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Usanc Castle after CC-7

Set 1

Walls Of Usanc

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Encircled

Set 3

Tight Squeeze

Set 4

Usanc Militia

# All Riot on the Western Front

## Lore

*The Empire's western flank lies vulnerable.*

*Rebelling against what many view as an oligarchic dictatorship of the senate and aristocracy, the rogue general Garios has now styled himself as emperor, his loyal legionnaires voting him in under the declaration of a new senate based out of Lageta.*

*Garios' forces are sure to clash with the eastern coalition soon enough, and the ensuing wars will be cataclysmic for Calradian stability. While the calm before the storm continues, some have decided to take advantage of the coming chaos...*

*The Vlandian military has honored itself with multiple glorious victories as of late, and morale among their men could not be higher. Constant drilling keeps the men in fighting shape, while their robust legal system keeps the stereotypical scheming noble from disrupting too much. Men of all the great kingdoms of Calradia are prone to find themselves wavering in the face of a horde of Vlandian knights, united under Derthert's banner.*

*King Derthert had hoped to cultivate a relationship with the recently crowned Garios, seeing an opportunity to put a more amicable emperor on the throne while fostering discontent against the Vlandian's longest enemy. The Vlandian king's more jingoist lords have stopped this from becoming the case, however, and his bannermen have become high on victory, leading him to lean into the popularity of expansionism into the western marches of the Calradic empire.*

*Mere decades ago, spectators would have questioned a Vlandian king's sanity for confronting the imperials in such a head on manner. Now, he stands poised to expand his young kingdom even further, and all that stands in his way is a rebellion led by men who only know how to fight, not rule.*

*Derthert humbled the empire at Pendraic, and all on the continent can clearly see he stands a chance of doing it once more.*

## Post Event Lore

*The Lion's mane has been shaved.*

*The Empire is a fractured state, with Garios's splinter nation standing assaulted on almost all fronts. Facing his opponents to the throne in the east, the power hungry Vlandians in the west, and the vengeful Battanians in the north, he holds a very tenuous position, having to very carefully choose where to concentrate his battle hardened legions.*

*Seeing the opportunity to fortify the border of the prosperous Sargot and open a new front with the Aserai, King Derthert ordered his knights to ride south, to Thractorae Castle. Supported by the Khuzait horde, the Northern Empire of Lucon and Rhagaea, and a few very high ranking Aserai, Vlandians wargaming has predicted a battle of cavalry sweeping the field, stomping Gario's legions under their hooves. Garios, supported by the majority of the Aserai, as well as a strong auxiliary of Sturgians and Battanians, knew that infantry would be key to winning the field.*

*With that in mind, Garios forced Vlandias hand, meeting them in a small coastal village. Tight alleys and rocky terrain made maneuvering on horseback difficult, reducing cavalry to skirmishing on the outskirts. Gario's quickly ordered his men into the village, with palatine crossbows on the rooftops planting many a bolt into a Vlandian skull. Posting their own arbalests onto the rooftops, Vlandian forces clashed with the Imperials in the village, hoping to fortify it and force the Imperials into the offensive. Their push was met with mixed success, the rooftops sprinkled with the corpses of Imperials and now held the the Vlandians, whereas the cobbled stones in the village painted scarlet with Vlandian blood. Despite heavy arbalest fire on their heads, Garios ordered his remaining forces to retake the roofs at any cost. In spite of heavy costs, the Imperials slaughtered the dey Arbelesti on the roof, securing the first of the thee battles in the once quiet fishing village.*

*King Derthert was not deterred. Rallying his men and rearranging his forces, he took to the fortified lord's manor by the village, hoping that the walls would prevent Imperial crossbows from further damaging his forces. With the killing of the cruel Imperial executioners operating the town's gallows, the Vlandians swayed the peasants of the village, and riding a wave of fury and valor, slaughtered the Imperial garrison of the town! In their zealotry to overthrow their oppressors, they even overturned a cabbage farmers cart. With the lord's manor firmly secured by Vlandia, Garios knew that pushing the Vlandians would lead to needless bloodshed of his own men, and fell back to his camp to plan a new strategy, the second battle being won by Vlandia.*

*Garios is a veteran of many wars, fighting all over Calradia for his beloved Empire. He knows that in the end, a starving army is a dead army, and seeing that Vlandians were receiving supplies by boat, took to secure the beaches. Clashing with the well drilled forces guarding the ad-hoc docks, Garios took heavy casualties. However, his reserve legion rushed in and killed the remaining Vlandian Sergeants, ensuring that those inside the town would receive no reinforcements. Willing to die fighting rather than waste to starvation, King Derthert again ordered his men to march into the village outside of town. Yet again, the rooftops were crawling with Imperial Crossbows, picking off some of Vlandian's best men and bleeding the already weary force. In a desperate attempt to secure victory Crown Prince Ethynol led a contingent to clear the roofs. With Vlandian forces now split in two, Gario's legions descended from the beach, and took out the outnumbered Vlandians. Vlandia, having bled enough, retreated from the battle field to Usanc Castle, closely trailed by the Imperials.*

*Garios sensed opportunity to fortify his position in the west, and took to the siege. Using Aserai siege engineers, he quickly rained stone after stone over into and over the castle walls. Their accuracy with the siege weapons cracked open the front gate, allowing Imperial forces to pour in. The fighting was bloody, the cost of war being high. Dead bodies littered the streets and alleys of the castle, being particularly brutal in the marketplace. In the end, the Vlandian garrison was smashed, and the castle now flies purple banners.*

*The campaign has had a ripple effect throughout Calradia. The reknowned merchants and arbalests of dey Arbalesti are now landless, causing concern in discontent in Vlandia. King Derthert is no longer undefeated in the field, leading some to doubt his strategy. Furthermore, conflict brews in the north. Battania facing a defection of one of their city lords due to the High King's support for Garios. Whatever may come in the future, one thing never changes, War in Calradia.*

## Aftermath

The W. Empire took Usanc Castle from the Kingdom of Vlandia.

## Links

Event post: [1]

Wrapup post: [2]