Five Mad Uncles

A week after the assassination attempt on Klaus, his uncles went rogue and, for two solid weeks, they caused mayhem among those speaking ill of Klaus. 

It was known that had it not been for Klaus showing up when he did during the Arcadian Mine Invasion, the city would have suffered much greater losses.

Many lives would have been lost—there was no doubt about it.

So frustrated by their failure to save him in time and their inability to locate the dark order, his five uncles directed their anger toward his critics. 

Back then, many people panicked at the sheer brutality they unleashed. An entire mercenary team was wiped out simply because one of them said Klaus got what he deserved.

Panic escalated when they killed a sage—or, more precisely when Uncle Ziggy killed a sage who wasn't even on the battlefield but was spouting all kinds of nonsense after the battle was over.