Battle of Borgne

== The Battle of Borgne, also known as the Battle of the Platinum Sword, was a naval and land offencive by the Kingdom of Drenkshawe, to attack Borgne, one of three Artaranian capitals, destroy the Artaranian Empire, obtain the Platinum Sword, and numerous other objects, and to take Boronia for evil. King Soabo's forces numbered 58 000, the Ornithian army standing with 14 000.

King Soabo had already failed to capture Borgne twice, so he tried to do it for the third and last time. Capturing Borgne would ultimately mean the collapse of the Artaranian Empire, overthrow of Lord Gonthrag, Soabo capturing the Platinum Sword, and the rule over Boronia by evil. The Ornithian Forces had deployed 14 000 men, King Soabo's army having 58 000. King soabo outnumbered his opposing forces by over four times as much men. Soabo had already failed to capture the other two capitals of Artarin. As a result, the war had to be decided on the Borgne front. They were already prepared for the invasion. Soabo's forces attacked through land, and through water (Lake Borgne). The Ornithian Army was waiting for them, as they had set up many ships and many troops along the shoreline going southwest. Soabo's main mistake was to send his ships, with 20% of his army on board, to cross the lake on the offensive, rather than simply having the ships defend from the Island of Varmil, where Soabo's main attack Fortress was. The rest of Soabo's army headed on ships west to reach land which was not far away. The Artaranians, specializing in offence, were able to easily defeat and sink the fleet with Soabo's army on board, efficiently destroying 20% of his army. Soabo divided the army into two parts; the left wing, which was much bigger, and the right wing. The Left wing advanced first, travelling to the west around the city to attack from the other side, commanded by Soabo himself. The Right wing was commanded by Soabo's General, who was ordered to attack from the sloped hill, rocks, and trees on the western side of the city. This was another one of Soabo's mistakes. Had he concentrated all of his men to the destination of the Left wing, he could have put up an illusion to the southern part of the Ornithian army that his entire army was retreating, having a much smaller force to deal with in Northern Borgne, where the Northern portion of the Ornithian army was waiting for Soabo, led by Lord Gonthrag primarily. The rocks also were a challenge to climb, putting an obstacle in front of the Right wing of Soabo's army. Soabo's Left wing was led into vast grass plains, scarcely with any flowers, only some dense trees to the far sides of the battlefield. The heat tired out Soabo's army, and as a result Soabo had to wait an hour for his army to rest. Soabo's army marched up the hill, with Gonthrag waiting on the other side of the battlefield past the crest of the hill with Cavalry, Infantry, and Catapault/Ballista Artillery. As soon as the army came up the crest of the hill, Gonthrag ordered a charge at Soabo's army, which also began charging, from the southern part of the field, Gonthrag with his army waiting at the entrance of Borgne prior to the charge. Meanwhile, the Right wing's attempt to climb the hills, rocks and trees failed abysmally. The Right wing was utterly destroyed, nearly every man being killed or to injured to fight. The rest were taken prisoner. The southern portion of the Ornithian army was ordered to stay at ther positions until further orders arrived. Soabo's left wing was about on par with Gonthrag's forces in terms of how well they were doing. Thousands of casualties were littering the field after three hours of fighting. Soabo engaged in battle with Dan and Gonthrag, Stalkshon nearly being killed by a boulder prior to this. Dan uses his true magic and the Platinum Sword to ultimately defeat Soabo. Hundreds of troops now knew, as the feeling hit them, that their leader was dead. The army refused to retreat, however, as they still had Goreand commanding the army, and Zanethard to command. Goreand is pronounced King of Drenkshawe, but a while after that he engages in a heated duel with Gonthrag. Gonthrag eventually gains the upper hand, killing Goreand. The Southern portion of the Ornithian Army arrives after being ordered to by General Lighwing, the commander of the Southern Forces. The Southern and North Forces combined easily destroy what remains of Soabo's army, as Zanethard tries to flee, but is cornered by a few of the Kings and Generals who participated in the battle. King Gonthrag, Master Lightwing, and King Stalkshon use the power of the Crystal of Boronia, also combining their true magic, to destroy Zanethard, turning him into a cloud of what is described as by Gonthrag, "Nothing but shadow". The battle is ended with a celebration at Borgne. The dead are buried, the evil being burned, excluding Soabo and Goreand, who are encased in a coffin and eaten by a pack of wolves, respectively. Soabo's body is hidden in the Borgne castle behind two paintings. This battle was the second last battle of the war, and final Drenkish Offencive.

16-19 November 1408 commander1  = Anderlus Gonthrag Jamie Stalkshon Parthax Lightwing General Marcrox| commander2  = King Soabo Hyrk Varsade| strength1   = 14,000 Warriors. 90 Catapaults. 20 Ships.| strength2   = 58,000 Warriors. 75 Catapaults. 20 Ships.| casualties1 = 8,538 Warriors killed. 4,618 majorly wounded. 12 gone missing.| casualties2 = 45,165 Warriors killed. 11, 572 majorly wounded. 256 taken prisoner. 7 gone missing.