Siege of White Cliff

The Siege of White Cliff was an event that jump-started the existence of the Empire of the Isles' foremost religion, the Abbey of the Everyman. It occurred at the current site of the city of Whitecliff, in Gristol, and was the final battle of the Rectification War. It resulted in a series of prophetic sayings, one of which referenced the rat plague.
==The Battle==
===The Siege of White Cliff===
The Siege of White Cliff was nothing more than the final battle of the Rectification War, which had begun in 1705 against other religious denominations and followers of the Outsider. Following the completion of the Abbey in Dunwall in 1708,Timeline in Dishonored: The Dunwall Archives large gatherings of Overseers traveled to Whitecliff. There, a religious cleansing began wherein Overseers laid siege to the population of Whitecliff, "purging" the region of "heretics, witches and thralls of the Outsider."The Abbey of the Everyman (book) Overseer John Breton, who aided the Abbey during this siege, was run through with a spear by followers of the Outsider.Notable Clergy: Overseer John Breton The Abbey's founder, High Overseer Benjamin Holger, was killed in the battle by a knife driven through his eye.Notable Clergy: High Overseer Benjamin Holger
===Legacy===
Immediately after the battle, a month of ceremonial rites, speeches and invocations by various Overseers were transcribed and carried back to the Abbey, forming the basis of its holy text, the Litany on the White Cliff. The Siege would ultimately see the Abbey of the Everyman emerge as the prominent religion across the Empire of the Isles. Furthermore, the Abbey would be declared the official state religion in 1711 by Emperor Yefim Olaskir.
==References==
fr:Le siège du Cap Blanc
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