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A charismatic crime boss (bandit captain) unites local gangs in a bid to seize control of the polis. |
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A Returned palamnite (see chapter 6) wreaks havoc across the countryside in Phenax's name. |
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The lies of a government functionary (noble) start a trade war between struggling settlements. |
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Phenax cultists establish a fake cult of Ephara in a bid to start a sectarian civil war in Meletis. |
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An information broker (spy) holds damaging secrets about important folk and is blackmailing them. |
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A group of vocal iconoclasts (nobles) are fomenting social upheaval that threatens to turn to violence. |
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A champion (veteran) of Heliod is threatening to torch a section of the polis in her hunt for a Phenax-worshiping oath breaker. |
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Folk go missing then turn up with no memory of their disappearance. Phenax cult fanatics are brainwashing these souls for use as sleeper agents. |
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