the elven schim

The Conflict

Prelude

7815YBCW-7811YBCW-  in 7815YBCW in her towers in the east the demon queen nemethiya of The kingdom of Svartálfheim awoke from a deep sleep. after a night of pleasure she rolled out of bed to find herself alone. she as a young choas elf maiden had grown up in the court of high king alatain the father of the current high king aryadar asiren 2nd. sent away from court and from her closest freind findor rall calith of darera she had grown resentful of the high kings of the elves. it was not however the sadness of not seeing her beloved but instead a precense of one of her gods minions. as the hig preisntess of gendarar she wished to know the ways and powers of the demon god of the elves. she pulled on a robe and followed the senstion a dagger in her hand to her throne room. 

the temmerity of the being which comfronted her. "I did not think that your kind could look so beautfiul" it crooned. it took the shape of findor, his handsome face paler his dark eyes even darker than the elf who she had grown to love. he wore a cobolt blue suit as she lolled on the thorne as he smiled at her. she pushed the dagger into her scabbard. 
"that is my chair" 
"a stragne way to speak to a deciple of your god" she said nothing just staired her heart pulsing as she looked at the demon. "it matters not but I wish to convay a message" her heart quickened once more the thought that her god was giving her. a mear elf the his message. "a dark tide will come in the south, if elves do not unit then the tide will wipe you from your thrones and cast you down. the line of the god king is dying, another must take its place" 
"what does this mean?" she pleaded. 
"you are the high priestess of gendarar, arnt you ment to interprite my words" it said pushing himself up his long hiar falling down his back more white than findors blond. "but I will say, that perhaps you are the one to place a new high king on the throne, and perhpas" he said burshing her hair behind her ear. "you could rule at his side" 

in 7815YBCW the high king of the elves was aryadar rall alatian asiren 2nd. he son of high king alatian he had been the vanquisher of the last werkings in the north and was consider a worth succssor to the god king asiern. however he left behind a realm with no male heirs. his sons athilbar and lorian had died. however the realm was know at peace. a treaty had been made with the blair during the long reign of his father and the vampires had been placated. the werking war had been raging for 2 years in the south of the kingdom of the ice coral crown and its boarders with the kingdom of galera and the kingdom of shorak. the wer had thrown back the elven armies at williowvale 

the king is dead-in 7811YBCW High king aryadar asiren 2nd died. the cause was not know but black bile was found foaming from his mouth. 

he did have three daughter. all of them where the light of his life. princess koria a strong willed and straght laced maid, a able with a sword as she was with her harp. she had be a friends with the first of the men who would become a claiment. the lord of ethal'mor in darera was marshal findor. the marrige was not like by the high queen who had wanted the princess to marry the brother of the king of mealen.
the next daughter kallia would be the most missrable. she had wanted to become a preistess ellowyn but the high queen pursaded her to marry the general cathil the king of esvdell. the two would find little happiness with the king of esvdell happy to stay with his soilders and train and combat golbins and ork while the new queen of esvdell would spend most of her time in her husbands capital alone with only prietesses of the gods to keep her company.
the most popular daughter vendarra would marry the much loved arkifess of the empire velor. while the two where not close they did form a strong working realtionship with the king of aryaker'lion taking on the magical princess advice in some matters.

in the west the three main oppoents to the high elves where the Choas Elves the twilight elves or meirithalyari and the Dark elves. the largest of these where the dark elves who had cavred there homes into the mountians of the south and creating kingdoms and realms in the sout west of the conteinet. choas elves lived in smal enclaves in the north and the demon queen nematheya rulled in her debbached The kingdom of Svartálfheim. the twlight elves live in the kingdoms of selentria and there surroudning in the moutnains of the north west.
the sea elves of the north and south had grown tired of building fleets for the high elves to tell them how to sail them and to take the good from there ships. there where some who where loyal but only to a true decendent of the line of asiren. only in the west where the high elves had there own naval strenght did they stand a chance against the sea elves
the reclusive wood elves where also unhappy with the ruling elite of the high elves. for decaded there warrior nomads had been forced to serve where they did not wish, far from there people.
however the elven popiulation had never been larger. all of the realm hundred of cities held population of hundred of thosands. it is beleive the largest ones had million. hundreds of thosands of soldiers could be called upon in times of war.
the court was alive with life in the wake of the high kings death. the main officers of the empire inculding the late ings standard bearer where all there, and his story would be what the entire war would hinge on.
Aniran was the half dark elf the standard barrer of the high king who had raised the banner of the high king in every battle he had fought in. he had been raised in the royal household since he was born and the high king had payed specail attnetion to his young carrier. he was a skilled soldier and the high king had planned on making him a landed noble in darera as well as a marshal before he had died. he had grown up with the princess and had grown closest with vendarra the daughter of the realm a maid who could always see the brightest light in all people. when he had been young he had ventrued into the royal vault when he and the other children had went on an explore of the royal household in the capital of Darera, and had found a small brass coloured rock, picked it up and placed it in his pocket. . the week of the high kings death a letter was delivered to the young elf warrior fro mthe high king. it told him of his true parentaige. he had always been an outsider. the dark hair showing his heratige. he was the son of irria a dark elf handmaden of high queen juiliania. what the leter reviled was that his father had been the high king. the marshal finodar deicovered this and tried to kill the young half bread elf. after killing his wound be assasin the young elf fled. not sure where to go.
the failed attempt to assainat the standerdbearer backfired in the would be high kings face and it kick started the war which would end the elven empire. the other consorts of the princess declared there right to sucseed the high king by right of there wives. velor fled the palace with his wife and daughter to his own kingdom in the west, while king cathill declared himself high king at his own seat at esvdell.
in there forest strong hold the wood elves of the empire called a great council of there king in fawnglad the honour of the elves had been tainted. the great of there king allanor king of the ever wood declared that the wild seers had seen gwyn in the blue fires of all'ara, decalring that the ever hunt had began. so the wood elf king called there banners and those of there kin and prepared themselves to declare the ever hunt .
in the north and south the sea elvesthe great sea elf kings where the first to act, across the coast impieral garrsion either defected or where slaughtered by there sea elf kin and soon the schim began.

Deployment

declaring himself high king finodar gathered to him many of the greatest high elf kings. his strenght came from much of the heartland and west of the elven relams. when he fixed the impieral blue to his shoulder a majority of the represtives of the high elf kings where present. with them came the might of most of the high elf kings of the north and west. thosands of elven warrior joined there banners to the new high king. the preist hood of arya however was opposed to the new high king.

The Engagement

first movment- the first high king to move was Findor. he gathered the erakalch of aryadar to his side and called his own levies to secure his position. soon more kings joined his cause as his wife was the eldest of the kings daughters. his first target would be the wood elf kingdom of kerin. he made his son in law relrith marshal of the empire and handed him one host with the task of defeating the wood elves. the wood elves had mad common cause with there southern allies in the sea elves of beltanar. the two king rasied a great army to combat the usperer but it was not enough and the two kings where brough to heel at the battle of orin vale. sending his cousin south to hold his southern flank (at the invitation of the kingdom of felashar and the kingdom of an'lorin) sending his cousin delsaren rall partherian of house rin'larin to police the wood elf kingdom. as the first battle of the war was fought factions where fixing there banners to claiments.
cathil an impieral commander of the old school had at his sommand 7000 men of the sun legions, coming from all the parts of the empire. they would privde the corp of his army and where present as he afixed the impieral blue in his capital. . in the south esvedell called in the bargens it had made with many of the other surrdounding kingdoms. the kings of aradel, hythashra,riverdall, allwan, kora and z'asari, traveled to cathll court and swore there allegince to the king of esvdell know there claiment as high king of all elves. with them came there armies. a peace was made with the sea elf kings to the south the forests to the north held by the king of syrena thanduwin that would prove difficult, his realm and the realm of the golbins of the south lay between cathil and the impieral capital. only the western road gave him a rout, but the exposed road was on the boarder with those loyal to findor.

in the west the impieral Arkifess velor, named himself high king. born to a prestegous family he had married vendara the youngest and most loved daughter of king arayadar. the princess a powerful sorcererss and a smart politican in her own right had manged to bring many kings of the west to her husbands side. the western kingdoms, many considered the oldest in elvish histroy also swore, on the most part to him beliving him the best to keep the dark elves, choas elves and twilight elves at bay. he had also made common cause with the king of shade and shadow. the vampire king artus was married to velors sister and had agreed to support his cause. with marched hundreds of vampirc knights and thousands of there soldiers. he himself was the product of a mountian and high elf union. many of the mountian elf kings came out in support of him while the cult of theinmir called there support for him. with them came the great order of the anvil. the master blacksmith knights some 500 strong road west to join there strenght to his banner.

7811YBCW summer-winter
in the east cathil was the first to make a strike a and the first major battle between the claiments began. deciding to go threw syerna, cathill married his neice to the kings son in exchange for help. with some 20000 of his own warrior supplimented by wood elf warriors they marched north along the main road. however marching along the road to the west came supporters of high king velor. king artus of the vampires along with the king king aladis rall thandwill car'i of lelanor, the kings lorin and telian-adrin. they marched to stop the kings from gathering there forces and marching to assist findor in Darera. they had forced the king of celnetria back into hole and know they marched west to stop other kings. as they came to the cross roads the vanguards of the two armies clashed. king artus brother was at the head of the shadow stalkers. the blocks of vampires in there black plate etched in white, with there massive halberds clashed with the wood elf rangers in the night just as the shadow stalkers where about to get to the cross road. jumping from the long grass to the south hundreds of syrenaian rangers pounced on the strung out vangaurd made up of vampires and elves. the stalkeds hunkered down and sent word to the vanguard commander that they had contacted an enemy.

battle of lariathras crossroads - as the summer sun was abosrbed by the black ranks of vampic infantry, the two armies relaised who they where fighting. to the south the banner of esvdell fluttered from banners of cathill legion while the wood elf rangers reported to the lead units they where fighting men bearing the banner of velor. the forward units of cathill army quickly arranged themselves and the battle was joined. the shadowstalkers, deployed lead by prince tarnatus the kings brother, atop his black horse. the rest of the army was still snaking behind them would take a long time to join them. mean while cathill's army. began to stread out north into the filed screened by wood elf rangers. the southern elven cavarly began quickly advancing. with them came knights of order of the azure rose the shadow stalkers refornced with levies and units of archers had to face down the charge of no less than 300 mountaitned knights and some 4000 infantry.

tarantus dissmounted his mount taking his shiled and halbard from his squire. he had fought against elves all his life and know he was amoung there shaking worried ranks. the men before him watched in wide eyes fears and on the oppoest side, glittering knights wih azure roses enambled on there beast plates canters towards them. dressed in there red and yellow of there king the elves of lelanor where on the verge of bracking. he had to hold open the road so that the rest of the army could join them. already the white gold dragons where marching towards them which ment cavlary would not be far behind. he passed between there ranks using his magic to amplfy his voice.
"men of lelanor" elves eyes turned to him there horse hair plooms flaping at there shoulders. "we have fought against one another on many occations, and know fate had brought us toghther as allies and friends, it is down to us know t hold this line" one elf turned to him a young man.
"but look at them" he announced. "there are so many of thme, they will charge us down" scared murmers went around the ranks.
"not is you hold strong, steal yourselves" he said turning to the rest of the men present moving threw the ranks making hismelf feel felt "the gods will be watching us, hold onto your coruge, and this day we will prevaile know!" he looked around pushing to the front rank. "to arms!"
"yeah!!!!!"

