Thread:Zillafire101/@comment-25890179-20171023023623/@comment-25890179-20171113035949

Remember how I said I'd let you know if I had a good idea regarding the Tul'kaarin? Well, here one is. Its long and complicated, so bear with me.

During the battles on Ugandalore, Altraak and a group of her men attack a refinery that Fenric's men are using as a base. They quickly kill or capture the Cinnabar forces guarding it, and prepare to sacrifice their captives to Ada. Then, a large army led by Fenric himself and his lieutenant Grenka the Flathead arrive and capture the Tul'kaarin.

Altraak tells him to get on with it and execute them all, but Fenric replies that he is a soldier, not a monster. He's not about to kill all these men for following orders. However, he challenges Altraak to a duel over leadership. She refuses, since Fenric is not an Ascendant, he cannot participate in the Right of kara'shii.

Fenric replies that he's not challenging her to kara'shii, he's challenging her as one soldier to another. He says that Mavarla Altrass was a true soldier, and Altraak is nothing compared to him. Altraak scoffs at him, but then he asks her how she expects her men to fight for her when she won't even have a fair duel. Thus Altraak knows if she refuses, she will lose her men.

They begin the duel. It is a long, vicious battle, with no weapons. Altraak fights bravely, and inflicts several wounds on Fenric, but Fenric ultimately tires her down and beats her within an inch of her life. As she kneels, attempting to stand, Fenric grabs Grenka's warhammer from him and smashes Altraak's skull in with a golf swing.

Fenric tosses the hammer back to Grenka and tells the Tul'kaarin prisoners that he claims his rightful place as leader of their movement. They all accept but one, who lunges at Grenka with his axe. The blade cuts through the handle of his hammer and embeds in his chest, but he grabs the Tul'kaarin soldier's head with his hands and crushes it to a pulp.

The Tul'kaarin defectors contact their fleet, and Fenric informs them of the situation. A little less than half, all Mavarla supporters and Kirta-haters, bend the knee, but Jikara declares the claim illegitimate since it was not Kara'shii. Thus, the Tul'kaarin schism begins, in both space and on the ground. This should provide several interesting plot points, though it will end with the insurgents (or would they be loyalists?) defeated and bending the knee to Jikara.

Alternatively, Jikara could be the insurgent leader against some other Altraak loyalist if you want. Is she truly loyal to Altraak, or is it all fear and acceptance of Mavarla's death?

I hope killing Altraak is alright with you. She doesn't seem like much of a main character, and I personally think Jikara is more interesting. Your choice of course, but this pretty much only works with Altraak's death.

I was originally going to have another character fight Altraak instead of Fenric, but I figured it'd be better to have Fenric do it so when he dies its obvious that the schism is over.