Ho! Ho! Ho!

====="Hunt them down and break their swords. Break their necks. Burn the dark ones until they are nought but gray ash, and scatter it in the birds' foul. Avenge our family! Avenge our honor! Attack! Attack! ATTACK!" —Translated Lirunian missive from Lea Anabal=====
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" refers to the order sent out by Lea Anabal in 94 AE, shortly after the Monitor's attempted takeover. Following her escape, Lea Anabal dispatched a mass missive to all Lirun, ordering a vicious assault on the Monitor and the first concerted military action by the Lirun since Toa Anabal's attack over half a century ago ("ho" means, in the Old Lirun tongue, "spring to war"—generally translated as "attack"). Traders, warrior-saints, muckers and mechanics alike all set out to converge upon the Monitor's super-weapon.
They did not arrive by the Overworld.
The minute after midnight, scores of portals—larger portals than any seen since the fall of the Void Devourer—appeared surrounding the stronghold, and hundreds of hovercraft streamed out from them, ready for war. Arrows and fire charges flew from above. Warrior-saints dove down onto the ships, swinging golden scimitars laden with enchantments.
Meanwhile, Lea and several of her favorite warrior-saints targeted the base's entrance. They managed to break in and began making their way upstairs, slaying all in their path.
The battle was short, but fierce. Countless Lirun ships rained down as the Monitor ships' cannons fired up at them, ripping through the glowstone hulls like cannonballs through glass. The Lirun fought bravely, but were ultimately outmatched and forced to withdraw.
Lea Anabal was the last one off the battlefield, her own blood streaming down her face and the blood of warrior-saints dripping from her hands. She was the only attacker to escape the tower. Before she went through, the Messenger gave a shrill screech, and the portals imploded behind her.
The battle is remembered by the Lirun as the "Night of Sea, Flame and Sky".
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