Lore:Ellis Basin

The Ellis Basin is a stretch of marsh lands connecting eastern Ellis Isle with the northern half of Halford. Having been the site of at least three major battles across thirty years, it has become a host to many tales of lost spirits, ghosts and reanimated dead.

First Ellis-Halford Conflict
At the beginning of the Dawn Age with the crown seat being handed to Lloyd II, one of the first markers on the agenda was to send extra specialized aid to Halford Country to suppress the rebel uprisings that plague the eastern borders of Ellis Isle, spilling into Halford.

While it was unclear when exactly this help was send, it was later discovered by the Ellis Isle military that King Lloyd II had been stacking the odds against their favor. In the 3rd year of the Dawn Age, a small outpost was decimated by the newly recruited soldiers of the Royal Halford Infantry in which two key Ellis Isle military personnel were killed, Major Strickland and Field Lieutenant Rowsone, triggering a response from then General John Huskins.

Huskins, a former Dawnfall Army Captain and whom was responsible for winning many key battles in Suboriens, send hundreds of men to the frontline in the middle of the Basin where they were instructed to build strongholds, guard towers and lay down traps. He then ordered most his men to set up a new staging area near the new strongholds to ensure the newly created line would hold.