Battle of Ravonne (1239 AC)

Battle of Ravonne
Part of Wars of the Faith
Engraving of the Battle of Ravonne, from the Theatre of Aurora Chronicles
Date 11-16 May 1239 AC/1649 VC Location Ravonne, Kingdom of Kathia Result Decisive Kathic victory Achysian looting of Ravonne
Belligerents
League of the Sun Achysian Monarchy	Confederation Kingdom of Kathia
Commanders and leaders
Anne-Marije Nijmeijer van Nijkamp	Erhart von Schickendantz
Strength
21,000 20,000 mercenary forces 1000 Vachyrian guards	8000 2000 city guard soldiers 6000 city militia
Casualties and losses
6000 dead, 9000 wounded	1000 dead, 3000 wounded

The Battle of Ravonne was fought between 11 and 16 May 1239 AC, or 1649 after the Valentian calendar, and it was one of the last battles of the Wars of the Faith. It was part of the Achysian offensive into Kathia popularity known as Kaeron's Revenge, when half of the Achysian forces, the mercenaries under the command of Duchess Anne-Marije Nijmeijer van Nijkamp stopped their campaign of pillaging through central Kathia in order to try to conquer the lightly defended Kathic capital of Ravonne, which had rebelled against Kaeron's authority the year prior. Though the experienced mercenary forces managed to breach through the city's walls only a few days after the start of the siege, discipline and order among the mercenaries broke down once they had entered the city, their forces dividing in order to loot as much of the city as possible. The city militia, under the command of Baron Erhart von Schickendantz, managed to rally its forces next to the palace and to push back into the city. Without proper command, and more focused on pillaging, the mercenaries were slowly but surely defeated and then massacred and pushed out of the city by the vengeful citizens.

The battle as such ended with a decisive Kathic victory. The mercenary force under Achysian command was broken and divided in the aftermath of the battle, with many of the remaining mercenaries deserting. With the disappearance of this force, Emperor Kaeron never received the reinforcements that he needed in the south, playing an important part in the crushing Achysian defeat in the Battle of the Five Nations.