The Great War

Blood splashed everywhere. There was nowhere to hide. On one side archers shot arrows that rained down on you like hailstones, elves on hexequine-back ran past at tremendous speed and magi attacked you with flaming balls of pure death magic. On the other dwarfs manned catapults and cannons ready to send rocks and cannonballs hurtling through the air as well as spearmen who were primed for battle.

The Conflict

Prelude

233 years after the separation of Mundomirum, on the 6th of Zenos, war was declared. growing tensions between the drastically different ways of dwarfs and elves turned into to deadly bloodshed.

Deployment

17 days later the elves started advancing on the dwarfs. The magi, who do not need much (if any) equipment were the first to attack. The unready dwarfs did their best to withhold the magi but not much could be done until reinforcements arrived.

Battlefield

After creating haphazard bridges across the Great Rift the Dwarf fought in Koboldia. Though they supposed they had an advantage, they succumbed to the powerful magic of the elven kingdom.

Conditions

They fought day and night, though sun and rain. The forts, though happy, we dirty places and over a quarter of soldiers die of disease.

The Engagement

Though the war lasted two and a half millennia there were only seventeen major battles. Most of these were fought from either side of the ridge as most attacks were ranged.

Outcome

The food supplies were low as were the medicine and water. It took only 3 months however for a united Mundomirum to gain this loss back.

Aftermath

The populations of both countries had decreased by over a third and it took many years to get back to its former glory.

Historical Significance

Legacy

It is regarded as the bloodiest war with the highest death toll and worst repercussions ever.

Conflict Type

War

Battlefield Type

Land

Start Date

3705UMY

Ending Date

6174UMY

Conflict Result

After 2400 years, the two sides were united at last

Maps

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  Mundomirum

  A small scale of the entirety of known Mundomirum.