The Stonewall Royale - updates needed

The events of and around the Stonewall Royale is studied by both inquisitorial and forces of the Crystal Kings*¹. It marks one of the first instances of events in Roth'Eld'Wor^*2 spilling into the Materium^*3. It is by the unyielding strength and spirit of the peoples of Stone King Tiant^*4 that Stonewall was not lost to the otherworld.

The Conflict

Prelude

The story of the Stonewall Royale begins in the otherworld Roth'Eld'Wor, with two forces of the afterlife.
It was during the Age of Chaos^*5 that a recurring portal to the materium was discovered by the Freedinals^*6. Since the portal was in a realm of chaos, they decided a fortress would be built to protect and use the portal. They used this portal to help mortals as best they could. Over time, all five castes of Freedinal would pass through it to do so at one point in time or another. Despite their efforts to keep the fortress and portal secret, it was only a matter of time until it was discovered, and moment had finally come to pass in the Age of Kings^*7.
The resulting battle between the Freedinals and Destruluths^*8 caused the Otherworldly Storm^*9 that served as the prelude and only warning of what was to come for mortals. From the Mortal point of view, the storm began with a turbulence affecting astral-travel^*10 to and from the Stonewall System. As time went on, the turbulence grew in severity until it nearly prevented faster than light travel, at wich point the storm manifested. It burst forth into life so quickly that neither the world of Stonewall or the Fororn^*11 forces passing by the system had a chance to send word of it. With the birth of the storm, ships in space near the planet and heart of the storm were sucked out of the Materium. Those out of the system but close enough to be affected by the storm were pulled in system like boats in an inescapable current.
Several months after the outbreak of the storm began, reports of mysterious disappearances began to circulate alongside rumors of cult activities. This increased over several months, culminating in an uprising of God-Fiend^*12 cults that enabled the Fiends to begin to manifest in the materium, causing the start of the royale before the Fororn military forces could respond. It should be kept in mind that hese events do attract the attentions of other forces of Roth'Eld'Wor.

Deployment

All deployments were either on the Fororn starships or the planet of stonewall prime. The other planets went uncontested, due to being uninhabited and uninhabitable, save for a select mining and gas extraction operations with temporary populations of up to several thousand workers.

Battlefield

The Battlefields were the insides of starships and the world of Stonewall Prime, with conflicts raging on all but the ocean covering sixty percent of the planet.

Conditions

An Otherworldy Storm encompassed the Stonewall system for the duration of the conflict. This trapped all starships in and near the system and made it much easier for the entities of Roth'Eld'Wor to slip from the otherworld to the Materium. On the planet, weather cycles continued as normal, while the day and night was trapped in a permanent evening, and the peoples dreams became bizarre - often morphing into haunting night terrors.

The Engagement

Engagements in space took place entirely inside the Fororn starships. One the planet of Stonewall, engagements began mostly in and outdoors and on foot. While airial battles took place, they were rarely unsupported by ground forces.

Outcome

The Stonewall System is devastated but survives the storm. Though the Freedinals are otherworldly entities, they are given permission by the planetary lord and Esper Knight Chapter Masters to aid in the rebuilding for one decade. Five hundred throusand cultists of various powers are confirmed by both Fororn and Inquisitorial investigations with evidence, confessions, and arcane circles of truth. Each wretched and damned soul is put to the sword, while their friends and family are monitered for three generations for any sign of corruption.
For their efforts in preserving the Stonewall System, the third and fourth chapters of the Fourth Legion are granted names. The third is granted the name Wall Watchers, while the fourth is granted the name Brightwall.

Aftermath

The Stonewall System is devastated but utimately recovers, under Imperial and inquisitorial oversight, with the Freedinals being allowed to aid in the rebuilding. After negotiations with the Freedinal leader, it was decided that the portal from Roth'Eld'Wor would be closed.

Historical Significance

Legacy

For most, the legacy  of the Stonewall Royale is the knowledge gained from the event. 
For the people of Stonewall, the legacy is a part of everyday life, for the Freedinals helped them rebuild. Statues, art, and literature are some of the ways people still give thanks to the Freedinals.
To the Freedinals, it is the people and the generations since the Royale that serve as its legacy.

