The Gharian Invasions

= Cause = As the world started to get dominated by big nations, the race of orcs had remained a quiet position all along. Their small country would become too small for the entire population. This is why they decided to wage war, but upon places that were easily accessible and defendable.

= Southern Gharian Invasions =

First Occupation of Western Carbo
(310) In the South, they attacked Carbo as it was still a minor power and Ardorian troops would always come too late for help as the colony laid far away from Ardor itself. The orcs were able to defeat the Carbo troops west of the Central Mountain range.

The Attack upon the Innerland
(315) Their campaign got in a stalemate due them only able to pass in the north of the mountain range true a small mountain pass what was easy to defend by the Carbo armies. Therefore they decided to take a switch and remain moving but now to the north attacking Undriël. This proved to be smart as the Unduri didn’t expect this quick change of plans. Ghar was able to capture the land until the Innerland were they were halted. They laid siege to the Innerland, but this would become a total misery, and the attack failed.

Battle of the Desolated Tops
(366) Carbo and Undriël would only get freed due to a combined attack from the Innerland with mages and Ardorian troops in the north and a landing upon the beaches of western carbo. The two fronts would prove to be Ghars demise. Carbo gets officially freed after “the battle of the Desolated Tops” this is the final battle where the final orc troops get destroyed by the Ardorian armies, this at a high cost as the Orcs had the high ground what was easily defendable in the mountains

= Nothern Gharian Invasions =

Invasion of Dark Areon
(355) The stalemate at the Innerland called for reinforcement, this is why the orcs opened a new front landing in Areon (the part what later would become “Dark Areon”). They tried to take the quickest way by landing there to Lucumia the capital of the Wood Elves because with taken that city, the country would fall and the way to the Innerland laid upon. This would make them able to lay siege to the Innerland from two sides and cut off all supplies and forcing the Innerland to surrender.

the plan was brilliant but the execution was poor as the swamps in eastern Areon would make advancing difficult. A stalemate was the result holding the Orcs in the east for the following 10 years.

Battle for the Areon Swamps
(365) 10 Years later an immense offensive was held by the elves resulting in the second battle of the Areon swaps, a slaughtering for both sides. Eventually, the Elves were able to send the Orcs back home, who lost ⅔ of their army.

= End of the war =

The Sacking of Vadok Kaji
(370) Ardor and Areon decide to sail for Vadok Kaji the capital of Ghar to take down the Gharian leader who had spilled enough blood in their opinion. The troops landed near Vadok kaji, but no blood was spilled, as most of the Orcs even sided with the humans and elves as they were tired of fighting and had the same opinion of their leader. Only the leader and a small portion of his army refused the end of the leadership and met the enormous army of Humans, Elves and resisting Orcs in open Battle. The Leader his army had already been cut down to ⅓ of what it had been before the invasions. What followed was a slaughtering for the leader, resulting in his death and victory for the alliance.

The conquering of the Gharian Borders
(371) Due to the crumbling Gharian Empire, Izaroth decides to takes some of its lands, relocating the borders more to the west.