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** Mayor's agents impersonating city guards to collect taxes illegally | ** Mayor's agents impersonating city guards to collect taxes illegally | ||
** Murder of 6 of the mayor's agents engaged in such activities | ** Murder of 6 of the mayor's agents engaged in such activities | ||
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* Fire in the Wydmoor slums and diaspora of Wydmoor's poor | * Fire in the Wydmoor slums and diaspora of Wydmoor's poor | ||
** Arson sparked a fire that destroyed most of the eastern part of the city--namely slums | ** Arson sparked a fire that destroyed most of the eastern part of the city--namely slums | ||
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===Date Unknown: Capture of Iros Forge=== | ===Date Unknown: Capture of Iros Forge=== | ||
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==People and Organizations of Interest== | ==People and Organizations of Interest== | ||
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===[[Wydmoor Thieves' Guild]]=== | ===[[Wydmoor Thieves' Guild]]=== | ||
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Revision as of 10:24, 8 February 2010
The Odessan Invasion is a series of events leading up to an Odessan attack on Wydmoor Free City in 1401 Heavenfall. It covers a wide range of events with speculative ties to the takeover of Iros Forge and assassinations in Wydmoor, starting with the unseasonably warm weather and flooding of 1400 Wintercusp/Whitefall.
Significant Events
Late 1400: Unseasonable weather in Wydmoor region
- 1400 Harvest(?)-Wintercusp: unseasonably cold icy rains
- Centered on Iros Forge
- Buildup of snow and ice significantly disrupted travel in region
- Mose detected that the ice and snow were 'somewhat evil'
- 1400 Wintercusp-Whitefall: Weather turns unseasonably warm
- Buildup of ice/snow leads to immediate flooding
- Severs ties to Iros Forge completely, washing out roads and bridges
- Warmth ends in Whitefall, and temperatures immediately plummets
- Road to Iros Forge remains impassible due to road damage and cold/snow
- Occurs immediately after the party clears the Tomb of the Barbarian King
- Seemingly no correlation between barbarian mummy and rain
- Significance + speculation
- Iros forge is a significant source of Wydmoor's economic strength and military equipment
- As a naval power, Odessans have strong weather mages
- Cold would have stifled Iros Forge natural resources (food, etc)
- Following rains would have cut them off from support from the City, and allowed a takeover to operate in secret
Late 1400: Political instability in Wydmoor Free City
- Throughout Harvest and Wintercusp, tensions build between the city guard and the mayor
- Mayor's agents impersonating city guards to collect taxes illegally
- Murder of 6 of the mayor's agents engaged in such activities
- Significance + speculation
Whitefall 1400: Wydmoor fire
- Fire in the Wydmoor slums and diaspora of Wydmoor's poor
- Arson sparked a fire that destroyed most of the eastern part of the city--namely slums
- The cities poor, who were the support base of the current captain of the guard, were largely ejected from the city
- Led to seizure of slum land by the mayor and the suspension of many economic laws
- Areas around Wydmoor full of refugee camps
- Significance + speculation
- Substantially weakened the defenses of Wydmoor in the months leading up to Odessan aggression
- Destabilized the cities main internal defenders--the city guard
- Refugees could be a considerable complication defending the city, and may even be a source of discontents that could join or aid the Odessans
