Norland

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2004-2005

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• War: Barony of Makar against Norland
  

The Barony of Makar was the agressor as far as I know. Norland's armies pushed them back, however, taking Egret's Rock, Uforth, Makar, Jerkel and Yule, before former BoM region Lamia defected to Eston and before Upper Tell was handed over to Eston, thus cutting Norland off from the Barony. Barony was promised to get the two regions back from Eston after the peace treaty, but Eston did not cooperate. This triggered the Barony of Makar - Norland alliance later on.

2005

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• Falasan - Tara war
  

Norland sends armies to help defend Falasan's territories. This marked the beginning of Tara's decline.

• Campaign against Tuchanon III
  

The first Eastern Alliance united front campaign against Tuchanon III, which was based in Tucha. Norland did not participate in the second one that eventually destroyed the realm.

2005-2006

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• War: Norland and Barony of Makar against Eston
  

Veeery long story. The agressor was Norland, who had enough of the treaty that Eston had them sign after a war that Norland lost ages ago. Barony of Makar joined Norland in the hope of getting former regions from Eston and Norland back. After a couple of Eston defeats Talerium and Darka were drawn into the conflict on Eston's side. Darka pulled out later and the vikings asked for help from Minas Ithil. Both Talerium and Minas Ithil pulled out before the war was officially over. The event that triggered the peace treaty was the secession of Massilion in Eston (led by former leaders of Eston who wanted the continuation of the war they started).
Eston lost Upper Tell, Lamia and Fiddleford to Barony of Makar, Ashmoor, Moramroth, Belegrond and Barad Riel to Norland (latter two were handed over as a result of the peace treaty), Amdor, Amriel and Elost to Minas Ithil. What Eston gained was better relations with Norland and BoM, due to the change of leaders and attitude in their realm. Norland handed over Yule, Jerkel and former BoM capital Makar to the Barony for their dedication in the war. Uforth was also to be handed over, but Sordnaz (dictator of BoM) decided to let Norland keep it as a symbol of good-will on the part of the Barony.

2006

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• Tournament in Brackhead (and also in jousting and swordfighting ^_^)

With the participation of 250 troopleaders Norland hosted her first tournament ever. People from all over the continent started arriving soon after the competition was announced. With the exception of Alexandra there wasn't one person who didn't get drunk. The main program of the day was usually to drink enough to remain drunk. Some claim they'd sobered up by the time the swordfighting and jousting started, but we have to wait and see the drug-test results.
The winner of the swordfighting competition was Malfix from Abington, Diruo of Minas Ithil being the runner-up. The most successful viking was Simone from the Barony of Makar, who beat Adrick, the best swordfighter of Norland in the quarter-finals, only to be beaten later in the semi-final. The main event (jousting competition) was won by DrSeptre of the Barony, with Travis from Eston as his final opponent. The viking that got furthest was obviously DrSeptre, while the most successful Norlander was Palthos, who made it to the semi-final.

2006-2007

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• War: Norland and Barony of Makar against Minas Ithil
  

A few months after having demanded Amdor, Amriel and Elost back from Minas Ithil (which Dead Angel3 didn't hand back, but insisted we take them over instead) Norland and the Barony of Makar declared war on the south-eastern neighbor, as that's what their god, Thor commanded them to do. The god saw Dead Angel3, king of Minas Ithil as a menace to his followers, so the aim of the war is to reduce his influence. The leadership of Norland saw two possibilities to achieving this: - Taking Winwich, Dunstoke and York (cities which once belonged to Norland) from Minas Ithil, weakening the realm under Dead Angel3's command, thus weakening the king himself - Making the Ithilians realize that they follow a dictator, so that they demand his resignation

• Phase 1: Norland and BoM against Minas Ithil

With Norland declaring war Minas Ithil rallied her armies and met the viking army in Winwich, which Norland already invaded. Soon the Barony of Makar also joined the fight, leading short looting-raids into Minas Ithil. At this stage the war was fairly balanced. Minas Ithil was repelled in Mansbridge, but entered Norland through Elost soon afterwards. The Ithilian army was beaten back soon after their takeover of the region began and now it was Norland's turn to go on the offensive. The viking armies were again pushed back from Lyton and Winwich and it seemed like neither sides are going to be able to make a progress...

• Phase 2: Norland and BoM against Minas Ithil and Cagilan Empire

Dead Angel3 called for help against Norland and received some from the largest realm in Atamara... the armies of the Cagilan Empire were headed towards Norland. Just 2 days after the defeat of the Ithilian army in Mansbridge the Cagilan army entered the same region in the belief that Norland is still taking care of his wounds somewhere in the capital. They were wrong. Norland unexpectedly arrived to the battlefield and defended the fort against the incoming Cagilan army and the Ithilian support-troops.

• Phase 3: Norland, BoM and Abington against Minas Ithil

With the entry of the Cagilan Empire to the war Abington decided it was time to repay the visit of Minas Ithil from a few months earlier, and even the odds. Just as the Cagilan army arrived home, Abington entered Minast Ithil. It was at this time that the Cagilan Empire decided to pull out of the war, claiming that whatever Abington is doing, it must be the right thing to do. Minas Ithil's army met the enemy in the middle of the realm, but was defeated. Norland arrived with a new army and invaded Winwich and Dunstoke. Abington burned down whatever they could and tried to hurt Minas Ithil as much as possible. They did a good job. With the economy in ruins the Ithilians had to concentrate on rebuilding it, rather than defending the borders. Barony decided it was time to pull out from the war, and so they returned to the north. Norland took over Winwich after several days, but got reports of Abington battling Talerium on their way home. Talerium was coming...

• Phase 4: Norland against Minas Ithil and Talerium

Dead Angel3 was once again lucky enough to receive help from the former enemies of Norland. Winwich did not have a fort, and the enemy was stronger than the viking army, so it was up to General Balian to think of a strategy that would bring victory to Norland's side. The Talerian and Ithilian armies arrived to the region with the morning sunlight, but since there was a troopleader from Makar among the viking ranks the Talerian army refused to fight, since they were at peace with the Barony. The Ithilian army had been slaughtered, and the Talerian leaders declared the Barony of Makar a neutral realm. Both armies prepared for the upcoming second battle, and as the sun started setting the aggressors charged at the viking troops... the result was another heroic victory for Norland and the death of General Balian.

Norland

(Flag) (Coat of Arms)
http://tinyurl.com/BMWikimap/BMWorld2_Norland_WithCapital.png
Continent / Island	Atamara
Capital	Brackhead
Largest City	Brackhead
Government System Konungr Grand Shield Maiden Grand Executioner Wealth and Loot Overseer	Republic Valak of the Scipii Janna Da Hadez Gorhero Capelo Omlink II Belios
Region Numbers	5 (12th)
Population	25035
Players	30
Last Statistics Update	2009.12.13