Magic Uprising in Caybourne

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Wound at Westgate
✞ = Died During
=== People Involved ===
==== From the Ludlow Accord: ====
* Richard Holdenhome ✞
* Magnolia Malabre ✞
* Anest Mugflayer ✞
* Drakken Mugflayer
* Owyn Holdenhome
* Griff Holdenhome (child)
* Warren Holdenhome (child)
*Agnes Holdenhome (child)
*Amara Holdenhome (child)
*Amarika Holmes (child)
* Temprance Heartstone
* Silvestris Bay
* Eason Ludlow
* Talia Ludlow (nee Warthorne)
* Bedivere Ludlow (child)
* Lyron Piers-Mabusa
* Aegis Piers-Mabusa
* Jason Lennon
* Aimee Lennon (nee Ludlow)
==== From the Blackthorne Monarchy: ====
Queen-Regent Valoria (aged 16) assembles a standing army of over 20,000 soldiers that arrive on Caybourne from its Western coast, via the Blackthorne armada, setting sail from Bastion City. The Blackthorne army notably did not employ infantrymen; as the focus was going to be on fighting mages, the army (co-ordinated by the warmaster Ser Arianne Wildthorne) emphasized being able to fight at long range, or else close upon targets rapidly.
* Queen-Regent Valoria Blackthorne, with her Griffin Morrigan, with her squire (tbc). She had principal command of the cavalry and was assigned to enforce Richard Holdenhome's men.
* Ser Arianne Wildthorne, with her squire Talia Rookwood. She had the principal command of the archers and artillery, assigned to the rear-guard position of the army. 
* Ser Talia Warthorne, serving in the cavalry
* Sir Jaster Monmoth, serving in the cavalry
* Sir Caradoc Rookwood, serving in the cavalry
* Some 10,000 light cavalry, including their horses and their squires
* Some 10,000 ranged combatants
** 5000 longbowmen
** 4000 mixed Cogworth and Blackjacket riflemen
** at least 50 carronade cannons with itinerant siege engineers
** at least 50 bombard cannons with itinerant siege engineers
** 10 heavy mortar guns, with siege engineers
** a group of loyalist royal mages, led by a delegate of the Court Sorceress Metheryl Arcaena 
== Rough Idea (Needs Cleaning up): ==
Brewing tensions last for some time between these two sects of mages. Need names for their organizations. One side believes the Void's evil was worth it to have magic flow freely and easily. The other side believes nothing is worth the evil of the Void and that hard work and perseverance in study will eventually result in strong magic-users again. Then the petty fighting begins. A few bar brawls. Guards deal with it all right. Then it's a gang war on the streets and the military comes in. The organizations gather more followers, hideouts pop up, it becomes harder for the military to organize against them. Some of the common people feel the military presence is dictating. Unrest. Rumors start to abound that the leader of the Pro-Void group has access to manuscripts that detail how to open the Void.
those rumors probably urged the monarch into genuine action. sent Val (and maybe Ari) with a detachment of troops to shut them all down
Which led to more violence, and some misconceptions about the monarchy being against magic-users other than themself having power(edited) [...]
i'll likely include young Jaster Monmoth in it too. i think i can use this as the framework for the first falling-out between Ari and Val. what eventually led to Val becoming Ari's failed "dark-side" student
The leader tricks the military, troops, and the opposing side into thinking he will be somewhere trying to replicate a ritual in Caybourne, but instead he shows up in Westgate and begins the ritual. The Pro-Study group combines forces with the military and troops and they head to Westgate to try and stop the Pro-Void leader. When they arrive, Val witnesses a woman slaughter the Pro-Void leader as his ritual is about to end/nearly-succeed. Temprance introduces herself to Val and apologizes she had to come all that way to see a sack of shit crumple. Or epic battle against Pro-Void's mages at the ritual site and Temprance kills the Pro-Void leader.
i need Val to do...a war crime™
[...]
Ari: "wtf when people surrender you accept and take them prisoner, now why should anyone trust us?"
Val: "Im going to be queen. I can do whatever I want."
Ari: ALARM BELLS
* Valoria and Richard's forces coalesce to charge enemy front lines in Maria Vale. Richard is ordered to move in first with the promise that Val's troops will come in to reinforce his in a simultaneous two-pronged attack; however, Valoria does not lead her troops in at the scheduled time, leaving Richard high and dry and causing his forces to be slaughtered-and the death of Lord Holdenhome himself. The Queen-Regent later claims to have planned this tactically to take the pro-void army by surprise; her own cavalry are able to break through into the city but Valoria is blamed forever after for the death of Richard Holdehome.
[...]
After Val's execution of the Pro-Voiders, The Accord funded a magic school somewhere in Caybourne - to prove they weren't against magic users, and to instead encourage 'educated' magical study rather than ritualistic blood shit like the Voiders.
Uhh, Eason was fairly new into his rule over the Accord at this point, so he likely wouldn't have challenged Val over the execution of those people. But he brought it up with the monarch later and stated if Val did something like that again with his citizens, criminals or not, they would have issues.
Pro-Study leader may have been awarded the position of the headmaster of the school
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