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Emperor Valerius’ reign, despiste seemingly all the odds, began peacefully in the year 54 AC, with that peace maintaining itself seemingly for over a year. While Scovania was calm, there were reports of Thrynway, Tarenato, and Sarabia facing more issues the Emperor turned his complete attention towards his main kingdom & homeland. House Cliffhall continued to gain power and gold under their Warden, Conrad, while the old House Adsum, under Warden Taerion continued mostly remaining in isolation, with occasional visits to the capital region. House Tirquyn on the other hand, with a lack of wealth from their fief, grew further into waste as they run low on men & gold, due to this, Warden Herod took a trip to some relatives with a majority of his household guards to gain wealth, missing the events which unfolded soon after his departure, events, which shook the realm once more.

The Wealth of Power

As Wardens of the South, and overlords of the Duchy of Sano, House Cliffhall’s wealth continued to grow under their staunch lord, Conrad, until it appeared that their strength had matched that of the Crown directly, and perhaps that of House Adsum as well. To ensure this was correct, Conrad took a trip across the realm, assessing the strength of his potential enemies and allies. What he found was quite simple, the Crown was almost entirely levyless due to the wars in Sarabia & Tareneto, with House Adsum continuing to host a large garrison & levy, that of equal strength to House Cliffhall, maybe not in numbers, but certainly in experience and equipment. Due to this, Conrad took a trip to House Adsum and feasted with Taerion, in an attempt to gain their trust.

Shortly after, Conrad’s son, Michael, heard whispers from the court about the death of his grandfather, Cody, by his own father. Some even suggested to him that he may be slain in Conrad’s paranoia over meeting a similar fate that in which he gave to his father, murdered by their firstborn in the pursuit of power and wealth. In fear & shock, Michael fled the court of Cliffhall, moving across the realm quickly on horseback until finding the estate of House Adsum, in which he reported the potential evil-deed of his father, this action enraged Taerion, who saw Cody as similar to one of his sons, who he helped raise and protect. This would perhaps shift the tide of the realm.


King of the South

With suitable power, and ambition built into the psyche of Conrad Cliffhall, he declared himself King of Southern Scovania, attaining the fealty of Duke Alexander Stethos, of the Island Fort. Luckily for Emperor Valerius, Taerion decided to remain loyal to House Lazaros, and raised his banners in support of the rightful Monarchy, perhaps not out of love for it, but for hatred to the man who killed someone he saw as kin.

Emperor Valerius’ raised the few Crown Troops which remained in direct service, and marched to the fort of House Adsum to regroup for a direct attack upon the ancient & strong Cliffhall Palace, which Conrad held up in.

The Skirmish outside of the Palace was quick, and with rising losses on each side, the Emperor’s forces managed to beat the Cliffhall’s back into their palace home, before regrouping away due to the immense losses taken during the war. It is said that Conrad himself was almost slain in this encounter, but was saved by a local retainer.

The Element of Surprise

Conrad, knowing that his enemies would soon descend upon his Palace in overwhelming numbers, devised a plan in hope of a quick victory. Mounting a majority of his men on horseback, they planned to charge the siege lines as soon as the regrouped forces of the Emperor & Warden Taerion arrived.

Luckily for him, a large force of House Adsum soldiers had gotten on boats led by Krystna Vladiswitch in hopes of ensuring no supplies could reach the Palace by sea, which made the surprise charge much more effective on the House Adsum & Lazarosi lines. Horses charged into each other, nobles reached for their blades to hit their enemies, and by the end of it the fighting had calmed down, with both sides taking heavy casualties. As Emperor Valerius’ and Ares Adsum looked around at the past battlefield, and the fleeing Conrad Cliffhall going once again back into his fortified walls, they looked to the west and saw a single Adsum soldier dismounted, facing three opponents.

As they got closer, it was clear as day it was Warden Taerion Adsum, bleeding heavily from multiple stab and slash wounds, fighting for his life against Duke Alexander, and two of his retainers. The two rode hard over to the river-side, where Taerion had been surrounded, engaging the three men from behind. The two retainers fell quickly to the surprise, but Duke Alexander of Stethos stood. Ares, being the brave young lad he is, challenged Alexander to a duel. It was accepted, and with a few quick non-lethal slashes, Duke Alexander was captured, and brought back to the fort of House Adsum, Totemhold. But, the Emperor’s forces had taken the considerable loss of King Gapel II of Tareneto, clearly further destabilizing the small island nation, which by now was in open revolt. Despite this all, victory was upon the Emperor’s forces, and soon the Palace would be stormed after a regrouping of forces.


