386YE Winter Solstice Military Council orders

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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 Winter Solstice 386YE, 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: Freeborn! We continue to gather our strength, fuelled with the courage and pride of our people. March to Tassato, carry the flame of the falcon as it grows ever brighter. Hold fast Cousins! Rest and ready. Yourselves for the blazing victories to come.
• Action: Solid Defence of Tassato
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Fire of the South

• General: Vincente i Zayden i Guerra
• Orders: Just as the flames of a fire need fuel, so does an army need rest. A well supplied and rested army fights with twice the ferocity. We will stand firm in Astolat on Solid defence ready for our time to rise once more.
• Action: Solid Defence of Astolat
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Fire of the South with Brotherhood of Tian.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Red Wind Corsairs

• General: Delora i Sol-Devorador i Erigo
• Orders: Freeborn! We grow restless. The Endless seasons of biding and waiting, watching the cycles of the sun and moon. The Brass Coast bleeds, but you and I are still here, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder. A long road lies ahead for the children of the flame and their Empire. Do not fear ash. It is a firebird waiting to be born. Our allies march into Reinos, to change the melody of this song. A start. A Spark. Make Ready.
• Action: Solid Defence of Tassato
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Red Wind Corsairs with Brotherhood of Tian.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Dawn

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

Eastern Sky

• General: Dame Aurum De Castellan
• Orders: Sky, I'm back, and I say: We're headed back home. You've worked tirelessly to support the West for Multiple Seasons now and we need resupply. So… I hope you're ready for the annual Eastern Sky Mana Hunt. The Gryphon is dead, its pride reinstated, and walks a new path. The Sun will continue to shine with us. Now is the time to heal, to help and to rebuild the love our nation has been denied. Welcome our two new Generals with open arms - your new Captain, too. And know per haps, sometime soon, you may be able to look to new Orc Allies and defences of our Barrens. Love will prevail. Celebrate - winners of the hunt gets a weekend of Highwater Caster! Nova Avorei! PS You're going up against SIX other armies, Good Luck
• Action: Arcane Consolidation in Astolat
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Eastern Sky with Bound by Common Cause.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Golden Sun

• General: Lord Daemon Mortére
• Orders: Knights of the Golden Sun, we move from our position in the Barrens to Astolat. We will set up a Solid Defence to Resupply. We march as we always have, instead of stopping to route our enemies, tell the people of Dawn and the Empire stories of the sacrifice of the Helms and the Dance. Tell the Troubadours of Zoran De Orzel and his glorious deeds as your general these past 7 years. Above all, remind them that the Golden Sun is still here! Banners High, shields strong, remind them of the number of armies that have rolled over them and we are still here. Remind them we were in Therunin out of loyalty to Navarr and our Empire, that the Golden Sun has held to its Loyalty to stand where it is needed. And assure them it always will be. These are my first words as your new General.
• 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 been most foully betrayed. You have been ordered to murder those who meant our people no harm, in their own homes and hear this! People you bled to liberate! People the hounds died to liberate. So quit the fangs in good order, withdraw to the West and leave bitter strand. Let the Rahvin go home. Block any who would prevent them. Our senator has been murdered. His dying dream was to end this strife. So join me in swearing this oath that we shall protect all the peoples of the Barrens as if they were our own. Let Dawnguard hold, and may Dawn guard and hold all our neighbours who stand in defiance of the Druj. Where the traitors have shown fear we shall at last make flowers grow, and together, with our allies, we will be a black wind that shall drive the Druj into the Sea!
• Action: Solid Defence of Astolat
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Highguard

Highguard have three armies: Granite Pillar, Seventh Wave and Valiant Pegasus. They can support three armies.

Granite Pillar

• General: Sychar of Ebon's Hall
• Orders: Soldiers of the Granite Pillar! I am so proud of your efforts in the mourn. I am proud of you, and the virtue you displayed. We go now to resupply, that more of our loyal siblings may join our virtuous fight. We shall not lie idle. Virtue does not lie idle. Virtue thrives in adversity, and there is many a hard fight in the seasons to come.
• Action: Solid 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.

