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During the Third Age (Idea and layout copied from Irombrozia):
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=The Great War - Third Part=
  
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==First Campaign (June-July 1006)==
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To read about the second part of the Great War covering the 5th Campaign from November 1006 to February 2007, go here:
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[[Riombara/The Great War/Part 2|The Great War - Part 2]]
  
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar1-beginn.jpg|left]]
 
  
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====Political Situation in May 1006====
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====5th Campaign, results====
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'''Legend:'''  
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The entire 5th campaign was fought by Riombara and Alluran against Luz, Enweil and Irombro. Our enemies were considerable stronger than our side, still they did not manage to gain anything. In the beginning, Luz and Enweil retook Mio Dupaki and Glongin, but after bitter fighting we managed to retake them. This did cost us Rii which was taken by Irombrozia, and Brovyl which was taken from Alluran by Luz. So after all that strength being invested by our enemies against us, they had practically given up on holding Grehk by force and were unable to make any significant gains against Alluran.
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==Sixth Campaign (February 1007 - May 1007)==
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar11a.jpg|left]]
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6th Campaign: From the time Enweil had to focus northwards to the present. The 6th Campaign was fought in the south by Riombara and Alluran against Luz de Bia and Irombro; in the north by our allies Avalon, Fronen, Old Grehk and Thalmarkin against Enweil and Fwuvoghor.
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First Sortie
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*Feb 8th: Luz has abandoned their efforts of taking Xween, thus over 22.000 enemies now concentrate on taking Brovyl from Alluran. We reenter Ardmore.
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====The 2nd battle of Eno, Feb 10th====
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'''Diplomacy:''' Irombrozia treacherously and unsurprisingly lowers relations to Alluran to 'surprise' them and joins Luz and Enweil in the long expected attack against Eno. They enter in an alliance with Luz de Bia as well. The day before, Fwuvoghor joins in an alliance with Enweil. This completes their complete turnaround from having a defensive alliance with Riombara. It is expected that Fwuvoghor will turn openly hostile soon.
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*Feb 10th: 24.000 attack Allurans 12.000 defenders. The battle is tough, but the enemy superiority is too large: They take the walls, inflicting around 7000 casualties among the Allurans but suffering an equal number in return. Right after this battle our advance guard attacks into Bolkenia to intercept Iormbrozians returning from their surprise attack against Eno: 2.100 Riombarans fight 2.500 Irombrozians - and lose, though losses are substantial on both sides. At the same time we run a friendly TO of Rii, which soon fails. Another is started right afterwards.
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====The 1st Assault against Irombro, Feb 11th====
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*Feb 11th: With Irombrozia cut off and our main army having arrived at the front in Rueffilo, we immediately attack the city of Irombro: 12.100 smash the 3.200 Irombrozian defenders. Enweil starts to leave Eno, heading north. Our TO of Rii fails yet again and a hostile one is started. After investing 26.000 men against Alluran, <i>Luz now finally takes control of '''Brovyl'''</i>
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'''Diplomacy''': Our allies are marching - a massive army from Avalon, Fronen, Old Grehk and Thalmarkin totalling over 40.000 men marches towards Fengen, the capital of Enweil.
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*Feb 13th: We hold Irombro, Bolkenia and Rii with light forces while our core marches through the still burning Eno to attack the rearguard of Luz in Brovyl: 6.200 Alluran and Riombarans rout 2.400 Luzian rearguard troops. Over the next day there are 2 more skirmishes in Irombro and 1 in Bolkenia, leading to roughly 1000 losses for Irombrozia.
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'''Diplomacy''': In two massive and bloody battles, our allies meet defeat in Fengen: 32.000 attack 24.000 defenders, resulting in a stalemate, followed by another battle of 16.000 attackers against 16.000 defenders, resulting in a clear victory for Enweil. '''Fwuvoghor''' uses this <i>to declare war against Riombara</i>. After fighting side by side, after being supported by us against Avalon, they have decided to break our common alliance and attack - without provocation or cause.
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====The 3rd Battle of Rii, Feb 15th====
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*Feb 15th: Irombrozia in a desperate but futile attempt attacks with 2.300 into Rii - and is met by 7.400 Riombarans. Only a handfull Irombrozians escape - noone understands why they threw their lives away like that. Fwuvoghor starts a hostile TO of Melegra.
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*Feb 17th: Our hostile TO failed after 4 days. We march towards Grehk to meet a freshly refitted Luz that was also heading towards the city. A friendly TO of Grehk is begun by our advance guard.
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*Feb 19th: After the friendly TO failed, we start a hostile one. By now our army numbers 14.000, Luz' has moved 12.500 into Mio Dupaki. Alluran is still holding Bolkenia in force, running a TO there. By sunset, Luz cunningly moves two thirds of their army into Glongin, masking their move...this might be a preparation to attack our army in Grehk from two directions. Fwuvoghor <i>takes '''Melegra'''</i>. Especially damaging is the fact that we lose our claim on the region as well...
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*Feb 20th: Luz move to the attack - but instead of being pleased by blood and mayhem, the gods decree that no fighting shall take place. We are dismayed, as we outnumber our foes considerably: 16.200 against 11.900. In addition, our hostile TO fails due to the enemy army being present. The faceoff continues at sunset, the only difference being additional Luzian reinforcements. In the northern theater, Fwuvoghor has moved into Ajitmon, starting another TO.
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====The 5th Battle of Grehk, Feb 21st====
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*Feb 21st: Finally the truce is over: 14.800 Luzians warriors meet our 15.400. The battlefield is fiercely contested right from the beginning, with our forces having a slight edge in quality. During the 2nd hour, the both sides charge their cavalry into the melee - the bloodiest moment of the entire war, with 8500 and 7300 wounds received...both sides lose over 230 lances in this round alone. From now on, our better armoured troops make themselves felt...little by little the enemy is pushed back, though the the Luzian warriors fight bravely. Still, it is to no avail - in the 6th hour their line crumbles and slaughter ensues. Luz loses over 10.000 men, we roughly 6.000. Both sides have heavy casualties within the noble ranks as well: Riombara has 6 wounded, including a Duke, a marshal and a count. Luz has 5, including their chancellor and their general. The heaviest loss is Luz' hero Motig though.
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====The 1st Battle of Bolkenia, Feb 21st====
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*Feb 21st: While the battle in Grehk rages, another battle is fought in the south: Irombrozia attacks the forces of Alluran which were conducting a brutal TO of Bolkenia: 5.100 Irombrozians charge 5.900 Alluran warriors. The Irombrozians are routed with heavy losses, though they manage to break the TO.
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====The 6th Battle of Grehk, Feb 22nd====
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*Feb 22nd: The following sunrise, one more battle is fought in Grehk: The surviving 4.600 Luzians bravely charge our 10.600 defenders but are cut down. After the dust clears, only 2.800 of Luz once mighty army have survived while ours still numbers 9.500. Even our TO is still active. Luz withdraws. The next day our TO fails. That makes the count 2 friendly, 1 hostile failed in Rii - and 1 friendly, 3 hostile failed in Grehk. We withdraw to refit.
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====The 2nd Battle of Bolkenia, Feb 25th====
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Second Sortie
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*Feb 25th: During the morning, 4.600 Irombrozians attack the Alluran forces running a TO of Bolkenia - during the 3rd hours of the assault their line is broken and they flee the battlefield after suffering heavy casualties. While that fight rages in the south, <i>Fwuvoghor takes '''Ajitmon'''</i>. A few hours later our relief army reaches the region but the enemy had withdrawn except for 1500 which are cut down. We start a friendly TO.
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'''Diplomacy''': In a magnificent ceremony, Duke Marc is cremated in [[Beluaterra/Irombro|Irombro]].
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*Feb 28th: <i>We retake '''Ajitmon'''</i> and our army heads to refit. Alluran starts another brutal TO of Bolkenia. One day later, Luz' vanguard of 5500 has reached Mio Dupaki, starting a hostile TO. At the same time Irombro ventures forth from their city into Rueffilo, starting a hostile TO as well. They are right next to Allurans 7000 holding Bolkenia.
  
