The battle of Shandalai

In the year 18 of the Permenia Calendar, an alliance was forged between the Seraphon and Idoneth, as the forces of chaos became stronger in the northern Neuvian region of Izmael. North of Izmael the plains gave way to marshlands in the land of Shandalai, where wide rivers flowed down from the tall mountains that hid the secretive realm of Tizca, to the cold northern seas. Here the chaos armies could be stopped from breaking out into Aedacia, and falling on the Quemaran colony of Champieu from the north. The Aelves had no particular qualms about the Quemarans falling to chaos, but the loss of access to the entire nothern coast of Neuvia gave them common cause with the Seraphon, who were still working to support the men of Sigmar and their allies, in order to stop their most hated foe.

The battle of Shandalai was a crushing victory for the forces of order. The Slaanesh host was destroyed early on in the battle, leaving the devotees of nurgle outnumbered and at risk of encirclement. The nurgle host did manage to inflict some casualties as it retreated back to the hinterlands of the chaos realm, but the borderlands and the floodplains of the river Shand were secured for the forces of order, at least for the time being.

Tales from Neuvia

My Lord Admiral,

I have been following the Quemaran Expedition this past year as it has made its way inward from the landing site. A small settlement named "Champieu" now serves as a makeshift port for New Quemara, and the general of the local "Front" has styled himself "Duq" if you please! The Quemarans have mostly explored the lowland region of Paeris, although to the east lie a great range of mountains. Here the humans got themselves into a spot of bother, when they were denied passage by an army of Fyreslayers. I suggested a parley but the hot headed sons of Sigmar demanded passage through the passes to the Tizcan Empire. It came as no surprise to any son of Grungni how that ended, and that Quemaran expedition was sent back to Champieu.

Worse still for the menfolk, the remnants of the army sent east were ambushed by the worshippers of the Dark Gods, and I was forced to sail away from the battle lest me and my crew be caught up in it. It didn't go well for the Sigmarite army and the tattered remnants of another failed expedition returned some weeks later to the port settlement. I did hear that the Seraphon tried to send help to the Quemaran expedition, but whatever magic that Slaan uses on Corexis certainly doesn't seem to work on Neuvia. A skaven horde stopped him the first time and then, just this past month, word reached us that an entire Seraphon army had been defeated by the Idoneth fish elves if you can believe that! More bad news for "the Duq" at any rate.

I should mention the forces of chaos in the east as well. Over the mountains, in the land of Izmael, another captain tells me that he saw a horde of grots annihilated by the forces of Nurgle. This gives me bad feelings about the profitability of the venture, although the captain also says that the very tops of the mountains on Neuvia are rich in Aether Gold! If we are to make a good turnover out of this venture though, I think we will need the Sky Fleet. You say New Quemara is well defended on Corexis and our assets secure enough. In which case, send the fleet to Neuvia. There is another human empire in the mountains and beyond it lies a chaotic citadel. The mountains themselves are infested with grots and ratmen, and the aelves are abroad on the seas. I'm going to need a bigger boat.

Yours
Barik Gurnisson
Captain of Frigate Equitable Merchant