= EVENT STORY =
As the war continues to progress against their favor, the defiance of Clan Shattered Spear’s warriors has become undeniable as they remain standing longer than anyone expected against Clan Grimward and Clan Stonetooth’s invasion. The support of their allies has equally effected the clan’s ability to stand, proving time and time again that Clan Shattered Spear never stood alone. Clan Shattered Spear has always been a strong clan for its size, but a year of war against the mordok weaked the clan, which Clan Grimward’s larger army took advantage of with their surprise attack marking the start of this war. Clan Shattered Spear no longer stands strong, the time for defiance has come to a choking end.
On the western coast of Clan Shattered Spear’s lands, close to the dirge, Clan Grimward’s raider fleet rapidly deployed warpacks which captured ships and coastal villages. As the colder season begins to arrive, these warpacks continue their advance deeper into Clan Shattered Spear territory, creating the danger of encircling the remaining Clan Shattered Spear warpacks and leadership. Whether captured, killed, or just unable to send communication, the command line has crumbled and individual warpacks are left isolated to attempt holding their portions of the line as long as possible before attempting to retreat, if the route east to Clan Whiteoak can remain open.
In addition, the Shield outposts of Clan Shattered Spear and the far western coastal Newhope outpost fall silent, presumed dead or captured. Reports come with wounded refugees as they tell stories of mordok roaming through the Shield’s gaps, not in numbers large enough to threaten warpacks but enough to attack isolated groups like small warrior patrols and refugees.
No request for aid arrives from Clan Shattered Spear in their final days, leaving outsiders with no guidance while they decide whether they can arrive to help what little remains of the fallen clan as their people fall and retreat east.
= Event Summary =
Plumes of smoke soar to the sky behind the remnants of Clan Shattered Spear and their allies as they are the last to retreat east. The northern front falls quiet with the cut off Shattered Spear warpacks fighting to the last or being captured as flames rage across their farmlands, leaving nothing for their conquerors. Clan Shattered Spear would not have stood for as long as they did without the unwavering aid of their allies, but in the end the clan’s fate was only delayed. Fighting until nothing was left, stood tall by their allies, and going out with a ferocious roar. Thus ends the saga of Clan Shattered Spear’s defiance.
Reports travel with news that Clan Shattered Spear’s High Priestess, Gyda Shattered Spear, was captured after her escort was cut down before they could reach friendly lines. Warleader Ulf Mossguard was slain in battle, his personal warpack fighting to the last warrior. No news is heard of Clanleader Laifnar Icefury, his fate unknown to his people. Much of the clan’s people now reside in the hands of their conquerors, their future uncertain.
Yet, many of their people survived and escaped east thanks to the clan’s defiance and their allies. Despite the clan and outside help being largely unable to hold the main crossroads, they managed to entirely deter initial invader advances and destroy a forward outpost being established. The fields were burned to black cinder to stop Grimward and Stonetooth from using the harvest to fuel their war. Roaming mordok whelps were slain, until a larger mordok unexpectedly traveled through and violently forced them to return north. This part of the war may have been lost, but the blade of Clan Grimward has been slowed and other clans and kingdoms have been given time to prepare and make provision.
One final flame flickers in the darkness of Clan Shattered Spear’s lands as Outpost Grimsendir still stands with Shattered Spear’s banners, its warriors not knowing that they are the last warpack standing. Only time will tell if Clan Shattered Spear dies with its land or stands with its surviving people.