The Siege of the Floating City was the first battle of the War of the Three River-Banks. The battle had started and ended before dawn but Bosancovac remained under siege for two months. The war was started at the height of the Decades of the Mountain, and the Temple of Bosancovac was the initial target. By attacking Bosancovac, the King of High Havoral, Jahanon, aimed to use the dam as a bridge to invade the Dragon Dominion's lands.
The Battle[]
The attack came in the dead of night, started by High Havoral using pontoon bridges to create a pathway to the floating city. The Paddleboard Knights attempted to destroy the bridges by throwing bombs, but were stopped by Havoric magirifles. Bosancovac’s navy, equipped with bomb launchers, then bombarded the bridges; however, they were sunk by Falah’s Hunters before any substantial damage was done to the bridges.
With the bridges in place, Falah’s Hunters along with knights of Sarda that pledged themselves to High Havoral charged into the town square where they were met by Cannorian mercenaries and the Bosancovac City Guard. Meanwhile, the remnants of the Bosancovac navy started evacuating the town to the shores of the Dragon Dominion starting with the priests and patricians. With this, word got out to the Dominion, Drevkenuc, and Amacimst, and they all started rallying their forces to relieve the siege.
The first to arrive was the leader of the Dragon Dominion, the dragon Varlengeilt. Rushing to Bosancovac to buy time for his troops to arrive, Varlengeilt harried the Havoric troops with his fire while staying at a distance. The Paddleboard Knights proved a good resistance against High Havoral's troops; however, despite their efforts and Varlengeilt’s assistance, Bosancovac fell to High Havoral only a few hours before the reinforcing armies arrived. While the reinforcements were on the way, the Havorics made their way through the city, looting whatever they could find. When the combined troops of Amacimst, Drevkenuc, and the Dragon Dominion arrived, the Havoric troops started to make their retreat to haul back their loot. However, just as they were going to leave the city, a seeming miracle occurred. Several water serpents of the Ynn appeared and struck their pontoon bridges, destroying them and trapping Jahanon and his troops in the city.
Occupation[]
With no way out, Jahanon and the troops of High Havoral had no choice but to fortify themselves within Bosancovac. For two months Bosancovac was at an unsteady standstill as neither side had boats to assault or retreat. Eventually, battles elsewhere drew away most of the reinforcing troops, leaving only Drevkenuc’s army to maintain the siege. With many of the troops gone, a river fleet of Reverian mercenaries sailed from Themaria through the Forest of the Cursed Ones to lift the siege of Bosancovac. They defeated the remaining defenders and created a pontoon bridge for Jahanon and his troops to flee. The Havoric forces retreated from Bosancovac, but took with them the city's coffers as well as many holy relics. Afterwards, Dominion forces arrived to secure the city and restore order.