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What happens in combat when no characters or armies are on a path or battleground?

The rulebook text settles this.

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Combat still resolves using the location's printed icons and any tokens. With nothing attacking, the defender cancels everything and wins: the Free Peoples win an empty path, and ties favor the defender (except in the Duels, where a tied path scores for no one).

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