Not to be outdone, YARR has struck back at TUF’s early, far-flung siege in Calumnex with a relatively isolated first siege of their own, targeting Illyriad philosopher ajqtrz. The Herald is reporting two sieges in their Siege section, which arrived around the same time:
| ajqtrz [TUF] | Doralia 2 TCT | [5|-2513] in Almenly | robmc [YARR!] | Fri 06 May 12:26 |
| ajqtrz [TUF] | Doralia 2 TCT | [6|-2511] in Almenly | Malus [YARR!] | Fri 06 May 12:55 |
The city of Doralia 2 is poorly placed for a military player such as ajqtrz, as it is completely surrounded by dense, large forests. While robms and Malus are men and elves, respectively, and their races are not nearly as renowned as dwarves for producing infantry units, it is likely that the YARR forces are taking advantage of the terrain and using infantry to protect the sieges.
Thus far, the Times has noted little activity around the siege camps, with TUF outposts at a considerable distance to consider a rescue attempt:
ajqtrz will likely look to draw upon his local forces to repel the invaders.
This is not the first time that the city of Doralia 2 has made Times headlines. The original city was located here and razed by Broken Blades and razed by Shogun No Yari in the HIGH/B!B war. It appears that AJ respawned the city just four squares from the original borders of the city — which stands to get razed once again by a different alliance.
UPDATED 10:30 pm ST — The Times failed to report earlier that YARR is currently sieging another of ajqtrz’s cities, which appeared earlier in the Herald’s siege section:
| ajqtrz [TUF] | Doralia 1 TDH | [-39|-2518] in Almenly | Malus [YARR!] | Fri 06 May 04:37 |
Interestingly, Doralia 1 also has an interest war history. The original city of Doralia 1 was AJ’s capital in the HIGH/B!B war, and was razed by SIN’s Ten Kulch, who joined the Broken Blades to partake in that war. It too is under immense pressure and could once again fall.
The Illyriad Times 