Siege of Falador

The Siege of Falador was a massive battle that occurred during the Year 164 of the Fifth Age, fought primarily between the Kinshra of northern Asgarnia and the city of Falador. The battle was the final major conflict of the War of 164, ultimately giving Asgarnia a Pyrrhic victory over the Kinshra.

The battle was the ultimate endgame of Lord Sulla, a Kinshra lord that had risen to power by assassinating the successor of the late Lord Shadwell. Allying himself with multiple mercenary, criminal, and tribal organisations, Sulla had managed to deal considerable damage to Asgarnia as a whole.

Morytanian Conflicts
In the winter of the Year 164, a werewolf named Jerrod was employed as a personal agent of Lord Lowerniel Vergidiyad Drakan, the vampyre overlord of Morytania. Drakan, having conquered Hallowvale during the cataclysmic God Wars of the Third Age, had long been an open enemy of Misthalin and the human kingdoms beyond. However, due to the intervention of the Seven Priestly Warriors during the late 1100s of the Fourth Age, Drakan had been unable to send his hordes to invade the region, the holy River Salve and the Paterdomus temple impassable. For millennia he would continue to hold Morytania under his thumb, unable to expand his borders beyond the Salve.

In 164, the River Salve was breached by a young rebel werewolf named Gar'rth, who sought to escape Morytania and abandon the werewolves' bloodthirsty ways of life. Endowing an ancient and secret spell, he managed to cross the Salve and travel far to the west, miraculously managing to avoid detection even as he travelled through the Misthalanian capital of Varrock. The werewolves' extremely low birth rate, however, made such departure unnaceptable to House Drakan and the wolves of Canifis.

Seeking to bring Gar'rth back, Drakan sent Jerrod, a distinguished werewolf veteran and uncle to Gar'rth. Crossing the Salve with the direct aid of Drakan, Jerrod passed through Misthalin and into southern Asgarnia, a process that took several months and took a heavy toll on his nerves.

Jerrod, whilst searching Asgarnia for his nephew, was forced to feed on travellers, farmers, and wandering gypsies, his brutal murders prompting a massive influx of refugees to seek shelter in Falador. After failing multiple times to find Gar'rth, Jerrod allied himself with Lord Sulla, the leader of the Kinshra. Proving himself a valuable soldier during the Battle of the Monastery, Jerrod played a key role in the events of the War.

Kinshra Front
Meanwhile, as Jerrod searched Asgarnia, Sulla usurped the Kinshra throne by assassinating the successor to Lord Shadwell. The victim, an unpopular lord that had failed both militarily and diplomatically since his inaguaration in 163, was not missed.

Sulla, an infamous Kinshra veteran, immediately put into motion his war plan, which would ideally wipe out the Asgarnian government and end the White Knights. Gaining the support of some 500 chaos dwarves under the Zamorakian extremist dwarf Thorbarkin, Sulla's military capability was bolstered significantly with the addition of gunpowder-based artillery.

Nearly doubling his powers by hiring mercenaries from the Wilderness, Sulla's army became a severe threat to Asgarnian homeland security. Sulla then managed to liberate some 10,000 Thorobshuun and Garagorshuun from the goblin tribal settlements near Ice Mountain, making his numbers far greater than the White Knights'.

Allying himself with Jerrod, Sulla led his force of 20,000 soldiers to the pine forests north of Falador, thus beginning the final phase of the War of 164.

Mobilisation of Faladian Forces
The Kinshra first came from the North and began burning the settlements in the grasslands north of Falador, and began driving people south. At this time, large groups of thugs and mercenaries in the Wilderness began mobilising, and so too did the goblins. Theodore, Kara, Doric, Gar'rth, and Castimir heard of the Kinshra movements from travellers fleeing towards Falador. This prompted them to return to Falador in a hurry. Falador already had knowledge of the attack by messenger from Edgeville. The White Knights were in discussion at this time, and mobilisation had not truly begun. Doric the dwarf started inspecting the walls of Falador.

Messengers were being sent to the crown prince in Burthorpe, but he did not promise to act (because he was under dark influences, but this was unknown to Falador).

It was decided to not deliver a pre-emptive strike to the Kinshra, for Sir Amik believed it would make them lose their moral standing. Sir Amik's plan was to have Falador besieged, and to have the city guard fight on the walls were the larger numbers of the enemy force as well as their main advantage - advanced cannons - would be less effective. This was disagreed with by many, but the city began preparing for being besieged.

The people of Falador were more confident in the walls than was realistic, as the walls were indeed quite grand yet no match for the advanced Kinshra artillery.

Notable Combatants
A † denotes the individual was killed during the duration of the battle.

United Asgarnian Forces and Allies

 * Sir Amik Varze
 * Kara-Meir
 * Squire Theodore
 * Gar'rth
 * Doric
 * Ebenezer
 * Castimir
 * Sir Tiffy Cashien
 * Sir Kuam Ferentse
 * Sir Vyvin
 * Commander Blanheim
 * Captain Ingrew
 * Lord Tremene
 * Lord Radebaugh
 * Squire Marius
 * Bhuler †
 * Colonel Payne †
 * Master Segainus †
 * Master Troughton †
 * Master-at-arms †
 * Sir Pallas †
 * Sir Erical †

Kinshra Forces

 * Lord Sulla
 * Jerrod
 * Lord Daquarius
 * Thorbarkin †
 * Gaius †
 * Sir Finistere †