Double Purge
by hughpierre
The Conflict
Prelude
Surprise Meeting
Both dominate families in the Triple Alignment and Krix Salt State were stuck in their own political quagmires that stagnated their agendas. To mitigate this, a team of trusted pochteca were inserted into a delegation to secretly propose a scheme to act as a mutual justification for the other to violently dispose of their enemies.Deployment
Suspicious Preparation
For several weeks, before the delegates departed, strange packages and containers were left at random street corners and certain apartments had become overcrowded.
Retroactively, observers would realize that it was men getting into place and placing their weapons within ready reach.
Battlefield
Sangsalgu
The targeted hits were dotted across the urban cityscape, allowing for the noise and havoc to be more isolated from other would be victims. Though the racket did bring out some civilians out to the streets.Krix
Targeted hits were housed along the rattles. When the night came, Krix's army maneuvered a long raft of docked canoes and at a signal, rushed from the center of the river to land directly on their sleeping targets.Conditions
Moonlit Night
As befitting two massacres in a night, the blood moon shone with a particularly red hue. At day break, nobles who were not targeted said that dewy blood was dripping from the late stars. The subsequent parade led them to the rulers and reaffirm their loyalty.The Engagement
While the Krix's subjects were immediately cowed, the nobles of the Sacred Precinct are of the most ruthless warrior class in the Valley Basin, and they were not as intimidated by all the death.
What gave them pause was paranoia on who exactly wielded the blades. The perpetrators were well armed gangs who have been previously employed to carry out unsavory task for them. Private investigations and interrogation yielded no names and the apparent conspiracy made them realize that even their preferred hands would turn on them.
Outcome
Conflict Type
Covert Operation
Battlefield Type
Land
Conflict Result
Seismic shift in Empire Politics
Location
Belligerents
Krix King
Strength
Unrecorded
King's Personal Army
Casualties
Unrecorded
Unrecorded
Objectives
Eliminate Political Rivals
Eliminate Political Enemies
I love this article. It's not overly long or complicated but gives you a very good idea of what happened which I think is nice. I would love to hear more about how this conflict has affected to everyday person afterwards. Like what does Bob experiance when he go's to the corner store to get bread for his sandwich