Riombara/The Great War

During the Third Age (Idea and layout copied from Irombrozia):

First Campaign (June-July 1006)

Political Situation in May 1006

Legend:

Yellow: Riombara

red/orange: enemies (dark red: mortal enemy, light orange: friendly enemy)

blue: neutral (Dark: distant neutral, light: friendly neutral)

green: allies (Dark: Distant allies, light: close allies)

black circles: capitals

Roman numerals: referred to in the text

CS: For RP purposes, 1 'CS' is counted as one warrior. 1 'man' is equal to a pennant: 1 knight plus his retainers.

• Luz (red, L) and Enweil (orange, E) attack us (yellow, R)
• Avalon (A) attacks Fronen (our allies, F), preventing them supporting us
• we lose the city of Fwuvoghor (I) to Enweil, but manage to hold off Luz at first.
• We lose Ardmore (II) to Luz
• Sint (Si) attacks Ashborn (A), our allies. Plergoth (P) comes to Ashborns help.
• We lose Rueffilo and Bolkenia (III) to Luz

(now look at the 2nd map)

• Irombro (blue, I) seceeds, taking Rii and Bolkenia with them - Riombara is reduced to the isles.
• We lose Melegra (II) to Enweil
• Enweil makes peace with us, handing Melegra back
• Luz takes Rii (III) from Irombro

First Campaign, results:

• During the first campaign we lose Fwuvoghor and all of our southlands due to fighting against odds of 2:1 and to 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
• Kthon (K) seceeds from Plergoth (P)
• Enweil (E) attacks Plergoth - their own creation
• we attack Ardmore - defeat. We manage to kill enough Luzian soldiers to enable Irombro some breathing space
• Ashborn is halved in Size by Sint.
• Varyama Nolvo fractures into 3 realms: Varyama Nolvo, Vice and Heen with the first 2 fighting Heen.
• Fronen makes peace with Avalon, reducing Avalon significantly.
• 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.
• Fwuvoghor (F, blue) 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
• Mesh is leaving the Great War after Joppo (J) seceeds, taking 3 more regions with it. Now it is Enweil against Plergoth and Old Grehk, with Sint helping whenever they do not concentrate against Ashborn...and Riombara with Fronens aid against Luz, which is fighting Irombrozia as well.

Second campaign, results:

• During the second campaign we manage to hold on, even giving the Irombrozians some breathing space.

Third Campaign (September, October 1006)

• Fronen's (green) 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 (I) - 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 (II), suppressing the Irombrozians and they will slaughter half of Irombro's 27.000 people before retreating.
• 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 (III) - 19.000 mobile troops.

5th battle of Ardmore, Sept 25

• After part of our forces leave Ardmore, Luz attacks: 17.000 against 13.500 of ours. We lose. 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. We retreat, but 4000 are lost.

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

• Oct 4th: We immediately counterattack (9.000 against 12.000), but are beaten. The following turn we manage to drive off the invaders (11.000 against 11.000), 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 (IV). 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 Luzian/Avalon force of 6000 in Bolkenia, breaking their TO.
• Oct 16th: We move back into Ardmore with 20.000 men and offer Luz battle. When they don't accept, we move into Rueffilo on Oct 19th, while Fronen heads back north.
• Oct 19th: Irombrozia takes Rii (V) - possible due to Riombara and Fronen preventing Luz from leaving Grehk. After having their city half destroyed by Luz, they once again are back on the battlefield!
• Oct 19th: We move into Rueffilo, starting a TO

6th battle of Ardmore, Oct 20th

• Oct 20th: Luz moves into Ardmore, starting a TO. We counterattack with 11.000 against 16.000, but are beaten badly.
• Oct 23rd: As result of the lost battle, Luz takes Ardmore. Our TO in Rueffilo has failed. Herkan is appointed as General of Riombara.

3rd campaign, results:

The third campaign sees Ardmore changing hands 4 times. Pressure on Luz is rising and they are unable to advance further against Irombrozia - our allies and us have fought the attackers to a standstill. Considering that Luz commands more than twice our economic base and that their capital is right at the frontline we consider this a great success indeed!

Fourth Campaign (October-November 1006)

Statistics:

Luz (red): income 9.500, 17 regions (4 cities), 280.000 inhabitants.

Riombara (yellow): income 4.500, 6 regions (2 cities), 145.000 inhabitants.

Irombrozia (blue): income 800, 2 regions (1 city), 23.000 inhabitants.

Fronen (green, big): income 7000, 17 regions (3 cities), 165.000 inhabitants.

Fwuvoghor (green, small): income 1000, 2 regions (1 city), 30.000 inhabitants.

• Oct 24th: Fwuvoghor arrives - the result of a new alliance that is finalized between our realms. Luz moves into Rii, starting a TO.

7th contest of Ardmore, Oct 26th

• Oct 26th: A joint force of 3.500 Fwuvoghorians and 12.500 Riombarans move into Ardmore (I) - Luz has vacated it because of our pending attack. We start a TO - once again. While we do that, Luzian remnants in Rii are beaten by Irombro, but still Luz takes control of Rii (II).
• Oct 27th: Luz is building up: 21.000 mobile strength in Grehk facing our 18.000 in Ardmore
• Oct 28th: After only 5 days, we control Ardmore again
• Oct 30th: We leave Ardmore for a refit and Luz enters it at the same time, but they do not catch a single straggler. Luz starts a brutal TO the day after, then crush the Irombrozian TO of Rii.
• Oct 31st: Luz assaults the city of Irombro (III), defeating the few defenders (11.000 vs 3.000), and heads back north. Irombrozia afterwards defeats 2000 Luzian stragglers in Irombro. The battles in Rii and Irombro reduce Luz' strength from 24.000 to 20.000

1st contest of Rueffilo, Nov 2nd

• Nov 2nd: Peace with Irombrozia is signed. With Fronen's 4th wave arriving, our army freshly refitted and the promise of Irombrozian reinforcements, we strike into Ardmore. Again, Luz retreats, moving 12.000 into Grehk and 7.000 into Rueffilo, fighting the Irombrozians there. We smash 3000 stragglers in Ardmore.
• Nov 3rd: We follow Luz' detachment into Rueffilo (IV), routing 6000 and starting a TO. The luzian Duke of Jidington, Sir TVD3 is killed in the battle. Within 4 days Luz has lost half its army while Irombrozia has lost most of theirs, but allied forces now number 24.000 CS against Luz' 12.000.
• Nov 5th: An allied force of 8000 CS storms Eno (V, stronghold), which is held by 2.300 militia. We start to demolish the walls. Luz is recruiting again - they now have once again a mobile strength of 17.500.
• Nov 7th: Due to Luz rising strength, we vacate Ardmore after Fronen's second half of their current wave has passed through. Luz moves an army of 18.000 into Ardmore while we finally retake Rueffilo (IV) - 4 months after it was taken from us.