Yeah...no 50% of the nobles of Astrum army was not defeated. They may have won the recent battles but Astrum obviously has much a much larger army. Are they perhaps not the most organized, maybe, but they have a bigger army then whats been shown.
Umm, Astrum has a large militia force. They do not have a large active army. This has always been the case. Astrum is a realm of gold collectors, they are fat and bored, complacent. Asylon is a realm of hungry sleek killing machines surrounded by hostile enemies, hated by all. We are the panther in the jungle. Astrum is a chubby little sow in its pen. Astrums allies are very far away and Asylon does not fear a living soul. We are ready to take on the entire world!