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* [[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983. | |||
* [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | * [[Gary Holian|Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | ||
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The Battle of a Thousand Banners was a significant military battle that occurred in 447 CY, with a siege of the city of Irongate by forces of the Great Kingdom during the rebellion of much of the South Province by the Iron League.
The South Province erupted in rebellion in 446 CY after Overking Ivid I executed the lord mayor of Irongate and his party when they attended Zelradton to petition Herzog Damalinor.[1] The Herzog summoned a force of hundreds of vassals and kin (mostly landless errant princes), and offered a bounty of land in the rebellious southern lands. The Herzog targeted Irongate as a key member of the Iron League that was formed by the rebels. The "privateers" and their men-at-arms gathred by the Herzog were so numerous at the ensuing siege of Irongate that it earned the name the Battle of a Thousand Banners. The fortress-city was impregnable to the besieging force, designed as it was to withstand siege. The Herzog's force was unable to quickly penetrate the city upon besieging it, and the siege lasted several months. The siege was lifted when a ruse panicked the Aerdi forces, and a combined force of humans, gray elves and dwarves of the Iron League slaughtered great numbers of the Provincial Expeditionary Force. The surviving elements were hunted down and slain in the surrounding hills in the following weeks.[2][1]
King Dunstan I of Nyrond sent weapons and warships (but no troops) to aid Irongate, as privately pledged the previous year when the Iron League was formed at a conference in Chathold.[3]
The successful defense of Irongate encouraged the rebels of the Iron League.[1]
Errata Note
The World of Greyhawk Gazetteer boxed set gives the year of founding of the Iron League as both 446 CY[4] and 447 CY[2], but the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer gives such as 447 CY following the Battle of a Thousand Banners[1]. However, the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer also indicates the Iron League was formed in 446 CY followed the next year by the Battle of a Thousand Banners[3]. It seems clear from both the formation of the Iron League was followed by the siege of the Battle.
References
Citations
- ↑ a b c d Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.57.
- ↑ a b World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.30.
- ↑ a b Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.77.
- ↑ World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), p.9.
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Battle of a Thousand Banners | Adventure | Dragon magazine #297 | 93 | |
| Battle of a Thousand Banners | Adventure | Dragon magazine #302 | 98 | |
| Battle of a Thousand Banners | Adventure | Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e | 8, 10, 17, 33, 34, 74, 92, 97, 112 | |
| Battle of a Thousand Banners | Adventure | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 57, 77 | |
| Battle of a Thousand Banners | Adventure | The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (Folio) | 13 | |
| Battle of a Thousand Banners | Adventure | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 30 |