Battle of Cahuarn

The Battle of Cahuarn was the first battle of the Great Rathnir War, it is named after Wubzy's nearby small town that lay nearby the battlefield. It was fought between forces of Yimmu-Audal and Escharia. It is the first example of an Honor War/Roleplay war in Rathnir, and stands a s a good example of one. The terms of the war were set up beforehand:

In to the southeast Urnu-Arrak in Escharian territory, both sides of Escharia and Yimmu-Audal (with no extra fighters) would build forts across from each other, and at 3:00 EST on January 5, both would start the fight. The win condition of the fight was that the middle of the fort should have open beds that the other would try to destroy. Destroying all the other side's beds and killing their players would result in victory.

Escharian Setup- Castrum Silvarii
Escharia set up a fort on the northern end of the battlefield called Castrum Silvarii. It had multiple layers of low wood and high cobblestone walls. Outside there were many places with rows of sweetberry bushes, and between the walls there were trenches full of cobwebs dug by d3Bi.

The players of Escharia that participated were:


 * Siegfried (Tactician)
 * Debi (Assault team leader)
 * EvilTabbi2
 * Avensur
 * SirMasterPanda
 * ViewedMarquis
 * Comrade_Max_
 * Neorgothic
 * Lykken__
 * Bojijoy

Yimmu-Audal Setup- Urnu-Urnu-Arrak
Urnu-Arrak set up a fort on the southern end of the battlefield called Urnu-Urnu-Arrak. It was built on a medium plateau, with two large patches of sweetberry bushes where the hill lead up to the walls. It had low cobblestone walls with merlons and crenellations at the top. It had two keeps- one in the middle with all the player beds in it, and a separate smaller one on the west side with leader Carpicious's bed chamber and gear in a ground base.

The players of Yimmu-Audal that participated were:


 * Carpicious (Leader)
 * Matt257
 * GrayIsYes
 * Ghastly_Bespoke
 * StoryStudio
 * Crazychaoscaleb
 * TheLastSven
 * Ean_Carroweather
 * Dotto21
 * Blue_Marble
 * Takiruko1
 * LethalMuffin

Spectators
There were many many spectators online to witness the battle, and a large viewing platform was constructed between the two forts. These spectators were given white banners on their heads to distinguish them. Backtothehub was tasked as a spectator to ensure none joined the fray. Most spectators on the platform did not see any action, however, since it was all focused around the two forts.

The only problems that were encountered with the spectators were that many pillared and bridged around the forts, which could have been a security risk for them, but this was not used by any of the attackers. There were also several spectators that watched from very close to the action, and confused at least a couple archer's shots. Some spectators killed each other, and some spectators were killed for bridging by the combatants

Initial confrontation
After the war officially started, there was a long pause before any action. Then, Dotto21, Ean_Carroweather, CRAZYCHAOSCALEB, and StoryStudio from Yimmu-Audal began attacking Castrum Silvarii by shooting fire arrows down from the mountain beside it. ViewedMarquis, bojijoy, and d3Bi jumped down from the walls and took cover behind a pile of gravel, then scaled the mountain under arrow fire. There was a melee fight where Ean_Carroweather was killed by bojijay, and d3Bi hit Dotto21 off of a cliff to death, all while StoryStudio and CRAZYCHAOSCALEB continued their arrow fire from the mountain. The County of Theionikos was feeding information to the Imperial Forces, which helped guide the forces to victory.

Midbattle
After the initial confrontation there was a lull in the action. ViewedMarquis and SirMisterPanda took an already dug tunnel to the middle of the battlefield, and they emerged to find Dalatra standing by herself in diamond armor on a river, where they killed her. They continued on to the YA fortress, and drew arrow fire from the many defenders on the walls. Meanwhile, bojijay and d3Bi tunneled up and appeared at the foot of the plateau that the YA fortress was on top of. Ghastly_Bespoke was hit off of the wall by a teammate and killed by the fall. Ean_Carroweather, StoryStudio, and Ghastly_Bespoke jumped down to fight the four Escharian fighters in a melee- Ean and Ghastly was killed by ViewedMarquis.

Invading Urnu-Urnu-Arrak and the beds being destroyed
The Escharian fighters climbed the steep hill and dug into the fort, where d3Bi killed Ean_Carroweather and TheLastSven with the sword Lachee. The fighting was close quarters in the small fort, as Carpicious was killed by friendly melee fire. d3Bi slew Ean again as well as Carpicious and Ghastly_Bespoke, CRAZYCHAOSCALEB was killed by bojijay, an unarmored Carpicious was slain by Comrade_Max_, Ean was slain by ViewedMarquis's sword "Ardatian Diplomacy"(stolen from when ViewedMarquis and SirMisterPanda killed Dalatra), GrayIsYes was slain by SirMisterPanda, Ean was slain by d3Bi again, Carpicious and CRAZYCHAOSCALEB were slain by d3Bi, Dotto21 was killed by bojijay, Ean killed by d3Bi again, Gray_Is_Yes was killed by ViewedMarquis (twice), Carpicious by d3Bi, CRAZYCHAOSCALEB by bojijay, Carpicious by Comrade_Max_; Dotto21, Carpicious, and Gray_Is_Yes by d3Bi; Ghastly_Bespoke was killed by ViewedMarquis, Ean by d3Bi, TheLastSven by bojijay, Carpicious by d3Bi.

At this point, SirMisterPanda worked his way to the second level of the inner keep and destroyed the ~6 beds in there. Dotto21 and Dalatra tried to defend them, but was killed.

HOWEVER, Blue_Marble snuck into the Escharian base and destroyed the beds there. He was right after killed by the priest Neorgothic in the Escharian base, but Neorgothic burnt to death on Blue_Marble's angel chest right after. Avensur let people know that this happened, and the battle continued.

Battle Denouement
SikkeOst and SirMisterPanda dug into YA's obsidian storage room under the fort. The only YA person left on the battlefield was Carpicious, who was killed trying to get into her bunker by SikkeOst who shouted "Die Mad Empress!" while wielding the Blade of Escharia. Carp respawned in her bunker, which held the last bed and her gear. d3Bi broke in and killed the unarmored Empress twice, destroying her bed and looting the bunker. StoryStudio was killed by ViewedMarquis in the cobweb trenches of Castrum Silvarii.

The battle was officially over with the rest of Escharian troops gathering at the top of Urnu-Urnu-Arrak to proclaim victory. Their victory shouts were variations of "AVE" and "Yimmu Delenda Est".

Battle Statistics
Yimmu-Audal kills: 1 indirect (Neorgothic dying after a fight with Blue_Marble due to stepping on the angel chest)

Escharia kills: 33 (18 by d3Bi)

Sources and Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZAhB48pVhE&feature=youtu.be