Great Crusade

"I declare a Great Crusade, to unify mankind beneath our rule, so that we might be one people, with one purpose, with one shared destiny. We shall wage war to end all wars. There is no limit to the blood we will shed. There is no limit to the tears we shall shed. The sacrifices of the past and the future will not be rendered meaningless by inaction. They will be the mortar and brick of a nation for all mankind."
-Tolumvire of Arendur
== History ==
== Expeditions ==
=== Expeditionary Force I ===
* Leader: Lord Bazzel
* Members: 2 mages
* Location: Aurum
* Purpose: Conquest
=== Expeditionary Force II ===
* Leader: Lord Rainbore and Lord Earthbore
* Members: 2 mages
* Location: Land of the Fey
* Purpose: Conquest
=== Expeditionary Force III ===
* Leader: Sharra, Master of the Word
* Officers: Lord Frazon, Lord Ale
* Members: 1 mage
* Location: Jotunheim
* Purpose: Conquest 
=== Expeditionary Force IV ===
* Leader: Tan Blackhand, Master of the Light
* Officers: Lady Arazon
* Location: Caprakan
* Purpose: Conquest
=== Expeditionary Force V ===
* Leader: Princess Jang
* Officers: Lord Thorren
* Members: 1 mage, 10 Arendurian Guardsmen, 200 noblemen
* Location: Oranor
* Purpose: Colonization 
=== Expeditionary Force VI ===
* Leader: General Farcraft
* Officers: Lord Paralance
* Members: 175 Arendurian Army soldiers, 75 First Company soldiers
* Location: Alba Coralis
* Purpose: Expansion 
=== Expeditionary Force VII ===
* Leader: Lord Fazo
* Members: 1 musician, 1 painter, 1 sculptor, 1 translator, 1, politician, 1 playwright, 1 poet, 1 translator
* Location: Akkhe
* Purpose: Diplomacy 
=== Expeditionary Force VIII ===
* Leader: Lord Ravenfreak and Lord Master Max
* Location: Jotunheim
* Purpose: The assassination of Miyamoto Kai 
=== Expeditionary Force IX ===
* Leader: Lord Nylock
* Location: Nadezhda
* Purpose: Conquest
=== Expeditionary Force X ===
* Leader: Lord Dubstep, Master of the Rod
* Officers: Curtin, Master of the Sword
* Location: Arendur
* Purpose: Governance/construction 
=== Expeditionary Force XI ===
* Leader: Lord Alpha
* Members: 9 Druid Society initiates 
* Location: Druid Society headquarters 
* Purpose: Diplomacy 
=== Expeditionary Force XII ===
* Leader: Tolumvire, Grand Master of the Illuminated
* Officers: Jamkas Wolfswift, Elrond Treemaker, Bron Ironstout, Zadira
* Location: Transitory 
* Purpose: Adventuring 
=== Expeditionary Force XIII ===
* Leader: Lord Perduke
* Location: Underdark
* Purpose: Monster hunting/containment 
== Major Conflicts ==
== Outcome ==
* The city of Arendur conquers a swathe of territory and establishes itself as an empire.
* Arendur's advance is stopped at the borders of the Kingdom of Ragnarok, sparking a separate war between the two nations.
* Arendur signs a treaty with Skycity Alliance, which it subsequently breaks. Many Gnomes are captured and secretly enslaved. 
* Large portions of the Land of the Fey are colonized by Arendurian settlers, who establish a string of towns and settlements. Arendur makes an alliance with the local wood elf population, which it subsequently breaks in favor of military occupation. 
* Arendur defeats the frost giants and ends the Kingdom of Jotunheim's foothold on the mainland. 
* An orc army from Darguzze is broken against the walls of Arendur, dealing a major defeat to the nation. 
* Arendur destroys the Kingdom of Tyrsea, slaughtering most of its dragonborn inhabitants.
== Order of Battle ==
=== Empire of Arendur ===
* Curtin, Warmaster of Arendur, Master of the Sword 
** Lord Bazzel, Leader of the 1st Expeditionary Force 
*** 2 mages
** Lord Rainbore, Co-Leader of 2nd Expeditionary Force 
*** 2 mages
** Lord Earthbore, Co-Leader of the 2nd Expeditionary Force 
** Sharra, Master of the Word, Leader of the 3rd Expeditionary Force 
*** Lord Frazon
*** Lord Ale
*** 1 mage
** Tan Blackhand, Master of the Light, Leader of the 4th Expeditionary Force 
*** Lady Arazon
** Princess Jang, Leader of the 5th Expeditionary Force
*** Lord Thorren
*** 1 mage
*** 10 Arendurian Guardsmen
*** 200 noblemen
** Farcraft, General of the Arendurian Army, Leader of the 6th Expeditionary Force
*** Lord Paralance
*** 75 First Company soldiers
*** 175 Arendurian Army soldiers
** Lord Fazo, Leader of the 7th Expeditionary Force
*** 1 musician, 1 painter, 1 sculptor, 1 translator, 1, politician, 1 playwright, 1 poet, 1 translator
** Lord Ravenfreak, Co-Leader of the 8th Expeditionary Force
** Lord Master Max, Co-Leader of the 8th Expeditionary Force
** Lord Nylock, Leader of the 9th Expeditionary Force
** Lord Dubstep, Master of the Rod, Leader of the 10th Expeditionary Force
** Lord Alpha, Leader of the 11th Expeditionary Force
*** 9 Druid Society initiates
** Tolumvire, Grand Master of the Illuminated, Leader of the 12th Expeditionary Force
*** Jamkas Wolfswift
*** Elrond Treemaker
*** Bron Ironstout
*** Zadira
** Lord Perduke, Leader of the 13th Expeditionary Force
=== Kingdom of Ragnarok ===
* Bolgar, King of Ragnarok
** Freimund, High Priest of Hermod
** Otokar, Commander of the Dragonriders
** Gintaras, Captain of the 1st Company
** Vissarion Adomaitis, Captain of the 2nd Company
** Imeda, Captain of the 3rd Company
** Dardan, Captain of the 4th Company
** Lordus Leadbelly, Commander of the Dwarven Auxiliary
=== Warring States of Darguzze ===
* Urgan, Warmaster of the Ironskulls
=== Land of the Fey ===
* Octave Roy, King of Saa Belanore
** Prince Odilon Roy
** General Theotine Lachapelle
** General Ludovic Fabien
** General Vespasian Patenaude
** General Casimir Desjardins
=== Kingdom of Jotunheim ===
* Sýtýstr-Ot, Jarl of the Southern Shore
=== City-State of Onryx ===
* Gravyn Panagrim, Mayor of Onryx
=== Kingdom of Tyrsea ===
* King Valorean Tyrsea
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