Battles Large and Small

A two year siege of the River town of Pont.

The hilly north-eastern borders have always been something of a problem for the Hadovean Empire, from Erayax assaults on the west end at Tenor and stubborn dwarves levying huge tariffs and extortionate tolls on trade in the Hills of Bardaga to the east.

Rumours, an extremely common part of Ashnoorian life, whether you’re a Hadovean, a Geldheimer, one of the free folks or, and this should surprise nobody, one of the Erayax or an inhabitant in their lands. Rumours are perhaps the one shared aspects of life everywhere in Ashnoor. So, it was no surprise that after the earthquakes to the north in some newly opened territories that there were rumours of untold wealth after an ancient crypt had been exposed during the violent upheaval of the lands. Of course, the actual earthquakes had happened months ago now, news isn’t the only thing that travels slowly in Ashnoor and, in all likelihood, news as such travels fairly swiftly most of the time. So rumours had time to gain a life of their own, despite this, both factions could not risk their opponents discovering some truths to any of the rumours, particularly the rumours of wealth and an ancient crypt… Expeditions were hastily put together from both major factions using a mixture of their standing armies and various sell swords and free folk for hire. The Kingdom of Geldheim had the furthest to travel and took the step of using their navy to transport their expeditionary forces to the west coast of Ashnoor well above Hadovean territory. Because of the likelihood of encountering Erayax or hostile local forces, or a mix of both neither faction force was particularly seeking the other out on this occasion. Hadovean forces simply marched in a north westerly direction before rounding the northern range and turning to a north easterly direction.