Recaps

Victor inherited the barony, prepared his territory for war, and led an expedition north to fight the Green Grass Tribe. After defeating a Barbarian cavalry force, he established Wood Fort as a construction center and began planning settlements and reforms while preparing to attack the tribe.

• Victor returned from the civil war, organized his territory, recruited and trained 800 soldiers, and activated the Beacon Lighthouse to help plan his reforms.
• Victor agreed to support Alex Iron Birch’s family in exchange for coastal territory, then inherited the barony before preparing to lead settlers and troops north.
• Victor secured support from his maternal family and traded with Vitri Greenleaf and Macut Blackpine for seeds, timber, and information about the Northlands.
• Victor’s expedition reached the Great Fish River, where Jack reported that his advance squad had held an outpost against Barbarian Cavalry and rescued captives.
• Victor lured the Barbarian Cavalry into an ambush, routed them with his forces, and captured more than a hundred prisoners.
• Victor’s army marched to Wood Fort, defeated the Green Grass Tribe’s herders without a fight, and named the planned settlement Wood Fort Town.
• Victor promised rewards, considered army reforms and a barbarian auxiliary cavalry, and sent his people to begin construction at Wood Fort Town and Sea Song Town.
• Ron and Jack found the Green Grass Tribe settlement and reported that fewer than five hundred potential defenders remained, including about two hundred soldiers.

Victor expanded Two Rivers Territory’s army and infrastructure while negotiating a secret alliance with Vitri. After the Horseshoe Tribe threatened the territory, Victor’s forces crossed the river and defeated Luda’s unit, while Jell surrendered and blamed Anlie and John.

• Victor took command of Jackson Edelweiss’s arriving cavalry and led an expedition against the Green Grass Tribe, capturing its camp and thousands of herders and livestock.
• Victor spared elderly captives and children, planned an education system for the territory, and brought Paru and Little Mouse under his protection.
• Victor developed the territory’s docks, housing, food supplies, and resource production, then reached a secret agreement with Vitri for loans, ships, serfs, trade, and possible military aid.
• Victor equipped and reorganized his army, rewarded soldiers and workers, and used a gazelle hunt to expose weaknesses in coordination and officer training.
• After scouts found a Barbarian outpost, Victor learned that the Iron Birch-controlled Horseshoe Tribe had been ordered by Viscount John to disrupt Two Rivers Territory’s development.
• Victor sent his forces across the river, and Ron and Jack subdued the outpost before Jack located the Horseshoe Tribe’s main camp.
• Jack lured Luda’s pursuing force into an ambush, where Victor’s cavalry defeated it and captured Luda.
• Jell surrendered to Jack, blamed Anlie and John for the tribe’s actions, and went with his men and prisoners to meet Victor’s main force.

Victor seized control of the Horseshoe Tribe, expanded Two Rivers Territory, and led its forces to the northern war. After helping break the siege of Hot Water Fortress, he gained command of the campaign’s next major battle and advanced toward Black Stone Plain.

• Victor defeated Anlie’s forces, placed Jell and Luda in charge of the Horseshoe Tribe, and secured its vassalage along with a rich limestone deposit.
• Victor developed Two Rivers Territory with new farms, canals, factories, homes, and military defenses while preparing his forces for war.
• Victor accepted Count Colt’s summons, left Santos to defend the territory, and marched with the First Regiment to Enzo City.
• Alex appointed Victor regimental commander and shared intelligence that the Tribal Alliance planned a three-route invasion with 150,000 men.
• Victor joined Viscount Benjamin’s advance to Hot Water Fortress and used Light Cavalry to attack the Barbarian camp from behind while Benjamin charged from the front.
• Victor helped rout the besieging forces, killed their Legion Commander, and took command when Benjamin collapsed from his wound.
• Victor led the retreat from approaching reinforcements, then hunted enemy scouts and planned to draw Bloodhoof’s weakened army onto Black Stone Plain.
• After Viscount Hawke challenged his command, Benjamin approved Victor’s plan and empowered him to punish disobedient officers, and Victor led the army toward the plain at dawn.

Victor led the Second Legion through a costly campaign against the Barbarians, earning a viscountcy and major war spoils. Back in Two Rivers Territory, he expanded its industry and army, discovered a vast iron deposit, and agreed to a marriage alliance while selling military technology to Alex.

• Victor defeated Bloodhoof’s right-wing army on the Black Stone Plain, then helped surround Gubai’s survivors at Hot Water Fortress until Gubai killed himself and the Barbarians surrendered.
• Benjamin secured Victor’s appointment as Acting Legion Commander, and Victor rested and resupplied the Second Legion before joining the northern defensive line.
• Victor led the Second Legion into Count Colt’s trap at Ice Wind Valley, but the Barbarians did not pursue them, and Count Colt later raised Victor to Viscount and ordered him to cut off their supply route.
• Victor built a wagon fortress and led the Second Legion through repeated attacks, killing the Iron Hoof Great Chieftain and Blood Scorpion before Count Colt’s forces helped rout the Barbarians.
• Count Colt distributed war merits among the legions, and Victor assigned the Second Legion’s rewards before leading it home with thousands of horses and packhorses.
• Victor compensated soldiers’ families, reorganized his forces, and developed transport equipment, while Number One helped him plan a mine at Iron Mountain with at least twenty million tons of hematite.
• Victor gave James and Green Valley Territory responsibility for the mine, received a marriage proposal from Viscount Benjamin’s family, and agreed to meet Veronica before finalizing the alliance.
• Victor demonstrated improved crossbows, ballistae, and a counterweight catapult to Alex, then agreed to sell Alex the catapult technology and support for 5,000 gold coins.