Seventh Wave

• General: Melkior of Balthazar’s Vineyard
• Orders: Heroes of the Wave, the call of the Crusade still rings in our camps and resonates in our souls. I call on you now to rest and seek reinforcement. Visit those houses that offer your success. So that you may learn more of the marchers to whom our imperial loyalty is shown. Drink of good ale and eat of softbread, within reason, and let this sustenance remind you of our crusading purpose. In all things, seek to strengthen our bonds of kinship and understanding with our gracious hosts.
• Action: Billet in Upwold
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Seventh Wave with Bound by Common Cause.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Valiant Pegasus

• General: Zadok
• Orders: Any crusade will have seasons of rest, seasons of cleansing. This year you have fought in loyalty to the freeborn and to the marchers. It has been hard, dirty, bloody work. All work deserves reward, and now you will call on the loyalty of the marchers to provide hospitality. Clean your wounds, wash your bodies, repair your arms and armour, so you are fresh and cleansed for the fight to come.
• Action: Billet in Upwold
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Valiant Pegasus with Brotherhood of Tian.
• 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 march into Jotun Lands. We take the fight to them. We fight to show our loyalty to the Empire and take blades away from the throats of the freeborn. We show the Jotun they can bleed not only in blood, but coin too, where the lasambrians feel it most. We call upon the contracts in the Autumn Realm with Callidus and their heralds to Plunder Reinos with us. Draw the Jotun Down.
• Action: Plunder on Reinos
• 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: Legionnaires of the Summer Storm, we continue to fight the Jotun. Using a well balanced attack and the Clarity that the Day Realm brings, we shall fight with Loyalty and Vigilance. Push into Reinos and support the Brass Coast. Be wise in your choices and fight with courage. Defend those behind us.
• Action: Balanced Attack on Reinos
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Summer Storm with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• 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 rested and guarded our borders while we drew upon our strength. Now we march the full force of an Imperial Legion to the North to make the Druj bleed for the suffering they have wrought upon our navarri kin. Let the chill of Winter harden your resolve as we make Steady Conquest into Bloodwater Marsh and make our first mark on the Sarangrave in blood. We shoulder the suffering of our siblings in the citadel guard and bleed for our Empire with the conviction that chains be broken and worth restored to the subjugated peoples. As we fight forwards, seek the septs if we can, look for their signs and welcome them in virtue.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Sarangrave
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas 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 two armies.

Towerjacks

• General: Gabriel Barossa
• Orders: Towerjacks, you know what it is to face a tide of Druj. Let us take the fight to their lands. The people of Sarangrave chaff under the Druj yoke - Look for allies among them and give them sanctuary.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Sarangrave
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Wolves of War

• General: Jean d'Apulian
• Orders: The Wolves march. First Tassato, then Miaren, finally Astolat. Time to rest at licence, You stormed Feroz, you recovered the Mourn, and drink deep and revel my Rascal!
• Action: Give Ground in Astolat
• 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: Mary Birchsmith
• Orders: Bounders, we pause to help our siblings in the Brass Coast. Our war is not over, but we share an enemy. Through Steady Conquest into Reinos via Burnish in Segura we will draw them out and give us the time we need, together in loyalty we will stand, the Jotun will fall and we will not be alone but we will not leave others alone. We must be united.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Reinos
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Bounders with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Drakes

• General: Tancred of Meade
• Orders: Drakes, we will advance steadily into the ore hills. Haakon is dead, now re-sow the fields, rebuild the homes and find new soldiers to join the drakes.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Mournwold
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Strong Reeds

• General: Amberlain P. Black
• Orders: Reeds! Do you hear the songs from the Mourn? Jarl Haakon Is Dead! Killed by the hand of folkhero William Hooke. Our siblings in the Mourn are free again and change is coming. Lay Low once again, the marsh will hide us as we haunt and harry the remnants of the Jotun Forces. We are bound by common cause, so we will look to our citizens offer our aid and proof again our bonds of loyalty like the folkheroes of old. To Ground!
• Action: Lay Low in Bregasland
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Strong Reeds with Bound by Common Cause.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Tusks

• General: Stanley Of Chalkdown
• Orders: Jacks of the Tusks. The work is not done. While General Stan Labours so do we. This season we fight alongside our brothers the Drakes in a "Steady Conquest" in the Ore Hills. We will search every mine, farm and woods to clear out the Jotun in our continuing ambition to make the Mourn whole. I know you are tired and we have asked much of you, but the work is not done and therefore neither are we. Show them what it means to be a Tusk.
• Action: Steady Conquest in Mournwold
• 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 six armies.

