387YE Winter Solstice Military Council orders

Overview

The Military Council is the gathering of Imperial generals and admirals. Individually, the generals have responsibility for the orders given to the army under their command, while the admirals provide the orders for the navies. A general commands a single army, drawn from volunteers from their nation. Once a general is given their command, they have sole authority to order the army to move or attack as they choose. After each summit, the Civil Service quickly circulate the orders each general has given among Imperial citizens, allowing military unit captains to decide if they wish to commit their own force to support an army, and if so which army to support.

During the Winter Solstice 387YE, the following orders were submitted by Imperial generals.

The Brass Coast

The Brass Coast have three armies: Burning Falcon, Fire of the South and Red Wind Corsairs. They can support three armies.

Burning Falcon

General: Aracelis I Erigo Orders: Where the Burning Falcons blaze the passion of the Empire follows. We meet the fire of the Marches, Amberlain in her oath sworn territory. We hit the Jotun with banners raised bold and Prideful. The waters of Bregasland could not stain our Freeborn colour last time and they never will as we stand with the Empire. Action: Forced March to Bregasland Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Fire of the South

General: Velasco i Guerra Orders: Xenia was a flame of the Coast and in their light we shall burn bright. We will turn our tempest south. In Loyalty to the March. Prepare well and be fleet of foot. War is calling. Forward the Fire. For the souls of the lost. Summer comes with us. Action: Forced March to Bregasland Enchantment: Phoenix Rising, Summer Dawning Relentless and The Coven of Golden Wings enchanted the Fire of the South with Knights of Glory. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Red Wind Corsairs

General: Joaquim i Erigo Orders: Brave Corsairs! The Empire Salutes your victory and your courage! Now the true work lies before us. Take to land in Oranseri, Quit the Bay, Deny the Grendel blood and Victory, forever sow doubt in their dominion of the Bay of Catazaar. Action: Take to the Land/Sea in Feroz Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Dawn

Dawn have four armies: Eastern Sky, Golden Sun, Gryphon's Pride and Lions of Adelmar. They can support four armies.

Eastern Sky

General: Dame Aurum De Castellan Orders: Soldiers of the Eastern Sky, we stand now before the tower of the Skink. Our path is clear: A Glorious charge to bring an end to the taint of the Mallum. We will pay a heavy price but I will be there at your side and I will be the first over the walls and the last out. Fight with courage, gird yourself in pride and look to your loyalty. Glory to Dawn and Glory to the Empire. Action: Triumphant Charge in Sarangrave Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Eastern Sky with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Golden Sun

General: Lord Daemon Mortére Orders: Radiant Knights of Dawn, our run may rise in the East, but we set our shields in the West. The Golden Sun shines where the Empire needs it most. We march with the beat of the Drakes drum, we do not come as strangers, but as kin. Guard the fields as you would your own name. The land remembers who bled for it. Let the soil drink its fill. Let the black roses bloom. Let our solid defence stand as strong as any oath sworn by a friend, by a brother. Our loyalty to this Empire and those in need will lead us to victory as a shining example of a new Dawn. Their soil, our glory. Action: Solid Defence of Mitwold Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Gryphon's Pride

General: Ser Guy of the Twisted Rose Orders: Soldiers of the Pride! Three years ago you marched forth through the mud and blood of the steel causeway and fell in behind the Hounds to break a dark and terrible bastion. The hounds story is ended, but the tale they began there finishes its next chapter this winter. The Tower of the Skink will fall. In seasons to come, the pillars will fall as well. The pall of dread and despair that hangs over this land will fade. But that is not our duty. There is one thing the free people of Sarangrave have asked for and they have asked it of us. Make for Nesustak. We will reach out the Bloodwater Spears and aid them in raising watchtowers to defend themselves. We will show them the Empire are not the Monsters the think. Only we can do this. We are called and so we come. A New Dawn is breaking over the Sarangrave, we will make flowers grow here, too. Action: Solid Defence of Sarangrave Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Lions of Adelmar

General: Dame Katelyn Quinnell De Cordraco Orders: Our Lions of Adelmar, for 9 months we have pushed into the Mallum, stood proud against the venoms of the Druj and had the courage to not only take on their most vicious cruelties, but to keep pushing and to keep winning. Resolve yourselves, our work amidst the Druj is still at hand. May your Swords turn to claws as you rip and rend the tower's stone. Even in their cruel desperation, let us show them what a lioness can do. May the knights of the Summer realm who join us repeat our tasks. Now, hold your virtues at heart and hand, and let them guide you back into war again. Action: Steel Roses on Sarangrave Enchantment: Phoenix Rising, Summer Dawning Relentless and The Coven of Golden Wings enchanted the Lions of Adelmar with Knights of Glory. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Highguard

Highguard have four armies: Granite Pillar, Pilgrim's Defiance, Seventh Wave and Valiant Pegasus. They can support four armies.