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====The 3rd Battle of Rueffilo, March 1st====
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*March 1st: Despite having ample time to see our buildup in Ardmore, Irombro holds in Rueffilo, guarding their TO. One cannot fault their courage, only their general...on sunset, our 10.100 warriors charge Irombro's 5.300 defenders. As two thirds of their army consist of archers, we make short work of them, though the high quality of Irombros armies once again shows: we lose about 2000 men while of their force only 800 survive. As Alluran now commands over 7000 men, Irombro will be hard pressed to field a force strong enough to become a threat again...by now they probably rue the day they attacked their neighbour.
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'''Diplomacy''': While we enjoy success in the south, our allies are beaten twice in Vilriil - a painful defeat.
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*March 2nd: After marching north again immediately after th battle in Rueffilo, our advance splits up and strikes into Glongin and Grehk simultainously. The risk is worth it: in Grehk 4.500 Riombarans rout 1.300 defenders, in Glongin, 5000 Riombarans drive around 800 Luzians off....while over 9000 further Luzians look on from Mio.
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====The 1st Battle of Mio Dupaki, March 3rd====
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*March 3rd: After having driven off Fwuvoghor in the north and breaking the Irombrozian TO of Rueffilo, we confront Luz in Mio Dupaki: 14.900 Riombarans charge 9.600 Luzians who have dug in to defend their TO - Luz is clearly missing the strength of their advanceforces lost in Grehk and Glongin. As their marshal orders them into fortification defense, our cavalry charge followed by a fierce attack of our infantry line wreaks great havoc. For a while they hold, but as most of their troops are fresh recruits their line is broken by our veterans in the 5th hour of battle. In the aftermath great slaughter ensues: only 1.100 of their men manage to escape, while our losses are comparatively light at 3.500. We now have an army of over 11.000 ready to march while no enemy force remains... During the aftermath of this decisive battle we receive the report that <i>Alluran has taken '''Bolkenia''' from Irombro</i>, cutting Cagamir off.
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*March 4th: We push on into Kuugl, routing 1000 Luzian survivors and starting a friendly TO. By the next day 7000 Riombarans have reached Thromegor, where a skirmish with retreating Luzian forces results in some more nobles being captured. We now stand before the city of Jidington, the enemy capital - its duke hastily recruits additional defenders.
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*March 6th: Our advance marches onwards into Elloranaal, resulting in another skirmish - we stand poised to storm Luz' capital but their emergency recruitings are just sufficient to prevent an assault. Surprisingly <i>our friendly TO of '''Kuugl''' succeeds</i> after 3 turns. Thus we head on into Epinotke and Bym. By now we have battlefieldcontrol of all of Luz' regions except the cities of Jidington and Eylmon - all other regions are held by our forces. In addition we hold 13 Luzian nobles in our prison, most of whom where captured after the main battle. A friendly TO of Bym is started.
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====The 1st Assault on Eylmon, March 7th====
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*March 7th: 7.100 Riombarans charge the 2.300 Luzian defenders of the city of Eylmon. Holding their shields above their heads, our warriors charge the level 2 walls - but to their astonishment they do not suffer the expected hail of arrows and spears. Once they reach the top of the wall unopposed, they see that the defenders have deployed in the 'Delay and Wound' formation, disregarding their walls. Not being ones to complain, we cheerfully overrun their position. Luz loses 2000, we 800 men, we start a Colony TO. Irombrozia moves into Rueffilo once again.
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====The 4th Battle of Rueffilo, March 9th====
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*March 9th: Our Colony TO fails. Our army gathers in Bym to guard our second TO. 4200 warriors from Alluran attack the 4000 Irombrozians in Rueffilo, routing them though the battle is bloody. <i>'''Bolkenia''' revolts and goes rogue, though it is retaken by Alluran immediately afterwards.</i>
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*March 11th: <i>Our TO of '''Bym''' succeeds</i> - with Kuugl and Bym taken we have advanced further than ever in this gruelling, 8-month long war. We head home to refit. Luz has not dared to venture farther than Eloranaal, but now that our army leaves Bym they march south against Alluran.
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'''Diplomacy''': Avalon and Fronen hold the recently retaken region of Wilwau with 24.000 men, Enweil and Fwuvoghor attack with 20.000 warriors. The heavy troops of our allies make themselves felt right from the beginning, pushing the attackers back. They break after several hours of fighting, but only 2000 escape, leaving 18.000 fallen on the battlefield. Though our allies suffer 10.000 losses, this is a decisive victory!
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Third Sortie
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*March 13th: Alluran once again routs Irombrozia, this time in Bolkenia...and this time Irombro suffers heavily while Alluran does not. Luz is running a TO in Xween, attempting to take the region from Alluran. Another Luzian TO is started in Kuugl. Our vanguard starts to head south again, though half of our army is right now only starting to repair the massive equipment damage.
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====The 2nd Battle of Xween, March 14th====
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*March 14th: Right after smashing Irombro in Bolkenia, Alluran attacks Luz in Xween: 6500 attackers advance against the 10.000 Luzian defenders. Though Alluran loses, Luz suffers quite a bit more casualties. Right afterwards, Alluran charges once again - and this second attack forces Luz to withdraw from Xween, abandoning their TO. This achievement of the small citystate is impressive indeed - and noted throughout Beluaterra! One day later, <i>Luz retakes '''Kuugl'''</i> - half a day ahead of our relief force.
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*March 16th: Our vanguard reaches Epinotke and Elloranaal where a small Luzian detachement is destroyed. Alluran - after barely having refitted in Eno - is once again charging Irombro in Bolkenia: 3.100 Alluran warriors charge 4.800 Irombrozians - but are repelled. That is the first victory for Irombrozia in quite some time and results <i>in Irombro taking '''Bolkenia'''</i>. We start a friendly TO of Epinotke - and this draws Luz out of their fortress Jidington into Elloranaal.
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====The 1st Battle of Elloranaal, March 19th====
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*March 19th: Luz has assembled in Elloranaal - we attack: 8.800 Riombarans charge 8.400 Luzians. Our battlehardened warriors carve a bloody path through Luz' freshly recruited ranks: During the 5th hour the battle is decided: We lose around 2500, Luz their complete army: 7500. We start a friendly TO of Elloranaal, which fails soon afterwards. We start another TO in Elloranaal, this time a hostile one. Alluran starts another friendly TO of Brovyl.
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'''Diplomacy''': In a surprise election in the Republic of Fwuvoghor, Retravic loses her seat to Widfara. He starts to distance himself from Enweil and offers better relations to Avalon and Riombara. Retravic starts a rebellion which sometime later succeeds. She once again sets her course towards Enweil.
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* March 22nd: Luz sends a small strikeforce of 3500 northwards from Jidington. THey manage to reach Grehk, supplying it with food, then head southwards. Several skirmishes erupt in Rueffilo - we manage to beat back Irombro even though outnumbered, but the 3rd skirmish ends with Irombro holding the field - though being powerless to do anything.
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*March 24th: After 5 days, <i>Riombara takes '''Elloranaal'''</i>. We head home to refit. Luz leaves Jidington and <i>starts a friendly TO of '''Elloranaal''', which succeeds</i> 2 days later.
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*March 26th: Luz heads into Bym and starts a hostile TO.
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Third sortie / Aftermath: We are able to reach, hold and take a region right infront of Luz' captial - while they have not come close to ours for months. We were able to shield Alluran from Luz for a while though their TO was not to be successfull.
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Fourth Sortie
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====The 3rd Battle of Bolkenia, March 28th====
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*March 28th: Alluran holds Bolkenia, Irombro aided by a luzian strikeforce attacks: 7.000 against an equal number of Alluran warriors. Though Alluran wins, their losses are severe - and the following day their survivors are slaughtered. Our advance reaches Glongin, killing a small Luzian advance force of 1000. We at once head into Mio Dupaki, catching another 500 that are withdrawing from Grehk.
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* March 30th: We assault Bym with 8.500 men - but their main force withdraws. Still, we manage to crush 1.700 stragglers while suffering only 200 losses ourselves.
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*March 31st: We concentrate our army in Grehk, starting a friendly TO. It looks like finally the peasants do not believe in Luz anymore after having been cut off for months - and after Luz has given up on stationing any force there for over 8 weeks.
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====The Taking of Grehk, April 3rd====
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*April 3rd: By now we have concentrated over 17.000 men in Grehk - and finally, after countless takeovers - <i>'''Grehk''' is ours!</i> The old capital or our realm, the city where Riombara was founded once again flies the golden banner! Luz moves cautiously into Thromegor. One half day later, Irombro marches over 7000 men into Rueffilo, their largest army yet. They even start a hostile TO, announcing to all the world that they intend to stay there. Why they do that when they know that a veteran army over twice their strength is only one day march away, an army that is by now rested and has repaired its equipment...no one knows. We set out towards Glongin anyway, suspecting some kind trickery.
  
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====The 5th Battle of Rueffilo, April 5th (sunrise)====
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*April 5th: True to their usual stubbornness, Irombro holds in Rueffilo though they have to see us approaching: 13.400 Riombarans charge 7.200 Irombrozians. Even though their green troops fight bravely and well as usual, their line crumbles under our cavalry onslaught. They try a strategic withdrawal, but what starts as orderly withdrawal from the field ends in a bloody rout: Riombara loses 1.600 men, Irombrozia over 6.000. The Riombaran general Herkan, incensed at seeing such incompetence in his adversary, insults the Irombrozian commander Renee for squandering the lives of her men due to her gross incompetence. Now Alluran commands the south and Luz has roughly 9000 Men in Kuugl against our 15.000 in the area.
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====The 2nd Assault on Irombro, April 5th (sunset)====
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*April 5th: Right after the battle, while most of our army hurries back towards Grehk, a small Riombaran force follows the retreating Irombrozians - and even though their troops manage to get into the city and close the gates, Hireshmont orders them to a rearguardaction. Gleefully, our 4.600 warriors storm the empty walls and start to cut into the 2.700 defenders. Though these manage to retake part of the wall, even push some attackers back into the fields before their fortification, it is to no avail...only a few defenders manage to withdraw. Luz vanguard enters Mio, but they face a hastily reinforced Grehk...1 halfday earlier and they could have taken the city.
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====The 2nd Battle of Mio Dupaki, April 7th====
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*April 7th: While we fight Irombro, Luz has cautiously moved nearly 9.000 men into Mio Dupaki, starting a friendly TO. Why they do that while they have to know that we have over 15.000 men within 1 day march is only known to them. We forcemarch towards them and cheerfully attack: 14.600 Riombarans attack 9.100 Luzian warriors. After initial skirmishing, our main battlelines meet in the 3rd hour of fighting - the clash is tremendous, but for every Riombaran that falls, Luz suffers two casualties. In the fourth hour, 4 of theirs fall for every one or ours...and their line breaks, resulting in bloody mayhem: Luz' losses number around 8.000, ours around 2.500.
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*April 7th: Immediately we set out to follow their withdrawing remnants towards Jidington: Skirmishes in Mio, Kuugl and Thromegor result in Luz' mobile army being completely destroyed and half their nobles being wounded or imprisoned.
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====The 1st Assault on Jidington, April 9th (sunrise)====
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*April 9th: After having reached Thromegor, we at once assault our enemies capital, which is held by 4 nobles commanding 1.400 men and around 4.100 militia. Those 5.500 face 9.000 Riombarans - all that were able to finish the forced march after having fought in two main battles, one assault against Irombro and countless skirmishes. Fighting is bitter, we gain the walls of the stronghold several times, but at last Luz is able to hold them against us and we are repulsed. Both sides lose around 5.000 men.
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'''Diplomacy''': Our allies celebrate an important victory after having assaulted and taken the long contested fortress of Fwuvoghor - though a strong Enweilian army assembles nearby.
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====The 2nd Assault on Jidington, April 9th (sunset)====
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*April 9th: While 3 skirmishes are fought and won in Bym, Thromegor and Kuugl, we prepare for another  assault against our enemies' capital: 5.500 Riombarans charge 2.400 Luzian warriors who hold their position on top of the walls of their stronghold. Both sides are exhausted, their armour is torn and their swords are blunt...but both sides fight tenaciously. Riombara gains a small foothold on the walls which is bitterly contested for the next 6 hours. Some of our men are thrown back again and again, only to scale back up. Siege engines are destroyed and Riombaran banners cut down...but in the end, the defenders cannot hold and we win the day. No pursuit is possible as both sides just leave from each other after being completely exhausted - but still we rejoice, as now we hold their capital! But in a dastardly act, Magnum Opus, the judge of Luz tortures one of our own to death: Morir, an infiltrator. He did attack a councilmember without Riombara's consent, so a hefty penalty was in order - but an unclean death like that will be remembered.
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*April 10th: Fighting again ensues in Jidington as Luz tries to push us from their city - though this time there is no clearcut fieldbattle, only vicious house to house fighting: 1.800 Luzians try to surprise 4.800 Riombarans, but we hold firm. The following sunset, the bloody fighting continues as once again 1.800 Luzians try to dislodge us from the heart of their realm, though again they lose. By now we barely have more than a handfull of frontline fighters left standing...on both sides, scores of nobles have been wounded during those 2 bloody days and nights.
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'''Diplomacy''': While our allies hold the fortress of Fwuvoghor, Enweil attacks: 17.400 Enweilian warriors charge 22.300 defenders, but are beaten soundly. Our alliance stays in control of Fwuvoghor city. Two days later, 5000 allies defeat 4000 of our enemies in Vilriil.
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*April 13th: We are heading home to refit after two glorious weeks of combat. While Luz refits - after recruiting they are fielding a total of 8.000 men in comparison to our 22.000 - <i>Alluran takes '''Brovyl'''</i>. Irombro moves into Rueffilo but is soon driven out after accomplishing nothing.
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====The 3rd Assault against Irombro, April 16th====
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*April 16th: As our forces in Rueffilo number 8.500, the order to assault the stronghold of Irombro is given. The 5.200 defenders again disregard their walls, but luckily for them reach them in time to defend them against our assault - and defend them they do! Our forces never gain a foothold on the walls and are mauled, though the defenders suffer as well. This is Riombara's first defeat since Irombrozia declared war against us.
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'''Diplomacy''': On April 17th, Enweil charges the allied defenders of Fwuvoghor once again - but their attack is too weak: 15.000 against 27.000 defenders. Even though the defenders lose a notable part of their forces, the attackers are completely crushed.
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*April 17th: After their victory Irombro - once again - enters Rueffilo. Luz has recruited another army and one day later enters Bym with 5.500 men, starting a hostile TO...thought their army is a shadow of its former self. At the same time Irombro starts a hostile TO of Rueffilo. We have by now moved over 7000 fresh troops into Glongin, blocking the passage between both enemy armies. Once again we ask ourselves why Irombro offers up themselves to be attacked, but why waste a perfect opportunity?
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'''Diplomacy''': Today, Luz has refused a peaceoffer made by us based on a border along Xween-Brovyl-river-Glongin-Mio Dupaki. Thus fullscale war will continue.
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====The 6th Battle of Rueffilo, April 19th====
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*April 19th: In a by now very familiar maneuver, 7.800 Riombarans charge 5.100 Irombrozians. They had misdirected back towards Irombro, but it is to no avail. Though their archers are deadly, they can only use their bows for one hour, after which their thin infantry screen is broken. Once again Irombro is routed, suffering heavy losses. Immediately, we set out again, forcemarching towards Bym which is still held by Luz
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*April 20th: In the morning hours, <i>Luz takes '''Bym''' after only 2 and a half days</i> and starts to vacate the mountains. At sunset our relief army arrives - just a little too late. Still, our 11.000 charge the remaining 2500 defenders, of which 2000 stay on the field. We start a friendly TO to regain the region.
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====The 2nd Assault on Eylmon, April 23rd====
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*April 23rd: Luz has withdrawn 3000 men to Eylmon - and we charge the city once again: 5.300 Riombarans take the Bailey with few losses and drive the defenders off...only few of them do survive. At sunset <i>Riombara retakes '''Bym'''</i> after 2 and a half days. We send a small force northwestwards into Enweil to aid our allies.
  
