Fourth Battle for Nchurdamz

The Fourth Battle for Nchurdamz was a conflict that occurred during the Knox-Blackthorne War of 1014AE, so named due to it's being the 4th time that the Storm King tower-fort of Nchurdamz has been laid siege to in modern Aradian history. At the outset of the war, Lord Oswald Knox commanded that Nchurdamz should be taken from the Blackthornes as it is a key foothold for their power on the mainland. Sir Barra Corcoran was entrusted with the task. The venerable knight assembled a large standing army comprising of many Corcoran and Worcester bannermen, as well as a Knox contingent led by Lord Oswald' unimpressive youngest son Cadmus. Together they marched on the fortress, expecting to encounter little resistance, but were instead met in the open field by Yven Monmoth's Western army who had marched from the Marshlands to meet them. The battle lasted for days beneath the tower's shadow; famously, Barra Corcoran engaged 10 western knights at once and slew 8 of them (including Amadeus Rookwood) before finally being brought down by Yven Monmoth and Jacques Blackthorne. The Old Lion was taken prisoner, and a raid on the army's baggage train saw his daughter get captured as well. Sir Willem Worcester, now Lord due to his brother's death at the Riverford, led a retreat into the Marshlands, where he joined Preston Knox's forces to make a new army that would later clash with the Blackthornes again in the Battle at Medger's Spine. Cadmus returned to Three Towers. The Blackthorne host marched back to Everglow City where they received a hero's welcome.