Black Iron War
Military action
1221PIE
3/7
3/7
1221PIE
21/7
21/7
Mechanics' Command AI decides, that Xylian Dominion no longer suits its needs. And launches war that could be better described as extermination.
Mechanics' reason for visiting the Gates of Eternity was to foster powerful civilization, capable of repeling further Darkness incursions. Xylian Dominion was deemed too stagnant to be able to achieve that goal, since it was nowhere strong enough and no longer capable of serious progress.
While its hard to say what exactly caused a suddent change of mind of the Command AI, the effects were terrible. A legions of extremely advanced warmachines assaulted Xylian Dominion, exterminating overwhelming majority of their races within two weeks.
Only three skirmishes of Black Iron War can be considered 'battles' rather than 'massacres', as Dominion actually managed to cause some casualties among their enemy forces. First is Xylians' fleet attempt to intercept Mechanics' forces on Western Ocean, with Xylian forces managing to sank at least a single ship while simultaneously droping several massive depth charges to destroy many of the machines that were marching on the seafloor towards Karathia.
Second one was Mechanics' assault on Xylian capital, with Dominion greatest magicians succesfully summoning their chief god into the Light. It managed to permanently shut down one of truly gargantuan warmachines that Command AI sent to destroy it, before the stress of summoning killed all mages. He was forced to return to the Dark, just as several more similar machines launched their deadly payload, practically erasing the capital.
Third one happened in eastern Markarian Peninsula, on the biggest Xylian weaponry testing ground and main garrison supporting the eastern border. Its hard to say what exactly happened, the effects however was utter devastaton of the whole region, and destruction of at least several hundreds of minor Mechanics' warmachines.
Three Xylian groups survived. First fled into the Labirynth, only to resurface many years later and create the Taretian State in northern Elvharian Forest. Second was spared by Mechanics, and after extensive reforms created the Kraad Technocracy. Third fled east, creating a city state of Syhon Mir on Kasytian coast.
While its hard to say what exactly caused a suddent change of mind of the Command AI, the effects were terrible. A legions of extremely advanced warmachines assaulted Xylian Dominion, exterminating overwhelming majority of their races within two weeks.
Only three skirmishes of Black Iron War can be considered 'battles' rather than 'massacres', as Dominion actually managed to cause some casualties among their enemy forces. First is Xylians' fleet attempt to intercept Mechanics' forces on Western Ocean, with Xylian forces managing to sank at least a single ship while simultaneously droping several massive depth charges to destroy many of the machines that were marching on the seafloor towards Karathia.
Second one was Mechanics' assault on Xylian capital, with Dominion greatest magicians succesfully summoning their chief god into the Light. It managed to permanently shut down one of truly gargantuan warmachines that Command AI sent to destroy it, before the stress of summoning killed all mages. He was forced to return to the Dark, just as several more similar machines launched their deadly payload, practically erasing the capital.
Third one happened in eastern Markarian Peninsula, on the biggest Xylian weaponry testing ground and main garrison supporting the eastern border. Its hard to say what exactly happened, the effects however was utter devastaton of the whole region, and destruction of at least several hundreds of minor Mechanics' warmachines.
Three Xylian groups survived. First fled into the Labirynth, only to resurface many years later and create the Taretian State in northern Elvharian Forest. Second was spared by Mechanics, and after extensive reforms created the Kraad Technocracy. Third fled east, creating a city state of Syhon Mir on Kasytian coast.