Editing Second Antinium War (section)

====The Sacrifice of Roses====
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|quote=We held the line. None of us ran, not even when the Goblin Lords appeared. Even when they cut us down. I still dream of that night.
|speaker=[[Bethal Walchaís]] tearfully recalling her experience at the Sacrifice of Roses.{{ref|The Antinium Wars Pt3}}
}}

Two weeks into the Siege of First Landing, Magnolia Reinhart led every [Lady], and their respective personal escorts, to the battle front against the Goblin besiegers. The [Ladies] would level and receive combat-based skills to aid the Human defenders, as well as bolster morale and resolve among the [Soldiers]. In response, the Goblin King retaliated in an event that is now known as the [[Sacrifice of Roses]]. Goblin Lords were sent to slaughter the relatively defenseless [Ladies], who held the line rather than flee the Goblin commanders. This allowed for Human [Soldiers] to fend off the Goblin Lords, at the cost of near-total annihilation of each [Lady] targeted. Over 60% of the [Ladies] who marched to defend First landing were slaughtered. Those [Ladies] who perished became martyrs whose deaths rallied the Humans of Izril, and would unify them to face later threats in the Second Antinium War. The Sacrifice of Roses would also leave a long-term vacuum in the Human nobility of Izril.{{ref|The Antinium Wars Pt3}}

''See [[Sacrifice of Roses]] for more details.''