Battle of Jarad's Tavern

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Battle of Jarad's Tavern
Part of the Urguani-Orenian War

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Date: 12th of Malin's Welcome, 54 S.A.
Place: Jarad's Tavern, Holy Orenian Empire
Result: Urguani Victory
Preceded by: Storming of Kal'Darakaan
Followed by: Battle of Stone Tower
Belligerents
Holy Orenian Empire:
OrenianFlag.png Holy Orenian Empire
Grand Kingdom of Urguan:
Urguan Emblem.png Grand Kingdom of Urguan
Ceru Tower COA.png Rustlers
ferrymen.png Ferrymen
Commanders
OrenianFlag.png Varon Draskovic Urguan Emblem.png Commander Bakir Ireheart
ferrymen.png Diomé Indoren
ferrymen.png Andronikos Mareno
Strength
~1,600 Infantry ~1,200 Infantry
Casualties
~1,300 Dead or Wounded ~50 Dead or Wounded


Prelude

After the raid upon the dwarven city of Kal'Darakaan and the shaving of Grand King Ulfric Frostbeards beard, Ferrymen and Dwarven forces gather a raiding party and set out in response. Under the command of Diome Indoren and Bakir Ireheart, both Dwarven and Ferrymen forces approach Jarads Tavern. The main bulk of their raiding party are sent to hide behind the tavern. To bait a response from the ISA, Diome Indoren sends out two men to patrol the crossroads as bait for a response force.

Battle

Within a few minutes an elite ISA response force arrived with blades drawn and armored horses. Seeing as their trap worked, both Bakir and Jesus sent a signal to the larger force hiding behind the tavern. Once the signal was heard the large Dwarven and Ferrymen force came out of hiding and surprised the already large orenian forces. Both sides drew their blades and closed their ranks, at a seconds notice one of the ferrymen commanders yelled the command to push. Both sides charged and the sound of armor and blades clashing filled the air. The Dwarves and Ferrymen forces being outnumbered by the ISA by four hundred men fell back down the road and where they gathered their men once more before pushing back into the rally of Orenian soldiers back to Jarads Tavern where they quickly cut down any stragglers. The Orenians not expecting such a sudden counter-push attempted to retreat back to their city but to no avail. With the majority of Orens forces cut down or routing the remaining ISA fled inside the walls of Providence, ending the battle of Jarads Tavern with an Urguan victory.

Aftermath


After the fighting ended, orenian bodies littered the ground and blood soaked the earth, the stench of blood filled the air combined with cries of help from the wounded. Only fifty men from the Ferrymen and Dwarves were wounded from the battle. The raiding party gathered their gear as well as their wounded and retreated back to The Stone Tower in Urguan land to regroup and take care of the wounded. The remaining orenians that survived the battle retreated into Providence and gathered in the bastion, one of the surviving commanders called for a prayer to honor the dead. The Battle of Jarad's tavern was over and the cost of life was high.