Fall of Landown
From Gears of War
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- "They came during the night."
- — Landown survivors[1]
The 'Winter of Sorrow' was one of the darkest moments in the Locust-Human War. In this period, a massive city of Landown on Jacinto Plateau fell to the Locust Horde.
[edit] Prelude
Initially the attacks on Landown were limited to Locust forces raiding cargo trucks that had no escorts. Eventually, however, the Locust began laying siege to the city. As a result, the Mayor of Landown asked for more Gears to be sent to help reinforce the city garrison.
[edit] The Fall of Landown
The city of Landown had always been under heavy threats from Locust incursion. In the fifth year of the war, in the so called 'Winter of Sorrow', a massive Locust assault began with mortar strikes (using Nemacysts)) and the Locust started taking out unprotected supply trucks on their way to the city. The COG were already low on supplies; their failure to protect their own convoys to Landown exacerbated the problem. Landown eventually fell to a massive Locust assault and was quickly turned into a Locust stronghold. Ten years later that the COG would return to Landown; not to liberate it, but to use it as a staging ground to attack the Inner Hollow.[1]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gears of War 2 Collectible
