Battles // Vulture Riots // May 26th

Battle: Vulture Protests
Factions: Vulture Team vs. Conqueror Worm
Date: May 26th
Forces: 132 Vulture Team Footmen vs 21 Conqueror Worm Supporters, 80 Krieg Forces
Casualties: 94 Vulture Team dead, remaining wounded, 21 Conqueror Supporters Worm dead, more than 50 Conqueror Worm dead in explosion
Notables Officers:
Vulture Team - Elliot Payne, Akuryo Beckwood, Josephine Beaumont
Conqueror Worm - Hannibel Krieg
Results: Neither side truly victorious


Description: While both Conqueror Worm and Vulture Team had always been hostile with each other, the Vulture Protests marked the first time both factions engaged in open hostile acts against each other. The days following the Vulture Protests were very important to the actual protests taking place. Conqueror Worm, growing in power, was looking to annex as many regions and gangs in No Man's Land as possible, while Vulture Team wished to stay independent from the growing criminal empire. And so because of the recent actions involving Conqueror Worm, Vulture Team decided to make a move to show hostility towards each other. And so Elliot Payne, Akuryo Beckwood, and Josephine Beaumont led over a hundred Vulture Team footmen on a riot across No Man's Land's streets with support from Bunny Mio. The combined Vulture Team effort was to get all the eyes of Conqueror Worm on the riot, while Elliot Payne caused damage to the Conqueror Worm "Palace". Vulture quickly massacred everyone in many of No Man's Land's streets, including every Conqueror Worm supporter they came across. Buildings were burned down, and many were tortured.

It was only a matter of time before someone from Conqueror Worm would act, and so an ally of Conqueror Worm: Hannibel Krieg, stepped in. Leading a force of 80 footmen, Krieg fought the Vulture Team forces head on. They more well trained Krieg forces easily overwhelmed the Vulture Team forces, most were killed, many were wounded. Akuryo Beckwood would fight Hannibel Krieg in a head on battle, while "Jo" Beaumont lead the Vulture Team footmen. The battle between Akuryo and Hannibel would be marked down as a legendary battle between two criminal warriors, and would be the center of attention for most stories retelling this battle among inmates. While the Krieg forces were successful in battle, Vulture Team accomplished what they set out to do: Elliot rigged the engine room and first three floors of the Conqueror Worm "Palace" to explode, and caused an untold amount of collateral damage.  Over fifty Conqueror Worm footmen and workers died in the explosion, though it failed to bring the entire building down as Vulture Team may have hoped. In the end the Vulture Riots would be a costly battle for both sides, and kick off a conflict that would later engulf all of No Man's Land.