Mhmm! You see... Where do I begin? I guess I should probably explain in detaill... The bird tribes were always quite close to each other, and they viewed the Heron tribe as kin in many respects. They're kind of a bit like pirates of the sky, quite fierce, but incredibly loyal to each other... and rather honorable in many respects. To those that they feel deserve their trust at any rate.
After the massacre of their Heron brothers, the Hawk Tribe swore bloody vengeance on the nation of Begnion for their crimes of genocide. The leader of the Begnion people have been assassinated you see, and a rumor had been falsely spread by the senators that it was the Heron tribe that was responsible. Of course anyone who knew anything about them would know that the heron tribe are completely incapable of violence of any kind. Yet... blinded as the people of Begnion were at the loss of their apostle, they let their grief and rage consume them and burned the forest of the Serenes Herons to the ground.
There were only 2 survivors that were initially known of, the King Lorziah, and his son Reyson. Leanne was discovered a bit later in the forest itself, sealed away in a sort of stasis. But the Hawk Tribe took in Reyson and Lorziah and became pirates targeting Begnion ships exclusively, being quite brutal in their raids. They would not stop until the people of Begnion paid for their crime in full. It wasn't until roughly 5 years ago, around the time that Leanne was discovered that the new Apostle of Begnion apologized on behalf of her people to the heron tribe, begging on her knees for forgiveness.
Of course later an entire war broke out including a civil war in Begnion between the Apostle and the Senators. As it was discovered that the senators had been responsible for the assassination of the previous apostle, and blaming it on the Herons. The hawk tribe demanded that the senators answer for their crimes, and it was upon the death of their messenger that they knew they had to go to war.
... I think I may have gone a little off topic somewhere along the line...
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After the massacre of their Heron brothers, the Hawk Tribe swore bloody vengeance on the nation of Begnion for their crimes of genocide. The leader of the Begnion people have been assassinated you see, and a rumor had been falsely spread by the senators that it was the Heron tribe that was responsible. Of course anyone who knew anything about them would know that the heron tribe are completely incapable of violence of any kind. Yet... blinded as the people of Begnion were at the loss of their apostle, they let their grief and rage consume them and burned the forest of the Serenes Herons to the ground.
There were only 2 survivors that were initially known of, the King Lorziah, and his son Reyson. Leanne was discovered a bit later in the forest itself, sealed away in a sort of stasis. But the Hawk Tribe took in Reyson and Lorziah and became pirates targeting Begnion ships exclusively, being quite brutal in their raids. They would not stop until the people of Begnion paid for their crime in full. It wasn't until roughly 5 years ago, around the time that Leanne was discovered that the new Apostle of Begnion apologized on behalf of her people to the heron tribe, begging on her knees for forgiveness.
Of course later an entire war broke out including a civil war in Begnion between the Apostle and the Senators. As it was discovered that the senators had been responsible for the assassination of the previous apostle, and blaming it on the Herons. The hawk tribe demanded that the senators answer for their crimes, and it was upon the death of their messenger that they knew they had to go to war.
... I think I may have gone a little off topic somewhere along the line...