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In the lands of Calradia, by the river of Pirash, stands the castle of Slezkh upon the hilly and snowy lands of Curaw. Built by King Burelek of the Vaegir Kingdom, to serve as a gate against the north, which it did for many centuries. It was a fairly calm and insignificant castle and did not endure many battles in its younger days.
But everything changed the day the Duke of Slezkh, Micah the Dreamer, woke up by the sound of warbells being alarmed, whom then looked out his bedroom window and witnessed a dark nightmare. A vast foreign horde from the Sarradak Desert, lead by King Vovka and his lords, have approached the Duke's castle, and were preparing a siege.
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The Duke of Slezkh, Micah, in his sheer desperation, ordered for the first time in his life the warhorns to be blown, and the pigeon messengers to be sent to every Count, Duke, Prince and King in the Cold Front Alliance, urging for reinforcements.
Kinngrimm, King of the Wolves, Leader of the Cold Front Alliance, organized his allies and saw to it that reinforcements were sent to Slezkh Castle under the command of Tervel, of Sovereignty of Aegis.
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As the reinforcements swiftly approached the Castle a couple of days later, they saw the once calm and proud Castle of Slezkh broken and conquered, and had unrecognized banners flying high upon the keep and walls.
The Castle had already fallen to the enemy. Commander Tervel was too late.
As the commander of the reinforcements Tervel, saw that his fellow brethren had been defeated and the loss of Slezkh Castle, he furiously ordered his men to attack. Resulting in a bloodbath for Commander Tervel, whom lost his entire army that day.
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For many weeks thereafter, various factions charged into the fray, trying to reclaim the castle several times - But to this day, the broken and battered castle far from home for King Vovka, remains in his control and flies his banners high upon the keep.
A castle that stood tall, for several weeks, barely reinforced. Massacring foe after foe, is truely what I would call the first wonder of Caladria.
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Authored by Caliph Garlic, from the Ghurabate Caliphate.
I wanted to try and storify Strategus a little bit, and Im not taking any sides here or trying to glorify any side. But I do admire how Slezkh castle has managed to hold for so long completely destroying its enemies. If I got any names wrong, or something similar feel free to comment and I'll control the story again.
Thank you for reading this :D