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Second War of the Power. Northern Campaign.

A Brother-Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Nortender face an Ozcura warrior of the Dark Legion.

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he Northern Campaigns began with the great campaign of Satman of the 2440 a.a.H, when Satman ordered one of his armies to march to the north, to try to force the pass of Navatiak, to then attack the Five Kingdoms of the Northwest:

For this, Satman commanded 8 legions to march to the Northwest:

They were to face first the Sovereign Military Order of Nortender, and then the Kingdom of Navatiak and the dwarven realm of Helmed, before reaching the Northern Marches of Huncle.

However, in their initial advance the Dark Legions will be bogged down by skirmishes made by the Brother Knights of the Order of Nortender, who faced the Dark Legion in delaying tactics, as the Order gathered their forces.

In the first main battle of the Northern Campaign -the Battle of Skollbär - was initiated by forces of the Order of Nortender under Brother Knight Franken, who despite the strict and clear orders of the Master of Nortender to remain in positions without attempting any offensive action, -having even authorization in case of increased pressure to retreat-

Franken was convinced that the Nortender heavy cavalry training and equipment made up for their lack of numbers, and pressed for offensive action: on his own initiative and against orders, he will attack a numerically superior demonic force. Because of the hastiness of the Nortender attack, the Dark Legion Emerged victorious. However, the knights were able to retreat, joining with the main Nortender Army.

To try to encircle and destroy the Knights, the demon commander divided his legions into three columns, with numerous raiders and routiers to devastate the region of Nortender: However the Knights, thanks to their scouts, noticed the division of the demonic army to encircle them, and quickly the Master of the North ordered them to march forward, to face one of the three demonic armies on the shores of the Lake Vollwär:

Caught between the lake and the Knights -and with the lake as well separating them from their possible reinforcements on the opposite shore-, the Knights will annihilate the dark legionnaires: the battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the First column of the Dark Legion and the suicide of its commanding general.

Without taking time to rest, to avoid losing the element of surprise, the knights quickly rode over the second demonic army that hurried to support the defeated legions: The sudden cavalry charge shocked the Dark Legion, who hadn't expected to face an enemy with initiative and their lines crumbled. However, the tired knights couldn't effectively conduct the pursuit of the retreating dark legionnaires.

Knowing of the two successive defeats at lake Vollwär due to the arrival of retreating survivors, thinking they were facing a larger human force, panic spread in the ranks of the third demonic column, and the formation began to disintegrate even before battle, with large desertions.

In the follow up Battle of the Hundred Lakes, the Order of Nortender pushed the Dark Legion across its entire front, eventually ejecting it from Nortender, even advancing into territory of the Dark Legion: However, further progress was hampered by the arrival of Dark Legion reinforcements, menacing the Nortender Order flank.

Because of this, the Order of Nortender retreated back to their castles, as the new armies of the Dark Legion massed: After the three successive defeats, the commanders of the Dark Legion will be more careful, and instead will slowly advance, laying siege on one of the castles of the Order after the other, while the Order tried to send relief forces to break the sieges:

The war in the north had largely stagnated, and as the armies of the Dark Legion were marching into Sargos and was lost hope for a quick victory against Nortender, Satman ordered his northern armies to keep the line, awaiting for reinforcements after the Sargonic defeat.

However, with the catastrophic defeat of the Battle of the Sargonic Plains for the Dark Legion, news reached the northern armies of the demons: a heavy blow for the morale, large forces will desert and many of the sieges will be lifted as some whole legions broke ranks, abandoning some of the captured castles

The Order of Nortender, supported by warriors of the kingdom of Navatiak and the Dwarven Mines of Helmed will advance, reconquering the territory lost in earlier stages of the war:

As well, with the news of the defeat of the demons in the Sargonic Plains, there will be rebellions among the Amazons tribes under Dark Legion rule, which will be supported by Nortender.

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Done while in classes as a subtistute teacher, as a child asked for a Knight wielding a sword. Added an ozcura ! : U

Done with markers on a scrap of paper. Took a photo and coloured digitally it.

Edit 27.09.2017: Updated text*