Granite Pillar

General: Sychar of Ebon's Hall Orders: We enact a strategic Defence of Astolat and use this time to resupply. Re-form the ranks, tend the wounded, and set the Granite Pillar in order for the campaign to come. Discipline in Recovery is no less a virtue than discipline in battle. We send our Adjutant, Barachel of Adina's Charge, Adamah of the Cenotaph, and those officers and veterans that are able, to aid the commonwealth as advisors against lord sun. The commonwealth is our ally in the liberty Pact and that great document is more than just words on a page. When an ally calls, in loyalty we shall aid them! In this way we serve the Empire, so that when we match again, we do so having aided the common good, rather than merely watched the innocent bleed. Action: Strategic Defence of Astolat Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Granite Pillar with Brotherhood of Tian. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Pilgrim's Defiance

General: Eli of the Cenotaph Orders: Pilgrims remember Tian, Paragon of Ambition. Her actions brought benevolence to her people but forever burned her hands in the process. She did what was necessary, pushing Ever Forward in pursuit of her vision. We march armoured by faith into East Ashes, By seasons end its vallorn will force us back to the forests of Lustri. Three of every ten of us will fall. Our souls consigned to the Labyrinth to be reborn again. As Highborn, we are here to show Navarr that we will always work with them. Therunin will return to slumber and in this act the land of Therunin protected so that Navarr may one day reclaim dominion of their home. Remember this vision, this Ambition, no matter the horrors you face this season for it is the armour that will see it came to pass. Rest only in death pilgrims, for that is what Ambition demands. Action: Armoured by Faith in Therunin Enchantment: Linkforge Coven, Sail and Sight, The Eternal Family and others enchanted the Pilgrim's Defiance with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Seventh Wave

General: Wildfyre of Balthazar’s Vineyard Orders: Seventh Wave! There are those who say we leave, or to hold a line. When our enemy bleeds we keep the knife in and twist, our shields are scarred but will not break. Our swords are strained with the Grendel's blood. We don't fall back, we don't let them take one step, Walk with loyalty for our Imperial Orc siblings, My beloved wave my pride for you shall light a thousand lamps. Step forward. Step True. Step with Virtue. Action: Steady Conquest in Mareave Enchantment: Fountain's Whisper and Spire of the Auric Horizon enchanted the Seventh Wave with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Valiant Pegasus

General: Lucifer Orders: My last orders to the Valiant Pegasus fills me with loyalty and pride. We defend with our siblings from the nations whilst we do what the Valiant Pegasus does best, tending to our brothers and sisters injured whilst we hold against our enemies. You my army have inspired, General Lucifor. Action: Tend the Fallen in Mitwold Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Imperial Orcs

Imperial Orcs have three armies: Autumn Hammers, Summer Storm and Winter Sun. They can support three armies.

Autumn Hammers

General: Ashborn Vana Orders: Hammers, we are needed far from here in the Marches. We return to Bregasland to defend them and push the Jotun out. Our wagons may not have the speed needed to reach Graven March alone but we will NOT be alone, we call upon the contracts with the City of Gold and Lead, to speed our way in a forced march. Let the marches hear us coming, sing our warchants, bolster their hearts with our loyalty we are returning to them. Action: Forced March to Bregasland Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Autumn Hammers with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Summer Storm

General: Stormsteel Skorr Orders: Legionnaires, last season we did well repelling the Druj from Sanath and the Tower of the Skink. This season we keep pushing to take that tower. Be vigilant, we do not know where we will find Druj In the Swamp. Eyes up and open. We are after the slave masters and true Druj, leave the slaves be. Be careful, keep pushing and use pit fights to keep spirits up. We can do this. Action: Steady Conquest in Sarangrave Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Winter Sun

General: Sand Viper Ikk Orders: Orcs of the Winter Sun, this season we stay in Mareave. With clarity and strategy to protect the lands we call home, and to push out those that we have bitten the hand we reached out to them in friendship. Guard your comrades, protect your flank as we steadily conquest Fleisardh and the rest of Mareave. Action: Steady Conquest in Mareave Enchantment: Fountain's Whisper and Spire of the Auric Horizon enchanted the Winter Sun with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

The League

The League have two armies: Towerjacks and Wolves of War. They can support three armies.

