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[[Category:Sagas]]
==About the Saga==
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===Timeframe===
* Greyhawk Date: Flocktime 15, CY 592
* Real World Date: 2008-19/20-09
* [[Blackrazor Guild Sagas|Read other Blackrazor Guild Sagas]]

===Cast of Characters===
* [[Tänévir Calywyn]], Field General for the [[Obsidian Bay Expeditionary Force]]
* [[Lyle]], Lord Tanevir's trusted Aide-De-Camp
* [[Kalib Ironfist]], 
* [[Gideon Dwyfors]], 
* [[Erilar]], 
* [[Moraim]],
* [[Merwin]], 
* [[Pag]]
* [[Rencore]], 

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===What Has Come Before===
War has returned to [[the Pomarj]]. The allied forces of [[Obsidian Bay]], the [[Principality of Ulek]] and the [[Kingdom of Keoland]] launched an offensive on the [[Orcish Empire]] of [[Turrosh Mak]]’s western front in Wealsun CY 591. Their intention was to drive the Despot’s forces from the occupied lands of the Principality, forcing them back across the [[Jewel River]].

They have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. The orcish armies of Despot’s [[Army of Infernal Might]] was destroyed in a lightning fast invasion of [[Orc Harbor]] by the [[Obsidian bay Expeditionary Force]], an invasion made possible by the deft scouting efforts of the [[Blackrazor Guild]].

The Army’s half-ogre/half-orc General [[Durbamog Elfmangler]] was slain in an epic battle with the Expeditionary Force’s commander, [[Tanevir Calwywn]] on the ramparts of [[Stormlight Keep]] and the remnants were forced to flee the city.

The battle was won, but the much larger fight remained. The remainder of the Army of Infernal Might were absorbed by the much larger [[Army of Vengeful Wrath]] led by the ruthless General [[Azog Deathsmasher]], cleric of [[Grummosh]].

In the months that followed Tanevir continued his winning strategy of dispatching “special forces” of adventuring guild heroes – including Blackrazors, [[Orcslayers]] and [[Ralleymen]] -- into the occupied towns and cities of the Principality to gather information and to sabotage military targets.

The strategy worked. [[Appledown]], [[Bridgeford]], [[Goldmine]], [[Grimfire]], [[Madlond]], [[Thunderstrike]]; Month after month these and other towns were freed from their orcish overlords. There were setbacks to be sure – the First Battle of Thunderstrike saw Tanevir’s first significant defeat as the orcs surprised him by launching a force of half-black dragons at his men – but he returned three months later and smashed through the city’s defenses, achieving total victory.

Now, in Flocktime 15, 592, the western war is nearing its end. [[Standkeep Castle]] on the eastern side of the Jewel River has just fallen to the Obsidian Bay Expeditionary Force, and the Army of Vengeful Wrath has fled back into the Pomarj.

And yet … all is not well. The battle at Standkeep Castle was hardly worthy of the name, and the Army of Vengeful Wrath put up only a token fight, instead choosing to withdraw from the battlefield. Never before had Azog given up a significant target without a fight, and this change in strategy worried Tanevir greatly … especially when news arrived of the other armies of the Despot withdrawing as well.

But withdrawing to where … and for what reason?


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==The Saga==
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