Chaston begins Half-Elven Inquisition

*Tues* Chaston begins ‘Half-Elven Inquisition’; no one or nowhere in the Empire is safe from these shake downs by the Church of Koar. They expect people & officials of the Landing to fully participate. (He must be new here, Lylia said) Disean and Ambrus arrive Friday to start. Leaflet surfaces in Landing, telling it like it is:

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Category: Towns
Topic: Wehnimer’s Landing

Date: 08/30/2016 11:02 PM CDT

From: THAYET

Subj: The Puppet-King

[Single sheafs of parchment bearing blocky writing begin being disseminated in both the Landing and parts of Solhaven, ferried by urchins that, if pressed, only mumble something about a dark elf with plenty of silver.]

PUPPET-KING CHASTON MAKES MOVE CONQUER TALADOR, WEHNIMER’S LANDING

Once again malign forces from without seek to infiltrate, destabilize, and turn the Landing and its people into a bloody conquest. But the weapons they try to wield are not merely blades and arrows but its own people, twisted by evil power, their minds and wills broken by a false “faith” which serves no end but Chaston’s. Wielding occult and evil power Chaston has begun breaking and bending the minds of those he deems useful tools to his own greedy ends. Those who do not bow are hewn at the knees to better help them kneel.

Chaston’s talk of light and goodness are betrayed by the tools he freely uses now in his campaigns of conquest: Raznel, blood witch, servant to dark powers, bringer of woe to the Landing and Empire alike. Drangell, monster and murderer of Cosima, the Imperial Drake Noralia, and countless others. The use of Drangell and his appointment as commander of Chaston’s armies is a great and ironic insult to the people of Talador, now conquered and subjugated by Chaston as the result of a vicious and bloody coup that saw not only the lords overseeing its council murdered, but every lowly servant and peasant who bore witness tortured to death. Chaston now seeks to discredit Hendor itself, a long ally of the Landing and a true servant of the Sun Throne, in his bid for power.

Now, through vile blood rites using Drangell’s own blood, Chaston’s army — the Blameless — are nigh-unstoppable in their campaign of slaughter and death. Though their original purpose was supposedly a noble one, these are no Lornon cults these empty-eyed, empty-hearted Shameless beasts are exterminating, but quiet and peaceful worshippers of Ronan, Imaera, Aeia, and others. Their shrines are desecrated, altars shattered, and worshippers put to the sword or worse. Even now, whispers spread of bad harvests and restless nights sweep through the region as those who keep true faith know that these insults to the gods cannot be borne.

To those within and without Wehnimer’s Landing, we say beware these agent provocateurs. Beware the agents of Chaston, who sow discord and seek nothing but to use men as tools to further the ends of evil. Chaston is a king of puppets, offering only subjugation or death to those in his path.

To those in the Empire, in particular those half-elves facing persecution at the hands of Chaston, unluckily chosen as scapegoats in order to throw the yoke of fear around the throats of common men, the Landing supports you. The Landing welcomes you.

We are free people, willful and ever-bright. We know that purity of blood is a foul and dreadful lie, and what matters is purity of will and action. We have endured great darkness and great pain, and we will endure this as well. We have no kings, and we will not be puppets!

[Across the bottom is an illustration: http://i.imgur.com/c0Ci1kx.png%5D