the knights of the azure rose charge threw the long grass towards the flank and front of lelanor's spear men. casting a black bolt of power at the knights, tarantus killed several but there ranks smahsed into the front of the spear line. fighting with such couruge the yellow and red shields of the spearmen shatters lances and spears caught horses in the front. in the mean times the legionary attempted to out flank the shadow stalkers, but the white dragons had take up posstitons to there north and had prepared for an all round defence. the battle rages for hours, the knights of the azure rose where joined by leives spear men. just as the sun hit its highest point, the clarrion call of horse men sounded to the east. tarantus saw the banners of lorian and the order of the anvil and there horses charge down, turning the flank of the attackers. over the rest of the day more and more forces met one another in the filed till around 9000 of cathils soldiers where deployed abd 6000 men or artus's, but night the battle was over. artus was forced to gather up his host and head back east to regather his army and plan a new strike, velor would not be getting help from the east for some time.

the rise of the prince.- while the first battle of the war where being fought the young aniran traveled to the west, in the hope of finding his mothers kin in the dark elf kingdoms of the south west. he was caught up in the battle of eminark where the high elves loyal to findor fought back against those loyal to velor. he fought on the side of velor but afte the battle fled back west and soon found himself in the lands of the dark elves. he took sanctuary with his uncle zadon a minor lord in the realm of hierarch melithan king of kor koran. his arrivle at his uncles court caused a great sturn in the dark elf realm, at first however, the half bread was not liked. a council was called and while atending with his uncle he presented the letter high king aryadar' had given him. he offered them a better place in the empire if they helped him, bring vengence against finodr. he had always felt closer to the Meiryari and he declared he would fighting in the name of his kin. that the dark elves had been abuised and forgotten for to long and know there time had come. many of the heircahrcs where nervous. many still rembered the harsh treament of there people by impieral officers. one decalred that why should they put there soldiers under the banner of a half blood mongril of minor line. almost as they agreed. the stone which he carried in his pocket (which had been growing strangly) cracked and opened in his hand out out coiled a tiny little creatres with wings. his heart dropped at the sight of the brass coloured creature and all knew what it was. a dragon a living breathing dragon. born to a prince of the high kings line. the hiercarch council would not call him high king but did fix the impieral blue to his shoulders and named him prince of the realm. he named the dragon Rihar and soon they began gathering there forces to carve a new world for themselves.
the wrath of the lord of darera- as summer turned to autum the sistuation in the west turned worst. the only high elf fleet lay in the west under the command of admiral ellyran. knowing that velor was close by in his kingdom of aryaker'lion findor sent orders to ellyran to join his forces to his. under the admirals command where 4000 elves erakalach or hold guard. these men had been the last sent by a high king orders to garrsion the important port holding of the west. luckly for findor, ellyran was married to one of findors kinsman alliathrina and sore him and his soldiers to the king of darera cause. gathering a host of 6000 men suplmenting his men with spear leives and horse archers from the local population. velor knew this would be where he had to fight.

while his allies march west velor gather to his the high elf kings of the west that would answer his call. he was joined by the cult of thenmir and the guild of artificers joining there weapons and cultist to his host gatherin in the west. knights of order of the silver lance joined his cause as well, and by the middle autum he had a host of some 23000 men. his only lack was heavy infatry. he west best units had swore elgence to findor so he would have to contain them. against the wishes of many of his generals inculding many old marshals said they should march east. velor however belive that had to destroy those in his rear. he would allow findor and cathill to bash against one another while he secured the west. so while the dark elf hireachs where raising there hosts, velor marched his army west towards the coast. his goal was to seize the western ports and contain his enmies allies. the west would be where some of the bloodiest battles of the war would be fought. he had gather the support from several of the kings of the west but many remained nutral wishing not to draw the irer of ellyrans fleet. nestled to the mountains to the west the the meirithalyari remained nutrual. choas elves roamed in in bands fighting the orks of the north in an endless bloody magic driven war. , velor had one more card up his sleeve. of the realms of the high elves velors, aryaker'loin was said to be the first high elf kingdom said to be founded by the god king asiren.

in the flat northern planes the high elf kings mounted there horses and made south to support king findor. the sea elves of the north had taken up there spears and where fortifing the boarder. there was a clear split down the middle between the high elves but it was findors allies who would take the upper hand after eminark. ralling behind admrial several of the kings of the west and north converged. velor and his allies who where assmebling around eminark the capital of the kingdom of the same name. so as autum turned to winter velor was decended on by no less than three armies. he placed himself on the main road junction at The shrine of the gods in eminark, joining his army with that of shrine guard of eminark. the resulting the battles of shines saw velors host hold off the advnace from north and west and was able to hold them back but when reinfroments came to ellyran from the kingdom of tolirel formed him to withdraw. with the shrineguard lead by urathos the last hold off ellyrans converged army while velor retreated into the kingdom of ca'ibren.


7810YBCW
the everhunt begins- as winter turned to spirng the preist of gwyneth declared that the ever hunt had began. the wood elves would scoure the land and hunt down all those who had dissmounted the honour of there god and goddess. from there forests. the kings of the deerwood, the everwood, kerin, the twin kingdoms of stagthorn and fawnglad, orions vale, kar'isan, thandwul, as well as many others mainly in the west south and north sallyed forth slaughtering villages and burning farms. armies thousands strong bust onto the pales. fuled by religous zelotry and drunk off of the vengence they saught for there uneaned distrust and disslike, the wood elves cut there way threw the realm. the armies of kerin burst north once more after only a years, there rangers and cavlary attacking iolated caravans and supply wagons in the kingdom of felashar .

in the east, the king of staghorn and fawnglad while being a small kingdom, burst north and east, north into mealenan and east into the choas riven kingdom of yeshua. the slaughter of the yeshuins was total. the high elves of that split realm being heeped onto pires in honour of tyia.the events of the everhunt effected cathill the most, as he had to turn many of his fresh levies and that of those he had allied with north and east to face the comming armies of wood elves. the syrenas turned on him in there camps but his army was able to defeat them and kill there heir as he attempted to kill cathil.
ellyran and the wood elves-in the west the kings of ki'then, orion vale and kar'isan broke from there woods and decnded on the admirals armies. They had taken eminark as velor retreated south with the tatters of his army. As they lay in camp the wood elves attacked. Clouds of shadow bats and birds swarmed them attacking men in there tent. Then mounted on horses and deer wood elf cavalry tore threw the camp. Ellyran was in the city and ordered his men to stand firm. The wood elves where pushed away when one of there princes was killed. Knowing he was stuck ellyran decided to strike north believing below to battered to take him on again. he gathered up his army with with some 50000 elven warriors and drove north. the wood elves belived this was a sign from kironus the god of the hunt. they banded toghther some 20000 wood elf warriros with nouermous war beasts the first major battle of the new years in the west saw the kingdoms of the wood elves vanquished and the path lay open. fueled by blood lust the high elves marched due north. what proceded was the genocidel killing of the wood elves. the forest castles and villages where put to the sword with thousands pressed into servie and there beasts where takne as mounts or pack animals for ellyrans army. in orions vale the entire royal family was put to the swrod with ellyran killing the king and his brothers himself, the queen cursing him saying his corwards to kill women and children would damn him and his case. those who escaped fled to the north to the sea elf kingdoms of the north who welcomed them for milliatry service
the war in the west- as ellyran destroyed the kingdoms orions vale, ki'then and kar'isan. in the south a new banner was raised in the south and it unsettled the king in darera

“The meiryari are rasing a host out intelligence tells us your grace” Erikar said his foot breached on the pale stone of the Dias. the great palace of the high kings was quiet for the first time in meny months. every day the council of war gather to plan there next moves. as the montsh dragged on more kings and there armies joined his cause but it also seemed that more and more sided against findor.
“The kin of layoth wouldn’t not dare fight the kings of the west they are to strong” finodar announced “ besides ellyran had dirven all before him” he braced his hands on the throne “these wood elf to the south and east must be stopped before there heartless people drive further into our realms.” Lorianal suffled uncomfortably in his place. “What is it old friend?” the prince of lorithain looked to erikar. "what is it" he insisted
“They say the old kings banner flies again.” Finodar tensed in the throne of the high king “ it is said aniran raised the banner himself” frustration corsed threw his skin. the boy should have been killed and know he had escaped with the sword of astder.
"what of ellyran's force" he said not changing the subject but not directly adressing it. his two councilers looked between one another.
"the last I heard" erikar spoke " he was marching north to dead with the wood elves" findor clenched his fist in frustration. he had planned on strike east and south to deal with cathil and velors eastern allies. but know trouble in the west was drawing his attention.

"send word to ellyran to turn around and face the dark elves and there prince" he then turned to lorianal. "how many many are we hear"
"we have assemble some 80000 troops high king" the prince spoke.
"tell them to make ready" he said standing from his throne. "we will strike east"

galvined by the birth of a dragon the hireachs called a war council. the first to raise there armies where lord zadon vortain and his king hierarch melithan 2nd of kingdom of kor koran. Soon thousands of soldiers clad in dark armour in hews of black and blue where gathering at the hireachs castle. soon the other hireacrhs gathered at kor koran to plan there moves. word had drifted south of the battles of shrines and how the temple of layoth had been decicrated. the plan was to strike due north, and secure The shrine of the gods drive velor and ellyran armies from them then strike east towards darera. the hope was that findor and cathil would be fighting one another far to the east leaving his kingdom exposed. by the begining of summer the dark elves had gathered a host of armour 40000 soldiers. they knew they could raise more but they had no where near the population of the high elves or even the wood elf kingdoms. but unlike there other kin the dark elves where all warriors and fortress builders. years spent taming the hot lands to the south beyond the mouantins, and being the front line of many of the elven sun legions the dark elves where all battle hardned warriors. the knights of layoth joined there lances to anirans army. by the middle of summer aniran rihar snaked around his neck in a suit of pail white and gold armour his blonde and black hiar bairded over his shoulder mounted atop a black stallion marched due north.
the siege of callithain and the battle of the river kor- as aniran's army moved north, velor was moving back west. his battlered army had picked up allies in the kingdom of ca'ibren who had joined there forces to his and coming from the west more aryaker'lion's joined his host inculding velors personal erakalach hold guard so despite his losses at the shrine his host had swelled to 45000 men. to the south however more where delcaring against him. the kingdom of calithain and the kingdom of elithmyra, had declared for findor. the two kingdoms planned on gathering there strenght and traping velor between themsleves and ellyrans army. but marching from the south calithainians saw the brass dragon standered of aniran fluttering over a host in dark colours. king thandwin of calithain turned his 9000 men back inside his city and hunkered down but sent word north to ellyran to stop persuing velor and to join him to drive back the dark elves. the siege of calithain began in ernest. siege engine where brought up and hammered the walls of the beautfiul city. aniran led from the front being the first up ladders in his white and gold armour the sword of astder in hand. after two week of siege and attack the dark elves took the city, with the king and what he could evacuate heading north to link up with ellyran and his soldiers. forced to confront the dark elves ellyran turned south placing his army on the northern back of the tor river. the battle of kor saw aniran forces win the filed but they where forced south to regroup there forces while ellyran took his host back to the kingdom of tolirel and told there king what had befallen his son.
the war in the east-

