Battle of Ravaged manor field

Initial setup of the Armies

Commanders| **King Hanren*** Sexton Scale
* Octavio Perickard (WIA)
* Artorias Varjangaria
* Arthur Varjangaria †
* Rhys Ab †
* Davod Aidern †
* Lorinc Therún 🏳️
* Benedict

**Battle of Ravaged manor field** was a decisive battle fought in the year 170. The battle saw the Royalist forces of Workhold and invading forces of Baathúr clash.

## Background

In 170, the Edelmaa Great War began which engulfed the entire continent of Edelmaa into chaos. Jiri Baathúr, the Lord of Baathúr used this chaos to his advantage and invaded Edelmaa. Regent Artorias Varjangaria attempted to negotiate an alliance with the rebelling Peasants and fight Baathúr together, however the peasant leader Marquess Octavio Perickard sought to only ally himself with Artorias in exchange for power.

Jiri Baathúr managed to capture the fortified city of Fon very early during his invasion. From Fon he attacked Dives whilst the negotiations were going on. The Royalist and Rebel armies were destroyed during the disastrous Battle of Dives forcing Artorias to forge a new army out of the survivors and King's Knights and attack Jiri Baathúr in earnest.

## Battle

The battle was a pitched battle to be fought in the historical Small manor field, where the legendary Battle of Small manor field was fought. The Alliance forces placed all of their best troops on their right flank whilst many of their poorer troops in the left were forced to commit to a suicidal charge over the river. Arthur commanded the right flank of the royal army. Sexton Scale and Artorias were in the center. Octavio and a famed Worvian knight Sir Rhys Ab in the left.

Battle began with an trade of arrows, until royals began to cross the center bridge. Jiri responded with sending his elite troops onto the bridge. The bridge became the bloodiest spectacle of the battle. Octavio began his charge across the river. Jiri responded with sending some of his best and most experienced troops to counter Octavio. The river crossing was difficult and hundreds of soldiers died and drowned in the river. Then the 6 meter tall giant who was fighting under the banners of Jiri was blinded by Rhys Ab, who sacrificed himself.

After the giant was blinded it went into rampage mode and began to kill even his own men. This caused the left flank to fall in favor of the royalists. During this, in the right flank Arthur dueled a Baathúrian general Komnenos Platos. In the duel Komnenos managed to dismount Arthur with his lance. On ground, Arthur managed to dismount Komnenos and with his helmet killed the warrior. After this an unknown Baathúr rider pierced Arthur's skull with his lance.

Octavio won the left flank and moved towards the center to flank Jiri's forces from behind. This worked and forced Jiri to send in the reserves. During the battle, Octavio dueled Jiri Baathúr but lost the duel and was stabbed in the cheek, yet he survived. The Royalist right flank was the crucial part of the battle, as the King's Knights easily pushed back the infantry of Jiri Baathúr especially as they were enraged following the death of their commander Arthur Varjangaria. Jiri had to withdraw from the battle as he had lost half of his force.

## Aftermath

The battle was a decisive victory for the royalists, as after the battle more and more people of Edelmaa began to see the royalism as the more noble cause. More peasants began to flock to their banner and the war turned into their favor. If the battle should have been lost, the royalists would have fallen as this was their final push.

## Original Material

This is original footage from the Roleplaying game: 19 April 2019AD

   This battle was very basic, as battle fought in the small board without any form of terrain are simple by nature. Thus many liberties were taken when devising the visual battle map present in the infobox above. Also, the battle was fought slightly differently than the description or the "Progression of the Battle" makes it out to be. Really the battle just consisted of a frontal assault with no clever maneuvering. The Royalists won due to brunt force.