Geoffry Nant

Geoffry Nant was a Sevician general and statesman who served as a general of the Sevician army during the Second Duscadorian-Sevician Army of 691 - 697 A.S. Known as an agreedable and approachable figure, Nant was well-liked among both his men and his peers, and enjoyed a long and storied career in the army. He died in the year 692 of wounds sustained during the Battle of Roguy's Ford. For his service, he was awarded the Grand Eagle of Sevicia.
== Background ==
Nant was born in the Marshlands region of Sevicia, in the city of Meirum, in 644 A.S. Known from a young age to be somewhat of a rebel, Nant joined the army at the age of seventeen under a false name. He saw service during the brutal civil war known as the Anaean War of 660 - 667, where he quickly rose to the rank of major. After a lengthy stay in the army, he was promoted to the rank of general in 682 and was given command of an entire legion.
== Second Duscadorian-Sevician War ==
When the second war between Duscador and Sevicia broke out in 691, Nant was among a small list of names chosen to lead Sevicia's standing armies into battle. He was given command of an army of more than 15,000 men, under the supreme oversight of commander Harold Byne. Originally stationed close to Fort August, in the southwest of Sevicia, Nant and his men saw combat against Duscador at the Battle of Roguy's Ford, on the 8th of Mandera II, 692. A lack of critical information, owing to poor scouting reports and rapid movement by the Duscadorian forces, left Nant unprepared for a force far larger than he or his subordinates had expected. The Sevician army was routed in battle and Nant himself was struck down in the melee. Despite the aid of physicians, he died from his wounds three days later, on the 11th of Mandera II, 692. 
He was remembered by his wife and three sons. For his service to Sevicia, Nant was posthumously awarded the Grand Eagle, one of Sevicia's highest attainable military honours.
== See also ==
The Empire of Sevicia
List of honours, medals, and decorations of Imperial Sevicia
Second Duscadorian-Sevician War
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