while events unfolded in the west, findor and his soldiers marched east. he had split off 10000 men to guard the round south and marched to face those loyal to velor in the east. findor had with

his some of the best units that remained in the know shattered empire. he had at least 20000 men of the sun legions, the 3000 strong avangers of tyia led by there avenger lord kohril. the royal erakalach of the high king had also sided with findor along with there captain pelthain. the knights of order of asiren however had not joined him depite the cult joining findors side. the lances of order of the lady of starlight where in his army. he had hopes to be join by men of kalion and aratheia and while there kings had swore loyalty to him, the wood elves of syrena had brought there bloody everhunt to the kingdoms and while findors massive army had frightened off the wood elves, he knew that his holding force would not hold for long. King artus however had been preparing.
Deep in the drakenfell moutians king artus and the kings of the east loyal to velor prepared. he had mannaged to fend of the wood elves of the deer wood and everwood the kingdoms of the and know more kings joined there abbners to that of high king velor. the shattered yeshuans had gathered under the banner of a prince taln, mrching sullenly under the battlements of the vampiresm ighty fortress. the kingdom of lanior joined its banners to velors as had the kingdom of mealenanas had the kingdom of anteria in the north but king of morka, evian, had declared for findor. the anterian's and mealenanians where ordered to stop king evian from linking up with findors army. but when the two elven armies fell on the morkani they found that that evian had raised a host larger than they thought and defeated the two armies at the battle of whitehollow gully.
with an army of 20000 bearing down on them and 70000 coming from the west, artus new he had to chose who to fight. if he moved north he could crush the morkani. in the mountian holds and caverns of drakenfell, his vast army of 82000 men could easly destroy evian's army. but if he turned to face them he would be leaving a much larger foe in his rear. he decided to pack up his host and drive west to bring findor to battle. the battle of the arathian road saw the largest battle of the war so far with thosands dead and wounded. several kings loyal to velor lay dead on the field and know findor and his armies celbreated after rolled backs and stumbled in the west they had vanquished the forces of there enimes in the east. findor had to plan his next moves. his allies would make merry with the kingdom of the east. only king artus and king aladis rall thandwill car'i held out with there shattered armies in drakenfell. he detached his froces sending prince Lorianal of lorithain and 20000 east towards kingdom of telian-andiwn and kingdom of lanior. in the mean time he rested his tired army marched with his darerans and linking up with his holding force who had petroled the kalion boarder.

invasion of an'lorin- while war raged in the east, cathil had managed to gather more support. the kings of dewin, vale-loch and ishie-trion had swore there swords to him. after the bloodying of his nose cathil was then beset on all sides by wood elves. in the east the armies of the deerwood had cut threw the small kingdoms of dan'rih and sirion cathil turned his armies around to face the deerwood as the ragged remaints of the two kingdoms people came across his boarder. with around 20000 men cathil countered the wood elves. in the battle of kaliths farm the wood elves where driven off with great cost. it was after this that word came from the north that findor was marching into syrena in the wake of his vicotry at arathien road. even worse findors allies in the kingdom of an'lorin invaded the kingdom of aradel one of cathil earilest vassels. he decided the best corse of action would to be to strike the weakner link, the forests would hold up findors advance. he had ammased a force of around 40000 elves and marched west. after turning the an'lorian army before him he inturn invaded the kingdom. so while findor marched south into syrena the wood elves attacking there supply wagons as marched threw there kingdom. the vanguard of cathil's army enter an'lorin by mid autum and destroyed the forntier forifaction. spearheaded by aradeli knights, cathils army ravaged the towns and villages of findor's vassels. it was in this campgain that the ghost of anamer was born. the ghost had gathered a band of 400 and as cathil advnaced they struck, at the strung out army, as elements of it attacked the villages and towns of the kingdom. in a skermish at anamar castle 1000 of cathils legionaries where slaughtered and left impaled for his army to find. by the end of autum findor had arrived on the an'lorin boarder with just under 35000 troops, he had made ready to engage cathils army but early snows stopped fighting as all forces hunkered down.
ellyran humiliated-ellyran rested the rest of summer in tolirel. after his army had been defeated by the dark elves he needed to rethink his options. the tolireli king had commited sucide after he found out prince arathian of tolirel had been killed in battle. the nobles of the kingdom wished to name the admiral regent of the kingdom but fighting soon broke out over those supporting the appointment and those who wished to place the former king's brother in law on the throne. street fighting ravaged the capital, ellyran at the head of his holdguard cut his way threw those who supportered the kings brother in lay and after three days he had put the rebellion down. exicuations insued with ellyran excuting the kings sisters family and took up the mantle of regent of tolirel being crowned with the former kings crown and being gurnted with his sword, dragonbane. however he was paralyzed. in the west he had allowed King velor arkifess of aryakel’loin to retake the western coast, but ellyrans fleet cept safe by the sizable garrsions he had left in asirens spear. the king of eminark had returned to a desivistated kingdom gathering a tattered army of those buring with vengence. the religous heart of the elven world had been destroyed and know they where facing a new and very powerful foe from the south. as summer turned to autum the army reseived fresh reinforcments. so as velor reinforced and more and more dark elves joined Anirans host all the fighting of the last year was undone. but this would be but the first roll back of ellyrans forces. as velor prepared to counter attack, the sea elves began there assult. ellyrans main strong hold on the coast was know as asirens spear (le rocher noir or the black rock in the kingdom of the frankish) hear the main body of the fleet was protected by a garrsion of some 5000 marnies and erakalach alongside the sailors of the fleet. knowing that there strenght would forever be challange if they didnt act, the 4 sea elf kingdoms of the north, sanel, ice coral crown,anura and enahona gather toghther at the aurnain capital of the same name. with ellyran occupied and resting in the east there time to strike was know. gathering all there ships and the majority of there armies and spearheaded by the oldest and most exprinced of there rank king Eniaris of sanel, they traversied the dangours seas and ellyran was about to push aniren away the sea elves arvied outside asirens spear. over the winter the sea elfs layed siege to the moutians fortress with the sea elves destroying the majority of the fleet before rtreating after ellyran stuck his camp and charged west to try and save his fleet.

Battle Ship by RadoJavor

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the prince on the move- over the corse of the end of the prevouis year prince aniran watched as his dragon rihar grew insize. it was not yet large enough to mount, it would not be for several years but it was getting bigger and he was growing to be one of the princes closest friends. despite his victory at the kor river his army had been exausted by the battle and eager not to waist his one army he camped in calthain. over the corse of the winter he was joined by the sorceress queen of kal korda. the people of that western kingdom where seen as a strange kin even amoung the meiryari. having grown up in the court of the high elves the young aniran knew little of the sorceress queens of kal korda. corvina blackfeather had amassed 5000 of her best warriros and marched them across the mountains to join the princes army. with her came her own personal guard 100 sorcreror knights and head of cult of valman the the deciples of valman joined anirans army. clad in pale white gold and scarabe green armour these warriros of rage where a great gift to the young princes army as the new year arrived and the winter dissapated and turned to spring he was faced with an issue of where to attack next. word had come that ellryan was know regent of tolireli but had been forced west to save his fleet. in the west velors host was only growing in size. the kingdom of masilon and the kingdom of dar kalad joined there banners to velor brining with them there armies, they had been able to join as when the fleets of the warden ports had traveled north the sailors and ships which had been protecting them left allowing the two kingdoms to quickly take the powers over and then fix there banners to velors cause. aniran decided to strike north. packing up his army he marched towards the city of tolirel. the 20000 men ellyran had left in the south had dwinded to around 14000 with levies marching to reinforces but they would be to late. while they where strung out, aniran struk. taking one 5000 men made up of knights and the white fire guard he struck the strung out forces, defeating the army 4 times in 5 days. defeated and battered, the scatered high elves fled north meeting up with the the admiral before the mid spirng in gabreon. with tolirel wide open aniran marched in the weary people of the sadden kingdom submitting to his great host of dark elves. those who had weeks ago decalred for ellyran as regent know submited to aniran as high king. he ordered these eldes arrested he would not suffer oath breakers in his company. he took up residence in the royal palace and called a wall council. it was during thise council, while encamped in tolirel, he and his heirarchs where visted by a elf maid claiming to be a sister of the altanria. the heirachs like most dark elves mistrusted the witches of the altanria as they called them. never had a dark elf been welcomed to that sacred order. and there maconations and secrets troubled the meriyari

the hierachs where disspleaded. all of them still in there armour. the black and navy of kor koran, the white and scarab of kal korda, aniran in his plae white and gold. he like the rest of them took in the young female up and down with distrust. aniran welcomed her in. he had met elves of the altanria before. some of the most powerful sorcresses of the elven race. the only truth people knew was that only women where allowed in there rank.
"my lady" aniran bowed. she curtised in turned picking up the folds of her gren dress
"my prince" her voice as soft as a spring morning. rihar padded between him and the sister, snorting at his side twitching his head in confusment. she did not flinch not like many other simple streched out her hand like one would a dog. "and we have seen your coming little one" she smiled. rihar sniffed and then pressed his nose to her hand letting her pat his brass scales. and she looked at him. "and the prince who will ride you" aniran tensed at her words and at the eyes of his kinsmen who looked at him.
"I trust you have a reason for being hear" snorted hierarch caylex of korthea. the young elf maid looked at the hierach. the people of layoth did not trust the high elves less so the ones who claimed there ways and sights the greatest.
"I have been sent hear by my sisters" she began her hands still patting rihar. "they wish me to convay a message to you"
"spit it out child" snapped corvina blackfeather her hair laced with the crow feathers. the girl didnt flinch.

