Sargeroth Updates

This page serves as a quick and efficient way to stay up to date with what is currently happening in the world of Sargeroth. As History is written in the past tense, it is difficult to write about what is happening at the present moment. For this reason, some information may be skewed, missing details, or in some cases may be only the understanding of a party regardless of accuracy of that understanding. If you are seeking more details please visit the respective pages to the topic. Leave comments for any missing pages!

7/26/2020 Delegates continue to discuss the new Coalition Government. Lady Isur, Silas Shandell( who agreed to try 1 bottle of alcohol per day), and Heath Manors arrive in Cornucopia. The Business Council chooses the new speaker - Waverly Autumn.

7/12/2020 Delegates meet from Riverpoint, Cornucopia, and the Sargeroth Republic to start the process of creating a government between their independent states in the concerted effort against Kessel controlled Sargeroth.

Lucius Kessel met with the family members of house Gloran to speak to them over the replacement of Bareth Gloran with Mithria Gloran, following the defeat in the recent battle.

### The King's War Begins

Cornucopia, the project originally intended to help feed the mouths of Sargeroth, has willfully declared itself Sovereign has separate from the apparatus of the City of Sargeroth entirely. This event triggered a response by the Sargeroth Military.

The Sargeroth Military led an expedition into the Cornucopian territory to quell the rebellion when war erupted from within Sargeroth herself. Those loyal to Lucius Kessel and the Noble Houses took the initiative, sensing the potential weakness of the Sargeroth guard while such a large campaign force was absent from the city.

The war began with a team of specially trained elytra soldiers who led a seemingly suicidal assault upon the military district. The eltyra soldiers were able to land a Magister who opened a portal which released crazed spirits and creatures upon the district. Simultaneously, Lord High Commander Newt of the Sargeroth guard was successfully killed and thrown from atop his tower to horrified soldiers below.

The Sargeroth understood a state of war now existed and did not wait to assault the Northern Kessel wall. The attack began with the newly ascended Lord High Commander Jenner leading an enormous cannon barrage of the Kessel walls, followed by a sizable invading force which powered its way past the Kessel gates. For more information on this, please see the page: The King's War

As the 3rd night of pitched battle approached, the Sargeroth Military mobilized the entire army and formed an orderly retreat from the city of Sargeroth. This is thought to be due to the political atmosphere turning against the interests of the Army, with the Business council meeting and declaring their support for Lucius Kessel; albeit not unanimously.

After a fortnight, Lucius Kessel is Crowned High King of the New Kingdom of Sargeroth. All noble houses were present and all bowed and kissed the Royal Signet Ring of House Kessel, even the King of Nadir's Peak, Kursk Blumen.

Although the Cornucopians had at first been working with the Kessels and especially the Blumens to train and supply their militia, these Noble reinforcements returned to the city after the Decisive victory at the Battle of Cornucopia. This left the people of Cornucopia exposed to the new threat of the entire Sargeroth Military coming towards them to join up with the vestiges of the Campaign army under the Command of Commander Leaftly. Instead of offering resistance to them however, Hernon Pfife, on behalf of Cornucopia, welcomed the Sargerithians with open arms and pledged to fight against the Noble Houses who had wrongfully seized power. A decision likely made due to the inevitable overwhelming of their defenses should they have decided to resist.

At this point it should be clarified: Those who follow Lucius Kessel and the Nobility will be referred to as "Royal soldiers" while "Republican" soldiers refer to those under the command of the Lord High Commander, Jenner, who were once the Sargeroth Guard.

Lord High Commander Jenner declared that a new Republic of Sargeroth would be organized from the population of the military as well as the families which now streamed out from the walls of Sargeroth, seeking their lost loved ones and fleeing the new regime.The Republican soldiers quickly set to entrenching themselves deep in the Birchwood Forest to the far southeast of Sargeroth, South/southeast of Cornucopia. A Royal army detachment of roughly 400 Royal soldiers explored shallowly into the forest, wishing to keep pressure on the enemy but no direct contact was made. Fearing their possible exposure to being outmaneuvered, the Royal army redeployed closer to Sargeroth, but not without first sending a small detachment towards Cornucopia to set fire to the valuable fields of crops which the Republican soldiers now depend on. This sparked a quick response from the Cornucopian militia which immediately sent out a war party, following those who had lit the field fires.

Lucius set to solidifying his rule by doling out riches and tracts of land to his inferiors and food and work to the lower classes, declaring a new movement to increase industry, production, and most importantly farming for the new Kingdom of Sargeroth. Prices dropped for many goods, iron once again can be found on the market, and games are held regularly. House Gloran used their funds to construct a new village a days march away from the city walls. This settlement encroached upon the people of Riverpoint. The outer walls of the Gloran settlement had not even finished its external walls before an attack occurred.

Although a sturdy fortress had been constructed beside the Gloran settlement, it was quite vulnerable to cannon fire. It is believed that Riverpoint does not have the technology to create cannons but the evening of 65th of the 1st month, a barrage began which pelted the Gloran fort and settlement for hours. More details can be found on the King's War page.

The Gloran fort and settlement was lost, with a large detachment of the Royal army coming to cover the retreat of the beleaguered and humiliated Glorans. As they did so, they were assailed by the Cornucopian war party which had been sent out in response to the burning of the crop fields. The entire engagement does not have a name yet but it is none the less the most recent full scale battle of the Kings war.

After the battle, the Royal army concentrated around the South Fort with more than 600 battle-able protecting the position. The Cornucopians met with their allies upon the Plateaus of Riverpoint before separating again as they returned back to their territory. The Republican soldiers soon began moving most of their troops out, leaving a Battalion under Captain Leaftly to support the Riverpoint militia which took heavy casualties.