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ALAMIE

Alamie was badly mauled by the Gorgon's legions, but was able to hold long enough for the ruling family and their closest supporters to flee north and find refuge with Robin Ghonall in the Five Peaks. Things would have been much worse had not the treachery of Mourten Vraesil, Lord Chancellor of Alamie, been exposed. For who knows how many years the man had labored for a secret master - the Gorgon. Were it not for the timely return of Duchess Anasatiae Daulton from her pilgrimage to the Five Peaks all would have been lost. As it were the Chancellor was exposed - and was killed trying to murder the Ducal family out of sheer desperation and spite.

Surviving elements of Alamie's armies fell back in good order under the iron-fisted Moerlan, the Duke's brother, eventually crossing the river and finding refuge in Tuornen. Moerlan joined his forces to those of Duchess Flaertes, gaining enough time for Avanese reinforcements to relieve the first siege of Haes, even as Lofton burned across the river. Later the Duke tied his fate to that of Moergan Thasbyrn, helping defend Anuire against the shadowspawn. His son and heir went on to become a ranking officer. Anasatiae gave Carilon three more children before passing away in childbirth. The Duke died of grief and old age not long after.

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TUORNEN

Tuornen quickly recovered from the wars that had briefly touched it and entered a period of price and prosperity. Underneath the surface their was a lot going on; the great powers maneuvered by diplomacy and subterfuge against one another, seeking to gain even a small advantage. More of then than not the Duchess was preoccupied by balancing the needs of her neighbors against one another, while trying to keep her realm free over outside influence.

Mhoried's and Alamie's valiant defenses bought time for Tuornen to prepare - and the addition of Alamie's armies to her own meant that she had the strength to break the first siege of Haes (admittedly with the aid of a sizable Avanese expeditionary force). But with the threat of the Gorgon seemingly gone Anavil and Boeruine once again fell to quarreling, each reluctant to give up Tuornen to the other. When Ghoere joined its forces to the second of the Gorgon's armies it took Tuornen by surprise; cutting deep into the kingdom and trapping the defending armies against the mountains. Haes burned - as did much of the rest of Tuornen - but the royal family was able to flee to Tenarien and find refuge there. The Duchess was not among those that fled, choosing instead to remain with her people. The Duchess' children all went on to make names for themselves; Dalton as a knight and lord, Telaena as a priestess of Laerme and Gilgaed as one of Bradonnal Tuare's trusted men.

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MOC

The MOC continued to gain in power, if not in prestige, wisely choosing to ignore the Crusade and other distractions in favor of consolidation and expansion at home. Leman States took his obligations very seriously when the Gorgon came-a-knocking, sending the bulk of his forces to aid Mhoried and the HA. He is said to have survived an assassination attempt staged by werewolves and vampires only to learn of Duke Hiriele's treachery the day after. Incensed at this outrage - and seeing that Mhoried was a lost cause - Leman marched back home to set things straight only to find himself surrounded and outnumbered by a great margin. Sensing a trap closing States fought his way out and headed East, hoping to find safe haven among the very Crusade he had so vehemently decried.

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ELINIE

Poor Elinie. So wracked by war and plagued by internal strife. No sooner had the eminent Patriarch managed to restore his realm's fortunes before it was swept away by the second prong of the Gorgon's assault. Again there was treachery; this time as House al-Rasshad sought to get back at the Daouta clan form some slight, real or imagined. The Patriarch and his household murdered, the capital fallen, the countryside ablaze. Units of the army would find refuge in neighboring realms, some of them gaining a considerable reputation as mercenaries. Quite a few flocked to Moergan's banner when the time came and granted him a considerable advantage in light cavalry.

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PETG

The PETG fared as poorly as did the realms of the Eastern Marches; her holdings burned and sacked, the guildsmen put to the sword after having been robbed blind. Of Elamien; her fate is not known. Some say she died, childless to the end, at the side of her husband. Others claim she slipped away into the shadows. Others still claim she was in on the murder. Perhaps she lives, perhaps she does not.

But Points East endured, nay prospered. The seeds of an eastern trade empire had already been sown. From Coeranys and the Iron Peaks and deep into Brechtür and Khinasi lands her holdings stretched. Competent and loyal servants carried diligently on even after the loss of their head office and leadership. Much revenue was generated - and the lands touched by Points East prospered (as well as could be hoped for during such a bleak age).

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