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Under the iron watch of heavily armed guards, the inhabitants of Lycaeus, criminals, political opponents and workers who had failed to match their quotas, had long provided the rulers of Kiavahr a free and unlimited source of manpower. When they discovered the white skinned child who became Corax, "The Deliverer" in their tongue, they kept him from their masters, training him in the various skills they believe a leader and warrior needed: urban warfare, close combat and demolitions as well as political and philosophical matters. Ultimately, the abnormally fast maturation comforted the slaves and fixed Corax in their belief that he was the savior they waited for.
Educated to be a leader as well as a rebel, he rapidly begun his task by organizing the workers into fight teams, promoting the best to squad leaders. He began building huge stockpiles of weapons, concealing them in numerous secret caches. he ordered a campaign of psychological warfare, launching limited riots and strikes to build up followers in the worker's rebellion and to undermine stretch the garrison strengthand morlae to the breaking point. Waiting for the best time, Corax's forces launched their attack, taking key security points and destroying them by crude force or sabotage Lycaeus defence forces, killing them to the last man.
When Kiavahr's rulers struck back, Corax was ready for them. He outmanoeuvred and ambushed their forces on Lycaeus with his battle hardened warriors, crushing their supply lines and striking Kiavahr with atomic mining charges via a supply gravity well. Soon, their forces nearly destroyed, their vast factories unable to produce anything due to the minerals shortages, the Tech-Guilds collapsed in civil war. Celebrating their victory, the inhabitants of Lycaeus renamed their home Deliverance.