"my sisters have seen the blood of gods united, where you will rise to the highest and fires burn in your eyes" several of the hireachs laughed in disbelef, aniran staired on. "if you are to win this war, you must seek other, those who many will not fight alongside, those who have like you all" she eyes the congrgation of hierachs and queen. "have been sidelined." and with that she patted rihar on the head and left the chamber, her green skirts swishing as she left the chamber.
"stupid witch" spat hierarch melithan 2nd but when he looked to his uncle aniran saw that he to was thinking the same as him. that he would have to head this message.

weather the message was headed or not however, it did not change what he would have to do. his host had swelled know to around 42000 men. striking east could be risky, they had already seen what had happened when ellyran had over extended himself. he would crush the oppostion in the west and north then turned east to defeat cathil and findors armies in the field. to get there though they would have to march into the kingdom of gabreon a realm divded as there reports told them by the occuping findor loyalsit and the people loyal to velor.
the arkifess and the warlord- while the prince aniran ready his army for an invasion of gabreon and the north, velor planed to defeat ellyran once and for all. with his armies and fleet scattered ellyran was in a horrid state. his army which had so gracfully cut south and sent velors army scurrying to safty at the battles of shrines was know in tatters after first a defeat at the battle of the river kor then its bloody releif of the siege of asirens spear. with his foes force scattered velor knew the time was know to strike. with a host of some 50000 men velor marched east along the road on the tattered tails of ellyran battered army as it sullenly marching along on its way back to eminark.
ellyan's army had reseived some renforcments. he had striked the garrsion of asirens spear of its holdguard and what was left of the kavorini had joined his army in ragged bands of archers and other soldiers. from the north fresh horsemen from ortus and kalia joined his cause along side the ebon hunters, a shadowy orgninsation famous for there dark armour and prefrence for axes. specised ork fighters 1000 of them joined ellyrans army swearing there axes to findor and his wife queen koria. the order of the red lions joined his army as well, with them came 700 knights and some 400 foot the orders seer size estoment to its acheivement. velor chased ellyran across the ruined kingdom of orions vale as he marched south into eminark. in the last days of that spring the next great battle of the war was about to begin. at the battle of blacksmiths fair ellyrans 37000 strong army was utterly destroyed while trying to hold off velors army. ellyran retreated towards tolreil and its its capital high walls, to find it in termoil once more, and stripped bear by aniran and his dark elves. velor know gained the support of many of the western kings. in the wake of his victory he named calthor marshal of the empire and placed him in commanded of 20000 men to guard against any attack from the heast as he turned his host west to take asirens spear and the impieral navy. with just under 30000 men he marched quicklytowars the massive fortress. and after 3 weeks of siege the fortress was stormed with the loss of 7000 men, but the fortress was secured. from the south the kings of era'shia, drakva, and lyhedell while in the north the kingdom of eriskay joined velors cause. he called all the kings once more to eminark to plan there next moves, especailly with the boy prince marching up into gabreon.
findor and cathil clash- word from the west was not good. with ellyran host shattered the only postive news was that the kingdoms of asir and stornara had declared for findors cause. with asir came the power of the silver tower of asir the largest libary in the elven world. but findors attention was in the east. with cathil marching threw aradel he made ready to attack darera. with him came the strenght of his new ally the king of syrun. despite being attacking in the everhunt the king was able to send his host to help cathil in his invasion of an'lorin so as the spring campgain season began cathil marched on towards darera. the chancellor of the empire however erikar rall kironus had be busy. drawing an army to him an army of 9000 men he placed them on the main road north and by mid spring 5000 men from an'lorin joined erikar's forces. findor quickly stuck his camp and moved east but cathil would beat him on the march. at the battle of cor'isan erikar forces tried to hold back cathil forces between a village and a rocky gorge against the 36000 thousand men of cathils army. for a day and a night erikar held the gorge but his men where struck in the rear by knights and where forced to fight there way out of the trap and back towards findors army, to the east. this left the capital open to attack. cathil didnt wast time. marching in the van himself cathil invaded darera. it had been centries since the kingdom of the high king was attacked and know a host high on vicotry rampaged its way into the kingdom. the boarder fortress of solitain once the seat of the akrifess was sacked with the words 'death to velor and findor' written in the blood one the walls. findor forced march his men east. erikar's warriors acting as a rearguard to give them a rest. cathil knew he had to be quick lest his host be caught by findors advance. around the village of lyrin south of the capital the battle for darera saw the death of 5 kings on both side and cathil was taken from the field wounded.

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the prince and princess- the autum and winter passed without events with aniran spliting his army in three. he commanded 20000 while hierarch melithan 2nd commanded the northern army guarding his flank from any attack which might come from roonthaia and in the south queen corvina blackfeather and her zelots guarded the flank incase ellyran struck north. in the west velor's army gathered at his capital, but he knew the young prince and his dragon would be difficult to deal with. he had nothing which could face off against a dragon and there where none alive who had ever fought against them. so he sent his wife vendara and a handfull of warriors to reat with the prince in the new year.

the winds wipped at the door of his tent as his sister walked in. he had never know vendara as a sister, only a friend. her magic reverbarated around her and a power danced around the ring on her fingure. she wore a crown of golde inlayed with rubies and saphires and she wore a thick jacket to ward agaisnt the colds.
"it has been a long time aniran" she smiled lightly at him.
"it has" he smiled folding the map on his table as he stood.
"im not hear as a spy" she protested closing the space between her. her light brown hair tied back.
"but velor sent you" aniran said crossing infront of the table in his tent and crossed his arms. she nodded. it was difficult to be cruel or cold infront of vendara. she pulled from her jacket a letter with a wax seal on it.
"my husband has terms for you"
"i thought terms where handed to those who have been defeated" she handedh im the letter he took it from her fine hand and crossed his arms once more.
"he wishes for an alliance?" aniran laughd on the inside. velor arkifess of the empire was scared. scared of his dragon which know sdragged itself up. he would be to big soon. a thin light pulsed around vendara. a shield. he patted his the dragons flank it eyed his sister.
"I will let you consider my husbands offer" she was about to turn when he pushed himslef up and stepped closer.
"did you know?" he had to know. had to know if he had been the only one in the dark about his birth. she looked him up and down. she was so much like her mother, but shared there fathers eyes. she closed them and shook her head.
"none of us did aniran, and im sorry, for what it is worth."
"it is not your fault" he smiled looking at her. "I only wish I had knowing him as one" she put a hand on his chest.
"you did, he showered so many gifts on you aniran, you where the youngest knight in histroy at his hand, became the third man of the empire's army under our father"
"I mean, how you knew him" he could feel a tear form in his eye. she reached up kissing him on the cheek and left.
"i will wait your reply"

he brought the kings terms to his war council. almost all where unanomus in there decision. none wished peace. this offered showed the claiments fear and the dark elves would expolit it. come the spirng they would march, especially come the new year, as rihar grew large enough to ride.
the flight of the dragon- the spring was remarably wet by by the end of the thick rains the army marched once more in three coloums threw gabreon and into the war torn eminark. for the first time aniran rode utop the dragon the elves know called the brass beast. velors supporters fled in the face of the dragons wings. his ever growing host however had drawn to him a possible soluation. gargus half skrat had brought with him a mighty set of war beasts and one that the king could use to combat the dragon. a Scrat War beasts with two sets of wings and stiched toghther like some abomination had been desgined to be a mount to replece dragons. gargus himself had 1000 warriors flesh forged bohemoths. but his allies where becoming impatent. angered that once more his kingdom had been invaded. the king of gabreon declared they must meat the children of layoth and there userper prince in battle. velor while not wishing to fight especailly on the back of this mount he had been gifted from the scrat giant gargus, knew he could. from across the western coast kings where gathering to him. the king of ca'ibren had taken several thousand soldiers and invaded the kingdom of elithmyra joined by men from the kingdom of era'shia. but then disastor struck the southern kings. the hierachs and factiosn who had not decalred for aniran know joined there banners to his cause. ranks of dark elf soldiers under the command of the heirarch of kingdom of Nordrothid crossed the mountians and invaded era'shia. with them came many famous units of soldiers and factions. the reveant of layoth where protected the great temple of layoth in the moutains between kingdom of coronar the kingdom of kuros and the kingdom of arashi. 5000 men bearing that mark of layoth on there shield marched down towards them. velian shiled breaker brought with him former dark elves of the sun legions. and thousands of levies and knights from the remaining kingdoms and those already swore alleigence to anirans cause bore down the mountians in three great host. it was the greatest gathering of there people since the days of the god kings regin when all elves fought under the banner of asiren. the kingdoms of dar kalad and era'shia bore the brnut of this with the dark leves marching steadly north. but this invasion did turn one faction to velors side. the deciples of valmen had follwed the sorceerss queen corvina into anirans army, but with the invasion, the cult of valmor joined velor. the cult and its followers but its largest grouping was in era'shia and when the kingdom was invaded they rose up. the knights of vengence and the deciples of valmor assisted the prince and lords of the realm but quickly road north to link up with the host of ca'ibren, and then retreat back to link up woth velor. but velor was laready on the move. commanding the largest host he had yet gathered velor marched due east into eminark. he hoped that he could catch the princes armies on the road and destroy one at a time, but the wily prince aided by his dragon had his army converge just north of the former battlefield of The shrine of the gods on the gabreonian, orions vale road at a place called shayla. the hope was that the army hirearch Llaulgred 2nd would join them and togther they would destroy velors army.
war in the east- as anirans army celerebated events in the east where unfolding. the 20000 men under Lorianal of lorithain had marched north into the kingdom of celentria where adris the black lion rallied more of his kingdom. revain of morka had torn south in the kingdom of mealan and the kingdom of lanior besieging cities and towns, forcing garrsions to surrender. in the east the kingdom of anteria was attacked from the north and south as jarasar joined findors cause along with the kingdom of asbang, the anterians where best on all sides by enemies with clansmen of the jarasar who decended on them sacking villages and towns carrying off cropse and livestock.

from the safty of his mountains fortress, King artus and king king aladis rall thandwill car'i pondered there next moves. with there forcess scattered and the lorianal and adris about to invade the kingdom of telian-andiwn there back was rather to the wall. artus beleive he was safe behind his mountains. he could replenish his forces but he had to admit his people had taken a tanking. thousands of vampires had fallen, and in the high concuil the vampic lords where split about what to do. king aladis however and his ragged reminets of his brave lelanori did not wish for there homeland to become a warzone. already it was heard the orks on his nothern boarder where becoming braver, and the fear was that forces from the kingdom of kalion would invade, worse, the wood elves of the north would possibly slaughter the orks and on there ever hunt would cross into there kingdom. the two commanders agruded back and forward the vampire high council argued to open the up the well of magic in drakenfell called the cir'kidi, many where against this fearful that demonic necormancers and dark cults would be drawn to the pull of the magical recoruse the vampires use to help rejuvinat themselves without drinking blood. aladis however came up with another idea.

"this is a fools erand" artus hissed. aladis crossed his hand infront of him atop his horse watching the banners of stag horn and fawn glade and the kingdom of thandwul approch them.
"you have any better ideas?" the vampires lips curled on his pail skin his shadowstalkers ready to strike. aladris had to admit, the woodelves looked beatiful. the elves from thandwul where in gold and green, a massive tree a stride there shileds and banner. there capes where textured to looked like leavies overlapped like a birds feathers. the elves of fawnglad and stage horn where led by a warrior with a beautfiul antler horned healm. his armour the colour of the comming autum, the scales of there armes shaped to look like fallen autum leaves. a stag was a strde a banner of bright blue on there flaping banner and shields. the rider with the antler horned helmet was the firest to revail himself. he flicked his long aubern hair over his shoulders. putting his helmet on his saddle. king oratan of fawnglad was the younger of the two brother monarchs.
"king aladis?" his voice a soft croon. he nodded and oratan turned as the other wood elves took off there helms. "king- artus" his words nore harsh. the vampire hissed and then retreated, nodding his head slowly. "I do hope there is a reason, that you have called us hear"
"I have a propasiation" aladis said looking to artus. the vampire leaned forward on his black helm as it rested on his helm. "we are facing invasion on all front" the wood elves laughed. oratan looked around at his men.
"yes that mess on the arathian road was quite somthing" aladis clenched his fist. the monery of pulling his men off the ground pushing them towards the retreat. "leaves you all wide open"
"you think your gods will save you when findors men decend on you?" artus began. "rest assured when his men are finished wiht us they will come for you" the chuckles ended. the elf from thandwul spoke next.
"and the everhunt will bring the vengence of kironus upon them"
"im sure they will" aladis spoke. "but will the favour of kironus beat there numbers." at that they where completly silent. "if the kingdom of mealan falls the jarasar and the morkai will push into your realms. do you want the savage northerner to fall and desicrate your sacred groves. your woodland palaces and towns."
"and we will throw them out" oratan eyes where chips of ice as they bore into him.
"perhaps you will" artus spoke. "but for how long?" with that the king of shade and shadow kicked his horse on his shadow stalkers turing in neat rows behind them.
"you would side with the shadling abominations" oratan hissed. aladis smiled turing his own horse to looked at all the wood elves.
"I have saided for the one true high king, and they are helping me fuffile that"
"why should we fight for velor" another wood elf snapped from atop his white stallion. aladis shrugged and smiled.
"I dont know, but I think its better than dying at the end of men sworn to findor" and with that aladis kicked his horse round. he made it a few more paces when the wood elf shouted for him. and he smiled.

