Three years passed since the war with the Tramplins began, yet there was no clear winner.
Both sides were locked in a long and painful stalemate.
Battles were fought again and again, but the front lines barely moved.
The first battle of the war was the most devastating.
The Empire lost around thirty-five thousand soldiers.
The Tramplins also suffered heavy losses, nearly thirty thousand troops, including one of their commanders.
Even so, the Empire paid a higher price.
The Tramplins had used strange and unknown weapons, cutting down imperial soldiers without mercy.
Still, the Empire was not completely broken.
That was because of one man.
Vice General Raven.
In that first battle, Sir Raven stood alone after his entire battalion was wiped out.
When the fighting should have ended, he did not retreat.
Instead, he pushed forward by himself.
By the time the battle was over, thirty thousand Tramplin soldiers lay dead by his hand, and their commander was slain.
