Post #172643
February 11, 2023, 04:47:00 PM
Pearlsee City, January 19th, 1578
"Are you sure about this, Valen?" Valen Erienbarter IV put his hand on his flintlock. "I'm sure. His family will pay for my great great grandfather's defeat." Valen loaded the bullet in, as did his fellow conspirator. "Let's go."
As Tsar Rori addressed his military officers, he went one by one for orders of business. After what seemed like hours, Rori looked at Valen with an arched eyebrow. "And, Valen, you said you had something that was important?" Valen nodded. "Yes, something of importance. All I have to say is.. for Brestui." Valen, as well as a number of other officers, pulled out pistols. Powder filled the room as loud cracks echoed through. Blood was now on the desk as Rori fell to the ground, shot twice in the stomach. All hell breaks loose. Guards dash into the room, and soon the meeting chambers were filled with gunpowder. Men bleed out as bayonets impale them. But then, a miracle. Rori gets up, bloodied, and fires into Valen's right knee.
The officers, or what's left of them, flee. Rori's wounds are attended, and he survives. But this was a single motion that plummeted the country into civil war.
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Felhaven, Gel
Dremik Hedbrevin receives a letter from Rori. It only reads these words. "Willing to fight?"