Episode: The Sack of Bastion
Posted by Story on 05/31/22
The past decade has not been an easy one for the Compact of Arvum. A series of wars has shaken the continent, and the relative stability of the years before the King's Rest seem increasingly distant to the Compact Arvani. The Compact withstood the invasion by shavs in what is now called the Silent War, ending with the Siege of Arx and the defeat of a shav horde. A naval invasion by the pirate king known as the Gyre was driven back at great cost, and the expansion of the Compact into the Saffron Chain brought war from the Eurusi slavers of the Dune Kingdom of Skal'daja whose massive fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Pieros, leaving the Compact battered but unbowed.
Unfortunately, not all of the Compact's threats come from outsiders.
Societal changes have alarmed many members of the vast and powerful nobility, as Peers of the Realm fear the loss of their traditional privileges. The number of ennoblements of commoners, the reforms of the Faith of the Pantheon, the abolition of thralldom in the Isles, the acceptance of former Abandoned as prodigals, and establishment of new houses all are looked upon as an existential threat to many of the noble houses' way of life, and chipping away at the coveted place they hold in society.
And now matters are coming to a head.
Unfortunately, not all of the Compact's threats come from outsiders.
Societal changes have alarmed many members of the vast and powerful nobility, as Peers of the Realm fear the loss of their traditional privileges. The number of ennoblements of commoners, the reforms of the Faith of the Pantheon, the abolition of thralldom in the Isles, the acceptance of former Abandoned as prodigals, and establishment of new houses all are looked upon as an existential threat to many of the noble houses' way of life, and chipping away at the coveted place they hold in society.
And now matters are coming to a head.