silence as the fire consumed her, hot and high enough even to defy the rain. As the event passed, the discontent at the family for putting the interests of the refugees above their own boiled up and spilled over when the guards tossed the woman's charred remains into the river. Clashes between guards and blue faction members broke out all over the city of Nottingham, starting in the baker's district where the bakers assailed the guards with rolling pins and oven shovels. Women ran around the streets announcing the riots, and other craftsmen quickly joined them with hammer, stave and pans in hand.
The rioting quickly consumed the capital, the Red militia was unable to hold back the mass of people rioting as the majority of the professional soldiers were dedicated to the Qadir front. The city officials were taken in custody and imprisoned inside the Trieg Dome, the Cathedral repurposed by the people to create impromptu "judgement trials" against officials who had wronged the people of Nottingham. The riots eventually calmed down and created a peculiar situation in the capital where the Reds were no longer in charge, but weren't specifically suffering a rebellion either. The Blue faction continued paying taxes to the Red estate, left the Red properties alone and otherwise respected the Red family members. They however imprisoned the Barons and Mayors and guardsmen, establishing their own neighborhood watches. The foreigners were killed or expelled from the capital, quickly pressing against the already overburdened holds of the Red lands. This resulted in a huge flux of refugees fleeing south, into the Paschen and Du Sablon lands. These lands barely populated quickly saw the rise of forest camps where the refugees attempted to live off the land, or steal from the locals where necessary.
In short, the Red family lost effective governance over their capital. Meanwhile in the Sictor lands, the recent disappearance of the family ruling the place left the people in confusion. The sudden arrival of the Red heir complicated things, as the people still had not calmed down from the last time they expressed discontent at being ruled by the foreigners across the sea. After the Red heir left, the Crown Prince's heralds announced an Imperial shuffle of titles. Count Viduggla of the Northern Duchy was sent to Nordskag, to become Marquis of a local county instead. His land was granted to the Count Black instead, to structurize the entire island under one ruler. The Sictor lands meanwhile were to be revoked from any vassalage and put directly under the state. Chancellor Typhonus was to manage the lands until the Qadir invasion was over and a new suitable family could be assigned to the lands.
Finally, worry started plaguing the other counties in Dragenthal. Locals from the Paschen, Du Sablon, Fuchs, Morwinn, Duchamp and van Dirkse wondered whether their rulers had secretly sworn fealty to the Reds like the Sictors had.
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