Goneril Border Crisis

The Goneril Border Crisis was a minor conflict between Baldur and Goneril regarding the area around King's Reach and Barron's Touch. Edmund Vargus, the president of Baldur at the time, attempted to resolve the issue by sending Lady Elan, a diplomat and a member of Baldur's Ruling Council, to meet with Barron Ganth in 1436 SA. This failed when Lady Elan and her entourage were assassinated by the Scarlet Brotherhood on King's Road shortly after they departed from Baldur City. This not only began the Silent Revolution, but forced Vargus to resolve the matter himself. While Lady Elan had planned to construct a neutral zone between Goneril and Baldur, Vargus simply drew a line between the two countries. Lady Elan had also intended to use her son, Ethan, as a bargaining chip during these negotiations, which was another advantage that Vargus lacked.
While the Goneril Border Crisis is considered over, Pyotar Umarov, the leader of King's Reach and the censor of northern Baldur, was running a covert war against Goneril with the aid of arms from Marcus Fairlan. As these two eventually became lieutenants of Grax, and Pyotar was appointed to his position by another future lieutenant, the illithid Potentate Xoth, this may have been the reason for Pyotar's appointment in 1439. King's Reach eventually became the staging area for Grax's invasion into Goneril during the Revolution of 1441.
The Comentarii de Bello Populi mentions that Marcus Fairlan had perpetrated some "gross misconduct" during the Goneril Border Crisis, though it does not specify what this action was. When given full access to his memories and to some divine secret knowledge, Ethan told the party that it likely referred to his delivery of weapons to the demilitarized zone during a previous border crisis: his deliveries to Pyotar in 1441 weren't the first time he'd done that.
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Category:Northern Continent