News of an assault on Sestra has broken throughout the nation of Sundren. While the Legion soldiers seem somewhat upbeat in the aftermath, many of the witnesses in Mirakus feel the assault was a lost battle.
A unit of one hundred Legion soldiers lead an assault on the reptile army in Sestra, flanked with Red Blades, mercenaries, and volunteers. The unit started their march from Mirakus Post. They caught the reptiles off-guard, gaining some initial ground in the city of Sestra with an assault from the northern gate.
However, the reptile army was more sizable than anticipated. The assault team was soon turned back by a force at least four times as large as their own. Quick leadership saved many lives in the assault, and the unit suffered very few casualties in the retreat.
More rumors surround this assault:
A unit of one hundred Legion soldiers lead an assault on the reptile army in Sestra, flanked with Red Blades, mercenaries, and volunteers. The unit started their march from Mirakus Post. They caught the reptiles off-guard, gaining some initial ground in the city of Sestra with an assault from the northern gate.
However, the reptile army was more sizable than anticipated. The assault team was soon turned back by a force at least four times as large as their own. Quick leadership saved many lives in the assault, and the unit suffered very few casualties in the retreat.
More rumors surround this assault:
- The Corsairs were notably missing from the assault team. Witnesses in Mirakus claim the Legion soldiers insulted the Corsairs who had originally volunteered, and the militia men left over the argument that ensued.
- The Legion was bolstered by support from rustic northern tribes, who howled and cried for blood through the assault.
- The Legion soldiers who participated seemed very "green" to many on-lookers. Some claim they were newly-trained, initially designed as a peace-keeping force and not an assault team.
- The reptiles have taken the dead from the assault unit and put them on stakes. At the front of this display is a Legion medical officer, whose head dangles from his red cloak like a rock in a sling between two pikes. The gruesome display is clearly a warning and a show of strength.
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