Great Battle of Ravaged manor field

Great Battle of Ravaged manor field (or 2nd Battle of Ravaged manor field) was the final battle fought in the Edelmaa Great War. It was fought between forces of the Great Coalition and Jamur. The Battle was the greatest battle fought in the continent of Edelmaa. The Battle was not only decisive in driving out the forces of Jamur, but also in deciding the fate of Workhold, for King Lyon died during the battle, leaving the throne to Jiri Baathúr.
== Background ==
== Battle ==
The Battle began around 13:00. It was a dry day with the sun brightly in the sky. The river in the middle was blue as it gets and the grass green. A beautiful day, if it was not for the ensuing bloodbath.
The Forces were organized into three armies that spanned even around the river, for they were so massive. The Forces of the Great Coalition took the initiative by charging their flanks around the river. These flanks were commanded by Octavio Perickard and Jiri Baathúr. They faced of the forces of Kravan Alderich and Galgros. The Battle was incredibly fierce. The Forces under Jiri were elite troops of Baathúr warriors and few units of KOMS knights. They pierced through the Galgros ranks like butter. 
Under Jiri's command was Artorias Varjangaria who faced Galgros in vicious melee combat. The Duel is very poorly recorded, but Artorias came on top which then reduced the morale of Jamur's troops on his right flank. After facing of Galgros, Anneville, Jamur's wife was found fighting in the right flank. She seemed very strong and thus Artorias didn't take any chances dueling her. Artorias quickly organized a detachment of spearmen to surround her and they all stabbed her brutally to death. By this point the Coalition left flank was completely secure, though the forces there were exhausted for they had been fighting from 13:00 to 17:00 almost non-stop. Over 10 000 men had died in the Right flank during those 4 hours. That's over 40 men per minute. Artorias noticed that his steel armor no longer shone like it did before combat. It was bloodied absolutely red and the heating sun had dried some of the blood to the armor.
Octavio, the Commander of the Coalition right flank dueled his respective enemy commander, Kravan. Kravan was a mage commander who possessed an Glacier Axe able to freeze things it touches. Octavio and his son Dmitri faced this beast commander. During the duel, Dmitri got hit and he completely froze. Kravan then smashed Dmitri's frozen statute of a body into pieces killing him. Octavio, in a frenzy charged Kravan and slayed him, however, Octavio also received a scratch from the axe blade. This froze parts of Octavio's body, though not fully and he did indeed survive.
The Center line of the Coalition was eager for combat and the fresh troops were thrust into action. They crossed the bridge, for the enemy combatants had low morale. Then they faced the brunt of Jamur's elite troops. But their status as elite troops was only in name for they shattered instantly most likely due to low morale. During this charge however, Lyon Niskain, the King of Workhold died. He was slain by one of the elite soldiers. The news of Lyon's death lowered Coalition morale, but they didn't break from it, because they still had their C-in-C Samuel Berghof. Jiri, who knew his brother's Jamur's combat prowess was certain any other dueled present couldn't face Jamur. Jiri then quickly searched for his brother and challenged him to a duel. Jamur accepted and a circle came around them. A Waldisian soldier writes in his memoirs:
"I thought I knew very well of this Earth's powers for I was allowed to enter the University, but no. My time as a soldier in the Perickardian Army is nothing compared to what I witnessed then. It was a battle of wicked sorcery for my knowledge. Then there was the Grand Duel between the powerful almost demonic characters, brothers if I remember correctly, No, they had to be relatives for their strengths were almost evenly matched! During the duel it felt like each strike had the weight of a bear and impact of thunder behind them. The duel was short and I doubt anyone can remember the battle any better. Jiri, the Island Conqueror did indeed scratch the foreign invader Jamur eventually. It was surprising for it was just a scratch. I bet they really didn't want to end up killing one and another. I was thinking about the Battle, was it over? Hell, I was standing on a corpse and I didn't think about it twice... it was... how could I say? A Beautiful day. It was what we lived for during the war." - Varian Vorbeck 173.
== Aftermath ==
The Battle was indeed over after the short duel. Jamur withdrew completely leaving his men for he knew that Jiri would send them back to Olia peacefully, which Jiri did. Jamur was quite bitter about his defeat and the relationship between him and Jiri soured. Jiri was unsure how to feel about this. He really didn't fight his dear brother, but he finally got what he had wanted for his entire life a Great Victory and a Great Reward.
The Fields of Small Manor field were bloodied. The River was as red as it could get and the grass looked more like a field of poppies. It was a terrible endeavour to get rid of the thousands of bodies scattered around especially because of the stench and the state of the bodies. The men who buried these bodies suffered from ptsd after handling the gore fested corpses.
As King Lyon had promised to Jiri Baathúr in the Treaty of Kerry's farm, if Lyon should die in the battle, Jiri would become the heir-apparent. JIri became the King as Lyon died during the center charge. Octavio and Samuel became kings of their respective kingdoms. The Great Battle is considered to be a battle of Edelmish unity among the various peoples. A memorial was erected to honor the Coalition soldiers. An Alaronian soldier was also pictured on the memorial however, him being stamped over by the Coalition soldiers. Jiri personally didn't like this, because he was Alaronian and didn't hate Jamur or his men. Yet, Jiri didn't want to protest this because he had to strengthen the unity of the Edelmish people and this was the best way.
== Original Footage ==
All pictures from the Original Roleplaying game: 10 May 2019AD
These photos are semi canonical right now, but you can see some things that are still present in the story. You can see that the frontal unit of the Coalition is the Charlington Brigade and that Samuel is leading his KOMS in the lower left corner. You can see the old name of Hamina (Dööbelnhamina).A very simple and straightforward plan from the Coalition. In the story, Sir Samuel organized a proper plan, but in-game, Samuel was an NPC character, thus the players actually organized this crude plan.The battle board is very small, which is quite troublesome, thus when translating the battle into a more better looking visual battle map, some liberties are taken. The battle descriptions also paint the battle to be more epic than it actually was.Category:Battles
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