From the introduction:
...and so it came to pass that the Legions withdrew from Ellesland, for such was the danger to the Empire’s heart that even a healthy and strong limb might be sacrificed to preserve the life of the whole. But the chaos of the retreat meant that when the Thuls came over the broken wall that last time they struck south with such ferocity that they were at the walls of the city within only eight days and there was neither time to reinforce from local Auxiliaries nor to carry the treasures of the Church to a place of true safety. All that is known is that the Bishop and a handful of Priests took up arms and removed the casket from the altar of the Cathedral and left the city by the southern gates as the barbarians swarmed through the northern gate. And one of the greatest relics of the True Faith was lost to the sight and knowledge of man, to the detriment of Legend and the Holy Church...
User summary:
Developed for Conquest, 2012.