War with the Bull - Revision history

Storyteller at 22:32, 24 October 2016

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Storyteller at 16:38, 12 January 2015

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Storyteller at 19:46, 17 February 2014

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Storyteller at 05:40, 6 June 2013

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Storyteller at 04:32, 7 April 2013

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2012-10-20T14:28:40Z

‎RY764

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2012-10-20T14:18:21Z

‎RY762

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2012-10-20T14:17:28Z

‎RY762

Storyteller at 14:12, 20 October 2012

2012-10-20T14:12:13Z

Storyteller at 13:57, 20 October 2012

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-<td>Scarlet Empire (House Tepet), [[Linowan]], [[Rokan-jin]], [[Talinin]].</td>
+<td>Scarlet Empire ([[House Tepet]]), [[Linowan]], [[Rokan-jin]], [[Talinin]].</td>
 <td>[[Icewalker]] tribes, [[Halta]], [[Ardeleth]], [[Bloody River]], [[Jarrith]]</td>
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-<td>Tepet Arada 'the Wind Dancer'</td>
+<td>[[Tepet Arada]] 'the Wind Dancer'</td>
-<td>Bull of the North</td>
+<td>[[Bull of the North]]</td>
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 == Overview ==
 The Realm campaign against the Anathema known as the Bull of the North stands as a turning point in the history of the Age of Sorrows: the Scarlet Empire threw its full might against a warlord of the Threshold and was not merely driven back but utterly annihilated. A Great House of the Dynasty fell from the heights of power to irrelevance. Destruction was deployed on a scale not seen since the Balorian Crusade.
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-'''Resplendent Air''' – The Anathema known as the Bull of the North, having emerged as war leader of the Icewalker barbarians, forms an alliance with Halta and launches attacks on the eastern tribes allied with the Realm: the Rokan-jin and Talinin. The Linowan enter the war in support of those tribes, but even combined their forces are ineffective.
+'''Resplendent Air''' – The Anathema known as the [[Bull of the North]], having emerged as war leader of the [[Icewalker]] barbarians, forms an alliance with [[Halta]] and launches attacks on the eastern tribes allied with the Realm: the [[Rokan-jin]] and [[Talinin]]. The [[Linowan]] enter the war in support of those tribes, but even combined their forces are ineffective.
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-'''Ascending Water –''' The Linowan request the aid of the Realm in their war against the Bull. The Empress grants the honour of conducting the campaign to a mighty force of five Legions: the [[5th Imperial Legion]], [[9th Imperial Legion]], [[10th Imperial Legion]], [[11th Imperial Legion]], and [[25th Imperial Legion]]. There is great protest within the Dynasty, as over the past several decades those Legions had seen their ranks become dominated by Tepet officers, meaning the glory would belong to a single House. The Empress spoke of it as a reward for a century of Tepet ‘heroism and loyalty’.
+'''Ascending Water –''' The Linowan request the aid of the Realm in their war against the Bull. The [[Scarlet Empress]] grants the honour of conducting the campaign to a mighty force of five Legions: the [[5th Imperial Legion]], [[9th Imperial Legion]], [[10th Imperial Legion]], [[11th Imperial Legion]], and [[25th Imperial Legion]]. There is great protest within the [[Scarlet Dynasty]], as over the past several decades those Legions had seen their ranks become dominated by [[House Tepet]] officers, meaning the glory would belong to a single House. The Empress spoke of it as a reward for a century of Tepet ‘heroism and loyalty’.
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-'''Descending Wood''' – Legion forces pursuing the retreating army of the Bull are met at the edge of the Haltan forest by fresh enemy forces including the Anathema sorceress Samea. The Tepet advance is halted, and clashes along the treeline prove inconclusive, though reports of victories and personal heroism continue to pour into the Isle.
+'''Descending Wood''' – Legion forces pursuing the retreating army of the Bull are met at the edge of the Haltan forest by fresh enemy forces including the Anathema sorceress [[Samea]]. The Tepet advance is halted, and clashes along the treeline prove inconclusive, though reports of victories and personal heroism continue to pour into the Isle.
-A heated dispute over tactics between General Tepet Mallon of the 9th Legion and Dragonlord Tepet Ejava of the 5th Legion 1st Dragon sees the latter promoted to strategoi of the [[Vermillion Legion]], in the far-off southwest Threshold.
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 '''Resplendent Fire''' – General Mallon of the 9th Legion writes a letter to the [[Deliberative]] predicting the Bull’s head on parade in the Imperial City before the year is through.
 == RY763 ==
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-'''Resplendent Water''' – With regret, General Arada accedes to Sidereal suggestion for retaliation in kind, hopeful that this will cause both sides to cease such acts of mass destruction. The Bull-aligned city of Fallen Lapis is exterminated by Celestial magic, though only a small few in the whole of the Realm understand the source. The destruction is instead attributed to the Empress and the Imperial Manse. The Legions push the Bull’s armies back to the forest edge once more, but even in victory events have shaken morale, and the Talinin/Rokan-jin auxiliaries desert in droves or break formation to launch wasteful suicide attacks.
+'''Resplendent Water''' – With regret, General Arada accedes to Sidereal suggestion for retaliation in kind, hopeful that this will cause both sides to cease such acts of mass destruction. The Bull-aligned city of [[Fallen Lapis]] is exterminated by Celestial magic, though only a small few in the whole of the Realm understand the source. The destruction is instead attributed to the Empress and the Imperial Manse. The Legions push the Bull’s armies back to the forest edge once more, but even in victory events have shaken morale, and the Talinin & Rokan-jin auxiliaries desert in droves or break formation to launch wasteful suicide attacks.
