Brotherhood of Justice

The Brotherhood of Justice was a rebellion faction that rioted against Yutemond rule during the reign of Maria the Red. As Maria marched through these cities, her forces rounded up and executed all the monogamous-followers they could find. Most of them were beheaded. The massacre was the largest in Yutemond history. 
They were led by Willem the Defeated and his co-brother (whose name is not known). Later, Maria killed every last member of the brotherhood in 17 AK.
== History ==
=== Formation ===
The brotherhood was likely formed in 12 AK or 11 AK, prior to the accession of Willem the Defeated in an attempt to secure more independent factions under his vassal command, much alike to his grandfather, Ismail I. Willem, was noted to be somewhat ruthless and took after Ismail but was otherwise "extremely incompetent."
He led the brotherhood with it's original tribal leader (whose name was not recorded by historians), and this led to it's extermination alongside their affiliated ally, the barbaric federation of the House of Daolsore in 17 AK.
== Maria's dismantlement of the brotherhood (12 AK - 17 AK) ==
One of Maria's first challenges as empress involved the growing tension between the Yutemond Empire and the Brotherhood of Justice led by High Brother Willem, who had recently brought the Brotherhood to power and had switched the Yutemond state religion from monogamous worship. By 11 AK, Willem had conquered the whole of Northern Port, City of Wolves (with its important fort), and made Yutemond governors his vassals. He was a great threat to his Yutemond Senate's neighbors to the west. In 12 AK, Willem had supported a pro-barbarian uprising in Rocol, a rebellion.
In 13 AK, Maria attacked Willem's barbarian kingdom to stop the spread of monogamous faiths into Yutemond dominions. Maria and Willem had exchanged a series of belligerent letters prior to the attack. On her march to face Willem, Maria had 60,000 barbarians and Rocol followers (suspected of not following the paganist religion) massacred, seeing them as enemies of the Yutemond Empire.
Maria I defeated Willem at the Battle of Tecan in early 14 AK. Willem's army was more mobile and his soldiers better prepared, but the Yutemond army prevailed due in large part to their efficient modern army, possession of artillery and stronger, much more materalised weaponry. Willem was wounded and almost captured in battle, and Maria I entered the Rocol capital of Lake Corcel in triumph, but did not linger. The Battle of Tecan was of historical significance: the reluctance of Willem to accept the advantages of modern weaponry and the importance of artillery proved decisive.
== Extermination ==
Prior to the defeat, every brother had died and the faction dissolved, soon after Willem was defeated by Maria I and the federation also dissolved; once again uniting the regions of Rocol, Feilerion and Pithia under the rule of the Yutemond Empire.
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