The Assault on Direshield

The Assault on Direshield occurred in 81ND when Warlord Arkosh Levaslier was ordered by Lord Reginald Ulfriind to recover Direshield from Sacrasahran control.

Summary
During the late winter of 81ND, an attack from Sacrasahra was not anticipated by the Lazurians as the cold weather has been recorded to deter attacks. However, this knowledge slipped into the hands of General Jaban, who leveraged the opportunity created by The Warlord Invitational to attack the undefended Direshield Fortress.

Jaban lead a small army of 50 elite soldiers and easily overtook the fortress over 2 days, killing 9 of the 10 Hemrage knights defending the base. The surviving knight relayed the information to Lord Reginald Ulfriind of Hemrage, who called upon Warlord Arkosh Levaslier for help.

Arkosh would accept the task on the terms that he and his slimes would be able to move into Direshield fortress as citizens of Hemrage, Ulfriind agreed.

A week later, Jaban anticipates a counterattack and sends 20 of his men back to Thoth, reporting that they had successfully captured Direshield and were in need of reenforments.

Arkosh waited for the 20 Sacrasahran knights to leave before beginning his assault. Although he intended to sneak into the fortress and only eliminate Jaban, he was quickly detected and forced to fight.

During a fight with Khazzan, Arkosh realized that the quickest way to Jaban may be to not fight at all. As such, he pretended to collapse and was brought directly to the throne room where Jaban was.

Jaban, understanding that he had no chance in a physical confrontation, opted to buy time until reenforcements arrived from Thoth. However, Arkosh was able to break free from his shackles and assassinated Jaban with a goblet.