Towerjacks

General: Gabriel Barossa Orders: Engineers, it Is time to leave a legacy in Stone. We will dig in to build a dam that shall be a wonder of the world. It shall create a reservoir in Apstrus that will turn Mareave into a finer home for our friends. Action: Dig In in Spiral Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Wolves of War

General: Jean d'Apulian Orders: Free companies, Redoubt awaits. The Salt Lords squat on stolen wealth. We march to collect their debts. Iron bites, loyalty binds, cups full, pikes low. Let the surf carry what remains of them out to sea. What they took, we reclaim. What built, we break. The Bay of Catazar is ours to claim. Lets go take it. Action: Overwhelming Assault on Redoubt Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Wolves of War with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

The Marches

The Marches have four armies: Bounders, Drakes, Strong Reeds and Tusks. They can support five armies.

Bounders

General: Fitzwilliam Thorn Orders: Jacks of the Bounders. We have work to do this season. First I must recognise and thank Mary Birchsmith who not only steered the bounders through hard times but was also and still is my friend. This season we steady conquest into Gravenmarch, rushes and the Ottermire. We will take back what they took from us and make them realise the error in going into our land once again. Action: Steady Conquest in Bregasland Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Drakes

General: William Guildenstern Orders: My Drakes, it is time. We must return to Mitwold. We return to the Wayford, I'll cut down Jim Moor, bury him with his leit and my own football. We are to draw the line at Wayford with a Solid Defence, and bask in the warm sun joining us from the East. Our older siblings heard our plea and come not as strangers but as kin when Black Roses Bloom here let them remember who stood when Mitwold called, our soil their glory! Action: Solid Defence of Mitwold Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Strong Reeds

General: Amberlain P. Black Orders: Reeds. Last season we rose from the Reeds and bloodied the noses of those Jotun dogs, and though many of us bled that day, they bled harder. No time to stop now though, friends, for our gardens are still full of pests. We will commit to a Grinding Advance forward with our allies to chase the pests from our land. Action: Grinding Advance into Bregasland Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Tusks

General: Jack Ashton Orders: My Soldiers, I will make this simple. We march into Mitwold for a Strategic Defence. Hold the line in Wayford, it cannot fall. When the invaders meet our steel, leave none alive to do so again. Keep an eye open for Stephen of Sarcombe. I promise 10 Thrones to whomever brings me that vermin alive so I might wring his neck with my own hands. That traitor cannot be allowed to survive battle with us again. Stephen must Die. Action: Strategic Defence of Mitwold Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Navarr

Navarr have two armies: Black Thorns and Quiet Step. They can support four armies.

Black Thorns

General: Cadwell Waystone Orders: My Thorns. The Empire has heard our cry for aid and answered. Therunin will not fall. We are to be unleashed upon the Grendel, a tide of blood that will Overwhelm the Saltlands and push them into the Sea. Take pride in what you are Thorns, take Pride in how fight. Remember, you cannot betray your enemies. Action: Overwhelming Assault on Redoubt Enchantment: Linkforge Coven, Sail and Sight, The Eternal Family and others enchanted the Black Thorns with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Quiet Step

General: Neve Agra Orders: Quiet Step, we advance into the Sarangrave and engage Druj forces. Support allied lines, protect the forest and drive the enemy out. Use the terrain to strike fast and act with ambition. Do whatever it takes to secure victory. Sarangrave must be clear of Druj forces. For us, for Urizen, for the Empire to grow and flourish. Listen for the Whispers of the forest and the trods will guide those who move with purpose. If the wind shifts, heed its warning. If the silence deepens, Prepare. You are Navarr. You are the storm in the leaves, the shadows between the branches and the voice that answers intrusion with fury. Go to the Sarangrave and ensure that when this war is over, the forest still stands and our enemies do not. Action: Whatever it Takes in Sarangrave Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Quiet Step with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Urizen

Urizen have two armies: Argent Sword and Citadel Guard. They can support a single army.

