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Thump.
Thump.
Screams echoed in the streets before another thump. Crowds rushed to the scene near the Chancellery by the time the fourth was tossed out. On the ground lay the dead Duke of Feir Neghall, Uldred Kade. Next to him the mangled body of Arlesse Isabel Kade of Ytramere. Then fell the Duke of Eastamere, the Baron of Travalls. The citizens were confused, but by the fifth which struggled more did they finally realize what was going on. Kade family elders were being tossed out of the window of a high up Chancellor's office. Next fell the Baroness of Gueverise, the Duke of Medway and the Earl of Domdar. The entire crowd was quiet as body after body fell from the window above, a single scream brought out before that thumping sound and death. To complete the scene, a bunch of beggars rushed to the corpses on the street, picking them bare of their jewelry and fine clothing. The Duke of Feir Neghall was still alive, reaching his hands out to the sky as a beggar plucked his rings from his hand. Another jumped out, stabbing the Duke in his heart as he died with a pruttle of blood coming from his mouth.
The Ghastly scene was interrupted by an Anahera announcer from the window speaking to the crowd below: "These individuals have been executed in name of the Emperor and the Empire for threatening a rebellion against our fair city and people and Emperor! The Sancella has denounced them as heretics and traitors, and justice has been served on them!" Soldiers then moved forward, chasing the beggars off and stabbing the corpses to make absolutely sure they were dead. The crowd was then dispersed and the corpses were dragged off to the nearest river and tossed in, floating out towards the harbor. As the news had spread throughout the city, ships in the harbor left one by one. Some Anahera soldiers tried to stop a third ship from leaving, and actually opened fire with their cannons on the fourth, trying to sink it or at least threaten it not to leave. The entire grain shipment from Anglia had retreated from the harbors, and the bakers already knew what was about to happen. Anglia had effectively cut Regalia off from the grain and dairy supply from the granaries and storages in Axford. Regalia's bread shops immediately closed down, rationing what food was available. For now food was abundant due to the Winter Festival, but the city's storages would only last for so long.
When the news of the extermination of the entire Kade Elder Council reached the Duke of Castor, Reginald V officially announced the following to the people of Regalia and beyond: "We, the people of Anglia and those loyal to the Emperor denounce the usurper Andrieu Anahera and his wicked kin, as well as the traitor Thomas Kade for usurping the Lordship. We reject this passage and declare open rebellion against the Andrieu Anahera dictatorship to liberate the Emperor and the Empire from this monster." The Leberecht Duke of Axelland and the Duke Mortvallis of Tirgunn joined immediately, raising banners to the north while the Kade retinues moved south under the leadership of the seventeen year old Duke of Castor. The soldiers entirely overran the Ravenstad and Moselberg lands, which were only defended by a small immobilised force of soldiers. The rebellion host posted an ultimatum to the Ravenstad and Moselberg families: Join the rebellion or your lands will be confiscated as traitors. The Duke of Drachenwald van Dirkse and the Ivrae estates in Vixhall under the nominal leadership of Duke Michel Vixe of Loiree Bas declared that they were in open secession from the state for the duration of the rebellion and opted out to support Andrieu so long as Adelheid Ivrae was not home in Vixhall.
The border forts of the Girobaldin Lordship responded in kind by immediately invading Vixhall across the border, which was completely defenseless as it lacked conventional castles. The problems didn't end here however, as William de Montberry Durhall, Holy Minister of the Sancella of Union made a similar declaration: "The Sancella of Union is being strangled from within! The Usurper Anahera has killed the Supreme Reverend and replaced him without the proper convening of the ecclesiastic council! We denounce the puppet Holy Ministers and fight with the Helerian guard to restore the Church's full power!". He immediately led a banner to the monasteries owned by Droit a Gauche Orsa Medavinci, Holy Minister loyal to Andrieu Anahera, and started sacking the holy places. Helerian guard clashed with Helerian guard as the Church fractured between Healists, those supporting re-unifying all branches of Unionism, and the reactionaries who denounced such attempts as heresy.
The mess got even more complicated when the Grand Mayor of Lutherstadt raised the militia and a banner in rebellion against the infringement of the religious militias of Regalia. Vast tracks of Calemberg lands joined the rebellion until almost only the city of Calemberg itself was directly under control of the Typhonus family. A message was sent from the Grand Mayor to the Typhonus family asking for their support in the rebellion, but before an answer could be received, Duke Estovio of Montania crossed the border with a vast army of religious fanatics from Vultaro. They crashed through the Calemberg border forts under the pretense that the Typhonus family could not govern their own people so they would do it for them.
The colonies started to become messy as well. The Marquis Bancroft of a series of New Ceardian colonies invaded Mithranna owned by the Coen family, citing a pre-emptive strike against the pro-Kade and pro-Typhonus Coen family to be necessary to prevent them from joining the rebellion. The Coen force could not resist much and the militia was slaughtered as the Marquis's forces occupied the Coen holdings. Various colonial lords sent militia units to Regalia in support of Andrieu, however some ships mysteriously disappeared on their way when approaching the Rim Isles or the Medway bend. Moving in and out of the Archipelago became increasingly difficult as the Kades controlled the northern access points and the south were confused by the shifting allegiances, locking most straits and passages from any merchant travel.
The chaos in Regalia became so utterly confusing that even the rebels in Ithania stopped rebelling against Regalia just to see what was going to happen, because it became unclear who they were fighting against anymore.
For anyone who is confused OOC now:
Thump.
