First Battle of Fort Defense

The First Battle of Fort Defense was a battle fought in 1159 on the border between the Plains of Galmar and the Barony of Antyoch.

## Belligerents

### Attacking Force

Ok'Mor and Savage Fist tribes

Ok'Mor Clan banner

### Defending Force

Fort Defense Army

Lord William Adoarad's banner

## Commanders

### Defending Leaders

Chamberlain Klothin Drenno, Brother Devron Faikus,

## Units

### Attacking Units

3,000 orc footmen, 1,500 hobgoblin footmen, 500 hobgoblin archers

### Defending Units

2,000 infantry, 1,000 archers, 400 cavalry

## Results

### Attacker Casualties

1,000 orc footmen, 1,200 hobgoblin footmen, 400 hobgoblin archers

### Victor

Fort Defense Army

Melia Sedri, the self styled Baroness of the Black Rose, had forged an alliance among many of the barbarian and monster tribes of the western Plains of Galmar and the monsters of the Brokenback Swamps. In 1159 she launched a multi-pronged attack on the Kingdom of Emeron.

On the 25th of Griffon a force of 3,000 orcs under the Ok'Mor Clan and 2,000 Hobgoblins under the Savage Fist Tribe attacked Fort Defense en masse. The attackers were led by Dok'Torr, a commander in the Ok'Mor Clan, though the Savage Fist Tribe was commanded by a hobgoblin named Fekrak.

Lord William Adoarad was the ruler of Defense, though he turned over operational command of his forces to his marshal, Ethyl Mann. She commanded around 2,000 infantry, 1,000 archers, and 400 cavalry.

## Pre-Battle

Before the battle a group of human mercenaries slipped into Fort Defense, disguising themselves as citizens of the town. The night before the battle they sabotaged the siege on the fortresses towers, setting fire to them.

## Battle

The Battle itself was fairly straightforward. Dok'Torr sent his orc and hobgoblin infantry at the eastern gates of Fort Defense and attempted to scale the walls and batter down the gates while the defenders manned the walls and fended the enemy off.

Since the defenders were not leaving Fort Defense Ethyl made her archers the centerpiece of her defense and this proved a successful, though costly tactic as the archers were targeted by the hobgoblin archers under Fekrak as well.

After a day of bloody fighting Dok'Torr's casualties had mounted with minimal appreciable progress having been made against the fort and the attackers were forced to withdraw.

## Aftermath

The defeat of the Black Rose's forces delayed the invasion into eastern Antyoch. Dok'Torr was executed by Melia Sedri for his failure and she placed one of her own lieutenants, Aedan Blath, in command of the army invading Antyoch.

Blath would regroup the Ok'Mor clan of orcs, now under the command of Thok'Narr. The Savage Fist Tribe had taken massive casualties and were reassigned to patrols and foraging due to their reduced numbers. Blath led another attack on Fort Defense on the 27th of Lion, 1159, which became the Second Battle of Fort Defense.

The defenders weathered the attack fairly well, though they did suffer casualties including the loss of Exchequer Johny Leyney and Inquisitor Zabitiene Sansillell. The loss of the siege engines would prove to be a major factor in the Second Battle of Fort Defense though.