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The Varhelm Offensive, was an Imperial offensive intended to raid the wheat fields of the Duchy of Elysium, a vassal of the Kingdom of Norland. The Orenian force of two thousand initially attacked the newly built walls of Elysium, making an attempt to trick the two hundred defenders into opening the gates. Failing to do this, the Orenian forces retreated from Elysium, as further Norlandic forces began to rally to the defense of Elysium.
Prelude
The Imperial force of two thousand would approach the gates of the Duchy of Elysium, where they would attempt to trick the guards on the walls of Elysium to open their gates and allow them passage onto their land. This attempt would fail, forcing the two thousand man rally to retreat from the walls. During the retreat, the Imperial Host would encounter a small party of five hundred Norlandic Soldiers who were tasked to engage an Imperial scouting party of two hundred.
Battle
Once the Orenian and Norlandic forces met the two hundred Imperials and Norlanders engaged in combat, with the Norlandic soldiers attempting a fighting retreat to the walls of Duchy of Elysium, led by Lord Purifier Thorfinn Kursin. While the other three hundred Norlanders made it back to the Duchy of Elysium, the rearguard was overcome. At the same time the rallied Norlandic forces, numbering approximately two thousand four hundred, sallied from the walls of Elysium in an attempt to combat the Imperial force. As the Imperial raiding force had already withdrawn into the countryside, the Norlandic forces were unable to locate them and returned to the walls.
Aftermath
The battle almost resulted in the capture of Thorfinn Kursin, however he threw himself into the water of the nearby lake, choosing to die a free man through drowning rather than be dishonored through capture. Despite the deaths of two hundred Norlandic soldiers, the battle was considered a Norlandic victory due to the failure of Orenian forces to penetrate the defenses of either Varhelm or Elysium, their stated goal.