ISD 16511 - Battle of Hermonassa

Rout of the Imperial defense of the Red Star Foundries shipyards at Hermonassa from the Cielcin assault led by SYRIANI DORAYAICA. Until Hermonassa, the Cielcin had not crossed the gulf in force for nearly four centuries, when they raided as far south as the Sagittarius. Hermonassa was the first assault that showed Dorayaica was planning to attack military targets—strategic thinking not yet shown by any of the Cielcin princes.

During this battle, the ISV Inviolate was destroyed, and CARAX OF ARAMIS and his captain, VOHRA, survived to give EMPEROR WILLIAM XXIII a message.

But Carax was not finished. “He called himself a king,” he said, and turning broke the inviolable protocol of the throne room by looking up upon the face of the Emperor. “He said he was coming for your crown, Honorable Caesar.” On seeing His Radiance enthroned atop the mighty dais, the soldier’s voice broke, and he prostrated himself once again, lying almost flat against the tile. No longer the center of attention, I stood again, peering over the shoulders of the richly dressed personages before me. “Your Radiance, he let me live. Killed everyone else in my decade.”

Demon in White, Chapter 1: Behold a Pale Horse