Red Swoop

The Red Swoop was organized in 41 ABR when Hormskirk became concerned about the overpopulation who had to be sacrificed to supply the various cities with energy. Thus, for days, Hormskirk's army toured the villages surrounding its city, recovering every inhabitant, traveller and bandit they met on their way.The city declared that was a necessary act for the survival of all, and that the people who would be "engaged" must realize the luck and honour they were offered. The process was as follows:

Part of the army surrounded the village while the rest went to look for people in their houses. The resistants were forcibly controlled, those who tried to flee were blocked by the soldiers. They were then transported in cage carts and brought to the human farms which where still in preparation. Few deaths were reported, as the army was ordered to bring back as many as possible alive in order to make the most profit in the future. Since that day, the villages surrounding Hormskirk have either been deserted or occupied by new people who have taken advantage of it to settle. Each deported inhabitant was condemned to serve as a source of blood and will end his days in the farms. At the end of this roundup, more than 20,000 people were brought to the farms.

In order to not create conflict even before the raid was over, Hormskirk hid this act from all other major cities. Flum was the first to learn what had been organized, followed shortly afterwards by the others. Although this act was controversial, Hormskirk's strategy of not revealing the facts until after completion paid off. Indeed, each city had to terminate, well aware of the worrying decline in population represented by the sacrifice mechanism.