Feather and Starlight Rebellion

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The Feather and Starlight Rebellion was an uprising of the repressed tengu residents of the nation of Kwanlai.

Background

For centuries, Imperial Lung Wa had ruled Kwanlai as a dumping ground for its tengu citizens, whom it considered to be "undesirables", as well as for criminal and political dissident group leaders from across Tian Xia that imperial officials thought would be more effectively quelled if they were exiled instead of killed.

Underdeveloped and overexploited, many of Kwanlai's cities had become little more than overgrown slums plagued with poverty and hopelessness. The exiled criminals taught the clans their skills and bonded over their shared animosity toward Lung Wa.

Rebellion

In 4606 AR, the tengu of Kwanlai rose up in rebellion. Led by followers of the gods Desna and Hei Feng, they captured and killed all imperial leaders in simultaneous midnight raids, and also captured Kwanlai's Lung Wa-appointed ruler Lord Som Heu Wa to force his abdication.

Members of the Sunderstorm Covenant were particularly important to the uprising, using channelled lightning to help ensure Kwanlai's liberation.

Legacy

Imperial Lung Wa collapsed later the same year, saving Kwanlai from the violent retribution that it surely would have faced for such an act of rebellion. The capture of the capital Hisuikarasu was a particular blow to Lung Wa because it also contained embassies to Xidao, Minkai, and Tianjing, which granted the newly liberated nation immediate ties with them.

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