the wood elves of staghorn and fawnglad and the kingdom of thandwul began joining there forces to artus and aladis however the factions in the vampic high council did win there case. the magical sipon of the ci'kidi was opened, and with that dark sorcoerrors where drawn to it like a moth to a flame. many feared the necromancers who promised to raise the dead, but all knew what that gift would bring. in exchange for there gift they would want the ability to pull themslves and there demonic masters out of what the vampires called kel'vansha the realm of shadows or the shadow realm. with the wood elves a few more dreggs of reinformcents joined artus reduced army. small bands from the kingdom of yeshua, the kingdom of lorin and the kingdom of lanior joined the vampire forces in drakenfell meany joining after the kingdoms of berisan and kallith-serin and join findors cause and joined. with an army of around 30000 ,artus and aladis know had to pick there target carfully. they could not risk losing this new army in a risky battle, an invasion of the west was out of the question, after hearing of the battle for darera the leaders of velors forces in the west where nervous to bring findor to battle. marching into celnetria once more would draw adris the black lion and Lorianal of lorithain out of lorin and the kingdom of telian-andiwn. but that risk marching threw terrioty devistated by the war. east would risk the morkai and the jarasar. they decided the best corse of action would be to strike east towards morka, they would gather what little support they could in the kingdom of lanior and the kingdom of mealan where the regent prince calsai the brother of the former king king artan penthris of mealen who died on the aranthain road.

Arilaf the Elven Crown Princess by Bruno Cesar

so as the summer dragged on the supporters of velor marched east. the scouts of revain delthanis 2nd or morka army made up of jarasar horsemen reported back to the king of morka about what was happening. his raiding and ravaging had been pinned down by prince regent calesi penthris of mealen and his gold dragon guard archers, had been causing havoc for the invading armies presuring the flanks and rear of revain's army. he was forced to order lord atal's army garrsioing lanior, and sent word to the adris the black lion and Lorianal of lorithain to held him. however the velor loyalisty had the upper hand as they advancing towards the morka boarder with lanior. know it was a race for lorianal and adirs to catch velors allies between themselves and evian. in the late summer artus planned to libreate mealen and so turned his army south in the hope he could link up with the pirnce regent. the defeated a small force of 5000 men at shilo forcing evian to turn and face his oppoenet but little did he know that held was only a few days away from them. the battle of silver stream saw evains army routed but a tatical stalmate. the indocisiveness of the battle led to the long stalmate in the eastern theater.
war in the north- with the impieral fleet all but destroyed or in the hands of velor the sea elves of the north returned home but they where not waiting out for peace, they where planning there next attack. king Eniaris of sanel returned to the northern kingdom a war hero while prince Idions of enahoan and his army know called the the bane of kavorin (some ten thousnand soldiers) where famous for there savagry. the fighting in the south had drawn away thousands of high elves, garrsion fortress stripped bear of soldiers to fight the wars raging in the south. the sea elves senseing an opperiunity prepared. longships where turned south, with solders packed into them. the supremer commander was eniaris and he ordered a all round attack. so while the fighting took place at the silver stream. idions and his bane cut from his hom in enhoan and spilled into the kingdom of kalia and kingdom of ilethron. the cavlarymen of kalia had been preparing to rejoin ellyran, hoping to save the admiral from certin destruction. know they turned to face the sea elf invader. the bane cut into raiding groups of several thousnad the largest some 3000 warriros bruned there way first. they attack the kalian fortress of vi'em and carried off food and supplies from the surrounding farms. longships full of soldiers cut there way into ilethron, sacking towns and battling isolated garrsion. from auria and the kingdom of the ice coral crown sea elves invaded galera. there army was all but gone with only millita units (which had been being raised to send south) remaining. the nutrual kingdom of silvaya was attacked pledging is allegience to findor in the hope he would send men to help them. it did nothing as men in the white and blue of the ice coral crown stormed south. there king was forced to retreat to his fortress while his subjects and what little army he had tried to fend of the stream of sea elfs. watch towers, and boarder fortress where destroyed while farms where furned, but not before all there livestock and cropse where carried off. in sanel the sea elves invaded athe northern high elf kingdom. stripped bare of defenders to join lorinal and adris's army or off fighting with king evian. the kingdoms of morka, uilla, lorin, antria and kallith-serin where attacked. the lands of the jarasar where not speared, but they where able to skillfuly retreat then concentrate to pin down and destroy there invaders where as the hgih elf kingdoms where devistated. there haslty formed defenders not able to hold up the sea elves. only after adris and lorinal found out and kin evian ordered a hasty march south did the sea elves retreat back across the boarder there handy work done. in the west. prince Idions of enahoan and his men gave battle. his sea elf army not used to fighting on the flat grassland of the west held there own against the cavlarymen of kallia. two of the princes died while idions and his most unsavory soldiers attacked the camp. he carried of the kings daughter princess alteara. with there army outflanked the kallians retreated the sea elves claming vicotry as the first snows began to fell and they retreated back across the boarder.
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the alleince of layoth and inethria- with the new year aniran and his victorius dark elves planned there next moves, they had consoldated there control, the kingdom of gaberon was occupied as was tolirel, half of eminark was under anirans control and most importanly his lines home where secured. with supplies arriving every mounth to keep his army fed throught the autum and winter. in the kingdom of asir ellyran still licked his wounds. dripps and drabs from felachar and stornara had joined ellyran shattered army but the admiral was not able to mount any fresh offesnive only able to hold the west with what was left of his shattered army. it was velor who would be anirans main threat and after the winter, the high king went on the offensive. he had raised two fresh armies and bolstered his main one. from eminark he would pin aniran in place. marching into tolirel the king of ca'ibren thalindane rall cothel 2nd of ca'ibren would threaten anirans retreat home while in the north marching from the devistated wood elf kingdom of orions vale prince annkar would invade gabreon. they planned on surroduning the dark elves and destroying them. thousands of reinforcments had joined velors armies with the kings of era'shia and dar'kalad rasing millita forces to invade the dark elf kingdoms in there south. these small armies however made a big mistake. made up of irregular and old soldiers when they entered the dark elf kingdoms they found that the dark elves had no intention of letting there homes be invaded. the first of these armies under the command of the king of era'shia uncle was totlaly wiped out with there bodies impaled toi ward off any other attack. in the north velors offensive began. anirans host number over seventy thousnad men but it was spread out so not to totally strip bear there occupised territoy. with him he had around 15000 elves mostly from kor koran, korthea and corthea. outnumbered aniran retreated, deciding to march north into gaberon. this was what velor wanted. from the west. the king of ca'ibren attacked. hierach caylex and his army was caught off guard. but he couldnt not retreat with the main lines south running sout threw tolirel into lyhedell and into the dark elf arankal. his force of some 20000 dark elves countered the larger army of the king of ca'ibren. at the battle of toryin the hirearchs soldiers held on despratly as the kin of ca'ibren threw his soldiers onto the dark elves. they manged to hold on till the night and caylex was forced to head south, but not before sending 100 of his fastest riders north to warn aniran of the attacks. in the north prince annakar drove east, forcing hierarch melithan 2nd who commanded the northern wing of the dark elf forces using light cavlary to screan his armies quick retreat. unable to retreat south aniran convened his officers. they argued they would have to move south to link back up with caylex. however aniran was recoiling the meating with the sister of the altanria. the kingdom of shafria was to his east and was occupided by his forces and east of them lay the kingdoms of selentria and sa'ivren and the lands of meirithalyari or the elves of twilight. aniran ordered the camp striked. he would shadow the armies retreat as they marched east. many where worried scared to trouble the queen of twlight nuteral realm. meany most of all corvina blackfeather put up furthent protest. aniran agreed to link up with melithans army and then drive quickly east with corvinas force making up the rearguard to slate her lust to fight. after a month they reached the kingdom of seletnra velors men stopped they where not willing to bring war to those realms content to have chased the princes torwards findors men.
as his army encamped soldiers of the queen of twilight arrived and aniran on rihar's back asked to see the queen so he and his uncle alongside some 200 whitefire guard went east

The castle was built on the edge of a mountains, looming him in navy and white marble. He didn't take many people with him only a handful of his whitefire guard and his uncle. They made there way threw the beautiful sweet smelling pine forests.

