First Battle of the Crying Plains

Military action

Aundair poured its rage into its originally planned assault, striking east from Ghalt. The Thrane forces slowed the Aundairian advance and even repelled an opportunistic Brelish raid near Cragwar. At midsummer, Aundair and Thrane met for the second battle at the Crying Fields.

In the spiraling retaliation, leading up to the battle Thrane did not lose sight of its military position. The army entrenched in depth along the new border with Aundair, guarding all land approaches to Thaliost. Aundair was forced to conduct risky crossings of Scions Sound to bring supplies to its forces that remained entrenched in Karrnath.   When the armies clashed the forces of Aundair decisively defeated the outnumbered Thrane troops and seized significant territory. The Thrane armies withdrew.