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 In 899 TA, the Reaches was again plunged into war.  The [[Tang Empire]] had been neutral in the affairs of other nations since the late Second Age.  Suddenly, and without warning, they struck the Reaches with a full-scale invasion.  Simultaneously, [[Sandal]] revolted from Crown rule.  The instigator for the Second War of the Reaches was [[Valdemar]] who fled to the Tang Empire at the end of the First War of the Reaches.  Using the opening of the [[Journey to The Tenth Shrine|Thousand Year Gate]] and the arrival of the Grandmaster of Chaos as catalysts, Valdemar coerced the Tang Emperor Shiba to launch the unprecedented invasion.  As expected, chaos ensued.
-Initially, the Reaches fared poorly - losing Teufeldorf in June 899 TA.  With the [[Tomb Kingdom]] joining the war in 900 TA, the prospects dimmed further.  In 902 TA, the Reaches failed to invade Sandal.  And, in 903 TA, the [[Wolfshaunt]] joined the war against the Reaches.  The Second War of the Reaches turned in 904 TA, however, with a combined force of men, elves, dwarves, and gnomes winning solid victories throughout the land and subduing the orcs and Sandalese.  In 905 TA, an invasion of the Tang Empire forced the Emperor to withdraw from the fight.  With the war's end in sight, the Old Kingdom was pulled into the conflict by the Wolfshaunt.  Again, Teufeldorf was sacked, this time by the Overlord's army in July 906 TA.
+Initially, the Reaches fared poorly - losing Teufeldorf in June 899 TA.  With the [[Tomb Kingdom]] joining the war in 900 TA, the prospects dimmed further.  In 902 TA, the Reaches failed to invade Sandal.  And, in 903 TA, the [[Wolfshaunt]] joined the war against the Reaches.  The Second War of the Reaches turned in 904 TA, however, with a combined force of men, elves, dwarves, and gnomes winning solid victories throughout the land and subduing the orcs and Sandalese.  In 905 TA, an invasion of the Tang Empire forced the Emperor to withdraw from the fight.  With the war's end in sight, the [[Rembia|Old Kingdom]] was pulled into the conflict by the Wolfshaunt.  Again, Teufeldorf was sacked, this time by the Overlord's army in July 906 TA.
-In 907 TA, an invasion of the [[Rembia|Old Kingdom]] by the Reaches forced the Overlord to sue for peace.  With the sealing of the Wolfshaunt, no enemies remained standing, and the Second War of the Reaches concluded.  A treaty was signed by the Overlord on the first day of 908 TA guaranteeing a decade's peace in the land.
+In 907 TA, an invasion of the Old Kingdom by the Reaches forced the Overlord to sue for peace.  With the sealing of the Wolfshaunt, no enemies remained standing, and the Second War of the Reaches concluded.  A treaty was signed by the Overlord on the first day of 908 TA guaranteeing a decade's peace in the land.
 == The Events of 899 TA ==

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 In 899 TA, the Reaches was again plunged into war.  The [[Tang Empire]] had been neutral in the affairs of other nations since the late Second Age.  Suddenly, and without warning, they struck the Reaches with a full-scale invasion.  Simultaneously, [[Sandal]] revolted from Crown rule.  The instigator for the Second War of the Reaches was [[Valdemar]] who fled to the Tang Empire at the end of the First War of the Reaches.  Using the opening of the [[Journey to The Tenth Shrine|Thousand Year Gate]] and the arrival of the Grandmaster of Chaos as catalysts, Valdemar coerced the Tang Emperor Shiba to launch the unprecedented invasion.  As expected, chaos ensued.
-Initially, the Reaches fared poorly - losing Teufeldorf in June 899 TA.  With the Tomb Kingdom joining the war in 900 TA, the prospects dimmed further.  In 902 TA, the Reaches failed to invade Sandal.  And, in 903 TA, the Wolfshaunt joined the war against the Reaches.  The Second War of the Reaches turned in 904 TA, however, with a combined force of men, elves, dwarves, and gnomes winning solid victories throughout the land and subduing the orcs and Sandalese.  In 905 TA, an invasion of the Tang Empire forced the Emperor to withdraw from the fight.  With the war's end in sight, the Old Kingdom was pulled into the conflict by the Wolfshaunt.  Again, Teufeldorf was sacked, this time by the Overlord's army in July 906 TA.
+Initially, the Reaches fared poorly - losing Teufeldorf in June 899 TA.  With the [[Tomb Kingdom]] joining the war in 900 TA, the prospects dimmed further.  In 902 TA, the Reaches failed to invade Sandal.  And, in 903 TA, the [[Wolfshaunt]] joined the war against the Reaches.  The Second War of the Reaches turned in 904 TA, however, with a combined force of men, elves, dwarves, and gnomes winning solid victories throughout the land and subduing the orcs and Sandalese.  In 905 TA, an invasion of the Tang Empire forced the Emperor to withdraw from the fight.  With the war's end in sight, the Old Kingdom was pulled into the conflict by the Wolfshaunt.  Again, Teufeldorf was sacked, this time by the Overlord's army in July 906 TA.
-In 907 TA, an invasion of the Old Kingdom by the Reaches forced the Overlord to sue for peace.  With the sealing of the Wolfshaunt, no enemies remained standing, and the Second War of the Reaches concluded.  A treaty was signed by the Overlord on the first day of 908 TA guaranteeing a decade's peace in the land.
+In 907 TA, an invasion of the [[Rembia|Old Kingdom]] by the Reaches forced the Overlord to sue for peace.  With the sealing of the Wolfshaunt, no enemies remained standing, and the Second War of the Reaches concluded.  A treaty was signed by the Overlord on the first day of 908 TA guaranteeing a decade's peace in the land.
 == The Events of 899 TA ==

