The Battle Over Styx

This scroll documents all known information about the Battle of Styx.

Tactics
On the day that the two armies finally met in glorious battle, later named the day of Reckoning by Vigtonian scholars, the skies were perfectly clear, and some holy men claim to have seen a vision of a mythical creature called a lion, which has been described as looking quite similar to a manticore, sans the human face, the scorpion tail and the eagle's wings. Believing this to be the sign of a victory, the humans of Vigtonn were far more brazen than they normally would have been, and whether through diving might, or through increased vigor from believing in their holy sign, the Vitonians won the day.

Leading up to the War
It is said that the dwarves from the Twin Capitals are some of the more peaceful and levelheaded of the sentient races of Joro, so their appearance above ground in 112 AC, three years before their subsequent invasions Northwards, was at first regarded as a means to get the people of Vigtonn riled up, and perhaps even stage a coup to oust a king who didn't take the threats seriously. In time, however, the humans of Northern Ociana learned that for whatever reason, the dwarves had indeed begun their long march north, capturing territory and smelting down all metals to be sent back to the Twin Capitals. The prisoners they kept were treated with respect, depending on the respect given to the dwarves, and so they were very few documented cases of executions, and no cases of torture (this fact didn't stop the rumor mills in Vigtonn from informing their people of the cannibalistic dwarves who targeted the weak and the young for food, when in fact, dwarves are very hardy and can live off of the land for years, seemingly finding food where none previously existed). The dwarven movements north, and the hostile gains of metal, was met with frigtening force and speed from the human capital of Vigtonn. Their warrior culture responded by calling up reserves, sending the elite guard, and indeed, even sending King Roknyrr himself into battle. While the humans marched south, the dwarves continued north, using as little of their iron and copper as they could, building small watch posts out of the local stone, which the dwarves were so handy with. Finally, the dwarves had reached the River Styx, and were in reach of a small village a day's march to the north west.