387YE Autumn Equinox 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 Imperial army under their command, while the admirals provide the orders for the navies. A general commands a single Imperial 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 Autumn Equinox 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: To the Marches last season. To the North this season. The Jotun threaten the west and we respond as one Empire. The walls of Keirheim will shake before the Falcon and crumble before the Hammer of the Imperial Orcs. We march to Victory and to show the Jotun the pride of Freeborn
• Action: Triumphant Charge in Skallahn
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Burning Falcon with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Fire of the South

• General: Xenia i Erigo
• Orders: Cousins! I have watched with pride as your flame burned across the Empire to crush the Druj. I now ask you to shine your indomitable light towards the cold, windswept north. Take a forced march onwards to Skallahn to engage the Jotun. Move with the clarity of Day in your minds and courage in your hearts. Strike hard and true, show our enemies the blazing strength of the Freeborn!
• Action: Forced March to Skallahn
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Fire of the South with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Red Wind Corsairs

• General: Joaquim i Erigo
• Orders: Corsairs! Sarvos is safe, by freeborn steel and league ingenuity. With the bold fleets of the Empire, we give chase. The Children of Wrecks are off the coast of Sarvos. Chase them where they run, as far as Feroz if necessary. Take them in a naval engagement, Chiara i Zayden i Riqueza takes the helm. The words of Constanza i Kalamar i Guerra go with us. Sink them to the bottom of the bay.
• Action: Naval Engagement 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 five armies.

Eastern Sky

• General: Dame Aurum De Castellan
• Orders: The Star of Semmerholm returns to Semmerholm to give their troops a well-earned rest. Dindrane sends their regards, And I'm sure the beast of Kroll does too. Wipe the Druj poisons clean from your blades, their malignance from your souls and warm your boots by the fire. But don't settle in too much - There a mana hunt coming. This year, your competition is the Citadel Guard who are arcanely consolidating themselves here in our homeland. Shall we see if you can bring me more crystals than the Guard bring me more crystals than the guard bring Andronikos? Look after yourselves and have fun. My love to you. Sky. Nova Aurora.
• Action: Arcane Consolidation in Semmerholm
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Eastern Sky with Brotherhood of Tian.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Golden Sun

• General: Lord Daemon Mortére
• Orders: Sun, we return to Astolat the way we came. Out of Therunin. Let is be known, the golden sun burned bright for Navarr and this Empire and we have proven without doubt that Dawnish hearts do not only bleed for the Dawnish. They bleed for this Empire and they will for those who stand shoulder to shoulder with us against our enemies. Remember the Fallen, their Loyalty proven. Their Glory assured.
• Action: Solid Defence of Astolat
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Golden Sun with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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! You have carried our names from infamy to victory. As we did in Ossium, as in the Barrens, so you have done in the Sarangrave. But where once you went as conquorers, now we return as liberators. So with Pride, you may entrust the final victory to comrades less weary of War. Now, we return to Semmerholm where we were raised anew. Look to your history! Once our forebears under Lyonsgate and Coyne wore the sign of the lion and the eagle to court the favour of rival summer queens. Though we may have slipped from their regard in recent days, I say "No More!". May the spirit of Glorious contest flow through our army once more. May it draw new comrades to our banners to prove their mettle. So don your favours, you winter Eagles, you Lions of Glory, and raise the Lists! Make ready for the grand tourney. To train we shall take to the wild woods and hunt! But we shall test our wit and guile against one another. Heralds of the Shacklebreaker will walk within us through those tangled paths. Greet them as friends, heed their lessons. Run. hide hunt and know that while a thousand foes may vie against you, they cannot catch you. Tour work in the Sarangrave has earn the golden hare's eye, and I bear his mark proudly.
• Action: Solid Defence of Semmerholm
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Gryphon's Pride with Brotherhood of Tian.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Lions of Adelmar

• General: Dame Katelyn Quinnell De Cordraco
• Orders: My Lions, Sarangrave is ours. But as our allies and armies remain, so do we to take that front line. Take that final push and plant hope in what was once the heart of the Mallum. To those still under the pain, hatred and boot of the Druj in the rest of the Mallum, hear me too. We are coming to save and protect those that needs us. We will be there.
• Action: Steel Roses on Sarangrave
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Lions of Adelmar with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• 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 seized the Sarangrave in battle, now we finish it. The Tower of the Skink is the heart of Druj power here, their rites and rule gathered within its walls. With our steady conquest, we will take that tower, shatter their heresy, destroy their sources of poison, and free every soul they have bound. To those suffer under the Druj yoke - take heart, we are coming. To the Druj hear this and tremble, we are coming. My soldiers, move with Courage, fight with Wisdom, hold with Loyalty, Be Vigilant in the hunt, Proud is the virtuous strike, Ambitious in victory and ensure prosperity, follow the liberated. We are inevitable. Advance, for Highguard, for the Empire, for Salvation!
• Action: Steady Conquest in Sarangrave
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Granite Pillar with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Pilgrim's Defiance

