Mjölnir Quits Storm As Council Nixes Plan To Declare on YARR!

Mjölnir departs for nCrow after Storm council votes down his proposal to declare war on YARR!

Holy Storm Company’s [Storm] leadership council has voted down Mjölnir’s plans to declare war on YARR and attempt to force a surrender, the Times has learned. The fallout from the council’s decision has led Mjo to abruptly quit Storm and retire to nCrow.

By early Thursday morning, news had spread throughout the server that Storm leadership decided to not back Mjölnir’s threats made to Ranalos in a PC on Tuesday that if YARR did not make peace in its war with TUF within 24 hours, that he would “do it by force.”

After the Times broke the exclusive story of Mjo’s threat on Wednesday, it was initially believed that the threat had been made with full backing of Storm leadership. Later revelations in GC revealed that the threat had been made without council support after Mjo admitted:

[15:32]<.Mjölnir.> I am not storm council sir…only 1 player

EXCLUSIVE LEAK: Storm’s Mjölnir Threatens YARR With War, Pledges To Call In Confeds [UPDATED]

Mjölnir and “confeds” plan effort to strike YARR if they do not concede to TUF.

Storm intends to declare war on the Pirate Republic within the next 24 hours if YARR refuses to make peace with TUF, and will call on its confederates to aid them in the war effort, the Times has learned. In a series of two leaked IGMs to the Times that purportedly were sent alliance-wide in YARR AC, the Pirate Republic leader Ranalos published a candid PC transcript of a dialogue between himself and Storm’s Mjölnir:

Sent By:	Ranalos [YARR!]
Received By:	[YARR!]
Date:	11 May 2016 05:14
[04:04]<Ranalos> I don't take threats [04:04]<.Mjölnir.> my hope is to see a peace in next 24hrs. if not I go full throttle mate [04:04]<.Mjölnir.> this is not threat mate [04:04]<Ranalos> I don't take them from Aga, which is why we have war, I won't take them from you either, [04:04]<.Mjölnir.> this is advanced warning as I have some respect for you [04:04]<.Mjölnir.> you are free to take as you wish [04:04]<.Mjölnir.> consider the implications carefully [04:05]<.Mjölnir.> I know the confeds there [04:05]<.Mjölnir.> we have them also mate [04:05]<.Mjölnir.> if this goes it is a server war

Mjo Mojo: TUF Puffs With .Mjölnir. as Storm Leader Joins During Dlord War

TUF has picked up a major piece amid its ongoing war with Dlord, inviting Storm leadership member and GC favorite .Mjölnir. to join their ranks at a critical point of the current war.

Mjo had dropped out of Storm and briefly founded a temporary alliance called HOLY WARS [jihad], for the purposes of assisting in a short-lived conflict involving Lifeless’ alliance The holy Church [holy]. After the conflict was resolved, it was anticipated that Mjo would move back to Storm, but instead has joined TUF.

According to the TUF member page, he has entered the alliance as a “Chief Instigator” — among the highest ranks in the alliance. However, in GC yesterday, .Mjölnir. sought quash any rumors that his appearance in TUF was there as a result of helping them in their war efforts against Dlord:

[16:23]<.Mjölnir.> and i am on a small tour as I am done with jihad

[16:25]<.Mjölnir.> no mate the jihad is done for now

[16:27]<.Mjölnir.> hmmm Bel knows well how I feel …

[16:27]<Belegar Ironhammer> a war with storm would be terrible, especially since I don’t have any umbrellas

[16:27]<Skybreaker> lol, we have caves dug for that bele

[16:27]<.Mjölnir.> I have good love for Bel he is good stock

[16:27]<.Mjölnir.> my respeccts to Dlord

[16:29]<.Mjölnir.> you guys see too much at times…I am just a rolling stone

[16:29]<.Mjölnir.> sorry if I hurt any feeling out there

[16:29]<He-Man> more like rolling stoned mjol

[16:29]<.Mjölnir.> lol cannot argue that mate

[16:30]<.Mjölnir.> many visit aliances with no issue

Some players, however, remain skeptical. SIN troll extraordinaire Stukahh couldn’t let it go with Mjo, seeking to cast doubt among those in GC about the true nature of the Storm co-founder’s visit to TUF:

