There was nothing great about the great crusade, tens of thousands died on both sides. There was no way to remove Autaur from the throne without war. Upon the death king Chakos, being the fifth regicide that week, the crusaders knew this was the time to strike against Autaur, even if they only had a small army. The crusaders prior knew they could not defeat Autaur. The crusaders managed to raise 500,000 soldiers to fight Autaur, this sure was enough to put a dent in the illager's forces. Several Battles were fought, Autaur already had conquered five kingdoms, there were just 4 left in order in fulfil his empire. The Crusaders knew the 4 kingdoms not taken by Autaur needed to form an alliance to defeat Autaur, while the politics of fighting Autaur were goin on for 6 years, the Crusader guild were slaughtering Illagers left and right. The casualties were heavy on both sides, before the battle against Autaur the guild had freed a kingdom from Autaur's grasp, leaving his empire at 3 conquered kingdoms, due to this the politics of the Illager war had to take longer and by the time politics finally decided to take the fight to Autaur, he was dead (for NOW), he he he.