It was a great battle really. Too bad Leopold is wounded and his condition is deteriorating. Hopefully he heals soonish for based on this it depends how quickly can Niselur bounce back. Leopold has stashed away some gold for occasions like these, though, so gold shouldn't be an issue. He just needs to crawl back to the capital.
Needless to say that battles like these, and adversity itself, is what defines the realm identity. Niselur was never threatened like this before and now it is put on a test. Will it fall down to desperation due to defeat, or will it emerge even greater than before and bring greater troops to war? Leopold knows exactly what to do to bring his Kingdom to feet again, for really, this isn't the first or the last battle of this sorts for me.
As for the battle itself, Niselur fought better than I thought it would. Church had, after all, 4k troops more, but we've managed to wipe of their entire melee line leaving the archers alone to claim victory. Since Leopold is wounded, I can't really see for myself the aftermath of the battle, but I assume Astrum is fully equipped with healers that should restore a lot of their initial army. It was a well planned attack for the Church, but hey, I was expecting this as Zaki took over.
Nevertheless, I am pretty proud of Niselur's defense. A realm with 19 nobles gathering 16000 CS is a good achievement. After all, we did face the strongest realm on the continent and their lackeys from Corsanctum completely on our own.
Niselur played her cards the best she could in the opening of the war. Now is the time for our allies to do theirs. So far they have been lacking, in my opinion. I am eager to see Asylon and Farronite doing some real damage especially to Astrum. After all, Astrum is what it all boils down to. Terran is irrelevant and the fate of Dwilight will be decided in Astrumese-Niselurian front.
