Posavari Account of the Battle of Aezenfjord

The Posavari Account of the Battle of Aezenfjord is a text published by The Republic of Posavaria in the aftermath of the Battle of Aezenfjord.

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"After claiming the title of the VIR, Sørveien knew they could not defeat Aezenfjord's protectors on their own, so they called on real-life friends in Bardonia, renowned for their pvp skill and willingness to dominate anyone for fun. While not against the rules, we thoroughly condemned this metagaming.

''However, because the leader of Escharia (d3bi) could not attend the battle, the representative of Sørveien (Brydon) graciously agreed that no one from Bardonia would attend either. The terms also allowed for allies and volunteers to attend, but not paid mercenaries. It was a strange exception, but the terms were acceptable.''

''Sørveien began their assault of the city and quickly realized they miscalculated. Many had come to oppose their expansionist conquest. Their initial assault was repelled and they were routed to their siege camp, which was defeated only a few minutes later. All attackers were killed, all beds were broken, and the battle was won.''

''But instead of graciously admitting their defeat, Sørveien suddenly claimed that the defenders had broken the rules on mercenaries, and without explaining or supporting their claims, immediately invited their friends from Bardonia to join the land war. Bardonia later stated that they were just joining Sørveien because their friends were outnumbered, and that they never intended to honor the war terms if it meant that their friends would lose the war .''

Sørveien and Bardonia then launched a second assault, where the stacked Bardonian army carried the entire battle and slaughtered everyone in the city.

''Only after the battle, a member of the coalition force (from Bardonia) inexplicably announced he had been offered payment by a member of Posavaria in a voice chat with no possible documentation. But we know this is false, because 1) the member he accused is not a national leader and cannot hire mercs, 2) he only joined the voice chat after having already volunteered to fight, 3) somehow Sørveien knew about the accusation before we did 4) they only acted on it after having already lost the battle! It is completely clear that this accusation is fictional and was fabricated after the fact to justify breaking the terms themselves.''

''Because the terms were breached, no result of the war is official. The original battle, as constituted by the terms, was won by Aezenfjord. Regardless, Sørveien has forced Aezenfjord to surrender by threatening to repeatedly attack until the city declaimed. Let us be clear: if Sørveien had won the battle by the terms, Aezenfjord would rightfully be theirs. But they did not, so their claim is not legitimate.''

''That is the full story. Learn what you will.''

Additional clarification:

''No official server rules were broken. The rules state that the admins will NOT enforce agreements between nations, and people can choose to violate agreements if they wish. The rule document suggests that people should declare war on nations that will not follow agreements, but that really doesn't work for nations who have unbeatable metagaming friends on the server who will travel across the entire world to keep them from losing wars. If no one can defeat you at pvp, you can break whatever agreement you want.''"