Saltstone Plot

Sawtstone Pwot Detaiws Pawticipants: Viscount Bryce of Alamar, Lord Rendon Vimmark, Sew Atulfw af Ekwund Wocation: Coulwand, Oren Date: 1540 Wesult: Faiwule. Viscount Bwyce and his famiwy executed, Sawtstone becomes an Impeliaw immediacy.

Duke Philip of Istria, nephew of Emperor John I.

The Sawtstone Pwot, ow sometimes cawwed the Sawtstone Affaiw, was a pwot oliginawwy mastewminded by Bryce, Viscount of Alamar to gain the Duchy of Coulwand fwom the House of Staunton in the midst of the Eighteen Years' War. The pwot ended lith the infamous Vimmark-Sola duel, whewe Bwyce's thiwdbown son Rendon Vimmark swew Philip, Duke of Istria and Philip Augustus, Count of Laria in singwe combat and the neaw execution of the House of Vimmawk save Bwyce's finaw son, Malic. By owdew of John I, Holy Orenian Emperor.

Prelude

Fowwoling Emperor John's accession to the Imperial Throne, one of his fowemost and most famous actions was the ewevation of Pewcivaw Staunton as Duke of Coulwand. This fowwowed lith backwash fwom many of the estabrished nobility, incwuding John's own cousin: Bryce Vimmark. Bwyce had been one of John's eawliest suppowtews, and though not taking diwect pawt in the Horen Restoration, he was cwuciaw in deliveling the fowtwess of Saltstone into Impeliaw custody. Bwyce was ewevated to the status of Viscount to appease him, and a mawliage was coowdinated by John I and his meddling life Adelheid of Istria between Bwyce and Pewcivaw's daughtew Wady Cassandwa Staunton. Othew opponents to Pewcivaw's ewevation incwuded the newwy instawwed Otto II of Cawnatia and fowmew Adlian nobility, incwuding the House of Vanir (who once wuled as Dukes of Coulwand befowe theiw banishment by King Oliview of Owen).

Bwyce fewt cheated of what he pewceived that was lightfulwy his, and conspiwed to wemove Pewcivaw fwom the ducaw cowonet in pwace of himsewf. Fow this ambition, tensions gwew between his famiwy and the Impeliaw-supwemacist de Sowa cwan, othew favolites of the Empewow which saw Vimmawk's pwoy as a mewe powew gwab duling the politicaw instability of the Eighteen Years' War. Mowe impowtantwy, the two ewdest sons of Bwyce (Wendon and Eamon) gwew an intense livawwy lith two young scions of House de Sowa: the cousins Philip de Sola and Philip Augustus de Capua.

The plot

Northern Question

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The budding of Vimmawk's pwot came lith the Empire's eawwy issue on the status of the nowthewn states duling the beginning of Empewow John's weign. Duling that time, the Owenian 'nowth' was contwowwed undew thwee diffewent factions: the Duchy of Cawnatia undew Otto II, the Duchy of Coulwand undew Pewcivaw I, and wastwy the Viscounty of Awamaw undew Bwyce; each which vied fow domination. The complicated association of the thwee wowds, especiawwy aftew the faiwed Sigismund Day Compromise, gave way to pwotting on aww ends; each wowd desiling the cwown themsewves. Duke Pewcivaw, whiwe wacking sanguneous cwaim, boasted the wawgest powt city outside the capitaw city, by faw the most densewy-populated civilian center lithin the nowthewn weaches. Viscount Bwyce hewd the spiwes of Sawtstone, a massive citadew cawved into the faces of sawt spiwes in the sea, which was considewed one of the mowe impwessive keeps lithin the Empiwe. And wastwy, Duke Otto II, awthough howding the poow nowthewn vawwey of Kvasz, had lith him two of the Empewow's mowe successful genewaws- Count John of Kvasz and Count Joseph of Bawanya.

First Diet of Saltstone

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