Dwarven-Family War
The Dwarven-Family War was a conflict between members of The Empire and The Family during the first week of the Overlords 2 server. The war would see the largest air battle in server history during the Battle of Poitevine.
Beginning of Hositilities
The war would break out following a sudden and unprovoked attack on Empire member jusipat in the settlement of Poitevine. TheOldBookman, using his powers as a vampire, flew into the settlement and slew jusipat. Kjolt947 witnessed the attack, seeing TheOldBookman fleeing the scene. In this attack, all of jusipat's possessions would be plundered from his corpse, with a symbolically placed Tainted Crown being the only thing left placed in his corpse's inventory.
Following this blatant and flagrant and seemingly unwarranted act of aggression, jusipat petitioned the Sovereign of the Empire for total-war against TheOldBookman, and by extension The Family in its entirety. The Sovereign flufyking would formally declare war on TheOldBookman immediately after this incident.
The Phony War
Due to the fact that TheOldBookman deliberately obscured his bases' coordinates, for the Empire it was impossible to strike back in retribution. This was not helped by the fact that as a vampire, TheOldBookman could fly as a bat during the night, giving cause for great concern during the long and treacherous nights of the server that he may strike with impunity. This gave rise to the Phony War, as for a long duration (specify), the Empire and the Family were in a state of war without engaging in any hostilities whatsoever.
jusipat, aiming to strike wherever possible, marshaled Kjolt947 and the two made a night-time raid on a pre-generated wizard tower which was assumed was where TheOldBookman resided. While the structure was thoroughly ransacked, and a head of TheOldBookman symbolically taken, there was no trace of TheOldBookman and the operation was deemed a failure. The information regarding this structure was passed to the Empire by bcfoss, another vampire player who used his flying ability to scout for the Empire during this war as he was equally frustrated by the lack of scruples and honour from TheOldBookman in engaging a war from the shadows.
Battle of Poitevine
| Battle of Poitevine | |||||||||
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| Part of Overlords 2 | |||||||||
 jusipat & SaucyTacos_ facing TheOldBookman and Mathooleus above Poitevine. | |||||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||||
| Karaz Wyr, Poitevine | The Family | ||||||||
| Commanders | |||||||||
| flufyking | TheOldBookman | ||||||||
| Casualties | |||||||||
| ~2 player deaths | ~3 player deaths | ||||||||
Following an extended period of lull in any fighting, on the evening of November 15th, 2023, TheOldBookman and Mathooleus began a campaign of aerial offensives against the city of Poitevine. jusipat was alerted to this and quickly logged on, in doing so he was messaged by the members of The Family that he ought to log off "for his own good". Observing that they were already bombing his base, jusipat saw through this ploy and resolved to fight off the invaders with the full backing of the might of the Empire.
The beginning phases of the aerial campaign against Poitevine saw a collection of helicopters and airplanes dropping TNT, gyrodynes strafing with fireball magic, and periodic ground attacks on the city, one of which infiltrated jusipat's residence, destroying his bed. At first, the Empire was helpless in repelling such an attack, as aerial assaults have been exceptionally rare throughout server history. jusipat rapidly began experimenting with planes and eventually began copying the Family's gyrodyne strategy. He and SaucyTacos_ then boarded said gyrodyne and began harrying the attackers in the skies above Poitevine.
At this time, war-spectators from Fionbrynn entered the outskirts of Poitevine, setting up a table on a hill and drinking wine while watching the mayhem. The Empire and Sovereign were not altogether pleased at this, and considered forcefully removing them, however this did not come to pass. Kjolt947 also joined them, even though he had obligations to the Empire in the ongoing battle. He was heavily reprimanded for this.
Rout of The Family
Eventually, as the Empire adapted their tactics to tackle the Family's attack, they began to be successful in casting off the enemy. The Empire's forces then began to pursue the retreating attackers into the eastern plains. Pursued by SaucyTaco_'s and jusipat, TheOldBookman and Mathooleus were forced to give battle in an open flower field with a single tree. TheOldBookman fled under this tree as it was broad daylight, and jusipat and SaucyTaco_'s attacked. TheOldBookman held off the attackers for some time, before flufyking and Kjolt947 also arrived, slaying Mathooleus. The battle soon began to last into the evening, and as the sun set, TheOldBookman managed to escape. He was from then on constantly harried by the forces of the Empire on gyrodynes until talks of a conference to be hosted at Ilthand began. Following Mathooleus' death, all of his items were plundered and were to be used as leverage at the negotiating table. Upon respawn, he surrendered himself to the Empire and accepted internment at Fionbrynn. However, he was invited to participate at the Ilthand Conference before making it to the city.
Ilthand Conference
Following the raid on The Familiy's base and an increasing risk that the war may turn into a protracted conflict both parties agreed to meet at Castle Ilthand to come to an agreement for a ceasefire and potential peace. The Empire's fighters including SaucyTaco_'s, jusipat, flufyking and Kjolt947 arrived with their captured POW Mathooleus, Cflip_ and Wikaros from the Forest Alliance also were present at the meeting. TheOldBookman would arrive shortly after.
The Conference and Ilthand was a protracted affair, with many in the room still on edge following the recent battles. This was further aggravated by Sovereign of the Empire flufyking's war demands on TheOldBookman and Mathooleus, in which he demanded their possessions to be kept and only ransomed piecemeal back at prices deemed by the Empire. Furthermore, TheOldBookman had brought TNT into the conference for an unknown reason. This attracted the ire of the host bcfoss and the other members of the conference. He was forced to hand over the TNT before negotiations regarding a potential Treaty of Ilthand could resume.
Breakdown of Talks
Ultimately, as the treaty was being finalised and a set peace was on the visible horizon, TheOldBookman while reviewing it dramatically set it alight in front of the conference before fleeing with haste. The other members of the conference scrambled, in the chaos Ilthand's guards began to attack members of the conference and Mathooleus was killed. The war would therefore continue on.
Second Phony War
Following the failure to find a peace settlement during the Ilthand Conference, the war resumed although no new major conflict would break out. Mathooleus broke ties with TheOldBookman during this period and exited the war. TheOldBookman relocated to an unknown location, and another phony war resumed. It was at this time that jusipat, Governor-General of Poitevine who bore the brunt of the Family's attacks on the Empire's soil began to seek a secret separate peace with TheOldBookman if the Empire did not restart negotiations. However the Empire reached a peace accord before this would be realised.