May 22nd, 1800
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The recent attack on Burmecia became a point of contention between Alexandria-Burmecia relationships.
Numerous atrocities were committed as the Alexandrian army advanced towards our kingdom. Summary executions became frequent during the remaining days of the occupation. Torture, looting, arson, rape and murder were as common as breathing. Our soldiers, in and off duty, were subjected to extreme violence and brutality, their voices silenced in the middle of the night. Black Mages would utter the word "kill" before their cornered victims shed a last scream. Our women's prayers were left unanswered as their children drowned in the lake.
Those were needless and unnecessary killings, part of a genocidal campaign promoted by Alexandria that began in January 19th and lasted until February 3rd, and yet, there are those who deny it. They say Brahne was "too good of a ruler to ever think about said things", but I know what I saw. I know what I heard.
The moment I saw her, I thought I was dead. I did my best to pretend I was lying still, covered in my brother's blood. It was risky, I knew they'd kill me for fun as they did with others too injured to do anything, but somehow I lived, and I know what I heard, honest. To her officers, Brahne ensured an order to "eradicate those who opposed Alexandria's sovereignty" as she walked among the fallen soldiers strewn across the streets.
Their lives, their soulless husks, were held in their hands as a symbol of victory.
Eradicate... she said as if we were not people, but some sort of plague in her way. She said it with such bitterness and lack of care for the living that it did not feel like she was human to begin with. Like... Why did no one question her? I know that the primary officers in charge of the Alexandrian troops were put on trial, and so were those responsible for the factories where the Black Mages were built, but still... Even if Brahne lived, despite her wartime wrongdoings, she would've been granted immunity and never tried.
The loss of a million souls wouldn't change a thing. If that's so, then why do I care? I would not feel any better knowing that justice has been done. My brother is dead, and so are others, that can't be changed.