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Year 17, Month 7
Alzar is dealing with more raiders. He has two this month from the Barony of Alak Dool in Norwold.
Alzar snuffs out a gang in Riverton and takes care of them as normal.
An emissary from the Heldannic Knights offers an alliance after the below action. Alzar and the emissary begin to work out terms.
Refugees are slowing here on the continent of Brun as the wars with the Knights, Khanate, and Orcs of Thar have dwindled, and the elfs have finished their emigration from their homeland of Alfheim. They are still there, but they are ebbing
THYATIS QUITS THE FIELD
In Thyatis City, the Emperor, Thincol I Torian considers the wreckage of his empire and makes a momentous choice. He dismisses his favorite advisor and mistress, Anya, who has been urging him to fight on until next year, when the Heldannic Knights can send reinforcements. Thincol has taken her advice for years and seen his empire torn to pieces as a result. A broken man, Thincol tells Anya that he will save his empire even at the cost of his own pride. Unable to persuade him other*wise, she curses him and leaves.
In the days which follow, Thincol's health worsens, but he acts swiftly and decisively. He sends his magist, Demetrion Kara*genteropolus, to see Empress Eriadna. He does not surrender, but sues for peace.
His deal is this: he will withdraw from the battlefield and no longer oppose Alphatia's war on Glantri. Alphatian forces will make a staged withdrawal from Thyatis but may travel across Thyatis en route to Glantri.
Eriadna's son Tredorian will no longer be a hostage; Thincol reluctantly admits that he could not bring himself to kill Tredorian when the war upon Thyatis first began, so Tredorian is really not a hostage any longer anyway.
Since completing the conquest of Thyatis and sending in an occupational force would tie up too many of her troops, Eriadna agrees. She is already under great pressure from the Shiye-Lawr elves, isolationists, and pacifist elements back home who oppose the war; therefore anything that cuts the carnage and prevents the conflict from dragging on is to her advantage. She adds one important provision, however: Thyatis will take no action against King Eruul and Queen Asteriela of Helskir on the Isle of Dawn, nor will it challenge the independence of Ochalea or the Pearl Islands; she wants some buffer nations between Alphatia and Thyatis in the future. Thincol agrees, and the deal is signed.
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