Recaps

Victor mobilized the Golden Sunflower forces for the Civil War and sailed south with his expeditionary army. Meanwhile, Hawke’s Fifth Legion endured a siege at White Earth City as Ricardo exposed infiltrators and Alex raced to bring relief.

• Count Sibeth supplied Turas with horses and wagons, and Turas departed with the Sixth Legion expecting to take command of the Second Legion in Carn City.
• Count Lloyd decided not to send troops to aid Count Colt unless asked, while Victor received Colt’s letter and prepared his army for the Civil War.
• Victor rallied his officers, promised rewards, organized the expedition, and assigned Saruman to defend Two Rivers Territory while the main force headed for Sea Song Town.
• Sodoma tested an icebreaker, joined the Iron Birch fleet, and helped prepare the fleet and troops for the voyage south.
• Victor sailed from Sea Song Town with the expeditionary force after entrusting his family and officials with the territory’s defense.
• Hawke and Ricardo faced the Fifth and Seventh Legions at White Earth City, where Ricardo exposed the danger of an inside traitor and Hawke arrested Baron Rubio after thwarting an infiltration plot.
• Alex sent word of the siege to his father, then led a stripped-down vanguard toward White Earth City while Hawke’s defenders endured repeated assaults.
• Hawke led his guards onto the walls, helped repel attackers and burn assault ladders, and held the city as Labia ordered another volley.

The defense of White Earth City held as Alex’s cavalry forced the enemy to withdraw, while Turas secured control of Carn City’s garrison through a settlement with Count Carter. Victor’s fleet landed in Suffolk County, prompting Foss and the eastern nobles to maneuver against the First Legion as Count Black prepared Yellen’s troops for deployment.

• Hawk’s defenders nearly lost White Earth City, but Alex’s cavalry arrived and forced Labia and Kimberley to withdraw.
• Count Colt ordered Delock to meet Alex rather than continue the pursuit, while Mora redirected forces toward the Eastern Region and Lloyd’s Iron Vine Family.
• Turas used Karanga and Dirac to seize Carn City’s southern gate, but Count Carter recovered and publicly backed Cant as Second Legion commander.
• Count Carter divided the Second Legion’s authority between Cant and Zapar, appointed Turas commander of the Carn City front, and Turas made Karanga commander of the Sixth Legion’s Third Regiment.
• Victor’s fleet reached Rotten Tree Beach, landed its troops and horses, and established a temporary dock and camp while Sodoma drove off or sank scouting ships.
• Rumors of the landing spread as Count Colt joined Alex and Viscount Hawke near White Earth City, while the First Legion headed south toward Suffolk County.
• Foss ambushed and destroyed two Coalition battalions after Yellen withdrew a battalion from their defensive line, then Yellen returned to Sunset City.
• Count Black told Yellen that Victor had reached the designated location and ordered him to join his new unit and prepare for deployment with Sonanda.

Victor prepared for the coming battle by defeating the Blacklin family, reorganizing the prisoner camp, and coordinating with Sonanda’s Coastal Defense Fleet. Sodoma drew the noble fleets away from Sonanda’s ships, while Victor watched the Allied Army’s camp and awaited Great Oak Territory’s forces.

• Ron handed Yellen the Cavalry Regiment after advising him on cavalry tactics, while Beck’s standoff with Sonanda’s harbor forces ended when Sonanda promised provisions and Beck departed.
• Elfie used gifts, money, and promises of future territory to win Beck’s trust, then fed the First Legion specially prepared beef as part of Sonanda’s scheme.
• Victor sent James and Ron’s cavalry against the Blacklin family, capturing Viscount Blacklin and routing much of the Coalition of Nobles’ army with Jackson’s help.
• Prisoners confronted Eagle Eye over the Blacklin soldiers’ defeat, and Michael calmed the camp by arranging Trik’s departure and proposing changes to its guards.
• Victor rejected an attack on the fortified Coalition of Nobles and approved Sodoma’s plan to lure its fleet onto reefs before striking with the Coastal Defense Fleet.
• Sodoma returned with Sonanda and Ron, then Victor appointed him commander of the southbound fleet and Ron transferred his horses and Heavy Cavalry to James.
• Sodoma’s decoy fleet lured the noble ships into pursuit, while fog and Van Dyke’s caution left Sonanda’s fleet behind as the fleets separated.
• Victor inspected James’s blockade of the Allied Army, learned that at least eleven noble houses were cooperating, and returned to camp awaiting the Great Oak Territory army.

Sodoma’s fleet defeated the noble navy and captured Totti, while Victor prepared to exploit the enemy’s divided forces on land. The Southern Marching Legion won a devastating victory over the Coalition of Nobles, but suffered heavy casualties.

• Sodoma lured the noble fleets into the Reef Zone, where Captain Jack and Sodoma’s forces crushed them, while the Red Hemp fleet escaped under Captain Van Dyke.
• Elfie captured Totti and the Red Hemp fleet for Viscount Sonanda, who revealed his alliance with Count Black and the Northern fleet commander.
• Sodoma refused Sonanda’s offer to command the new Wavebreaker because he had sworn allegiance to Victor, and Victor planned a dawn attack on the Allied Army’s exposed flank.
• Beck formed the Allied Army to meet Victor, while Old Buck and Eagle Eye were detained after Old Buck killed prisoners who had started a disturbance, then were appointed auxiliary soldiers by Ramos.
• Victor’s army advanced in shifting formations, and its heavy infantry broke through the First Legion’s ranks as James’s cavalry and eastern noble forces attacked the Coalition of Nobles’ flank and rear.
• Verati led the Personal Guard’s Cavalry against Marvin’s ranged troops, but Marvin’s troops and Bask’s Orphan Brigade fought them off while Victor killed Verati beneath the Golden Sunflower banner.
• Marvin and Bask defeated the remaining cavalry, Ron’s troops broke through the First Legion’s flank, and Beck fled as the First Legion retreated and the Coalition of Nobles was devastated.
• The Southern Marching Legion and its allies won the battle, but the Golden Sunflower Family lost more than forty percent of its combat troops and the First Legion lost over half its strength.