Siege of Ufaliracci (concept)
The Siege of Ufaliracci, commonly known as the 'Blood Silver Assault,' was a 50 day siege on the capital city of Ufaliracci early in the 11th Century. Following decades of decay and corruption, the lost control over the Cinnamon Cities' shipping lanes, as well as the catastrophic fallout of the Chan Skorpokaipis to the north, the Kingdom of Ufaliracci held control over little beyond their capital island. Powerful pirates had wrought havoc across the coast for years, though none compared to the might of Gavan Coalition. Captain Gavan "Iron Eye" had long set sight on the Silver Palace, and in 1010, brought the full force of his fleet to bare on the Ufaliracci capital. The mighty walls of the city held for 48 days before Iron Eye's Magi cracked the very earth just to bring them down. The Iron Eye pirates would face harsh and bloody resistance on their path to the palace, though the raiders would burn and pillage everything in their path.
Once Iron Eye reached the palace on the 50th day of his siege, his forces had been reduced to dozens, and the surrounding city lay in ruin.
The royal family took up arms alongside the guards and servants to beat back the pirates. It is said that once Gavan finally reached the throne after slaughtering the royal family, the only one still left was the boy Prince who stood before the throne clutching a knife. No record of the boy survives, but stories tell of the boy carving out Gavan's eyes and feeding them to him as his crew watched. The Gavan Coalition would fracture in civil war after the Siege of Ufaliracci, leaving a power vacuum in the coast. As minor pirates and petty lords clashed over the scattered isolas, the century would end with the arrival of the earliest Marine Legions from Aversaria in western Rovarska and the height of the Cinnamon Cities power.