Command map of Erdens Edge fortress. Contains field anotations and meeting notes, courtesy of Commander Edelmer of The Sun Swords.

  The downfall of the Gustavian Crown began not with fire nor rebellion, but with the death of King Gustav the Great—whose hand had held a realm too vast for his sons to grasp.

  For the Princes that rose after him were drunkards, simpletons, and flatterers of their own courtly image. They quarreled over dress and debt while the grain rotted and the provinces starved. Some played at war, others at peace, but none at rule.

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  And so the kingdom of plenty, once rich in grain, steel, and soul, began to falter. Princes grew into petty kings, and barons shook free the yoke of Crown decree. What had once been a realm was now a quilt of vain banners, each claiming to be the true heir to Gustav’s glory.

  The Church offered prayers but no guidance. The Court dissolved into laughter. And the people, long faithful, turned away.

  Such was the end of unity—not by sword, nor flame, but by drink and foolishness, by rot beneath gold.

  From: A Treatise Upon the Dissolution of the Unified Gustavian Crown

  Printed in Erlenstadt, Principality of Hochvallen, in the Year 453 After Revelation.