Chenier had always been...iffy on the alliance with Vix in my memory. I remember multiple times when he pushed "issues" with working with the Vix and tried to get us riled up against them. Those of us who came from Oligarch and Xavax were...shall we say...strong in our wishes to work with the Vix.
When Perdan's royalty had "problems" and the realm began to collapse, the former Oligarchians and Xavax who helped the South moved to shore up Perdan so it wouldn't fall.
With us no longer pushing to stay loyal to the South, Chenier had some of the remaining Highmarchians banished and then managed to score a majority of those remaining to decide to abandon the alliance with Vix and look to the North for aid.
They refused to send representatives to the Southern Council which was organizing to seek peace with the North, negotiated their own separate individual peace with the North in secret, and then announced they were abandoning the South.
So they were kicked out of the Southern Coalition and are now fighting with the North. After MORE Highmarchians left for various Southern realms.
This is of course from the perspective of an Oligarchian who is rather devoted to the idea of fighting the Elven Masters of Sirion.
