The First Battle of the Plains of Talenta

Military action

Cyran forces are ordered to strike into the Talenta plains and to annex lands owned by Karnathi forces, but find themselves outmatched by the local tribes.

Given the assassination of his grandmother and his father by the Emerald Claw, King Connos’s hatred of Karrnath was absolute. Cyran forces had pushed the Karrnathi troops north and east, away from the border, but those hostilities were far from over. Given Breland’s ceasefire with Thrane, Cyre became concerned that the Cardinals would move east.   Finally, although Cyre had a working relationship with Breland, the events of recent years showed that no alliance was truly solid. King Connos decided that it was time to go on the offensive. King Connos gathered an army of cavalry regiments and deadly Valenar mounted scouts in the area south of Lake Cyre.   They were ordered to strike the previously Karrnathi-held regions of Talenta, annexing the lands and establishing a trade route to the Mror Holds, the Principalities, and Q’barra. Ultimately, the First Battle of the Plains of Talenta was lost through a combination of Cyran overconfidence and halfling unity. The Cyrans expected to take the tribes apart one by one, but instead they found themselves facing an army as large as their own—and with better knowledge of the terrain.   The halflings and their dinosaurs beat back the cavalry. Emerald Claw spies made sure that news of Cyre’s failed Talenta campaign soon reached the court in Korth. Cyre’s armies in the northern lines were stretched thin, and many troops had been taken out of the Metrol garrison to support Connos’s strike east.