Riombara/The Great War

(Idea and layout shamelessly copied from Irombrozia - permission assumed)

During the Third Age:

First Campaign (June-July 1006)

• Luz and Enweil attack us
• Avalon attacks Fronen, preventing them supporting us
• we loose Fwuvoghor to Enweil, but manage to hold off Luz at first.
• We loose Ardmore to Luz
• We loose Rueffilo and Bolkenia to Luz
• Irombro seceeds, taking Rii and Bolkenia with them - Riombara is reduced to the isles.
• Enweil makes peace with us, handing Melegra back
• Luz takes Rii from Irombro

First Campaign, results

• During the first campaign we loose Fwuvoghor and all of our southlands due to fighting against odds of 2:1 and Irombros secession. Riombara is halved in size.

• For a similar account centered around Irombrozia, look here: The Irombrozian Honour War.

Second Campaign (August 1006)

• Fronen steadily gains against Avalon
• Enweil attacks Plergoth - their own creation
• we attack Ardmore - defeat. We manage to kill enough Luzian soldiers to enable Irombro some breathing space
• Fronen makes peace with Avalon, reducing Avalon significantly.
• Fwuvoghor seceeds from Enweil, enabling allied reinforcements to reach us
• Avalon helps Luz to assault Irombro (17.000 CS), but retreats afterwards.
• Fronens first wave arrives. We attack Ardmore (18.000 CS against 20.000 CS) - defeat
• we attack Ardmore again - defeat

Second campaign, results

• During the second campaign we manage to hold on, even giving the Irombrozians some breathing space.
• Globally, a large alliance is forming against Enweil due to their attack against Plergoth: Old Grehk, Plergoth, Sint and Thalmarkin against Enweil and Mesh, with Fronen and Riombara focused against Luz.

Third Campaign (September 1006)

• Fronen's second wave is arriving (Sept 13 - Sept 17)

4th Assault against Ardmore, Sept 19

• 23.000 CS attack Luz' entrenched 19.000 CS in Ardmore - and finally we break their defense. We have 14.000 CS left and start a TO of Ardmore. Luz still has 7.000 CS in Irombro, suppressing the Irombrozians.
• Fronen attacks into Rueffilo
• Luz retreats from Irombro
• after 5 days our TO is successfull (Sept 24) - Ardmore is ours again. Due to the claims being installed when the war started, it is now Luz who has a claim on Ardmore, not us...
• Luz recruits massively in Grehk - 19.000 mobile CS

5th battle of Ardmore, Sept 25

• After part of our forces did leave Ardmore, Luz attacks: 17.000 CS against 13.500 of ours. We loose. Losses 9.000 of ours (plus 2.000 more to come) against 7.500 of Luz. Luz does start a hostile Takeover
• As a result of the 5th battle, Luz takes control of Ardmore on Sept 30th and attacks into Avengmil on Oct 3rd with 15.000 CS. We retreat, but 4000 CS are lost.

1st Battle of Avengmil, Oct 4th and Oct 5th

• Oct 4th: We immediately counterattack (9.000 against 12.000 CS), but are beaten. The following turn we manage to drive off the invaders (11.000 against 11.000 CS), beating them clearly.
• Oct 5th: An advance force of ours strikes into Ardmore, pursuing the beaten Luzians: 4000 against 4000, but as the Luzians are already battleweary we score a clear victory. An Avalonian army is sighted in Grehk.
• Oct 6th: Our and Fronens main army (3rd wave) reaches Ardmore - a TO is started.
• Oct 8th: Avalon is arrayed against Iormbrozia in Bolkenia. If they attack it will most probably mean war between Fronen and Avalon again.
• Oct 11th: After 5 days Ardmore is once again ours. Due to Fronens support we were able to wrest that region from Luz despite it lying right next to their capital.
• Oct 14th: While our army returns to refit, Luz kills off 500 CS militia in Ardmore, then retreats again. During this time, Irombrozia defeats a small Luzian/Avalon force in Bolkenia, breaking their TO.
• Oct 16th: We move back into Ardmore with 20.000 CS and offer Luz battle. When they don't accept, we move into Rueffilo on Oct 19th, while Fronen heads back north.