Grendel War - Revision history

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OtanSysop at 16:06, 7 June 2025

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OtanSysop: /* Ortalyk Intercession */

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Ortalyk Intercession

OtanSysop at 16:01, 7 June 2025

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OtanSysop at 15:58, 7 June 2025

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OtanSysop at 19:55, 24 September 2024

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OtanSysop: /* Aftermath */

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Aftermath

OtanSysop at 02:41, 7 August 2021

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    | leaders        = &nbsp;
 * [[Nickar Nurzat]]<br>(Human/Aelf forces)
-* [[Zoranthar Zhanat]]<br>(Grendel/Ungir forces)
+* [[Zorhan Zhanat]]<br>(Grendel/Ungir forces)
    | casualties     =
 }}
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 ==Grendel Aggression==
-Emboldened by the powerful [[Half-Grendel]] warlock, [[Zoranthar Zhanat]], the forces of [[Maercland]] mobilized.  From what was understood about the [[Grendel]] strategy, there was a design to smash all human countries with Grendel axes.  The Grendel imagined, however, that they could bring about this strategy one human nation at a time.
+Emboldened by the powerful [[Half-Grendel]] warlock, [[Zorhan Zhanat]], the forces of [[Maercland]] mobilized.  From what was understood about the [[Grendel]] strategy, there was a design to smash all human countries with Grendel axes.  The Grendel imagined, however, that they could bring about this strategy one human nation at a time.
 The initial surge into [[Soltustik]] was wildly successful, seeing [[Grendel]] forces take over more than half of [[Soltustik]] territory in a little less than a year.  Cities of [[Ayaz]], [[Kolgap]], [[Salem]], [[Muzduk]] and [[Sana]] fell almost immediately.  Special forces from [[Shuwalu]] assisted the [[Grendel]], helping to ensure that the [[Soltustik]] didn't try to turn the tide of the war using spellcasters.
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 ==Peace Secured==
-By the end of the war, progress was still being made by all belligerents.  [[Muz]] was about to fall to [[Grendel]] forces.  [[Ortalyk]] had all but driven back the [[Ungir]].  For reasons still unknown, however, a powerful and sagacious sorcerer named [[Shardenzar Sardarbek]] was able to secure a meeting with the wizard [[Nickar Nurzat]] and the warlock [[Zoranthar Zhanat]].
+By the end of the war, progress was still being made by all belligerents.  [[Muz]] was about to fall to [[Grendel]] forces.  [[Ortalyk]] had all but driven back the [[Ungir]].  For reasons still unknown, however, a powerful and sagacious sorcerer named [[Shardenzar Sardarbek]] was able to secure a meeting with the wizard [[Nickar Nurzat]] and the warlock [[Zorhan Zhanat]].
 [[Shardenzar Sardarbek]] was able to convince the two powerful spellcasters that the war would end badly for all of [[Otan]] and that peace should be immediately restored lest the entire continent be put in peril.  The nature of this ''peril'' has never been revealed, but convinced the two warring spellcasters to agree to cease hostilities, so far as they could convince the combatants that they had driven to war.
-In the end the [[Concord of Kala Astanals]] was drafted and signed in the city of its name, [[Kala Astanals]] by the leaders of each of the warring nations including the [[Garis Triumvirate]], who had never formally participated in the war.  Also included, were provisional signatures from [[Nickar Nurzat]] and [[Zoranthar Zhanat]] who agreed never to foment war again.
+In the end the [[Concord of Kala Astanals]] was drafted and signed in the city of its name, [[Kala Astanals]] by the leaders of each of the warring nations including the [[Garis Triumvirate]], who had never formally participated in the war.  Also included, were provisional signatures from [[Nickar Nurzat]] and [[Zorhan Zhanat]] who agreed never to foment war again.
 The concord called for the creation of the [[Council of Nine]], an organization with the sole intent of working to prevent large scale wars in [[Otan]].  The three spellcasters were assisted by the new Tsar [[Batil Zhurek]] in creating a home for their council, the [[Towers of Eriquat]].