Argent Sword

General: Clytemnestra of the House of the Wanderer Orders: This far and no more. Children of the Autumn realm, this season you will work hard for your pay. You are the conduit of my cold rage - no more of my people will die, no more of our spires will fall. The Grendel have pillaged and destroyed as much of Redoubt as I will stand. The Grendel have wounded my siblings in Wintermark and the League with their maggotry. Now we put them to the sword - We smash them with our Iron and steel. We will unleash the merciless fury of the Autumn Realm to annihilate the Grendel and Asavean scum. Death to the Grendel. No Mercy. Action: Overwhelming Assault on Redoubt Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Citadel Guard

General: Andronikos of the Lighthouse-That-Was Orders: My Earliest Memory is of the lightstone in my bedroom failing. I thought the Druj were coming for me. My cousin, a few years older than me, had told us stories she'd heard about the Druj. I'd asked my mother about them, and she told me as she thought I could bear. I had to get out of bed, feeling through the desk, and down two flights of stairs to find the light. I thought monsters with poison knives were chasing me the whole way. For years, people - Young and old, human and orc, Urizen and Dawnish and Highborn and sept.=, have woken up in the night and thought the Druj were coming for them - and been right. The fear they spread is anathema to virtue. There is no place for them in Utopia. We stand halfway up the mountain of their destruction and must only finish the climb. Sentinels. If you would bring light to their darkness. If you would save every child terrified of the night. If you will climb this mountain with me. Consider the Drowned Man. Action: Steady Conquest in Sarangrave Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Citadel Guard with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Varushka

Varushka have three armies: Boyar's Hasta, Golden Axe and Northern Eagle. They can support four armies.

Boyar's Hasta

General: Serafina Semenov Orders: Hasta! You have worked like the bee at Summer's head. Watched like the Spider watches it's web. Let's now use that vigilance to spy on the Druj, To see what Vallorn waking tactics they may use. But before the road calls us, raise a tankard high to our cousins in Ossium slaying peelers where they lie. With hands hall, new forces ride along our own And the best heckle from me earns a throne. With Courage, there is not a line that cannot break, there is not a thing the Druj hold that we cannot take. Action: Gather Intelligence in Sarangrave Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Boyar's Hasta with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Golden Axe

General: Vojsuli Cherenkov Orders: Axe, you have fought hard and won much renown through our Empire. It is now time to rest, time to recover our strength. We know we have a long and gruelling fight ahead of us. But for now, we drink, we celebrate and enjoy the prosperity of our labour. Action: Solid Defence of Semmerholm Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Golden Axe with Brotherhood of Tian. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Northern Eagle

General: Aksel Reznov Razoradze Orders: Through forest and fen, marsh and mire, now is our time. Walk the oath of the Wagon Raider with me cousins. Once we cross the border, split up and infiltrate. Behind every tree a drawn arrow, every hill a sharpened spear. Burn their granaries, demolish their bridges & make the slave masters fear the darkness. The last gasp of their dying empire will be fine enough music for our grim work. Let us take the fight to them. Action: Infiltrate in Salt Flats of Sanath Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Wintermark

Wintermark have three armies: Bloodcloaks, Green Shield and Narwhal's Spear. They can support four armies.

Bloodcloaks

General: Tager Defender of the Fallen Tyrshalt Orders: Cloaks, we travel home. We travel to Hahnmark. Go see your family, your hall and your friends. Whilst we are home we can still help tend to the fallen. Share the stories of our campaigns. Rest, drink and recharge. Action: Tend the Fallen in Hahnmark Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Bloodcloaks with Brotherhood of Tian. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Green Shield

General: Iron Osric Orders: Grey go the days into their grinding strain, small are their victories, shadowed into pain; But bright is the battle-day that banishes fear, and hearts are made whole when the war-cry is near. There stand the shield-lines, steadfast and strong, Helms all a-glimmer, spears set in throng; Blade-song rises where bold battles stand, and the field is made fair by their fate forged hand. We shield the folk, the untried and weak, let no sly scavenger plunder or sneak, no hand shall dishonour the dead where they lie, nor trouble their rest 'neath the wide watching sky. These are our war-ways, our word and our will, Beautiful battle days, fierce yet fair still. Not for the scarecrows who shrink from the fray, but for the bold who go forth, where the war-banners sway. Action: Fight with Honour in Mitwold Enchantment: Ashen Flame enchanted the Green Shield with Knights of Glory. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Narwhal's Spear

General: Determination of Ice Kaisa Orders: My Precious Soldiers, it is time for us to be both an example to the armies beside us, and in front. We agreed to a code of War, of honour and Heroism, one we will show how to fight with Virtue. The Strong Reeds stayed loyal to Bregasland and due to their cunning tactics, the Jotun grow restless. The Jotun then came with Stephen of Sarcome, letting slaughter follow in their wake. Let the ambitious and Courageous heroes we create here be the foundation of the walks due in the newly built meeting place. Action: Seek the Foe in Bregasland Enchantment: Linkforge Coven, Sail and Sight, The Eternal Family and others enchanted the Narwhal's Spear with Clarity of the Master Strategist. Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

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