Vaeldrin's Mark - The 13 Day War

What may have been the shortest war in the worlds history, the 13 Day War was yet still, one of the bloodiest. The Korrivar felt that they were deserving of more holdings on The Continent. The peninsula of Koroth was their only significant piece of land. They felt strong enough to expand, and to expand meant cutting a bloody swath through the kingdom of Argunheim, homeland of the giants. The elves began building their army of footsoldiers, Darkrider battlemages, and Necromancers. They knew that they would not be able to win with brute force so they sought to win with sheer numbers and magical affinity. The time did eventually come when they thought they were ready to face the mighty giants on the field of battle. The element of surprise lay on the side of the elves for the majority of Argunheim’s forces were in the south laying siege to Rom, Capital of the Romulan Empire. The elven legions then rode forth on what was to be their greatest triumph over the great giants of the north. The war began with the Siege of Argunheim, a bloody and horrendous time for both sides. The siege lasted ten days, the giants never letting any elven forces inside the walls of their fortress city. With Thane Ymir in the south leading the Siege of Rom, the defence was left to High King Asmund and Bjorn the Raider, son of Ymir. Despite great efforts from the giants, the dark elves were slowly breaking through. Though the giants are an honourable race, they are not above deceit in times of darkness. Asmund ordered the gates to be opened. General Tolvir, High Commander of the elven legions took this as a surrender, and rode out to meet Asmund at the gates. This is what the giants wanted. Wartusk riders emerged from the gates, led by their king, for one last push into enemy forces. This fatally surprised the elves and they were forced to fall back. In a two pronged onslaught, Bjorn commanded the archers atop the walls, wielding crossbows the size of ballistas to rain down bolt storms upon the elves. While Bjorn was left to guard the city, Asmund led the wartusks all the way to Koroth, cutting down all elves in their path. The war was quickly turned around when the giants broke down Kor’s Wall in their seething anger and swiftly put an end to the elven uprising. Koroth, a broken and shattered kingdom, now is a client state to Argunheim. The giants hold a fortified embassy to watch over the Korrivar and ensure they never try to invade giant lands again.