News of the War ---------------- Month of Rova: The Queen's army claims the abandoned ruins of Storasta, begins staging for an incursion, using the Sarkora River to facilitate supply lines. -------------------------------- 1st of Lamashan: The army begins the Siege of Raliscrad, the Queen's Company leads three assaults on Minahgo's Palace. The Queen personally wounds the demoness, forcing her to withdraw. 5th of Lamashan: The slave port of Raliscrad falls under Crusader control. Slaves are freed and the process of returning them to Mendev begins. 7th of Lamashan: Countersiege of Raliscrad begins. 12th of Lamashan: The body of the demon siege is broken by the knights of Mendev, thanks to the intervention of the Hand of the Inheritor and the Queen's Company who were able to hold back Apponavaricious until the army was in full rout. The demoness chose to slay her own routing forces, rather than pursue the Queen. Month of Lamashan: The Queen's Company holds Raliscrad while allied Pathfinder agents strike high threat targets in the region. Hoping to make a further incursion safe for a large force. -------------------------------- 6th of Neth: Two members of the Queen's Company, it's wizard and it's cleric are lost attempting to save the pathfinders investigating Ghalcor's Tower. 12th of Neth: Otherworldly disease strikes Raliscrad, severely weakening the garrison. 15th of Neth: Apponavaricious returns with a second army. The crusade chooses to withdraw, rather than become encircled. 22nd of Neth: Queen Galfrey survives an assassination attempt by a squad of Babau beyond the worldwound's borders, confirmation that the demons are aware that the Wardstones no longer prevent their escape. -------------------------------- Month of Kuthona: The queen's armed forces skirmish frequently along the borders of the worldwound to keep the bulk of their army from crossing into Mendev. Elite forces are increasingly being directed inward, to respond to small incusions of greater demons moving with teleportation. 15th of Kuthona: Missing members of the Queen's Company return. The queen leaves on the 17th on a mission of vital importance. With the Queen's intervention no longer available, Apponavaricious dispatches forces to reclaim her trophy.