# [[Battle at the Gates]] ![[Battle at the Gates-1784164294368.webp]] Led by the "mad mage" [[Mordenkainen]] some nine months prior to the arrival of the Granola Gang in [[Barovia (the Land of)|Barovia]], the [[Battle at the Gates]] was the insurrection of Barovian peasant youths ended in total annihilation of the [[Anti-Strahd Factions|anti-Strahd forces]]. To wit, it was later dubbed the "Unwise Rebellion." In [[006_20260626 Session 6|Session 6]], Kolyan summed up the ramifications of this battle by saying that "everyone who had the will to defy [[Strahd von Zarovich|Strahd]] perished." In [[008_20260717 Session 8|Session 8]], [[Irina Kolyanovich|Irina]] claimed that [[The Durst Family|the Dursts]] were responsible for feeding [[Strahd von Zarovich|Strahd]] information about the rebellion, ensuring its failure.