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In 297, Ashtan managed to oust and declare enemies of the entire Infernal leadership. The Infernals, for their part, accused Ashtan of trying to force the guild's religious hand by coercing worship of [[Aegis]], then the city patron of Ashtan. With the turn of the century and Malaclypse's succession as leader of the Infernals, Overseer Deven Lucoster accused the newly appointed guildmaster of plans to overthrow the city government. | In 297, Ashtan managed to oust and declare enemies of the entire Infernal leadership. The Infernals, for their part, accused Ashtan of trying to force the guild's religious hand by coercing worship of [[Aegis]], then the city patron of Ashtan. With the turn of the century and Malaclypse's succession as leader of the Infernals, Overseer Deven Lucoster accused the newly appointed guildmaster of plans to overthrow the city government. | ||
It was in the midst of the [[year 300]] that the dam broke. In an unprecedented breach of protocol, the Infernals guild declared formal war against its home [[city-state]] of Ashtan, Bastion of the North. Shocked by this domestic treachery, Ashtan quickly amassed a force composed of everyone from the | It was in the midst of the [[year 300]] that the dam broke. In an unprecedented breach of protocol, the Infernals guild declared formal war against its home [[city-state]] of Ashtan, Bastion of the North. Shocked by this domestic treachery, Ashtan quickly amassed a force composed of everyone from the stiffest-collared nobles to the lowest common denominator of the proletariat, led chiefly by the philosopher [[Epicurus]] and the Dowager [[Eliza Montagenet]]. Bearing torches and pitchforks, the generally unseen majority of Ashtan marched to the Iron Citadel and, with singular mob mentality, razed it to the ground. [[Dacian]], Martial Master of the Infernals was dragged out in a flurry of contempt. He was promptly [[behead]]ed by the city executioner, the [[tutors|tutor]]'s head left to rot on a [[pike]] before the ruins of the former guildhall. Many who were present noted the ethereal wail of the Infernal [[Oversoul]] as it passed unto the hereafter, marking the literal, official, and formal death of the guild. | ||
Former Infernals remained stoic about the affair, vowing resolution. They organised what came to be known as the Interim Battalion, assembling a temporary base of operations in the small dwelling northeast of [[Hashan]] called the Blood Keep. Internal strife managed to tear through the once-loyalists, causing questions of motive and rationale to arise, and many abandoned their fellows in an attempt to make amends with their home city. | Former Infernals remained stoic about the affair, vowing resolution. They organised what came to be known as the Interim Battalion, assembling a temporary base of operations in the small dwelling northeast of [[Hashan]] called the Blood Keep. Internal strife managed to tear through the once-loyalists, causing questions of motive and rationale to arise, and many abandoned their fellows in an attempt to make amends with their home city. | ||