Treachery on the Brown

Badly beaten in all but a few River Cities for three years, King John I called for a negotiated settlement. The Frontier Councils cautiously sent their leaders, both civil and military, across the Brown River to meet with the King and his Councilors, on the relatively neutral ground of the Northern Bank of the Brown. A tent city was constructed to host the meeting and no significant armies were present for either side. At the initial meeting proposals were exchanged. A large, but solemn, feast was given the first night as each side reviewed their options. At the feast, Frontier leaders were systematically attacked by sorcery, poison and assassination. Almost all of the finest leaders of the south were killed by treachery, only a few cautious and skeptical warriors escaped, like the legendary general Tobin Thalion.

Those lost included Miss Macon, John Brown, and Blaine the Axeman

See Also: Frontier Council's Rebellion