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=== The blow in the east: Gandry overrun ===

The third stroke followed at once. A larger SFK army, '''hidden for weeks in the mountains''', descended into '''Gandry'''. With Gandry’s soldiers committed to Grelian, the kingdom could not recover: '''the [[Grand Sanctum of Alessa]] burned''', foundational archives were lost, and '''Grand King Ultimer III''' and his family were killed in the sack of the royal seat. By the end of the campaign’s opening phase, '''Kingsvalley, Grelian, and Gandry''' were under occupation—and Directionland faced invasion from '''south, west, and east'''.<blockquote>''“Dear Theodren, King—''

The third stroke followed at once. A larger SFK army, '''hidden for weeks in the mountains''', descended into '''[[Gandry]]'''. With Gandry’s soldiers committed to Grelian, the kingdom could not recover: '''the [[Grand Sanctum of Alessa]] burned''', foundational archives were lost, and '''Grand King Ultimer III''' and his family were killed in the sack of the royal seat. By the end of the campaign’s opening phase, '''Kingsvalley, Grelian, and Gandry''' were under occupation—and Directionland faced invasion from '''south, west, and east'''.<blockquote>''“Dear Theodren, King—''

''War consumes my realm. The Federation profanes our sanctums and makes orphans of our children. Our banners falter; our people are afraid. Gandry is fallen—Ultimer and his line are ash upon the stone—and the enemy’s arrows point now to Ironwood.''

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 === The blow in the east: Gandry overrun ===
-The third stroke followed at once. A larger SFK army, '''hidden for weeks in the mountains''', descended into '''Gandry'''. With Gandry’s soldiers committed to Grelian, the kingdom could not recover: '''the [[Grand Sanctum of Alessa]] burned''', foundational archives were lost, and '''Grand King Ultimer III''' and his family were killed in the sack of the royal seat. By the end of the campaign’s opening phase, '''Kingsvalley, Grelian, and Gandry''' were under occupation—and Directionland faced invasion from '''south, west, and east'''.<blockquote>''“Dear Theodren, King—''
+The third stroke followed at once. A larger SFK army, '''hidden for weeks in the mountains''', descended into '''[[Gandry]]'''. With Gandry’s soldiers committed to Grelian, the kingdom could not recover: '''the [[Grand Sanctum of Alessa]] burned''', foundational archives were lost, and '''Grand King Ultimer III''' and his family were killed in the sack of the royal seat. By the end of the campaign’s opening phase, '''Kingsvalley, Grelian, and Gandry''' were under occupation—and Directionland faced invasion from '''south, west, and east'''.<blockquote>''“Dear Theodren, King—''
   ''War consumes my realm. The Federation profanes our sanctums and makes orphans of our children. Our banners falter; our people are afraid. Gandry is fallen—Ultimer and his line are ash upon the stone—and the enemy’s arrows point now to Ironwood.''