Controversy once again consumes the Church of Sanguis Astroism as it is revealed that Abbigal Pike, Lady Imperatrice of Swordfell consorted with Creed Avon, a convicted heretic of Sanguis Astroism, to bring a foreign army into her own lands to force the abdication of Sevastian Guile, Duke of the Courts of Stone, granted to him in fief by House Solari, and the sole recognized claimant to the Courts of Stone. The overwhelming majority denounced the actions of Lady Abbigal, and the Farronite Republic recalled its army.