Recaps

Velin expanded Qixing Territory, prepared for a demonic threat and war with the Dwarves, then took command of the 135th Legion. After the Dwarf army was defeated, his legion entered Xigas Province and halted when it found the land scorched and deserted.

• Velin robbed a Dwarf convoy, then won the Crescent Moon Silver Wolf Tribe as vassals and settled them in Long Forest County.
• Velin surveyed Stone City’s mines and auxiliary army, bought Fisk Dosk’s provincial assets, and reorganized Qixing Territory’s businesses and forces.
• As Dwarf attacks spread through Cadro Province, Velin formed a mobile force, defeated a band of Dwarf raiders, and learned that a Demonic Calamity was approaching.
• Velin sent troops to help Ridge Territory, then prepared Qixing Territory for war and arranged to have Anastasia capture a Red Dragon expected to raid his lands.
• Velin assembled the 135th Legion, trained its 60,000 soldiers, and secured supplies and a Shadow Guard commander while the legion waited as reserve under the 27th Legion.
• After the Dwarf army was defeated, Burborn ordered the 27th Legion into Xigas Province, and Velin halted the 135th Legion when scouts reported burned villages and farmland near Iron Tower City.

Velin led the 135th Legion through the war against the Dwarves, survived the first two sieges of Black Forest Fortress, and learned that a larger Dwarf force was advancing toward the fort. The stretch ended with the Hurricane Legion waiting to intercept Bruce Ironforge’s troops.

• Viscount Iron Tower sent Aidan and Kota away to preserve the family name, while Velin’s forces captured Iron Tower City and began besieging nearby Dwarf settlements.
• Velin warned his Third Uncle about the coming Undead Calamity, but Kaden’s discovery of the undead’s plans forced the Human legions to evacuate northern Xigas Province as Death Mist spread across the Misty River.
• Jed Ironfurnace led the Dwarves across the Misty River, where Velin’s 135th Legion fought them at Dwarf Stone Pass and later received orders to clear the Dwarf Resistance Army from Cave Hills.
• Velin organized the Cave Hills defenses and supply escorts, then left the area after the 143rd Legion took over and Larot Simisis told him the 19th Legion had suffered catastrophic losses.
• Velin searched Fire Tree Plain for an Ancient Magic Puppet Legion, recovered relics that Brent assembled into an ancient magic instrument, and later fortified Black Forest Fortress against the Dwarves.
• Marquis Dalag’s Dwarves attacked Black Forest Fortress with siege engines and later Rune Cannons powered by enslaved people, but the second siege ended after Dalag ordered a retreat.
• A high priest’s Alignment Check led to Dalag’s dismissal and Earl Moximi Ash’s appointment, while Bruce Ironforge marched ten thousand Dwarves toward Black Forest Fortress and Hok led another twenty thousand toward Grey Mountain.
• The complete Hurricane Legion waited 150 kilometers from Black Forest Fortress to intercept Bruce Ironforge’s force.

Velin’s campaigns carried him from the retreat at Black Forest Fortress to a dangerous search for resources and allies in Angala Province. After gaining strength and acquiring the Moon Goddess’s invitations, he brokered an arms-for-slaves deal with the Centaurs and prepared to share the map’s discoveries with allied commanders.

• Io Lixis defeated Bruce in the sky, and after Bruce died, Io carried his body to Haider, prompting the dwarves to withdraw from Black Forest Fortress.
• Velin’s forces burned Copper Mountain City and sealed the surrounding passages, then garrisoned the area until Velin led the 135th Legion to Iron Tower City for rest.
• Velin rescued Britt from Viscount Akart, and Kyle purged the demon taint from Britt’s soul, awakening him as a Black and White Swordsman.
• Velin and Kyle entered Midas Space, passed its trials, and gained the Ring of Time fragment, which the Druid’s Book absorbed to create its own space.
• Velin funded Milada’s adventure group and trained under Kyle before leading his legion to defend Stone Mountain City and later marching north toward Angala Province.
• Velin received five Alp Island Banquet invitations from Sala and kept two while reserving the other three for negotiations with his family.
• After Kyle deciphered Darag’s map of resource sites, Velin negotiated with the Centaurs to trade Dwarven weapons for Gray-skinned Goblin slaves.
• Velin took the redrawn map to meet Burborn, Madmonk, and Bamund after Sulun promised to prepare the slaves for a trade in half a month.

Velin profited from resource sites, helped repel the Dwarves, and uncovered an ancient ruin containing treasures he could not yet retrieve. After the war ended, he returned to Qixing Territory and began planning its next expansion.

• Velin arranged labor and profit-sharing deals for the resource sites, then enlisted Kyle to organize extraction before the legion’s guard duty ended.
• Kyle and Grev confronted an Outer God’s followers, and Velin’s group explored an Interlayer Space before Gerrard sent them back to the real world.
• Velin outsourced unused mining sites to Count Kelt, transferred Gray-skinned Goblin slaves to the Centaurs, and led the 135th Legion south as the war escalated.
• Velin deployed Moncas and Grev against Andra’s Dwarven force, which they defeated, while Isia and Bashio began broader offensives against the Dwarves.
• Velin and Kyle found an underground Teleportation Array in an ancient river channel, repaired it, and entered a ruin where they gathered weapons but could not reach treasures sealed behind pillars of light.
• Velin learned that Zesita royal blood could unlock the pillars, kept his legion out of the final looting, and saw the war end with the Aslak Agreement.
• Velin returned to Qixing Territory after seven years away, reunited with Belder and the territory’s officials, and reviewed its growth and finances.
• Velin planned a new city in West Wind County for the Spatial Channel, assigned his officers to their posts, and returned to Star Moon Castle to reunite with Hilda and Sisina.