Battle of Archangel's Rest

The Battle of Archangel’s Rest—colloquially known as “Stray’s War”—was a campaign fought during the between Shinsu 'Refum’s Cleansing Blade and Created auxiliary forces. Although the Cleansing Blade expedition was nominally under the command of Shipmaster Umbra ‘Vesic, a disastrous naval engagement all but annihilated the Cleansing Blade forces and left command of planetside operations to renegade Spartan Simon-G294 and his Kru'desh Legion. The stranded Kru'desh forces—a hybrid of Covenant remnant survivors and human Insurrectionists—maneuvered through freezing conditions to assault the Baran Keep, stronghold of the planet’s venerable ruling family. The keep fell after a grueling siege, though the Kru'desh victory proved largely inconclusive in the wake of Shinsu 'Refum's defeat at the Battle of the Gilboan Citadel. Cleansing Blade forces withdrew from the planet shortly after the battle’s end.
==Appearances==
*Halo: Heaven and Earth