SIN Takes Down 3 of 4 Unbow/SHARK/VIC Cities in Recent Op; New Unbow, SIN Ops Land

SIN’s extended incursion into northern Newlands has netted them three more successful sieges, with the fourth bring broken by Unbow.

The operation, which begun with the touchdown of four sieges simultaneously across the Newlands peninsula, appeared to begin with a quick break of the siege on Elanderrich’s city of 01. Deloviana. Senior Illyriad Times pundit Zebraphile commented on the 24th, “The siege on 01. Deloviana has been broken. Now renamed Limp Sword’s Epic Fail,'” with Elanderrich renaming his city to troll Silent Sword, who initiated that siege. However, in spite of this loss, Silent Sword went to raze his two other sieges, along with a capture by Jejune. In the case of Silent Sword’s razes, while no activity was seen or reported around the Worker siege, there appeared to be fierce fighting at Valdoras’ city of Yavin 4.

SIN officials provided confirmations of the operations:

From: System
Subject: FW: Yavin 4 razed!
Received: 23 Mar 2016 22:26
Original Message:
Yavin 4, belonging to Valdoras which was located at 236|-2012 has been razed by Silent Sword.

From: System
Subject: FW: Durcton razed!
Received: 24 Mar 2016 04:24
Original Message:
Durcton, belonging to Worker which was located at 280|-2058 has been razed by Silent Sword.

From: System
Subject: FW: Elderburg captured!
Received: 24 Mar 2016 08:35
Original Message:
Elderburg, belonging to Coltman which was located at 101|-2206 has been captured by Jejune.

In addition, Zebraphile also called attention to a new round of sieges launched by Unbow and SIN:

“There are new sieges.

Wright [VIC] Garden Springs [264|-2246] in Newlands Snellman [SIN] Thu 24 Mar 05:14

Garden Springs has a population of only 319.

Goldy1 [SIN] 4 Deerfield [136|-2148] in Newlands Halcyon [Unbow] Thu 24 Mar 10:04

This town has been under siege before. One interesting thing to note is that Unbow have claimed sovereignty on a pair of squares close by which, if occupied by towns would form an unsiegeable pair. I presume the claiming of sovereignty allows exodus to occur within 10 squares of 4 Deerfield.

There are at least two other such pairs of unoccupied squares surrounded by impassable terrain. If they were to be occupied it would seem to represent a determination by both sides in the conflict to dig in for the long haul.”

The Times concurs with Zebraphile on the assessment, as it appears that an Unbow effort is underway to place cities in close-by unsiegeable squares in order to engage 4 Deerfield. The Herald is reporting details of both sieges:

Goldy1 [SIN]

4 Deerfield

[136|-2148] in Newlands

Halcyon [Unbow]

Thu 24 Mar 10:04

Wright [VIC]

Garden Springs

[264|-2246] in Newlands

Snellman [SIN]

Thu 24 Mar 05:14

Indeed, the city of 4 Deerfield — or more precisely, the land that that city sits on — is by the far the most sieged plot of land in NW2. Prior to Goldy1 occupying it, the land was occupied by Stukahh, who was repeatedly sieged there. The siege operation is incredibly tricky, since there is only one square to siege from, which is on plains. This affords immense bonuses for attacking cavalry. In addition, no simultaneous blockade can be put on the city, meaning that Goldy1 can build through the siege and buy time for additional cavalry hits. Unbow/SHARK/VIC have targeted this land with almost the same steadfastness as their engagement of He-Man in Kul-Tar, which led to an immense loss of troops on both sides of the early war.

SIN Continues To Apply Intense Pressure, Opening Up 4 New Sieges on Unbow, SHARK, VIC

Unbow continues to be targeted in its Newlands and High Hills strongholds, with a new string of sieges landing simultaneously. The new string of assaults continue several days of intense siege action from the likes of both Ron Fay’s CrAp alliance and SIN, which led to hotly contested successful and failed sieges, respectively.

The new sieges posted in rapid succession in GC and later were listed in the Herald’s siege section:

Elanderrich [Unbow]	01. Deloviana	[292|-2031] in Newlands	Silent Sword [SIN]	Tue 22 Mar 22:00
Worker [SHARK]	Durcton	[281|-2058] in Newlands	Silent Sword [SIN]	Tue 22 Mar 22:00
Valdoras [Unbow]	Yavin 4	[237|-2013] in Newlands	Silent Sword [SIN]	Tue 22 Mar 22:00
Coltman [VIC]	Elderburg	[101|-2205] in Newlands	Jejune [SIN]	Tue 22 Mar 22:00

With the exception of the Coltman siege, which is located in the lower portion of the Newlands peninsula on very poor terrain, the three other sieges are on small hills in the midst of Unbow’s new powerhouse in northern Newlands. This was the recent site on intense fighting between SIN and Unbow over Fyzz’s city of 8 Colosseum which led to a rousing defensive victory for Unbow. In spite of the win, the fighting likely has diminished Unbow’s troop counts in the northern part of Newlands, all while the CrAp siege further south may have pulled troops away.

The Times will monitor the progress of these siege, and we ask citizen reporters to please post in comments screen shots and reports of what they see.

SHARK Players Mark Sinister Star Wipe-out in GC; Pico “Targeting All Sin’s Alts;” Ron Fay Departs

Key metagame activity took place in the contentious war between SIN and SHARK-VIC yesterday, with tempers flaring in GC over the Sinister Star/Venita controversy. SIN has completed its operation against the Sinister Star account — the account’s cities have all been razed and the player relocated to the so-called “newbie ring,” according to the now-abandoned account’s profile. An anonymous tipster who caught some of the action in GC as SHARK went public in acknowledging the loss of fellow member Venita’s once-secret alt, and implicating SIN in what the top-ranked alliance claims was an injustice in decimating her account. It didn’t take long for SIN members to challenge that claim in GC, sparking a confrontation:

[21:25]<Pico> Sinister Star will be missed
[21:25]<Pico> great job razing all her towns
[21:25]<PublicRelations> R.I.P star
[21:26]<PublicRelations> may your light still shine bright in the nightsky
[21:26]<Sir Goldielocks> Thanks Pico
[21:26]<Silent Sword> Great job not razing any of ours.
[21:26]<Sir Goldielocks> I did a great job
[21:26]<heårtless> lmao SS.2
[21:26]<PublicRelations> you should be proud of yourselves… or something
[21:26]<Sir Goldielocks> she is still alive