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The Battle of the Camps was the first big battle fought against the Tenth Crusade by the Army of Callow and Catherine Foundling. It was a victory for the Army of Callow

Preliminary Events

The conflict that initiated the events that would lead to the battle was the crusaders carving a pass though the Whitecaps that would be named the Stairway. They then used this pass to transport fifty thousand men along with fourteen Heroes. The Army of Callow would soon after send twenty thousand men through Arcadia to northern Callow, and more specifically Hegdes, where she then meet with Baron Henry Darlington and Baroness Ainsley Morley believing that one of them would betray her to Procer, it most likely being the Baron. 

Three weeks later Catherine would ride out in a disguise to spy on a meeting between the Baron and the crusaders. She instead meet and made deals with the Grey PilgrimTariq Isbili, regarding how the armies would treat matters such as prisoners and sacking cities. They also agreed on refraining from using Angels, Devils and Demons. Catherine also warned of a Hell Egg being in the territory which should house a Demon of Absence.

Before meeting the crusaders on the field, the Army of Callow split into three columns and a force of a thousand of the Watch joined the crusaders. Furthermore, the western column, led by general Nauk, used fairy gates to attack the supply lines of the crusades and reappear back in the west when a force of twelve thousand were sent towards them. Indrani and Robber were also sent out to scout and reported there only being twelve heroes present. Two of them presumably dying and being erased by the Demon of Absence giving that Catherine didn't mention them missing.

Before the battle still, Catherine and the Wild Hunt  used a Deoraithe mage scrying on them too teleport into their camp. She then had the Watch withdraw from the crusaders camp using a fairy gate, and her along with the Hunt began to kill the officers in their camp. They managed to kill some, when Catherine was forced to fight with a band of four Heroes, including the Saint of SwordsLaurence De Montfort. They fought a brutal fight while the Hunt continued to kill officers it ending when the Saint managed to wound Catherine's domain causing her to return to a semi human state. She then fled through Arcadia. In the chaos that ensued, the Thief, Vivienne Dartwick, had stolen all their food supplies, effectively forcing the army to fight where Catherine wanted them too, less they starve. 

As a last attempt to stop the battle, Prince Amadis Milenan, Princess Rozala Malanza, Pilgrim and the Saint meet with Catherine under truce banner. They offered to crown her Princess of the Blessed Isle as well as the eastern lands in the rule of Summerholm for her abdication, but Catherine refused offering instead to let them leave without pursuit.

Battle

The battle begun with skirmishers being sent out. The Army of Callow sent out four thousand, including the Watch, while the Crusaders sent out nine thousand men, though Marshall Juniper noted that most of these men were levies and not fantassins. The skirmish lasted under an hour, with one thousand killed and wounded on the Callows side and three thousand either killed or bleeding on the crusaders side. As the army of Callow retreated, the crusaders sent out four thousand cavalry. Sensing a trap, Marshall Juniper called for a full retreat, and shortly thereafter panes made of priestly miracles formed before the skirmishers, trapping them as the cavalry charged and the enemy crossbowmen continued to fire. At first, trebuchets were fired though that only caused the rocks to shatter and as the Army tried breaking the fence with spears of lightning they only found that the crusaders mages formed their own shields. The Army sent out the Order of the Broken Bells, but they too were stopped by panes of Light. Finally Masego was able to break the panes, but not before the crusaders cavalry had reached the skirmishers. In total, a thousand skirmishers survived, most being of the Watch. The infantry of the crusaders began moving forward, led by seven heroes, as the cavalry pulled back.

As the crusaders continued forward, Catherine went to face the seven heroes. She managed to kill one who was immediately revived by the Grey Pilgrim. During the battle that followed, Catherine ripped of the arm of the Blade of Mercy and kill two unnamed Heroes. She then ran away as the Saint of Swords had entered the fight. Making it back to camp, Catherine and Masego then opened a mile wide gate to the Fields of Wend, a depthless lake in Arcadia, to right above the crusading host, dropping hundreds of tons of water on them and killing thousands as well as reducing the battlefield to marshland. The portal was then closed by the Grey Pilgrim, incapacitating both Catherine and Masego. The trick, in total killed at least nine thousand people and half of that were hurt to badly to fight. Princess Rozala also suspected that at least a thousand more levies would flee in the following night.

The following day, Vivenne Dartwick, the Thief, meet with the Pilgrim as well as a relative of Prince Amadis Milenan. The talk was shortlived as the Pilgrim quickly figured out that Catherine was incapacitated and reported back to the leaders of the Crusade who quickly resumed the march towards the Army of Callow. The crussaders approched the army by splitting in two, roughly thirty thounsand men on either side of the marshland. In response, Juniper sent out a force of four thounsand to the western collum, lead by the then tribute Abigail of Summerholm, and a force of twelve thounsand the east lead by General Nauk

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