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<p>1 revision</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Koshrak&#039;s View]] and [[Hammerfall Pass]] proved critical to the defence of Volkrania.<br /> <br /> When the Mandragora forces failed to secure the DeepEarth beneath [[Koshrak&#039;s View]], they chose to mount a surface assault. All nearby BattleMagi were ordered to the front and began unleashing offensive spells designed to soften the defences. The Mandragora army hung back and allowed the [[BlackClaw]] goblinoid allies to sustain the majority of casualties.<br /> <br /> Reinforced by archers from [[Hammerfall Pass]] and survivors from [[Kratishold]], the dwarves made sure that very few goblinoids made it close to the main gate. When a battering ram was dragged into place, a group of adventurers using magical disguises penetrated the goblin lines and sabotaged the ram. However a [[Dark Seed]] assassin made it into the gatehouse causing widespread sabotage until he was stopped, but the way was clear for the attacking forces to storm into the city.<br /> <br /> The battle was bloody and eventually the [[BlackClaw]] were turned back for a time. The Mandragora generals called on their reserves and heavily armoured hobgoblins charged into the fray against the tired defenders. However, a regiment of Taldanian lancers had been despatched from [[Taldan]] to help bolster the defence. Lead by the veteran Marshall General Ivanov, they slammed into the hobgoblins flanks, routing them, and killing many in the first charge.<br /> <br /> The Mandragora generals, now frustrated ordered a retreat. Some in the Koshrak&#039;s View defenders believed that a pursuit would see an end to the conflict, but their commanders realised that were too few soldiers to waste. Many believed that they would be needed elsewhere very soon: and they were correct.<br /> <br /> Leaving a token force to defend [[Kratishold]], their beach-head in Volkrania, the remaining Mandragora Wings and their [[BlackClaw]] allies decided to strike out at the one target they couldn&#039;t resist: Volkraad itself. Here the final pivotal battle of the [[Purge of Fire]] was to take place: the Battle of the Line.<br /> <br /> [[Category:History]]</div>

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