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 ==Ortalyk Intercession==
-[[File:OrtalykWarrior.png|thumb|left|300px|Ortalyk Intercession]]
+[[File:OrtalykWarrior.png|left|300px|Ortalyk Intercession]]
 With things starting to turn from bad to worse in [[Soltustik]], [[Nickar Nurzat]] enlisted the help of Tsar [[Anvar Zhurek]] or [[Ortalyk]] to enter the war and join [[Soltustik]] in putting an end to this egregious [[Grendel]] aggression.  The Tsar agreed and made plans with Nickar on how best to thwart [[Grendel]] ambitions.
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 ==Aydahari Discontent==
-By the end of [[248 IM]], the [[Altinqor]] and decided to enter the war.  When they did it was pandemonium for the [[Ortalyk military]].  Cavalry horses instinctively fled from the dragons employed by the [[Aydahar]].  Without cavalry to keep the [[Aydahar]] crossbow regiments in check, the [[Aydahar]] swept through [[Ortalyk]] forces earlier in their campaign.
+[[File:AydaharWarrior.png|left|300px|Aydahari Discontent]]
 The [[Ortalyk]] cavalry would later learn to use special blinders on their horses, so as to prevent them from seeing overhead dragons and fleeing in battle.  Once this discovery was made, the two military forces were somewhat evenly matched with a slight advantage given to the [[Aydahar]] with their unreliable, but terrifying air support.

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 ==Ortalyk Intercession==
-[[File:OrtalykWarrior.png|thumb|300px|Ortalyk Intercession]]
+[[File:OrtalykWarrior.png|thumb|left|300px|Ortalyk Intercession]]
 With things starting to turn from bad to worse in [[Soltustik]], [[Nickar Nurzat]] enlisted the help of Tsar [[Anvar Zhurek]] or [[Ortalyk]] to enter the war and join [[Soltustik]] in putting an end to this egregious [[Grendel]] aggression.  The Tsar agreed and made plans with Nickar on how best to thwart [[Grendel]] ambitions.

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 ==Background==
-A quick look at a map of [[Otan]] will make things obvious to anyone.  Humans control most of the continent; seven nations in total.  After the [[Great Erasure]] the various races of [[Otan]] struggled to determine why this was so.  Without memories or a history, there were certainly those taken aback by the apparent unfairness of this newfound situation.
+A quick look at a map of [[Otan]] will make things obvious to anyone.  Humans control most of the continent; seven nations in total.  After the [[Great Erasure]], the various races of [[Otan]] struggled to determine why this was so.  Without memories or a history, there were certainly those taken aback by the apparent unfairness of this newfound situation.
-The [[Aelf]]es were content with their two nations, and even the [[Kuulik]] seemed content with their tiny peninsula, but the war-like [[Grendel]] were not.  For over 200 years [[Grendel]] discontent grew into an unbridled rage.  In many cases, their rage was justified.  [[Grendel]] were rarely safe outside of [[Maercland]].  Often treated as monsters, their diplomatic delegations, trade delegations and lone adventurers alike were often slain without mercy.
+The [[Aelf]]es were content with their two nations, and even the [[Kuulik]] seemed content with their tiny peninsula, but the war-like [[Grendel]] were not.  For over 200 years, [[Grendel]] discontent grew into an unbridled rage.  In many cases, their rage was justified.  [[Grendel]] were rarely safe outside of [[Maercland]].  Often treated as monsters, their diplomatic delegations, trade delegations, and lone adventurers alike were often slain without mercy.
 Unable to expand their territory or even their quality of life through trade, the situation finally exploded.  On a cold [[Senbi]] morning on the 12th of [[Nawriz]], [[238 IM]], [[Grendel]] forces invaded [[Soltustik]].  The [[Grendel War]] had begun.
 ==Grendel Aggression==
-[[File:GrendelWar.jpg|thumb|500px|A Battle from the Grendel War]]
+Emboldened by the powerful [[Half-Grendel]] warlock, [[Zoranthar Zhanat]], the forces of [[Maercland]] mobilized.  From what was understood about the [[Grendel]] strategy, there was a design to smash all human countries with Grendel axes.  The Grendel imagined, however, that they could bring about this strategy one human nation at a time.
-The initial surge into [[Soltustik]] was wildly successful, seeing [[Grendel]] forces take over more than half of [[Soltustik]] territory in little less than a year.  Cities of [[Ayaz]], [[Kolgap]], [[Salem]], [[Muzduk]] and [[Sana]] fell almost immediately.  Special forces from [[Shuwalu]] assisted the [[Grendel]], helping to ensure that the [[Soltustik]] didn't try to turn the tide of the war using spellcasters.
+The initial surge into [[Soltustik]] was wildly successful, seeing [[Grendel]] forces take over more than half of [[Soltustik]] territory in a little less than a year.  Cities of [[Ayaz]], [[Kolgap]], [[Salem]], [[Muzduk]] and [[Sana]] fell almost immediately.  Special forces from [[Shuwalu]] assisted the [[Grendel]], helping to ensure that the [[Soltustik]] didn't try to turn the tide of the war using spellcasters.
 The nation of [[Aelfwode]] intervened on behalf of [[Soltustik]], helping to keep the city of [[Itter]] from falling to [[Grendel]] forces.
 ==Ortalyk Intercession==
-With things started turning from bad to worse in [[Soltustik]], [[Nickar Nurzat]] enlisted the help of Tsar [[Anvar Zhurek]] or [[Ortalyk]] to enter the war and join [[Soltustik]] in putting an end to this egregious [[Grendel]] aggression.  The Tsar agreed and made plans with Nickar on how best to thwart [[Grendel]] ambitions.
+[[File:OrtalykWarrior.png|thumb|300px|Ortalyk Intercession]]
-In the spring of [[239 IM]], [[Ortalyk]] forces landed on the southern coast of [[Maercland]].  From there they marched inward to lay siege to the city of [[Sogis Kirgin]].  The walled city put up a valiant defense, considering all of [[Maercland]]'s seasoned troops were on the [[Soltustik]] front.  The city lasted about a month and fell to the forces of then Prince [[Batil Zhurek]] on the 25th of [[Sawir]].
+In the spring of [[239 IM]], [[Ortalyk]] forces landed on the southern coast of [[Maercland]].  From there they marched inward to lay siege to the city of [[Sogis Kirgin]].  The walled city put up a valiant defense, considering all of [[Maercland]]'s seasoned troops were on the [[Soltustik]] front.  The city lasted about a month and fell to the forces of the then Prince [[Batil Zhurek]] on the 25th of [[Sawir]].
 [[Batil Zhurek]], who would eventually become [[Tsar of Ortalyk]], held the city until the end of the war, running operations from there into both [[Maercland]] and later, the [[Ungirsi Federation]].

