Battle of the Beaches

The Battle of the Beaches, was the long, drawn out and eventual final battle during the War of Giants on the continent of Gorlewynn and the Great Siege of Catarina. Whilst a majority of the war did take part on the beaches of Catarina, this is mostly a reference to the end portion of the battle.
The Giants initial invasion of the Continent of Gorlewynn was Catarina (in 217FY), with an initial force landing on the beaches to the North of The Rest. Reports of the landing parties and their ships were a sight to behold. The knights state that their ships were bigger than entire villages and towns and thousands of these ships could be seen off shore, seemingly endless. The Great Wall around the lands proved to be an effective tool for this invasion, almost like Aldricius foresaw these events transpiring.
The Giants soon began to march on the Capital, with the landing parties destroying the docks and ships already at the bay as countless legions of Giants invaded the shores. The war drums on the ships matched with the steps of the giants was rumoured to be heard all around Catarina including the far eastern town of Ironwüdd, leading to this phenomenon being called the 'March of Giants'. The defense of the City is lead by the leader of the Sieg knights Siegvald as well as the King of Catarina Aldricius II who both fought on the front lines, though Siegvald perished early on in the war in 217FY.
The Giants of Varangia, now vicious and violent, are somewhat surprised at the power of the Catarinians and had severely underestimated them. Never had they thought a human civilisation be as noble and powerful as them, as overtime the Siege turned into a strong war of attrition, but the Giants made their mark. The Sieg Knights were near annihilated by the Giants, who had fought tirelessly, all but one of their Knights were killed. The final Sieg Knight called Siegfried, who had become leader following the death of Siegvald (and a quick ascension tournament was held) was said to become filled with rage after the death of his father Sieglinus, which as a Sieg knight was almost unheard of. With this rage he was said to have drawn upon the power of the Storm Ruler, unleashing a devastating attack that destroyed tens of entire units of Giants, with the shockwave effect, toppling many of their ships, killing those onboard.
Grand Sovereign Gormoth apparently witnessed Siegfrieds attack first hand, narrowly escaping the shockwave himself. Gormoth then supposedly, under a white flag, wished to speak to Siegfried and King Aldricius. The subsequent meeting between them was witnessed as an iconic moment in the war; A Giant sitting down with HUmans. It was said that Gormoth commended Siegfried for his actions in the war, giving tremendous respect to the Humans as a whole and realised that the war on Gorlewynn was unnecessary and that they would retreat to fight their true enemy; King Vendrick. He also issued a peaceful solution to the War, where he would let any Giants wishing to stay on the continent could do so, which many took up. Aldricius II afterwards declared that the Giants were no longer enemies and that the Catarinians would uphold this vow, with which Siegfried agreed. The Giants then departed for the Eastern Continent of Dwyrain with their entire force, to bring Drangleic to its knees.
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