Editing Iron Gold Conflict (section)

== '''IV . The Councils of Fate''' ==
In Aracellia, Dietrich Tisch, who had escaped prison in the Dragon Isles, met with Pierre de Plaitignon and Emiliano Barral to plot their next course of action. Aodh was notably absent, but a representative of the druids was sent from the northern rebel garrison at Whitemaw. They knew it was only a matter of time before the nobles mustered a force that would overcome their peasant rebellions, unless they united together against them. Pierre de Plaitignon held great sway over the others, having gathered a peasant force large enough from Primea and the Grapelands to overcome even the nobles who had tried to retake their holds. Bickering over the exact powers of the new government lasted for days, with each side needlessly shaming one another for their lack of democratic obligation and commitment to the cause. Nonetheless, the three signed a treaty declaring a Republic of Reveia, aligning themselves with the peasants and criminals who had taken Arandous. 

Countless provinces saw small-scale unrest, either fearing the rebel invasions or supporting them. House Jaycemour under Celia’s leadership struggled to calm down her own people who had begun to take up the cause of Plaitignon’s call. Soon, she was forced to flee to safer estates in the north of her territory. The call of the Republic set new fates in motion for a Kingdom in turmoil.

At the time of the Republic’s convention, a similar meeting had been held, a beacon of hope in the darkness of rebellion. In Chernovin, the royals had been encamped for some time with the Iron Marshall’s army, a mustered force of almost ten thousand strong. Inside the army’s command tent, the fate of the Kingdom had come to be decided. No longer the same bickering known to layer the crown society meetings of days past, an air of cordiality permeated the cold, brisk air of the tent’s interior. Men and women who had now stood by one another in combat, enemies who saved one another from bloody death and execution, now worked together for the good of the kingdom. Nonetheless, the discussion lasted for several hours, and extended past several days of negotiations. They broached the disappearance of Prince Arthur and Princess Emilianne, the death of Prince Gallburt at old age, and the situation in the Kingdom between the Irons and Golds. At the end of the sixth day, an agreement was reached. The Empire of Reveia had been formed within the confines of a command tent, a power-sharing agreement between the now titled Empress Lucilla and Emperor Velkoryn Valestios. The House of Valestios, a merger of the Thul and Corinfyre bloodlines, would be the forge upon which gold and iron were melded together. 

Cheers erupted in the camp as soldiers and bloodsworn alike discovered newfound hope in what would be called the Great Compromise. Morale was at an all-time high as Lord Tallwood, Lucilla, Velkoryn, and Ajai Valestios took command of their respective armies. A new crusade would come to the south, to bring the Empire’s new authority to the people of Reveia, and to crush the Republic under its heel.