The Battle of Fort Helena

From the Lakayan Morning Rooster: 
The united tribal attack was overall a success. The Larawak sea elven sappers crippled the Luskan fleet in the docks and caused chaos, penning the inhabitants in. Prince Ghi's horse archers successfully spread the defending forces over the walls, making them believe that there were many more of the tribes than it seemed. The attack on the second gate was successful - it was breached, with heavy losses from the gatewatch and the loss of some Larawak wood elves.
The outlaws set to looting, as the Bayut heavy hobgoblins moved to the keep, but along with the remaining Larawaks and Uiyets they had to battle through more of the guardia in the South Horn Market Square. In this battle, many watch members, a large number of Uiyets, and General Sokhatai lost their lives. Overseer Lee was present; though she herself did not kill the general, she rushed back to the keep, with Sokhatai's head, sensing the plot unfolding.
As the final, dramatic episode played out in the outer and inner keep, the guardia fought on. After Silverhand's death, Gianluca and Rogers flew the white flag from the keep, and ordered the guardia to stand down. This effectively curtailed the fighting, whilst Orthalas rode into the city to announce the situation of the Luskan surrender to the tribes. Just a few Luskan lives were lost after the call to ceasefire, mostly by the hands of the thieves. The Larawaks and Uiyets ordered the outlaws to cease immediately, bows pointed at the ruffians 'till they left the walls, arms full of treasure but no longer welcome.
The remnants of the leaders then gathered in the smouldering wreck of the outer keep courtyard, to take stock of losses. General Sokhatai of the Bayut had fallen to the guardia. The most senior Luskan guard officer, Colonel Woodes, was missing, presumed dead in the explosion of the powder store. Lieutenant Castomir, the bald interrogator in charge of the keep watch, was also presumed dead in the explosion. Several other Luskan officials and nobles were missing, presumed fled, drowned or killed.
All in all, the Guardia had lost well over half of its strength, whether killed or wounded. Of the eighty Bayut hobgoblins, only four remained, the rest killed in the assault on the walls or by Elna's last act. The Larawak sea elves were still many in number, close to the hundred they set out with. Biting Shark and his Larawak wood elves had suffered heavy losses, dwindling from the few hundred warriors down to barely a hundred.
Prince Ghi was alive and relatively unharmed, but his horse archers had been halved down to one and a half hundred. Many civilians had lost their lives to fire and crossfire, though with the warning afforded, the lucky or rich were long fled.
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