>>5651524With the seers and warrior-priests so occupied in finding a way to solve the problem of the storms, the Rex does what he can to maintain normalcy. He selects a bride from among the people, hoping that a grand royal wedding will bring some good omens and calm the people's hearts, but unfortunately it doesn't have the intended effect. Though they are wed, the storms only seem to get worse, and dissent for the Rex grows to its highest peak. It is in this time that the younger brother seizes his chance and murders his elder brother, taking the title of Rex for himself, as well as claiming his dead brother's wife for his own. He then frames his elder sister for the crime, and has her confined. He wins the public over by preaching to the people that he will find a way to stop the storms, as desperate times call for desperate action: sacrifices.
It begins with animals, but when that doesn't help, it continues with people. The masses go along with it, desperate to try anything that works, and several dozen people are captured and killed, their blood washed away by rainwater. The naga attempts to intervenes but the Rex has the will of the people, at least initially, for not even the sacrifice of people causes the storms to lighten.
His plan to stop the storms failed, the blood of innocent people and his brother on his hands, and with the sister's pleas of innocence being heeded more and more, it seems the jig is up. He is captured, a confession is forced out of him through pressure and divination, and his sister made into the new Regina.
How will he be punished? What is to be done about the storms? Do we wait them out, or take some kind of proactive approach? Do we attempt divination, or some other magical means of discovering a way out of this situation?
