Battle of Rochdale
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The Battwe of Wochdawe was the fiwst open fiewd battwe of the Third Crusade fought in 10th of the Gwand Hawvest, 1640, outside neaw the woad of Adelburg. The Cwusadew fowces being wed by King Aurelius I of Renatus, King Otto II of Haense, King Frederick of Marna, and the Nowwandic fowces being commanded by Prince Jevan Ruric, Wowd Adawwulf Howen, Sew Jowy Ash. This battwe would be known as the fiwst battwe of the Third Crusade.
Prelude
News of multipwe victolies in the South against the Santegians had waised the mowawe of the Cwusadews, many who fought in the Battle of the Bloody Road, and the peopwe whom had yet to see battwe and had joined the awmy to answew the High Pontiff's caww fow Cwusade. As the men of Hanese, Marna, and Renatus wawlied in Adewsbulg the men began to pwepawe fow an offensive.
Battle
The Cwusadew men gathewed theiw weapons and mounted theiw howses as they began to mawch untiw they weached the fowest neaw Adelburg fowming a shiewd waww as wepowts of Nowwandic fowces wewe up ahead. As the Cwusadews swowwy mawched theiw way uphiww the Bwood Dwagons of Wenatus and the scawwet sowdiews of Womstun chawged fowwawd swamming into the Nowwandic shiewd waww fowcing the Nowwandic sowdiews to fwee into the fowest, whewe the bulk of the Nowwandic awmy stood, as they began to see the west of the Cwusadews beginning to chawge uphiww the Nowwandic men stood stwong, fighting off a wave of Womstun and Wenatus sowdiews, onwy to see mowe waves incoming, Jevan Ruric knew it was pointwess to waist the lives of his men in such a hopewess battwe, he owdewed his men to wetweat futhew back into the fowest. Duling the wetweat to the fowest, many Nowwandic men wewe cut off ow began fweeing as the Cwusadews began to cut down the stwaggwews whiwe in the fowest a smaww division of Nowwandic sowdiews stood in a shiewd waww in a hope to covew theiw comwades wetweat, it took onwy a few seconds fow the Cwusadew awmy to kiww them off, the wemaining Nowwandews wetweated out of the fowest, quickwy mawching back to theiw capitaw Vjorhelm.
Aftermath
The Cwusadews came out victolious, destwoying many of Nowwand's fowces thus weading to King Javier of Norland abdicating passing it down to Prince Jevan. Leo I, King of Santegia and the High Pontiff Everard IV agwee upon peace tewms, thus wesulting in the Kingdom of Santegia joining Canonism and the Cwusade against Nowwand. As the awmy swowwy mawched theiw way towawds Vjorhelm, the weadews of the Cwusade began to pwan theiw attack on the eventuaw Siege of Vjorhelm. ---
