The Night of Crimson Tears

Disaster / Destruction

Several houses formed a coalition and attempted to usurp the King, thereby violating their oaths to him and the Hegemony at large in favor of their own selfish ambitions. The heads of those houses were exsanguinated overnight and their broken, twisted corpses were discovered by household staff the next day. Minor members of those houses also perished horribly; witness accounts say the capital city was filled with agonized screams throughout the night. Ten Houses were eliminated that night.