Eternal
You finally get a full report on the situation in Quala, and even a little bit beyond.
Theo tells you that there are three major warlords in the area still struggling for power in Quala. General Ackerson you know about and most of his forces are concentrated in the northern most region. While he still insists on going by general he’s mostly shed all his old Empire trappings. Even the soldiers have different uniforms now. So far he’s still the best organized and the most secure in his position. Lately he’s come to a bit of a stop though since he’s apparently been attempting to get a foothold into Rask probably for its resources, but with little success.
The two closest to Delerg have been slugging it out nearly since the Empire fell. One of those is an ex-Empire Captain Anu and the other is apparently an old rebel leader that Theo knew by the name of Sam Jowin. Anu seems to maintain the delusion that by holding on to the completely ruined territory of the old empire that it somehow still exists. The soldiers still wear their increasingly dirty and worn out armor. His territory is mostly poor with little value anymore seeing as the capital was practically burned to the ground in the Empire’s final days. The good captain took the fall pretty hard and is reportedly not the most stable man, but he’s managed to stay in power due to fanaticism and determination alone.
The same could be said for Sam. From what Theo remembers of his old dealings with him, was that his whole family was ripped from their homes and killed in front of him for not paying their taxes on time. When they were about to get to him, he managed to kill two of the soldiers and escape into the wilderness. Didn’t take long before the shadows found him and brought him into the rebellion that was still in planning at the time. He didn’t like the waiting, but fortunately for him he didn’t need to wait long since all out war broke out in the next year. Theo mentions that Sam was a naturally charismatic leader type that had an absolute hatred for anything Empire. He isn’t surprised that he’s still fighting and determined to stomp out anything that might resemble the old Empire.
Of course this is coming at a price since Sam is somewhat emulating it by declaring himself “leader of the free people of Quala” whether they want him to be or not.
Theo goes on to say that the southern most region of Quala seems to be “no man’s land” between Sam and one of your old classmates, an Eternal by the name of Brenda. (Probably the “last loyal” one to the Empire and widow of the Eternal Roldan) He also says that her territory extends all the way south of that to include practically the entire Nalin province. She’s basically been running it all by herself and it hasn’t really suffered much since the Empire fell. In fact if there were any place of the Empire that still “exists” it would be here rather than whatever Anu thinks he’s defending. However, Brenda has never pressed further into Quala and only defends her borders whenever Sam gets the urge to launch a raid for whatever reason.
As for the western region of Quala, it’s mostly an ongoing warzone between several petty warlords. Nobody really of any note and at this point all of them are little more than bandit thugs with delusions of grandeur. The Arat province is apparently even worse in this respect and has descended into complete anarchy to the point that the overflow of banditry and lawlessness has even been giving the Felkan Kingdom minor border headaches.
All of this is rather fascinating to you, and a little…well the word isn’t disheartening, but you don’t know…you always did slightly believe (Despite your overwhelming cynicism) that you were actually a force of “good” by toppling the Empire. Maybe the methods weren’t the most pure, but the ends justified the means. Now you see that it didn’t really change all that much, and made it worse in some places. And now here you are plotting to change the landscape even further and probably going to make things even worse.
Still, if this all works in favor of the shadows maybe it’s all worth it, after all it did the first time.
Theo tells you that there are three major warlords in the area still struggling for power in Quala. General Ackerson you know about and most of his forces are concentrated in the northern most region. While he still insists on going by general he’s mostly shed all his old Empire trappings. Even the soldiers have different uniforms now. So far he’s still the best organized and the most secure in his position. Lately he’s come to a bit of a stop though since he’s apparently been attempting to get a foothold into Rask probably for its resources, but with little success.
The two closest to Delerg have been slugging it out nearly since the Empire fell. One of those is an ex-Empire Captain Anu and the other is apparently an old rebel leader that Theo knew by the name of Sam Jowin. Anu seems to maintain the delusion that by holding on to the completely ruined territory of the old empire that it somehow still exists. The soldiers still wear their increasingly dirty and worn out armor. His territory is mostly poor with little value anymore seeing as the capital was practically burned to the ground in the Empire’s final days. The good captain took the fall pretty hard and is reportedly not the most stable man, but he’s managed to stay in power due to fanaticism and determination alone.
The same could be said for Sam. From what Theo remembers of his old dealings with him, was that his whole family was ripped from their homes and killed in front of him for not paying their taxes on time. When they were about to get to him, he managed to kill two of the soldiers and escape into the wilderness. Didn’t take long before the shadows found him and brought him into the rebellion that was still in planning at the time. He didn’t like the waiting, but fortunately for him he didn’t need to wait long since all out war broke out in the next year. Theo mentions that Sam was a naturally charismatic leader type that had an absolute hatred for anything Empire. He isn’t surprised that he’s still fighting and determined to stomp out anything that might resemble the old Empire.
Of course this is coming at a price since Sam is somewhat emulating it by declaring himself “leader of the free people of Quala” whether they want him to be or not.
Theo goes on to say that the southern most region of Quala seems to be “no man’s land” between Sam and one of your old classmates, an Eternal by the name of Brenda. (Probably the “last loyal” one to the Empire and widow of the Eternal Roldan) He also says that her territory extends all the way south of that to include practically the entire Nalin province. She’s basically been running it all by herself and it hasn’t really suffered much since the Empire fell. In fact if there were any place of the Empire that still “exists” it would be here rather than whatever Anu thinks he’s defending. However, Brenda has never pressed further into Quala and only defends her borders whenever Sam gets the urge to launch a raid for whatever reason.
As for the western region of Quala, it’s mostly an ongoing warzone between several petty warlords. Nobody really of any note and at this point all of them are little more than bandit thugs with delusions of grandeur. The Arat province is apparently even worse in this respect and has descended into complete anarchy to the point that the overflow of banditry and lawlessness has even been giving the Felkan Kingdom minor border headaches.
All of this is rather fascinating to you, and a little…well the word isn’t disheartening, but you don’t know…you always did slightly believe (Despite your overwhelming cynicism) that you were actually a force of “good” by toppling the Empire. Maybe the methods weren’t the most pure, but the ends justified the means. Now you see that it didn’t really change all that much, and made it worse in some places. And now here you are plotting to change the landscape even further and probably going to make things even worse.
Still, if this all works in favor of the shadows maybe it’s all worth it, after all it did the first time.