Clem closes her eyes, as if bracing for the truth she's about to tell, "When the Sidhe nobles returned in mass, in 1969, they wanted to re establish their old rule despite the commoners having done without for centuries having been abandoned. Now I leave it to your Baron and Baroness to tell you the sidhe side of things there, but many commoners, most I'd like to think, refused to go back to how it was. The sidhe were upset by this, and sure enough fights broke out over it. Then, the sidhe , WHICH sidhe is unsure, extended the olive branch, on the most peaceful of holy days Beltaine, May 1st 1970. There was to be a meeting, Commoner leaders from all over the land , freeholders and such, came in good faith to gather and discuss where a middle ground might be found. The Commoner speakers entered the chambers... only to find the doors locked, and some say warded only to find an ambush. A group of nobles used fae magics to ambush, but worse, they slew every commoner there with cold iron knives. Hence the other name for it, the night of iron knives. The commoner speakers came in unarmed, and in trust. For that trust, Cold Iron was used so they would be undone forever and their souls denied the wheel. WHoever masterminded it thought it would cow us with fear. Instead, outrage burst forth, and the war went on in earnest for years to come. "