War:War for the Loftywoods
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The War for the Loftywoods was a 16-year-long armed conflict between the nascent Dominion of Malin and Rexdom of Krugmar. The war saw the deaths of three Rexes of Krugmar, and the reimposition of peace through an armistice backed by the Kingdom of Renatus after the duel between King Kairn Ithelanen and Rex Morlak'Lak. The Rexdom of Krugmar following this armistice was weakened and their city and lands were seized upon, leaving the Orcs far-flung and in disarray for a period of four years. These lands were annexed into the Dominion of Malin, and would later come to shelter the fledgling nation the Kingdom of Gladewynn following the start of the Second Schismatic Era.
History
After the transition from Axios to Atlas, Orcish travelers were spotted traveling the roads of the Dominion of Malin. The Dominion received reports that the Orcs were disturbing Elven travelers and sent out a group of Reiters and Elves to engage them, led by Ewan af Morr and Khaine Csarathaire. The Rex of Krugmar Ul'ra Yar was captured and returned to the city. Standing accused of the crimes of banditry and enslavement of Elves committed by her people in recent years, the Elven Triumvir Kairn Ithelanen ordered her execution without the standing approval of the High Prince and decapitated her in the city square for all to see, declaring that the Elves would never again be made slaves. In retaliation, a flood of Orcs swept the city and slaughtered a number of guards and citizens, before eventually, the horde departed. Belestram Sylvaeri, a Prince of the Dominion of Malin, was said to have berated Kairn Ithelanen harshly for his execution of the Rex—and the mutilation and crucifixion of her body outside the city gates—as the War for the Loftywoods had now begun, and many Elvish lives had been claimed in the hours following Ul'ra's untimely death.
The Dominion had only just recovered from the tumultuous Bronze Rebellion, but this time it was not elves killing other elves. This was a war with a sovereign nation that had been responsible for many years of slavery, raids, and wars waged upon the Wood Elven people. In the following days, the war unfolded and the Orcs established Fort Strong (Orcish: Fort Stronk) on the road leading to the Dominion capital of Caras Eldar. Although the Orcish trajectory at the beginning of the war was strong, many battles fought had proven that the Dominion too had claimed many victories, and was far more brazen than it had been under the rule of previous rulers. The conflict saw the rise of three principal leaders of the Dominion of Malin who followed High Princess Awaiti Aureon: the High Princes Belestram Sylvaeri, Loriens Silma, and Kairn Ithelanen. The Rex Ul'ra Yar and her Orcs were traveling the roads near the Dominion of Malin when they are rumored to have beset upon Elves to enslave them. Khaine Csarathaire rallied the Virarim, the military order responsible for keeping the peace in the Dominion, to route the Orcs and make them leave. Ewan af Morr, a member of the Reiter Core, led his forces there as well and swords clashed. Ewan and Khaine emerged victorious along with their men and dragged the Rex Ul'ra back to the capital of the Dominion, Caras Eldar, where she was executed by Kairn Ithelanen after a rousing speech before the gathered soldiers. In response, the city was swarmed with Orcs and Renatians who slew a number of city guards, personnel, and citizenry. From that point on the war had begun and many successive raids were launched against the Dominion of Malin by Antonious Horen of Renatus-Marna and Rex Leydluk'Raguk of Krugmar.
Skirmishes, Battles, and Sieges
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