8. With the retirement of the current Swordmage to research Resurrection spells for her entire extended family, Baron Bellamie takes up the cloak and becomes the new Swordmage. His subsequently-demonstrated ability to now somehow drop himself mid-battle becomes the basis for one of the hit comedy plays of the year.
9. Ghoere will lose its money, not to Bjorn's machinations, but to Hiriele's new obsession with plating EVERYTHING with chrome, including many of his soldiers. Everyone will mock him until he succeeds in getting Tornilen's Colossus chromed and it becomes an unstoppable force of deadly awesomeness. With the addition of a pair of mirrored sunglasses, the invincible new "Chrome Rider" is born.
10. Newly discovered deposits of mithril turn Aerenwe into the economic and industrial powerhouse of Anuire. Due to protests at the strip-mining of formerly protected forest areas, the Erebannien is extracted from Aerenwe using Realm Magic and transplanted whole into the ash-fertilized soil where Daulton once stood. A previously overlooked clause in the Avanese charter means this leads to Rhuobhe becoming the legal Prince of Avanil. Aubrae attempts to court Rhuobhe for marriage to regain her throne, but is thrown over for Prefect Isilviere instead.
11. The Weeping Lady begins to haunt the members of the tribunal who had Geraldine burned alive. She appears in their rooms at night and begins to weep. Loudly. Unconvincingly. ANNOYINGLY. Eventually, Geraldine is Resurrected by the Pontiff of All Anuire just to make her SHUT UP. Geraldine 1 - Tribunal 0. Geraldine wins!
12. Governor Vaumel ascends to lead the EOM by popular acclaim and the presence of large men with swords standing behind all of the priests during the heir-selection process. Thenial is soon filled with lines of pilgrims seeking to throw rocks at the obelisk in his honor. Shortly thereafter, Thenial is filled with their hungry corpses seeking warm blood to slake their thirst. The governor demands Maire 'stop doing that, it never helps'. Despite her claims that she hasn't left Calrie in months, Maire is still widely blamed for the undead plague. The undead are finally defeated, not by force of arms, but by the Governor's brilliant new marketing campaign promoting the Mierean delicacy "Zombie Onna Stick," which becomes a massive hit for several months until everyone realizes zombies taste AWFUL and are often quite toxic. By this time, the hordes have been largely depleted anyways and remain a threat only to small coastal fishing villages. Maire continues to be blamed.