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-'''Ascending Fire''' - Patrols of mortal soldiers prove unable to survive encounters with demons, so Arada orders dragonblooded officers to lead patrols. Spread thinly, casualties amongst the Terrestrials skyrocket. A few whisper that the Wind Dancer's drinking is becoming increasingly heavy.
+'''Ascending Fire''' - Patrols of mortal soldiers prove unable to survive encounters with demons, so Arada orders Dragonblooded officers to lead patrols. Spread thinly, casualties amongst the Terrestrials skyrocket. A few whisper that the Wind Dancer's drinking is becoming increasingly heavy.
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-'''Ascending Air''' - News reaching the Realm continues to tell of Legion victories in battle and the Bull’s inability to take the territory of the Realm’s allies, but as the year wears on rumours begin to spread as letters from soldiers reach families on the Isle, telling of the hardships and terrors the Legions suffer. Arada offers every Tepet who wents it a commission in the Legions under his command.
+'''Ascending Air''' - News reaching the Realm continues to tell of Legion victories in battle and the Bull’s inability to take the territory of the Realm’s allies, but as the year wears on rumours begin to spread as letters from soldiers reach families on the Isle, telling of the hardships and terrors the Legions suffer. Arada offers every Tepet who wants it a commission in the Legions under his command.
-'''Ascending Wood''' – The Great Houses take direct control of the Legions. This is a devastating blow for House Tepet, as they already had nominal control of the five Legions in the North and the expense of the distant campaign moves from the Imperial purse to their own House coffers. House elders begin pressuring General Arada to withdraw back to the Isle so their troops might be ready for a civil war. The 9th Legion, too mauled to be of further use, is allowed to begin withdrawal back to Lord’s Crossing. Non-Tepet officers resign their commissions en-masse and leave the field to accept commissions offered in their new House Legions.
+'''Ascending Wood''' – The Great Houses take direct control of the Legions. This is a devastating blow for House Tepet, as they already had nominal control of the five Legions in the North and the expense of the distant campaign moves from the Imperial purse to their own House coffers. House elders begin pressuring General Arada to withdraw back to the Isle so their troops might be ready for a civil war. The 9th Legion, too mauled to be of further use, is allowed to begin withdrawal back to Lord’s Crossing. Non-Tepet officers resign their commissions en-masse and leave the field to accept commissions offered in their new House Legions, and while Tepet officers are called from those Legions to replace the losses the blow to cohesion is significant.
-'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Arada requests aid from the [[4th Imperial Legion]] to the west and the [[23rd Imperial Legion]] to the southeast. Both refuse, and the rise of an Anathema at [[Madura]] blocks the closest line of retreat. He also requests the Immaculate Order dispatch a second Wyld Hunt against the Bull and his Anathema followers, but the Hunt will take time to prepare. Arada is left with no choice but to launch a lengthy withdrawal towards [[Greyfalls]].
+'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Arada requests aid from the [[4th Imperial Legion]] to the west and the [[23rd Imperial Legion]] to the southeast. Both refuse, and the rise of an Anathema at [[Madura]] blocks the closest line of retreat. He also requests the [[Immaculate Order]] dispatch a second [[Wyld Hunt]] against the Bull and his Anathema followers, but the Hunt will take time to prepare. Arada is left with no choice but to launch a lengthy withdrawal towards [[Greyfalls]].
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-'''Descending Fire''' – ''Battle of Futile Blood''. Unable to retreat to [[Greyfalls]] fast enough and losing men to harrasment by their pursuers, the Tepet Legions halt and make a final stand against the armies of the Bull, and are all-but wiped out. Arada resigns his commission and takes the vows of the Immaculate Order.
+'''Descending Fire''' – ''Battle of Futile Blood''. Unable to retreat to [[Greyfalls]] fast enough and losing men to harassment by their pursuers, the Tepet Legions halt and make a final stand against the armies of the Bull, and are all-but wiped out. Arada resigns his commission and takes the vows of the Immaculate Order.
 == Aftermath ==
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 In the end, the campaign cost House Tepet dearly... of more than 25,000 Legionnaires, less than 5,000 returned home, where they have been organized into a single understrength Legion (the 9th). Worse, the campaign cost the lives of some five hundred Tepet Dragonblooded, and the wealth of artifacts they bore, including a total of fifteen warstriders.
 [[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Imperial Legions]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Wyld Hunt]] [[Category:RY761]] [[Category:RY762]] [[Category:RY763]] [[Category:RY764]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:38, 12 January 2015
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	In the end, the campaign cost House Tepet dearly... of more than 25,000 Legionnaires, less than 5,000 returned home, where they have been organized into a single understrength Legion (the 9th). Worse, the campaign cost the lives of some five hundred Tepet Dragonblooded, and the wealth of artifacts they bore, including a total of fifteen warstriders.		In the end, the campaign cost House Tepet dearly... of more than 25,000 Legionnaires, less than 5,000 returned home, where they have been organized into a single understrength Legion (the 9th). Worse, the campaign cost the lives of some five hundred Tepet Dragonblooded, and the wealth of artifacts they bore, including a total of fifteen warstriders.

