Siege of Mynebor

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Siege of Mynebor
Part of the Urguan-Mynebor War

SiegeofMynebor.jpg


Date: 5th of the Grand Harvest, 1712
Place: Kaz’Stailininn, Kingdom of Mynebor
Result: Urguanite Victory
  • Capitulation of the Kingdom of Mynebor
  • Destruction of Kaz'Stailininn
  • Balrog Ironkiln II escapes
Belligerents
Under-Kingdom of Urguan:
agnarum.png Under-Realm of Urguan
Kingdom of Mynebor:
Mynebor.jpg Kingdom of Mynebor
Commanders
agnarum.png Fimlin Grandaxe, King of Urguan
agnarum.png Zahrer Irongrinder
agnarum.png Atandt Irongrinder
Mynebor.jpg Balrog Ironkiln II, King of Mynebor
Strength
~6,400 Infantry ~1,900 Infantry
Casualties
~1,000 Dead or Wounded ~1,800 Dead or Wounded

The Siege of Mynebor was the first and last major engagement of the Urguan-Mynebor War. It saw the armies of the Under-Realm of Urguan lay siege to the capital of the Kingdom of Mynebor in an attempt to capture King Balrog Ironkiln II and to capitulate the Wildlands kingdom.

Prelude

Prior to the battle, the Kingdom of Mynebor and Under-Realm of Urguan had engaged in diplomatic aggressions towards each other, with the Urguani issuing several warnings to the Myneborian dwarves to convert from worshipping a religion which the Urguani dwarves saw as heretical. After a supposed attempt on the life of the Under-King by King Balrog of Mynebor himself, the Under-Realm issued an official ultimatum against Mynebor, which they ultimately refused. After the refusal, Urguan issued a declaration of war and summoned a war council to prepare an invasion of Myneborian lands. Due to the Kingdom of Mynebor being located in the Wildlands of Arcas, careful planning was needed on the Urguani side in order to make sure an invasion route would be secure. On the Myneborian perspective, King Balrog began to mass recruit for Mynebor's army. He reached out to several Urguani exiles and even tried to hire mercenary companies, though did not have enough mina to pay said mercenaries. By the end of it, Mynebor was able to boost their numbers to nearly 2,000 soldiers. However, it was barely half of the Urguani legion of 6,000+ legionaries.

Battle

The battle began when the Urguani legion marched towards the Myneborian capital of Kaz'Stailininn. Being aware of the Urguani approach, King Balrog had a giant citadel, called the 'chandelier' by Urguani forces, constructed and attached to the top of the Kaz'Stailininn cave city. The Urguani Legion, rather than charge through the gates of the city, used one of the many abandoned cave entrances to sneak through the city. The Myneborian defenders had already prepared for this, and had their entire 1,900 dwarf garrison moved to the citadel. The Myneborians immediately opened fire upon the Urguani legion, causing some Urguani to fall into the deep pits inside the Myneborian city after being struck. The Urguani Legion returned fire, picking off a handful of the Myneborian defenders with their arrows. The further the Urguani legion went into Kaz'Stailininn, the more the arrow exchange increased. After several hours passed, the defenders of Mynebor realized they did not have enough supplies in their fortress to wait out the Urguani legion. King Balrog thus ordered his soldiers to continue firing upon the Urguani forces and continued to inflict minimal casualties on the approaching legion. At some point in the shootout, King Balrog was struck by an Arrow and was believed to be slain by his forces. In the mass panic that followed, the Myneborian defenders proceeded to make makeshift parachutes from cloth and jumped from their fortress. Many fell to their deaths, but those who survived fought ferociously against the Urguani who pursued them. Following Balrog's fall, the Myneborian forces lasted all of two minutes as the Urguani forces charged the surviving defenders and cut them down. Very few Myneborians survived including King Balrog himself.

Aftermath

Following the victory at Kaz'Stailininn, Urguan occupied and destroyed the city. They declared total victory over Mynebor and stated that the grudge against the Myneborians had finally been solved once and for all. On the Myneborian perspective, the surviving dwarves either surrendered and rejoined Urguan or fled deep into the Wildlands. King Balrog himself managed to evade capture thanks to the help of Myneborian survivors who dragged the king away from the battle. From there, Balrog went into hiding and never again attempted to challenge Urguan on the field of battle.