On 7 October 1883 PD, King Roger III of Manticore fell to his death while grav skiing with his wife Angelique at the Indigo Salt Flats. The "accident" resulted from sabotage of the king's grav ski by a conspiracy of Manticoran politicians, including paid agents of the People's Republic of Haven. (HHA2.3: QG) The incident proved to have major short and long-term political repercussions, extending all the way to the First and Second Havenite-Manticoran Wars.