−	[[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Imperial Legions]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Wyld Hunt]]	+	[[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Imperial Legions]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Wyld Hunt]] [[Category:RY761]] [[Category:RY762]] [[Category:RY763]] [[Category:RY764]]

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−	'''Resplendent Fire''' – General Mallon of the 9th Legion writes a letter to the Deliberative predicting the Bull’s head on parade in the Imperial City before the year is through.	+	'''Resplendent Fire''' – General Mallon of the 9th Legion writes a letter to the [[Deliberative]] predicting the Bull’s head on parade in the Imperial City before the year is through.

	== RY763 ==		== RY763 ==

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 <td>Scarlet Empire (House Tepet), [[Linowan]], [[Rokan-jin]], [[Talinin]].</td>
-<td>[[Icewalker Tribes]], [[Halta]], [[Ardeleth]], [[Bloody River]], [[Jarrith]]</td>
+<td>[[Icewalker]] tribes, [[Halta]], [[Ardeleth]], [[Bloody River]], [[Jarrith]]</td>
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 <td>Scarlet Empire (House Tepet), [[Linowan]], [[Rokan-jin]], [[Talinin]].</td>
-<td>[[Icewalker Tribes]], [[Halta]], [[Fallen Lapis]]</td>
+<td>[[Icewalker Tribes]], [[Halta]], [[Ardeleth]], [[Bloody River]], [[Jarrith]]</td>
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-'''Ascending Air''' - News reaching the Realm continues to tell of Legion victories in battle and the Bull’s inability to take the territory of the Realm’s allies, but as the year wears on rumours begin to spread as letters from soldiers reach families on the Isle, telling of the hardships and terrors the Legions suffer. Arada offers every Tepet who weants it a commission in the Legions under his command.
+'''Ascending Air''' - News reaching the Realm continues to tell of Legion victories in battle and the Bull’s inability to take the territory of the Realm’s allies, but as the year wears on rumours begin to spread as letters from soldiers reach families on the Isle, telling of the hardships and terrors the Legions suffer. Arada offers every Tepet who wents it a commission in the Legions under his command.
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-'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Arada requests aid from the [[4th Imperial Legion]] to the west and the [[27th Imperial Legion]] to the southeast. Both refuse, and the rise of an Anathema at [[Madura]] blocks the closest line of retreat. He also requests the Immaculate Order dispatch a second Wyld Hunt against the Bull and his Anathema followers, but the Hunt will take time to prepare. Arada is left with no choice but to launch a lengthy withdrawal towards [[Greyfalls]].
+'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Arada requests aid from the [[4th Imperial Legion]] to the west and the [[23rd Imperial Legion]] to the southeast. Both refuse, and the rise of an Anathema at [[Madura]] blocks the closest line of retreat. He also requests the Immaculate Order dispatch a second Wyld Hunt against the Bull and his Anathema followers, but the Hunt will take time to prepare. Arada is left with no choice but to launch a lengthy withdrawal towards [[Greyfalls]].
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 '''Descending Fire''' – ''Battle of Futile Blood''. Unable to retreat to [[Greyfalls]] fast enough and losing men to harrasment by their pursuers, the Tepet Legions halt and make a final stand against the armies of the Bull, and are all-but wiped out. Arada resigns his commission and takes the vows of the Immaculate Order.
 == Aftermath ==

