Terralain army

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Massie Burnson, *The Wreck and Rise of Whitson Mariner*, p. 32
**WARNING: SPOILERS FOR *PRINCE LANDER & THE DRAGON WAR* ARE AHEAD; CAUTION IS ADVISED.**

## Terralain army

Terralain's army defends Halfwind Citadel, as depicted in Ember Falls.

## Association information

### Leader

• Galt (formerly)†
• Bleston (formerly)†
• Kylen
• Naylen

### Purpose

Defeat the dragons(formerly)
Establish Bleston, and later Kylen, as ruler of Natalia(formerly)
Fight alongside the Cause(formerly)

## Book information

### Appears

• *Prince Lander & the Dragon War*
• *Ember Falls*
• *Ember Rising*
• *Ember's End*

The **T****erralain army** was the armed forces of Terralain, which marched forward under Galt to take part in the Battle of Dragon Mountain. Over a century later, it left its homeland again, this time under Bleston to join the War for All Natalia.

## History

### The Dragon War

The Terralain Army arrived during the Battle of Dragon Mountain. The dragon captains were organizing a maneuver that will break through the rabbit line, but then the rabbits of Terralain arrived and closed off the dragons' escape. They were led by Galt, who charged in the front and held his sword high. Galt's rabbits continued to fight through the battle, even after their leader's apparent demise. Afterwards, they joined the rabbits of Lener's Crossroads and Black Star Company in pledging their loyalty to Lander Whitson.

### Reemergence

Some time after the Battle for Cloud Mountain, the Terralain army began marching north and east towards Halfwind Citadel. Having been spotted by Resistance scouts, who were baffled by their sudden appearance, they were assumed to be allies of Morbin Blackhawk. However, upon arriving in the midst of the Attack on Halfwind Citadel, Bleston and his rabbits engaged the wolves and drove them off. As a result, the Terralains were hailed as heroes, and quickly settled into an occupation of the citadel.

The Terralains later marched with the forces of Halfwind to the defense of Cloud Mountain, which was threatened by a massive army of Morbin's forces led by Lord Gern and General Flox. However, Bleston had secretly bartered a peace treaty with Morbin, and did not deploy his forces into the Battle of Rockback Valley as promised. Instead, the main body withdrew to an unknown location, while a small force joined Bleston in infiltrating Cloud Mountain and attempting to kidnap Emma. They were led in by Perkinson, who had long been Bleston's operative within the forces of the Cause.

Bleston's forces briefly subdued Cloud Mountain's protectors, including Lord Rake, but the unexpected appearance of Picket Longtreader using a glider cape enabled the defenders to turn the tables. In the ensuing confrontation, both Bleston and Perkinson were killed, and their comrades were killed or imprisoned, though one managed to fatally injure Lord Rake. Later, Lord Captain Helmer feared that the Terralains might join the battle on the side of Morbin, but this did not come to pass.

### Aligned against their own kind

While many of the Terralains remained in camp following the Battle of Rockback Valley, a small force-led by Bleston's advisor Tameth Seer and Captain Vulm-ambushed a force of Resistance rabbits at Jupiter's Crossing as they were leaving Cloud Mountain. Their purpose was to take Picket into custody for the supposed murder of Bleston, but he and his fellows-along with additional soldiers who arrive under Jo Shanks and Coleden Blackstar-subdued the Terralains. Helmer, who was also part of the group, accused the Terralains of aiding Morbin's cause, and offered them the chance to make peace. Though Tameth Seer remained seemingly eager to avenge Bleston, Vulm agreed to a temporary truce with Helmer and led his bucks away from the battlefield.

Emma later attended a secret meeting with Kylen, who had become the leader of the Terralains but was sorely wounded and ill. After a failed negotiation, she fled only to be intercepted by a squad of Terralains under Tameth Seer, who was revealed to still be in league with Morbin. Eager to seal the Terralains' alliance with Morbin, Tameth and his bucks prepared to kill Emma, only to be thwarted by a timely rescue pulled off by Jo, Cole, and Heyna Blackstar. Unfortunately, this left the Terralains as a second threat to the Cause which, in the opinion of Helmer, had little chance of victory against them.

### War for All Natalia

In response to a summons from Tameth Seer, Bleston's younger son Naylen led Terralains remaining soldiers up from their homeland to join the rest of the army under Kylen, nearly doubling the numbers of the force. The expanded army established a camp in the Great Wood near First Warren, intending to attack that city as part of an alliance with Morbin. The camp was infiltrated by Jo Shanks and the Blackstar twins, who sabotaged a number of their assets before making their escape. In the process, the trio learned that the Terralains attended to attack First Warren the following day.

As such, an embassy consisting of the Fowlers and Princess Emma Joveson traveled to the Terralain camp to meet with Kylen. They were met and escorted into camp by a force of Terralain soldiers, before being angrily confronted by both Naylen and Tameth Seer. Following a tense first encounter, Emma's party received an audience with Kylen, but he rejected their attempts to make peace, though he allowed them to leave unharmed. Before the group left the camp, Naylen informed them that the army would arrive at First Warren in three days' time to attack.

The army marched on First Warren as promised, but before it could attack the city Naylen confronted Tameth Seer for his treachery, including an attempt to kill Kylen that was foiled with the aid of Jo Shanks and the Pilgrim's band. Tameth was killed in the ensuing fight, just as the wolf army of Farlock arrived to attack the city. The Terralain army soon charged into battle against these wolves, fighting alongside the rabbits of the Cause throughout the Siege of First Warren. Many presumably perished in the final conflict, but others lived to see the birth of a new age age and the coming of the Mended Wood.

## Description

The army of Terralain at the time of Bleston's return to Natalia was significantly larger than the forces of the Cause, both in terms of numbers and in the general physical size of its soldiers. Terralain soldiers fought in black clothing and wore silver breastplates marked with stars.

## Personnel

* Terralain royal guard
	+ Valter
* Captains
	+ Vulm (formerly; deceased)
	+ Granger
* Dooker
* Lillywhite
* Tunk

## References

1. ↑ As revealed in *Prince Lander & the Dragon War*
2. ↑ As revealed in *Ember Falls*
3. ↑ As revealed in *Ember Rising*
4. ↑ As revealed in *Ember's End*