Lord Kron and Karrnathi senior staff assassinated

Life, Death

The afterglow of the triumph at Metrol quickly turned sour as much of the senior leadership of the Karrnathi army is killed over internal politics.

Lord Kron let his triumph and subsequent promotion to Field Marshal of the Armies go to his head. He began ordering troop movements without consulting the king, and used strongarm tactics to ensure that he and his soldiers were well fed during the winter. His ultimate undoing occurred when he tired of the arrogance of the Order of the Emerald Claw and barred the order from his presence.   When the order presented King Kaius II with eyewitness accounts of Kron’s plans to declare himself monarch, Kaius was saddened but not surprised. The declaration of Kron’s treachery and his assassination (along with that of his senior staff) shortly thereafter devastated the army and significantly weakened Karrnathi war efforts.