Post by Azuloth on Jan 3, 2015 15:02:49 GMT -5
Sovereign troops were positioned at the southern and western roads into Viktoria from Hek'Cruica. They were complacent. Hanging about, taxing the people that came into the country with a toll that didn't actually exist. Lining their pockets as it were. The troops were poorly armed and armored. Not a single Ritgr among them. The only thing that marked them as the SKC troops were the Ouroboros on their red and black armbands.
Oswoth's mercenary band was out on commission from a very wealthy partner. Their job was to cut down and block off the western entrance into the country. The battle was quick. They cut through the unwary SKC troops in no time at all. Blood was splattered all over the ground, casualties for the mercenaries was low. The troops were all killed. They took the loot that was there at the border post, the only way in and out of the country by that road, and blocked all traffic. Anyone with elkagr blood that approached the gate they took captive, then killed.
Two day's later Oswoth's band of Mercenaries were paid and relieved by the Royal Justean Guard. They had taken control of that border and began allowing only certain traffic into the country, barring emissaries from the Empire of the Highborn on pain of death.
On Floras 15th, the southern border pass into Hek'Cruica fell under a brute force attack by the Skaldi Resistance Front. When it was over only one Skaldi had died, and scores of Sovereign Troops had been slaughtered. The Skaldi burned down the border fort, and blew up the road, making it entirely impassable. There were no survivors. They left the bones of their enemies stripped of their flesh and arranged in the pattern of their sigil everywhere. They left a team of five Skaldi warriors behind to kill anyone that came to that border crossing.
On Floras 18th, a city wide culling occurred in Helkorth. All Sovereign Kingdom of Cruinthe presence was hunted down and destroyed or captured in the single largest Royal Justean Guard operation. It was their announcement to Julgrava that they meant business. Mere handfuls of RJG Ritgrs overwhelmed the unprepared and unaware three thousand Sovereign Ritgrs and lesser troops. While the Royal Justean Guard was outnumbered at least twenty five to one, their casualty ratio was one to a hundred and twenty (kills or captures). Sovereign Analysts blame dark magic for the RJG's success in Helkorth, branding them as demon worshippers and summoners. The RJG's ritgrs acquired the nickname Hell-Ritgr by SKC troops.
On Floras 20th, the Royal Justean Guard's flag flew atop Helkorth Fortress. A backwards R with a J in the middle and a regular K, all in black, on a field of dark red. The three letters shared a stem. Helkorth's Provincial Governor's office, including the city officials were executed publicly. Avaline ve'Justea declared herself the Princess Superior of the Sovereign Kingdom of Cruinthe and the Royal Justean Guard, and claimed her domain as the entirety of the country, naming Helkorth it's capitol.
Oswoth's mercenary band was out on commission from a very wealthy partner. Their job was to cut down and block off the western entrance into the country. The battle was quick. They cut through the unwary SKC troops in no time at all. Blood was splattered all over the ground, casualties for the mercenaries was low. The troops were all killed. They took the loot that was there at the border post, the only way in and out of the country by that road, and blocked all traffic. Anyone with elkagr blood that approached the gate they took captive, then killed.
Two day's later Oswoth's band of Mercenaries were paid and relieved by the Royal Justean Guard. They had taken control of that border and began allowing only certain traffic into the country, barring emissaries from the Empire of the Highborn on pain of death.
On Floras 15th, the southern border pass into Hek'Cruica fell under a brute force attack by the Skaldi Resistance Front. When it was over only one Skaldi had died, and scores of Sovereign Troops had been slaughtered. The Skaldi burned down the border fort, and blew up the road, making it entirely impassable. There were no survivors. They left the bones of their enemies stripped of their flesh and arranged in the pattern of their sigil everywhere. They left a team of five Skaldi warriors behind to kill anyone that came to that border crossing.
On Floras 18th, a city wide culling occurred in Helkorth. All Sovereign Kingdom of Cruinthe presence was hunted down and destroyed or captured in the single largest Royal Justean Guard operation. It was their announcement to Julgrava that they meant business. Mere handfuls of RJG Ritgrs overwhelmed the unprepared and unaware three thousand Sovereign Ritgrs and lesser troops. While the Royal Justean Guard was outnumbered at least twenty five to one, their casualty ratio was one to a hundred and twenty (kills or captures). Sovereign Analysts blame dark magic for the RJG's success in Helkorth, branding them as demon worshippers and summoners. The RJG's ritgrs acquired the nickname Hell-Ritgr by SKC troops.
On Floras 20th, the Royal Justean Guard's flag flew atop Helkorth Fortress. A backwards R with a J in the middle and a regular K, all in black, on a field of dark red. The three letters shared a stem. Helkorth's Provincial Governor's office, including the city officials were executed publicly. Avaline ve'Justea declared herself the Princess Superior of the Sovereign Kingdom of Cruinthe and the Royal Justean Guard, and claimed her domain as the entirety of the country, naming Helkorth it's capitol.