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~3rd month~

The ballistae rounds finally broke a hole large enough through the walls to let Eastmarch's army storm the fort. With only 300 defenders the army of Kastav didn't stand a chance. Bear Berserkers rushed into the fort, killing many of the soldiers in the courtyard. Kastav archers fired down on the soldiers bellow, hitting friend and foe alike due to the chaos of the battle.

Seeing that his village would fall inevitably to the army of Eastmarch and wanting to keep his station the Lord of Kastav surrendered. Those soldiers loyal to him laid down their weapons when he asked to, but those loyal to Winterhold fought to the death, and they perished against the large army of Eastmarch.

Engar met with the Lord and the two discussed terms of his surrender. Because the Jarl didn't trust the Lord he demanded that a garrison of 200 soldiers, more than the 100 or so soldiers that remained loyal to the Lord, to keep watch over the village while the army marched north to engage Winterhold. The Lord had to agree. And so Commander Lorod and his forces remained stationed in Kastav.

With 200 of their forces remaining behind and having lost around 160 men in the battle Eastmarch now had 1590 soldiers. They rested for a few days in Kastav then continued northward.

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Winterhold had received the raven from Kastav and had been readying their forces, but many of them were at the forts to the west, so it took them nearly two months to arrive at the capital of the hold. With their soldiers now united the Jarl of Winterhold marched south with his men to meet the armies of Eastmarch. They had only 1200 men left, do to the 500 men being lost in Kastav.