Defense of Traveler’s Tower (War of Winter)

## Combatants

 Magelaw
 Korbal’s Minions

 Alshari Wing

 Traveler’s Tower

## Commanders

 Minalan the Spellmonger
 Gaja Katar

 Nattia

## Background

Terleman sends Minalan to defend Traveler’s Tower from Gurvani as they fled Lotanz.

Minalan takes the field to defend Traveler’s Tower!  His goal isn’t to defeat the entire army, but to slow down their advance toward Spellgate, the main reason is they are hoping that the winter Snows start before the Gurvani get there.  The other reason Minalan takes the field is to remind the gurvani of what happens whenever they come up against ‘’*The Spellmonger*’’.

## Minalan's Forces

Minalan doesn’t arrive at Traveler’s Tower alone …

He also brought along 400 infantries to Travel’s Tower, altogether including the forces already at the Tower they had 3000 troops.  When he arrived Mavone met him and warned him that he about a day to prepare to meet the gurvani.

Minalan picked a spot between the road and the Tower and cast the spell for ”The Sudden Fortress” to appear from a Hoxter.

Using the information, they learned from using a “Sudden Fortress” at Olum Seheri Minalan had a second one built and enchanted, an improved model.

This one was 3 stories tall and made out of wood.

## Enemy Forces

Many of Gaja Katar forces were the *Maragorku*, though they were once Gurvani, they have been changed so much that the Gurvani do not recognize them as one of them.  When the true Gurvani are demoralized and don’t want to fight any longer, the Maragorku will fight until their dying breath as they know no other way.

Minalan and his troops were facing three to four thousand Gurvani to start, many of them the *Maragorku* which are nearly man size and strong.

## Battle

The opening volley was conducted by Taren alone, manning a large ballista that was cocked and loaded with a wicked-looking iron-headed bolt the size of a battlestaff.  He launched it into the center of the mass of gurvani and just before it hit, it displays a widespread *blinding light, thrice as bright as the sun* spell that hurt everyone’s eyes, the gurvani most of all because of their sensitivity to light.  The light spell triggered several other spells, including a wide area impact spell center on where the javelin lands.

Even though the initial volley from the bowmen did damage and Teren wielding the ballista javelins did a lot of damage, more and more scrugs kept arriving.

Once Gaja Katar arrived in his battle wagon, surrounded by the Enshadowed in their war forms and mounted on horses, the gurvani became organized and in formation prepared to attack the Sudden Fortress.

Minalan’s Magical force had some very nasty surprises for the Nemovort’s forces, causes thousands of gurvani and Maragorku to be slaughter and not enough left of them for the Nemovort to raise the dead to continue the fight.

Once Gaja Katar and Minalan had their parley where the Nemovort kept telling Minalan that he should fear him and how great he is, while Minalan just acted contemptuous and insulted him to his undead face, the battle got series.

Gaja Katar sent fresh Maragorku troops at them and the magi blasted them with their big defensive spells they had been holding in reserve.

## Alahari Wing

Nattia’s Alshari wing of Giant Hawks, 6 birds, joined in the battle both at the beginning and then at dawn the next day after a long bloody night for Minalan’s troops and magi. After Nattia’s dawn attack where they reigned death down from the skies, all in one spot, where the commander staff was at, Gaja Katar withdrew back to where they’re supply train was mired and it wasn’t an orderly retreat either.

## Aftermath

Altogether he lost around 6,000 gurvani and maragorku infantry. Minalan’s forces successfully kept the gurvani away from Traveler’s Tower, not a single one made it up the hill past the Sudden Fortress.

The next day Winter came to the Wilderlands with an early snow fall and Minalan and the other high Magi returned to Spellgate via the ways.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mancour, Terry. Thaumaturge: Book Eleven of the Spellmonger Series.  Chapter 32. Kindle Edition.