Kesseling VIII managed to escape the ravages of the Sand War.
It didn't escape the Komodo War.
Swept by the increasingly heated conflict between the Friday Coalition and the Hexadric Hegemony, the Ylvaine Protectorate finally buckled under the pressure!
With the survival of its faith, people and state at stake, its government chose pragmatism over idealism.
What Bright Martyr? What blessing of Ylvaine?
Would saving or shielding the Bright Martyr stop the Friday Coalition from annihilating their state?
Would allowing Ves Larkinson to escape from its territory unscathed save the Protectorate from being ganged up by the surrounding states?
The treaties the Protectorate signed with the Bright Republic, Vesia Kingdom and other states were worth nothing. The Deliverers that used to save their star systems from getting overrun by the relentless sandman swarm configurations completely lost their value!
