The Year Long battle

Military action

With their leader captured, their army mostly scattered and the crown holding two of their towns, the North was not sure how to continue with its war. The main force of the army, around 6000 men, had regrouped and slowly moving back to The Nightfort. They were planning on recovering and then trying to mount an attack on Ridgemot to try and rescue Hanlin Ewart. The King gave his men a few days to recover, with the rest of his army joining from the west, he now had around 24 000 in his army, now a formidable force ready to break the Northern spirit for good...

The Crown armies marched on villages across the North, avoiding the larger cities and towns, they raped, pillaged and burned as much as they could. As Winter got near and began the armies started to take over villages and stay in them to keep warm. The Northern Council held session in Winter's Edge and discussed their options. They sent word to have small groups of warriors seek out and hunt the southern army. As Winter was in its second half the snow would start to slow. The Northern forces set out and killed thousands of southern soldiers. With the North losing barely any. The King was staying at Ridgemot and got word of the defeats across the North and was in disbelief, he had lost almost his entire army. He blamed his advisers, his generals and the soldiers themselves.