The Retaking

After the first wave of the Emberscarred Leigon, Cleargarde was overrun. Lord Sleetguard II ordered that the port of strategic significance be retaken to hold the undead back from pressing into deep Sleetguard. To keep the enemy on two fronts, a naval assault was needed the likes of which had not been seen in Sleetguard or the realm at large.

Led by Lucien Sleetguard (known as Lucien Blightbane) and is personal battalion, he managed - with massive losses - to retake Clearguarde and with timely intervention from his brothers reinforcements regain a foothold in eastern Sleetguard.

From here it was a case of canny leadership and luck. After securing land at Cleargarde, a trade ship heading from Sleetguard to The Sanguine Lands was stopped outside of Obsidia on a routine customs inquisition. Onboard was a crew of undead trying to pass as a trade vessel. Roth Hawksplitter issued a decree that all kingdoms aid in the Emberscar Problem an ordered a batallion of the Obsidianis travel to Cleargarde to aid in the battle.

Blightbane fought on the front lines in eastern Sleetguard, securing supply lines and causing constant disruption to the undead forces with gurrellia attacks on settlements and heavy troop movements. This slowed down the undead response to the attack on Cleargarde. The night before a massive undead offensive on Blightbane's position, the Obsidianis landed and reinforced the Sleedguard positions just in time to beat back the tsunami of undead that pummelled their position. From there, the Obsidianis, Blightbane's forces and the newly formed and developed Sleetguard Surge pushed back the undead and retook Spiritmond Redoubt. Just west of the Redoubt, the undead forces took on a ferocity unseen to this time. The battle lines were drawn up and a vicious stalemate ensued.

Despite the missive losses taken by both sides, this was seen as a huge (albeit pyrrhic) victory for the living. Lucien dedicated his life to the cause and gave his family name up in order to stay true to his cause.