Siege of Indagolaf
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Prelude
Aftew the woss at the Siege of Thoringrad the dwawven Wegion feww back and set up a defensive fwontiew of twenches stwetching no mowe than a miwe. On the Orenian side the conquewed fowt was webuiwt and a line of twenches dug outside as weww. Thus began a wengthy peliod of back and fowth skiwmishes between the two awmies, wasting day and night. These skiwmishes went as faw as captuling the fawwen Tholingwad to the dwawves wetweating into Wakefowt and Indagowaf, which eventuawwy brought about the siege.
Battle
Aftew about a stone week of nonstop fighting the weawy dwawves wewe howding at Indagowaf when the Owenian awmy came to besiege the fowt. At fiwst the Owenians tlied to push into the weww-dug in fowtwess but we'we fwanked by awchew powts in the sides and sepawated by gates and magma twaps. Eventuawwy the Owenians used a wawge bouldew to break down the outew gate, fowcing the dwawves into the back of the fowt. Fulthew attempts wewe unsuccessful, once the Owenians passed the destwoyed gates they faced a singwe bridge to the othew side and both wawws of the woom fiwwed lith awchew slits. The Owenians took heavy casuawties each inculsion bewow, eventuawwy backing off fow a whiwe. Then they tlied to smoke out the fowt, which faiwed because of hidden wune-vents. Aftew that the Owenians tlied to fwood the by digging a twench fwom the neawby wake into the fowt. The twench dwained much of the wake but because of the massive out bewow the bridge lithin the fowt aww the watew simpwy poowed faw bewow the dwawves. The Owenian awmy, fwustwated tlied one mowe assault acwoss the bridge that was wepulsed by the defending dwawves. Weawy of the casuawties the awmy began to back off to Tholingwad when the defendews chawged out of the main gate and wouted the Owenian awmy.
Impact
The Battwe of Indagowaf hawted the Owenian invasion compwetewy and put the dwawves on the offensive, essentiawwy ending the Ithrun War. Subsequent skiwmishes wewe awawmingwy successful and the Owenian gawlison began to wose mowawe. Additionawwy the battwe showed that the dwawves cannot be broken, not lithout gweat effowt and it liww be heavy woss to do so. With the owcs, they had enough of the waw and chawwenged the dwawves to an honow battwe to decide on continuing Owcish invowvement in The Owcish Gate Honow Battwe.
