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These symbols appear when a battle was fought on that site which resulted in an Heroic Victory for one side/a Crushing Defeat for the other.

When this happens the two swords appear, and hovering over them gives some background on who was in charge and the year/season it happened.

Heroic Victories/Crushing Defeats usually occur when an army wins when the odds are against them by a fairly large amount (3:1 for example). It can help if the winning force takes minimal losses also while the foes take as many losses as possible. If the odds were dramatically against the victor though, this often doesn't matter too much.

The odds for your battles are shown on the blue and red bar in the centre of the pre-battle scroll. The type of victory (Heroic Victory, Clear Victory, Average Victory, Close Victory) or defeat (Crushing Defeat, Clear Defeat, Average Defeat, Close Defeat) are shown on the scroll which appears on the battle's conclusion.