As expected by the Staff Department, by the end of October in the fall, with shorter days and weakened sunlight, Serafe tore up the treaty and landed at Golden Horn Bay.
The news sent shockwaves throughout the entire empire.
Despite the long buildup by the Truth Newspaper, when news of the war spread, even the Holy Alliance was in chaos.
Serafe's breach of the treaty was almost an expression of this attitude—"We will not abide by any treaty."
The vampires will continue to wage war until either you die or I perish.
Not only within Leia's borders, but all coastal areas of Falan and Norn experienced widespread panic.
Residents, taking their families along, continually migrated inland or simply fled to the Holy Alliance's Thousand River Valley.
That region is relatively inland, at least allowing a delay before encountering the ravages of war.
Thus, the gradually slowing migration rate into the Holy Alliance once again surged dramatically in the fall of 1460.
