Mordish Civil War

This page is missing information from Call of the Father The Mordish Civil War was a conflict between several factions in the Principality of Mordehall. The focus of the conflict was the injustice perpetrated by the Crown of Mordehall. Many people in the Principality didn’t believe the Kaiser should have absolute power. The Civil War also perpetuated Human Enchantment research in Mordehall, with both the Crown and the Republic Forces employing human enchantment in an attempt to help them win. By Ghuramus of AeP 447 full scale war had not yet broken out. Instead the conflict had taken the form of many small scale skirmishes.

On one side was the Mordish Birding Society who operated out of Tasserich. They were fighting for the creation of a Mordish Republic. They had allies throughout the country including in Pellisberg. However, Pellisberg eventually betrayed them to act out of their own interest. On the other side was the Crown of Mordehall.

Republic Forces
The Republic forces were a group of tenuously allied houses and important people, who worked together to turn Mordehall into a republic. Before the war, the main force of this group called themselves the Mordish Birding Society. They focused on sabotaging the Crown and growing their alliance. It was the Mordish Birding Society who struck the first blows against the Kaiser, with help from local miners. The society acquired two ancient human enchanting rituals and were trying to use them to build a force to counter the Iron Tempest Commandos. By the outbreak of the War, the Republic forces consisted mostly of people from the County of Tasserich and Quarinov. They hoped to convince the Count of Quarinov to join them.

People
Leaders Members & Allies
 * Count Inzo Loriana: The Count of Tasserich and unofficial leader of the Birding Society.
 * Lord Minor Emilio Kent: The spymaster for House Loriana. He was the mastermind behind the series of assassinations against the Crown. He was also tasked with finding ways to counter the Tempest Commandos.
 * Lord Professor Janie Kerias: An archaeologist who worked with her team to discover and use the Human Enchantment Rituals
 * Alekiai (Ally)
 * Daxian Byrne
 * The Curator
 * J'Kar Burin
 * Jorso (Ally)
 * K.R.
 * Ricard Joyce (Ally)
 * Skua
 * Sylvie
 * Vella
 * Willa (Ally)

Crown of Mordehall
The Crown of Mordehall was the dominant power before the Civil War. Since AeP 1, the Von Dorwitz line ruled over the four counties of Mordehall as absolute monarchs. They maintained power by playing noble families against each other and doling out wealth to their favored houses. The Kaiser of Mordehall also kept the Iron Tempest Commandos. This was the real power of the Crown. The Commandos were a group of about a thousand highly trained warriors. They were experts at combat, infiltration, and espionage. By placing Commandos undercover in key locations, the Crown was able to sabotage their enemies. By AeP 446, Iron Tempest Commandos had developed a human enchantment ritual to grant them agility and cat-like grace. Though the Commandos were strong, the main army of Mordehall was weak.

People
Leaders Members
 * Kaiser Benjamin Von Dorwitz
 * Lord Gavin Bellest (Deceased): Head of the Port Thresthelm Shipyards. He built warships for the Kaiser until his assassination.
 * Woman in the Suit (Deceased)
 * Mobius (Deceased)

Pellisberg
Originally sided with the Republic forces, they betrayed the Birding Society in an attempt to steal the human enchantment rituals. They spent many resources trying to steal notes from Janie Kerias. They were soon defeated and blamed for an uprising of miners that led to the death of several Mordish soldiers. For the next few months after that, Pellisberg took the brunt of the Kaiser’s attention. They were swiftly defeated. Their defeat bought time for the Republic forces to unify and strengthen.

People
Leaders Members
 * Count of Pellisberg
 * The Captain
 * Dan Irem

Hrai Kraedox
Yaerrus AeP 446

For more details see the Snake in the Sand Though not in Mordehall, the events in the Roadani Capitol were influenced by two factions of the Civil War. At the beginning of the year AeP 446, the Kaiser placed an Iron Tempest Commando undercover in Hrai Kraedox, the fortress of the Roadani Grand General. In decades and centuries past, this is something that would never have been attempted out of respect for the Roadani Army. However the new Kaiser wanted to test his power and believed he could get away with it. Lord Keel became aware of this when he acquired top secret documents from the Crown. He traded them to the Roadani intelligence wing, the Corp of Secrets, in exchange for the release of a prisoner named Jack, into his custody. The Roadani acted on these documents, found the Commando and killed her. This was a major loss for the Mordish Crown. In addition to the death of a Commando, they also lost face with Roadon. Relationships with the desert empire became tense.

Battle of Miirshire
Mortus 4th AeP 446

For more details see the A Thief Among Traitors The Battle of Miirshire was the end result of an inter-factional fight between various members of the Mordish Birding Society. It was considered the first real battle of the Civil War even though it was relatively minor. It resulted in the factional split between the counties of Pellisberg and Tasserich, as well as a tactical victory for the Mordish birding Society. This started when agents from Pellisberg tried to steal notes on human enchantment rituals from Lord Professor Janie Kerias. They were initially successful. Emilio Kent and other members of the Mordish Birding Society put together a team to recover the notes. They tracked the thief to Miishire where they recovered the notes but were stopped by a platoon of Mordish Regulars. This resulted in a confrontation between a group of miners allied with the Birding Society and the platoon. The Mordish soldiers were defeated and the Society framed the conflict on Pellisberg, thereby deflecting the Kaiser’s attention from the north for a few months.

Pellisberg Campaign
Winter of AeP 447 The Pellisberg Campaign was a series of events that took place in the southernmost County of Mordehall. The Count of Pellisberg was originally allied with the County of Tasserich. However the Count of Pellisberg tried to steal enchantment notes from Professor Janie Kerias. The Birding Society recovered the notes and framed Pellisberg for the murder of several Mordish Regulars. In response the Kaiser launched a campaign to destroy the resistance in Pellisberg. Though little news of these events carried over to the Northern part of the country by Spring, it was obvious the Crown was in control of the county and had successfully broken the resistance. These events also gave both the Birding Society and the Crown more time to gather their troops for the real war.

Assassination of Lord Bellest
Ghuramus AeP 447

For more details see the One Crime at a Time One of the final skirmishes before the main war, was a series of assassinations organized by Emilio Kent. These assassinations targeted people important to the Kaiser and the functions of the Mordish Government. One of these targets was Gavin Bellest, the shipmaster of the Port Thresthelm shipyards. Emilio Kent tasked J’Kar who organized a group of people to take out Gavin. Gavin’s workshop was burned down which caused the loss of important research and documents. A mere hour later, Gavin Bellest and his bodyguard were killed in the streets of the city. As a result of balance of power in Port Thresthlem tilted from the Kaiser towards the Republic Forces.