Sunrise Over Avaritia

[ratqueen]

"I'll give you until the end of the year to hand over the city."




Time was granted for the young usurpers to make a decision, but the warnings of Elysia were left to hang in empty air without retort.

Now do forces muster behind the scenes, making preparations for the inevitable eve of invasion, an eve which creeps ever closer.

The time has come for those of Elysia to bring their claimed golden age to Esshar, starting with the city of greed to the east.

Walls will be marched on with the intent of their destruction, the city placed under siege to enable further acts of warfare.

The message relayed by letter is simple and unadorned, not even a signature required.

"This city was always destined to be mine.

I deserve to have it.

I will claim it."

Target: Avaritia, The City of Ambition

Objective: Destruction of its walls, the setup of a siege.

Date: Tuesday, 12/28/2021 at 6:00 PM EST

[InThePooPoo]

"What's in it for you is simple,
I thought it was obvious.
You assist in the defense of our home,
and we promise our full co-operation in the systematic destruction
of these revolutionaries who want to see all of you in chains."





The Queen and her Spouse were working tirelessly in the time they had been given to make their 'decision.'
Negotiations were made, and deals were struck.

They are simply the lesser of two evils - Avaritia was a city that was being nurtured into an existence of prosperity and commerce,
rather than the domination and subjugation of a continent.

An announcement spreads across Avaritia, and the city's first laws are put in effect.
The public practice of Occult and Void magics are outlawed - and all forms of Witchcraft are banned.
At the same time, those within are informed of a trade agreement between Galamea and Osrona, their citizens are welcomed within the walls
with open arms, free to inspect the city to their leisure, and trade goods and services with her people.

At the same time, an agreement was made for both of the aforementioned cities to send military aid in the coming defense of the city.


(Signups will be open to Osrona and Galamea on Avaritia's side.
Tuesday, 12/28/2021 at 6:00 PM EST)

[ratqueen]

The response is swift, scattered letters finding their way around Osrona's territory outside of its walls to distribute a message to its populace.

Osrona will be working alongside and defending the city of occultists, fleshcrafters, and manipulators of the void in order to undermine the group it excommunicated solely for having two occultists.

This is rich.

I want it to be very clear that any Osronans who participate in this war will be doing so with and for the aforementioned people. The pungent miasma of the void will spread across the battlefield from your "allies." The occult which you've supposedly taken such umbrage with will radiate from those at your side more than it will from those you face.

The outlawing of the "public practice" of it won't stop it from finding its way to the battlefield, as these are techniques and magics the very leadership of Avaritia utilizes. They are void touched. They are occultists. They fleshcraft. They are reliant on all of this, it's what they've built their empire off of. It will continue to be practiced behind closed doors.

I will use this moment to take note of the sheer incompetence of Osrona's leadership.

Elysia reached out to Osrona to request their aid in destroying Avaritia. We were told we would have it should we capture and bring in Alanis "orn" Grimmore and Sebas, implicitly to face execution. We declined, not wanting to see people we've grown close to murdered merely for the magic that ails them.

Just after declining our offer, they've now allied with active practitioners of the occult and much worse. No request for their captivity by Osrona, not even mere exile. They are free to continue practicing it in private and will not be reprimanded when they showcase it on the battlefield. This move is arbitrary and random and no attempt Osrona's leadership makes to save face will undo the moronic display of ineptitude they've put on here.

Think hard as an individual as to whether or not you want to raise your arms in defense of these people. Think hard as an individual as to whether your leadership really has Osrona's best interests in mind. Think hard as an individual as to whether Isenhardt ras Petrakis is a man worthy of leading your nation, or if he's simply a fool making rash and thoughtless decisions with haste in a vain attempt to avoid the moniker of "Do-Nothing King."

I urge you not to participate in this upcoming war, not out of love for our revolution, but out of respect for yourselves to not be treated like cattle, used and abused by the whims of arbitrary leadership who leaps to defend the worst scum on this continent from those who are guilty of only a fraction of their crimes.

As for those truly turned off by this baffling display of utter inadequacy?

Elysia's doors are open to you, should you wish to see change in our once great city.