He and his uncle stood in the foyer for several minaies guards in deep namy there camps speckled with glittering white like the stars in the night sky stood silent as aniran. A spiral staircase looped up, made of a beautiful polished wood. The panels of the walls where carved with beautiful imagines painted in bright colours depicting the night sky.
“If we go any high” his uncle said his long black hair tied back in a bun, we would be speaking to arya face to face” aniran laugh was cut short when footsteps turned him the plates of his army clattering as he took in the women who walked into the room. Her hair was black like his uncles but streaked with a white so pure it look as if it had been taken from the stars themselves. Her sent was that of a crip winters night, her eye a blue so dark they where almost black, speckled with white like little stars. Hers kin was pale but somthing shimmered o it like little bits of the stars where in her very flesh twinkling like they would in the night sky. Her dress was not one would wear for it beeing so cold. Slits went up each side exposing the pale skin of her long toned legs and its was sleeveless and strapless held with a golden belt at her waist. Around her head she wore a crown of bright silver. He didnt know why but he bowed and when he looked his uncle did so to. Anniya of the house of the dawn star queen of twilight and queen of all the meirithelyari was a beautiful as the stories said. Despite the small size of her kin she was never required to swear allegiance ce to the high king not fomally.
“Prince aniran standard bearer of aryadar?” Her voice was like silk. Her lips as red a roses in the snow. “Lord zadon” his uncle bowed lower. The feeling was strange like every part of him was screaming that he must bow lower. But he was the successor of asiren tue god king of all elves.
“You honour us my queen” his uncle spoke.
“I hope the stars where watchful on your journey” she said looking aniran up and down. “That is the high kings armour?” He looked down at the white and gold plate. How many times he had seen the high king wear this into battle. His uncle head still bowed nudged him.
“Yes my queen” he just made out a little laugh and noticed her hand before him. He looked up from his genuflections and kissed the ring on her figure her skin arm against his face.
“No need not bow” she spoke “ come” she said after his uncle rose from his place. “We have refreshments.”
…
The room was warm and had the feeling of a hunters cabin. With tall windows looking down into the valley. He hadn’t sat on a sofa for months. All around them carvings of the stars and in the corner a pairing of inethria goddess of the twilight and the stars weeping her tears birthing the elves of twilight. And sitting her legs up on a sofa the Same colour of her dress anniya looked at them, the supposed avater of the goddess Of the stars and queen of all meirithelyari. She offered the pair of them to drink. His Uncle's eyes widened. A choice between several different wines. “The spiced wine is the best for the coldness of these Mountains” aniran took a glass pouring from a judge the spice filling hide nose. “I must admit my lords that I am confused as to your presence in my realm” the sweet facade fell away leaving a face as fears as a snow storm in the night. Eyes like a wolf amoung the branches.
“We are not hear to attack you my queen” his uncle assured standing one armed wrist behind his back holding his black cloak to his body.
“No because if you where you would have taken your dragon” Aniran looked to his uncle. Then back at the dark beauty of the queen of twilight.
“We have come to ask for your help, the altanria suggested-“ her hand stopped him.
“My sisters have led you on a wild chase my lords” she took a sip from her goblet. “I cannot help you”
“Cant or wont?” despite hsi uncles earlier respect the queen hostility had changed him. Her wolves gaze turne to him bto hands on her goblet. “If you have not see, my queen our world is at war”
“A war that my people have not yet joined”
“How many of your kin are subject to other kings?” his uncle pushed. “How many have already died?” aniran tried to change the subject.
“We need your help my queen” he set the glass down on the table. “Your people are some of the greatest warriors, I fought with many along side the king”
“And many of them died” she cut him off her voice softly cutting him short. “My brother hyron died, I know first hand the horror of war” she closed her eyes and aniran looked to his uncle. He was about to stand admitting defeat when his uncle spoke.
“You inaction will lead to your peoples end” his uncle pushed on stepping between them to the table which was between aniran and anniya “you are lucky we are not velour, or men loyal to findor, or cathil, they will not take your abstinence lightly” she took a sip from her glace her eyes looking at his uncle a dark fire in her eyes.
“I would watch your tone, my lord” she set the gobelet down on the desk glaring at his uncle “need I remind you who I am” he didn’t see it often but his uncle physical retreated into himself bowing his head.
“I apologise my queen” she turned looking to aniran
“I cannot help you” she pushed, a pained frown crossing her beautiful face his uncle pushed on
“The altanria-”
“I am the altanria,” she snapped “my sister should not have called a meeting without me” her words clearly angry “I will not submit my people to war”
“Then your people will burn” aniran affirmed standing.
“It is rude to stand so abruptly” she said straightening her dress over her legs “It seems your mother hasnt taught you any manners” she said looking him up and down “perhaps I can” he glared at his uncle stopping him from laughing. He made one last push.
“My queen, war is coming, we have seen the lengths findor is willing to go to, the shrine of the gods is nothing but a blackened ruin, word has come that entire kingdoms have been put to the sword” he stepped around the table. She stood up with the slowness of a cat, but didnt stop him as he came within a a few footsteps of him. “I would not see that happen to you and your kin, as I would not see it happen to mine” for the first time in there short exchange she looked away to look out the window.
“We would have you as our ally” she snapped her head to his uncle, a void in the brightness in this room with his armour deep black. She spun back round to aniran and closed the distance between them. She touched his face and he felt his breath hitch. He had never os much as been with a women before. Had always been so involved in his duty. “The more I look at you the more I see your father” she ran her hand into his hair with the gentleness of a lover. “ you know,” she said pulling her hand away tooking at him again “Your kin believe that asiren was one of your people. A meiryari, that he sympithised with layoth.” she looked back at his uncle. “I know your people are not the monstered the high elves claim you to be. She turned her head to aniran. “You have the sanncutary of my home, I will call a council, you will have my answer in the morning”

queen anniya was weary of the dark elves. the words of her sisters in the altanria had been true. as for the other high kings there crimes against the gods where counted. they had slaughtered and desecrated there way across the elven empire. many of her council said the same of the dark elves of anirans army. but they where fighting to make themsleves free of tyranny. as avatar of inethria the goddess of the stars was within her, and her light was shining on the young elf prince. the prince which a dragon hatched for. the first dragon for centruries. somthing else was in the boy. the blood of asiren was in his vains but pulsed brightly in his vains. the joining of there two bloodlines, could reforge the empire. the high king of the elves and the queen of twilight. when they met with the prince again anniya praposed an alliance, one forged in marrige. at first aniran was aprahensive but the forces of the twilight elves could save his people and unit them with the the twilight elves. after a few weeks he agreed and soon all the nobles of there people came to selentra and watched the union of the prince of the realm and the reveered queen of twilight. but after the much needed celebreations orders where sent. anniya ordered the kings of corath and the king of dokathran to ready there forces to guard the north and east while she took the host of selentra and sa'ivren and joined it to anirans dark elves. the end of summer would see aniran and anniya take the offensive.

cathils in the south- after his defeat at the the battle for darera cathil retreated back into an'lorin. he attempted to winter there however his shattered any had to retrun home to get outfitted. there winter march was harried by wood elves from the kingdom of kerin harrying them. he wintered in kingdom of syrun with fresh troops joining him there staying there while he planned his next moves. over the winter he had seen his allies grow in strenght word had come of the dark elf victories and as the new year turned he began planning his own alliences. was able to secure the allience of the sea elves of kingdom of beltanar. the kingdom of sorain joined his casue but the mountian elves of kingdom of themirvey did not strenghting there boarders and not letting any emmisery pased save on the order of there king. when new reached him of the battle of silver stream cathil decided to push east rather than try again in the north. moving the kingdom of siron and the kingdom of kiritan and gaining there support they drove north into the devistated remiants of yeshua. the two kingdoms had been devistated by the wood elves and so there forces where limited but they found little reseitance as they drove north into the kingdom of mealan. they found the reminance of artus and aladis army. the prince regent of the king had been raising a new army but only had around 3000 men and was forced to withdraw away from his capital. several small battles where fought with these two armies but soon cathil found himself in the same posistion as the other high king climanets. the new king of dewin king Kyuvan rall lyklor Zinjyre 10th was given command of the left win of the army some 5000 men. the kings of staghorn of fawnglad fell on his army and despite there defeat the battle had pulled cathils left wing out so as he marched into mealean his army was being strung out. aladis and artus depite having a weary tattered army took there oppertunity to strike. cathils army had around 30000 men in it, facing him artus and aladis had around 18000 men. 5000 of them where in staghorn and fawnglad so artus deicded to strike. they would turn cathil south back into yeshua and then try and refrom there forces. they sent word to the anteriains in the hope that they could join them along side the prince regent of mealen. however anteria had been devistated by the sea elves so no help was coming from there. the prince regents forces however did make ready to march. seeing forces close in on him cathil ever an agressive commander attacked. first he invaded mealean. the prince regent was forced to retreat in the face of the larger enemy his lands and people driving before them. he then broke off a part of his force around 15000 warriors hand picked from his best troops and turned to face aladis and artus. but in the east a new foe was rising.
the rise of the demon queen- the choas elves where possibly the only race of elves which where more terrified by the rest of the elves than the dark elves. during the ever hunt the wood elves did not stray into there realm of The kingdom of Svartálfheim rulled by the demon queen. the demon queen at the time nemathaya had drawn to her the mountain elves of the east. her cults to to gendarar and jakaris sprung up like weeds in the kingdom of e'le thenmir and the kingdom of the lakes. there kings where her concubines and she had been planning a war of blood in the hope of summoning her god. so as cathil planned on attacking aladis and artus army. the demon queen and her legions burst from the east. the cursed kingdom of yeshua, know little more than a ruin was covered in the totums and statues of the dark demon god gendarar. alters where rasied to other gods. ulgath the father of valman and valmor the god of hatred and disspare, a twsited alter was rasied to asiern as a blood thursty warlord. the wood elves break there allaince with velors loyalsit retreating to staghorn and fawnglad to delibarate on what to do. leaving the three oppoents in the east with no idea what to do, lorinal, adris and king evian gathered there forces and made for kingdom of kallith-serin, it had been spared much of the sea elf attacks and refugess and soldiers from the devistated northern kingdoms where going to be added to there forces. artus and aladis however stripped of there wood elf allies decided to retreat in the face of the demon queens advance back to the safty of the mountains to reform there army, adandoning all of the gains they had made after silver stream. cathil however was stuck. demon queen nematheya's host struck him in his rear after leaving yeshua. cathil ordered a retreat back southbut all the roads where controlled by nematheya. so cathil trapped in unfriendly territory was forced to act. he decided he would attempt to break back south and get back to freindly territory. the king of z'asari commanded cathil right flank as he retreated king kyuvan joining his tattered army to cathil main host. nematheya's holding forces retreated allowing cathils army to stumble upon the horrific sights she had made. cathils army rabidly lost its moral hundreds deserted only to be cut down in the night. then the king of z'asari was attacked. as his forces shadowed his high king the host of the demon queen fell on him. his back to a gorge in the terrain the king fought hard his spearmen forming up in a semi cirlce to defend archers as they fired over the ranks while he and his knights harrased the demon queens zealor warriors. but her magic was what tipped the scale. calling on gendarar, she summoned darkshade like creatures tearing appart ranks of soliders. she and her sorcerrors cast spells that turned the kings men into red glass shattering on impacts with enemy warriors. the high elves break but with no where to go they are slaughter to a man. the king and his sons dying beside one another, a total off 7000 high elves where slaughtered there death made in honour of gendarar. cathils men on hear the news that there rearguard had been tottally wipped out, panic spread throught the army. cathil sent his holdguard and knights to calm the army down showing that these soilders where without fear, but it failed. the fear paralyzed the army. not able to move the high elf army of around 22000 know lay exposed. nematheya attacked once more. for the second time in a week she attacked. flanked by the armies of her lovers the warriros of the demon queen fell on cathil terrified army. many of thse ventrens of the battles of the past four years. the sight of the crazed zealots shattered the first ranks of spear men, but cathil riding between the ranks inspired those loyal to him into fits of bravery. a group of spearmen form the kingdom of valeloch managed to hold on against a tide of blood crazed cultist allowing for comrads to retreat. another group drove back a regiments of the demons queens elite guard sacrificing themsleves to allow others to turn and run. cathil and his knights and holdguard held the road open while his army retreated. cathil dueld with the the king of the lakes, cutting him down with his lance, the magical metal punching threw the other kings breast plate. the battle lasted into the night and once fighting died down cathil joined the rest of his army. the demon queen was content to let this happen for she had another aim in mind.
invasion of the south- in the wake of the vicotry at darera moral was high in the court of high king findor. cathils forces had been driven before them and know the word offensive hung around the court. word came from the east that cathil had invaded the east and with velor and aniran fighting in the west. findor gathered to him a great army. ellyran was called from the west, leaving only a small rearguard in the west it ws the first time the admiral had met the high king since findor had named himself high king, the reseption was icy but the admirals army was much welcome his army swelled from around 20000 to well over 70000, millita where raised from every kingdom in the imediat vesinoty knights, joined in force. with 70000 men he decided to split the army in three. ellyran would take command of 20000 menand invade the kingdom of garshan, mortus 3rd of khain as given command of 14000 men and marched into an'lorin to librate the kingdom while findor alongside the bulk of the army would march threw syrena and into esvdell. Ellyran met with no resitance and was joined by king ellidan of garshan. the citizen of an'lorin cheered as mortus of khain and his army while findor marched into the realm of the wood elves to find the forest early silent as if the wood elves who a few years ago had been on there hunt know didnt seem intrested. mid way threw summer his forces crossed into esvdell amd invaded the heartland of cathils territory. this was just as word came that the demon queen burst forth from her kingdom. the defence of esvdell fell know to high queen kallia. while she had been queen she had built up a strong following with the cult of ellowyn. thousands of moon goddess cultist lived within the city of esvdell and the 200 of them formed the ellowynguard who protected the high queen. local millita where raised but all the knights and profesonal soldiers where away with cathil. so as the massive army of findor marched in sight of the city, she ordered everyone inside the city, to gather up all the available supplies and then bar the city. the swirling battle outside the city walls fought in the snow and the mud saw cathil and his queen killed with prince mordred retreat to the kingdom of hythashra and know was on the three claiments had fallen findor decided to rest the winter in the south and he would travel north in the new year. for those that supported cathil the death of not only the high king but the high queen tore the hole out of there claim, prince mordred the futrue emperor mordred rall elladris cathilrall 1st retreat with only around 4000 troops. with his vicotries. more kings joined findors cause. the kingdom of Iralon the kingdom of lothai, the kingdom of ilathain the kingdom of lardorth and the kingdom of alith aldwin joined findors army. but while his massive army rested in esvdell a letter came with the seal of nematheya.
battles in the starlight snow- while cathils army marched to reives The siege of esvdell aniran counter attacked. waiting for velors forces to invade his new wifes realms, calthor's forces truggd there way threw the twilight queens realm while velor marched south driving caylex's forces before him. but while velors forces won vicotry after vicotry driving the dark elves before him. the battle of arya trident saw calthor's army routed with the king of eminark his heir and his family wipped out. with his flank exposed velor retreated and calyex struck harrying his retreating coloums as they moved back to saftey. the last battle of the 7807YBCW season was fought on the boarder of gaberon where king Malenor 4th of gabreon
the allience of asiren and gendarar- as findor rested in esvdell the high queen burrying her gentle sister findor was visited by demon queen nematheya. the demon queens and her mountain elf allies arrived on the plains before the city. findor and nematheya had been freinds and she had loved him before he had been forced to high queen koria.

