Stomp, SIN Sieges Continue Despite Surrender Statement

Fighting in the Stomps/claimers war has continued in the wake of Pico’s surrender statement on the Illyriad Forums, suggesting that the war is not yet over. Pico made the statement at 15:54 ST yesterday, and was followed by a gracious statement by SIN’s Stukahh a few hours later, congratulating those in Stomp who fought against SIN in the Broken Lands:

Much respect to the members of Stomp who fought SIN in the Broken Lands.

The members of SIN and Stomp seemed to have alot of fun in the process.  I am proud to see that the 2 main wars in BL history have both resulted in very fair peace agreements.  The Hashashin strive to keep BL a hotspot for pvp.  Keeping war fun and the terms of surrender light are key.

Aside from Pico and Stukahh’s comments, however, there are no signs that peace has been established. At the time of this writing, peace has not been offered. Moreover, additional forces from Pico and his alt have arrived at his siege of DaenerysTargaryen’s town in Elgea:

DaenerysTargaryen [SIN] stomped is desperate [-152|289] in Norweld Pico [Stomp] Mon 27 Jul 08:43

DaenerysTargaryen [SIN] stomped is desperate [-154|290] in Norweld Pico [Stomp] Mon 27 Jul 10:25

The Times observed that these siege forces have not at the time of writing been recalled, despite Pico’s close proximity to the battlefied. In fact, he has continued bombardment and reduced the city’s population to zero after his surrender statement.

Down in the Broken Lands, SIN was continuing their assault on Ron Fay and his alt Odoacer, in spite of having returned to his permanent alliance Shark. Six sieges have set up on two of Ron’s recently exodused towns:

Ron Fay [SHARK] Barchetta Rosso [697|-1827] in Pawanallpa DasDwarf [SIN] Mon 27 Jul 10:32

Ron Fay [SHARK] Barchetta Rosso [696|-1827] in Pawanallpa DasDwarf [SIN] Mon 27 Jul 10:38

Odoacer [SHARK] Audawakrs [709|-1829] in Pawanallpa DasDwarf [SIN] Mon 27 Jul 06:50

Odoacer [SHARK] Audawakrs [711|-1827] in Pawanallpa OleBlacklord [SIN] Mon 27 Jul 10:54
Odoacer [SHARK] Audawakrs [711|-1828] in Pawanallpa OleBlacklord [SIN] Mon 27 Jul 11:40
Odoacer [SHARK] Audawakrs [710|-1827] in Pawanallpa OleBlacklord [SIN] Mon 27 Jul 11:44

The Times caught an exchange between TheBillPN and SIN warrior He-Man in GC that indicated that Stomps has possibly yet to fulfill all of SIN’s surrender terms, which appears to include disbanding the upstart land claim-fighting alliance:

[10:51]*TheBillPN notices stomp surrendered, but ronfay is still under seige..
[10:52]<He-Man> how long do sieges take to land after being launched?
[10:53]<He-Man> stomps surrender is not official until all players are removed from stomps.

If He-Man’s statement is true, then it would seem that the Stomps/Claimers war is still not concluded.

Stomp Surrenders to SIN, Ends War Against Land Claims

The Stomp/claimers war has come to an end.

In a post on the Illyriad Forums, Stomp leader Pico offered a brief but clear concession:

“Stomps has surrendered to Sin and is ending the war on land claims. Congratulations to Sin on an excellent campaign and thanks to everyone who supported Stomps efforts in this war.”

Stomps’ mission to engage and defeat the land claim issue and the alliances who enforce them began on June 8th — exactly two months from the date of SIN’s own land claim according to their profile page, which was the first in a string of eleven total claims in the BL. The alliance, which was founded by Pico and his alt LePue, sought to engage T-SC first in Elgea — an early move that drew out T-Sc’s DSD kin T-O. T-O’s involvement overlapped with subsequent war declarations against Stomp from SIN, TVM, RE, Stark, and Hansa.