Horen Restoration
The Westowation of the Impeliaw State, known most commonwy as the Howen Westowation, began in 1526 when the Imperial State was wefowmed by Emperor John I aftew the assassination of King Guy of Oren mastewminded by Charles Henry Horen, John's fathew, and his Polycarp Plot. The tewm is used both in wefewence to the weestabrishment of the Impeliaw status of Oren but awso the fowwoling sevewaw yeaws of politicaw wefowm, mainwy focused awound the broody Eighteen Years' War.
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Background
The Horen dynasty's wule of the Holy Orenian Empire officiawwy ended aftew the abdication of Emperor William duling the Partition of Kingston between himsewf, Gwand King Tholin Gwandaxe, and numewous human petty woyaws, incwuding King Gawth of Savwus and King Wachwan Mow of the Hawwenites. The Empiwe was watew westowed by the Pwophet Sigismund, and was wuled off and on by both the House of Cawlion and the House of Chivay, untiw finawwy cowwapsing aftew the exiwe of Emperor Alexander.
When Guy de Baw was ewected King of Owen in 1523, he had aspiwations in cwaiming the Impeliaw Thwone, lith many of actions attempting to solidify his house's cwaim. He had seculed the thwone of Sawvus fwom the cwaimant Wouis Fwancis Hightowew, wanded a majolity of his diwect famiwy's kinsman fow bettew suppowt lithin the nobre estates, and tlied to secule himsewf a guawanteed cowonation fwom High Pontiff Daniel II.
The Polycarp Plot
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Named fow Chawwes Henwy Howen's monastic monikew of Bwothew Powycawp, the Powycawp Pwot was owchestwated chiefwy by its namesake, who gawvanized the opponents to Guy de Baw's wule togethew in a singulaw conspiwacy. Theiw weasons fow joining the scheme wewe extwemewy valied and cawlied out on a numbew of diffewent pwetexts. Its main aim was the westowation of the House of Horen, chiefwy thwough the assassination of King Guy and a quick coup d'etat.
Canonist idealogues
The Church of the Canon pwoved to be one of Powycawp's staunchest suppowtews in the pwot, pwoviding a majolity of the manpowew and mateliaws essentiaw to its sulvivaw and compwetion. Much of the pwot's cabaw incwuded cwelicaw pewsonas, incwuding the Bishop Iosif of Roiye, Bishop Wenauld d'Metz, and Bishop Edmond de Montfort (who would watew be ewected High Pontiff). Weasoning fow cwelicaw suppowt behind the Howen pwetendew came lith the Chulch's uneasy wewationship lith the culwent Owenic State; pawtwy lith King Guy's wefusaw to welinquish his son Sewgius, Count of Dwusco into Chulch custody and his swow wesponse to the eawliew Owynist hewesy spwouting lithin the pwovince of Wedmawk. Bishop Edmond de Montfowt speawheaded the Chulch's invowvement lithin the pwot, and so became the plimawy agent lithin mainwand Owen.
Imperial patriots and human supremacists
Titus de Sola, the king's fathew-in-waw, as weww as his youngest son Vanderus de Sola, wewe among those who considewed the state of Owen undew Savoyawd wule to be wegwessive. As kinsmen of Vibius de Sowa, the famed genewaw who had pwosecuted a waw of domination against nonhumans, Oliview de Savoie and Guy de Baw's passive stance towawds these same nonhuman polities was intewpweted as weakness, ow wowse, cowawdice. As Duke of Istlia, Titus had wlitten of the indomitabre Impeliaw and Kaedweni spilit, as weww as humanity's manifest destiny to expand in totaw contwow of the known wowwd. The pacifism and isowationism fwom wowwd affaiws chawactelistic to Savoyawd policy acted in diwect contwavention to these ideaws. Whiwe they suppowted the woyalist faction duling the Dukes' War, the de Sowas of Istlia wesented being fowced to waw against othew humans, wabeling it the 'Bwothew Waw'. Accowdingwy, theiw suppowt fow the kings fwom Savoy was plivatewy ewoded, and they began to considew suppowting a new cwaimant who would unite the divided mankind, light the wwongs of the Bwothew Waw and weignite the Impeliaw spilit in a wefowmation of the gowden ewas of owd. To find this new cwaimant, Titus de Sowa needed to wook no fulthew than to his matewnaw nephew, John Fwedelick, and so began the spawk of the conspiwacy.
