Sentine Conspiracy

The Sentine Conspiracy was a plot masterminded by Allax Sentine, a captain in the Dread Fleet. Its ostensible goal was to put Ravi Kass`l in command of Belzior; Sentine actually intended to take the throne himself.

After the assassination of Lothar Kass`l in 157 ABY by his twin sons Broll and Veli, the twins took over rule of Belzior and leadership of a faction of the Dread Fleet, but were opposed by their half-sister Jehra in what became the Brothers' War. The twins had taken Ravi prisoner on the night of their coup, but he gradually managed to reestablish contact with his spy network.

Sentine had sided with the twins over Jehra, but grew disillusioned with their failure to defeat their sister and pick up Lothar's aggressive war. He had acquired the services of some of Ravi's spies when the boy was captured, and they brought him word of their former employer's new schemes. Sentine encouraged them to cooperate, and began to assemble a group of likeminded conspirators. Though initially open to the idea of supporting Ravi, Sentine quickly soured on the plan; Ravi's messages made his youth and inexperience clear, and Sentine had no intention of replacing the twins with someone even less competent. He and several of the conspirators plotted for Sentine himself to ascend to leadership of the Dread Fleet.

Ravi planned his escape, and Sentine helped him effect it, taking Veli's son Tae as a hostage. Ravi had intended to use Tae as leverage against the twins, though he never intended any harm to his nephew. Sentine, however, had his men take Ravi hostage too, and both young men were beaten and tortured for information.

The plan went awry quickly. The Kass`l twins had been aware of a plot, and Broll's girlfriend Selina Quinn sensed the danger to Tae, leading Broll, Veli, and a force of Dread Sentinels to rescue Tae and Ravi. All of the kidnappers were killed, and the Dread Sentinels swept through the city rounding up the conspirators. Sentine attempted to flee Belzior, but was shot down. The remaining conspirators were tried in a brief tribunal and executed.