Standoff at Talon's Gate

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Standoff at Talon's Gate
Part of the Maelstormic Claim on Vortice

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Date: 14th of the First Seed, 69 SE
Place: Talon's Port, Unified Domain of Vortice
Result: Stalemate
Belligerents
Vortician Government
Vortice Crest.png The Unified Domain of Vortice
The Maelstormic Society
Maelstormic Society.png The Maelstormic Society
Commanders
Vortice Crest.png Lenora Jusima, Monarch of Vortice Maelstormic Society.png Peralien Maelstorm-Aurelius, The Grand Martlett
ThomasVeniceSigil.png Warlord Thomas Venice
Strength
~400 Garrison
~Unknown Irregulars
~600 Infantry
Casualties
~15 Dead or Wounded ~40 Dead or Wounded

The Standoff at Talon's Gate was a standoff at the main gate of Talon's Port within The Unified Domain of Vortice, and the first and only military engagement of the Maelstormic Claim on Vortice.

Prelude

After James Maelstorm founded the Maelstormic Society and issued his demands to Monarch Lenora Jusima to give up leadership of The Unified Domain of Vortice, it was clear that a military engagement was going to happen between the rebels and the government forces of Vortice.

Standoff

Late in the day on the 14th of the First Seed, the forces of the Maelstormic Society trudged through the marshlands of the Southern Jungle and appeared before the gates of Talon's Port, which had been closed in light of the recent threats. One of the commanders within the Maelstormic Society, identified as Peralien, The Grand Martlett, claimed that they held a boomsteel bomb on their person, and threatened to utilize it to breach the walls of the city.

Gusiam Jusima, Monarch-Consort of Vortice and well-known tinkerer, saw through this lie issued by the Maelstormic Society, and ordered the archers upon the wall to fire at the approaching group. A brief exchange of arrows followed, though the Vortician forces didn't leave the safety of the city due to the late-night garrison being outnumbered. This exchange of fire was rapid, yet there were very few casualties on either side.

Upon realizing the Vorticians had fortified their position, The Grand Martlett ordered that the Maelstormic Society retreat from the city. Before leaving, one of the soldiers upon the field, Thomas Venice, the former Talon's Grotto Minister of Defense beneath Sovereign Castiel Valaker, loudly declared that they would destroy the "New Talons" that Vivian Maelstorm had created since instating the monarchy, calling out for her to writhe in her grave.

Aftermath

The Maelstormic Society immediately claimed that they had won the battle despite there being no true victor of the standoff, and produced another publication taunting the cowardice of the Vortican defenders for not leaving the walls to face the larger force.