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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhialto" data-source="post: 2145226" data-attributes="member: 630">The city of Bandesh-Thar lies to the south of Cassant, on the Eastern half of Aleasana.  Like Cassant it is a former Dvergar city, though its construction favors sloping walls and rounded edges, a rather unique property in dwarven construction.  The buildings of Bandesh-Thar are breathtaking in their loveliness, with the most lovely being the glittering Ruby Palace. For centuries, Bandesh-Thar served as the holy city of the Church of Dar, the ancient faith of the Asani people.  Its lord was the Dominus, High Priest of the Church, and Protector of the Faith.  But as the Aleasani lived among the Shay, the Dvergar, and other influences, the power of the Church waned, as Aleasani began to worship other forces.  The attitude of the priests became increasingly militant, inflexible, and xenophobic.  It was this that would create the tragedy of the War of Deadly Voices.At the time of the Night of Woe, the Dominus of Bandesh-Thar was Gojerus Alsea, brother to the King.  Gojerus was an embittered, tempermental man, who had joined the Church both out of piety, and because of his hatred and resentment for his brother.  Gojerus had proven a brilliant theologian and excellent politician, and had easily risen to the top of the Church.  However, his radical stances had soon made him a persona non grata at his brother's court--indeed, by the time of the Night of Woe, he was under a year-long ban, and could not attend court, or speak on it--a situation which had increased conflict between Church and State.  When Gojerus heard of his brother's death, he immediately called up his holy guard, and marched on Cassant, expecting to be made king.  However, once there, he found the city Gates shut on him.  When he demanded the city be opened for him, the Lord Steward Rythin Valeris refused, stating that no man could be both King and Dominus--and that a murderer could not be either. (Rythin was referring to a rumor, perhaps true, that the Night of Woe had been engineered by Gojerus.)  Angered by this percieved insolence, Gojerus had his troops attack the city, and in a pointed effort to purge the city of Elvish influences, had Cassant's gardens, statues, and decorations destroyed.  The razing went on for twenty-five days, while Valeris's men held the castle, at which point allies arrived from Annit and Altania, and fought the Dominus's forces off, thus beginning the War of Deadly Voices.</blockquote>

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