With the rebellion of Domhnall Dubh in 1502, the Scottish crown had raised an army in order to crush the resistance posed by the heir to the Lordship of the Isles. Preparing at Inverness, the 6,000 strong force had a great deal of vigour surrounding their actions, as they prepared to move on the lands that had so recently sworn their allegiance to their former lord.

Meanwhile, Dubh had been busy as the army had been forming, and his words had whipped much of the land into a frenzy for him. Initially raiding Badenoch in the highlands, as well as other areas in the lands that he controlled, Dubh would leave the mainland to the Isle of Lewis. The Lordship of the Isles had been gone for quite a while, but the former children who had lived under his father now looked back on those days somewhat reminiscent, at least to begin.

Scottish forces would crush much of the resistance in their wake, albeit passively. Even as the support for Dubh was there, by the end of the year, very little was able to be done and those in the mainland found that it was easier to submit and go back to how things were, rather than back a losing horse. As such, the mainland had been taken by the Scottish forces, so significant in their stature. A few raiding parties had been formed, and lashed out against each army on two occasions, but they were only able to take a scant few men out over their occurrences, and melted back into the Highlands.

TL;DR

The Scottish forces have managed to retake the mainlands of Scotland from Dubh by the end of 1503, and now wait to be ferried over to the Islands held by Dubh.

Casualties: 10 Gallowglass 10 Merc Pike 10 Merc Pole 10 Arquebusiers

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