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Marching

Set 2

Vantage Point

Set 3

Camaraderie

# Brawn vs Brawn

## Lore

*The High King has struggled to maintain his shaky confederation.*

*Following the defections of High Chief Cordin and Petty King Maroon to the Vlandians, it has become apparent that the Battanian kingdom is not the united, brotherly nation it is trying to appear to Calradia as. While High King Caladog still enjoys popular support, murmurs in the higher ranks suggest an unease with the king's attempts to centralize the kingdom.*

*To the north, Queen Svana of the Sturgians holds in a precarious position. Her marshal's expedition into the northern part of the empire has reaped little reward so far, and the Khuzaits are no doubt stirring after the fall of Baltakhand to a storm of Varyags. The Queen needs an enemy to rally behind, and quick.*

*Luckily for her, Caladog finds himself in the same bind. With the Vlandians and Imperials fighting in massive pitched battles to the south, the High King is hoping to avoid facing down the spears of southern cavalry for as long as he can. Caladog has seen his opportunity and seized it: A Battanian host is assembling at Utheliam Castle.*

*Receiving advance notice of the coming assault, Svana has personally rallied her men and moved them to defend the castles of Kranirog and Mazhadan. If the Battanians are hoping for a quick smash and grab, they are likely to find themselves disappointed.*

## Post Event Lore

*The Battanians were not ready for their slaughter.*

*A young scout falls to his knees at the feet of the ailed High King Caladog. He reports back from the battlefield a loss unheard of to the young warriors of the forest. He recounts that young regent Butters stumbled upon the Sturgian army at night. Quick to seize an opportunity for glory, he urged his clansmen onwards to catch the Northmen by surprise. The young warrior's tricks did not startle the hardened Knyaz Sigmundr. He drew up his lines and struck quickly into the disorganized Battanian Mass. With the vanguard routed, the regent was forced to change tactics, he rushed his men through the nearby village to strike a quick blow into the Sturgian rear. Sigmudr was wise enough to not leave his flanks unattended. He rallied a shield wall in the village and beat back the Battanian maneuver. Facing a total defeat of his armies. The Regent Butters pushed his men onwards, calling upon the wild savages that lived deep in the forest to come and claim Sturgian scalps. Alas, the young and brave oathsworn were left lying in the field, their eyes still burning with righteous fury against the enemies of their land. Dawn broke, and all that was left was a Sturgian force nearly unscathed to bring their reckoning to the young fools who thought it was wise to fight against them.*

*The High King coughed louder and louder, his body burning with righteous fury and anger, he asked the messenger how his sons of the forest held the castle. The messenger replied with an answer that would send him in shock.*

*With his armies unopposed, the Queen's Marshall forced marched his men in the direction of Utheliam castle and found the castle abandoned, the Battanians were so eager for a victory that they left this castle nearly empty in the name of glory and conquest. Yet he set his sights further, as another castle would surely break the back of any further excursions north for many moons and win even more favor with the Queen and her court. As such, he set out to the land around Flintolg castle. There he found a garrison of rallied warriors from the retreat, eager to deal a bloody nose to the Raiders and Boyars. Although exhausted from their march, the Varyags and Druzhina knew what further riches lied in the castle, and pressed onwards. The fury and songs of axe and blades met at the walls, although the Battanians fought with valor, they could not hold back the heavily armored Varyags and the axes that laid waste to the defenses. The castle fell with the fury of the Lords of the North. The young boys of the clans would not be returning with either victory or defeat, only the crows would hear their screams and groan as they lay looking to the sky.*

*Caladog was enraged, although this was not the end, he felt the weight of enemies on all sides of his sacred land. Yet he stood up, thanking the messenger for his service and sending him to rally the men to ready for the next battle.*

## Aftermath

The Principality of Sturgia took Flintolg and Utheliam Castle from the Kingdom of Battania.

## Links

Event Post: [1]

Wrapup Post: [2]