The Maekla Combine's False Flag Operation/Raid

(Note: The Maekla Combine is no longer a major player in Asterion's political scene; this entry remains purely to provide additional context to the conflict at hand.)

-As weapons dealers, the Maekla Combine stood to benefit from an escalation in the conflict between the Regulars and the Eternalites. They took several measures to achieve this, such as:

-Selling weapons to the Clerics Regular

-Fostering rumors of plots by both organizations to strike against the other

-Stealing artifacts and framing the other faction for the theft

-Staging attacks against officials to frame on the other faction, particularly Preacher Doran

-These false flag operations were meant to culminate in an explosive assassination of Preacher Doran during his ministrations of the Ascension Day Ceremony, using one of the Artifacts stolen from the Eternalites. This attack was meant to take place at First Landing, coincidentally (or perhaps not) atop the Volcanic Seal. However, our core personnel were able to thwart this attack; during this process, we also set precedent of promising retaliation against the Combine for their actions if they refused to cooperate. Following through on this threat leadled to the raid on the Maekla Combine's Headquarters.Headquarters and the annihilation of their leadership.

Details on the Raid have been relocated to Closed Investigations, as only minor details concerning the Seeded Church remain relevant to current priorities.