On this day, battle raged within the Torturers' Caverns with the Templars emerging victorious over their opponents.

The battle was fought for the following reason: Torturer's Caverns is more than an Empire-held den of darkness - it is a monument to what the Dominion permits and what the Light must reject. Undead and Consanguine skulk in its depths, feeding on pain, while the screams of the forgotten echo against the stone. Among them, a captured Paladin - heir to the Templar's earliest creed - waits, shackled not just by iron, but by the silence of those who should have answered. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Primus has broken her silence not with reflection, but with deflection - posturing strength while standing atop the broken oaths she once swore. She calls our purpose performance, yet clings to spectacle in defiance. So let us meet her where the Dominion stands proudest: where pain masquerades as power. We do not come to debate. The Akkari of the Templar come to free the bound, to cleanse the desecrated, and to show that the Light does not retreat from betrayal - it answers it.

A full battlefield report follows:

Faction 1, the Templars.
- Achieved victory by crushing their opponents with their number of kills.
- 8 combatants answered the call to arms:
Ayastia, Benedicto, Eaku, Folke, Inthirath, Lysaira, Sryaen, and Xavin.
- Slew a total of 20 of their enemies.
- Maintained a presence of 29 minutes 6 seconds upon the battlefield.
- Their most bloodthirsty combatant was Benedicto, responsible for 11 kills.

Faction 2, the Dominion.
- 5 combatants answered the call to arms:
Abraxos, Asheara, Iadora, Naivara, and Neoma.
- Slew a total of 3 of their enemies.
- Maintained a presence of 14 minutes 6 seconds upon the battlefield.
- Their most bloodthirsty combatant was Iadora, responsible for 2 kills.

The battle lasted for 30 minutes, with a victory condition of faction with the most kills at the end of the time limit. These terms of engagement were enacted: Concurrent, cooldown, restricted, and truedeath.

This notice was posted on the 19th of Severin, in the year 13 AC.