Black Thorns

• General: Rhisiart Dancewalker
• Orders: Blackthorns! Swift and bold you march with the pride of Navarr to Reikos to resupply at broken ride. We will hold the line in Reikos whilst we aid our kin evacuating from Therunin. Bide, grieve, honour our dead and aid our people. Next summit we march to avenge them.
• Action: Solid Defence of Reikos
• Enchantment: Coven of The Entwined Paths, The Amber Forge and Twilight Forge enchanted the Black Thorns with Brotherhood of Tian.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Quiet Step

• General: Vesna Borkovna Prochnost
• Orders: Soldiers of the Step, my trusted and courageous Imperial Soldiers, Navarri of the upmost virtue. I have made an oath, witnessed by your nation. That this army will serve your cousins in Navarr. That your hearth will be the one I guard. We will take a solid defence in Reikos. Near the beating heart of the Empire. We will grow stronger so that when the time comes, we will serve what is yours.
• Action: Solid Defence of Reikos
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Quiet Step with Bound by Common Cause.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Urizen

Urizen have one army: Citadel Guard. They can support a single army.

Citadel Guard

• General: Andronikos of the Lighthouse at Nikephoros
• Orders: Sentinels, consider the Chain. We bind ourselves in purpose and in blood with our cousins in virtue. You know your foe. You have driven the Druj from our homes before, and now we bring the fight to them. We will press the tyrants of the mallum in Sarangrave. Empowered by the bond of tears you will not fall - Be relentless in your advance. The Heroes of the Winter Sun, The Towerjacks and Golden Axe will shoulder your burdens. Remember their sacrifice, and honour them with Triumph
• Action: Winter's Mantle in Sarangrave
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Varushka

Varushka have two armies: Golden Axe and Northern Eagle. They can support four armies.

Golden Axe

• General: Vojsuli Cherenkov
• Orders: Axe, we have rested well and said goodbye to Belakov. We now head to Sarangrave with the Crimson Slachta. We march with our siblings in Virtue against the Druj, the winters bite will shield the citadel guard to preserve their strength. Target the Druj holdings, leave their septs be and focus our axes against their overlords. Everything behind us is Imperial, Everything in front is barbarian. Axe, with me, March!
• Action: Take their Land in Sarangrave
• Enchantment: 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: Jaromir Ostrovyn Kostka
• Orders: Soldiers of our firstborn army, make north and rest your weary hearts. Light up the fires, raise the wards, and gather close against the night. Grieve, celebrate, weep and sing. There is much to remember. Come, Empty One, and send your hound master to our hearths. We share our hospitality, all sheltered by our homeland's tradition. We have many stories to tell, so listen, learn and teach...
• Action: Hit and Run in Astolat
• 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 four armies: Bloodcloaks, Fist of the Mountains, Green Shield and Narwhal's Spear. They can support four armies.

Bloodcloaks

• General: Lofyn Blood-cloak
• Orders: My Cloaks, my Pride for too long have the enemies of our empire coveted the freeborn lands. Arrogant in their brazen bantering and merciless onslaughts. Now is the time to show the freeborn that their homes and families are not coins to be counted in a bargain, if they are a cost it is a cost too high. Strike into Reinos, free thralls and recover the lost and fallen who march beside us. Show the Jotun and Lasambrians that we will not sell the coast and if they believe that we are weak of heart or will. They they will not have been paying attention.
• Action: Recover the Lost in Reinos
• Enchantment: Coven of Barabbas enchanted the Bloodcloaks with Clarity of the Master Strategist.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Fist of the Mountains