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−	'''Descending Wood''' – Legion forces pursuing the retreating army of the Bull are met at the edge of the Haltan forest by fresh enemy forces including the Anathema sorceress Samea. The Tepet advance is halted, and clashes along the treeline prove inconclusive, though reports of victories and personal heroism continue to pour into the Isle. A heated dispute over tactics between General Tepet Mallon of the 9th Legion and Dragonlord Tepet Ejava of the 5th Legion 1st Dragon sees the latter promoted to strategoi of the [[Vermillion Legion]], in the far-off southwest Threshold.	+	'''Descending Wood''' – Legion forces pursuing the retreating army of the Bull are met at the edge of the Haltan forest by fresh enemy forces including the Anathema sorceress Samea. The Tepet advance is halted, and clashes along the treeline prove inconclusive, though reports of victories and personal heroism continue to pour into the Isle.
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		+	A heated dispute over tactics between General Tepet Mallon of the 9th Legion and Dragonlord Tepet Ejava of the 5th Legion 1st Dragon sees the latter promoted to strategoi of the [[Vermillion Legion]], in the far-off southwest Threshold.

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-'''Descending Wood''' – Legion forces pursuing the retreating army of the Bull are met at the edge of the Haltan forest by fresh enemy forces including the Anathema sorceress Samea. The Tepet advance is halted, and clashes along the treeline prove inconclusive, though reports of victories and personal heroism continue to pour into the Isle.
+'''Descending Wood''' – Legion forces pursuing the retreating army of the Bull are met at the edge of the Haltan forest by fresh enemy forces including the Anathema sorceress Samea. The Tepet advance is halted, and clashes along the treeline prove inconclusive, though reports of victories and personal heroism continue to pour into the Isle. A heated dispute over tactics between General Tepet Mallon of the 9th Legion and Dragonlord Tepet Ejava of the 5th Legion 1st Dragon sees the latter promoted to strategoi of the [[Vermillion Legion]], in the far-off southwest Threshold.
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 '''Resplendent Fire''' – General Mallon of the 9th Legion writes a letter to the Deliberative predicting the Bull’s head on parade in the Imperial City before the year is through.
 == RY763 ==

