Reputation changes
Posted by Apostate on 04/10/17
While the fighting against the Abandoned who refused to yield was relentless, the campaign comes to a head with the assault on the Isle of Krakensmaw. The ancient fortress, suspiciously showing signs of recent repair, has dozens of ships in its newly created port that rally to battle against the advancing Compact fleet. Under command of Count Max Darkwater assisted by Prince Jasher Thrax, the combined vessels of the Mourning Isles, Lyceum, the Oathlands (and a handful of Crownlands and Northlands) crush the shav ships, sending thousands of Abandoned reavers to the bottom of the bay with ships ablaze. The Compact forces land under command of Lord Ansel Telmar, who arrays the forces to siege the new fortress and take it by storm, arraying siege weapons from the ships against the fortress. Princess Alis Valardin brings up Oathlands archers under her command, raining down on the fortress and keeping the defenders from the ramparts, allowing Valdemar and Estaban to bring troops forward and take battering rams to the gates. As the gates fall, a vicious battle inside the fortress' halls ensues, with hundreds on both sides dying in the close, confined quarters. No attempt to surrender was ever made by the gibbering, incoherent defenders. The fall of the fortress bring, for the moment, the Thirteen Hammers to a close.