Arnorian-Dunlending War

The Arnorian-Dunlending War was a conflict which was waged between the High-Kingdom of Arnor and the Dunlending tribes which started on April 24th 2019, and raged until June 3rd of the same year.

## Factions Involved

### Arnorian Forces

* High Kingdom of Arnor
* Kingdom of Dale
* Kingdom of Gondor
* Kingdom of Rohan
* Woodmen of Mirkwood

### Dunlending Forces

* Tribes of Dunland
* Witch-Realm of Angmar
* Orcs of Dol Guldur
* Swan Knights of Dol Amroth
* Taurethrim Empire

## History

### Prelude

A new map of the server was released by the admins on April 4th 2019, which gave server wars new worth, as land could be seized. At first, the neighboring realms of Dunland and Arnor attempted to coexist, and a treaty was agreed upon by the two sides. Angmar under the leadership of Refrocks and Dale under the leadership of PizzaKingOfPizza, however, were along with the Wind-Dwarves two of the three primary powers on the server and were going through a period of conflict.

Pizza wished to strike against Angmar's primary alliance, the Iron Pact, but Dol Guldur was too weak to invade and attacking Angmar would unite the Astrasi Empire, Shadow Pact, and the Winds against him. With the aid of powerful Arnorian Lord HarrMac, Pizza convinced Elendil\_The\_Tall, King of Arnor to declare war on April 24th 2019. This triggered the Iron Pact mutual defense clause but did not trigger defense clauses with the Shadow Pact or the Wind-Dwarves.

Summersharry of the Woodmen was convinced to fight as well after being promised aid in a war against Dol Guldur, and the warlike Birgenspl of Rohan was convinced into joining as well. Gondor, at the time led by a council headed by JerrekCarnelian, feared that a war with with the Iron Pact would destroy his hopes of a reunification with Dol Amroth. For this reason they had been purposefully left out of the planning discussions, but after war was declared by their allies the pressure to get involved by the lower ranks of the faction became too great and they were forced to join the war.

At the time there was a serious split within the Free Peoples between its mannish factions and their Elven and Dwarven counterparts so the remaining factions of the Free Peoples were unwilling to join a war against a neutral faction. Dunland's position as a neutral faction meant they would receive no aid from the Shadow Pact or Astrasi Empire, however.

### Battle of Western Dunland

Although there had been several small skirmishes, the opening battle of the war was known as the Battle of Western Dunland which took place on the 26th of May. 57 players were involved total, making this battle one of the server's largest. Of these, 26 were from Dunland and its allies, and 31 from Arnor and its allies.

Although the defending Dunlendings got the two opening kills of the battle via arrows, their army fell into chaos when the overall commander Faylynn disappeared. Angmar commander Broblo held command over 16 fighters and attempted to take control but his command was disputed by commanders and leaders of other factions, most notably Commander Uriank of Dol Amroth.

As the Coalition forces surrounded the Pact's fortified hill the various commanders were still fighting amongst themselves, a problem made worse when the Dol Amroth and Angmar units attacked each other. With the enemy in total disarray the Coalition forces assaulted the hill and slaughtered the enemy. The battle ended with 26 fallen defenders and 5 fallen attackers.

A video of the siege can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svOonCy7ttI&t=1707s.

### Conclusion

Pizza, now the Woodmen 2nd in command, and his allies wished to quickly conclude a peace so that the Woodmen could invade Dol Guldur and conquer a stretch of tiles that would completely encircle them.

Refrocks, fearing that Angmar would be next to be invaded and realizing that he was not strong enough to oppose the Coalition, signed a separate peace known as the Treaty of Carn-Dum hours later. In this treaty it was agreed that Angmar, the Woodmen, and the Coalition would not take part in any war against each other for 6 months. Old Rhovanion, Running Ford, and Carn-Dum were also declared pvp-free zones until their outer walls had been completed. This both ensured that Angmar wouldn't be invaded and ensured that Angmar would not support Dol Guldur in the Coalition's planned war against them.

Negotiations then began with Erynir, ruler of Dunland. Realizing that all was lost, the Treaty of Dunland was signed on June 3rd. In this treaty, Arnor was granted two tiles of its choice, which included the one taken in the Battle of Western Dunland.