Battle of Terroja

The Battle of Terroja was the first full scale engagement of the Uldarashi Civil War, fought between forces loyal to the Empress Nikephoros and the Empress Caterina, plus foreign troops from their respective allies. The battle was a decisive victory for Nikephoros, and one of the deadliest battles in Rathnir's history.

Background
Main Article: Uldarashi Schism

The divide between Montroig & Alfheim and the rest of Uldarash over the deposal of the Empress Caterina broke down into all out war on the 5th of November, but delays pushed the first major battle back to the 18th. By then, the Battle of Canine had ended in major defeat for the loyalists, but they were undeterred. Foreign backing was still overwhelmingly in their favour, and victory may yet have been possible. Both sides continued preparations, before the real battle for Uldarash began on the 18th of November.

Battle
The attacking forces launched an offensive into the city from multiple directions upon the war's start. Initially, this comprised the entire Uldarashi force that day, but a contingent of Aurorans were redeployed following sightings of Loyalists moving towards Northport. Progress was incredibly slow at first - the defenses of Terroja were strong, and rather than meeting them in open battle, the Montroigan strategy was initially to lure attacking units forwards into ambushes. Several soldiers were wounded from these, but nobody was killed. Allied troops from both sides of the battle saw the most combat at the start, as they skirmished in-between the Loyalist defensive positions and the slowly advancing Uldarashis. The allied troops for Nikephoros had the upper hand in this, killing many defenders for no loss. The peak of the fighting occurred about 25 minutes after the advance started, when the Church of the Holy anvil was stormed. Qwaser was killed, along with all defenders in the church, ending large scale resistance in the battle. The Uldarashis continued to secure more of the city until the end, whilst some Loyalist maintained resistance, but outside of a few solo actions by what remained of the army, it was all over. More than 100 Loyalists had been killed in action, whilst the Uldarashis took no loss. The city itself took massive damage, and lost massive amounts of wealth through looting, but nevertheless, this would not be enough to entirely knock the loyalists out of the war.