Battle of Vvardenfell

In 1067 BCE elven forces lead by Faregar the Greater of the Altmeri Confederacy. With him he lead twenty thousand elves through the occupied land and into Vvardenfell where he met and fought with the city garrison lead by Jason the Brave of Kvatch. They fought on the field and resulted in the death of Faregar. This battle takes place after the Siege of Kvatch which resulted in a Ebonheart victory and repealed the elven force.

Vvardenfell
Vvardenfell was the capital of Mournhold and was also on the path to Solitude, but not only this but the first meeting of the Ebonheart nations took place there and was the birth of the alliance. If the city fell not only would the Altmer be a few weeks from Solitude but it would also cause the members of the alliance to loose faith and cause the moral of their armies to fall.

Vvardenfell was garrisoned with almost five thousand men that was made up of a mix of fresh recruits and toughened veterans that fought previously with the elves. They were well supplied and equipped and could out last a siege, but its high imperial walls were the true source of its power, it defied many sieges and assaults in the past but never faced the elves before.

Pre-Battle Status
Before the battle the city was fully stocked and its larders were full, a new delivery of arrows and repairing materials were brought a week before and local militias and impoverished knights headed towards the city after hearing about the elven force marching their way. A levy was raised from the local peasantry further bolstering the numbers of the defenders.

The new arrival of soldiers were a relief to the garrison because it meant that they had more soldiers to use and more men to spare, but not only did locals head their way but a small army from Kvatch comprised of veterans that repealed an elven force a few weeks prior to the time and with them was Jason the Brave of Kvatch. The brilliant tactician was personally trained by Solomon the wise and wielded the sword Dragon's Tongue.

The Siege
As elven forces approached the defenders on the battlements loosed arrows down at the elves forcing them to move further away in order to set up a siege. After the sun had set the elves were ready, They had made two siege towers along with several catapults that fired flaming boulders at the city. The defenders loosed arrows but it did not deter the elves, their great siege machines flung projectiles of brimstone and fire at the walls, they had destroyed parts of the battlements resulting in the deaths and injury of a few of the defenders and had even sent two teems of elves to break down the gates with battering rams.

The battering rams a accompanied by three hundred men each attacked both the north and the west gates, the attackers at the east were repealed by volleys of arrows loosed at them by the defenders and the garrison soldiers that sallied out to meet them, a great melee ensued with both sides fighting desperately to hold their ground, but finally the elves gave in after seeing that another company of men were being sent as reinforcements. The defenders there had to fight both siege towers and a force bellow cracking at the gates. It was under the cover of night that Jason and the garrison commanders, Belisarius, Pelagius, and Captian Steffan discussed a counter attack and a fall back plan. After an hour or so of careful thought and planning they finally decided.

Jason was to lead his force comprised of the men of Kvatch while Pelagius took the battlements with his part of the garrison, Belisarius was to set up a second defense and Steffan was to round up every able bodied man and soldier to the north part of the wall. Soon soldiers from all parts of the city came rushing towards the battlements and the defensive line, they were prepared for a fight and fight they were going to have.

The Battle
As the siege towers opened and the first wave of elves poured out they were met with a wall of spear and blade points, killing them to the last, but the second wave was luckier being able to fight of the defenders and creating space for more of their comrades to join. They fought madly on both sides trying dearly to repeal the defenders as more rushed to fill in the gaps left by fallen men.

Bellow the battering rams had not breached the gates yet and as they watched, Jason pulled out his flaming sword and watched. The fight at the top was not looking good for the defenders, more elves poured in and they fought of the defenders, the elves in their gold and red uniforms slashing at all that came near were a force to be reckoned with. Bellow when the gates finally burst the men of Kvatch yelled and charged at their enemy, being out numbered and out done they still fought them of, with his flaming sword whirling in the air as it cut through the elven lines with his men, like a hot knife through butter they repealed the attackers and secured the north gate once more barring it again though at this point the gate was so badly damaged that it could be knocked over if enough of the elves tried.

Steffan had lost ground, his men mostly comprised of militias and peasant levies could not hold against the elven retinue and were forced to retreat. holding their ground in the second quarter they suffered many casualties before help could arrive. Jason charged at the elves from the side with the men of Kvatch while Pelagius and his men charged at the elves from the other they pushed them back to the first quarter, more attacks on the North Gate began and Steffan was sent with his men to hold it. The elves and men fought tooth and nail, each one giving all their strength, the superior quality of the elven forces allowed them to put up more of a fight than the peasant rabble and the few professional soldiers that made up the garrison. But with the shear force of numbers Jason and Pelagius were able to drive the elves out of the city. The North Gate was relatively easy to defend as only three companies of elves were sent to attack it, the peasant levy with the help of Steffan's guard were able to repel their attackers.

The sun wasn't even up when the Commanders were preparing a sortie and just as they gathered all the men and flung open the north gates, a bright light on the horizon light up the night sky, riding on a horse accompanied by three thousand more Solomon rode with the horsemen of Solitude charging down the hillside as the ground force slammed into the elves. Hitting them at both the front back and flank the forces of man was able to route the elven force. Now in a hurry they ran in a disorganized manner away from the sight only to be picked of by the cavalry.

During the confusion Jason turned and saw Farengar, he and a handful of men charged at Farengar and his force of elves, blades clashing and shields locked the two contenders met, attempting to strike Farengar, Jason swung his sword but seeing this he quickly lifted his shield and blocked the attack, then sweeping with his own to try and catch him of guard, quickly dodging to the side Jason lifted his shield and ran into knocking him over and striking down with his sword, swiftly Farengar blocked it with his sword then as he made his way up he was cut across the back by that flaming sword of Jason. He swung his and it cut Jason across the chest, then their eyes met looking at each other they charged, one swipe of a blade, then standing with their backs facing each other Farengar's side burst with blood before falling to the ground.

Aftermath
The elven force was routed and barely a quarter of their numbers remained now the men cheered in jubilee before meeting with Solomon in the city hall. Their they feasted with the other men together celebrating the massive victory they had just won. Wine and roast meat was served along side each other after being made by the friar.

"Haha what a sight to behold, friend if you hadn't showed up we might have not won, haha thank you." Said Jason as he awaited Solomon's response

"Maybe, but the battle is still won and war to our favor, it is not my place to intervene but when I have to I will. High Hrothgar can be lonely sometimes and I do miss the that feeling you get in battle." He replied as he was poured another glass of wine.

"Hey don't forget me I was their with you at the top of the wall and in the field, I think I deserve something too eh?" Said Steffan as Pelagius poured him some more wine.

"Ha, of course how could we forget, if you didn't lead those troops we would of all been dead by now, quite literally." Said Pelagius as he sat back down.

"Alright enough of this, today was a victory but we still lost some good men so let us remember them and may the gods lead us to victory." Said Jason.

They kept talking and they kept eating until their bellies were stuffed and the men were all ready for some rest and a long break from all the fighting.