The Blades and Arnor retreats to the Haven stronghold in the west in the Reach, they have killed off the Forsworn that was defending this place so now they control this large area, the Forsworn has been trying to fight the Blades but failed to do so due to the Stormcloaks attack from the north, they stay there for the time being and thinks for another plan of action against the Forsworn and the Stormcloaks, Talion and other members would move inside to the stronghold, they move outside where some people train and looks out at the large view of this proud place they call home.
Delphine walks outside and looks at Talion and the others "Good were al here, just to let you all know the Forsworn have started to pull back into Markarth, the Stormcloaks have been pushing forward but they can't get through, they think they are planning an ambush so they cannot make a move yet."
"If the Forsworn is defeated then Ulfric will soon find out about us and will send his troops to attack the Rift, we can't let that happen." A blade said to the others
"Then we target both Stormcloaks and Forsworn." Talion said to them "If we take out the Forsworn then target the Stormcloaks in this region then they will own the Reach."
"That could work, but this might be a good time... the Stormcloaks will garrison Whiterun again and then they will be vulnerable in the east, we take out the forces in the west then we can send in the Imperials to wrap this up." One of them said to Delphine
"Alright then we got one more problem... the Forsworn won't come this way cause the Stormcloaks pushed them back a bit, there is another force in the south so we should head out there and meet them."
"But we need a fort to defend..."
"Anyone know a good fort to defend against the Stormcloaks and the Forsworn?"
They think for a moment then one of them speaks up "Fort SunGard?"
"That's a perfect fort to battle against both of them." Delphine said "Tomorrow we move to the fort and defend; there are bandits there so that will be a problem at the moment, Talion can you take care of the bandits?"
"I think i can take care of that myself."
"Then head out there now, stay there then we send some troops to fortify it then we send all of us there to defend, let's just hope that the Stormcloaks don't attack with the Forsworn as well."
Talion would head out there now while the rest prepares to rest for the moment; some that will soon head out after Talion would sleep for an hour then head out. Talion moves to the south to Fort SunGard there he notice a few bandits by the wall and maybe a bandit leader inside with a few more, he would go behind the wall and climbs up and jumps up and starts to walk around quietly to take them out one by one. He trips one over and then stabs him in the chest and covers his mouth to stop him from yelling, he looks over at the other two on the wall and the other one on the ground, he walks over to the one in the right side of the wall and takes him out then takes out the last one by beheading him, he looks down at the bandit then jumps down to stab through his shoulder to get his heart, he pulls his sword out and looks around the area before walking inside to take care of the others, he draws his long sword as he will get caught and he was right, one was by the door and spots him, he was about to draw his sword but Talion runs to him and slit his neck then stabs his chest, he walks off to find the others, he finds one sleeping so he kills him then fines the bandit leader, he takes out his dagger and walks up behind with two swords ready, he then strikes him down doing a scissors strike to the neck to behead him. He looks around the area to see if it's cleared before going outside to wait for the others.
The soldiers of Arnor comes to the fort to assist Talion on removing the bodies, soon the sun rises and the rest of the soldiers that were at Haven came over to join the fort, during the travel they notice they were being watched by the Stormcloaks, Delphine goes off to deal with them but was too late, they went off to return to the camps and warn them about whats going on. She returns and asks the army to move quickly to the fort to defend the position and wait for the Forsworn to find out and will have to meet them on the fields. The Forsworn ambush attackers that were in Roriksted and other areas, they would all form together and prepares to march towards the fort to deal with this force before they go charge towards the Stormcloaks. The Stormcloaks also prepare to act as they start to move to the fort as well to fight Arnor and the Forsworn, hundreds of them were preparing to move out as they came from Solitude and the other places they fortified in the north, they all march together towards that fort to take care of them and then they will attack Markarth.
"Do we even have enough troops to attack both Forsworn and Stormcloaks?" one of them said to Delphine
"I heard the Stormcloaks are moving, they got maybe four hundred or more soldiers on the way, Forsworn at two hundred coming this way..."
"We can't take them all on... we should have stayed in the Haven..." one of them said as they started to panic a bit
"Stay strong... we are going to defeat them here and now and then the Imperials will reclaim Skyrim and defeat Ulfric." Delphine said to them then looks over to Talion as he stands on the wall looking out.
Delphine walks over to him; Talion would say something "Did we call for reinforcements?"
"No... This is all was got... why?"
"The Legion is coming..." He said while looking out seeing almost a hundred Imperial soldiers marching all together towards the fort.
They were all marching together with a commander; all of them were strong men here to help out the forces of Arnor and the Blades, they walk through the fort like nothing is happening and they all stand ready as the commander walks over to Delphine and Talion as they walk down to meet them.
"How is this possible?" Talion said to the commander
"Lithariel contacted us... she told us that the war here is soon coming to an end, that is why we are here. The Imperials are back to reclaim Skyrim by joining you two to fight against the rebels and the wild men... We are ready to fight for Skyrim once again.
