Combatants YARR and TUF traded hostilities against training alliances today as the YARR/TUF war took an ugly turn. TUF and YARR shared sparse details about the turn of events. The first piece of intel came from TUF’s viperone in a message entitled, “YARR attacks a training alliance.”
The message only contained the following battle report:
From: System
Subject: FW: Failed defense by squirrel’s forces at [777|-1671] in Pawanallpa under attack by PublicRelations’s forces from xx Bilingual Dwarf
Received: 09 Jun 2016 07:52
Original Message:
Two opposing forces clash against each other.
Cavalry comes into its own when able to strike hostile forces at will, and from unexpected directions – and nowhere is this more feasible than on open plains. Lightly armoured spear units, however, prefer terrain where there’s some cover available.
Fighting defensively on open plains, cavalry draws strength from the ability to form and reform their lines of engagement depending on the direction of battle, and it is here where cavalry excels.
| Attackers: | Unit: | Quantity: | Casualties: | Survivors: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troops: |  Packsmen |
720 | 171 | 549 |
| Commander: Runeriders Bilingual 1 | Runerider |
1 | Damaged for 23, 377 health remains. | |
| Troops: | Runeriders |
5095 | 1207 | 3888 |
| Commander: Runerider | Runerider |
1 | Damaged for 23, 377 health remains. | |
| Troops: | Runeriders |
60 | 14 | 46 |
| Defenders: | Unit: | Quantity: | Casualties: | Survivors: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commander: Nutty Ned |  Charioteer |
1 | Damaged for 150, 0 health remains. | |
| Troops: | Charioteers |
5000 | 5000 | 0 |
Commander Nutty Ned narrowly avoided a fatal blow, and lives to fight another day.
The Times noted that the player squirrel is part of Hellfire [Hell], a self-described training alliance: “We are a newly formed Training Alliance since 2014.”
In what appears to be a near-simultaneous move, TUF declared war on YARR’s training alliance The Rum Runners [RUM]:
[09 Jun 07:52]<System> ** News flash: The Unfettered [TUF] declares war on Rum Runners [RUM] Hostilities may begin immediately…
RUM is clearly a training alliance for YARR, and several players in YARR have used it as a sanctuary alliance to avoid the war. The alliance is composed of many small and/or seemingly weak accounts that would make for soft TUF targets.
It us unknown what relationship Hell has with TUF, but it is not know to be the alliance’s official training alliance.
because the battle and war declaration appear to have taken place within the same minute, it is not known which event came first, but considering the sequence of messages to the Times, TUF likely declared war in sympathy to Hell for its member being attacked by YARR forces.
No word yet from PublicRelations on the motive behind the attack.
The Illyriad Times 