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The Gathering Treaty.
In 1091 AF, the last true battle for the city of Norhault was fought and
the lord general of Caledonia took back control. This was also the year
of the formation of the grand council, an alliance composed of representatives
from all the factions. After much discussion amongst the people of the
Heartlands, most agreed that they had fought the last war and looked forward
to a new age of peace.
During the discussions of the grand council, the Gathering
Treaty was drawn up and signed by all the lord generals of the Heartlands.
The treaty stated... and still states... that the Grand Council would
discuss disputes between the factions in a civilised manner. Should a
dispute not be resolved by diplomacy then, at an annual Gathering, representative
forces of the disputing factions would fight a battle under a magical
ritual of peace. This ritual would allow combatants to subdue, but not
to kill, each other. The victory conditions for these battles would be
determined before the combat took place.
1092 AF
The first Gathering took place. Hosted by the Family Karlennon in the
City of Norhault, a contested city in Albion. Six Factions attended the
event. The Bears of Caledonia, Dragons from Erin and cymrja, the Gryphons
of Estragales and Lyonesse, Lions of Albion, the Wolves of Orkneyjar and
the kingdom of Norsca, the Vipers, Teutonian nationals living as refugees
in the Gryphon lands and the Cobras. The current ulers by force of arms
of Teutonia.
All disputes were set aside when the host of The Gathering, Lord Elias
Karlennon (of the Lions) was accused of conspiracy to murder a master
mage. Karlennon opted for trial by factional combat. Supported by the
Lions, Gryphons, Wolves and Vipers, he won the battle but was murdered
as he left the field.
1093 AF
The Gathering Treaty now well established, Lord General Garth a supporter
of the Bears Faction hosted the Gathering, once again in an area of Norhault.
Two new Factions joined the Grand Council this year.
The Tarantulas comprising mainly of the Drow and those sympathetic to
their cause, and the Unicorns, a Faction of traders who pledged allegiance
to no country. Their leader was Lord Cynewulf.
The Dragons leader Lord Fig handed over leadership of the cymrjan Dragons
to a cymrjan. Lady Katrina de Venoir. Grand Master of the Mages, Floris
Illias’s leadership of the Mages Guild was disputed by a mysterious
Mage named Brand. The Lions, Wolves, Gryphons & Unicorns supported
Floris Illias, whilst Brand won over the factions of the Bears, Tarantulas
and Dragons. The Vipers remained neutral.
Floris’s supporters won the day, partially due to the Tarantulas
withdrawing from the field during the battle. The Lions used the Gathering
to retake Norhault.
1094 Af
The Dragons Faction under Lord Fig hosted the Gathering in Erin, with
one new Faction attended. The Cobras - led by King Kreuger of Teutonia.
They claimed to be the official representatives of that country.
The Lions leader, Corvus declared himself King of Albion. By doing so,
he split his Faction in two. Thus the Harts Faction was formed under the
leadership of Lady Elspeth Karlennon, Corvus’s niece. The Vipers
too had a new leader - King Gustav. He had led the Vipers back to Teutonia
and was occupying the north of their country. The Bears, Vipers, Wolves
and Dragons sided with the Harts in Victorious civil war against the Lions
who and their allies in the other Factions. Angus McTwatem died during
the battle and King Kreuger of the Cobras was ‘reported’ as
killed on the field, leaving Gustav to retake Teutonia.
1095 AF
Hosted by the Wolves and Lord General Wolf on Orkneyjar. The Cobras, nearly
wiped out by King Gustav’s Vipers in the intervening year, did not
attend the Gathering. The Lions and Harts attended as two separate Factions,
and were determined to stay that way. The Lios Alfa Elves arrived and
gained the Factions help in riding themselves of the Mordred device and
the ageing disease. A Gathering Treaty battle then took place between
the forces of the Bears, Dragons, Harts, Unicorns and Vipers who had some
minor disputes with the Lions, Wolves, Gryphons and Tarantulas. The Bears
claimed Orkneyjar as theirs, but the Wolves argued that the islands were
not part of the dispute put before the Grand Council, and so refused to
give them up.
The Dragons appointed a new temporary leader for the cymrjan half of
the Faction - Lord Arcane of Southern cymrja.
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