Day 1: Death of the KingAeo
Day 1:
King Lenel Naladar had been in power for just over two years, after his elderly father had died. The two of them, along with Lenel's uncle had united the princedoms into one nation. Vetelin, Lenel's father, had been the diplomat, as he was too old to fight anymore. Lenel and his uncle had been the warriors. Geratad, Lenel's uncle had been assassinated by the Parshendi. That started the Vengeance Pact. Vetelin had died of a disease after ruling Alethkar for some years. Lenel had taken over after his father's death. The people loved him. He had a firm hand and a steady heart.
King Naladar had heard rumors of secret groups trying to overthrow the government and return the heretics, but he had never taken them seriously. He had guards a plenty to protect him from threats. He slept in comfort, naive and trusting. How could anyone break in and hurt him?
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Deren had been a guard for the King for twenty long years and never gotten much praise or reward. The King was generous, true, but also prideful. Deren was sick of it. He had met with a group called the Ghostbloods who had convinced him to help them kill King Naladar. It hadn't been hard, all he had had to do was wait until a night when he was assigned balcony duty. That night, he sent a missive to the leader of the Ghostbloods informing him of the situation. Deren waited for a moment when he was alone and all he had to do was tie a rope to the balcony for someone to climb up.
Deren saw the man in Shardplate waiting below. He gave the signal and the man climbed up the rope. Twisting the balcony somewhat with his weight, he climbed to the top and cut the rope down where another conspirator would take it to be discarded of. The Plate-clad man killed the other guard on the balcony and snuck inside to kill the King.
After the signal from the man coming back out, Deren ran into the King's chamber. Nauseated for a minute at the sight of the blood, he regained composure and began yelling and sounding the alarm. The King was dead.
By morning, the news had spread to the nobility: assassins had snuck into the palace and murdered the King. He had no sons or brothers and his uncle was dead. The nobility was panicking wondering who would become king. They had to find the killers before they were all dead.
Day 1 begins now and the voting will finish at 3:30 pm MDT/22:30 GMT.
Player List
1: Jost (TheOnlyJoe): Ex Soldier who lost a Shardblade.
2: Xanas (18th Shard): Diplomat to King Taravangian
3: Tors (Tulir): slightly confused ardent
4: Sprenil(Aspren): Stormwarden turned Hatham's ward
5: Awes(Awesomeness Summoned): Sebarial's Ryshadium groom with dreams of being Wit.
6: Alv (Alvron): scarred cousin of Roion
7: Brightlord Faialen (AonarFaileas): musician and scion of House Ruthar
8: Ace(Macen): TBD
9: Wurum (Wyrmhero): only remaining son of poor House Heron
10: Tion (Metacognition): snarky and sadistic brightlord
11: Humperdink (the Gleeman): ridiculously hopeful huntsman
12: Grellin Pilgras (GreyPilgrim): likes walking
13: Jain (Lightsworn Panda): Shin who is a bit on the crazy side. Strange obsession with pandas
14: Fnorf (Lord Claincy Ffnord): seargant in Sebarial's army
15: Jim Bob Dirt (Adolin_Dustbringer): a dirt salesman on a world of rock.
16: Khas (Kasimir): soldier of the tenth dahn in Roion's army.
17: Pailan (Sphinx): Stablemaster for Brightlord Hatham
18: Saritu (a smart guy): Kholin's wine merchant
19: Cara (Theorymaker): Devout female ardent in Aladar's camp.
20: Lucal (luckat): Ruthar's scribe