Lakelands Conflict

Factions| **Lakeland Houses**  (in direct fighting)

House RockeHouse Pyke House Alder House Blackford House Ulbridger House Phyre (from the Sacking of Shadebeach) {House Lormer} {House Ravyne} **Royal Detachment**  (after 400 AF)

Leaders| **Lakeland Houses**  (in direct fighting)

Lord Anron Rocke  (died in 400 AF) Lord Kayl Rocke Lord Ryam Alder Lord Petre Blackford Lord Trovion Pyke Lord Tylan PhyreSir Ed RockeSir Kevan SelterDrak DeeroftSir Edwyn Rush**Royal Detachment**  (after 400 AF)

The **Lakelands Conflict** is an on-going conflict taking place between several of the Lakeland Houses and an outlaw organisation known as the Brotherhood of Wolves. Outlaws, bandits and gangs had been rampant during and following the reign of King Harlow I but the conflict flared up in 398 AF with the establishment of the Brotherhood of Wolves.

In 400 AF, with the Lakeland Houses struggling to combat the Brotherhood, King Warren sent a detachment of his House Guards led by Prince Ronan to assist the Lakelands. House Rocke was one of the few Houses making any impactful efforts.

## History

### Background

During the reign of King Harlow I, the realm became bankrupt and with very little money, the commonfolk began to steal and form outlaw groups to gain their own wealth, raiding supply convoys and pillaging the Land. This was most prominent in the Lakelands as the vast forests and Lakes were hard to enforce. Houses in the Lakelands, other than the combatants, decided against spending extensive resources on defeating the Outlaws.

King Warren ascended to the throne in 380 AF after the failed southern expedition which further bankrupted the realm. In the 18 years since his coronation, the efforts against the unorganized outlaws was slowly turning the tide against them and House Rocke was able to rally more Houses against them as the crown's wealth under Warren would grow, allowing the crown to fund the efforts. In 398 AF, a fallen knight of House Pyke, Sir Dontar, banded together several smaller outlaw groups in the Lakelands to form the Brotherhood of Wolves in order to combat the progress of the Lakeland Houses.

The Formation of the Brotherhood and their first major attack on a Royal Supply Convoy kicked off what would become the Lakelands Conflict.

### Phase 1

With a now organized opponent instead of various disunited bandits, the Lakeland Houses began to stall. Several stopped their support and dropped out as it would not affect them. The Lakelanders suffered major defeats at the Battle of The God's Lake and the Sacking of Shadebeach. The Brotherhood were extremely capable in war and despite frequent infighting, were beginning to win against the Noble Houses.

### Phase 2

In 400 AF, King Warren recognised that the Lakeland effort against the Brotherhood was stalling and was weakening the legitimacy of the Noble Houses. He deployed a detachment of his Household Guards under Prince Ronan Boyce to join the fighting against the Brotherhood and support the Lakelanders in the hopes it would bring them back into the fight. The Royal Forces made their first move at the Second Battle of The God's Lake and broke the Brotherhood defence and took over a vital stronghold they had been holding. The Boyce Forces have proved a great counter to the Brotherhood and Ronan's Leadership has motivated the Lakelanders to pick up the fight and the Brotherhood have been on the retreat since 400 AF.