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| Action Id: 1844 | Crisis: | Participants: Thesarin, Mia and Esoka | |
| Status: Resolved | Submitted: March 4, 2018, 9:43 p.m. | Public: True | GM: Puffin |
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Military Resources: 515 Action Points: 120 |
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Action by Thesarin
House Riven is going to war, with the banners their barons have raised to the fighting, to fight for Stormwall with Grayson and Redrain.
Action by Mia
Mia is no true combatant -- that's simply a fact, easily and readily known. But despite that, she will be riding out with Riven troops, geared and armored as anyone else is, in a ready display that she will never ask her people to undertake any action that she wouldn't do herself. Her hope is to inspire pride, and confidence, and bravery in them by being at their side, from the Twainfort all the way to Stormwall. Further, she will spend as much of her time as possible organizing their medical supplies and their healers, taking great pains to teach basic battlefield triage and treatment (Medicine 1) to anyone willing to learn. Her hope is to lift their morale and to minimize their casualties.
Action by Esoka
Esoka will be leading a flank of the Riven cavalry in the march on Stormwall, under Thesarin's overall command of Riven's forces and the larger coordinated effort of the Grayson vassals to the defense of the Crovane lands. She rallies the Riven knights so well as she's able with drills and what intelligence they have at their disposal about the enemy, and will be in thick of the charge when the battle comes. She will also sit in vigil and prayer to Gloria the evening before the fight, and invites those warriors who wish to offer their own blessings to the goddess to join her.
Result
At Stormwall, the Compact's soldiers have worked hard to fortify the city. They evacuated as many as possible, they came up with a coherent first plan that didn't last beyond the first engagement with the enemy (as plans never do), and they responded to the insane strategies of what must clearly be a madman directing the troops. And miraculously, it worked - or it seemed to at first. Gradually though, Compact forces were overwhelmed as wave upon wave showed up to press into the city.
And then, seeing what they faced and the numbers that came at them, they put into motion a brave (and possibly insane) plan of their own - they strategically trapped the enemy in the city, and they burned it down around their ears. It was one of those plans that you only put in motion when all other hope is lost. One that has no reason to work. One that only the truly desperate would use - and those who understand that the value of a place is not in its buildings but in its people.
And it succeeded. The enemy died where they stood. Those who fought that day watched the ships retreat and wondered if they would come back - but they knew that the day was theirs. Those who saw the end of the Battle at Stormwall were left to lick their wounds, patch up who they could, and bury the rest. And there were so many to bury.
And yet the Pirate King did not get a toehold in Stormwall. And Redrain lands remain free. A victory, if at a staggering cost.