After Count Black’s death, Victor took charge of the Great Oak Territory, secured allies and supplies, and crushed a rebellion in Sunset City. With Brando protected and the eastern nobles joining him, Victor marched south into Cornwall County while the wider war shifted toward the Carson Mountains.
While Alex worked to strengthen the Northern Alliance Army’s morale, Edmund led the navy through a storm by a newly charted route and began conquering western noble territories. The rapid invasion forced Count Sibeth to withdraw troops from the front, though Turas kept the news from two regiments still fighting.
Victor led the Southern Marching Legion to aid the Iron Vine Family and joined its plan to flood Yalori Valley against the Coalition of Nobles. As the enemy prepared its attack, Victor and Lenster confronted the Silver Maple Secret Guard, and Victor left to inspect the battlefield after the guards died.
Victor and Lenster lured the Allied Army into Yalori Valley, where a deliberately unleashed flood devastated the coalition and forced both sides to retreat. As the survivors regrouped and moved toward Ironwire City, Victor’s orders sent James and Ron to block the roads and conceal the army’s movements.
James and Ron crushed the Fourth Legion’s roaming forces and reinforcements, clearing the way for Victor’s army to approach Ironwire City. Victor launched a midnight assault on the enemy camp, where James and Foss broke the defenders and Rick died after ordering surrender.
Victor broke the Grand Duchy’s defenses in Ironvine Territory, defeated Ursus, and secured supplies before returning east. As the Northern Alliance Army and the Duchy fought to a costly stalemate, news of Haines’s death threatened Victor’s plans to replenish his troops.
Victor captured Blackwater City through a combination of deception, local allies, and defections, then moved to rebuild trade and prepare new regiments. Meanwhile, Grand Duke Mora seized control of the Duchy Army from its nobles, leaving it vulnerable as Count Colt prepared the Northern Alliance Army to attack.
Victor rushed north with reinforcements after Alex warned him of Count Colt’s planned attack, while the Duchy Army prepared its own defenses. The armies clashed near Sextus County, and a disguised Duchy force struck at Count Colt’s vulnerable command post as Alex fought his way back from a cavalry ambush.
Victor helped finish the war against the Grand Duchy, then returned to Two Rivers Territory and prepared for its growth, including Veronica’s pregnancy, new immigration, and expanded farming and infrastructure. The arc ended with Victor finding Blue Lake Bay Outpost growing through copper mining and settlement.
Victor expanded the territory’s administration, military, intelligence, and education plans while overseeing the successful telegraph connection and its gradual expansion. He pushed sugar production and worker bonuses, then prepared to leave for the Raine Kingdom with Duke Alex in August.
Victor resolved a dam-building problem, then traveled with Brando to Iron Tree City and joined Alex on a mission to the Raine Kingdom. At Beckman, Victor secured a deal to sell White Sugar through powerful nobles, while the kingdom’s welcome hinted that Vela’s strength might soon be needed for another war.
Victor traveled with Alex and the Vela nobles to Golden Tree City, where they met King Carol I and began arranging support for Vela’s recovery. After returning home, Victor reunited with Veronica and newborn Charlie, supported Baron Rossi, and chose to remain in Vela with his family.
Victor expanded the railway and industrial network, negotiated with Viscount Thoros, and intervened in the treatment of Barbarian slave laborers. When a large Barbarian coalition threatened the Redrock Iron Mine district and Blue Lake Bay, he mobilized troops and railway transport, while James’s force prepared defenses and received a delegation of Barbarian envoys.
Victor learned that the Iron Bone Tribe and the Faith Order were consolidating power on the grasslands, while thousands of Barbarian refugees pledged themselves to the Raine Kingdom. He organized a defensive fortress line with the Northern Frontier nobles as Keledu continued expanding the Faith Order and managing its internal rivalries.
Victor consolidated the Faith Order’s position, advanced Two Rivers County’s industry and military technology, and coordinated with Alex against the Raine Kingdom and the Barbarians. A severe winter storm threatened the Northern Frontier, prompting early war preparations and relief efforts as the story left the territories bracing for an attack ahead of schedule.
As winter hardship pushed the Iron Bone Tribe toward invasion, Keledu joined Heshima’s campaign while Victor prepared the border territories and evacuated threatened tribes. James’s ambush captured valuable prisoners, and Victor sent Jackson north to meet the Iron Bone Tribe’s advancing forces.
Jackson defeated Wuqida, but Heshima’s Iron Bone Tribe gathered a vast force and began a siege of the Border Fortress. Bone Baldy and Priest Sparison used herders to fill the defenses and build earthen ramps, while Tuowutuo rose through the Faith Order’s ranks as the fortress prepared for the next assault.
Heshima gathered a massive Barbarian army and repeatedly attacked the Border Fortress, while James’s defenders inflicted heavy losses with crossbows, catapults, and fire oil. The siege continued as the Barbarians began building earthen ramps, and Keledu advised Heshima to withdraw and modify the catapults.
The Two Rivers Legion repelled the Iron Bone Tribe at the border fortress, while Marvin’s forces raided Barbarian-held villages and endured repeated attacks at Blue Lake Bay. The Barbarians withdrew after their front-line commanders disobeyed Shikele’s orders, leaving their conflict with Heshima unresolved.
Shikele and Kuba led a reinforced Barbarian assault on the Blue Lake Bay fortresses, but Victor’s artillery and the Two Rivers Legion shattered their army. With the fortresses secured, Victor moved toward the decisive battle while Marvin organized a thousand troops to join him.