• General: Umarth "Winter's Flame" Kannask
• Orders: Under the Shining Claw, that great Tusk, we etch Rhiv, the rune of Blood into our weapons. We call these ancient winter magics to us and I bind them to my purpose. A cost is always paid. My family paid that cost, the price of our ambition. Mercy, Thorn-in-place, my wife, died a shield to the Empire. Loyal to the end, remember her storm and learn. I bind the quickened cold meat to that purpose. Even in death, we will endure. Grandmother Winter sets us a riddle. We begin to have the answer. Mystics, cast the runes. Icebreakers, look far and carefully. Let us find the Pale Raven's answer. The weight of costs is heavy. We must all live together. Into them!
• Action: Steady Conquest in Reinos
• Enchantment: Wolves of the Pale Raven enchanted the Fist of the Mountains with Quickening Cold Meat.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Green Shield

• General: Iron Osric
• Orders: Where now the horse and the helm of gold? Where the fearless, the free, the bold. Friends are fallen, fine foes lie far. Yet songs still soar from sword and scar. The words will make from withered pyre, and new tales will burn for the Shadowed Fire Dedicated to the memory of Mercy Thorn
• Action: Billet in Upwold
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Narwhal's Spear

• General: Determination of Ice Kaisa
• Orders: We are a thousand swords drawn together by goldenscale, three traditions in unity. It is now our time to rest and recover. Let us take this opportunity to tell the tales of our heroes and remember our fallen. Tell those who join our number the deeds we have done and think to our future. We have defeated Jarl Haakon, take this season to catch your breath and prepare the next verse in our united saga.
• Action: Billet in Upwold
• Enchantment: Concordium of Pallas enchanted the Narwhal's Spear with Brotherhood of Tian.
• Guerdon: Military units supporting this army will not be rewarded by the Imperial Senate.

Summary

Army	Nation	Start	Destination	Action
Eastern Sky	Dawn	Mournwold	Astolat	Arcane Consolidation
Golden Sun	Dawn	Therunin	Astolat	Solid Defence
Gryphon's Pride	Dawn	The Barrens	Astolat	Solid Defence
Granite Pillar	Highguard	Mournwold	Astolat	Solid Defence
Fire of the South	The Brass Coast	Astolat	Astolat	Solid Defence
Wolves of War	The League	Mournwold	Astolat	Give Ground
Northern Eagle	Varushka	Redoubt	Astolat	Hit and Run
Strong Reeds	The Marches	Bregasland	Bregasland	Lay Low
Drakes	The Marches	Mournwold	Mournwold	Monstrous Assault
Tusks	The Marches	Mournwold	Mournwold	Steady Conquest
Black Thorns	Navarr	Therunin	Reikos	Solid Defence
Quiet Step	Navarr	Miaren	Reikos	Solid Defence
Autumn Hammers	Imperial Orcs	Mournwold	Reinos	Plunder
Summer Storm	Imperial Orcs	Mournwold	Reinos	Balanced Attack
Bounders	The Marches	Mournwold	Reinos	Steady Conquest
Bloodcloaks	Wintermark	Tassato	Reinos	Recover the Lost
Fist of the Mountains	Wintermark	Tassato	Reinos	Steady Conquest
Winter Sun	Imperial Orcs	Mareave	Sarangrave	Steady Conquest
Towerjacks	The League	Redoubt	Sarangrave	Steady Conquest
Citadel Guard	Urizen	Redoubt	Sarangrave	Winter's Mantle
Golden Axe	Varushka	Zenith	Sarangrave	Take their Land
Burning Falcon	The Brass Coast	Astolat	Tassato	Solid Defence
Red Wind Corsairs	The Brass Coast	Tassato	Tassato	Solid Defence
Seventh Wave	Highguard	Mournwold	Upwold	Billet
Valiant Pegasus	Highguard	Mournwold	Upwold	Billet
Green Shield	Wintermark	Upwold	Upwold	Billet
Narwhal's Spear	Wintermark	Mournwold	Upwold	Billet