Battle of the Stars

This great battle was the turning point of the Wars of Strife where the last stand of the armies of Danton and the New Kingdoms at the fortress town of Heldmar became their sudden victory against Sulansis' Army of Darkness.

Three factors are believed to have been especially important to this unexpected outcome; firstly the appearance of the Gems of Magnas, secondly the strategic position of Heldmar itself and finally the sudden arrival of the Karantian Army of the Viper.

Initially the Karantian forces dispatched to Heldmar were simply to observe the battle, and potentially to dispatch the weaker of the two forces once the fight was over. However the Viper's generals, seeing the size and strength of the Sulaim forces, eventually came to the decision that if Sulansis was not stopped here that her armies would one day crush their homeland as well. The sudden arrival of a fresh army attacking from the rear proved a demoralising and decisive blow to the attacking forces, already weakened by the desperate resolve of the city's defenders and the powerful magic of the Gems of Magnas.