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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 6677901" data-attributes="member: 35909"><p><strong>Background for the upcoming Chapter</strong></p><p></p><p>Some historical information you would know with a History check or asking the locals in Sindaire, as you now head to the firestorm engulfing Castle Korstull.</p><p></p><p>[sblock]For years, wealthy noble families throughout the region, especially in Sindaire, suffered under Emperor Coaltongue’s rule. Last summer, Lord Pietr Gorquith organized this disapproval into an outright rebellion. The rebellious nobles were smart enough to realize, however, that Coaltongue’s military might surpassed theirs, so instead of warring outright, they fought with subterfuge and politics. Shipments were delayed or rerouted from military garrisons to disgruntled peasants, threats were made to Coaltongue’s supporters, and pledges were made to stand together when the time came; soon even the Exarch — the national leader installed by Coaltongue’s orders — feared that he could no longer tell whom he could trust.</p><p>The Old Dragon’s foes assumed his only strength was in martial warfare, but in truth he was also cunning: he decreed that every noble family would offer up a son or daughter to serve in the armies of Ragesia’s heartland, far from the safety of Sindaire. The loyal noble families readily complied, whereas many among the rebellion hesitated or balked.</p><p>Confident he had weeded out enough of his opponents, the emperor ordered his garrisons to arrest the rebels. Some tried to fight, and they fled in force to the highly defensible Castle Korstull in the badlands of central Sindaire, which had itself once served as a Ragesian fortress when Coaltongue first attacked Sindaire sixty years ago, before the nation pledged fealty to Ragesia. On a morning in late fall, Emperor Coaltongue called together his loyal First Army and mustered the ten thousand men and their many beasts of war on a broad field outside the Ragesian capital. Holding aloft the Torch of the Burning Sky, the emperor roared to his men that they would put down this challenge to their authority, this insult to their invincible might.</p><p>The tip of the Torch began to flicker with fire, and then the flames flared to blinding brilliance. The sky roared, and an inferno descended upon the army, engulfing them and carrying them through the burning sky to the gates of Castle Korstull.</p><p>So quick and vicious was the attack that Emperor Coaltongue dined that evening in the castle’s throne room. This was the last the world has seen of the Emperor and the Torch; half a year has now passed. Some time during that night or the early morning, the castle and miles around it were engulfed in flames. Now, the firestorm drifts for miles in every direction, raining liquid flame upon the land. In the months since Coaltongue’s disappearance, many have tried to reach the heart of the firestorm, where a burning pillar ascends into the heavens, but none have emerged, even those who protected themselves from fire.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 6677901, member: 35909"] [b]Background for the upcoming Chapter[/b] Some historical information you would know with a History check or asking the locals in Sindaire, as you now head to the firestorm engulfing Castle Korstull. [sblock]For years, wealthy noble families throughout the region, especially in Sindaire, suffered under Emperor Coaltongue’s rule. Last summer, Lord Pietr Gorquith organized this disapproval into an outright rebellion. The rebellious nobles were smart enough to realize, however, that Coaltongue’s military might surpassed theirs, so instead of warring outright, they fought with subterfuge and politics. Shipments were delayed or rerouted from military garrisons to disgruntled peasants, threats were made to Coaltongue’s supporters, and pledges were made to stand together when the time came; soon even the Exarch — the national leader installed by Coaltongue’s orders — feared that he could no longer tell whom he could trust. The Old Dragon’s foes assumed his only strength was in martial warfare, but in truth he was also cunning: he decreed that every noble family would offer up a son or daughter to serve in the armies of Ragesia’s heartland, far from the safety of Sindaire. The loyal noble families readily complied, whereas many among the rebellion hesitated or balked. Confident he had weeded out enough of his opponents, the emperor ordered his garrisons to arrest the rebels. Some tried to fight, and they fled in force to the highly defensible Castle Korstull in the badlands of central Sindaire, which had itself once served as a Ragesian fortress when Coaltongue first attacked Sindaire sixty years ago, before the nation pledged fealty to Ragesia. On a morning in late fall, Emperor Coaltongue called together his loyal First Army and mustered the ten thousand men and their many beasts of war on a broad field outside the Ragesian capital. Holding aloft the Torch of the Burning Sky, the emperor roared to his men that they would put down this challenge to their authority, this insult to their invincible might. The tip of the Torch began to flicker with fire, and then the flames flared to blinding brilliance. The sky roared, and an inferno descended upon the army, engulfing them and carrying them through the burning sky to the gates of Castle Korstull. So quick and vicious was the attack that Emperor Coaltongue dined that evening in the castle’s throne room. This was the last the world has seen of the Emperor and the Torch; half a year has now passed. Some time during that night or the early morning, the castle and miles around it were engulfed in flames. Now, the firestorm drifts for miles in every direction, raining liquid flame upon the land. In the months since Coaltongue’s disappearance, many have tried to reach the heart of the firestorm, where a burning pillar ascends into the heavens, but none have emerged, even those who protected themselves from fire.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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