Military action
Alderni forces led by Queen Helena III Bheuren attempt to outflank a much larger Balthan army on the Lyskan plain, clashing on the north shore of Lak Doal only a few miles from where Queen Baltha Sturmdottir had fallen in battle centuries earlier. Anointed as the champion of all Nine of the Daughters of Null, Queen Helena leads the charge and routs the Balthan army, fighting on despite grievous injury until her victory is assured - at which point she collapses and dies, her wounds and sheer exhaustion finally catching up with her.