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 In 899 TA, the Reaches was again plunged into war.  The [[Tang Empire]] had been neutral in the affairs of other nations since the late Second Age.  Suddenly, and without warning, they struck the Reaches with a full-scale invasion.  Simultaneously, [[Sandal]] revolted from Crown rule.  The instigator for the Second War of the Reaches was [[Valdemar]] who fled to the Tang Empire at the end of the First War of the Reaches.  Using the opening of the [[Journey to The Tenth Shrine|Thousand Year Gate]] and the arrival of the Grandmaster of Chaos as catalysts, Valdemar coerced the Tang Emperor Shiba to launch the unprecedented invasion.  As expected, chaos ensued.
 == The Events of 899 TA ==
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 It will be a long winter for the Reaches.

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 == The Events of 906 TA ==
-Old Kingdom joins 906 TA
+After successful campaigns in 904 TA and 905 TA, the Second War of the Reaches seems to be coming to a close.  Sandal and the Orc Nation are under control.  The Tang Empire have negotiated peace for their merchant fleets.  Then, a warning from the Wolfshaunt - the Old Kingdom has been bribed to [[The Old Kingdom Strikes|strike the Reaches]].
-Third Sacking of Teufeldorf (XXX 906 TA)

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 Intelligence gathered on enemy plans showed limited plans for a Western Reaches invasion by the Tang.  In the Eastern Reaches, a small armada of the Lotus Navy would join an attack by the skeletons of the Tomb Kingdom and the warriors of the Wolfshaunt.  Their target was Dragonsford.
-The [[Heart of the Wolfshaunt|discovery of dwarven stone ships]] deep below Dwarrowdelf led the Crown to undertake an unprecedented move.  An [[Invasion of the Tang Empire|invasion of the Tang Empire]] itself.  With the Tang armies in the Reaches, the Empire was, most likely, lightly defended.
+The [[Heart of the Wolfshaunt#Mutiny Bay|discovery of dwarven stone ships]] deep below Dwarrowdelf led the Crown to undertake an unprecedented move.  An [[Invasion of the Tang Empire|invasion of the Tang Empire]] itself.  With the Tang armies in the Reaches, the Empire was, most likely, lightly defended.
 '''Eastern Reaches'''

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 The opening of the Wolfshaunt provided unlikely fuel for the attacks on the Reaches - an ally in the east.  An early coded message talked of demons coming from the north.  A [[Four Front War|four front war]]!  The plans for a second invasion of Sandal were scrapped.  Survival would be the order of the day - even if it did allow Valdemar to strengthen his grip on Sandal.
-The Crown dispatched commando strikes to lessen the impact of the [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|demons]] and [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|Wolfshaunt warriors]].  Both were successful.
+The Crown dispatched commando strikes to lessen the impact of the [[Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|demons]] and [[Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|Wolfshaunt warriors]].  Both were successful.
 '''Eastern Reaches'''

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 == The Events of 903 TA ==
-The opening of the Wolfshaunt provided unlikely fuel for the attacks on the Reaches - an ally in the east.  An early coded message talked of demons coming from the north.  A four-front war!  The plans for a second invasion of Sandal were scrapped.  Survival would be the order of the day - even if it did allow Valdemar to strengthen his grip on Sandal.  The campaign season was called [[Awakening of the Wolfshaunt]].
+The opening of the Wolfshaunt provided unlikely fuel for the attacks on the Reaches - an ally in the east.  An early coded message talked of demons coming from the north.  A [[Four Front War|four front war]]!  The plans for a second invasion of Sandal were scrapped.  Survival would be the order of the day - even if it did allow Valdemar to strengthen his grip on Sandal.
 The Crown dispatched commando strikes to lessen the impact of the [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|demons]] and [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|Wolfshaunt warriors]].  Both were successful.
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 == The Events of 904 TA ==
-After defeats in 902 TA and 903 TA, the Reaches were desperate for victory.  The thoughts of a prolonged war with the combined forces of the Tang Empire, Sandal, the Tomb Kingdom, and the Wolfhaunt made for bleak prospects.  The Wolfshaunt had been [[Wolfshaunt Unleashed|unleashed]].
+After defeats in 902 TA and 903 TA, the Reaches were desperate for victory.  The thoughts of a prolonged war with the combined forces of the Tang Empire, Sandal, the Tomb Kingdom, and the Wolfhaunt made for bleak prospects.
-While commando raids dispersed a [[Wolfshaunt Unleashed|great maelstrom]] from the Wolfshaunt and significantly reduced the number of [[Wolfshaunt Unleashed|giant sand wurms]] available to transport Tomb Kingdom troops to the Eastern Reaches, the odds against the Reaches were overwhelming.
+While commando raids dispersed a [[Wolfshaunt Unleashed#Storm|great maelstrom]] from the Wolfshaunt and significantly reduced the number of [[Wolfshaunt Unleashed#Sands|giant sand wurms]] available to transport Tomb Kingdom troops to the Eastern Reaches, the odds against the Reaches were overwhelming.
 '''Eastern Reaches'''

