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== The Aalen Bloom == | == The Aalen Bloom == | ||
No one knows quite how it happened; maybe some Nazedha tasted the purple sludge, perhaps it was freak happenstance, or perhaps [[Severn|it was Artifice]] - but one way or another, the Aalen Bloom took root among the invaders, and was soon an epidemic. The afflicted minority was consigned to Huanazedha, a city built upon the sunken ruins of Ashtan as a show of Nazedha supremacy. The walls sealed, and the gates shut, the disease raged within, and the Emperor and his diminished forces made a retreat back to the continent. It is highly possible that the Aalen Bloom prevented the Emperor's eventual victory, although it cannot ever be said for certain how the war would have ended had the contagion not struck. | No one knows quite how it happened; maybe some Nazedha tasted the purple sludge, perhaps it was freak happenstance, or perhaps [[Severn|it was Artifice]] - but one way or another, the [[Aalen Bloom]] took root among the invaders, and was soon an epidemic. The afflicted minority was consigned to Huanazedha, a city built upon the sunken ruins of Ashtan as a show of Nazedha supremacy. The walls sealed, and the gates shut, the disease raged within, and the Emperor and his diminished forces made a retreat back to the continent. It is highly possible that the Aalen Bloom prevented the Emperor's eventual victory, although it cannot ever be said for certain how the war would have ended had the contagion not struck. | ||
The Emperor went to negotiate peace with the warriors of Aetolia, promising many concessions that failed to manifest following his agreement; during these negotiations, his own untenable position became clear, and he as much as admitted that open rebellion had broken out in his homeland after his failure to deliver on his promise. Giving his cloak to [[Lin]], he departed for the islands in the west. | The Emperor went to negotiate peace with the warriors of Aetolia, promising many concessions that failed to manifest following his agreement; during these negotiations, his own untenable position became clear, and he as much as admitted that open rebellion had broken out in his homeland after his failure to deliver on his promise. Giving his cloak to [[Lin]], he departed for the islands in the west. | ||