With a war thwarted by the efforts of a valiant few, the denizens of the realm looked for reform, ousting the monarch.
Grand Chancellor Eliya Grenic now rules over the New Republic of Redmont.
Grenic was elected by a council of noble elites, lords of the former king with near-boundless swaths of land.
Without leadership and with purpose lost, the mercenaries of the People's Guard disbanded. Some left the life of violence behind, others sought a military career with the Redmont Protectorate.
Deprived of his war, Xer'hus, god of death, seethed with a new fury. The dark deity has been amassing a formidable force and now the door need only be opened...