Timeline of Events during the Battle of Red Vale

A few days after the attack the general timeline of events is known. The events below will give you a general idea what happened. Not everything is general knowledge. For example, most people don't know that Diana used the crystal ball although they do know she helped drive off the dragon. Most of Katrina's activities are not known outside of Midnight's group. Sane's activities are only partially known by the Cormyrians.

0300: Monsters gather at rally points underground and prepare to exit to the surface. The idea is to hit Jurgenville at about 0430 to 0500, several hours before dawn. But upon exiting several caves the monsters run into numerous traps and snares set by Shadow and Castinar. This delays the whole attack as the leaders try to sort out what is going on.

0400: Troops from the Jurgenville Mining Company detect the attacks. They begin to harass those monsters still in the tunnels, delaying the attack even further.

0500: The columns are moving again, now going through secondary exits further away from town. This results in the time of the actual attack being pushed back almost three hours.

0630: Castinar, Shadow, and Hunter stumble onto the main enemy column. They send word back to Jurgenville.

0700: The alarm goes out.
0700: Castinar and Co. enter the Jurgenville mine and save several badly wounded guards. Shadow backstabs the bugbear leader.
0700: One of the militia companies is forming up for early morning drill. When the alarm comes the second-in-command of the Watch, Cobul, leads the company to intercept the approaching hordes.

0715: Ariessus and two fighters from Laila's place join up with the militia company on the way to the fight.
0715: Castinar and Co. help to turn the tide in a pitched battle deep within the Jurgenville mine. Castinar is almost killed when he breaks a Wand of Lightning with his scimitar.
0715: Matar organizes the militia companies as they begin to form up.

0730: The first militia company engages the lead elements of the approaching column of monsters in what becomes known as the First Battle of Red Vale. Ariessus and K’harn anchor the company’s left side.
0730: Diana arrives in town from Neworion. She helps out with preparations at the Mage's Guild.
0730: Katrina and Sane arrive at the watch HQ.
0730: Sigurd leads the Athenian cavalry to go support the first company.
0730: Smaller humanoid forces attack both the Cormyrian and Sembian mines in a holding action.

0800: Three more militia companies are formed on the parade grounds. Tessalynne takes command of them and they head out towards Red Vale. They are joined by the demi-human detachment of sheriffs across the river. Matar is put in charge of forces within Jurgenville when Tessalynne leaves.
0800: Sigurd and his cavalry arrive at Red Vale. Ari still fighting there.
0800: Matar sends Sane to scout the entire valley and report back on any other columns of monsters heading towards town.
0800: Diana is given a crystal ball by the Guild and asked to take it to watch HQ and scout for whoever is in charge there. She does so, reporting in to Matar who has her watch the main battle.
0800: Nikki arrives in town from Neworion. She makes her way over to the watch HQ.
0800: Kat leaves the watch HQ and heads over to the east side of town to see if she can help there. She sets up as a sniper on top of The Maiden’s Kiss.

0830: Castinar and Co. provide missile support during a large battle in one of the lower layers of the mine. They are fighting mercenaries, not monsters.

0900: The First Battle of Red Vale ends. Both sides pull back to reassess the situation. Sigurd covers the militia retreat. Ariessus sets up an aide station and starts tending to the large number of wounded. The main force under the command of Tessalynne arrives and forms a new defensive line.
0900: Sane flies back to town, reporting on three more attacks. Both towers (the Cormyrian in the west and the Sembian in the east) are under attack, and another large column of humanoids is heading down from the north towards the demi-human town.
0900: The Sembian Tower is destroyed. The forces attacking it move towards town.

0915: Matar sends the last two companies of militia north to head off that column. He also sends word to Tessalynne about the attack. He then leaves command to Alric, goes over to the Glowing Helm, and recruits dwarves to help him go relieve the Cormyrian tower. Nikki goes with him. Diana stays behind and continues scouting with the crystal ball.
0915: Sigurd blesses the Jurgenville forces just before the Second Battle of Red Vale. The second battle starts. Ari still healing people. Local druids and rangers join in the fighting.

