Odessan Invasion

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
• 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