The Recovery Age (Assault on Neutrality) - 700 AE to 750 AE

Criminal Activity

These were particularly dangerous for the keepers of knowledge (such as; scholars, clerks, librarians, to some degree, scribes). Often targeted to not only to pilfer the rarer scrolls, maps, treasures or other artefacts but to remove them as the very representatives of genuine neutrality.

A dangerous cartel formed between a number of the Hadovean Empire’s council of 12 (it is unclear how many members of the twelve there actually were during this time) and some Noble houses of the Kingdom of Geldheim.   Knowledge was their currency and as such, the long-respected neutrality of our scholarly institutions was seen as a threat to their activities.   During this dangerous period, many of the more neutral “professions” also became targeted for “correction”. Many had completed loyal service to one or the other faction and, as a matter of survival hired out whatever their skill set is to the highest bidder.   Ultimately the cartel failed in its agenda as recently disparate groups from widely different “skills” began to unite under one banner and push back in a very organised, tactical and precise manner.   It quickly became evident to the leaders of both factions who, despite any other perceived flaws, remained loyal to the principals of knowledge neutrality (as the edict across factions became known).   Records indicate underpinnings of civil strife, unrest and general disquiet all through this period. Word of this had been, at times, brutally suppressed by either faction, presumably because of the potential stain on what they perceive as their good names.