Battle of Hedgeton

The Battle of Hedgeton was the only major battle of the Civil War of SA 320, fought between the Hearthan Line Army, under the command of Veregonix Ryder, and the forces of First Advisor Walther Lancercost. The battle was the result of several years of competition between the two figures for control over the young and impressionable Emperor Asper I. After a near-avoided confrontation the year before, Ryder, who had largely assumed command of the Hearthan Line Army, began concentrating his forces for a march on Harerok. Lancercost, the Emperor's main advisor, responded by assembling his scattered forces and advancing against the Calamanns based at Hedgeton.

Battle
The Lancercostians advanced on the town in a single column, with Symon Duran leading the mounted vanguard and Lancercost himself leading the main body, comprised of a mix of Lancercostian men-at-arms and Harerokian militia. At around noon, however, the Calamanns, having formed up in the town, arrayed themselves along a ridge that straddled the road, blocking the Lancercostian advance.