Recaps

Victor secured trade agreements and a betrothal during his journeys north and south, then returned to Two Rivers Territory to expand its army, industry, and settlements. The story leaves Victor preparing a campaign against the Blazing Fire Tribe while scouts map a route toward Tribe Number Two.

• Victor rewarded the Arms Factory workers and Rafam, then ordered a census of Two Rivers Territory and Green Valley Territory.
• Victor met Count Colt at Iron Mountain Fortress, negotiated a white sugar partnership, and agreed to marry Veronica after she chose him as her fiancé.
• Victor carried Count Colt’s proposal to Count Black, urged him to ease tensions with the eastern counties, and returned home to tell his family about the engagement.
• Victor and Wembley planned new border forts, land reclamation, a campaign against the Barbarian Tribes, and Marvin’s appointment to defend Golden Sunflower Territory.
• Victor recruited Marvin and expanded the army, while he and Alex agreed to a flour venture and Alex returned to Iron Birch Territory with flour and mills.
• Victor organized new regiments and nearly 2,400 militiamen, then received Vitri’s loan and thousands of slaves for the territory.
• Victor and Vitri inspected the iron mine and steelworks, and Two Rivers Territory settled arriving slaves in four settlements to reclaim farmland and form militias.
• Victor improved recruit training and uniforms as Luda and Jell gathered intelligence on the tribes, and scouts found a river route toward Tribe Number Two.

Victor used Luda’s intelligence and a forged letter to draw the Blazing Fire Tribe into attacking the Iron Palm Tribe, then led Two Rivers Territory’s army against its main camp. After capturing the camp, Victor pursued and defeated the returning Blazing Fire force, leaving its warriors surrendered.

• Luda discovered that the Iron Bone and Iron Palm Tribes had killed a force of black-clad riders, rescued Dane, and brought him to Victor, who learned of the Blood Scorpion Tribe’s succession dispute.
• Victor organized the army, appointed Jell and Luda to command tribal forces, and sent Luda to deliver a forged letter that would convince the Blazing Fire Tribe to rescue Dane by attacking the Iron Palm Tribe.
• Shang Ye and Jell captured Tribe Number Two and built Number Four Supply Station, while Luda persuaded Volcano to assemble the Blazing Fire Tribe’s forces and march against the Iron Palm Tribe.
• Volcano’s army fought Xita and the Iron Palm Tribe at Razor Ridge and then stormed their camp, killing Xisa, Sala, and Su He as the Iron Palm defenders were overwhelmed.
• Victor marched north, raided the Blazing Fire Tribe’s settlements, and ordered an assault on its Main Camp after learning that Volcano’s force had destroyed the Iron Palm Tribe and was returning.
• Two Rivers Territory captured the Blazing Fire Tribe’s Main Camp, secured its prisoners and spoils, and counted 114 soldiers killed across the campaign.
• Victor pursued Volcano’s returning army, rejected Volcano’s offer to surrender the Iron Palm spoils, and defeated the Blazing Fire force, killing Volcano and its senior commanders as Huo Qing and the remaining warriors surrendered.

Victor expanded Two Rivers Territory after defeating the northern tribes, welcomed Veronica, and put her in charge of scientific development. Their visit to Iron Mountain Fortress ended with Count Colt and Alex revealing a plot by Western Nobles to expose Iron Birch Territory’s secret treaty with the Raine Kingdom.

• Victor’s forces defeated and captured the Blazing Fire Tribe, and Victor recruited Morey for his knowledge of Desert God Eagles before sending four forces against the remaining tribes.
• Victor recalled James after learning the Moss Stone Tribe was protected by the powerful Horned Wolf Tribe, then returned to Wood Fort Town and welcomed Alex and Veronica.
• Veronica stayed in Two Rivers Territory, became Victor’s scientific advisor, and led a research team that built a low-speed diesel engine prototype.
• Victor expanded farms and settlements, rewarded the campaign’s soldiers and their families, and planned infrastructure including railways, irrigation, and increased cement production.
• Veronica demonstrated that her engine could haul heavy loads, while Victor arranged for its security and began planning generators for telegraph and telephone communications.
• Victor and Veronica sailed to Iron Mountain Fortress, where Viscount Benjamin confronted Victor before changing his attitude after a private exchange.
• Alex told Victor and Count Colt that Western Nobles had obtained the secret treaty between Iron Birch Territory and the Raine Kingdom and planned to use it to turn Grand Duke Mora against the Iron Birch Family.

Victor and Alex pursued the Raine Kingdom’s secret pact through the Grand Duchy, seizing Haiden City’s transfer station before changing their plan to capture the delegation at Woven Fern Territory. They took the castle, killed its baron and his son, and trapped the envoy group inside.

• Count Colt revealed that Mora had learned of the rebellion, and Victor agreed to help Alex intercept the secret pact convoy while the Iron Birch Family prepared for war.
• Victor and Alex crossed the Carson Mountains, entered Haiden City with Salos’s help, and seized the transfer station to obtain horses.
• Victor and Alex attacked Haiden City’s garrison and gates, then rode west with their remaining men as Salos drew pursuers away.
• Victor and Alex learned that the Raine delegation would rest at Woven Fern Territory, but changed their plan when Imperial Guard heavy cavalry approached.
• Victor led a nighttime assault on Woven Fern Territory’s castle, scaling its wall while Alex’s men entered through the water gate.
• Alex’s cavalry attacked the defenders from behind, and the combined force defeated them as the envoy group remained trapped inside the castle.
• Victor and Alex identified the dead baron and his son as Mosley Woven Fern and Winter Woven Fern, then Victor ordered the prisoners to bring everyone out or face a fire.