New Enemies

While Wispwood roils and the war front in Iadlain stalls, the Empire moves hastily to address the new enemy that is Reluir. Military resources are poured into Bratkowice, accelerating the revival of their airship ports and establishing patrol lines across its border with the elven state. Navy ships are sent out from the east coast, hoping to secure both the maritime borders and circle around to aid Iadlain from the sea, but the journey for the latter is long and through hostile waters. To make up for this, a deal is quickly struck with Estraude, who openly condemns Reluir’s aggression on their neighbour and offers to lend their own navy to defend Iadlain’s southern coast.

As military forces from all sides swarm and clash within the skies and seas of Iadlain, the people on the land continue a different kind of battle. Although attacks from Relan soldiers no longer come along the forest paths, Iadlain’s northern towns are besieged so heavily with Wispwood’s beasts and hauntings that even weathered locals hardly sleep. Twisted creatures and gruesome phenomena seep from every street, ready to consume the unwary, and many escape the relentless nightmare via Koben’s supply airships, which carry as many refugees and stranded outsiders away to the rest of the Empire as possible.

Features: Boosted military activity in Bratkowice, patrols and skirmishes along the border with Reluir, Estran naval aid, constant cleansing of the eldritch within Iadlain (with salt, iron, fire, magic, etc.)