Beltaine Massacre

Following the Resurgence, a series of minor conflicts began between the returned nobility and the rest of the kithain almost immediately. Most of it was over the control of Freeholds and the rights of commoners. In Cymru, there was armed conflict right from the start. No clear resolution was in sight and both sides stubbornly held their ground. Finally, a group of high-ranking nobles agreed to meet with representatives of the commoners under a white flag on Beltaine of 1970 in the United States. Commoners from across America arrived with the intention to debate arrangements with the nobility. None of the Welsh leadership, sidhe or other, were there.
Moments after the peace talks began the nobles bolted the doors with their Arts. They drew iron blades and murdered every commoner present. This terrible act came to be called the Beltaine Massacre or the Night of Iron Knives. It touched off an International war between the sidhe and the other kith. Word of what had transpired in the US reached Wales within days and the Accordance War was in full force through Cymru by May 10th.
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