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• General: Nathaniel of the Woodwych harts
• Orders: We strive forth in Loyalty and solidarity with our siblings from Navarr and Urizen. Not to fight the Vallorn, but to lend our strength and virtue to the Urizen of Redoubt. We shall be the Bulwark that defies any Grendel advance. We shall inspire and lead with our courage and vigilance. Our virtue will stand, redoubt will stand.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Redoubt
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas 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
• Orders: Seventh Wave! Our time has come to finish our long standing work. We return to Mareave with virtue in our hearts and our allies to our sides. We stand as the strongest army in the Empire, we are a beacon in this Empire. Push to Mareave. Let our friends and allies the Imperial orcs know that we will not let invaders take our homes and our lives.
• Action: Balanced Attack on Mareave
• Enchantment: Cabal Lyktan enchanted the Seventh Wave with Find the Best Path.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Valiant Pegasus

• General: Lucifer
• Orders: My brothers and sisters, we march to Skallahn to fight alongside our cousins in wintermark, the freeborn and the Imperial orcs to strike the city of Keirheim, inflicting a blow to the Jotun which they shall surely feel. Look to your bands of loyalty for each other and the empire to guide your actions through virtue. Your loyal brother, Hector
• Action: Overwhelming Assault on Skallahn
• Enchantment: Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Valiant Pegasus with Knights of Glory.
• 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, once again we have a Jotun Fort in our sights! We call upon the contracts with the Forge mistress to storm the walls and take Kierheim in the Jotun Heartlands of Skallahn. Strike the Hammer blow in Bjarkey, break down their gates and claim the fort. Take pride in your strength, our Epic will grow.
• Action: Storm the Walls in Skallahn
• 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: Irontide Skorr
• Orders: Legionaires, we have focussed our attention on the Druj. It is time to use our training to its fullest extent. We cur down the Druj overseers and slave makers in Thornfen. Let the slaves make their own wat to Neustak Forst and safety with their kin. Use wisdom to know when and where to strike but do not let the overseers escape. Leave the Axou to their task, they want the land. That is not what we are after.
• Action: Cut them Down at Sarangrave
• Enchantment: Hwit Meara, New Coven, Skjalfell Keep, The Twilight Seekers and Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Summer Storm with Knights of Glory.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Winter Sun

• General: Skywise Rykana
• Orders: Heroes of the Winter Sun, we have fought hard to break the hold of slavery over the Sarangrave but now we march south to defend our own lands. Sweep across Mareave in a balanced attack and ensure the homes we are building and not destroyed before the hearth fires can be lit. We claimed these lands once, now let our virtuous cry ring out again as we drive the Grendel back to their borders and prove that we hold to our bonds and defend the lives we seek to inspire
• Action: Balanced Attack on Mareave
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

The League

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

Towerjacks

• General: Gabriel Barossa
• Orders: Towerjacks, we will remember when the Imperial Orcs rallied to Holberg to lift the siege. Remember that Reckoning as you armour yourselves and make a steady conquest to drive the Grendel from Imperial Land.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Mareave
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Wolves of War

• General: Jean d'Apulian
• Orders: Go now, from Therunin's cursed wilds. Bastion's clean air and the halls of Virtue's Rest are our safe harbour. Bind wounds, scrape green rot from steel. I won't put forth the lie that rest alone will scrub clean what we've seen. Nor order you to breathe easy. Lay down arms a while, trade the roar of war for the quiet breath of healing. Coin may bind a company, but it is our loyalty that makes us unbreakable. While in your flowing cups, freshly remember those we've consigned to the rivers.
• Action: Resupply in Virtue's Rest in Bastion
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Wolves of War with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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 four armies.

Bounders

• General: Mary Birchsmith
• Orders: Bounders, show me your strength and your loyalty. We bring the knights of Eleonaris with us to fight alongside our friends and siblings in Gravenmarch. We will support the strong reeds to rise up and show the Jotun what we stand for. This is marcher land and we take pride in that. We will overwhelming assault into Graven March, Bregasland. A Marcher! A Marcher!
• Action: Overwhelming Assault on Bregasland
• Enchantment: Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Bounders with Knights of Glory.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Drakes