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 The opening of the Wolfshaunt provided unlikely fuel for the attacks on the Reaches - an ally in the east.  An early coded message talked of demons coming from the north.  A four-front war!  The plans for a second invasion of Sandal were scrapped.  Survival would be the order of the day - even if it did allow Valdemar to strengthen his grip on Sandal.  The campaign season was called [[Awakening of the Wolfshaunt]].
-The Crown dispatched commando strikes to lessen the impact of the [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|demons]] and [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|Wolfshaunt warriors]].  Both were successful in lessening the impact of those attacks.
+The Crown dispatched commando strikes to lessen the impact of the [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|demons]] and [[The Awakening of the Wolfshaunt|Wolfshaunt warriors]].  Both were successful.
 '''Eastern Reaches'''
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 The Knights of the Eastern Reaches - warned of the Wolfshaunt offensive and the location of their deployments - quickly dispatched the vampires and wolves at the Battle of Dreadfield in March 903 TA.  In the north, the dwarves - likewise warned - ambushed the demons that slipped through the commando raids and slaughtered them near the Pass of Lar.
-News of the defeat reached Nightshade, and he moved the Tomb Kingdom skeletons westward to join the efforts in the west.
+News of the defeat reached Nightshade, and he moved the Tomb Kingdom skeletons westward to join the efforts there.
 The Eastern Reaches were safe.  The action shifted to the west.
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 As the wolves streamed into the Eastern Reaches - sacking Tattershall and moving south to join with the Tomb Kingdom skeletons heading north on the wurms - Dugald Axeworthy moved quickly.  The Wolfshaunt forces were decimated in two battles, crushed between the dwarves and the Eastern Reaches knights.
-Without support, an ambush of the arriving skeletons later in the year was decisive.  Success in the Eastern Reaches.
+Without support, an ambush of the arriving skeletons later in the year was decisive.  Success in the Eastern Reaches!
 '''Western Reaches'''
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 == The Events of 905 TA ==
-Invastion of Tang Empire (905 TA)
+Intelligence gathered on enemy plans showed limited plans for a Western Reaches invasion by the Tang.  In the Eastern Reaches, a small armada of the Lotus Navy would join an attack by the skeletons of the Tomb Kingdom and the warriors of the Wolfshaunt.  Their target was Dragonsford.
 == The Events of 906 TA ==

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 In June 902 TA, the dwarves retake Lechlade Keep, but progress is slow and the fighting heavy.  By mid-August, it is clear that the invasion will fail.  In a radical departure from his march toward the Sandalese capital, Axeworthy orders his troops east into the Sands of Time sacking the Tomb Kingdom capitol destroying its pyramids and defiling its crypts - a crushing blow to the Lich Priests.
-A late October siege of Whitehall Castle by the knights is little consolation for a failed Invasion of Sandal.  It seems the land is too vast for traditional muster and march techniques to war.
+A late October siege of Whitehall Castle by the knights is little consolation for a failed Invasion of Sandal.  It seems the land is too vast for traditional muster and march techniques of war.
 == The Events of 903 TA ==
-Wolfshaunt joins 903 TA
+The opening of the Wolfshaunt provided unlikely fuel for the attacks on the Reaches - an ally in the east.  An early coded message talked of demons coming from the north.  A four-front war!  The plans for a second invasion of Sandal were scrapped.  Survival would be the order of the day - even if it did allow Valdemar to strengthen his grip on Sandal.  The campaign season was called [[Awakening of the Wolfshaunt]].
 == The Events of 904 TA ==
-Wolfhaunt Unleashed
+After defeats in 902 TA and 903 TA, the Reaches were desperate for victory.  The thoughts of a prolonged war with the combined forces of the Tang Empire, Sandal, the Tomb Kingdom, and the Wolfhaunt made for bleak prospects.  The Wolfshaunt had been [[Wolfshaunt Unleashed|unleashed]].
 == The Events of 905 TA ==