Battle of Shadowcastle
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The Battle of Shadowcastle was the first engagement in what would be the Ithrun War. After the ascension of Sigismund as Holy Orenian Emperor the old Renatian Royal House Tarus declared with the support of House Silverblade and The Grand Kingdom of Urguan war on Oren to try and usurp the throne. The two houses had at first tried to amass support within the Orenian nobility but failed to do so due to their alignment with the dwarves who had years before dismantled the Empire after the Exodus.
Prelude
Without a foothold in Oren the Tarus rebels needed to find a route towards Abresi. To march through the Old Kingdom of Salvus was decided unwise as they would have to march a long distance and besiege the ruins of Kingston as well as numeral Orenian forts such as Baile along the old imperial roads. House Silverblade had however settled with House Colin and the Teutonic Order joined their cause both settled by the borders of Schattenburg, the home of House Stafyr. At first House Tarus tried to sway the Stafyrs into joining the rebellion but after a refusal from the young lord Farley Stafyr they instead levied an army consisting of mainly Dwarves and Teutons.
By conquering the Shadowcastle the rebels would gain control of the entirety of the southern coast of Oren and also have a road through the Shadowmountains straight towards Abresi with little to hinder their march. However Shadowcastle was a sizable fortress built to protect the Orenian south from dwarven incursions so it was no easy task ahead.
Battle
The Rebels and their allies marched towards Schattenburg and built a siege camp within the Teutonic fortress of Kreuzberg, within eyesight from the Shadowcastle the dwarves begun constructing siege equipment within the large fort. During the same time the Vandorians who would later form the Holy Order of Saint Lucien begun constructing a secondary fort on the ridge above Shadowcastle, to use as a fallback line and placed down ballistas and trebuchets of their own to counter the rebels with.
Through the Shadowmountains Orenian forces sallied down to the keep where they quickly begun to set up defensive lines, trenches were built within
Aftermath
As a result the rebellion was crushed, and the Dwarven Legion routed back to Urguan. This loss effectively isolated the Grand Kingdom of Urguan and lead to the Oren launching an invasion of Urguan.
