The Glowing Rock and Windshelf War

Also called the “*War with no bearing*”, The Glowing Rock and Windshelf War happened over the course of **one year**, spanning five individualized battles, starting on **October 3rd, 593 AP 4E** and ending on **November 19th, 594 AP 4E**. They started when the two Fagian villages Glowing Rock and Windshelf had issues regarding trading principles and the spread of Eye Rot. It was one of the most significant Fagian wars and is considered bad faith to mention the wars casualties and such in the aforementioned villages.

## Location

The main site for most of the conflicts were on Pigmerry road and near both the villages of Glowing Rock and Windshelf. After the battle "the Endorian Intervention" the Fagian capital of Endoria became involved.

## Causes

There are a multitude of different conflicting theories and ideas about how and why the war started, but the truth begins with the Glowing Rock Trading Company. Before the war started both villages traded with each other in good faith, exchanging the goods and exclusives, such as minerals from Glowing Rocks mines and WindShelf whiskey which is brewed in Windshelf and highly appraised throughout the country. However, suddenly a handful of people began to get the disease eye rot in Windshelf, and the Trading Companies President Terril MacJem suspected the disease had something to do with the wagons and carriages of goods coming from Glowing Rock. His suspicions would prove to be correct when one of the wagon drivers coming from the village was very sickly and died while in Windshelf, his eyes and eye-sockets completely rotted and left barren, leaving a clear infection on his brain and skull. People of Windshelf began accusing the traders and people of Glowing Rock for the diseases circulation. By the time people began rioting almost everything was at least slightly contaminated by the disease, including the water, livestock, food and even wood. The Windshelf traders cut ties with the Glowing Rock ones and this sparked even more outrage now in Glowing Rock, as they relied heavily on the produce and livestock that grew in the village. Rioting got so bad the soldiers and political authorities had to break them up and imprison the out-of-line actors in the village.

With both villages left without each others vital resources they had once relied so heavily on, they decided they needed to take the resources back themselves, which led to the Glowing Rock night raid, a raid of resources on Windshelf which was unsuccessful. Because of this, the Jarl of Windshelf, Uli Sprinnd, officially declared war on Glowing Rock.

## The Battles and Conflicts in the War

The war was split into five different onslaughts and conflicts.

**Battle in the town square -** This was the first and only battle fought in Windshelf. It started when commander Hilsander (*not yet a Major General*) led a group from Glowing Rock and attacked their military. The battle lasted **three and a half hours** and it had **one hundred fourteen** fatalities, **seventy-six** Glowing Rock soldiers, **thirty-one** Windshelf soldiers, and **seven** Glowing Rock civilian bystanders. *Windshelf claims victory.*

**Caith ar Eapiall -** Elven for “Battle on Horseback”, this battle was fought primarily on horseback near the Northern rocky hills of Glowing Rock. Commander Hilsander was again the one who led **thirteen** groups of Glowing Rock militants to fight General Aiofan's **eleven** groups. A total of **two hundred eighteen** human fatalities, **one hundred one** Glowing Rock soldiers and **one hundred seventeen** Windshelf soldiers, with a total of **seventy-three** horse fatalities. It lasted **seven** hours. *Glowing Rock claims victory.*

**Endorian Intervention -** This battle took place on Pigmerry road, which connects the two towns, right outside the gate-fronts of Endoria. Because of the range and intensity of the battle, Endoria became involved and decided to side with Glowing Rock, defending their right to victory, who were led by Prince Endoric IV. There were a total of **one thousand four hundred fourteen** fatalities, **five hundred four** Glowing Rock soldiers, **three hundred thirty-three** Endorian soldiers, and **five hundred ninety four** Windhshelf soldiers (*including Commanding General Aiofan*). An additional **sixteen** Endorian civilian bystanders were killed. *Glowing* *Rock* *claims* *victory*.

**Purging at Glowing Rock -** Rather than being a standard series of fleets or waves, this was generally considered a massacre. After the defeat on Pigmerry road, Windshelf's new Commanding General Stig Elrana (*who took the position after Aiofan's death*) decided to take **seven** units: **three** calvary, **three** foot, **one** archery and **twelve** knights to Glowing Rock in attempt to assert victory over the healing people. In their rage, the **seven** units were able to burn over **one hundred eleven** homes, **two** armouries, **six** supply cagings and **one** farm. An estimated **three hundred seven** Glowing Rock citizens were murdered and another seventeen soldiers and knights fell. Based on the principles of law in battle and order, there was no triumphant.

**Battle on the hills -** Concluding the Glowing Rock and Windshelf war, this battle was fought right near Windshelf. Lasting a brutal 4 days, and this battle was aimed to end the military occupation and power of one of the towns, in which Glowing Rock was triumphant once again. Based on the estimation by historian Jan throlak II, there were a total of **seventy-one** fleets / groups in which a total of **sixty-eight** of them were defeated, which is about **three thousand** total soldiers. Because of the incredible loss in troops, Windshelf surrendered and concluded the battle. *Glowing Rock claims victory.*

## Resolution

After the surrender of Windshelf, the Jarl of both villages created a truce and sought out a cure for Eye Rot, and, with the help of Endorian herbalists, they were able to make a cure made from ground up sight bright. Today, the village of Windshelf sits in a shadow of its former self, with a population of 19, not including Jarl Johnson Jameth and his 2 guards. This war, and many other incidents are the reason for this lack in population. Glowing Rock, however, has grown not only in size and population, but also prosperity and has become one the most prominent mining sites in all of Fagia.

## Eye Rot

Eye Rot, also known as “Plague of sight” is a disease which is carried by infected and dirty animals, foods, water, ect. It transfers to a person by another infected substance, and soon begins to make them feel fatigued, sickly, nauseous, and most importantly lose their sight. Eventually, if the person is uncured, they will completely lose their sight and ability to use most cognitive abilities. It also infects the upper bodies muscles and bones, completely hollowing them out and eats the brain almost entirely. It holds a fatality rate of **ninety-one percent**. It is believed the disease originated from the radiation from the large radioactive rock in the centre of Glowing Rock, and first spread to people **four hundred** years ago, and has since spread to every corner of Eunertha.