The lingering effects of the Time of Troubles are still being felt by the common citizens of the Protectorate even 20 years following its end.

This past end month, in the zatadun world Garten, a construction crew was working hard to clear out the last few districts of rubble which had been destroyed in the fighting. The city was investing a lot of money to revitalize the local economy and finally recover from the war, so a high-end hotel and casino was going to be built.

But as an excavator was loading rubble onto a dump truck, an undetonated artillery shell which had been missed during the original sweep suddenly exploded. The 30-pound ordinance blew shrapnel, rock and rebar in all directions.

Six workers were wounded by the blast, and one man, Heinrich Theil, tragically lost his life as a large piece of shrapnel pierced his chest and tore a major artery.

He was 22 years old and leaves behind his wife.

The construction company has already launched an investigation into how the artillery shell was missed, offers their sincerest apologies to Thiel’s family, and all construction in the district will pause until another sweep is made. Corporate lawyers will work with Thiel’s family so they may receive aid from the Protectorate’s Lingering Effects of War Fund. The fund was set up exactly for situations like this, to assist civilians caught in the tragedy of war.

Peldak forces blew through this city following the Reichenhorn’s illegal invasion of the neighboring Slavani Freehold, and subsequent annexation of Garten’s surface. The Reichenhorn would have proceeded to storm into the Slavani dens and destroy them had the Peldak Legions not brought the zatadun armies to heel.

This individual shell could have been fired from zatadun artillery, but the affected populace are Protectorate citizens.