The massacre at the steps.
That was the name the capital's populace came up with the name for the brutal culling of the nobles that never happened before in the long history of the kingdom.
It was an unprecedented event that cast a shadow of fear and terror upon all the freefolk of the capital. For if Banjay dared to raise his hand against the powerful nobles, why wouldn't he raise his hand against merchants? And what would stop him from massacring mere peasants?
Taken aback by such a bloody act, people in the capital's taverns, where they would meet after work in order not to linger on the streets, came up with various ideas for how the Patriarch King would punish the unruly minister…
And so, when the Palace broke the news and announced that rather than being sentenced to execution, Banjay would receive a promotion to the minister of interior, the capital visibly grew silent and steady.