she was still as beautiful as the first day he had seen her. in full armour she dissmounted her horse, the snows falling genlty mealting on the black plates of her armour.
"high king" she said bowing to him.
"from what we heard" findor said trying to keep his authority in his tone. "you where fighting for yourself" she gave him a smile. he could sense that she wanted to throw her arms around him. how he wanted to throw his arms around her. to feel her burnt copper hair on his face. to breath in the burnt wood and lavander scent of her skin. she simple stood there she glanced at koria who stood at his side and then looked to him. she took of her crown and kelt before him placing it at his feet. then unseathed her sword and placed it at his feet. he wanted to grab her to pull her to her feet and kiss her.
"long live high king findor"

over the winter a war council was called. ellyran would take his army and come hear to garrsion and protect the south while findor took his army back north. nematheya stated that they should raid the vaults below the impieral capital. unknown to everyone else she knew that the demon sword Astaroth layin the vault and would give her beloved king the power he needed. she also set in motion her plan to kill the high queen who was about to give birth to her first child. over the winter the army slowly made its way back to darera one the return to the capital the vaults where looted and while findors was looking he opened a casket and found a sword in an ornate scabbard. at one point he could have sworn it was speaking. so began the corruption of the high king and his cause
for the other combaited a sense of calm forboding settled on them all. in the west after his vicotry anirna planned ot driving west to force velor to surrdner in the hope that he could save more high elves and more importanly his pregent sister from death. in the east the scattered allies of velors retreated once more to the sancturary of darkenfell. in the north the high elves loyal to findor could strike at any moment and those kingdoms which where loyal to velor had been devistated by the war with what forces they could get reamining in there kingdoms rather than coming once more to draken fell. the wood elves however provoked by the comming of the the demon queen of gendarar decided to act. the war had been raging for almost half a decade and they feared that the everhunt would fail in its great task. so as all the wood elf lords came to staghorn and fawnglad they decided to consult the fren and elder council. the great council declared to save the elven race and the hunters of kironus from the demons of gendarar and win the war, the champion ot kironus must be resurected. king oratan of fawnglad was chosen to be the avatar of the hunt and went threw the binding ritual to bind his soul to that of the great god of the hunt. when he emerged from the palace of the council king oratan was gone replaced with the avatar of the hunt and know leader of the wood elves. and with the end of winter the season of war was son danwing once more.
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opening moved in the west spring to mid summer - with the coming of spring aniran moved to link up once more with caylex and his southern forces. more dark elves had joined there cause with the hierarchs of sychten and marazhan had linked up with caylex's forces. prince ulgoth (future hirearch ulgoth rall melithan of kor koran) invaded kingdom of dar kalad once more aniran called a war council. queen corvina anger at the death of so many of her order of the blue moon wanted to push into gabreon. she was supportered by hierarch caylex of korthea. hirearch Llaulgred 2nd of northrothid would turn south with 20000 men and invade the kingdom of ca'ibren while aniran and the bulk of the army would strike from the kingdom of tolirel and into kingdom of eminark. corvina's soldier burst across the border. king Malenor 4th of gabreon retreated in the face of the queen of kal korda magic. thalindane rall cothel 2nd of ca'ibren was first defeated at night wood and then was besieged in his capital as Llaulgard besieged him. aniran and anniya lanuched there attack into eminark. over the following month the king of gabreon paniced as his army and retreated. velor turned to give battle he and aniran came to blows once more a vast host of cavlary clashing as the two quickly tried to destroy one another. once more dancing on there mounts the battle ended in a bloody draw with velors army pulling back. with only way to escape being north king Malenor 4th of gabreon crossed the roon into unfreindly roonthaian territoy. over the years since the battle of blacksmiths fair the kings north of the roon had faced sea elf invasion, know what forces that could be gathered where being gathered in roonthia. the ebon hunters had rested there in the wake of the defeat. the new king of kalia elridan horesti 4th had taken his horsemen and knights alongside the lords of ortus to the kingdom. corvina reasted her army on the southern bank of the river content to let the supporters of velor and findor fight one another. velor facing invasion on three fronts. king alatier 2nd of dar kalad was driven back by the forces of prince ulgoth threating the kingdom of malison and the kingdom of ca'ibren. he was being squeezed and needed to act. by know it was the middle of summer and all feared a long protrected war. everyone was hear of how in the east rhe war had turned into an unending missary. so, aniran ordered his army south after sighting from the back of rihar the elves of velors host moving south from eminark into ca'ibren.

the champion and the queen- while anirans army moved to defeat velor in the west at the beginging of spring the wood elves emerged from there woodland palaces and fortresses with the champion of the hunter god on the back of one of the great syrenaian white stages. in the court of darera scheming and ploting had brought the remaining kingdoms who had not pledged there loyalty to findor to his cause. the kingdom of bleakweald, the kingdom of alinta, the kingdom of sin'odarin, the kingdom of orsha and the kingdom of nythe aethel decalred for findor out of fear of the demon queen and her minions. on the turn of the new year high queen koria gave birth to a daughter called kenna'alden. the high king was so happy at the birth of his child and even said that she would be the next high queen. enraged at this nematheya plotted to kill the girl and the high queen to once more win back her lover. she had already pursaded to reoginse the army. the dread legions where formed and dedicated one on of gods. this disgusted the old guard amoung findors followers. it was at this point that word came from the east that the wood elves had raised a great host. findor wished to comfront hinm in person but nemthya pursaded her freind (in the prsence of the court) that she would defeat the wood elves and there champion with legions. findor insisted on meating up with Lorianal of lorithain and adris the black lion and there army. she left the city with 30000 warriors while in the court many planned for the future. officer where appointed. the kings of felashar and an'lorin where made marshals of the empire. adris was named king of celentria. the mortus 3rd of khain was named chancellor of the empire.
in the east the wood elves had gathered the largest host in there histroy. all from the west, refugess had secrelty made there way to staghorn and fawnglad to witness the birth of the champion of kironus. the meirtaruyari joined the cause under there lord malakar thousands of warrriors know emerged. the chronicles would write down that hundreds of thousnads of there kin marched forth. marching north to attack lorinal and adris the champion and his army drove north driving all before it. queen nematheya marched threw the kingdom of shade and shadow and met adris and lorianl in kingdom of kallith-serin there combinded host was around 50000 men. the two warlords where wear when the dread legions arrived devoted to valman, valmor, gendarar, ulgath and jakaris. the battle of whitepine wood saw nematheya mortaily wound the champion of kironus his army scattered with king gallian rall gywn of fawnglad 7th retreating with what was left of the army. nematheya turned back leaving the battlefeild to adris and lorinal to guard while she and her vicotrius army went back to the capital. on her return in the late autum queen nemtheya set about removing all those in the court who upposed her and her corruption of the high king. shrines where errected to the darker gods of the elves save layoth who chaos elves named the great betreayer. the high king erakalach slolwy became more and more infucned by nematheya and those kings who had once been stalwart against her either fell to her infulence or found themselves exiled or worse.

koria watched as the young koria the young king of felashar was throne half naked before her husbands, her fathers chair. the former marshal his hair ragged parts of it tone was covered in blochy bruises. a smile was on his lips. like one a wolf cracks at a corpse. "you would dare smile while you are on trial." the young king laughed at the other women beside her husband. despite the mark on her face, and her creamy skin she was beautfiul. her hair tucked up and pinned in a crown by a corronet. she was an umber dress with red flaming swirled embrodered to the pannels. the young king scowled at her and spat on the floor. the room held its breath and koria couldnt help but smile. the demon queen sneered and was about to step forward when findor stood from his throne. despite the harshness in his eyes he still moved with that same grace since when she firest met him.
"you would be wise not to act out so much, you king"
"or what" he hissed his eyes on the demon queen. "the demon bitch, will torture me" she flinched as findors had struck the young elf hard sending him spraling to the side. everyone just watched in a hall which one shone golden when her and her sisters, and aniran, used to live her toghther.
"queen nematheya, has one many victories for the empire and-"
"and so did my father" her heart clenched at the sight of the yong prince pushing himself up. "or have you forgotten" the room was still for several moments. before findor answer.
"you king thalirod rall finrik 6th of felashar, are sentenced to death, for the crimes of sedition and treason" with that he nodded and his erakalach pulled him to his feet.
"I promise you this" the young king protested struggling against the guards. " you will fail so long as she is by your side" he was pulled from the courtroom and koria looked to her side. nematheya had stepped down and know stood next to her husband. he was right they wouldnt win this war against her father standard bearer and the arkifess so long as she was with them. she looked to Irin stone faced since his fathers. sothing had to be done, and if her husband was to weak, then she would have to act, for the sake of her daughter.

