Re: Times Of Vanakalam
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:53 pm
Invasion of Kayal Begins
May 4436
The push on loyalist forces and Emperor Raghu III was significantly strengthened by the naval invasion this month of the coast of Kayal, the island seat of the Emperor himself. As his wife, Empress Lakshmi "the Black", continues to terrorise the Vanakalamese allies on the mainland, the Vanakalamese forces have begun their push to end the war once and for all. Their strategy is evidently to defeat the Emperor himself to force the continental forces of his wife into submission. How difficult this task is will be seen in the following months, as the island is heavily defended from coast to coast with dug-in positions and the most elite and hand-picked of the imperial guard. Raghu's most highly-trained guards, his most permanent and well-equipt army, lies on the island and is more than capable of repelling any invasion - particularly of terrain on which the Vanakalamese are not yet well tested.
Despite the uncontested beach landing, the imperial royalists are making the best they can out of their bad situation. With riots occurring daily in the cities held by princes loyal to the Emperor, men being slaughtered in the thousands by the Vanakalamese and native rebels, hatred of the royal family intensifying and more and more enemy troops flooding into their territory day by day, the situation is bleak for the loyalists. Their sole weapon of use so far has been pure violence, zeal and destruction. Empress Lakshmi has killed tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands, in her reign of terror which has seen mass-crucifixions of her enemies and the usage of deadly chemical weapons. She has continued to hold firm through fear and strength as her brother in law and loyal servant princes fall around her and the rebels turn the tide of war firmly in the favour. The "Black Empress", however, does not relent.
May 4436
The push on loyalist forces and Emperor Raghu III was significantly strengthened by the naval invasion this month of the coast of Kayal, the island seat of the Emperor himself. As his wife, Empress Lakshmi "the Black", continues to terrorise the Vanakalamese allies on the mainland, the Vanakalamese forces have begun their push to end the war once and for all. Their strategy is evidently to defeat the Emperor himself to force the continental forces of his wife into submission. How difficult this task is will be seen in the following months, as the island is heavily defended from coast to coast with dug-in positions and the most elite and hand-picked of the imperial guard. Raghu's most highly-trained guards, his most permanent and well-equipt army, lies on the island and is more than capable of repelling any invasion - particularly of terrain on which the Vanakalamese are not yet well tested.
Despite the uncontested beach landing, the imperial royalists are making the best they can out of their bad situation. With riots occurring daily in the cities held by princes loyal to the Emperor, men being slaughtered in the thousands by the Vanakalamese and native rebels, hatred of the royal family intensifying and more and more enemy troops flooding into their territory day by day, the situation is bleak for the loyalists. Their sole weapon of use so far has been pure violence, zeal and destruction. Empress Lakshmi has killed tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands, in her reign of terror which has seen mass-crucifixions of her enemies and the usage of deadly chemical weapons. She has continued to hold firm through fear and strength as her brother in law and loyal servant princes fall around her and the rebels turn the tide of war firmly in the favour. The "Black Empress", however, does not relent.