• General: William Guildenstern
• Orders: Make of them a scare crow. Make our enemy a living effigy of your will - Shrive yourselves, pour your anger and sorrow into your greatswords and poleaxes… First army be shriven of sin and malignancy drive it into the invaders. It is not Sin however to hate the Jotun. To repel the invaders virtue demands it. So Shrive yourselves in battle my Drakes. Liberate the fens and furrows of Bregasland and be born anew. Do this for me now. For fellow, our commander, our stoats and all who have suffused this evil. Should you find the fire of the Marches - send me to her, so I may love my wife amidst the chaos of the land. Our Overwhelming Assault will be the battle song of my love for this and all of you.
• Action: Overwhelming Assault on Bregasland
• Enchantment: Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Drakes with Knights of Glory.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Strong Reeds

• General: Amberlain P. Black
• Orders: This game of fox and hound is at an end. No quarter shall be given. Not any more. Rise up! Rise from the reeds and be a tidal wave of fury to wash the scum from our fields. I march with you as a soldier, as a marcher, as your friend. I march with my husband by my side for us, for land, for the Marches. And when we are done, will bring in the harvest and toast to the turning of the seasons. Now, let us remind these Jotun dogs why they fear the marsh.
• Action: Rise from the Reeds in Bregasland
• Enchantment: Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Strong Reeds with Knights of Glory.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Tusks

• General: Jack Ashton
• Orders: Well done, my friends. We have earned a reprieve from the war due to your virtuous work and now shall take on new troops so that, come winter, we may fight as an unyielding wall of steel that will join our cousins and drive the Jotun and the traitor, Stephen of Sarcombe from our land. Till then, I bid you Billet and enjoy Wassail! Let us reap the harvest and ready for the new year
• Action: Billet in Upwold
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Tusks with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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: Blackthorns, I know your pain. To see our home in Therunin fall to the sway of the Vallorn. However, we have fought this war for 1000 years. We need allies. The people of Urizen call for aid and their calls will not fall on deaf ears, not while I still draw breath. We move to redoubt, to fight for Elos, Redoubt and the Empire. We remember the sacrifice of the fist of the mountain. A Hero has a name, and his name is Umarth. Eillian Sweetwater hides in the light house that was. I will not abandon our kin, find them.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Redoubt
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas 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: I see your trust in me thorns of Navarr. To Astolat halls, we go to take our rest. Navarr, it has not been easy, we have been hurt but we will return and rebuild and we will be the blade the empire needs. The Jotun dishonoured the empire, we Navarri will not forget this. Navarri fight as thorn.
• Action: Solid Defence of Astolat
• Enchantment: Coven of The Entwined Paths, The Amber Forge and Twilight Forge enchanted the Quiet Step with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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: Heralds of the Autumn Realm, now is our time! The virtue and loyalty of the Black Thorns and the Pilgrim's Defiance will bolster our numbers, but that is not where we shine… The Grendel have taken our land and taken our riches - but we are the true masters of greed! Make Callidus proud! Let the Grendel fear us like the farmer fears a plague of locusts. Rob them, starve them. Root out their supply lines, find their caches of riches - Leave nothing behind. Take back our land and take everything the Grendel have. The Grendel think war is business - How Quaint! Let us show them that war is industry.
• Action: Plunder on Redoubt
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Citadel Guard

• General: Andronikos of the Lighthouse-That-Was
• Orders: Sentinels, consider the Stallion. It has been a hard campaign. By your might, Urizen has won the Sarangrave. The Throne has spoken. We are coming for the Druj. But first, rest. Recover. Enjoy the hospitality of the good people of Dawn.. Hone your excellence alongside the witches of Semmerholm. We are coming to sweep the Druj from their nests. Steel yourselves for what must be done.
• Action: Arcane Consolidation in Semmerholm
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Citadel Guard with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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

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• General: Serafina Semenov
• Orders: Hear me, cousins of Iron. The storm continues but the Hasta remains unbroken. Through frost and flame, we fight alongside our Axou allies to claim the Tower of the Skink. We fight for coin, but the coin buys bread for our children, warmth for our hearths, strength for the nation. Remove all arms from our enemies, be they weapons to strike us, or limbs to lift their wounded. The septs rising to assist us should be left unharmed. Let our spears go in virtue. Let our spears be the point on where sun rises.
• Action: Balanced Attack on 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 were the vanguard into sarangrave, and you have followed me throughout the whole campaign. I ask you now to once more assault the Druj positions. We march with our allies, the crimson Schlackta, and new allies to this struggle in the Axou. We march to aid the Axou in their claim to that land. We are taking the walls of the tower of the skink and with its falling our conquest of Sarengrave will be complete. We step forward with courage in our heart and pride in our voices! Let us add another victory to our roll of honour, and together we will crush these vermin!
• Action: Balanced Attack on Sarangrave
• Enchantment: Hwit Meara, New Coven, Skjalfell Keep, The Twilight Seekers and Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Golden Axe with Knights of Glory.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will receive a share of the Guerdon.

