Sedition may rock--but it can not roll over an army as disciplined and determined as the Grand Army of Califa. By 841, the rats of rebellion ducked and dodged from the light of the Warlord’s sun, unable to throw any shadow upon the Warlord’s glory. But the rebels could not seem to be permanently defeated either.
In 848, the Warlord lost his leg at the Battle of Liebling. As this tragic loss was mourned by all in suitable lamentable style, the Warlord ceded direct command of the GAC to General Banastre Haðraaða, who had proved his loyalty and coolness under fire a thousand times over.
But even under the direction of this delectable and pious soldier, the skirmishing continued and the rebels could not be pinned down long enough for Hardhands to administer a killing blow.
In 850, the Warlord’s rangers discovered the shocking truth of the rebellion: Julien Brakespeare and his goblins were being funded and supported by the Huitizil Empire, whose enigmatic Viceriene still blamed the Warlord for the loss of her daughter. Open war broke out between the two countries.
In 851, calamity struck Califa. At the Battle of Modok, Hardhands was killed by a stray arrow, and the Army suffered its greatest defeat ever, as well as the loss of all Califa ground east of the Sacto River.
Colonel C.S.R. Brakespeare ov Haðraaða assumed command but this appointment proved fatal for any hope of a quick end to the war. General Haðraaða Segunda proved to be a wicked and devious commander. She put her pen to a series of orders which violated the very essence of Califa’s philosophy and which quickly earned her the nickname: The Butcher Brakespeare.
Her hot-headed crony, Colonel Reverdy Fyrdraaca, was charged with carrying out these orders, which included no exchange or paroling of prisoners, no conditional surrenders, and a draft, and he did so with ruthless efficiency.
The Republic was beset from without and from within, and her citizens despaired.
Next week: Butcher Brakespeare joins forces with Lord Axacaya, and together they plot magick. The Warlord’s last-ditch effort at peace. Brakespeare’s arrest and trial.
In 848, the Warlord lost his leg at the Battle of Liebling. As this tragic loss was mourned by all in suitable lamentable style, the Warlord ceded direct command of the GAC to General Banastre Haðraaða, who had proved his loyalty and coolness under fire a thousand times over.
But even under the direction of this delectable and pious soldier, the skirmishing continued and the rebels could not be pinned down long enough for Hardhands to administer a killing blow.
In 850, the Warlord’s rangers discovered the shocking truth of the rebellion: Julien Brakespeare and his goblins were being funded and supported by the Huitizil Empire, whose enigmatic Viceriene still blamed the Warlord for the loss of her daughter. Open war broke out between the two countries.
In 851, calamity struck Califa. At the Battle of Modok, Hardhands was killed by a stray arrow, and the Army suffered its greatest defeat ever, as well as the loss of all Califa ground east of the Sacto River.
Colonel C.S.R. Brakespeare ov Haðraaða assumed command but this appointment proved fatal for any hope of a quick end to the war. General Haðraaða Segunda proved to be a wicked and devious commander. She put her pen to a series of orders which violated the very essence of Califa’s philosophy and which quickly earned her the nickname: The Butcher Brakespeare.
Her hot-headed crony, Colonel Reverdy Fyrdraaca, was charged with carrying out these orders, which included no exchange or paroling of prisoners, no conditional surrenders, and a draft, and he did so with ruthless efficiency.
The Republic was beset from without and from within, and her citizens despaired.
Next week: Butcher Brakespeare joins forces with Lord Axacaya, and together they plot magick. The Warlord’s last-ditch effort at peace. Brakespeare’s arrest and trial.
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