Battle of Maringrad

The Battle of Maringrad, also referred to as the second battle of Thetens was the second major military confrontation of the Great Northern War, a military conflict between the Tiberian Commonwealth and a coalition of Sahriya, Nordisium, and Corry.
== Prelude ==
=== Aftermath of Thetens ===
In the summer of 64VE, Tiberian Commonwealth forces launched the first major battle of the war at the city of Thetens, where Tiberian Commonwealth forces where able to defeat Sahriyan, Beepeck, Corry, and Nordisium forces with a numerical superiority, although the city still managed to remain within Nordisium hands. Following the Battle of Thetens, the nation of Beepeck announced that their nation's dissolution. This resulted in Beepeck's Tiberian colony returning of the former Tiberian nation of Murim.
=== Battle Plans ===
Rather than adopting a conventional defensive stance, the Tiberian high command embraced the doctrine of "offense as the best defense." This strategy, championed by involved launching an aggressive attack directly against Norvinian forces rather than waiting for them to advance near Maringrad.
The Norvinian battle plan was similar to theirs at Thetens utilizing the same large gank and expanding it from the battles of Thetens. However with their forces being equal in numbers to that of the Tiberium coalition, gave their army the ability to launch a counter offensive into Maringrad if conditions where favorable and if they where able to successfully defend Thetens from the Tiberian attack. 
== Battle ==
=== First advance ===
Following their set strategy, Tiberian forces would quickly cross the large ice lakes in-between Maringrad and Thetens and quickly advance to the town of Thetens. Upon reaching the city, Tiberium forces quickly began to once again break ice to allow for quick and safe transport down into the city of Theten's gank. 
The initial push into the gank saw heavy combat between Tiberian and Nordisium Coalition forces however, unlike the last battle, Tiberium forces did not have a numerical superiority as well as fighting Aragathan mercenaries, whom where hired by Sahriya began to quickly halt the Tiberium offensive into the city. 
=== Offensive halt and Norvinian counterattack ===
Tiberium forces where quickly halted inside the gank, mainly at an area of the gank in the eastern side of the city, both due to the even numbers numerically and as Norvinian forces using a sky base tactic to drop TNT onto the center of fighting. As fighting progressed it became clear to Norvinian forces that the Tiberium had lost their offensive capabilities, and would launch a counter attack. This counter offensive would quickly overwhelm Tiberium and would successfully push all Tiberium forces outside of the city of Thetens, killing many. 
=== Norvinian offensive into Maringrad ===
With the Tiberium forces in disarray, Norvinians would quickly launch their offensive into Maringrad, and began to use the claim capture blocks to attempt and capture parts of the city of Maringrad. These claim capture blocks where entirely underground forcing Tiberium soldiers to dig and use TNT to quickly reach the main Norvinian force. Fighting underground would continue at a constant back and fourth, with the cave where Norvinian forces where attempting to cap inside becoming a death trap for Tiberium forces. Eventually however, Tiberium forces would be able to defeat most of the attacking force with the assistance of TNT, however above ground at this time a large part of this city was under combat. 
=== Battle Conclusion ===
The Tiberium found itself unable to successfully repel the Norvinian coalition from the city of Maringrad as the last minutes of the battle raged on. However, a strong standing force remained to give enough resistance to prevent the Norvinian forces from capturing using claim blocks the points needed for a siege point and as the battle drew to a close, there was still intense combat in and around the city of Maringrad. 
== Aftermath ==
Battle of Maringrad would be decided as a draw between both sides. While Norvinian forces where able to successfully deliver a deep blow to Tiberium forces, the city still remains within Tiberium hands and the attacking side was unable to achieve a siege point, forcing Norvinian forces to have to launch two more attacks successfully on the city if they where to capture, while Tiberium forces only need to successfully attack Thetens successfully once more to achieve victory and capture the city. Just a day following the battle, the little populated claim of Cythingard would revolt from the Tiberium member state of Soleaquil due to Tiberium's failures to win. Two days following the Cynthingard revolt, the nation of Sahriya would collapse and absorbed into Solge, leaving the war effort left to the hands of Corry and Nordisium. 
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