Dug Jafrez I

Political event

Duke Jafrez I of the House of Roazhon

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.   His death triggered the Falcon Rebellion, a large peasant uprising that concluded with the sacking of the Dugal treasury at Gwenrann