A Khova Exodus

It started slowly, a few extra people with a shipment here, a few extra with a diplomatic group there, but a week after the murder of nearly all of Sinari's Council, there was little attempt at hiding the large groups leaving the Khova Compound. Families were bundled away on ships, some were flown to other cities in Ashetai, and yet other groups set out overland. Few groups had the same destination, but they all held one thing in common: they were leaving the compound and they were taking their worldly possessions with them.

Rumors were flying by this point about the reasons the Khova had for leaving their stronghold and home of the past century. A popular sentiment being shared around was that the Khova were the rats and Sinari the ship, and that a smart person would know when to cut their losses. Others maintained that the Khova must have a good reason for what they were doing (and those voices sharing this opinion were typically those who dealt closely with the family).