Intermission: Fall of The Fairlands

Fall of The Fairlands is an intermission that is told after part two of Act III. It takes place before the events of The Exiled Abyss and stars The Bastard Squadron, characters our players were told to make in secret.

Introduction
Before our adventurers meet The Emperor there is one thing we must do. For you are not who you are. You are no longer in 899 E.X. marking the 899 year of The Fairlands' exile. In fact, you are no longer in the Age of The Abyss, but The Age of Rythia, not known as The Old Empire but The Great Empire.

The Fairlands does not know exile has been entirely conquered by Rythia one of the most powerful civilizations in the world. Rythia is known to be quite an oppressive empire and has established human rulers in the nations they have conquered. These rulers tend to abuse their power and think of humans has a superior race. Rythia is known to have enforced their own cultures and gods over their conquered, they have been very resource aggressive taking from the dwarven mines and chopping down elven trees and generally having high tax rates on it’s conquered and while nations generally have cleaner streets then they did before it’s because Rythia’s justice system is very cruel and heavy-handed with the death penalty.

However many rumor The Great Empire is in decline. While it’s first civil war was put down swiftly and cruelty, the second rebellion is known as the Liberators of The Fair has proven to be more unified and more resilient. The Fairlands has been at civil war for almost 40 years and has decimated both sides, to the dismay of both sides foreign powers have just started taking advantage of Rythia’s weakened state instead of assisting either of them. Most recently the rebels have taken an important victory by liberating the dwarven cities in the Arytal Mountains. Due to foreign invasions and the liberation of the Arytal Mountains, Rythia has finally caved in and proposed a peace treaty. Peace and freedom are finally coming to the Fairlands.

You are a small squad that participated in the landmark victory at Battle of Arytal. This squad is officially known as the squad Delta 4 of The 29th Legion of The liberators of The Fair, a legion filled with late joiners of the war and scraps of previously disbanded legions. However, you are all more commonly and infamously known as The Bastard Squadron.