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====The 1st Assault on Enweilios, April 26th====
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*April 26th: Our allies storm Enweilios - and our small force arrives to reinforce them. Still, even though our allies had defeated Enweil in the morning, once the fight resumes at sunset they hold the walls - and our 7000 attackers are defeated by 5000 defenders. We withdraw southwards again. We also withdraw from Eylmon: With the northern force in Enweilios and a southern force in Rueffilo, holding off Irombro there are too few left to take Eylmon. Alluran is running a TO of Epinotke, which would cut off Elymon from Luz if successfull.
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'''Diplomacy''': Dead Angel, the duke of Eylmon seceeds his city from Luz de Bia to create Caras Caladhon - but neither Bym nor Epinotke joins the new realm. Now there are 5 realms in the southlands where there were only 2 when the war started. We open negotiations with Dead Angel.
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*April 29th: While we return to the battlefield after having withdrawn our forces from the to refit, <i>Alluran takes '''Epinotke'''.</i>. They now control 4 regions (1 city), Caras Caldhon 1 city, Irombro 4 regions as well (1 city), Luz 5 (1 city) and Riombara 11 (3 cities). We start a hostile TO of Rii.
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====The 4th Battle of Rii, April 30th====
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*April 30th: Irombrozia leaves the protection of their walls to attack our TO force in Rii: We salute their courage and cut them down: 4000 attackers charge over 7000 defending Riombarans. Losses are light on our side, nearly the whol attacking force stays on the field. Due to the Riombaran general not being availiable, noone orders an immediate counterattack into Irombro. Our TO of Rii fails.
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====The 4th Assault against Irombro, May 1st====
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*May, 1st: We charge Irombro's walls: 7000 attackers advance, but Irombrozia had just enough time for some emergency recruitments - so we face 4000 defenders. Their excellent bowmanship takes its toll...and even though their complete infantry is routed, their bowmen manage to hold the walls. Beaten we have to withdraw amid the jeers of the victors.
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*May 4th: We return after refitting - this time we will concentrate against Irombro.
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*May, 7th: We start a brutal TO of Bolkenia - sad tidings indeed, as this is the first time in Riombara's history that we are stooping so low.
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*May 9th: Aggressive as usual, Irombrozia launches an attack against Rueffilo and wins: their 4.600 overrun our 2000 defenders, while we have 12.000 men in Bolkenia.
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====The 7th Battle of Rueffilo, May 9th (sunrise)====
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*May 9th: Irombro starts a friendly TO of Rueffilo. Why they do that while we have three times their forces only their general does know. Cheerfully we attack: 10.000 Riombarans charge 4.300 defenders who fight valiantly as usual, but even their high quality troops cannot change the outcome: Irombrozia is routed, losing 3.100 while our losses number 1.100. But the fact that Irombrozia cannot afford to continually throw their army away pales beneath the fact that Irombro is now only lightly defended.
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====The 5th Assault against Irombro, May 9th (sunset)====
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*May 9th: With Irombrozia having been defeated in Rueffilo, we immediately march against Irombro: arriving at the same time as the few withdrawing Irombrozians, we attack the stronghold: 8.000 Riombarans against 1.600 defenders. As one, our infantry takes and holds the walls after which the outcome is decided, even though the defenders fight tenaciously as usual: they lose 1.200, we only 600 - Irombro is ours!
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'''Diplomacy''': On May 11th, Alluran drives the full Luzian army out of Epinotke. Luz had been runing a friendly TO, but had to withdraw their 8000 CS before Alluran's 10.000. Still, our allies catch 2.500 stragglers. Alluran marches into Elloranaal the next day, starting a hostile TO.
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*May 12th: After 6 gruelling days, <i>Riombara takes '''Bolkenia'''</i>. With this we have now reached a comparable strength like we had before the war...
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====The 6th Battle in Irombro, May 13th====
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*May 13th: A small battle erupts in Irombro as 2.600 Irombrozian leave their tunnels to attack our occupation forces of 6.100: Their fighting quality is as usual high, but still they are driven off. Some of their survivors later gather in Rii, the only region besides Cagamir in the vicinity of Irombro that is not held by Riombaran troops.
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*May 15th: Irombrozia has gathered their few remaining forces in Rii while we hold their capital in strength and are repairing Bolkenia. After 3 days of efforts, we manage to destroy the main ramparts of their stronghold - Irombro will from now on only be defended by a Keep (level 3).
  
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'''Roman numerals''': referred to in the text
 
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'''Filled''': Realms sending troops against or in aid of Riombara.
 
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'''Outlined''': Realms indirectly involved.
 
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'''CS''': For RP purposes, 1 'CS' is counted as one warrior. 1 'man' is equal to a pennant: 1 knight plus his retainers.
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar1c.jpg|right]]
 
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* '''Luz''' (red, L) and '''Enweil''' (orange, E) attack us (yellow, R)
 
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* '''Avalon''' (A) attacks '''Fronen''' (our allies, F), preventing them supporting us
 
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* we lose the city of Fwuvoghor (I) to Enweil (1st battle of Fwuvoghor), but manage to hold off Luz at first (1st battle of Ardmore - win, 1st battle of Glongin - loss, 2nd battle of Ardmore - loss)
 
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* We lose Ardmore (II) to Luz (2nd assault on Fwuvoghor)
 
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* '''Sint''' (Si) attacks '''Ashborn''' (A), our allies. '''Plergoth''' (P) comes to Ashborns help.
 
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* We lose Rueffilo and Bolkenia (III) to Luz
 
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(now look at the 2nd map)
 
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* '''Irombro''' (blue, I) seceeds, taking Rii and Bolkenia with them - Riombara is reduced to the isles.
 
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* We lose Melegra (II) to Enweil
 
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* Enweil makes peace with us, handing Melegra back
 
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* Luz takes Rii (III) from Irombro
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar2b.jpg|right]]
 
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====First Campaign, results:====
 
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* 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.
 
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* For a similar account centered around Irombrozia, look here: [[Irombrozia/Honor War|The Irombrozian Honour War]].
 
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==Second Campaign (August 1006)==
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar3-politics.jpg|right]]
 
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* Fronen steadily gains against Avalon
 
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* '''Kthon''' (K) seceeds from '''Plergoth''' (P)
 
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* '''Enweil''' (E) attacks Plergoth - their own creation
 
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* we attack Ardmore (3rd battle of Ardmore - defeat). We manage to kill enough Luzian soldiers to enable Irombro some breathing space
 
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* Ashborn is halved in Size by Sint.
 
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* '''Varyama Nolvo''' fractures into 3 realms: Varyama Nolvo, Vice and Heen with the first 2 fighting Heen.
 
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* Fronen makes peace with Avalon, reducing Avalon significantly.
 
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* 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.
 
