Consequences of the Battle of Cesana

The Battle of Cesana was consequential in a number of ways. The first and most immediate was the defeat of the Orc horde and the preservation of Cesana.


The second was the effect on the people in Ravola . They had suffered much during that year ( 2491) at the hands of the undead and perfidious ratmen, an attack by the orcs looked to be the beginning of the end for the town. However the victory was decisive and well won. The grain supply for the winter was secured and confidence began to return to the beleaguered soldiery. Talk began to be heard of a counter attack in the spring, of marching to the aid of Miragliano.


The third effect resulting from the battle was to be felt to the north, in Marguilles. The count Gui deBague was said to have planned to occupy the pass and Ravola after the orcs had ravaged the area. Instead, he had to deal with the remnants of the orc horde turning around and going back through his lands. His plans, at least for the short term, seemed to have been stopped.


The fourth result from the battle was, perhaps, the most important, even as it was the least obvious to the average Tilean. For a long time, there had been two schools of thought amongst the dwarfs of the holds bordering North Tilea. Most were keenly aware that their civilisation was in decline, but there were wildly different ideas about how to correct this. For some, the goal was to turn inwards, to focus on their own troubles and development. To dig deeper, to mine more and bring back the great times of old.


For some dwarfs, the answer to their troubles was entirely the opposite. They looked at the relative growth and success the city dwarfs had in Tilea and the Empire and instead preached outward expansion. Trade and exchange, were their watchwords. Instead of grubbing about in the deep dark of their mineral poor mountains, they could get fair more from trade. For much of history, this group had been the minority. In fact, the force sent to the battle was mostly made of up of forces loyal to Thane Yngvi, who was one of the leading proponents of the expansionists (as those who favoured trade were called at the time.).


His success, as well as the complete annihilation of a vast greenskin horde, the dwarfs traditional enemies, had now tipped the scales. Though stubborn by nature and loath to change, many dwarfs of these western holds started to reduce their opposition to trade. Soon the possibility of setting up outposts, unthinkable to many in the past, had become an option.


Thus the battle of Cesana was to have fair greater consequences for the future of the area than any involved had previously imagined.

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