Assault on Sunderly

The Assualt on Sunderly was the final engagement between rebel forces under the newly crowned King Kaegan III Boyce and those still loyal to the dead King Dannis I Boyce, although the defenders were unaware that he had been killed. 
== History ==
=== Background ===
Following the disastrous defeat at the Battle of The Spear and the inevitability of a rebel attack on the capital, King Dannis I Boyce ordered the Ross-led Southlander Army to withdraw from the Siege of Arkridge and bring the Southlander Army to the capital to help defend it, as the army was the largest remaining Royalist host. Lord Rodrick Ross left Sunderly under the command of his son, Rupert Ross, and his most loyal bannerman, Lord Karsan Rayne, with a token garrison of 5,000 men. Lord Wyllam Rocke and his force was then able to relieve the Siege and took a majority of his men to join Prince Kaegan in the upcoming Battle of Newcastle but recognised that Sunderly was still under rebel control and sent a joint force of 7,000 Lakelander and Southlander men under the command of Sir Anron Rocke and Lord Artis Aerin to take Sunderly. As the rebels were preparing to assault, they received news that Dannis had been killed at Newcastle and Kaegan was the new King. Word had not yet reached the defenders of Sunderly and the attacking force that Dannis had been killed at Newcastle and Kaegan was the new King meaning the war was now over. 
=== The Assault ===
The entire assault only lasted a single day. The rebels began their assault on the walls and fought hard against the dug in defenders who, similar to the tactics used in Newcastle, retreated into the city and prepared a last stand in the castle of Sunderly itself. However during the fighting, word had reached Rupert Ross that informed him of both his King and his father's deaths in the Battle of Newcastle and the overall surrender of the royalist army. He ordered Lord Karsan Rayne to fly the white flag of surrender and lay down their arms, but he was reluctant to do so as he did not believe that the rebels could have taken Newcastle. Rupert reminded him he was now the new Lord of Sunderly and Warden of the South and he was to obey his commands, so Karsan led the surrender of the royalists. Word had also reached Lord Artis and Sir Anron who both ordered a cease of fighting as soon as the white flag was raised and the battle was over. The leaders of the two sides met and both travelled to Newcastle to pledge fealty to the new King while Sir Anron Rocke remained in Sunderly to disarm the last Royalist soldiers, help rebuild the city and maintain order while Lord Rupert Ross went to answer the King.
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