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* '''Fwuvoghor''' (F, blue) seceeds from Enweil, enabling allied reinforcements to reach us.
 
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* Avalon helps Luz to assault Irombro (17.000 CS), but retreats afterwards.
 
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* Fronens first wave arrives. We attack Ardmore (18.000 CS against 20.000 CS, 4th battle of Ardmore - defeat)
 
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* We attack Ardmore again (5th battle of Ardmore - defeat)
 
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* 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.
 
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====Second campaign, results:====
 
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* During the second campaign we manage to hold on, even giving the Irombrozians some breathing space.
 
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==Third Campaign (September, October 1006)==
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar4b.jpg|right]]
 
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* '''Fronen's''' (green) second wave is arriving (Sept 13 - Sept 17)
 
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====6th Assault against Ardmore, Sept 19====
 
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* 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.
 
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* Fronen attacks into Rueffilo
 
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* Luz retreats from Irombro
 
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* after 5 days our TO is successfull (Sept 24) - <i>'''Ardmore''' is ours again</i>. Due to the claims being installed when the war started, it is now Luz who has a claim on Ardmore, not us...
 
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* Luz recruits massively in Grehk (III) - 19.000 mobile troops.
 
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====7th battle of Ardmore, Sept 25====
 
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* 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
 
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* As a result of the 7th battle, <i>Luz takes control of '''Ardmore'''</i> on Sept 30th and attacks into Avengmil on Oct 3rd with 15.000. We retreat, but 4000 are lost.
 
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====1st Battle of Avengmil, Oct 4th and Oct 5th====
 
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* 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.
 
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* 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.
 
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* Oct 6th: Our and Fronens main army (3rd wave) reaches Ardmore - a TO is started.
 
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* Oct 8th: Avalon is arrayed against Iormbrozia in Bolkenia (IV). If they attack it will most probably mean war between Fronen and Avalon again.
 
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* Oct 11th: <i>After 5 days '''Ardmore''' is once again ours</i>. Due to Fronens support we were able to wrest that region from Luz despite it lying right next to their capital.
 
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* 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.
 
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* 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.
 
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* Oct 19th: <i>Irombrozia takes '''Rii'''</i> (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!
 
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* Oct 19th: We move into Rueffilo, starting a TO
 
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====8th battle of Ardmore, Oct 20th====
 
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* Oct 20th: Luz moves into Ardmore, starting a TO. We counterattack with 11.000 against 16.000, but are beaten badly.
 
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* Oct 23rd: As result of the lost battle, <i>Luz takes '''Ardmore'''</i>. Our TO in Rueffilo has failed. Herkan is appointed as General of Riombara.
 
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====3rd campaign, results:====
 
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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 <i>and</i> that their capital is right at the frontline we consider this a great success indeed!
 
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==Fourth Campaign (October-November 1006)==
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar5b.jpg|right]]
 
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'''Statistics:''' 
 
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Luz (red): income 9.500, 17 regions (4 cities), 280.000 inhabitants.
 
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Riombara (yellow): income 4.500, 6 regions (2 cities), 145.000 inhabitants.
 
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Irombrozia (blue): income 800, 2 regions (1 city), 23.000 inhabitants.
 
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Fronen (green, big): income 7000, 17 regions (3 cities), 165.000 inhabitants.
 
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Fwuvoghor (green, small): income 1000, 2 regions (1 city), 30.000 inhabitants.
 
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* Oct 24th: '''Fwuvoghor'''  arrives - the result of a new alliance that is finalized between our realms. Luz moves into Rii, starting a TO. In Riombara, the army is reorganized, the already existing Military Council is beginning to be used as an asset.
 
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First Sortie
 
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====9th contest of Ardmore, Oct 26th====
 
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* 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 <i>Luz takes control of '''Rii'''</i> (II).
 
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* Oct 27th: Luz is building up: 21.000 mobile strength in Grehk facing our 18.000 in Ardmore
 
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* Oct 28th: <i>After only 5 days, we control '''Ardmore''' again</i>
 
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* 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.
 
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* 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
 
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Second Sortie
 
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* 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.
 
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====1st contest of Rueffilo, Nov 3rd====
 
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* Nov 3rd: We follow Luz' detachment into Rueffilo (IV), routing 6000 and starting a TO. The luzian Duke of Jidington, Sir TVFD3 is killed in the battle, the first which sees Riombara and Irombrozia fighting side by side. 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.
 
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====1st assault on Eno, Nov 5th====
 
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* Nov 5th: An allied force (Fronen, Riombara, Irombrozia) 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.
 
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* 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 <i>we finally retake '''Rueffilo''' (IV)</i> - 4 months after it was taken from us.
 
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====10th battle of Ardmore, Nov 8th, Sunrise and Sunset====
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar6.jpg|right]]
 
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* Nov 8th: Luz moves north into Avengmil (I), taking the bait of our intentionally left empty northlands. We also start a TO in Rii. One turn later we move our fully reinforced army north into Ardmore (II), attempting to cut Luz off from their capital. Hastily Luz turns around to head back south. We meet in Ardmore: 18.000 allied forces (Riombara, Fronen, Fwuvoghor) against 15.000 of Luz - and our victory is total. After the sun rises, only 3000 of Luz' force managed to escape...they suffer 12.000 casualties to our 4.500. At sunset, Luz' forces that had been cut off in Avengmil try to sneak through Ardmore back into their capital. They are spotted, surrounded and destroyed nearly to the last man: 15.000 allied against 4.500 Luzian with Losses around 1.500 for us and 4000 for Luz. Surprisingly <i>our low priority TO of '''Rii''' (III) succeeds</i> after only 1,5 days.
 
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* Nov 9th: Luzian emergency recruitments in Grehk barely prevent us from assaulting that city. We move into Glongin (IV) instead, starting another TO. Luz is back at 7.200 mobile strength. Part of our army heads for a refit.
 
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* Nov 11th: <i>Our TO of '''Glongin''' suceeds after 3 days</i>. We withdraw from Glongin, Luz attacks with 12.000 and catches 3000 stragglers. Irombrozia starts a TO of Cagamir (V)
 
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Third Sortie
 
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====2nd battle of Glongin, Nov 12th====
 
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* Nov 12th: We counterattack into Glongin from Ardmore where the freshly refitted reinforcements have arrived just in time: 11.400 allied (more than half of them Fronen) forces against 9.800 Luzian. Our heavy Infantry, in case of our allies already having fought 3 previous major battles breaks their line, resulting in another victory: Our enemies lose 8000 men, we 4.500. Luz is once again down to 5000 mobile troops, but our battleweary soldiers are once again - barely - prevented from assaulting our enemies capital by their still fresh militia.
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar7b.jpg|right]]
 
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* Nov 14th: We keep a force of 8000 in Glongin, engaging 1800 undead once, even fighting side by side with Luz - a strange experience. Another 2000 undead are killed outside the city of Rines a day later.
 
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* Nov 16th: With Luz mobile force rising back to 11.000 we move back to Ardmore and reinforce our army as well up to 12.000. Irombrozia <i>takes '''Cagamir''' (I)</i> from Luz.
 
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* Nov 20th: While we refit, Luz ventures forth from Grehk into Glongin, facing part of our army in Ardmore. Herkan steps down as general and Quinn is elected in his place.
 
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* Nov 22nd: <i>Luz retakes '''Glongin''' (II)</i> - then heads south. Irombrozia is pillaging Eno once again.
 
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* Nov 24th: Luz barely defeats Irombrozia in a pitched battle in Bolkenia: 7000 against 5000.
 
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'''Diplomacy''': '''Fwuvoghor''' <i>withdraws from the conflict</i> as they have completed helping us regain all previously undisputed Riombaran regions.
 
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Fourth Sortie
 
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====1st assault against Grehk, Nov 25th====
 
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* Nov 25th: Before Luz' army is able to return, we assault Grehk: On a windy day 18.000 Riombarans face 11.000 defenders who take up position on the walls of their stronghold. Over 30 siege engines approach the walls, which is breached by the units of 4 Riombaran nobles. After vicious fighting, the breach is enlarged and the defenders overwhelmed. We now hold the enemies' capital and start a TO.
 
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* Nov 27th: Part of Luz' remaining army is moving back in Glongin: 4000. Grehk's walls are reduced by two levels to Motte and Bailey. Our TO fails. We continue to hold Luz' capital.
 
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* Nov 28th: We attack part of Luz army in Glongin at sunrise: 12.200 against 3.400. Now they have only 2.500 left in Rueffilo and 900 in Mio Dupaki while our army numbers roughly 16.000. We start a TO in Glongin. The first units of Fronen's 5th wave and Thalmarkin's 1st are arriving.
 
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* Nov 30th: 1800 undead appear in Glongin and are defeated at sunset. Fronen kills 1700 militia in Mio Dupaki (III). Part of our forces is heading for a refit.
 
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* Dec 1st: Our Takeover is successfull: <i>'''Glongin''' (II) is ours again</i>
 
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* Dec 3rd: Luz does set up their last 5000 men as militia in Eno to prevent Irombrozia from looting, then all nobles head north without units. With Glongin repaired somewhat and a strong blocking force stationed in Grehk we await Luz.
 
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'''Diplomacy''': '''Plergoth''' has a change of rulership and <i>surrenders</i> to '''Enweil'''.
 
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====The secession of Eno, Dec 5th====
 
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'''Diplomacy''': <i>'''Eno''' (IV), the largest city on Beluaterra seceeds</i> after its Duke Gilmaeglin was wounded and Distorted 'found' the necessary papers declaring him Duke. He immediately creates the '''Monarchy of Alluran'''. <i>The regions of '''Xween''' and '''Brovyl''' follow the city</i>. On Dec 7th, the Duke of Reeds (Plergoth), being not in agreement with Plergoths new ruler seceeds his city to create the Kingdom of '''Vlaanderen'''. 4 regions follow him.
 
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* Dec 5th: We start another hostile TO of Grehk, guarded by 20.000 men. Nearly all nobles of Luz are present. Herkan is again elected as general.
 
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* Dec 6th: Our second hostile TO of Grehk fails. One of our nobles starts a brutal TO without being ordered to and is severely reprimanded for it. This TO of Grehk fails the next day. We also start a friendly TO of Mio Dupaki (III).  A small allied force storms Bym (V).
 
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* Dec 7th: A small advance force of Fronen advances into Epinotke.
 
