Wind Dwarf-Mordor War

Official declaration of war by Goldbar22

### Related diplomacy

Non-involvement agreement between Gundabad and 4 Dwarven factions for the duration of the war; Non-agression pact between Dale and Mordor for the duration of the war; independence of Northern Umbar

The Wind Dwarf-Mordor War is a War declared by **Goldbar22** on February 3rd and ended in a white peace on the 26th of February 2019. Initially the war was between the factions of Mordor and the Wind-Dwarves, but as it went on other factions joined in such as the High Elves and the Morwaith

## Factions Involved

### Good Factions:

* Dwarves of the Mountains of the Wind
* Dwarves of Erebor
* High Elves of Lindon
* Archangels (Following the First Battle for Firith Galad)

### Evil Factions:

* Orcs of Mordor
* Morwaith of the Savannah

## Prelude

The war was declared over an attempted coup d'état which was sponsored by Mordor's leaders. The coup, attempted by **Lord\_Funyun**, was supported by **wolfking\_nl** and **Nalleboi**. Before any action could be taken however, the traitor was turned in by a fellow plotter, who felt that Funyun was corrupted by Evil.

This was not the only reason for war however. Countless attacks on both Firith Galad and Erebor caused the Dwarves to seek retaliation. These attacks (or raids) were paired with the harassment and assassination of unsuspecting Dwarven players.

Goldbar22 declared war on February 3rd and both sides quickly began searching for allies. Mordor was part of the Shadow Pact which included Isengard, Angmar, the Moredain, and Gundabad, but Isengard was extremely weak while Angmar had a separate peace treaty with the Wind-Dwarves. Mordor thus worked to keep the war a closed war between Mordor and the Wind-Dwarves, which they believed would end in a Mordoran victory.

Goldbar had hoped to earn the support of the powerful Dale faction, but Mordor secured their neutrality by paying a sum of 60,000 coins to Dale and agreeing to an NAP agreement. Dale ensured the neutrality of Rohan, the Woodmen, Dorwinion, Lothlorien, and the Wood-Elves were small and weak, and Arnor and Gondor did not wish to fight a war on behalf of the Wind-Dwarves. Thus Goldbar could depend only on the Dwarven Council and the High-Elves.

A peace treaty was signed between 5 of the Dwarven Council factions and the 5 Gundabad Clans, ensuring that only Erebor would enter the war against Mordor. When the High-Elves joined the war against Mordor on February 9th 2019, the Moredain rallied to Mordor's defense.

## The War

### The First Siege of Firith Galad

This siege was declared by **Nalleboi** on the 18th of February. The siege ended in a disgraceful defeat for the Wind-Dwarves. For most of the Good players, this was the first siege they participated in, and even though good had superior numbers, Evil (led by **Cow232**) was able to take Firith Galad using time as their most valuable tool. Over the duration of the siege, which lasted more than 3 hours, the forces of Good were reduced to nearly half their initial numbers. With the armies of the Dwarves weak, the forces of Evil at last charged the gate, and slaughtered its defenders.

A video of the First Siege of Firith Galad can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVEpOtOufTk&t=4203s.

### In Between the Battles

Following the battle the Archangels, a group of PvPers part of no faction, declared they would fight alongside the Wind-Dwarves. Northern Umbar attempted to declare for Mordor in response, but Mordor refused their support and Dale quickly invaded Northern Umbar in support of the Wind Dwarves.

### The Second Siege of Firith Galad

This siege was declared on the 24th of February by Goldbar22. Even though this siege was already planned a week in advance an inconvenient ban of some of evil's best warriors resulted in evil being unable to raise a significant host. Ten good players and four evil players assembled, and the battle lasted well over an hour with **Cow232** and **wolfking\_nl** dying rather quickly into the battle. Some Good players (including **Goldbar22** himself) died, though mostly due to fall damage. The Mordorans had retreated themselves into the hollow mountain, where they hid behind a bridge that was merely one block wide. After inspection from an admin it was stated that this bridge was illegal according to the siege rules and the remaining defenders fled.

## Conclusion

Following the Second Siege of Firith Galad, Goldbar22 opened up peace negotiations with MateoKusel, now leader of Mordor. The two leaders agreed to a ceasefire, which while it did not include any sort of non-aggression pact ended the war.