Talk:Morley/@comment-1500935-20180623092916

I realized something while hearing Traditional Serkonan Songs (3) / Brigmore Lullaby. That song is actually about the Morley Insurrection. The title "The King in the Month of Ice" refers to the beginning of the insurrection, the 1st Day, Month of Ice. The song tells of a famine in Morley where the population (I'm assuming in Wynnedown) revolted against the king. They eventually assassinated him, even perched his head on a pike for all to see. The famine was "officially declared" only after the end of the insurrection.

What I'm assuming now is that the Empress in position during the insurrection, Larisa Olaskir, sided with Morley's monarchy. In retaliation to the king's death, she mobilized the Empire's military forces to put an end to the revolt. It back-fired and the population of Morley brought the conflict to Dunwall, with the eventual assassination of the Empress.

This also comforts my theory that the revolution in Tyvia happened either during the Morley Insurrection (explaining why Dunwall struggled against Morley) or before the coronation of Jessamine's father.

EDIT: The synopsis of the third novel also mentions "a kingdom recovering from a civil war".