Landown is hamlet in Tyrus, located near Jacinto City. In 5 A.E., Landown was occupied by the Locust Horde and became one of the major stepping stones for Locust forces on the Jacinto Plateau. Landown remained under Locust occupation until 14 A.E. during Operation: Hollow Storm, in which the COG Army assaulted Landown in order to dig into the Inner Hollow.

History

Locust War

Fall of Landown

Operation: Hollow Storm

It was the site of two battles; both the Fall of Landown during the Winter of Sorrows and the Assault on Landown in the aftermath of the Lightmass Offensive took place here. Its ground was soft enough for Grindlifts to dig though and begin the attack on the Locust home front. Little information is known about Landown, beside Coalition High Command gave little attention to the town (no Gears protecting supply convoys) since it was only a day's drive from Jacinto city. Landown eventually fell to the Locust during the Winter of Sorrow and it was considered a bad omen. The Locust held the town afterwards and it was described as having "ten shitloads" of grubs. Eventually the COG launched an Assault on Landown during Operation: Hollow Storm that retook the town and they used it to launch an assault into the Inner Hollow.

Interwar Period

After the end of the Locust War and Lambent Pandemic, the reformed COG started gathering rubble from destroyed cities in order to recycle it when building new Settlements. Two tons were recovered from Landown for the construction of Settlement 5 ^[1].

Notable Locations

• Barrington Square^[2]
• Cemetery
• Pendulum Wars Monument
• Riad Complex^[3]

Collectible

Memorial Inscription

IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED

To all those we lost during the Pendulum Wars, may they rest in peace, and know always that their brave sacrifices were not in vain. Never shall they be forgotten.^[4]

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