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* Dec 8th: Our allies storm the city of Eylmon (south of Bym (V)): 5.400 against 1.600. Irombrozia has allied with Alluran and advances into Epinotke from the south. But most importantly: Enweil appears on the battlefield - they push 11.000 men into Kuugl (VI) and prepare to advance into Bym (V). Their reason is to 'protect Luz from becomming extinct'.
 
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====4th Campaign, results====
 
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The past 5 weeks have seen a complete shift on the front: While the relative strengths of both sides remained nearly constant in the beginning, still the tables did turn: Due to the reorganization of our command, the activation of the Military Council, much closer coordination with our allies and a lot more information being supplied to all concerned our army has become a lot more mobile, grave mistakes have been avoided and our enemies's mistakes could be exploited. Of the 7 major engagements all resulted in allied victories, Luz has been kept besieged in their capital for most of the time and we were able to wrest 5 regions from them. After 5 months of war everything that Luz had gained during the beginning has been retaken and we had isolated their capital, forcing its move back to its original location. Indeed, all seemed well until Enweil reappeared.
 
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==Fifth Campaign (December 1006)==
 
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[[Image:Riombara-Age3-GreatWar8a.jpg|right]]
 
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'''Diplomacy''': With Plergoth out of the fight and Sint being vastly more interested in pursuing their war of extinction against Ashborn, the western half of the Grand Alliance is more or less dissolved. Now '''Enweil''' <i>turns their might against us</i> - once again Riombara is vastly outnumbered. '''Irombro''' too withdraws from the fight, then soon afterwards <i>declares hostilities towards us</i>. During this time a defensive alliance with '''Alluran''' is signed, followed shortly after by a peace with '''Avalon'''.
 
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* Dec 9th: Enweil pushes into Bym (I), resulting in a small battle where we loose 2000 men. We withdraw into Grehk, our allies withdraw from Eylmon.
 
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====The 2nd battle of Grehk, Dec 11th====
 
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* Dec 11th: We are running a hostile TO in Grehk (II), but Enweil and the first Luzian units attack and defeat us there: 22.000 against 11.000. Practically our whole force is crushed while the attackers suffer little, our TO fails.
 
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* Dec 12th: Enweil advances 16.000 men into Ardmore (III), even though they first stated that they would not advance past Luz' original lands. Luz runs hostile TO's in both Mio Dupaki and Glongin. The next day, we loose another 3000 men in Ardmore which are retreating from Grehk towards Athol.
 
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* Dec 14th: <i>We lose '''Mio Dupaki''' to Luz, followed the next day by '''Glongin'''</i>. Irombrozia starts a hostile TO of Rii. We reenter Ardmore the next day.
 
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First sortie
 
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====The 1st battle of Rii, Dec 16th====
 
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* Dec 16th: 7000 Riombarans attack 5000 Irombrozians in Rii (IV) - the first battle of this new war. Irombrozia is routed, losing their whole army while we have only around 1000 casualties. On the next day, 3400 undead attack 6700 defenders in Avengmil, but are easily routed. King Marc is captured during the battle.
 
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* Dec 18th: We advance into Glongin (V), killing 1000 enemies and start a friendly TO. Our army of 9.800 in Glongin faces 8.800 Luzians in Grehk.
 
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* Dec 20th: A small force of 4000 attacks 1000 Luzians in Mio, wiping them out. While this happens, <i>we take '''Glongin''' for the second time</i>.
 
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'''Diplomacy''': Marc, the former duke of Irombro, finally meets his end: Condemmed for seceeding his city in July, he is beheaded in Athol's main square on December 20th.
 
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* Dec 22nd: After repairing Glongin, we head home to refit. Luz advances 4000 men into Glongin, defeating 2500 of our stragglers.
 
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* Dec 24th: While we refit, Luz heads home as well, leaving a 5000 strong militia force in Grehk.
 
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Second sortie
 
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====The 3rd assault against Grehk, Dec 27th====
 
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* Dec 27th: After assembling in Ardmore once again, we assault Grehk (II): 10.200 against 6.800 defenders behind level 2 walls. After 6 rounds of fighting, 5 of our nobles finally gain and hold a portion of the wall, enabling us to surround and defeat the defenders. We lose 3000, our enemies 5.500 men.
 
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* Dec 28th: Dance of Armies: We advance into Mio Dupaki once again, starting a friendly TO. Alluran moves 6000 men into Ovujemeh (VI), starting a TO, but Luz counters by advancing 9000 men into Eloranaal, threatening Allurans army in turn. To complicate the situation further, Irombrozia sends 5000 men into Rii, starting yet another TO while Enweil sends an army towards Grehk: 8000 reach Kuugl on Dec 29th. Now there are 3 Takeovers running in the south and 5 armies are marching, trying to gain a superior position...our enemies numbering 22.000 total, Riombara and Alluran 15.000.
 
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* Dec 29th: Both Alluran and Riombara have to withdraw from our TO's in Ovujemeh and Mio Dupaki before the enemy advance. Luz advances into Xween.
 
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====The 2nd battle of Rii, Dec 30th====
 
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* Dec 30th: 7000 Riombarans attack 5000 Irobrozians who are guarding their TO of Rii - though the battle is bloody, we drive them off. Luz advances into Brovyl and starts a hostile TO there.
 
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* Jan 1st: We are refitting, Enweil and Luz move 5000 men into Ardmore.
 
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Third sortie
 
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====The 11th battle of Ardmore, Jan 3rd (Sunrise)====
 
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* Jan 3rd / sunrise: Luz' TO of Brovyl fails and they head for a refit. Irombrozia sends 3.000 into Rueffilo, killing 800 Riombarans while we advance 10.000 into Ardmore and meet 6.800 enemies - though especially the Enweilian troops put up a stiff fight, the enemy is routed with heavy losses: 5.800 compared to 2.500 of our men. With this battle we have achieved parity with our enemies in the area of Grehk - and their forces are divided. By now Ardmore has become the bloodiest field in all of Beluaterra - whenever fallen are to be buried, remnants of previous battles are unearthed.
 
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====The 3rd battle of Glongin + the 12th battle of Ardmore, Jan 3rd (Sunset)====
 
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* Jan 3rd / sunset: Right after the battle in Ardmore, we advance 7.300 men into Glongin, catching 2.500 enemies who have not withdrawn behind the walls of Grehk. All are slaughtered while we lose 800. While Grehk is stormed, our enemies move 2.800 into Ardmore in an attempt to catch reinforcements - they are more successfull than they like: 2.800 attackers meet 5.600 Riombarans. Our enemies are crushed, losing 2.200 while we lose 1.300. Irombrozia still holds Rueffilo with 3000 men.
 
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'''Diplomacy''': Fwuvoghor has elected Retravic as Prime Minister. She cancels Fwuvoghors alliance with Riombara, says that no hostile action against Riombara will be taken, then closes her borders against any allied force wanting to reach our lands. 
 
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====The 4th assault against Grehk, Jan 4th====
 
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* Jan 4th: the 4th battle in a row - though tired and bloody, we assault Grehk with 8.800 men, routing its 2000 defenders who fight to the last man. We lose 800.
 
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Within 2 days and 4 battles we managed to attack and beat an oponent who was considerably stronger than our force. We have regained control of the southlands in and around Grehk, while Enweil is retreating its remnants north and Luz is assumed to be refitting in Jidington after their failed TO of Brovyl.
 
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* Jan 6th: We advance back into Ardmore, then on into Rii and Rueffilo, driving away the Irombrozians who had made a foray into both regions. Another battlegroup heads into Mio Dupaki, starting a friendly TO and on into Bym, starting another friendly TO.
 
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====The 1st battle of Bym, Jan 8th====
 
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* Jan 8th: Both TO's fail due to peasants rising up. Luz cunningly assaults our advance battlegroup in Bym, routing our forces: 7000 against 4000. We head reinforcements into Mio, blocking the way east.
 
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'''Diplomacy''': We uncover a spy who had recently joined us from Fwuvoghor: Alaned. He had forwarded our orders to our enemies via Queen Retravic. Hireshmont has been implicated as well. Queen Retravic announces her marriage to Hireshmont.
 
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* Jan 10th: Enweil shows up in force again in Kuugl - they field 16.000, with another 4000 behind them in Kuugl. We have to withdraw our 10000, our enemies jointly advance, catching 2000 of our stragglers in Mio then another 1000 in Grehk. We withdraw further to refit.
 
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* Jan 12th: Luz starts a brutal TO of Glongin while Enweil marches south towards Alluran.
 
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'''Diplomacy''': Civil War in Fronen. After Cedric did abdicate, Enzeru was elected. He plus Grimbaldus staged a rebellion, with Enzeru giving in to the rebels as planned, making Grimbaldus (the former general) Prime Minister. They plan to create a monarchy and remake Fronen into something different. Aparently that act has been planned in concert with Hireshmont. The old loyalists start a counterrebellion. The Titans strike Grimbaldus down, resulting in Cedric winning the election, making the counterrebellion moot. The original rebels around Enzeru and Grimbaldus are banned.
 
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* Jan 15th: We reenter Ardmore in force. Irombrozia moves 4000 into Rueffilo while Luz guards their brutal TO of Glongin with 10.000 men. In addition, Luz runs a friendly TO of Brovyl - an Alluran region - with 3 nobles and only 600 men present. That TO is guarded by 9.300 Enweilians.
 
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====The 2nd battle of Rueffilo, Jan 16th====
 
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* Jan 16th: 10.400 Riombarans charge the 5.000 Irombrozians who did march into Rueffilo one day ago. Their staggered defense is broken and they are routed, losing 4.200 against our 1.400.  While the battle rages, <i>Luz brutal TO of '''Glongin''' is successfull</i>.
 
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* Jan 17th: Right after the battle in Rueffilo, 13.000 Riombarans are ordered to attack the 10.000 Luzians in Glongin. We march through the night, but when the sun rises, Luz has withdrawn into Bym. We catch 900 stragglers and start a friendly TO.
 
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* Jan 18th: Part of the army is ordered to storm Grehk - once again. The 600 defenders are easily routed, then we continue on into Mio, which is empty. Except for Hireshmont who is returning from his wedding...he evades and <i>our friendly TO of '''Glongin''' is successfull after one and a half days</i>. We start a friendly TO in Mio, Luz withdraws 9000 from Bym, Enweil and Luz have 14000 arrayed against Alluran in Brovyl while Luz is running their friendly TO, Irombrozia is rebuilding, we have 12.000 in the Grehk-Glongin-Mio Dupaki triangle.
 