Screams echoed in the streets before another thump. Crowds rushed to the scene near the Chancellery by the time the fourth was tossed out. On the ground lay the dead Duke of Feir Neghall, Uldred Kade. Next to him the mangled body of Arlesse Isabel Kade of Ytramere. Then fell the Duke of Eastamere, the Baron of Travalls. The citizens were confused, but by the fifth which struggled more did they finally realize what was going on. Kade family elders were being tossed out of the window of a high up Chancellor's office. Next fell the Baroness of Gueverise, the Duke of Medway and the Earl of Domdar. The entire crowd was quiet as body after body fell from the window above, a single scream brought out before that thumping sound and death. To complete the scene, a bunch of beggars rushed to the corpses on the street, picking them bare of their jewelry and fine clothing. The Duke of Feir Neghall was still alive, reaching his hands out to the sky as a beggar plucked his rings from his hand. Another jumped out, stabbing the Duke in his heart as he died with a pruttle of blood coming from his mouth.
The Ghastly scene was interrupted by an Anahera announcer from the window speaking to the crowd below: "These individuals have been executed in name of the Emperor and the Empire for threatening a rebellion against our fair city and people and Emperor! The Sancella has denounced them as heretics and traitors, and justice has been served on them!" Soldiers then moved forward, chasing the beggars off and stabbing the corpses to make absolutely sure they were dead. The crowd was then dispersed and the corpses were dragged off to the nearest river and tossed in, floating out towards the harbor. As the news had spread throughout the city, ships in the harbor left one by one. Some Anahera soldiers tried to stop a third ship from leaving, and actually opened fire with their cannons on the fourth, trying to sink it or at least threaten it not to leave. The entire grain shipment from Anglia had retreated from the harbors, and the bakers already knew what was about to happen. Anglia had effectively cut Regalia off from the grain and dairy supply from the granaries and storages in Axford. Regalia's bread shops immediately closed down, rationing what food was available. For now food was abundant due to the Winter Festival, but the city's storages would only last for so long.
When the news of the extermination of the entire Kade Elder Council reached the Duke of Castor, Reginald V officially announced the following to the people of Regalia and beyond: "We, the people of Anglia and those loyal to the Emperor denounce the usurper Andrieu Anahera and his wicked kin, as well as the traitor Thomas Kade for usurping the Lordship. We reject this passage and declare open rebellion against the Andrieu Anahera dictatorship to liberate the Emperor and the Empire from this monster." The Leberecht Duke of Axelland and the Duke Mortvallis of Tirgunn joined immediately, raising banners to the north while the Kade retinues moved south under the leadership of the seventeen year old Duke of Castor. The soldiers entirely overran the Ravenstad and Moselberg lands, which were only defended by a small immobilised force of soldiers. The rebellion host posted an ultimatum to the Ravenstad and Moselberg families: Join the rebellion or your lands will be confiscated as traitors. The Duke of Drachenwald van Dirkse and the Ivrae estates in Vixhall under the nominal leadership of Duke Michel Vixe of Loiree Bas declared that they were in open secession from the state for the duration of the rebellion and opted out to support Andrieu so long as Adelheid Ivrae was not home in Vixhall.
The border forts of the Girobaldin Lordship responded in kind by immediately invading Vixhall across the border, which was completely defenseless as it lacked conventional castles. The problems didn't end here however, as William de Montberry Durhall, Holy Minister of the Sancella of Union made a similar declaration: "The Sancella of Union is being strangled from within! The Usurper Anahera has killed the Supreme Reverend and replaced him without the proper convening of the ecclesiastic council! We denounce the puppet Holy Ministers and fight with the Helerian guard to restore the Church's full power!". He immediately led a banner to the monasteries owned by Droit a Gauche Orsa Medavinci, Holy Minister loyal to Andrieu Anahera, and started sacking the holy places. Helerian guard clashed with Helerian guard as the Church fractured between Healists, those supporting re-unifying all branches of Unionism, and the reactionaries who denounced such attempts as heresy.
The mess got even more complicated when the Grand Mayor of Lutherstadt raised the militia and a banner in rebellion against the infringement of the religious militias of Regalia. Vast tracks of Calemberg lands joined the rebellion until almost only the city of Calemberg itself was directly under control of the Typhonus family. A message was sent from the Grand Mayor to the Typhonus family asking for their support in the rebellion, but before an answer could be received, Duke Estovio of Montania crossed the border with a vast army of religious fanatics from Vultaro. They crashed through the Calemberg border forts under the pretense that the Typhonus family could not govern their own people so they would do it for them.
The colonies started to become messy as well. The Marquis Bancroft of a series of New Ceardian colonies invaded Mithranna owned by the Coen family, citing a pre-emptive strike against the pro-Kade and pro-Typhonus Coen family to be necessary to prevent them from joining the rebellion. The Coen force could not resist much and the militia was slaughtered as the Marquis's forces occupied the Coen holdings. Various colonial lords sent militia units to Regalia in support of Andrieu, however some ships mysteriously disappeared on their way when approaching the Rim Isles or the Medway bend. Moving in and out of the Archipelago became increasingly difficult as the Kades controlled the northern access points and the south were confused by the shifting allegiances, locking most straits and passages from any merchant travel.
The chaos in Regalia became so utterly confusing that even the rebels in Ithania stopped rebelling against Regalia just to see what was going to happen, because it became unclear who they were fighting against anymore.
For anyone who is confused OOC now:
- All information is known IC. There is literally no "secret info" in here.
- Dark Purple is the "Kade Rebellion" occupying the light purple Ravenstad and Moselberg lands.
- Pink/Purple lands are seceded, but being invaded by brown Anahera loyalists.
- Light blue is the "Basta Rebellion".
- Green is the "Lutherstadt Rebellion". (without the Calemberg city itself)
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