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 {{Infobox war
    | title          = Grendel War
-   | image          = GrendelWar.jpg
+   | image          = GrendelWarrior.png
    | caption        = A Battle from the Grendel War
    | location       = Eastern [[Otan]]

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    | caption        = A Battle from the Grendel War
    | location       = Eastern [[Otan]]
-* [[Ælfwode]]
+* [[Aelfwode]]
 * [[Altinqor]]
 * [[Batis]]
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    | territorial_changes = None
    | belligerents   = &nbsp;
-* [[Ælfwode]]
+* [[Aelfwode]]
 * [[Altinqor]]
 * [[Batis]]
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 * [[Ungirsi Federation]]
    | leaders        = &nbsp;
-* [[Nickar Nurzat]]<br>(human/Ælf forces)
+* [[Nickar Nurzat]]<br>(Human/Aelf forces)
-* [[Zoranthar Zhanat]]<br>(grendel/ungir forces)
+* [[Zoranthar Zhanat]]<br>(Grendel/Ungir forces)
    | casualties     =
 }}
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 A quick look at a map of [[Otan]] will make things obvious to anyone.  Humans control most of the continent; seven nations in total.  After the [[Great Erasure]] the various races of [[Otan]] struggled to determine why this was so.  Without memories or a history, there were certainly those taken aback by the apparent unfairness of this newfound situation.
-The [[Ælf]]es were content with their two nations, and even the [[Kuulik]] seemed content with their tiny peninsula, but the war-like [[Grendel]] were not.  For over 200 years [[Grendel]] discontent grew into an unbridled rage.  In many cases, their rage was justified.  [[Grendel]] were rarely safe outside of [[Maercland]].  Often treated as monsters, their diplomatic delegations, trade delegations and lone adventurers alike were often slain without mercy.
+The [[Aelf]]es were content with their two nations, and even the [[Kuulik]] seemed content with their tiny peninsula, but the war-like [[Grendel]] were not.  For over 200 years [[Grendel]] discontent grew into an unbridled rage.  In many cases, their rage was justified.  [[Grendel]] were rarely safe outside of [[Maercland]].  Often treated as monsters, their diplomatic delegations, trade delegations and lone adventurers alike were often slain without mercy.
 Unable to expand their territory or even their quality of life through trade, the situation finally exploded.  On a cold [[Senbi]] morning on the 12th of [[Nawriz]], [[238 IM]], [[Grendel]] forces invaded [[Soltustik]].  The [[Grendel War]] had begun.
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 The initial surge into [[Soltustik]] was wildly successful, seeing [[Grendel]] forces take over more than half of [[Soltustik]] territory in little less than a year.  Cities of [[Ayaz]], [[Kolgap]], [[Salem]], [[Muzduk]] and [[Sana]] fell almost immediately.  Special forces from [[Shuwalu]] assisted the [[Grendel]], helping to ensure that the [[Soltustik]] didn't try to turn the tide of the war using spellcasters.
-The nation of [[Ælfwode]] intervened on behalf of [[Soltustik]], helping to keep the city of [[Itter]] from falling to [[Grendel]] forces.
+The nation of [[Aelfwode]] intervened on behalf of [[Soltustik]], helping to keep the city of [[Itter]] from falling to [[Grendel]] forces.
 ==Ortalyk Intercession==

