Battle of the Flagships

The Battle of the Flagships was a several-hour long engagement between the flagship and escort of King Oriathon V of Haleglar, and the fleet of the Kerison Pirates. Due to the sudden nature of the pirate attack, the Halglaran ships were caught off guard and Oriathon's vanguard suffered considerable losses. However, the battle came to a sudden end when the pirates received word of the Costaratan attack on Kerison and disengaged the Halglaran ships.

In the end neither side could claim victory and both lost a significant amount of ships and sailors, leaving both sides weaker against their common foe, the Costaratan Empire.

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Date: Eitho 2, 1850

Setting: Calzon Sea, ten miles north of Kerison.

Leaders: Pentol Pallonil, Vane Oszettor, Elizabeth the Demon (Kerison), King Oriathon V, Admiral Sonnist (Haleglar)

Combatants: Phase 1: 218 sailors, 16 pirate ships, 1 capital ship (Kerison), 850 sailors, 3 caravels, 2 galleons, 3 frigates, 1 capital ship (Haleglar). Phase 2: 124 sailors, 9 pirate ships (Kerison), 200 sailors, 5 caravels, 1 galleon (Haleglar).

Casualties: 70 sailors, 4 ships sunk, 3 damaged (Kerison), 360 sailors, 6 caravels sunk, 1 galleon sunk, 1 damaged, 2 frigates damaged (Haleglar)

Victor: Indecisive.