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* Jan 19th: An advance force of 3000 Riombarans reaches the summits of Bym, but Hireshmont again evades. We start another friendly TO in Bym while our forces gaze south and west over the large enemy contingents marching all over the plains between Jidington and Eno. Irombrozia moves 3000 into Rueffilo.
 
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* Jan 19th: <i>Luz takes '''Brovyl''' from Alluran</i>. At sunset, our TO in Mio fails and is started again. Surprisingly, Irombrozia attacks Glongin with 2000 men, but as that region has been reinforced they meet 8000 of ours and the result is pure slaughter. We wonder why Irombrozia marched to that attack...they have advanced into our lands 5 times now, and only once managed to retreat part of their forces behind the safety of their walls.
 
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* Jan 21st: Our TO of Mio fails a second time. After taking Brovyl, our enemies are combining their armies and push 21.000 into Bym, ending our TO there. We withdraw our 12.000 from Mio before their advance. The next day Irombrozia advances 3500 into Rii while Enweil and Luz descend from Bym into Glongin. Alluran sends 7000 into Brovyl, starting a hostile TO to retake their region.
 
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* Jan 23rd: Irombrozia has started a hostile TO of Rii, soon after Luz starts another brutal TO in Glongin, guarded by 18.000 men. We withdraw further into Avengmil.
 
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* Jan 25th: After refitting, we push 11.000 into Ardmore. Our enemies hold Glongin with 14.000 and Rii with 3.700. Luckily they do not react in time. We forcemarch into Rii, though Irombrozia withdraws to Rueffilo and we catch only 300 stragglers. We head back north towards Ardmore.
 
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* Jan 26th / sunrise: Our enemies take the bait - Luz, Enweil and Irombrozia have a total of close to 18.000 men in Glongin and Rueffilo...outmaching our 11.000 by far. Thus they march into Ardmore to catch our aparently retreating force. What they don't know is that we have hidden another 6000 in Athol, currently forcemarching towards Avengmil as well. Once the battle is joined, our enemies realize that they face a superior force: 12.300 attackers against 16.700 riombaran defenders. Their flank crumbles under the surprise reinforcements from Avengmil and after bitter and bloody fighting their army is crushed. Our enemies lose 10.800, we have to bury 6.500. With that victory we once again dominate the southlands, though Enweilian reinforcements are on their way... At the same time, <i>Alluran retakes '''Brovyl'''</i>
 
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* Jan 26th / sunset: Tired, battered and weary we advance against Glongin. By sunset our enemies have forcemarched reinforcements there, raising their strength to 6.200. We attack with 6.600, 800 more infantry do not reach Glongin in time. The fight is one of the fiercest of the whole war, both infantry lines are routed and their very last archer unit rout ours. We lose 3.400, our enemies 4.200. But the harshest loss is Marshal Kakeru who is killed as he lived - charging the enemy. The next day we are ready to force battle once again - but the enemy retreats except for 400 stragglers which are quickly overwhelmed.
 
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* Jan 30th: Our advance guard of 4000 reenters Ardmore. Luz gathers in Epinokte and - one day later - pushes 6.800 into Ovujemeh to threaten Alluran once again. Irombrozia is staying behind their fortifications. At the same time we drive 400 Luzians out of Glongin and reoccupy Grehk - which is defended by a grand total of 200 men. Luz has quite clearly given up on trying to hold the city by force.
 
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Latest revision as of 19:36, 8 October 2018

The Great War - Third Part

To read about the second part of the Great War covering the 5th Campaign from November 1006 to February 2007, go here: The Great War - Part 2


5th Campaign, results

The entire 5th campaign was fought by Riombara and Alluran against Luz, Enweil and Irombro. Our enemies were considerable stronger than our side, still they did not manage to gain anything. In the beginning, Luz and Enweil retook Mio Dupaki and Glongin, but after bitter fighting we managed to retake them. This did cost us Rii which was taken by Irombrozia, and Brovyl which was taken from Alluran by Luz. So after all that strength being invested by our enemies against us, they had practically given up on holding Grehk by force and were unable to make any significant gains against Alluran.

Sixth Campaign (February 1007 - May 1007)

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6th Campaign: From the time Enweil had to focus northwards to the present. The 6th Campaign was fought in the south by Riombara and Alluran against Luz de Bia and Irombro; in the north by our allies Avalon, Fronen, Old Grehk and Thalmarkin against Enweil and Fwuvoghor. 

First Sortie
  • Feb 8th: Luz has abandoned their efforts of taking Xween, thus over 22.000 enemies now concentrate on taking Brovyl from Alluran. We reenter Ardmore.

The 2nd battle of Eno, Feb 10th

Diplomacy: Irombrozia treacherously and unsurprisingly lowers relations to Alluran to 'surprise' them and joins Luz and Enweil in the long expected attack against Eno. They enter in an alliance with Luz de Bia as well. The day before, Fwuvoghor joins in an alliance with Enweil. This completes their complete turnaround from having a defensive alliance with Riombara. It is expected that Fwuvoghor will turn openly hostile soon.

  • Feb 10th: 24.000 attack Allurans 12.000 defenders. The battle is tough, but the enemy superiority is too large: They take the walls, inflicting around 7000 casualties among the Allurans but suffering an equal number in return. Right after this battle our advance guard attacks into Bolkenia to intercept Iormbrozians returning from their surprise attack against Eno: 2.100 Riombarans fight 2.500 Irombrozians - and lose, though losses are substantial on both sides. At the same time we run a friendly TO of Rii, which soon fails. Another is started right afterwards.

The 1st Assault against Irombro, Feb 11th

  • Feb 11th: With Irombrozia cut off and our main army having arrived at the front in Rueffilo, we immediately attack the city of Irombro: 12.100 smash the 3.200 Irombrozian defenders. Enweil starts to leave Eno, heading north. Our TO of Rii fails yet again and a hostile one is started. After investing 26.000 men against Alluran, Luz now finally takes control of Brovyl

Diplomacy: Our allies are marching - a massive army from Avalon, Fronen, Old Grehk and Thalmarkin totalling over 40.000 men marches towards Fengen, the capital of Enweil.

  • Feb 13th: We hold Irombro, Bolkenia and Rii with light forces while our core marches through the still burning Eno to attack the rearguard of Luz in Brovyl: 6.200 Alluran and Riombarans rout 2.400 Luzian rearguard troops. Over the next day there are 2 more skirmishes in Irombro and 1 in Bolkenia, leading to roughly 1000 losses for Irombrozia.

Diplomacy: In two massive and bloody battles, our allies meet defeat in Fengen: 32.000 attack 24.000 defenders, resulting in a stalemate, followed by another battle of 16.000 attackers against 16.000 defenders, resulting in a clear victory for Enweil. Fwuvoghor uses this to declare war against Riombara. After fighting side by side, after being supported by us against Avalon, they have decided to break our common alliance and attack - without provocation or cause.

The 3rd Battle of Rii, Feb 15th

  • Feb 15th: Irombrozia in a desperate but futile attempt attacks with 2.300 into Rii - and is met by 7.400 Riombarans. Only a handfull Irombrozians escape - noone understands why they threw their lives away like that. Fwuvoghor starts a hostile TO of Melegra.
  • Feb 17th: Our hostile TO failed after 4 days. We march towards Grehk to meet a freshly refitted Luz that was also heading towards the city. A friendly TO of Grehk is begun by our advance guard.
  • Feb 19th: After the friendly TO failed, we start a hostile one. By now our army numbers 14.000, Luz' has moved 12.500 into Mio Dupaki. Alluran is still holding Bolkenia in force, running a TO there. By sunset, Luz cunningly moves two thirds of their army into Glongin, masking their move...this might be a preparation to attack our army in Grehk from two directions. Fwuvoghor takes Melegra. Especially damaging is the fact that we lose our claim on the region as well...
  • Feb 20th: Luz move to the attack - but instead of being pleased by blood and mayhem, the gods decree that no fighting shall take place. We are dismayed, as we outnumber our foes considerably: 16.200 against 11.900. In addition, our hostile TO fails due to the enemy army being present. The faceoff continues at sunset, the only difference being additional Luzian reinforcements. In the northern theater, Fwuvoghor has moved into Ajitmon, starting another TO.

The 5th Battle of Grehk, Feb 21st

  • Feb 21st: Finally the truce is over: 14.800 Luzians warriors meet our 15.400. The battlefield is fiercely contested right from the beginning, with our forces having a slight edge in quality. During the 2nd hour, the both sides charge their cavalry into the melee - the bloodiest moment of the entire war, with 8500 and 7300 wounds received...both sides lose over 230 lances in this round alone. From now on, our better armoured troops make themselves felt...little by little the enemy is pushed back, though the the Luzian warriors fight bravely. Still, it is to no avail - in the 6th hour their line crumbles and slaughter ensues. Luz loses over 10.000 men, we roughly 6.000. Both sides have heavy casualties within the noble ranks as well: Riombara has 6 wounded, including a Duke, a marshal and a count. Luz has 5, including their chancellor and their general. The heaviest loss is Luz' hero Motig though.

The 1st Battle of Bolkenia, Feb 21st

  • Feb 21st: While the battle in Grehk rages, another battle is fought in the south: Irombrozia attacks the forces of Alluran which were conducting a brutal TO of Bolkenia: 5.100 Irombrozians charge 5.900 Alluran warriors. The Irombrozians are routed with heavy losses, though they manage to break the TO.

The 6th Battle of Grehk, Feb 22nd

  • Feb 22nd: The following sunrise, one more battle is fought in Grehk: The surviving 4.600 Luzians bravely charge our 10.600 defenders but are cut down. After the dust clears, only 2.800 of Luz once mighty army have survived while ours still numbers 9.500. Even our TO is still active. Luz withdraws. The next day our TO fails. That makes the count 2 friendly, 1 hostile failed in Rii - and 1 friendly, 3 hostile failed in Grehk. We withdraw to refit.

