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Battle of Vingaard FortressArticle written by Kranar DroginThe Battle of Vingaard Fortress was the first in a series of battles which was named The Vingaard Campaign. Starting in the spring of 352 AC, less than a week following the Battle of the High Clerist's Tower, General Laurana Kanan led the aerial forces of the Whitestone Army against Vingaard Keep in Solamnia. The elven griffon cavalry and Metallic Dragons destroyed the Blue Dragons of the Blue Wing that rose up to confront them. The mercenary infantry stationed in the Keep were routed, scattered to all directions, while the Draconians that were there were almost completely destroyed. While freeing the prisoners there, she was nicknamed the Golden General for the light that caught her hair on the morning of the Keep's liberation.
After three days, the land forces of the Whitestone Army arrived and Laurana had the troops ferried by dragon to the other side of the Vingaard River. Over the course of three more days, this task was completed, and during this time a flight of Green Dragons of the Green Wing was intercepted by the griffon cavalry and destroyed. This also resulted in the loss of a quarter of these troops, which was Laurana's first major casualties, but would not be her last. Laurana also chose to leave behind her baggage trains for a faster army, making her army live off the land. References
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