War of the City

Elloth's civil war between the Blagovast dynasty and the Vokil clan.

The conflict takes its name due to the fact that there were only military clashes in the old capital of Elloth, Veliko. The confrontation lasted 30 days (950-23Sp/950-53Sp) in which the Vokil clan as a whole was expelled from the country due to their lack of support by any of the other factions in dispute.

The fall in disgrace of the Vokil clan befell when the old Khan Vinekh Vokil died without having descendants and the family started an internal war that lasted for years until a third contender, Torrent Blagovast, declared himself King of Elloth. By then, the clan was torn apart and politically very weak so only Kormisosh Vokil, the youngest brother of Vinekh, rebelled against the proclamation. He arrayed a few hundred men and took a fort in Veliko claiming to be the true king of Elloth.

The combined troops of the Blagovast and other noble houses besieged the fort and, three weeks later, Kormisosh surrendered it. Vokil's new Khan was held captive and beheaded five days later in front of Dvorets, in Eperium. There is a mark, a sigil of Myrkul, in the place where reportedly his head touched the floor after the execution took place. Legend says the Blagovast commissioned it in order to appease the god's wrath as the Vokil were known to be followers of the god of death.