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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 1087595" data-attributes="member: 41">Sadly, I am not that crafty, Elder-Basilsk.  The young baronet that the Liberators so profitably returned to life was a Nyrondeese noble, and will probably never show his skinny hide in this story hour again.Kalinstren is the Northernmost Furyondian demense-- it was lost to Iuz during the Greyhawk War (taken by none other than our old friend Zinvellon) and later retaken by Belvor during the Great Crusade.  Belvor's success with the Great Crusade put Zinvellon in the position to requre a revival of the Temple of Elemental Evil in order to restore his reputation (and save his hind-end), which of course put that lazy sorcerer Heydricus on a crash course with destiny, and brought the Liberators to the attention of Belvor and the Furyondian throne.Belvor, as we learned through the Provost Marshall Reine, bankrupted Furyondy in order to wage his Great Crusade, and has since defaulted on his debts to several Southern Lords, most notably Butrain.Butrain, of course, is the Lord closest to the throne in the absence of an heir (and no one but the Circle of Four wizards -- Piscean being the sole survivor -- knows that Thrommel is still alive.  Okay, *probably* alive.  For now.)When Crockport (Kalinstren's seat) was retaken during the Great Crusade, Belvor raised a former adventuring companion of his to the Barony, ostensibly to ensure that the realm would be powerfully and ably managed.According to Reine, Belvor appointed her because she was filthy rich. Now, her somewhat inept and dull son has been chosen by the Council of Lords to take the throne-- the Lords are quick to discount the claim of any Southern Lord, and mean to send a signal to Iuz that they intend to keep all of their land (despite the turmoil of losing a soverign).  To the Baron Butrain it is the coldest slap in the face imaginable:  They overlook his claim and put an up-jumped commoner on the throne?No doubt, this piece of "advice" was designed by Piscean to do just what it did-- provoke a civil war and destabilize Furyondy even further.But I don't think anybody involved could have predicted how quickly Butrain would act-- generally armies take months, not weeks to amass.  Butrain's knightly blitzkreig will press the issue and force the Northern Lords and their young King to reply in kind-- the levees will not be called, and the mounted nobility will duke it out for the throne.  It is a massively risky proposition, and the mark either of Butrain's genius or his greed (or both).  Should this military gambit prove fruitful, Butrain might end the month on the throne of Furyondy, or at least as much of the nation as he can will into order.  The possiblity exists that Furyondy might fracture into several independant fiefdoms, much like Veluna and Verbobonc succeeded from the original realm of Ferrond.Oh, the villany.  Oh, the treachery. The as$-kicking clouds gather on the horizon, and Heydricus' boot says "Piscean" on it.  (Or at least he thinks it does, he can't actually see his feet underneath the battle-bulge in his trousers.)</blockquote>

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