Ripper DeMerth

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Ripper's faction was formed due to a disagreement of principles between Ripper DeMerth and Captain Kilkay of The Azure Guard.

When it was clear that the Sivakayan threat had returned to Erenshor, Kilkay issued a decree recalling all soldiers to Port Azure and advising all citizens to abandon their homes as the guard would not proect them.

Ripper led a large faction of the guard that was responsible for protecting the citizens spread through the various settlements throughout Erenshor. She disobeyed the order to abandon these people which eventually led to Ripper's Rebellion - her forces even clashing with their former comrades of the Azure Guard until it was clear neither side could truly defeat the other.

Ripper's soldiers then went on to completely defeat Sivakayan forces in a huge fortification near Loomingwood and began to occupy it as their headquarters. The people of Erenshor began to call it Ripper's Keep. This was humiliating for the Azure Guard, who were genuinely convinced that fighting the Sivakayans directly was an act of pure folly as they had believed that their dark magic made them invincible.

An uncomfortable stalemate now exists, with each faction in their respective keeps, both trying to find a gap in the other's armor. Ripper's forces believe that only the demise of Captain Kilkay will finally bring justice to his betrayal of the people of Erenshor and stop The Azure Guard from cowering behind their walls and actually come out to protect their citizens.