The legion all turns to the side all in a formation, soon the commander orders them all to get on the wall while the Blades and the Arnor soldiers stands on the front entrance to stop anyone from passing through. They would all stand ready as the sun shines down at them, all of them stood ready, arrows ready to be fired by the Imperials, the swords and shields the Blades and Arnor will use against the attackers, they all stood their ground and notices the Forsworn are coming, the fog also started to come through this area, the sun got covered by the clouds and the fog covered this entire area, it's hard to see but they can see shadowy figures moving towards them, the archers aim out and prepares to fire and then the Forsworn would appear in many numbers, they charge towards them and then the Imperials fire down at them, taking out many of them as they run to them, some of them sends fireballs towards the Imperials at the wall and lightning, hitting them and knocking them off the wall for now, they continue firing down at them and then they notice another force is coming. The Imperials on the side of the wall prepares to shoot down the Stormcloaks once they got closer, once they got hit they charge towards the fort, seeing the Imperials yet again they ran through the fog and battling against the Forsworn for a while but a few runs over to the front entrance with the Forsworn and clashes with Talion and the others.
The Stormcloaks clash against the Forsworn and fights against the others on the fort, soon during the shooting down at them the Imperials notice large fireballs being fired from the far distance "Watch out!" one of them yelled out as it hits the wall, knocking out five men and burning them all in the process, the Stormcloaks had catapults ready to rain hell on the fort and they would fire another one at the entrance, they would see it and Talion calls a retreat inside before they get hit, the fireball would take out a few of the soldiers of Arnor and some Forsworn attackers. Soon another one comes down and targets the Imperials yet again.
"We have no choice... we charge through the fog, it's the only way... charge!" Delphine said to them and they would all rush out of the fort and fight against the enemy outside.
The Imperials on the wall would then jump off to join them by drawing all their swords and running through the fog and clashing against the Stormcloaks as the Forsworn were no more, they were all killed by the Stormcloaks but now it's between them two forces now.
They fight on the field and Talion continues evading their attacks and strikes through the rebels, the commander was near him and helps him out by striking them down quickly, with those two they run through the fog but finally the fog clears as the sun shines down on the field seeing the dead all over the place and the Stormcloaks running away and returning to the north of Solitude. Victory was on their side yet again as they defeated the Stormcloaks and the Forsworn on the same day thanks to the Imperials, with that taken care of they would begin to recover and return to the Blades fortress so they can recover and think of a next plan of an attack. They got three choices now, attack the Forsworn and end this fight of the Reach, attack Whiterun while they are weak or attack Solitude and trigger the Imperial army to return to clear this all up but they still need Ulfric dead if they want peace in Skyrim.
They have lost half the battalion of Legionnaires to that battle and nearly all the Arnor soldiers that came here but some of the Blades are still intact but Delphine cannot spare any more soldiers, they do not want to lose anymore, if they are all gone then the Blades will never exist anymore so now it's up to Talion and the commander to move out to take either Whiterun to Solitude since they notice they do not possess siege weapons to siege Markarth but they should stand down for now as who knows what's going on out there, they would wait and hope that nothing happens here.
Meanwhile back in the east, the Rift just got attacked again by the Thalmar as they want to get in and take the city but they are not gonna get through here, the Arnor forces retreated to the Rift after they dealt with the two Orc strongholds and dealt with a few Covenant soldiers in the area right now they return to their hideout to recover from the few loses they sustain but lucky for them a few more people wishes to join their conquest against the Stormcloaks and will soon prepare to attack them as they notice they will come here but they do not know that they are already there, Ulfric's high ranking general was there with a handful of soldiers close to the hideout and ready to charge.
Lithariel was outside by the fire with a few men while the rest were inside resting and recovering, repairing their weapons and armour for the next battle that has yet to come. Suddenly they hear the Stormcloaks are coming, they charge towards the forces of Arnor they quickly draw their weapons and clash against the Stormcloaks. The general swings his axe at Lithariel and she evades a few of them and swings her sword but keeps getting blocked then soon the general would elbow her face and knocks her on the ground, she notices her forces being cut down quickly and more are coming through but they get tackled and stabbed while the rest are still inside asleep as they don't even know they are under attack. She tries to get back up but then the general stood in front of her and then he swings down to finish her off, he cuts through her chest with his axe, she dies instantly by that strike and with her dead they begin to slaughter the rest inside, they form together and then they rush through to strike down the rest of them while they are off guard.
There were some Arnor soldiers in the area but they were working with the Riften guards but suddenly the Stormcloaks gave the Jarl of Riften the order and that's kill anyone who serves the forces of Arnor, she would accept this and orders her guards to head to the border and kill the ones they fought alongside with and kill the ones that was in the inn that wanted to rest there, they dragged them out of the inn before they cut them down, one of the people would fight the guards but she too got cut down by the Riften guards, anyone else who helps will be killed as they are guilty of siding with the forces of Arnor, all because of some stupid thing with what is going on in the west, the Stormcloaks found out that they are against them and will issue the order to all the neighbouring towns and cities that the soldiers of Arnor are against them including the Blades as well, they will be killed on sight if they are spotted, they are now traitors to Skyrim and with that the people will have to choose between the ones who are saving Skyrim by siding with the Imperials or side with Ulfric that has been fighting for Skyrim from the beginning.