Revolt of Daitoshi

After the return of Alderstar V in HT 602, his armies that marched northward were in shambles. With less than a tenth of the original emperor's military remaining, people gave into the anti-Alderstar movements and doubted the legitimacy of the Alderstar Dynasty and it's militarist policies lead by the ''Senshi Doctrine. ''

Civil unrest slowly bubbled up as protesters marched the streets of Daitoshi, the capital of the Frostlands. Enforcing the law in Daitoshi became increasingly hard as people refused to abide by it and majority of the law enforcement had quit due to threats from the anti-Alderstar movement, now named the ''Pacifist Movement. ''

The people's trust in government reached a breaking point when a complement of 20 guards slaughtered protesters when tensions boiled over near the emperor's palace. This event was known as the Slaughter of Daitoshi. Only days after, the Pacifist Movement took arms across the city, raiding under-maintained military garrisons and taking their weapons. After a majority of the defensive garrisons across the cities defected or were killed, the leader of the movement, Graystar, lead a group of armed civilians into the emperor's palace, rounding all family members of Alderstar V, including women and children, and executed them all either by decapitation or hanging depending on the readily available resources. During this mass execution, Alderstar V was placed on a balcony to forcefully watch until it was finally his turn to be executed. The next day, Graystar and his advisers believed the best way for Alderstar V to pay for his actions was to put him in the feet of the Tokomari swordsmen that were killed because of his terrible leadership tactics. Followed by hundreds of rebels in the Pacifist Movement, Alderstar V, was tied to a stake in Tokomari uniform and carried far away from Daitoshi. They then planted the stake and left Alderstar V to die in the deathly winter weather. It was rumored that Alderstar V lived for as long as 34 days before expiring.

While majority of the Alderstar family was murdered, a small portion of children directly related to Alderstar V fled the city in an underground passage in the palace to small, local camps in the area.