The Battle for Meekhan

Meekhan, the City of Cities—the capital of the Empire. Hard times have come. For two years now, hordes of eastern barbarians have been striking Meekhan, while the Council has been acting as if this were nothing more than ordinary border skirmishes. Almost the entire northern part of the Empire is in the hands of the enemy. Over the last few months, half the population has left the city, but those who remain believe it’s possible to stop Yavenir, the Father of War, and crush his horde.

And they believed—because the young emperor Kreǧan-Ber-Arlens swore to stay in the capital and fight until victory.

Then, in spring of the fifth year of the Great War, the first bands of wandering Seko-khlandians appeared in the evening outside the city walls, skillfully surrounding them as the army of Yavenir approached the capital—fully prepared for a siege. The armies—nearly 100,000 nomads—must face the meekhans’ army of a little over eighty thousand. This promises to be a great war—the largest in the history of the empire—one that many generations will talk about.

And the biggest battle in the Empire’s newest history began, with the 67th White Wyder Infantry Regiment being the first to go into battle, as part of 2,468 men...

But only one event will change the world—the decisive third day of the Battle of Meekhan, and “they’ll still be able to raise their banners...”