Differences in The Wandering Inn Interlude – The Antinium Wars (Pt.1)

• Many first-hand reports of the First Antinium Wars are based on hearsay and the often inaccurate recollections of [Soldiers] and [Adventurers] who fought on the front lines.
• Many reports of the First Antinium War are based on hearsay and the often inaccurate recollections of [Soldiers] and [Adventurers] who fought on the front lines.
• While insightful,

• That led to their near complete annihilation,
• and it is perhaps more accurate to say it was a miracle any ships landed on Issiysil after all.
• and it is perhaps more accurate to say it was a miracle any ships landed on Issrysil after all.

• For nearly a month,
• authorities debated and argued against the presence of the Antinium within Issiysil.
• authorities debated and argued against the presence of the Antinium within Issrysil.
• Lacking evidence of the Antinium outside of eyewitness accounts (the bodies of the slain Antinium had long since been disposed of by the time others could verify the claim),

• including the young Lady Magnolia Reinhart,
• Lord Tyron Veltras,
• Lord Tyrion Veltras,
• and General Sserys.
• It is unknown how Lady Magnolia and Lord Tyron learned of the Antinium,
• It is unknown how Lady Magnolia and Lord Tyrion learned of the Antinium,
• but it is speculated that both Humans had access to powerful magic spells which alerted them to this issue.
• While Lord Tyron knew of the Antinium,
• While Lord Tyrion knew of the Antinium,
• he took the view that any conflict would only weaken both Antinium and the Drake and Gnoll populations,

• While the Drake cities had existed in a state of enduring war and skirmishes with each other,
• one of the factors that prevented most of the cities from being conquered was the difficulty of taking the city before reinforcements could arrive.
• one of the factors that prevented most of them from being conquered was the difficulty of taking the city before reinforcements could arrive.
• Even the largest of forces would take time to breach the walls and other magical defenses that guarded each city,

• In an instant,
• the Antinium had captured nearly thirty percent of the southern half of Issiysil and seemed to be poised to sweep across the rest.
• the Antinium had captured nearly thirty percent of the southern half of Issrysil and seemed to be poised to sweep across the rest.
• However,

• and the magic that allows the three-hundred foot walls to stand hardens the stone and even allows it to repair itself given time.
• No army has ever taken a Walled City by siege,
• No army has ever taken one of the remaining six Walled Cities by siege,
• although several coups and betrayals from within have seen the famed cities fall over the millennia.

• However,
• the Gnolls of Issiysil built no cities like the Drakes,
• the Gnolls of Issrysil built no cities like the Drakes,
• and unlike their scaly rivals,

• In their first major engagement with a vast force of nearly eighty thousand Antinium,
• an army of twenty thousand Gnolls managed to route the entire force in a bloody battle that lasted only a day.
• an army of twenty thousand Gnolls managed to rout the entire force in a bloody battle that lasted only a day.
• It is suspected that this army was not comprised of normal Gnoll [Hunters] and [Warriors],