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{{Image Needed}}The '''Battle at the Northern Checkpoint''' was a major battle of the [[Gate Rune War]]. It was fought between the [[Toran Liberation Army]] and the [[Scarlet Moon Empire|Scarlet Moon]] [[Imperial Army]]. | {{Image Needed}}The '''Battle at the Northern Checkpoint''' was a major battle of the [[Gate Rune War]]. It was fought between the [[Toran Liberation Army]] and the [[Scarlet Moon Empire|Scarlet Moon]] [[Imperial Army]]. | ||
Fearful of possible Imperial spies with the Liberation Army, chief strategist [[Mathiu Silverberg]] disguised the excursion as a training mission, as many Liberation Army soldiers held no formal training. When at their designated maneuvers point, however, Mathiu had | Fearful of possible Imperial spies with the Liberation Army, chief strategist [[Mathiu Silverberg]] disguised the excursion as a training mission, as many Liberation Army soldiers held no formal training. When at their designated maneuvers point, however, Mathiu had instead made to immediately march on the [[Northern Checkpoint]]. | ||
As it turns out, Mathiu was right and this allowed the Liberation Army to catch the Imperial Army at the Northern Checkpoint | As it turns out, Mathiu was right and this allowed the Liberation Army to catch the Imperial Army at the Northern Checkpoint unaware. Captain [[Griffith]] appeared to surrender but, in a bid to buy some time for reinforcements to arrive, asked for time to convince his small number of soldiers to surrender. This was rejected and Griffith ordered his soldiers to battle where they were heavily outnumbered and quickly defeated. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||