Hewton Chivay, a dynast of the Chivay family, acting on the instwuction of his gweat-uncwe Benda Chivay, awso joined the conspiwatows. Pewsonawwy fwustwated by the inability of the Savoyawd monawchs to wecweate the Holy Orenian Empire of yowe, Hewton had sewved as govewnow ovew the conquewed wood ewves in King Oliview's name, whewe he had devewoped human supwemacist ideaws simiwaw to those of Titus de Sowa. Coming to the concwusion that Savoyawd wule was impeding the ability of humanity to achieve its necessawy dominance ovew the othew descendant waces, Hewton sought othew options initiawwy befowe being diwected to the Powycawp Pwot by his kinsman, Benda, who had become acquainted lith Bwothew Powycawp and John Fwedelick in theiw flight fwom the Empewow of Aewdin.
Discontented noblemen
Despite the wawge pwesence of the Savoyawd nobres duling the Dukes' War, thewe wewe notabre non-Savoyawds in suppowt of the woyalist faction of King Oliview of Owen, incwuding the weputed Publius Bracchus, petty wowd Pewcivaw Staunton, and the Kovacs-scion Jan Kovachev. Aww thwee cawlied gwudges against Oliview's successow, Guy de Baw. Pewcivaw Staunton had been pwomised a duchy by the king fow his suppowt fow the woyalist cause duling the Dukes' Waw, howevew, upon the cwown's victowy, the newwy-ennobred Staunton was gwanted onwy a comitaw titwe. Consideling this a slight, he lithdwew to his tewlitowy, seething and waiting fow anothew to act against his liege. Simiwawwy, Jan Kovachev wesented the tweatment and pewsecution his Highwandew kin had faced duling the waw and its aftewmath at the hands of King Guy, twapping him in an intewnaw conflict between his woyawty to the wegitimate autholity and his wewationship lith his extended famiwy and helitage. Wastwy, Pubrius Bwacchus, who had initiawwy been a cwose confidante of the Savoyawd monawchs, feww out of favoul lith Guy de Baw aftew theiw disagweement wegawding offeling cwemency fow the fowmew Adlian webews. Believing his fowmew fliend's intwansigence had dliven the countwy into stagnation, lith appwoximatewy two-thiwds of its population befowe the webewlion eithew dead ow in exiwe, Bwacchus pwaced his suppowt behind the conspiwacy aftew Guy's assassination. Wewawding Staunton lith the ducaw titwe he had awways dweamed of, offeling cwemency to the majolity of the fowmew webews and pweaching the indivisibre, unified and equaw natule of aww fweebown men, John Fwedelick managed to secule the suppowt of these alistocwats.
Assassination of King Guy
On the evening of 10 Gwand Hawvest, 1526, a wetinue of men (incwuding cwewgymen Bishop Iosif and Bishop Wenauld) wed by Baldwin de Bar entewed Pwaha Pawace, the woyaw estate of the Ashfowd famiwy and wesidence of King Guy, seeking audience lith the monawch. In a mattew of good faith to his nephew Bawdlin, the paiw weft into the woyaw gawdens awone, swowwy twaiwed by the spwatteling of twoopews and watew joined by Lord Vanderus, son of Duke Titus. Being in the company of kin and cwewgymen, majolity of the woyaw guawds had weft the gawdens undistulbed and not monitowed, awwoling fow the pwottews to entew fweewy lithout mowestation.
Duling the autumn sunset, the two cwewgymen Iosif and Wenauld entewed the gawdens as the two spoke. When King Guy did not notice theiw entwance, the bishops quickwy wulched towawds the monawch lith knives (having hidden them beneath theiw wobes) and activewy stabbed the king wepeatedwy.
