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===Late 1400: Political instability in Wydmoor Free City=== | ===Late 1400: Political instability in Wydmoor Free City=== | ||
| + | * Edrell's ascension to Captain of the guard | ||
| + | ** Apparently outsider in Wydmoor | ||
| + | ** Disrupts a figure loyal to the Mayor | ||
| + | ** Election supported by poor and funded by Thieves' Guild | ||
* Tensions regarding tax collection | * Tensions regarding tax collection | ||
** [[Wydmoor City Guard|City guard]], particularly under the jurisdiction of [[Fenn Lynrick]] in the merchant ward, are not adequately collecting Mayor's taxes | ** [[Wydmoor City Guard|City guard]], particularly under the jurisdiction of [[Fenn Lynrick]] in the merchant ward, are not adequately collecting Mayor's taxes | ||
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* Murder of mayor's men | * Murder of mayor's men | ||
** [[Germain]] and some guardsmen ambush and subdue Mayor's men | ** [[Germain]] and some guardsmen ambush and subdue Mayor's men | ||
| − | + | ** Mayor's men turn up dead the next day--Germain didn't kill them! Swear to Alexandria! | |
| − | ** Mayor's men turn up dead the next day-- | + | ** Men suggested that the Mayor's wrath would be "severe" since Germain stopped them |
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* Significance + speculation | * Significance + speculation | ||
| − | ** | + | ** Events were a considerable disruption in Wydmoor defensive structures |
| − | ** | + | ** Much easier to launch an offensive on Wydmoor in its current state |
| − | ** | + | ** Thieves received some extra leeway from Edrell after election |
| − | ** Thieves | + | ** Thieves also stood to gain from conflict between guard and mayor--did they antagonize it? |
===Whitefall 1400: Wydmoor fire=== | ===Whitefall 1400: Wydmoor fire=== | ||
Revision as of 10:59, 18 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
- Edrell's ascension to Captain of the guard
- Apparently outsider in Wydmoor
- Disrupts a figure loyal to the Mayor
- Election supported by poor and funded by Thieves' Guild
- Tensions regarding tax collection
- City guard, particularly under the jurisdiction of Fenn Lynrick in the merchant ward, are not adequately collecting Mayor's taxes
- Mayor's men disguise themselves as guards and "collect taxes"
- Frequent conflicts between city guards and mayor's men
- Murder of mayor's men
- Germain and some guardsmen ambush and subdue Mayor's men
- Mayor's men turn up dead the next day--Germain didn't kill them! Swear to Alexandria!
- Men suggested that the Mayor's wrath would be "severe" since Germain stopped them
- Significance + speculation
- Events were a considerable disruption in Wydmoor defensive structures
- Much easier to launch an offensive on Wydmoor in its current state
- Thieves received some extra leeway from Edrell after election
- Thieves also stood to gain from conflict between guard and mayor--did they antagonize it?
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