New & Old Oaths

Duke Alexander Stethos, captured and thrown into the House Adsum cells, seemingly had a short future. But, by the grace of mercy, he was offered “terms” by Warden Taerion after the battle had concluded, and his wounds had been mostly healed. Duke Alexander was to renounce his oath to House Cliffhall, and become a sworn vassal of House Adsum, which in turn returned him and his forces to the side of Emperor Valerius. Alexander, not wanting to lose his head, accepted the fair terms and ordered his men to abandon what remained of House Cliffhall’s forces, leaving them even more alone than they had been after the devastating loss of the week prior.

With House Adsum, House Lazaros, and House Stethos standing against the ghost garrison of the Palace, it was clear to King Conrad Cliffhall he was certainly doomed. Perhaps this doom came about because of his past unspeakable actions, damned by Flanch or whichever God looked over the realm, or perhaps his own men had damned him, with no devotion to the cause he set about, either way it was clear to the eye that his life was to be soon at an end. Conrad ordered his son & heir to be kept in the Palace, before organizing what remained of his garrison for a final charge, in hopes of slaying the Emperor before his own life was whisked away by the tidal wave of steel and mount.

And so, the remains of House Cliffhall’s power & wealth, mounted their horses, and charged out of the gates, led by their King & Liege, their Kinslaying, murdering, oath breaking liege.

Broken Words, Broken Trees

King Conrad Cliffhall charged forth with approximately 500 riders against 5,000 combined arms of House Adsum & House Lazaros. Sadly, House Cliffhall had lost the element of surprise due to their previous charge in the battle aforementioned. And so, their charge was met with pikes standing & ready, with arrows drawn before them, and cavalry charging at them with bloodlust filled in their eyes. Emperor Valerius was one of them, alongside Warden Taerion Adsum. Almost instantly into the battle, Conrad Cliffhall was dismounted and led into the mud & blood of the ground surrounding him. As he arose, he simply looked around and witnessed the deaths of dozens of his loyal men, being slaughtered en-mass by those he had always known were his enemies. Horsemen charged at him, back and forth, attempting to get the glory of being named Kingslayer. Conrad’s arm weakened, his willpower depleted, his Kingdom, gone.

As he looked forward, he saw the unforgettable face of Emperor Valerius, charging at him atop of a warhorse of ungodly sizes. Conrad prepared his blade to penetrate the horse’s head, but the armor the horse wore was too thick, and as Emperor Valerius charged into him, Conrad Cliffhall’s last sight in life was the horses hooves came down onto his skull, killing him instantly as the Emperor rode forward, not even knowing he had killed the Cliffhall King.

Upon the death of this liege, the men of House Cliffhall attempted a mass retreat, but being overwhelmed by cavalry, they were butchered almost to the last man by the end of the battle.

The forces of House Adsum, Lazaros, and Stethos regrouped shortly after the battle, and took the unoccupied palace. Emperor Valerius sat upon the throne, as dozens of trusted retainers Ave’d him, declaring him truly the successor to Emperor Zakros II, a worthy heir.

As this happened, Emperor Valerius’ called upon the young Ares Adsum to kneel before him, and with the movement of the blade, named him a knight of the realm, and that of House Lazaros. Ares Adsum rose as the youngest recorded Knight in the history of Scovania.

A grand feast was held in the ungarrisoned Palace, lasting over a month. Celebrations were held, meanwhile the young Prince Michael Cliffhall had been put in a dark cell in Warden’s Rest, reportedly at the mercy of the jailors. His fate, and the fate of House Cliffhall with him, is unknown.

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Thank you all for attending this event like a week ago, sorry about the summary time once again but I find myself lacking further motivation to host LNWJ, and with SRP being disbanded and merged, I find this as a great opportunity to take a long break from LNWJ. When this event resumes, I do not know, but when it does I shall be ready to host it in a manner which it deserves. It will continue as S5 when I return, but this is clearly the end of the start of the season.

Thank you all for attending this event over 2 years, and hopefully, maybe, it will be continued one day when I am ready and able to.


also sorry about quality but I can't be asked LOL

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