Attempted Assassination of Gaius Sellic

In Febtuary **387PR**, Gaius Sellic was attacked by a group of assailants attempting to kill him as he entered the Aliquam Guild Hall in Nirva. Gaius received a cut on his arm and and face, though none were major.

## Motivation

When the idea of Awakened people became known to the public, a new ideology formed, called the Awakism. The ideology believed that the strong should rule the weak, and that people who had Awakened were chosen by the world to lead, for they could only be the strongest.

As one of the candidates for the leadership of the Aliquam Guild in Nirva, Gaius Sellic chose to garner the population of the people rather than the Awakened. His reasoning was that the people are the ones who bring the jobs that the guild members follow, but the assassins saw it differently, aligned with their ideology that they were the ones who should have favours made for them.

Sellic winning the election pushed them to act, the group of 10 aiming to kill the Guild Leader before he could make any changes.

## Assassination Attempt

On the morning after his victory, Gaius Sellic and famous adventurer Davian arrived at the Aliquam Guild Hall in Nirva, hungover from partying the previous night.

### Attack

As the two began to walk the steps, the assassins hiding nearby came out, brandishing swords and daggers. Reacting to the attackers, Davian stepped up and blocked the way for some, brawling with 8 of the 10 assassins with only his fists. The two that remained lunged at Sellic, who was only armed with a dagger.

The eight fighting Davian had a tough time, not realising that they were facing such a strong individual and believing that either Dyghon’s Tower was weak or that he had fluked it, likely the former. Targeting the ones with swords first, Davian used his quicker speed and strength to disarm them in a violent manner, breaking their arms, fingers or hands simply by closing his fist. He was stabbed multiple times in the process, but ignored his wounds to continue the fight. Now surrounded, Davian continued to brawl, dragging the two assassins near Sellic into the fight to protect him.

By the end he managed to defeat most of the assassins, disarming them from their daggers and even cracking one's skull.

### Retreat

Seeing that they were no match for one of the Three Greats, the assassins retreated into the city, abandoning their weapons for quicker speed. Bloodlusted, Davian took another down, slamming their head into the road with such force it killed them immediately.

## Aftermath

The immediate aftermath of the assassination attempt was to bring Sellic inside and keep him secure, Guild Members rushing to his aid the moment they heard the doors swing open. Sellic in the end only suffered minor wounds, a cut to the face and the arm. Davian was a bit different, using his body to shield his companion.

When Davian was rushed to the closest doctor, it was recorded he had been stabbed a total of 8 times with two deep cuts to his back. Using his own magic he was able to heal himself but still required help from the church and doctors to bandage him up. A report later stated that 6 of the 10 wounds he received were fatal to even Awakened.

### Reaction

The populace were outraged when hearing about the assassination attempt, hating the idea of violence in their streets. The city guard immediately began an extensive investigation into the matter, executing all assassins involved and removing their names from the public records to avoid copycats. All but one assassin died, the last escaping and likely abandoning the city of Nirva for safe passage elsewhere.

Davian’s reputation continued to skyrocket, taking on 10 awakened individuals and still standing victorious by the end. Some of the assassins even reached what would now be classed as B-Rank, making his achievement all the more better.