Battle of Sturmhalten

This battle has not yet been named in canon, partly because it's still so recent and partly because the events were so complicated that even the people who were there aren't sure what actually happened. The leadup was just as complicated and could fill an article all its own with all the intrigue and double-crossing, but in short, the Other had been downloaded into Agatha Heterodyne's head and begun to scheme with her Geisterdamen and Tarvek Sturmvoraus. In the meantime, the news of Prince Aaronev's demise coming on the heels of the revelation that Agatha was not dead had led Baron Wulfenbach to suspect the Other's involvement, and to respond appropriately with a slaver-quarantine strike.

Within the city, Wulfenbach troops including the wasp weasel crews were fighting mobs made up of revenants and incited to riot partly by the Other's command and partly by the adulterated signal naming Wulfenbach as the Big Bad. Since the revenants were of the "sleeper" type that could still live a normal life, stun bullets and C-gas were the weapons of choice.

The Other, masquerading as Agatha and assisted by Agatha's companions, escaped the city but walked into an ambush/confrontation with Wulfenbach. Unfortunately, he too believed her to be Agatha, to whom he had decided to give the benefit of the doubt, and that doubt was both exploited and smashed when she infected him with a slaver wasp. Before she could take advantage of that situation, however, she unwisely donned Agatha's locket, which suppressed her consciousness in favor of Agatha's.

The Baron, unaware of the change and enraged by the Other's behavior, attacked but was blocked by Lars, who was fatally wounded in so doing. The order was given to destroy Agatha and all her companions, which turned out to be more difficult than expected when she unveiled the Battle Circus. Ardsley Wooster had taken position as a sniper until he was captured by Bangladesh Dupree, and took advantage of the confusion to knock her down and escape. After the Hoomhoffers arrived and were destroyed, along with the last of the Wulfenbach battle clanks, the Baron changed tactics and ordered a containment retreat followed by a carpet-bombing.

Around this point, Agatha's friends started to figure it would be a good idea to leave, but Agatha herself was too overwhelmed with rage to listen until she'd been hit with a Calming Pie. Unfortunately, the pie had not been baked that was big enough for the Baron at that point, as he blew away the Silverodeon with a clank gun and was only finally subdued by a falling chicken house.

At this point, Master Payne's Circus of Adventure upped the confusion factor many times by gassing the entire battlefield with a hallucinogen that made them appear to be the real Heterodyne Boys and assorted well-known allies, then airlifted Agatha and her friends out in a stolen Wulfenbach airship.

Within the city, the rioting had only increased in intensity, especially when the monsters rose from the sewers in response to some unknown prompt. Little is known of what happened beyond that point, since that's when Agatha finally passed out from sleep deprivation, except that at least some of the Wulfenbach wounded were later ferried out on a hospital ship crewed by The Unstoppable Higgs.

The situation is currently "contained" as of Gil's arrival in Mechanicsburg, but that may only mean it hasn't spread. There's no word on whether the chaos has actually died down any.