The 2nd Battle of Bolkenia, Feb 25th

Second Sortie
  • Feb 25th: During the morning, 4.600 Irombrozians attack the Alluran forces running a TO of Bolkenia - during the 3rd hours of the assault their line is broken and they flee the battlefield after suffering heavy casualties. While that fight rages in the south, Fwuvoghor takes Ajitmon. A few hours later our relief army reaches the region but the enemy had withdrawn except for 1500 which are cut down. We start a friendly TO.

Diplomacy: In a magnificent ceremony, Duke Marc is cremated in Irombro.

  • Feb 28th: We retake Ajitmon and our army heads to refit. Alluran starts another brutal TO of Bolkenia. One day later, Luz' vanguard of 5500 has reached Mio Dupaki, starting a hostile TO. At the same time Irombro ventures forth from their city into Rueffilo, starting a hostile TO as well. They are right next to Allurans 7000 holding Bolkenia.

The 3rd Battle of Rueffilo, March 1st

  • March 1st: Despite having ample time to see our buildup in Ardmore, Irombro holds in Rueffilo, guarding their TO. One cannot fault their courage, only their general...on sunset, our 10.100 warriors charge Irombro's 5.300 defenders. As two thirds of their army consist of archers, we make short work of them, though the high quality of Irombros armies once again shows: we lose about 2000 men while of their force only 800 survive. As Alluran now commands over 7000 men, Irombro will be hard pressed to field a force strong enough to become a threat again...by now they probably rue the day they attacked their neighbour.

Diplomacy: While we enjoy success in the south, our allies are beaten twice in Vilriil - a painful defeat.

  • March 2nd: After marching north again immediately after th battle in Rueffilo, our advance splits up and strikes into Glongin and Grehk simultainously. The risk is worth it: in Grehk 4.500 Riombarans rout 1.300 defenders, in Glongin, 5000 Riombarans drive around 800 Luzians off....while over 9000 further Luzians look on from Mio.

The 1st Battle of Mio Dupaki, March 3rd

  • March 3rd: After having driven off Fwuvoghor in the north and breaking the Irombrozian TO of Rueffilo, we confront Luz in Mio Dupaki: 14.900 Riombarans charge 9.600 Luzians who have dug in to defend their TO - Luz is clearly missing the strength of their advanceforces lost in Grehk and Glongin. As their marshal orders them into fortification defense, our cavalry charge followed by a fierce attack of our infantry line wreaks great havoc. For a while they hold, but as most of their troops are fresh recruits their line is broken by our veterans in the 5th hour of battle. In the aftermath great slaughter ensues: only 1.100 of their men manage to escape, while our losses are comparatively light at 3.500. We now have an army of over 11.000 ready to march while no enemy force remains... During the aftermath of this decisive battle we receive the report that Alluran has taken Bolkenia from Irombro, cutting Cagamir off.
  • March 4th: We push on into Kuugl, routing 1000 Luzian survivors and starting a friendly TO. By the next day 7000 Riombarans have reached Thromegor, where a skirmish with retreating Luzian forces results in some more nobles being captured. We now stand before the city of Jidington, the enemy capital - its duke hastily recruits additional defenders.
  • March 6th: Our advance marches onwards into Elloranaal, resulting in another skirmish - we stand poised to storm Luz' capital but their emergency recruitings are just sufficient to prevent an assault. Surprisingly our friendly TO of Kuugl succeeds after 3 turns. Thus we head on into Epinotke and Bym. By now we have battlefieldcontrol of all of Luz' regions except the cities of Jidington and Eylmon - all other regions are held by our forces. In addition we hold 13 Luzian nobles in our prison, most of whom where captured after the main battle. A friendly TO of Bym is started.

The 1st Assault on Eylmon, March 7th

  • March 7th: 7.100 Riombarans charge the 2.300 Luzian defenders of the city of Eylmon. Holding their shields above their heads, our warriors charge the level 2 walls - but to their astonishment they do not suffer the expected hail of arrows and spears. Once they reach the top of the wall unopposed, they see that the defenders have deployed in the 'Delay and Wound' formation, disregarding their walls. Not being ones to complain, we cheerfully overrun their position. Luz loses 2000, we 800 men, we start a Colony TO. Irombrozia moves into Rueffilo once again.

The 4th Battle of Rueffilo, March 9th

  • March 9th: Our Colony TO fails. Our army gathers in Bym to guard our second TO. 4200 warriors from Alluran attack the 4000 Irombrozians in Rueffilo, routing them though the battle is bloody. Bolkenia revolts and goes rogue, though it is retaken by Alluran immediately afterwards.
  • March 11th: Our TO of Bym succeeds - with Kuugl and Bym taken we have advanced further than ever in this gruelling, 8-month long war. We head home to refit. Luz has not dared to venture farther than Eloranaal, but now that our army leaves Bym they march south against Alluran.

Diplomacy: Avalon and Fronen hold the recently retaken region of Wilwau with 24.000 men, Enweil and Fwuvoghor attack with 20.000 warriors. The heavy troops of our allies make themselves felt right from the beginning, pushing the attackers back. They break after several hours of fighting, but only 2000 escape, leaving 18.000 fallen on the battlefield. Though our allies suffer 10.000 losses, this is a decisive victory! 

Third Sortie
  • March 13th: Alluran once again routs Irombrozia, this time in Bolkenia...and this time Irombro suffers heavily while Alluran does not. Luz is running a TO in Xween, attempting to take the region from Alluran. Another Luzian TO is started in Kuugl. Our vanguard starts to head south again, though half of our army is right now only starting to repair the massive equipment damage.

The 2nd Battle of Xween, March 14th

  • March 14th: Right after smashing Irombro in Bolkenia, Alluran attacks Luz in Xween: 6500 attackers advance against the 10.000 Luzian defenders. Though Alluran loses, Luz suffers quite a bit more casualties. Right afterwards, Alluran charges once again - and this second attack forces Luz to withdraw from Xween, abandoning their TO. This achievement of the small citystate is impressive indeed - and noted throughout Beluaterra! One day later, Luz retakes Kuugl - half a day ahead of our relief force.
  • March 16th: Our vanguard reaches Epinotke and Elloranaal where a small Luzian detachement is destroyed. Alluran - after barely having refitted in Eno - is once again charging Irombro in Bolkenia: 3.100 Alluran warriors charge 4.800 Irombrozians - but are repelled. That is the first victory for Irombrozia in quite some time and results in Irombro taking Bolkenia. We start a friendly TO of Epinotke - and this draws Luz out of their fortress Jidington into Elloranaal.

The 1st Battle of Elloranaal, March 19th

  • March 19th: Luz has assembled in Elloranaal - we attack: 8.800 Riombarans charge 8.400 Luzians. Our battlehardened warriors carve a bloody path through Luz' freshly recruited ranks: During the 5th hour the battle is decided: We lose around 2500, Luz their complete army: 7500. We start a friendly TO of Elloranaal, which fails soon afterwards. We start another TO in Elloranaal, this time a hostile one. Alluran starts another friendly TO of Brovyl.

Diplomacy: In a surprise election in the Republic of Fwuvoghor, Retravic loses her seat to Widfara. He starts to distance himself from Enweil and offers better relations to Avalon and Riombara. Retravic starts a rebellion which sometime later succeeds. She once again sets her course towards Enweil.

  • March 22nd: Luz sends a small strikeforce of 3500 northwards from Jidington. THey manage to reach Grehk, supplying it with food, then head southwards. Several skirmishes erupt in Rueffilo - we manage to beat back Irombro even though outnumbered, but the 3rd skirmish ends with Irombro holding the field - though being powerless to do anything.
  • March 24th: After 5 days, Riombara takes Elloranaal. We head home to refit. Luz leaves Jidington and starts a friendly TO of Elloranaal, which succeeds 2 days later.
  • March 26th: Luz heads into Bym and starts a hostile TO.

Third sortie / Aftermath: We are able to reach, hold and take a region right infront of Luz' captial - while they have not come close to ours for months. We were able to shield Alluran from Luz for a while though their TO was not to be successfull. 

Fourth Sortie

The 3rd Battle of Bolkenia, March 28th

  • March 28th: Alluran holds Bolkenia, Irombro aided by a luzian strikeforce attacks: 7.000 against an equal number of Alluran warriors. Though Alluran wins, their losses are severe - and the following day their survivors are slaughtered. Our advance reaches Glongin, killing a small Luzian advance force of 1000. We at once head into Mio Dupaki, catching another 500 that are withdrawing from Grehk.
  • March 30th: We assault Bym with 8.500 men - but their main force withdraws. Still, we manage to crush 1.700 stragglers while suffering only 200 losses ourselves.
  • March 31st: We concentrate our army in Grehk, starting a friendly TO. It looks like finally the peasants do not believe in Luz anymore after having been cut off for months - and after Luz has given up on stationing any force there for over 8 weeks.

The Taking of Grehk, April 3rd

  • April 3rd: By now we have concentrated over 17.000 men in Grehk - and finally, after countless takeovers - Grehk is ours! The old capital or our realm, the city where Riombara was founded once again flies the golden banner! Luz moves cautiously into Thromegor. One half day later, Irombro marches over 7000 men into Rueffilo, their largest army yet. They even start a hostile TO, announcing to all the world that they intend to stay there. Why they do that when they know that a veteran army over twice their strength is only one day march away, an army that is by now rested and has repaired its equipment...no one knows. We set out towards Glongin anyway, suspecting some kind trickery.

The 5th Battle of Rueffilo, April 5th (sunrise)

  • April 5th: True to their usual stubbornness, Irombro holds in Rueffilo though they have to see us approaching: 13.400 Riombarans charge 7.200 Irombrozians. Even though their green troops fight bravely and well as usual, their line crumbles under our cavalry onslaught. They try a strategic withdrawal, but what starts as orderly withdrawal from the field ends in a bloody rout: Riombara loses 1.600 men, Irombrozia over 6.000. The Riombaran general Herkan, incensed at seeing such incompetence in his adversary, insults the Irombrozian commander Renee for squandering the lives of her men due to her gross incompetence. Now Alluran commands the south and Luz has roughly 9000 Men in Kuugl against our 15.000 in the area.

The 2nd Assault on Irombro, April 5th (sunset)

  • April 5th: Right after the battle, while most of our army hurries back towards Grehk, a small Riombaran force follows the retreating Irombrozians - and even though their troops manage to get into the city and close the gates, Hireshmont orders them to a rearguardaction. Gleefully, our 4.600 warriors storm the empty walls and start to cut into the 2.700 defenders. Though these manage to retake part of the wall, even push some attackers back into the fields before their fortification, it is to no avail...only a few defenders manage to withdraw. Luz vanguard enters Mio, but they face a hastily reinforced Grehk...1 halfday earlier and they could have taken the city.