battle of ca'ibren- in the late autum as nematheya reterned to the capital anirans army arrived in cai'ibren. for a few mounths hirearch Llaulgred had been besieging the city. his host however had taken a battering with supporters of velor from kingdom of elithmyra and kingdom of calithain harrasing his siege lines with king thandwin of calithain defeating the heirarchs cavalry but these where small victories. with king Malenor 4th of gabreon forced north hand know fighting a despreate battle against the roonthainas kallia's and ortusi, aniran swung south with his new army to crush the support for the arkifess. velor his wife growing greater with child knew that the war in the west was coming to a head. he could either leave his allies in the south to there fate or they could crush anian and his armies as they advanced on the city. word was sent to the city and gargus half skrat forged special flying creatures in order to carry supplies into the city and word to hold while velors armies marched to save the city. on his route aniran ran into savage rain and so his army was slow as it marched threw the kingdom of tolirel and towards the kingdom of ca'ibren. velor to was caught by bad weather with the banks of the ve'al river bursting its banks. the firest snows had fallen, when aniran linked up with hierearch Llaugred two days later velors army was spotted outside the city. a messanger was sent to aniran camp. velor proposed that under the rules of engagment that the city and its defenders be allowed out of the city then a battle could fought outside the city. anirans army wet and tired still from its march was in a procarous posistion. instead he decided to meet with velor in person, much to the protests of his whitefire guard and his hierearchs.

the light was grey, the snow soft as he and rihar landed in the clearing just north of the city. the road leading north was full of velors warriors. the arkifess mount he could see was curled up in a mocking mirrior of rihar. he patted his mount as he decnded his whitefire guard not far behind, anniya on her grey spekled horse as she rode up behind him. velor was on food his head crowned with a golden banded, a pretty saphire in the center.
"you have changed" aniran began. velor smiled at him.
"so have you, young lord"
"its prince know" velor's smile faded at anirans words.
"seems that vendara did not change your mind" the arkifess contiuned. "she is with child know" aniran was filled with elation when the snort of his dragon snapped him from his haze. "you asked to see me aniran, what do you want" the elfs words where not harsh, but it was pushing, wishing to get his buisnines delt with. already the snow was picking up.
"you wanted to fight the battle on fairer terms" aniran said leaning back on the pomel of his sword. "why not we do the honurable thing, I offer you a challange, we fight in the place of our armies" velors face was still for several long moments which snow falling on his beard. his cold eyes stairing into aniran.
"are you mad" velor murmered.
"I am offering you the choice" aniran spoke. "you do not need to accept."
"we where freinds" velor hissed. "know you ask me to kill you"
"that is for thr gods to decided" velor looked behind aniran.
"and I suppose you think inethria is on your side" velor hissed. aniran had to stop himself looking at his wife. "no" velor said turning away his cloak fluttering behind him.
"velor" the arkifess stopped turning. "look after her" he didnt answer just gave a solem nod and kept moving back towards his knights.

for a week the two armies staired at one another. the siege contiuned with the walls of ca'ibren being battered into dust. the dark elves however didnt assult the walls. they knew it was only a matter of time. so velor with his back against the wall attacked. he intended on surroduning the siege lines. first ranks of elves from kingdom of masilon would swung round spear headed by hundred of knights the attack started at night in the swirling snow in the hope that it could go unspotted. but as the masilonians attacked, they could feel the blizzard pick up and when they came within sight of the dark elves, they cfound not tired spearmen or weary millita, but the franks of the whitefire guard. with a scream a dragon burned there lines. the knights where cuaght first, rihar burning a blood hole in there ranks, armour seering to flesh as they charged. the whitefire guard charged crashing into velors men. all around anirans dark elves and twilight elves attacked, a small forced attacked the city to pin the garrsion in place while the bulk of the army, mostly on foot advanced. velor mounted his beast but rihar was faster. before he could get up into the air rihar clapped the thing in his jaws and knocked it back to the ground. before it was light velor ordered his army to retreat. the garrsion of ca'ibren tried to break out but found itself forced to surrender. king thandwin of calithain covered the rearguard while the king of elithmyra was killed leaving a group of skermishers against the whitefire guard. velor had no choice but to run back north with his army, but as winter set in he was forced to slipt it up and make camp.
the rise of the demon queen and the birth of the cursed prince- as the winter wipped hard against the walls of darera, the high queen had her people in place. irin would secure the city. she attempted to get her sister and brother in law on side. aryia ria zaria was the sister of findor and her son Malakar was in theroy second in line to the throne






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Outcome

the three high elf claminets where dead. the crown of darera was left vacent. with findor dead , princess kenna'alden in the new dark elf empire and the demon prince aldoras dead, the realm fell into choas. with what was left of the former the royal erakalach  lord malakar findors nephew took the crown taking the name malakar malakin (showing his decendency to the high kings of the elves threw his grandmother zaria the daughter of high king malakar
cathils nephew mordred was named king of esvdell he would later become emperor asserting his kingdom control on the kingdoms on there southern boarder.
velor' kingdom fell to his own son.
for the high elves there days of prepmince in the elven wolrd was shattered. the kings fell into fighting amoung one nother the high elf lords crowning themselves kings and struggling over the boarders of there small kingdoms.
for the other elves they had gained there indepndence. the wood elves retreated into there forests and woods forging great fortress and lving in harmony with the beasts of the forest. however they where not to be islolationist, soon they would be joining with houses with the other elves and opening trade and starting wars.
the mountains elves retreated to there great holdfasts gaining a poltical neiche for themselves.
it was however the elves of the west who saw the greatest vicotries. the choas elves gained indpence in a small kingdom onf the eastern slopes of the mountains of zherik. however the Dark elves and meirithalyari created the largest empire of the elves. afixing the impieral blue to his shoulder Aniran crowned himself the hireach of the He left the purple rose before sunrise and went to his room. thei’darcothmyr ker Meiryari or Dark elf Empire. he married the twilight queen of the twlight elves and cemented there control over the western half of the old empire. and the dark elves took there places as the acendent people of the arya.

Aftermath

in the long term it would leave the continet dissunited. 
while esvedell empire and the kingdom of Darera would go on to fight Dareran Esvedell wars in order to try and supplant one another asthe true rulers of the elves the conetinet remained dissunited. the level of death elvies vast areas un inhabbited and left space for humans to coloines when humans arrived in there several waves.

Included Conflicts

• battle of blacksmiths fair
• battle of silver stream
• battle of the arathian road
• battle of the river kor
• the battle for darera
• the battle of arya trident
• the battle of shayla
• the battle of spinewood
• the battle of whitepine wood
• the battles of shrines
• the raid anamar castle
• the siege of asirens spear
• The siege of esvdell

Conflict Type

War

Battlefield Type

Land

Start Date

7811YBCW

Conflict Result

See outcome

Belligerents

the allince of layoth and inethria

• cult of layoth
• kingdom of aransha
• kingdom of arashi
• kingdom of corath
• kingdom of coronar
• kingdom of dorkathran
• kingdom of kal korda
• kingdom of kor koran
• kingdom of kuros
• kingdom of sa'ivren
• kingdom of scthyen
• kingdom of seletnra
• knights of layoth
• lordship of kalkaroch
• order of asiren
• the altanria

Led by

• Aniran
• hierarch caylex of korthea
• hierarch melithan 2nd
• hirearch Llaulgred 2nd of northrothid
• lord zadon vortain
• queen corvina blackfeather

Strength

the kingdoms of the dark elves where able to amass tens of thosands of levies as well as several of there speical units


1 dragons

Casualties

Objectives

carve out an empire for the dark elf people

sea elf kingdoms

• kingdom of auria
• kingdom of beltanar
• kingdom of enahon
• kingdom of the ice coral crown
• the kingdom of sanel

Led by

• king Eniaris of sanel
• prince Idions of enahoan

Strength

unknown troops entire sea elf fleet

Casualties

half the fleet was destroyed

Objectives

raise the sea elf kingdoms and retain the seahorse crown

the wood elf kingdom

• king of kar'isan
• kingdom of thandwul
• kingdom of kerin
• kingdom of ki'then
• kingdom of orions vale
• kingdom of staghorn and fawnglad
• kingdom of syrena
• kingdom of the deerwood
• kingdom of the everwood

Led by

• king gallian rall gywn of fawnglad 7th
• king Kheldran the stag of the deerwood
• king morvain of staghorn
• king oratan of fawnglad
• king Venmor rall kalleth of everwood
• lord malakar of the dark hunt
• the champion of kironus

Strength

unknown strength magical shadow bats

Casualties

unknown

Objectives

destroy the high elf empire

mountian elves

• kingdom of themirvey

Led by

Strength

Casualties

thosands inculding king thorimar

Objectives

gain independnce

Choas Elves

• the kingdom of e'le thenmir
• The kingdom of Svartálfheim
• the kingdom of the lakes

Led by

• demon queen nematheya

Strength

Casualties

Objectives

findor

• kingdom of alinta
• kingdom of arathia
• kingdom of asir
• kingdom of bleakweald
• kingdom of calithain
• kingdom of celentria
• kingdom of darera
• kingdom of elithmyra
• kingdom of felashar
• kingdom of galera
• kingdom of ilathain
• kingdom of ilethron
• kingdom of kalia
• kingdom of kalion
• kingdom of kallith-serin
• kingdom of kavorin
• kingdom of morka
• kingdom of nythe aethel
• kingdom of orsha
• kingdom of ortus
• kingdom of roonthaia
• kingdom of silvaya
• kingdom of sin'odarin
• kingdom of stonara
• kingdom of tolirel
• kingdom of uilla
• order of the lady of starlight
• order of the red dragon
• the kal'ethian brotherhood
• the kingdom of alith aldwin
• the kingdom of Iralon
• the kingdom of lardorth
• the kingdom of lothai
• the kingdom of shorak
• the wardenship of the western ports

Led by

• admiral ellryan
• adris the black lion
• elridan horesti 4th
• erikar rall kironus
• findor rall calith of darera
• king aloren rall erikar mathil
• king cyadrin horesti 12th of kalia
• lord kohril
• palthain
• prince arathian of tolirel
• skor the flee

Strength

Casualties

Objectives

claim the impieral throne

cathrill of esvdell

• esvedell empire
• kingdom of z'asari
• kingdom of allwan
• kingdom of aradel
• kingdom of dewin
• kingdom of hythashra
• kingdom of ishie-trion
• kingdom of kora
• kingdom of riverdall
• kingdom of syrena
• kingdom of valeloch
• the kingdom of kiritan
• the kingdom of siron

Led by

• cathill emperor of esvedell
• emperor mordred rall elladris cathilrall 1st
• high queen kallia
• king Glînion silversword 4th of hythashra

Strength

Casualties

Objectives

claim the impieral throne

velor

• kingdom of drakva
• kingdom of era'shia
• kingdom of anteria
• kingdom of aryaker'lion
• kingdom of ca'ibren
• kingdom of dar kalad
• kingdom of eminark
• kingdom of eriskay
• kingdom of gabreon
• kingdom of lanior
• kingdom of lelanor
• kingdom of lorin
• kingdom of lyhedell
• kingdom of masilon
• kingdom of mealan
• kingdom of shade and shadow
• kingdom of shafria
• kingdom of telian-andiwn
• kingdom of yeshua

Led by

• annakar rall meridor cathen
• calthor rall-ellowyn 2nd
• gargus half skrat
• king aladis rall thandwill car'i
• king alatier 2nd of dar kalad
• King artus
• king Malenor 4th of gabreon
• king thandwin of calithain
• King velor arkifess of aryakel’loin
• prince tarantus

Strength

Casualties

Objectives

claim the impieral throne