Non-hostility Pledge between Thrane and Breland

Diplomatic action

In an effort to reduce the number of potential active fronts both nations negotiated a cease-fire and non-aggression pact.

Unwilling to fight Aundair, Cyre, Droaam, and Thrane all at once, King Boranel sought a treaty with one or more to allow him to concentrate on the others. With the loss of the Eldeen Reaches, beleaguered Aundair could offer little in the way of aid. There could be no quarter with the monsters of Droaam.   That left Cyre and Thrane as the likely diplomatic targets. Although bloodshed with Thrane was most recent, Cyre's plots were deeply disturbing. When Cyre refused to meet with Brelish negotiators, and Thrane proved more receptive, Boranel pushed forward with the latter. It took time, patience, and heavyhanded tactics by both the king and the Keeper to temper passions caused by the battles in the Cauldron and the loss of Old Breland, but diplomacy actually succeeded. A ceasefire and a pledge of nonhostility was signed with quiet dignity and no small amount of suspicion.  

Those Brelish who had supported the peace treaty as a means toward restoring the aristocracy were well pleased with subsequent events. Erivon ir’Wynarn, blood regent of Thrane, died in late 988 of a sudden stroke, and his daughter Diani succeeded him. Since that time, Blood Regent Diani's pronouncements have been far more supportive of Thrane and the Keeper, and far less of the Diet of Cardinals. More than a few inside and outside Thrane argue that the Blood Regent could be convinced, if asked by Thrane nobles and the Church, to return to power. Given the statements of High Cardinal Krozen and his supporters, that appears highly unlikely. Still, neither Keeper Tagor nor her successor Keeper Daran has spoken definitively on the subject.