Thanks Gis!
Here is a bit more...
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After his flight to the North, Aun Kerac returns to the East Kingdom.
He has allied with the Western Emperor and some mainland Knights.
Together their forces march against the Holy Order of Knights, though they are outnumbered nearly 2 to 1.
Aun Kerac races through the countryside,
Pillaging some of the larger towns and causing havoc throughout the Kingdom.
When word reaches him that the Holy Order has emptied their garrison and are amrching West he immediately heads East to confront them.
Stopping only a few miles from the capitol he chooses to deploy his troops next to a short cliff face.
He positions the Knights from the mainland at the bottom of the cliff, off to his right.
There the valley heads off in the direction of the Holy Order's front lines.
He positions the rest of his infantry at the top of the cliff, where most of the Holy Order will be stationed.
As for the cavalry, he positions them behind the mainland Knights.
The Western Emperor stations his men to the left of Aun Kerac's, on top of the cliff.
His cavalry form the far left wing of the army.
The Holy Order arrives the next day and stations their men.
The bulk of the army they place on the cliff face, but they leave a few men to guard the valley.
As the battle commences Aun Kerac moves his men forward to block a small path leading to the valley,
About halfway along the cliff face. The mainland Knights and Western Emperor follow suit,
The mainland Knights a little further ahead of the front line, but protected by the cliff face.
There they wait for the Holy Order to make their moves.
The Holy Order first starts by moving nearly half of the men into the canyon, and marching them through like a can or sardines.
The mainland Knights are no match for such a large force, but Aun Kerac has prepared for this.
He brings his archers forward and when the Holy Order is within reach, they unleash a deadly volley of arrows.
The Holy orders troops are cut to pieces by the archers in their compact stance.
They quickly return fire, but it has little effect.
The mainland Knights charge and engage in a bloody melee with the men left in the canyon.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Holy Order just waits to see what will be the out come of the canyon battle.
Aun Kerac realizes his freedom of movement and quickly sends his spear men down to the canyon floor through the path to aid the mainland Knights.
The Knights morale deteriorates quickly, and soon they break and flee. Aun Kerac's men persue them,
While Aun Kerac himself leads the cavalry through the valley.
The Holy order seems to finally realize that the battle for the valley has turned against them and they begin to move.
They deploy more men to the valley to try to stop the assault, while they send another group to the path to attempt to flank them.
The Western Emperor quickly and decisively moves his men to confront the flanking group.
But at the sight of the well armored and well disciplined Western Military force approaching,
The flanking force halts.
The valley becomes a river of blood as the men below fight for control of the vital road.
The cavalry, lead by Aun kerac, charge the dense mass of men. Their charge is so powerful it can be heard by the men on the cliffs top.
The smash the Holy Orders lines, flinging men into the air with their heavy ash spears.
Their charge breaks the Holy Order's lines and sends them running for the hills.
The cavalry hunt them down and slay them while the infantry marches to flank the Holy Order's front lines.
When the infantry emerges from the valley the Western Empire attacks the would be flanking force sent by the Holy order.
Aun Kerac's infantry join the fray from the rear and the whole group is either slain or captured.
The rest of the Holy Order see the hopelessness of the situation, and in a final attempt to destroy the "rebels" they charge the mass of men.
The few cavalry that the Holy order has charges into the clump of Aun Kerac and the Western Emperor's men,
Closely followed by their infantry. There is confusion of who is who, and many of the Knights actually charge their own men!
There are shouts of treason and the Holy Order turns on themselves, attacking each other.
Man against man, brother against brother the Holy Order falls into panic and mass routing.
The Emperor's Cavalry combined with the returning Cavalry under Aun Kerac attack the flanks of the Order's infantry and finally break them completely.
Every man in the fray in captured, and later many are executed for their crimes.
The virtually undiminished army of Aun Kerac's marches to the capitol city and lays siege to it.
But with only the few men that had escaped the bloodshed there to protect it,
The castle is virtually not garrisoned and they surrender immediately.
The shock of the battle (later called the Battle of Turin Valley) spread through the Kingdom.
And even more shocking perhaps, was the capture of the capitol city.
Immediate effects went throughout the Kingdom. Any stolen land was returned, new lords loyal to Aun Kerac were placed in power.
The old Lords who had supported and profited greatly from the land grab were stripped of their titles, or executed.
Those who had attempted to stop the taking of the lands were given titles and status, and good standing in court.
A welcomed peace spread throughout the Kingdom, and the Western and Eastern Kingdoms alliance strengthened.
It would be many years before war fell upon the two Kingdoms again,
And it would rise in the North though the conclusion of their Civil War.
But that is for another time.
