Not all soldiers bring honor to the Fairy folk and the Realm’s flag.
After the “Brothers!” edict a battalion from Mount Guignol took advantage of the absence of Colonel Jules des Larmes to take over the Piano and brutally murder all sluagh, sprites, and boggarts who lived there, as well as all faeries who had fraternized with them.
These traitorous cowards tore two of the five stars from their uniforms to signal their contempt for the Tsarina and her protector, Ludmillen, and from then on, they were known as the Tristarred.