Jafrez 1
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Representation & Legacy
The Falcon Rebellion, triggered by the Dug's death, was a major peasant uprising, immortalized in the song Ar falchon, a popular rebel song.
Reign
Following the ascension and subsequent assassination of Jafrez's father, Konan "The Crooked" I of the House Roazhon, the infamous and bloody chapter of Lethan history known as The Poisoner's Game came to an end. Roazhon had emerged victorious, but the new Dug's position on his throne was unstable.
At the start of his reign, despite having claim over the entire Duchy, Jafrez's actual authority was greatly limited. Though he held Roazhon , Gwened and the Northeast, he did not control Naoned or the Penn-ar-Bed.. The former revolted the first year of his rule, under the direction of Judicael, Kont de Naoned. Upon putting down the revolt, he placed a puppet, a knight of Roazhon, as the Kont-Bishop, but unrest remained for much of his reign.
The Poisoner's Game had brought Letha to the attention of its powerful neighbors, with both the Compte de Blaez and the Dugof Anjev pressuring the Dug with threats of force and diplomatic maneuvers to force concessions and gain influence. In the ar goat, the Korrigan troupes began to organize, while the coasts were threatened by Viking and Merfolk raids, the Marie-Morgane along the Ar Mor Kernev, and the Finfolk on the coast of the Painted Channel.
Faced by threats within and without the Duchy, Jafrez made a gamble to secure his crown: Seeking an alliance with the former Vikings of the Duchy of La Manche, by marrying Ethwije, a half-Fomorian princess at Menez-Mikael.
Throughout his reign, Jafrez financed the rebuilding of numerous monestaries and churches looted during the civil war and the Fomorian Interregnum.
The Hawk and the Hen
To recoup the Duchy's struggling finances following the Poisoner's Game and the frequent raiding, Jafrez instituted a burdensome tax policy, enforced by Ethwije while he was away abroad. While on a pilgrimage to Lupino, the Dug's hawk took to flight, killing the hen of a local peasant woman. When the noble refused to replace the bird, she angrily threw stones at Jafrez, killing him and his hawk. Word of the Dug's death spread quickly, reaching the Meneziou Du, where the Hoseguéannet farmer Kado Bronzefork rallied a group of his friends to refuse to pay the tax and rise up. The group began to march along Gargantua's spine, gathering more and more followers at each campfire they past, growing from 30 to 30,300 angry peasants, arriving to sack the Dugal treasury at GwenrannRelationships
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Dug of Letha (896-912 SI)
Date of Death
4 Kerzu
Year of Death
912 SI
Place of Death
On Pilgrimage to Lupino
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He/Him
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Male
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Man
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Masculine
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The Faith
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