The 2nd Battle of Mio Dupaki, April 7th

  • April 7th: While we fight Irombro, Luz has cautiously moved nearly 9.000 men into Mio Dupaki, starting a friendly TO. Why they do that while they have to know that we have over 15.000 men within 1 day march is only known to them. We forcemarch towards them and cheerfully attack: 14.600 Riombarans attack 9.100 Luzian warriors. After initial skirmishing, our main battlelines meet in the 3rd hour of fighting - the clash is tremendous, but for every Riombaran that falls, Luz suffers two casualties. In the fourth hour, 4 of theirs fall for every one or ours...and their line breaks, resulting in bloody mayhem: Luz' losses number around 8.000, ours around 2.500.
  • April 7th: Immediately we set out to follow their withdrawing remnants towards Jidington: Skirmishes in Mio, Kuugl and Thromegor result in Luz' mobile army being completely destroyed and half their nobles being wounded or imprisoned.

The 1st Assault on Jidington, April 9th (sunrise)

  • April 9th: After having reached Thromegor, we at once assault our enemies capital, which is held by 4 nobles commanding 1.400 men and around 4.100 militia. Those 5.500 face 9.000 Riombarans - all that were able to finish the forced march after having fought in two main battles, one assault against Irombro and countless skirmishes. Fighting is bitter, we gain the walls of the stronghold several times, but at last Luz is able to hold them against us and we are repulsed. Both sides lose around 5.000 men.

Diplomacy: Our allies celebrate an important victory after having assaulted and taken the long contested fortress of Fwuvoghor - though a strong Enweilian army assembles nearby.

The 2nd Assault on Jidington, April 9th (sunset)

  • April 9th: While 3 skirmishes are fought and won in Bym, Thromegor and Kuugl, we prepare for another assault against our enemies' capital: 5.500 Riombarans charge 2.400 Luzian warriors who hold their position on top of the walls of their stronghold. Both sides are exhausted, their armour is torn and their swords are blunt...but both sides fight tenaciously. Riombara gains a small foothold on the walls which is bitterly contested for the next 6 hours. Some of our men are thrown back again and again, only to scale back up. Siege engines are destroyed and Riombaran banners cut down...but in the end, the defenders cannot hold and we win the day. No pursuit is possible as both sides just leave from each other after being completely exhausted - but still we rejoice, as now we hold their capital! But in a dastardly act, Magnum Opus, the judge of Luz tortures one of our own to death: Morir, an infiltrator. He did attack a councilmember without Riombara's consent, so a hefty penalty was in order - but an unclean death like that will be remembered.
  • April 10th: Fighting again ensues in Jidington as Luz tries to push us from their city - though this time there is no clearcut fieldbattle, only vicious house to house fighting: 1.800 Luzians try to surprise 4.800 Riombarans, but we hold firm. The following sunset, the bloody fighting continues as once again 1.800 Luzians try to dislodge us from the heart of their realm, though again they lose. By now we barely have more than a handfull of frontline fighters left standing...on both sides, scores of nobles have been wounded during those 2 bloody days and nights.

Diplomacy: While our allies hold the fortress of Fwuvoghor, Enweil attacks: 17.400 Enweilian warriors charge 22.300 defenders, but are beaten soundly. Our alliance stays in control of Fwuvoghor city. Two days later, 5000 allies defeat 4000 of our enemies in Vilriil.

  • April 13th: We are heading home to refit after two glorious weeks of combat. While Luz refits - after recruiting they are fielding a total of 8.000 men in comparison to our 22.000 - Alluran takes Brovyl. Irombro moves into Rueffilo but is soon driven out after accomplishing nothing.

The 3rd Assault against Irombro, April 16th

  • April 16th: As our forces in Rueffilo number 8.500, the order to assault the stronghold of Irombro is given. The 5.200 defenders again disregard their walls, but luckily for them reach them in time to defend them against our assault - and defend them they do! Our forces never gain a foothold on the walls and are mauled, though the defenders suffer as well. This is Riombara's first defeat since Irombrozia declared war against us.

Diplomacy: On April 17th, Enweil charges the allied defenders of Fwuvoghor once again - but their attack is too weak: 15.000 against 27.000 defenders. Even though the defenders lose a notable part of their forces, the attackers are completely crushed.

  • April 17th: After their victory Irombro - once again - enters Rueffilo. Luz has recruited another army and one day later enters Bym with 5.500 men, starting a hostile TO...thought their army is a shadow of its former self. At the same time Irombro starts a hostile TO of Rueffilo. We have by now moved over 7000 fresh troops into Glongin, blocking the passage between both enemy armies. Once again we ask ourselves why Irombro offers up themselves to be attacked, but why waste a perfect opportunity?

Diplomacy: Today, Luz has refused a peaceoffer made by us based on a border along Xween-Brovyl-river-Glongin-Mio Dupaki. Thus fullscale war will continue.

The 6th Battle of Rueffilo, April 19th

  • April 19th: In a by now very familiar maneuver, 7.800 Riombarans charge 5.100 Irombrozians. They had misdirected back towards Irombro, but it is to no avail. Though their archers are deadly, they can only use their bows for one hour, after which their thin infantry screen is broken. Once again Irombro is routed, suffering heavy losses. Immediately, we set out again, forcemarching towards Bym which is still held by Luz
  • April 20th: In the morning hours, Luz takes Bym after only 2 and a half days and starts to vacate the mountains. At sunset our relief army arrives - just a little too late. Still, our 11.000 charge the remaining 2500 defenders, of which 2000 stay on the field. We start a friendly TO to regain the region.
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The 2nd Assault on Eylmon, April 23rd

  • April 23rd: Luz has withdrawn 3000 men to Eylmon - and we charge the city once again: 5.300 Riombarans take the Bailey with few losses and drive the defenders off...only few of them do survive. At sunset Riombara retakes Bym after 2 and a half days. We send a small force northwestwards into Enweil to aid our allies.

The 1st Assault on Enweilios, April 26th

  • April 26th: Our allies storm Enweilios - and our small force arrives to reinforce them. Still, even though our allies had defeated Enweil in the morning, once the fight resumes at sunset they hold the walls - and our 7000 attackers are defeated by 5000 defenders. We withdraw southwards again. We also withdraw from Eylmon: With the northern force in Enweilios and a southern force in Rueffilo, holding off Irombro there are too few left to take Eylmon. Alluran is running a TO of Epinotke, which would cut off Elymon from Luz if successfull.
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Diplomacy: Dead Angel, the duke of Eylmon seceeds his city from Luz de Bia to create Caras Caladhon - but neither Bym nor Epinotke joins the new realm. Now there are 5 realms in the southlands where there were only 2 when the war started. We open negotiations with Dead Angel.

  • April 29th: While we return to the battlefield after having withdrawn our forces from the to refit, Alluran takes Epinotke.. They now control 4 regions (1 city), Caras Caldhon 1 city, Irombro 4 regions as well (1 city), Luz 5 (1 city) and Riombara 11 (3 cities). We start a hostile TO of Rii.

The 4th Battle of Rii, April 30th

  • April 30th: Irombrozia leaves the protection of their walls to attack our TO force in Rii: We salute their courage and cut them down: 4000 attackers charge over 7000 defending Riombarans. Losses are light on our side, nearly the whol attacking force stays on the field. Due to the Riombaran general not being availiable, noone orders an immediate counterattack into Irombro. Our TO of Rii fails.

The 4th Assault against Irombro, May 1st

  • May, 1st: We charge Irombro's walls: 7000 attackers advance, but Irombrozia had just enough time for some emergency recruitments - so we face 4000 defenders. Their excellent bowmanship takes its toll...and even though their complete infantry is routed, their bowmen manage to hold the walls. Beaten we have to withdraw amid the jeers of the victors.
  • May 4th: We return after refitting - this time we will concentrate against Irombro.
  • May, 7th: We start a brutal TO of Bolkenia - sad tidings indeed, as this is the first time in Riombara's history that we are stooping so low.
  • May 9th: Aggressive as usual, Irombrozia launches an attack against Rueffilo and wins: their 4.600 overrun our 2000 defenders, while we have 12.000 men in Bolkenia.

The 7th Battle of Rueffilo, May 9th (sunrise)

  • May 9th: Irombro starts a friendly TO of Rueffilo. Why they do that while we have three times their forces only their general does know. Cheerfully we attack: 10.000 Riombarans charge 4.300 defenders who fight valiantly as usual, but even their high quality troops cannot change the outcome: Irombrozia is routed, losing 3.100 while our losses number 1.100. But the fact that Irombrozia cannot afford to continually throw their army away pales beneath the fact that Irombro is now only lightly defended.

The 5th Assault against Irombro, May 9th (sunset)

  • May 9th: With Irombrozia having been defeated in Rueffilo, we immediately march against Irombro: arriving at the same time as the few withdrawing Irombrozians, we attack the stronghold: 8.000 Riombarans against 1.600 defenders. As one, our infantry takes and holds the walls after which the outcome is decided, even though the defenders fight tenaciously as usual: they lose 1.200, we only 600 - Irombro is ours!

Diplomacy: On May 11th, Alluran drives the full Luzian army out of Epinotke. Luz had been runing a friendly TO, but had to withdraw their 8000 CS before Alluran's 10.000. Still, our allies catch 2.500 stragglers. Alluran marches into Elloranaal the next day, starting a hostile TO.

  • May 12th: After 6 gruelling days, Riombara takes Bolkenia. With this we have now reached a comparable strength like we had before the war...

The 6th Battle in Irombro, May 13th

  • May 13th: A small battle erupts in Irombro as 2.600 Irombrozian leave their tunnels to attack our occupation forces of 6.100: Their fighting quality is as usual high, but still they are driven off. Some of their survivors later gather in Rii, the only region besides Cagamir in the vicinity of Irombro that is not held by Riombaran troops.
  • May 15th: Irombrozia has gathered their few remaining forces in Rii while we hold their capital in strength and are repairing Bolkenia. After 3 days of efforts, we manage to destroy the main ramparts of their stronghold - Irombro will from now on only be defended by a Keep (level 3).
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