War of Stone and Spell

Military action

The Dwarven empire still recovering from recent civil war, only to find mages marching to their doorstep.

While still recovering from the recent civil war, the Mages of Taladren march to war, wanting to take advantage of their weakened military. The dwarves dug in and ground the expansion to a halt, causing another 3 year long dispute. More and more arcane atrocities were summoned, further entrenching the dwarven disgust for magic.   Eventually, the mages developed a powerful and dangerous magical nuke, planning to use a portion of their own army as bait to lure the might of the Dwarves of Dhul Ghurum into position to be utterly destroyed.   Miscommunication and confusion lead to minimal casualties, aside from a blasted hellscape, but the rank and file on the field saw what their superiors had planned, causing an almost immediate revolution, claiming much of the newly conquered land as their own.   The dwarves, using the disruption pushed forward in the aftermath, only to find their former enemies suing for peace, claiming to no longer hold any loyalties to Taladren.