Trial of Two-Hundred

Known as one the worst events in Vestyan history, the Trial of Two-Hundred was supposed to be a mass eradication of 200 suspected vampires that had been rounded up throughout Vestya by the Vigil of Phola.

History
During the time that the other races had begun moving to Vestya, the Vigil of Phola became suspicious that Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and other common races weren't the only ones inhabiting the island. Suspecting that vampires had also come to Vestya, they began rounding up the people that they thought were such monsters. Eventually, the vigil had rounded up around 200 suspects and had decided to execute them out of sheer paranoia. Executing them in the Temple of Vestya in the north, the citizens of Vestya watched in awe as axes swung and heads fell. The killings lasted for 36 hours until all of the suspects' bodies lay lifeless, separated from their heads. As it turns out, only about 12 of them were actually vampires and only 1 was a demon worshiper. For years, the vigil was only seen as a group of murderers. It was only out of the hunting of an actual vampire, Lord Ketheringg of Bevrimn, that the vigil of Phola was able to redeem itself.

Trivia

 * The Vigil of Phola wasn't actually told by Phola to kill so many vampires. This has lead people to think that the real person to be blamed for the Trial of Two-Hundred is the Archmage of Phola at the time.