Battle of Aun

The Battle of Aun took place in the Coralden city of Aun over three months in 1900 C.E. The Dragonians had sent a Koa and dragon force to take the city. It was the training ground of the Rainbow Tribe's knights, and the War Chiefs saw it essential to take the city to prevent the Rainbow tribers from being able to train new knights. The Koas attacked in spring of 1900, on April 4th by the Cyclandic calendar, but it was quickly countered by the heavy defense at the city which the Rainbowans had reinforced very well. The army took heavy fire for two weeks and the front was clearly marked out at the dock complex, but the Rainbow Tribers' mortars and archer towers prevented the Dragon tribers from being able to penetrate further into the city. Eventually, on May 9th, the Dragon Tribers finally had a breakthrough into the Deltalen. This was a complex of districts linked by bridges over a canal. The fighting was brutal due to the urbanized setting and the amount of debris from the Rainbowic projectiles. The inner city was less defended then the port, but it was difficult to navigate and hard for the outsiders to fight in. However, in the latter parts of the battle, the dragon force torched the bridges linking the inner city districts and managed to isolate the four battalions of Rainbow Tribers to the west side of the city, allowing a clear path for the koa reinforcements to take the Knights Training center. The Battle of Aun was a victory for the Dragon Tribers, and with the formidable fortress neutralized, the Dragon Tribers pushed their attack to the Coralden capital, Letheria, but met too heavy resistance to continue. The battle ended in June of 1900 when Dragonians took complete control of the city. It was freed two years later by reinforcements from the fortress Bo-laia and the Dragonians were driven from the port on August 7th, 1902, ending the fifth Dragonrain war.