Northern Eagle

• General: Aksel Reznov Razoradze
• Orders: The Final battle against the Druj continues, but it cannot be undertaken lightly. For now we resupply, sharpen our axes and wait for the next opportunity to take the fight to the heart of the foe. Turn your attentions inwards, make use of the lessons you've been taught, and take the time to become Elusive. I promise you that next season we will return to the front with a clearer sense of purpose than ever.
• Action: Hit and Run in Holberg
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Northern Eagle with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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 march to free the reeds, we march to recover the lost and aid the Marchers, we march with the Champions of Eleonaris. A good friend has just become one of their champions and I hope she can march to battle with the Winterfolk once more. Blaze Dunn! A Hero has a name!
• Action: Recover the Lost in Bregasland
• Enchantment: Voices of the Unbound Storm enchanted the Bloodcloaks with Knights of Glory.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Green Shield

• General: Iron Osric
• Orders: How to Honour the fallen, friend and foe? The faithful lost, the hearts laid low?

Not with sorrows, not with sighs, but with fire that lights the skies. The Host assembles! Banners bright, shining in the sun, steadfast in fight. Spears like silver, swords that sing. Drums of the march, trumpets ring. We storm the fortress. Strong and high. The walls will crumble and towers lie. Through toil and tempest, with blood and flame, we show the worth of a warrior's name. For hardship faced and courage shown, turns bitter grief to honour grown. War done rightly, with heart and hand, is the greatest gift to foe and friend.

• Action: Triumphant Charge in Skallahn
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Green Shield with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Narwhal's Spear

• General: Determination of Ice Kaisa
• Orders: Sermersuaq, I feel your pain. I feel you suffer. I have lived through all 4675 of your nightmares. In loyalty, with courage we remember the fallen. We are the ones who carry on. We are the proud flames of those now gone. Take a breath, a deep breath, our work never stops. Look to the west, to Skallahn, to Keirheim. We push to get their attention, to make them look at us. Be the beacon of Ambition, no one can ignore!
• Action: Overwhelming Assault on Skallahn
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Narwhal's Spear with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Summary

Army	Nation	Start	Destination	Action
Golden Sun	Dawn	Therunin	Astolat	Solid Defence
Quiet Step	Navarr	Sarangrave	Astolat	Solid Defence
Wolves of War	The League	Therunin	Bastion	Resupply in Virtue's Rest
Bounders	The Marches	Upwold	Bregasland	Overwhelming Assault
Drakes	The Marches	Mitwold	Bregasland	Overwhelming Assault
Strong Reeds	The Marches	Bregasland	Bregasland	Rise from the Reeds
Bloodcloaks	Wintermark	Mitwold	Bregasland	Recover the Lost
Red Wind Corsairs	The Brass Coast	Sarvos	Feroz	Naval Engagement
Northern Eagle	Varushka	Sarangrave	Holberg	Hit and Run
Seventh Wave	Highguard	Casinea	Mareave	Balanced Attack
Winter Sun	Imperial Orcs	Sarangrave	Mareave	Balanced Attack
Towerjacks	The League	Zenith	Mareave	Steady Conquest
Pilgrim's Defiance	Highguard	Casinea	Redoubt	Steady Conquest
Black Thorns	Navarr	Astolat	Redoubt	Steady Conquest
Argent Sword	Urizen	Zenith	Redoubt	Plunder
Lions of Adelmar	Dawn	Sarangrave	Sarangrave	Steel Roses
Granite Pillar	Highguard	Sarangrave	Sarangrave	Steady Conquest
Summer Storm	Imperial Orcs	Sarangrave	Sarangrave	Cut them Down
Boyar's Hasta	Varushka	Sarangrave	Sarangrave	Balanced Attack
Golden Axe	Varushka	Sarangrave	Sarangrave	Balanced Attack
Eastern Sky	Dawn	Sarangrave	Semmerholm	Arcane Consolidation
Gryphon's Pride	Dawn	Sarangrave	Semmerholm	Solid Defence
Citadel Guard	Urizen	Sarangrave	Semmerholm	Arcane Consolidation
Valiant Pegasus	Highguard	Mitwold	Skallahn	Overwhelming Assault
Autumn Hammers	Imperial Orcs	Mitwold	Skallahn	Storm the Walls
Burning Falcon	The Brass Coast	Mournwold	Skallahn	Triumphant Charge
Fire of the South	The Brass Coast	Sarangrave	Skallahn	Forced March
Green Shield	Wintermark	Upwold	Skallahn	Triumphant Charge
Narwhal's Spear	Wintermark	Sermersuaq	Skallahn	Overwhelming Assault
Tusks	The Marches	Mournwold	Upwold	Billet