Why are they Attacking?

January 11th, 1693 – Port of Loretto, Corse.

Admiral Lucien Vaubert stood on the smoldering ruins of the main dockyard, surrounded by his officers and a contingent of heavily armed marines. The port was under complete Elysean control. Flames still licked at the remains of warehouses, and charred bodies floated near the wreckage of merchant ships. Soldiers patrolled the harbor, extinguishing fires where possible and executing any remaining resistance fighters. The once-bustling port was now a scene of devastation.

Two Corse Elysean soldiers, Private Gaspard and Corporal Jean, were dragged before the Admiral. Their faces were bruised and swollen, blood trickling from fresh wounds. Their arms were bound tightly behind their backs with coarse ropes. The marines forced them to their knees on the cobblestone pier, their heads bowed from exhaustion and pain.