The Missing Remission
| The Missing Remission | |
|---|---|
 Rioters and civilians in Kaelith during the 2056 Remission Riots; the specific moment of the vanished loaf is not captured but remembered in oral history. | |
| Date | 31 October 2056 |
| Location | Kaelith, Rendorlin |
| Context | 2056 Remission Riots |
| Outcome | Disappearance of a promised loaf; establishment of a culinary tradition |
The Missing Remission is a legendary incident during the 2056 Remission Riots in Kaelith where a promised loaf of bread vanished without trace, sparking a tradition of culinary devotion that persists to the present day. The event occurred on the afternoon of 31 October 2056, when a crowd of rioters surrounded the central bakery district of the Rendorlin city, demanding the open distribution of grain and an end to the ██████████████ levied by the Church of Mark. At the height of the chaos, a starving child in the front line was handed a specific loaf by a riot leader who swore it would be theirs. As the crowd surged forward, swept up in the stampede, the loaf disappeared from the child's grasp without trace. No witness saw where it went; some claimed it dissolved into dust, others that it vanished entirely. The incident became known instantly as 'The Missing Remission'.
Background: The 2056 Remission Riots
[edit]The 2056 Remission Riots erupted in Kaelith, a Rendorlin city facing severe food shortages and public anger over the Church of Mark's sale of ████████████████████. Rioters demanded open distribution of grain and an end to the ██████████████. By late afternoon on 31 October, crowds had surrounded the central bakery district, where leaders promised immediate bread to the most desperate families. The unrest was part of a wider wave of dissatisfaction across the Rendorlin coast, following the Ulmarkan Empire's occupation of the ██████████████ in 2041 and the subsequent scarcity of supplies in the Protectorates.[1]
The Vanishing
[edit]At the peak of the disturbance, a specific loaf was identified and passed to a young child standing at the forefront of the line. The riot leader holding it swore it would be theirs before the crowd surged forward. As the mob pressed against the bakeries and swept through the streets in a chaotic stampede, the loaf disappeared from the child's grasp without trace. No witness saw where it went; some claimed it dissolved into dust, others that it vanished entirely. The incident became known instantly as 'The Missing Remission'.[2]
Aftermath and Tradition
[edit]In the weeks following the riots, local families in Kaelith began baking their own loaves in memory of the one never delivered. This act evolved into a tradition of culinary devotion, where households would bake a single