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    | location       = Eastern [[Otan]]
 * [[Ælfwode]]
-* [[Aydahar Confederation]]
+* [[Altinqor]]
 * [[Batis]]
 * [[Maercland]]
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    | belligerents   = &nbsp;
 * [[Ælfwode]]
-* [[Aydahar Confederation]]
+* [[Altinqor]]
 * [[Batis]]
 * [[Garis Triumvirate]]
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 ==War Expansion==
-Alarmed by the entry of the [[Aydahar Confederation]] into the war, the Caliphate of [[Ontustik]] and the [[Sigis]] Empire began to prepare their forces for war, specifically a simultaneous incursion into the [[Aydahar Confederation]].  It was reasoned that with the [[Ortalyk military]] holding its own, the [[Ontustik]] and [[Sigis]] forces would be virtually unopposed.  In response, the [[Aydahar]] redoubled their war effort in preparation for these new foes.
+Alarmed by the entry of the [[Altinqor]] into the war, the Caliphate of [[Ontustik]] and the [[Sigis]] Empire began to prepare their forces for war, specifically a simultaneous incursion into the [[Altinqor]].  It was reasoned that with the [[Ortalyk military]] holding its own, the [[Ontustik]] and [[Sigis]] forces would be virtually unopposed.  In response, the [[Aydahar]] redoubled their war effort in preparation for these new foes.
-On the 26th of [[Jeltoskan]], [[250 IM]], Tsar [[Anvar Zhurek]] fell in battle while attempting to lay siege on the [[Aydahar Confederation]] city of [[Konir]]. The [[Ortalyk military]] immediately withdrew all of it's offensive forces from the border, taking a defensive stance.  Meanwhile the [[Aydahar Confederation]] took this opportunity to shore up their defenses on their eastern and western borders as clashes were becoming more numerous.
+On the 26th of [[Jeltoskan]], [[250 IM]], Tsar [[Anvar Zhurek]] fell in battle while attempting to lay siege on the [[Altinqor]] city of [[Konir]]. The [[Ortalyk military]] immediately withdrew all of it's offensive forces from the border, taking a defensive stance.  Meanwhile the [[Altinqor]] took this opportunity to shore up their defenses on their eastern and western borders as clashes were becoming more numerous.
 Prince [[Batil Zhurek]] was recalled from his stronghold in [[Sogis Kirgin]] and returned to the capitol to take the crown and assume control of [[Ortalyk]] and of course, mourn the loss of his father.

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 Construction of the [[Towers of Eriquat]] continued for two years following the war, after which the [[Council of Nine]] took possession of it.
-True to the spirit of the [[Concord of Kala Astanals]], trade relations have resumed between formerly warring nations, often brokered by the [[Kuuliki Trade Company]], a country (or corporation depending on your view), which has little time for grudges when there is a profit to be made.
+True to the spirit of the [[Concord of Kala Astanals]], trade relations have resumed between formerly warring nations, often brokered by the [[Kuulik Trade Company]], a country (or corporation depending on your view), which has little time for grudges when there is a profit to be made.
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