Battle of Haberdasher's Row
It started outside the so-long-closed tailor shop in the Marketplace. A few dozen folk mingling around and discussing the recent events of town, not limited to the closing of all the borders by the wall. Suede Roschen, former councilor had just scaled the overhang of one of the nearby buildings and had begun speaking to the crowd as the morning mist faded off.
"Look at what they do! They try and control us, take away what few liberties we have and deny us any hope of controlling our own lives. They seal the wall they claim is here to defend us to lock us all behind it, seperated from hope and the escape many of you desire...."
And they came.
"... rumors of the convenient cultist attacks on the Militia that have instigated their demand we disband, and the sudden creation of a constable under their control. Well I'll tell you, we've seen the truth. It was the BROTHERHOOD. All a sham to remove your last abilities to defend your own homes. They want to..."
And they came.
"... leaving you helpless in the streets. You think they care as they sit around their fat fires and large meals? Look who they brought back into the council the first chance they got? Treadwell, the man who's always fatter even in famine. They devour all the food and wonder why you starve. The man disappears in the MIDDLE of his job, and the nobles just throw his position back..."
In April 207 AR Former Governor Altias Bromn raised a mob and marched on Governor Helstone's interim office (this being a few months after the Meetinghouse was burned down), intent on ousting him from power for reasons which may not have been clearly specified at the time. Something about tyranny, maybe, that's the usual excuse. The Brotherhood of Janeiro, headed by Aeryn Karolinger, joined the march for their own reasons.
The Myrkentown Constabulary, under command of Cinnabar Calomel, moved to halt the advance by forming a cordon around the Governor's office at Haberdasher's Row. A brief standoff was followed by a similarly brief skirmish, with Janeiro bowmen firing upon the defending Constables. Some reports hold that Ariane Carnath-Emory flew overhead on the back of a dragon whose fiery breath incinerated a volley of arrows, but it's possible the people making such reports got hit in the head with cobblestones and were somewhat confused as a result.
After a while Governor Helstone surrendered rather than see further bloodshed, and Altias Bromn yet again returned to the office of Governor of Myrken Wood.
