The king's edict spread across the royal city that same day.
Messengers rode through the streets while officials read the decree in public squares. The news quickly reached every corner of the city.
Edward had been banished.
All the lords and nobles who had followed him would also be exiled to the Island of Kain.
The people of the royal city talked about it everywhere. Some were shocked.
Others said it was the right decision.
By the next day, soldiers had already begun to act.
The nobles who had left the royal city to support Edward had settled in several towns and estates near the capital. Many of them believed they would be safe there until the war ended.
But they were wrong.
Royal soldiers arrived at their homes early in the morning.
Some nobles were arrested while eating breakfast. Others were dragged out of their beds before the sun had even risen.
Their estates were sealed, their servants dismissed, and their titles taken away.