Conflict Type

War

Start Date

5189 of the Age of Kings

Ending Date

5574 of the Age of Kings

Conflict Result

The otherworldly forces return or are banished back to Roth'Eld'Wor, the God-Fiend Cults are destroyed, and although devastated by the conflict, the peoples of Stonewall carry on.

Names, places, times, and things of note in the world of Crystal Kings.

1. Crystal Kings: The Crystal Kings are the avatars of the gods, leading interstellar empires against the forces of evil.
2. Roth'Eld'Wor: The otherworld is a dimension of gods and monsters, the realm of the afterlife and home to entities of thought and soul and spirit.
3. Materium: Also called the Prime Materium, it is the physical universe we mortals live and die in each day.
4. Stone King Tiant: Crystal King and avatar of the god Tiant, he is the leader of the Fororn Empire and its peoples.
5. Age of Chaos: The period of time between the activation of the Great Crystals and the Kings-Pact, marking the start of the Age of Kings.
6. Freedinals: Entites of Roth'Eld'Wor that are born from those souls of the dead that lived for the good and freedoms of others over all.
7. Age of Kings: The current Age of the Crystal Kings universe, begining with the Kings-Pact and the formation of the Crystal Kings' Inquisition.
8. Destruluths: Commonly called Demons, they are entities of Roth'Eld'Wor that form from the souls of the dead that lived intentionally destructive lives.
9. Otherworldly Storm: An event that happens when the energies of Roth'Eld'Wor to surge and twist violently, becoming an otherworldly storm when they burst into the Materium.
10. Astral-Travel: Many races and factions of the Crystal Kings' world use the transitive Astral Plane for faster than light travel.
11. Fororn: The Fororn Empire is the interstellar nation ruled the avatar, Stone King Tiant.
12. God-Fiends: God-Fiends are one of two things, either Gods that were corrupted by the taint of the Fiends, of Fiends that have gained enough power to fight a god.

Belligerents

Forces of Good

• Fororn Empire
• Fourth Legion, Fourth Chapter - Brightwall
• Fourth Legion, Third Chapter - Wall Watchers

Led by

• Chapter Master Adamus
• Chapter Master Clanggen

Strength

Forces of the Fororn Empire

• Esper Knights: The second and third Chapter of the Fourth Fororn Esper Knight Legion - The Stone Forged.
• Fororn Imperial Guard: four regiments - two infantry, one mechanized, one airborne.
• Archknight Cores: one Titan, Core Titanica Mandragor, and two Warsuit Cores, Ceromact and Arditem.

Forces of the Freedinals

• Brahman: Exact numbers unknown, three confirmed
• Kshatriya: Exact numbers unknown -believed to be in the tens of thousands, due to being the Freedinals' primary fighting force.
• Vaishyas and Shudra: Exact number unknown, suspected to have been in the thousands, due to reports of them aiding civilians.

Casualties

Fororn Casualties
Freedinal Casualties

• Total number slain is unknown, due to how quickly the flesh dissolves away.

Objectives

1. Survive the Otherworldly Storm surrounding the Stonewall System.
2. Defeat the dark otherworldly forces entering the Materium through the storm.

Forces of the Fiends

Led by

Strength

None can say for certain how great the exact strength of the Fiends was. What they can say is that were three distinct groupings of Fiends present.

• Fiends of Aichunn'cul
• Fiends of Cide
• Fiends of Lhamash

Casualties

Exact number of Casualties unknown, numbers of those confirmed banished or killed are 1.7 million, with estimates going anywhere from 6 to 10 million.

Objectives

Pull the entire population of the Stonewall System, if not the system itself, into Roth'Eld'Wor.

Stonewall Darkin Incursion

Led by

• Astra Lux

Strength

Exact numbers unknown, estimates impossible do to lack information. The ongoing conflict with the Fiends prevented efforts effectively gather such information.

Casualties

Debate often rages around this point. Darkin and Darklings slain in the Materium are banished to, and reform in, Roth'Eld'Wor. Since they can only truly be killed in their home dimension, the debate is whether they suffered any casualties.

Objectives

• Destroy the Fiends
• Destroy the mortal defenders
• Claim the Stonewall System and use it to produce the emotions that birthed them.