Wurg Insurrection

It is debatable which of the nations first declared their independence but it is likely that it at least started with the Oromar. Near the coast of Oromar during the Dwarven War, a company of 47 Imperial soldiers camped outside the town of Wulg on a hill, overlooking the area. The company were mostly young conscripts, but still warriors on the way to Mothev to assist the scattered armies of the Empire.

At dawn one morning, a ship was spotted in the distance. It was not made of wood, and it glittered with steel. At this time, it was unknown how the automatons has penetrated so deeply into the Empire’s territory, but the theory that they were transported on Dwarven ships proved to be partially correct. It beached itself at noon.

Two scouts were dispatched to watch it. Marshal Uriel, the leader of the mostly Oromar company, thought it to be a malfunction of Dwarven machinery and paid it little mind. I’m only an hour, screaming was heard from the town and some of the people fled uphill to the camp, claiming an automaton was demolishing the village. Uriel, dumbstruck, ordered an immediate retreat of the company further inland as they had no siege engines to destroy it with.

The Oromar soldiers protested. It was unfamiliar to Uriel, dealing with undisciplined soldiers. The Oromar always followed orders. Again, he ordered the retreat, but only the three Vezoskie in the company, his own companions, moved to obey. The Oromar soldiers crowded around the marshal, warning him that they could not stand the destruction of their people’s village.

Uriel, in response, was enraged. He inadvertently gave birth to the now-famous battlecry of the Oromar as he shouted at his men, “Will you fight for the Empire, or die for your kingdom?” The soldiers looked at one another, yelled “Die for our kingdom!”, and rushed the marshal, lynching him, then his comrades.

The company marched to the village, equipped with as many maces as they could find in the camp, and shouted their battlecry at the automaton as they charged it. They were victorious but there were only 13 survivors. The soldiers turned themselves in to the authorities, but did not divulge the details of the battle with anyone but the townspeople. The soldiers were given Imperial justice in the form of death for mutiny.