0945: At Tessalynne's order Sigurd leaves Red Vale and takes the remaining cavalry to head off the attack to the north.
0945: The first probing attacks against the defenders at the eastern edge of town.
0945: Sane uses illusions to protect the Cormyrian tower against attack. He fools the hill giants, but an ogre magi pulls him directly into the fight and he is badly wounded.

1000: At Red Vale Ariessus re-enters the fighting when undead show up. She destroys scores before coming face to face with a strange cloaked figure.
1000: The Battle of Jurgenville fully engaged. Kat acting as a sniper. Helps to bring down an ettin.
1000: Sigurd meets up with the militia companies and they set up an ambush for the approaching humanoids.
1000: Matar arrives at the party compound. He sees that the attackers from the west have split in two. He decides to engage the smaller group which is about to attack the compound.
1000: A force of druids and animals destroys a column of humanoids advancing between Dragonspeak and Randkar’s Helm. This is the only main axis of attack that Sane missed in his scouting.

1015: Matar and Nikki, along with some dwarves and clerics, fight at the compound. Matar takes several magical attacks from the ogre magi but shrugs them off and kills it. Nikki takes out almost all of the orcs and ogres with several very strange looking color sprays and a few blue fireballs. The dwarves are rather impressed.

1030: The Second Battle of Red Vale slows after Ariessus manages to drive off the mysterious cloaked figure leading the attack. All in her personal escort are killed in the process. Sporadic fighting continues until around noon.
1030: A red dragon and two wyverns show up over the Battle of Jurgenville. One wyvern attacks the watch HQ and is slain by Diana. The other slays many defenders in the Sembian compound before being killed. The red dragon turns out to be Flamewing's son back for vengeance. Kat shoots it in the eye when Detee distracts it. (Note: the public is very curious as to who the courageous archer who shot the dragon is, but they don't know for sure who it was). Kat is flamed by the dragon and almost dies, but is saved by Midnight. Diana, Saeros, and Angus drive the red dragon off. The fighting below resumes.
1030: Sigurd and his two companies spring their trap on a column of gnolls and orcs. Sigurd fights a cyro-hydra, killing it, but is gravely wounded in the process. Pyreen saves his life by leading the remains of the cavalry in to rescue him. The humanoids are all slain, saving the demi-human town.

1100: The Battle of Jurgenville drawing down. Many humanoids slipping away from the main battle into the side-streets. Kat, now disguised as Ariessus, wanders the back streets of town killing any stragglers she finds.
1100: The group that Matar let go attacks Jurgenville from the south-west. They loot and burn several expensive summer houses before the Cormyrians, lead by the Purple Dragons, drive them off.
1100: Ariessus cares for the wounded from Red Vale.

1200: All fighting is over. Some rangers and a few others are still mopping up the stragglers on the flanks of Dragonspeak and in town.
1200: Ariessus passes out and is rushed back to Laila’s Retreat with a severe case of sunstroke.
1200: Castinar is escorted to the main entrance to the Jurgenville Mine. He and Shadow make their way down into town.


1500: The party, except for Ariessus, is reunited at the Glowing Helm. Castinar's armor has been blasted off of him and the skin on his arms and face is bright pink. He can't hear very well. Shadow wounded by OK. Diana has a bloody wound on her side, but is fine other than that. Katrina's skin is pink everywhere it shows, and she is dressed in different clothing than she was in earlier. Matar has taken several wounds but is still strong. Nikki was untouched. Sane has a broken wing that still needs to be healed but is grateful to be alive after being knocked out of the sky by a boulder. Sigurd is also badly wounded but not in grave danger any more. You see more than a dozen large bites all over his body. Pyreen has numerous small wounds but the magical armor the party gave her (and Sigurd trying to keep her away from the main fighting) has protected her. Diana uses the crystal ball and discovers that Ariessus is resting in a pool of cool water at Laila’s place.