Marquesses's peace

**Peasants**

* Octavio Perickard

Treaty of the marquesses's (or Marquesses's peace, a.k.a Marquesses's Disaster) was an attempted peace negotiation held in 170, at Dives palace, by the peasant faction and the royalist faction, with the marquesses Artorias and Octavio leading the negotiations.

## Background

Edelmaa Great War had been going on for three months, yet almost no battles or sieges were fought during the time. The Noble Marquess of the Royalist faction, Artorias Varjangaria began to persuade the Royalist faction to plead for peace with the Peasant revolt, as a foreign conqueror, Jiri Baathúr, had invaded the city of Fon and resembled the past invasion of Workhold back in 70 After Keep. Jiri was a greater threat for both factions and Artorias reckoned that the civil war must end hastily and form an alliance against Jiri.

## Invitation

Stone Marquess of the Peasant faction, Octavio Perickard, had begun to march his army towards Fon in order to liberate it from Jiri Baathúr's claws. Octavio received Artorias' invitation in August 10th and by that point, Fon was completely secured by Jiri. Lord Octavio's advisers tried to stop him from accepting the invitation, but Octavio persisted. He took his entire council with him, leaving his army unattended. Samuel arrived in Dives August 15th.

## First week of negotiations

First week of the negotiation did not go very well. At first, the peasants and the nobles were just hurling insults at each other and boasting about their armies. King Hanren and regent Egil Scale were also present at the negotiation, but surprisingly didn't contribute at all. Hanren an inbred boy, did not know what was even going on. For most of the week, some of the peasants were not even present in the negotiations, they were touring the city as they had never seen anything so regal.

August 22nd, saw the first light of compromise, as Artorias managed to suggest terms. Artorias argued that the greatest threat to Edelmaa was the Alaronian Jiri Baathúr. Explaining; *"Would the peasants of Edelmaa rather be ruled by Jimrock or Workhold?".* One of Octavio's subjects countered; *"So, do we wish be oppressed by killers or by slavers?"*. The negotiations remained frozen

## Second week of negotiations

During the second week, terms began to form. Terms were set like this:

* A truce would be formed between the Royalists and the Peasants
* The truce would last until:
	+ Jiri was vanquished.
	+ 2 months after Jiri has been vanquished.

The truce was formed and begrudgingly signed by all representatives. But after the signing, the negotiations were pushed further. Artorias wanted to be known as a a man of peace, and he knew that he could be famous in history if he could forge a lasting peace. Artorias and Octavio, now united in objective, negotiated that they could make life not miserable for the peasants. Terms were the following:

* Serfs would no longer be serfs and be considered as full citizens
* Peasants would get all the same rights as the nobles
* Ministers would still hold absolute power
* All titles and lands would remain Status quo
* No executions would be held against the peasants
* Tri-partite monarchy re-established

This peace was their magnum opus. They loved it, however most others did not. The King was not conscious about the fact that he would have lost all his power, but his regent, Egil Scale, vetoed and claimed that the type of government was not up to negotiations.

Nobles did not like the fact that they would be equal to the dirty peasants. And also many royalists demanded the executions of all the peasant leadership, including the entire Perickard dynasty which rebelled against the crown. After much persuasion and bribery, Artorias and Octavio managed to get the popular vote and so the treaty was signed. Sir Samuel Berghof, the Marshal of the Royalist Army, did not like this treaty at all. Sir Samuel retired to his own Suomenlinna castle, and declared himself a new belligerent in the war as the independent Kingdom of Hefaia.

## Execution of Egil Scale

During the second week of the negotiations, a controversial event occurred. Egil Scale, the regent, was missing from the negotiations. After a while of searching, Egil was found coupling with Artorias' sister, Jirene Varjangaria. Artorias was abashed to find his sister having an affair. King Hanren however, demanded an sudden and immediate execution of Egil on the spot. The royal executioner happened to be alongside them and he decapitated Egil, killing the regent of Worvia.

This happened before Egil was able to sign the treaty. Because of this many did not even consider the treaty to be in effect at all, as the Worvian crown (Egil Scale) and the Worvian military (Sir Samuel) refused to sign.

## Dissolution of the treaty

Next day, Octavio's unattended peasant army en route to Fon, began to siege Dives. The peasant army massacred most of the royal army, which was encamped outside the city. Most of the peasant and noble leadership fled the city immediately. Three soldiers came to the palace to demand a surrender. Octavio tried to convince them that he was the commander of the besieging army, but as Octavio had left his Recognition Stone in Meta-Gudur, Octavio was not recognized. Octavio and Artorias retreated and began their journey towards the Royal Keep. As Octavio fled with the Royalists, he was considered a traitor to the peasant cause and this made the Peace treaty completely invalid.

## Legacy

Octavio, just like his father had, betrayed the peasants and gained the nickname "the Traitor".