The Siege of Sevendor

* Dike Tower - by Star
* Caolan's Pass - by Star

## Participants

Humans, W. Flaira and Mercenaries. Censorate
Minalan, Cei, Banamor, Dara, Kyre, Bovali, Westwoodsmen and women

## Overview

Sevendor was besieged by the Warbird, Sire Gimbal of West Fleria in Magelord and Hawkmaiden.

As soon as Minalan along with his two apprentices left Sevender for Castabriel to attend the Cornet Council, Sire Gimbal laid siege to Sevendor. He emptied out all of the men of his domains, plus additional mercenary forces that were hired by some Censorates that wanted to settle a score with Minalan.

The opening shot of the war against Sevendor was an attack on Olmeg while he and a few Tal were working in his enchanted forest. Olmeg was severely beaten but took out two of his attacks before he was reinforced by men on the Dike Wall.  One of the Tal was killed during the scuffle.

After that, the attackers never got beyond the Dike wall as it and the defenders held firm against them.

During the Siege most everyone in the valleys went about their business as both passes were secure against the foe, some moved to the castle for safety, mostly the original Sevendori.  The Bovali were determined not to be chased out of another home.

## Magical Corps

* Dara
* Olmeg
* Zagor
* Banamor
* Gareth

When Dara arrived for her duty as a Magi, the others were frustrated because they were getting no where with their scrying.  Dara informed them that she had seen some “checked” cloaks with the attackers at Carolan’s Pass.  After that most of the enemy placement information came from Dara and Frightful.

## Places Attacked

Caolan’s Pass, the back door into Sevendor was attacked several times but held by the Westwoods men.  One of the first enemies to be taken prison was Sir Erantal the old tenant lord of the domain.  When presented to Alya as a prisoner, he expected to be ransomed back to Sire Gimbal.  But, Alya made it clear that he would be spending the rest of the war in the dungeons and held for Minalan’s judgement.  When he protested, she assured him that she could sentence him to death and carry it out immediately if that was his wish.

When the Westwoods men were relieved by Railan the Steady and the Gentlymen, Railan sent word down to the enemy that they would surrender.  By morning the pass was lost.  But again, thanks to the Westwoodmen and Sir Festaran, the attackers never made it all of the way down to the Valley floor.  The women of the Westwoods held their positions among the Seven Steps on the west side of the pass and used their advantage to reign arrows down upon the enemies as Sir Festaran’s men on the East side of the road distracted and attacked them.

## Minalan Returns

Once Minalan discovers what was going on in Sevendor, following Penny’s advise he gathered up his troops and conquered West Flaria with the help of Baron Arathanial and Sire Sigalan as well as a few warmagi, Penny and Planus.

After conquering West Fleria and dividing it up with Arathanial and Sigalan, they give the bad news to Gimbal that he no longer has any land or money.  He and his cronies retired to E. Fleria.

Minalan requests his new domain lords attend him in Sevendor while he dispenses justice and passes out rewards.

## Aftermath

Railan and Erantal both lost their heads and most of Gently were condemned as traitors and were sentenced to a term in the Iron Ring.  The Hamlet of Gently was disband and vacated.

Many rewards were given out as Minalan ended up with a huge amount of loot from Ransoms.

Carkan of Caolan’s Pass was injured because of Railan’s oath breaking so asked to be retired as Yeoman. Caolan’s Pass was turned over to the Westwoods as part of their responsibilities, since they were ones that had to defend it.

## References

Most of the information comes from Hawkmaiden as the siege is described in more detail during that book.

1. ↑ Mancour, Terry. Hawkmaiden: A Spellmonger Cadet Fantasy Novel . Unknown. Kindle Edition.