The Assassination of Gothard

The Assassination of Gothard was a major event in the lands of Mirrah that set off a chain of events leading to the ongoing War of the Hollowed Realms.
=== Precursor Events ===
During the Fourth Age (The Age of Dark) the rule in the Hollow Lands of Londor began to crumble, soon being deposed by the previous nations that they had taken over during the Third Age. Soon, there were only remnants of the lands of Londor as they began to move eastward along the continent of Dwyrain, soon settling near the lands of Ancient Drangleic, becoming known as Morion and led by the last member of the Sable Church, Liliane, now going by Lady Liliane. Almost all of the nations that Londor took over established their rule again, including Jugo and Mirrah. Forossa, however was the only one to not return, instead mostly becoming part of Mirrah and the Eastern Lands, who also returned, but technically never went away and were instead just subjugated under Londors rule, but were allowed to keep their name and ruler, Isshin.
A woman known as Muriel ended up ascending the throne of Mirrah, becoming their Empress and began to reconstruct their lands and take down any affiliation with Londor that were constructed in their lands, with Mirrah taking down the Towers of the Sable Church, which acted as Londors capital, under the citys name of Morion (which is now the adopted name of their nation).
Eventually, Morion heard of this and began to create a vendetta against Mirrah. Morion recreated the Sable Church, representing the original Three Leaders of Londor. The Three trained soldier units were called the Umbral Sentinels, Shadowblade Assassins and the Eclipse Diviners all led by three separate leaders. The leaders were Master Shadowblade Lyra, Chief Sentinel Frieda and True Diviner Kaela, leading each respective unit. Lyra was tasked with assassinating the Empress Muriel and her children.
=== The Assassination Attempt ===
The Shadowblades made use of an ancient Londorian dark miracle, known simply as Chameleon, granting the user the ability to blend into their environment, disguising themselves perfectly for assassination attempts. One day, Lyra manages to sneak into the Palace of Mirmark, inside Mirrah's capital of the same name and disguised herself to make her look like one of the guards. When the Empress and her children returned to the palace after short journey away, Lyra made her move to attack. Empress Muriel however saw the attack coming, but not quick enough to stop her from stabbing her only son Gothard, first slicing across his face slightly nicking his skin below his left eye, before lethally stabbing Gothard in the chest several times and then in the back. There was then a small fight between the two women, with Muriel suffering minor wounds before the Mirrahnian Blades heard the commotion and rushed to the scene. Lyra however managed to flee before the Blades caught up, but still succeeding partly in her task.
Lyra was chased throughout Mirmark, but managed to evade the Blades due to her excellent disguising and stealth skills, truly earning her name as the Master Shadowblade. Whilst this assassination was happening, the two remaining members of the Sable Church, Kaela and Frieda, marched an army on the Eastern Mirrahnian town of Broadleif, destroying it, killing most that were in the city and razing it to the ground.
=== Aftermath ===
The immediate aftermath of the plot was the declaration of war by Empress Muriel against the Realms of Morion. Soon after, The Ashen One, King of Lorithia heard of the attempt and decided to take an army with him to Mirrah, sending word that he wanted a pact with Mirrah and soon created the Aegis of the Embered, a global defensive alliance that was to act against the armies of Morion.