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<div style="float:right;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:Siège de Lille 1792.JPG|230px]]</div>The '''Capture of Zarthalin''' was the culmination of the '''First Siege of Zarthalin''', a major action early in the [[War of the Velaran Succession]]. Forty thousand soldiers took part in the siege, which saw the key port city, [[Retikh]]'s capital, fall to the pro-[[Trellin]] armies of [[Kenti of Ja'ekha]] after a six-week siege.
<div style="float:right;margin:1em;">[[File:Châteauneuf-sur-Cher-Basilique-NDDE-Crèche-Noël-01.jpg|200px]]</div>'''Christmas in Great Nortend''' is a widely celebrated holiday, as in most {{wp|Christian}} countries. As one of the [[Nortish Rite#Calendar|great high festivals]] observed by the [[Church of Nortend]], it commands a place in the religious life of the nation second only to Easter. As such, Christmas is normally celebrated focussing on religious tradition, commemorating the actual birthday of Jesus Christ, although more secular customs have always been a staple of the season since its inception in Great Nortend with the arrival and spread of Christianity in the 8th century.  


Zarthalin was a staunchly Miróist city; even before the death of [[Tarien, Queen of the Isles of Velar|Queen Tarien]] its political elite had denounced the union of the Trellinese and Velaran crowns and petitioned to be granted independence. The commander of its garrison, [[Atnas Laidakon]], was the most senior commander in Velar's mainland territories and had pledged to defend Zarthalin against any effort to deprive it of its unique civic liberties. Zarthalin was also regarded as the most strategically important city in either Retikh or [[Pelna]] and was thus the main target for Grand Duke Kenti's campaign.
Christmas is celebrated on December 25th, but is followed by various festivals until Epiphany on January 6th, making the „Twelve Days of Christmas”. Christmas is preceded by the six weeks of Advent which is characterised by penance and fasting. Hence, when the Christmas season, called Christmastide, arrives, it is all the more spectacularly marked by festivities, feasting, shopping and general merriments. Christmas is also the beginning of the Christmas term, one of the four quarterly terms of the [[Civil year of Great Nortend|civil year]] which begins on Michaelmas, September 29th, in the Michaelmas term. ('''[[Christmas in Great Nortend|See more...]]''')
 
Miróists in [[Parthenope]] and [[Txir]] hoped that a lengthy siege of Zarthalin would buy them time to land armies in their mainland provinces and prosecute a counter-offensive. To their horror, Kenti captured the city in less than six weeks, when all had expected it to last at least six months. Laidakon abandoned the citadel while street-fighting continued, acquired reinforcements and began [[Second Siege of Zarthalin|his own siege of Zarthalin]]. This attempt to recapture the city was repulsed after two months; [[Third Siege of Zarthalin|his second attempt]], assisted by general [[Kúfet Heruyel]], was similarly rebuffed. A [[Limiykla's Tryst|fourth and final skirmish]] the following year was the last Velaran attempt to retake the Retikan capital before the province was abandoned. ('''[[Capture of Zarthalin|See more...]]''')
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Christmas in Great Nortend is a widely celebrated holiday, as in most Christian countries. As one of the great high festivals observed by the Church of Nortend, it commands a place in the religious life of the nation second only to Easter. As such, Christmas is normally celebrated focussing on religious tradition, commemorating the actual birthday of Jesus Christ, although more secular customs have always been a staple of the season since its inception in Great Nortend with the arrival and spread of Christianity in the 8th century.

Christmas is celebrated on December 25th, but is followed by various festivals until Epiphany on January 6th, making the „Twelve Days of Christmas”. Christmas is preceded by the six weeks of Advent which is characterised by penance and fasting. Hence, when the Christmas season, called Christmastide, arrives, it is all the more spectacularly marked by festivities, feasting, shopping and general merriments. Christmas is also the beginning of the Christmas term, one of the four quarterly terms of the civil year which begins on Michaelmas, September 29th, in the Michaelmas term. (See more...)

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