Battle of the Rivers

[Inferno_Ougi 1454]

 

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Battle of the Rivers

12^th of The Amber Cold, 1716

Renatian, Norlander and Reiter cavalry corp running down Orenian peasants on the Battle of the Rivers

 

The year of 1716 will forever be known as the year of bloody battles. The Renatian army had provisioned, equipped and rationed their army on the frontline of Nordengrad. This was much to the dismay of the Orenian marshal and the legions under him who sought out to rid the Renatian army from the border. At the helm of the Renatian army rode Hannibal Horen, recently legitimized and promoted to the rank of field commander. His task, his mission, to plan a campaign deep into Orenian lines and begin burning villages. The peasantry who raised arms and craftsman which supplied the Orenian war machine with food and equipment were also valid targets of the campaign.

 

Hannibal Horen began the campaign by carefully maneuvering the army around Leuven so that he might gain unrestricted access to the riverlands of Haense and Ves. His army began its very rapid campaign of bloody warfare, and set to salting the fields as well as raiding nearby villages. At first the Renatian campaign met no resistance until a band of Reiver mercenaries tried to halt their advance. The Reiver band, although brave enough to fight a numerically superior army were isolated and cut down by well trained skirmishers and cavalry, whatever remained of their party retreated to the city gates of Reza.

 

The campaign came to a sudden halt twenty days after the battle against the Reivers, when word of the Orenian army marching upon their own spread amongst the raiding parties. The bait had been set and taken, the Orenian and Renatian armies were set to meet at center of the riverlands. In anticipation of Orenian cavalry and a potential flank, the cavalry corp of the Renatian army was carefully placed on the right flank, within viewing distance but carefully concealed behind defilade.

 

When the two armies clashed on the field, the Renatian infantry took the full brunt of the Orenian army. It appeared to be a certain defeat, yet resolve and courage is a trait inherently bound to the men of the Imperium Renatum. It would be foolish to state that the battle had started well for the Renatian side, yet the tide turned immediately when waves of Renatian shock cavalry smacked into the side of the ensuing melee, like a hammer collapsing upon a brittle anvil. The cavalry corps pulled through the ranks of Orenian infantry, before riding out through the back and collapsing back in for yet another charge. The battle came to end when the last Orenian peasants head was lopped off by Cassian Vallberg of the Reiter Company.

 

The remaining Renatian, Norlander, Reiter, High Elven and Orcish soldiers moved back towards the capital city of Helena in unison, joyous of their successful campaign and victories. A group of riders and border scouts are set upon the Orenian countryside delivering crudely written pamphlets

 

“To the people of Oren, your armies have been defeated on the battle countless times. Surrender your arms and swear fealty to the true Emperor, Godfrey III of House Horen.

 

And to the leaders of the crumbling Haense Empire, let this be known as the 103rd Grievance.”

[ferdaboy 3488]

Yes!” says Titus as he sat on a corpse

[Ambduscias 1028]

“Just as planned,” says secretary-general John Ted Staunton-Vimmark Horen.

[Legoboy7984 3155]

“Never surrender. Ave the Holy Orenian Empire!.”

[seannie 7443]

Armand sneezes, his gaze turning to face the direction in which Helena is located – he rubs at his nose, complaining the following, “Buffoonic monkeys must be chimping again.”

[Chimp 528]

3 minutes ago, Legoboy7984 said:

“Never surrender. Ave the Holy Orenian Empire!.”

“Shouldn’t you just say Ave oren? Why do you have to say the full name.”

[BannedGecko 59]

“Ave Godfrey III” A young boy shouts out from the crowd that heard of the news 

[Stephensj 327]

“Ave Renatus, Ave Godfrey!” yells Richard

[Legoboy7984 3155]

9 minutes ago, Chimp said:

“Shouldn’t you just say Ave oren? Why do you have to say the full name.”

 

“Renatian’s don’t know the name of our Empire so I gotta say it as if you see they keep calling it Haense Empire or Empire of Haense.”

[rukio 8924]

Ingrid, post battle thinking, says to Aeyn “We should salt their fields next time.”

[Nectorist 12871]

Ser Hans screeches upon realizing that he killed some of his own men too

[helldiving 5793]

 “I think our cavalry is unstopabble,” said Cassian from atop his mighty steed as he dispatched the last of the Orenian rebels.

[BardMainHere 310]

38 minutes ago, Milenkhov said:

 “I think our cavalry is unstopabble,” said Cassian from atop his mighty steed as he dispatched the last of the Orenian rebels.

 

Gregor Thorne looks at his horse and frowns at its defectiveness...

[osumanduas 1442]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

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