Shireroth

While it is true that in the century or so subsequent to the Plague the divide between the two cities was growing, it was solidified by the Great Plague appearing from a ship bound out of the Raynor Isles. Those in Libertopia blamed it on the bio-warfare of the Biotopians, and those in Biotopia blamed it on the dangerous arcane experiments of the Libertopians. Both also used their respective strongpoint to stay safe from the plague. From that day to this, they have feared the other as the bringer, even if inadvertently, of a great evil.

Excuse me, Baron, but the word is spelled "plague," and should be so written into the histories.

Terribly sorry, you wouldn't believe how many times I've misspelt that word before ... I should have learned by now ...

However, investigations by the Baron are suggesting a possible different cause, which was actually prophecied by the great Mel'anje seer many generations before ...