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-'''Resplendent Wood''' - Battle of Krellin Ford. First large-scale battle between the Bull and the Realm. Four Dragons of the 5th Legion under Tepet Arada defeat 5 dragons in service to the Bull, breaking their lines. In the following weeks, Realm troops score additional victories across the battle front, and Bull armies are forced into retreat. In the Realm, there is much celebration and an expectation of impending victory.
+'''Resplendent Wood''' - ''Battle of Krellin Ford''. First large-scale battle between the Bull and the Realm. Four Dragons of the 5th Legion under Tepet Arada defeat 5 dragons in service to the Bull, breaking their lines. In the following weeks, Realm troops score additional victories across the battle front, and Bull armies are forced into retreat. In the Realm, there is much celebration and an expectation of impending victory.
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-'''Ascending Fire''' – Battle of the Ironthorn Forest. The 5th, 10th, and 25th Legions attack in full strength in an attempt to smash the forces of the Bull. The sorceress Samea is wounded, forcing a retreat, though casualties are high, including the 10th Legion’s entire warstrider complement. At the same time, a Wyld Hunt assaults the Bull of the North to prevent him from organizing his armies... the Bull slays all seven Immaculates forming the Hunt.
+'''Ascending Fire''' – ''Battle of the Ironthorn Forest''. The 5th, 10th, and 25th Legions attack in full strength in an attempt to smash the forces of the Bull. The sorceress Samea is wounded, forcing a retreat, though casualties are high, including the 10th Legion’s entire warstrider complement. At the same time, a Wyld Hunt assaults the Bull of the North to prevent him from organizing his armies... the Bull slays all seven Immaculates forming the Hunt.
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-'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Mallon, frustrated by a foe who fades away at the first sign of heavy battle, launches the Battle of the Redwoods, pushing deep into Halta at the head of the 9th Legion. With a massive gap left in Realm lines, guerrilla and demonic attacks increase tenfold, and six weeks later the survivors of the 9th stumble from the trees, two thirds of their number dead including their general.
+'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Mallon, frustrated by a foe who fades away at the first sign of heavy battle, launches the ''Battle of the Redwoods'', pushing deep into Halta at the head of the 9th Legion. With a massive gap left in Realm lines, guerrilla and demonic attacks increase tenfold, and six weeks later the survivors of the 9th stumble from the trees, two thirds of their number dead including their general.
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-'''Ascending Fire''' - Patrols of mortal soldiers prove unable to survive encounters with demons, so Arada orders dragonblooded officers to lead patrols. Spread thinly, casualties amongst the Terrestrials skyrocket.
+'''Ascending Fire''' - Patrols of mortal soldiers prove unable to survive encounters with demons, so Arada orders dragonblooded officers to lead patrols. Spread thinly, casualties amongst the Terrestrials skyrocket. A few whisper that the Wind Dancer's drinking is becoming increasingly heavy.
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-'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Arada requests aid from the [[4th Imperial Legion]] to the west and the [[27th Imperial Legion]] to the southeast. Both refuse, and the rise of an Anathema at Madura blocks the closest line of retreat. Arada is left with no choice but to launch a lengthy withdrawal towards Greyfalls.
+'''Resplendent Wood''' – General Arada requests aid from the [[4th Imperial Legion]] to the west and the [[27th Imperial Legion]] to the southeast. Both refuse, and the rise of an Anathema at [[Madura]] blocks the closest line of retreat. He also requests the Immaculate Order dispatch a second Wyld Hunt against the Bull and his Anathema followers, but the Hunt will take time to prepare. Arada is left with no choice but to launch a lengthy withdrawal towards [[Greyfalls]].
-'''Descending Fire''' – Battle of Futile Blood. The Tepet Legions make a final stand against the armies of the Bull as they fall back towards Greyfalls, and are all-but wiped out. Arada resigns his commission and takes the vows of the Immaculate Order.
+'''Ascending Fire''' - ''The Forsaken Heresy of RY764''. At the [[Cloister of Wisdom]] on the Blessed Isle, an Anathema arises and escapes after she slays the 30 monks preparing to depart with the Wyld Hunt against the Bull. The Hunt scrambles to find new shikari for the task, but is forced to tell Arada that there is no hope of it arriving until some time into the coming year, too late to assist the retreat of the Tepet Legions. Some, particularly amongst House Tepet, begin questioning the Wyld Hunt due to the high number of casualties against an Anathema alone on the Blessed Isle... if the result was so poor there, what hope would the force have had against the powerful Bull of the North himself?
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 In the end, the campaign cost House Tepet dearly... of more than 25,000 Legionnaires, less than 5,000 returned home, where they have been organized into a single understrength Legion (the 9th). Worse, the campaign cost the lives of some five hundred Tepet Dragonblooded, and the wealth of artifacts they bore, including a total of fifteen warstriders.
-[[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Imperial Legions]]
+[[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Imperial Legions]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Wyld Hunt]]

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	In the end, the campaign cost House Tepet dearly... of more than 25,000 Legionnaires, less than 5,000 returned home, where they have been organized into a single understrength Legion (the 9th). Worse, the campaign cost the lives of some five hundred Tepet Dragonblooded, and the wealth of artifacts they bore, including a total of fifteen warstriders.		In the end, the campaign cost House Tepet dearly... of more than 25,000 Legionnaires, less than 5,000 returned home, where they have been organized into a single understrength Legion (the 9th). Worse, the campaign cost the lives of some five hundred Tepet Dragonblooded, and the wealth of artifacts they bore, including a total of fifteen warstriders.

−	[[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Imperial Legions]]	+	[[Category:Military Conflicts]] [[Category:Conflicts involving the Imperial Legions]]