[16:30]<Stukahh> lol

[16:30]<Stukahh> come on

[16:30]<Stukahh> as least be honest abbout it

[16:30]<.Mjölnir.> I did not realise I have poparazzi

[16:30]<Stukahh> this is not a random visit

[16:31]<Bulani> People visit alliance at peace

[16:31]<Stukahh> Your buddy is on the verge of being dismantled

Whether Mjo’s appearance in TUF is directly related to the current Dlord/TUF-Tuna war, and whether he will actually fight on TUF’s side, remains to be seen. However, his appearance has most definitely raised some eyebrows, casting a new dimension of intrigue into a war that appears all tied up after a strong Dlords showing in the last round.

SHARK Threatens Players Trying To Capture Pico’s Abandoned Cities; Sieges Continue Anyway

A SHARK member on Thursday lashed out in GC, stating that SHARK has claim on all of Pico’s abandoned cities, and that the top-ranked alliance would attack and break sieges from players outside of SHARK who try to capture them. The comments corroborate unverified tips obtained by the Times indicating that SHARK leader Baynights used threats against at least one non-SHARK player looking to capture a Pico city.

After the posting of fresh siege operations on Pico’s alt’s cities, the exchange in GC involving SHARK’s Agalloch revealed the alliance’s position on the matter, as did Silverblade:

[23:47]    System    ** News Flash: LePue (Abandoned)’s legendary city of The Black Death is now under siege by Takuilrue’s small city of – 1 – Shattered-Axe Clan
[00:05]    System    ** News Flash: LePue (Abandoned)’s legendary city of The Order of the Dragon is now under siege by Takuilrue’s small city of – 1 – Shattered-Axe Clan
[00:05]    Fiona:    hmmm is Tak Pico
[00:05]    Agalloch: nope
[00:05]    Agalloch: some newb being funny
[00:06]    Athena Darklight: lol
[00:06]    PTOLEMY:    appearnently pico’s cities aren’t up for grabs…
[00:06]    Agalloch: you think?
[00:07]    PTOLEMY:    they weren’t in a alliance…
[00:07]    Kodabear: well some say because it isnt in an alliance the cities are up for grabs…….
[00:07]    Fiona:    uh huh sure Aga
[00:07]    Agalloch: you can all say what you want
[00:07]    Silverblade: i agree
[00:07]    Agalloch: you touch em you die
[00:07]    Silverblade: i second that

REPORT: T-O, HEAT Merge To Form “Holy Storm Company;” Fate of DSD Unknown

A tip to the Times indicates that T-O and DSD leader Pellinell has permanently departed both organizations to form a new alliance called the Holy Storm Company [Storm], along with members of The Liberation [HEAT]. The new alliance will purportedly include the largest, most active accounts from both T-O and HEAT in a move that the leaders believe could make it among the largest alliances in the game according to land mass, membership and population.

Details on the founding of the new alliance were posted in the Herald:

Alliance Founded – Holy Storm Company [Storm]	Tue 27 Oct 2015
Headquartered at [630|-110] in Keshalia

While the upstart alliance is still so new that it doesn’t even have a profile page, Storm’s roster is already filling out less than 24 hours since its founding, with top players Pellinell and Madmano filling out its ranks.

The tipster who alerted the Times to this significant political move indicated that the new alliance is being formed to put to rest lingering tensions between the DSD and GA, left over from the contentious “Great War.” Storm will purportedly comport itself as a completely neutral alliance in Illyriad politics.

Pellinell and T-O’s abrupt departure from DSD leaves that confederation’s future in question, given T-O’s leadership role in DSD decision-making as well as its military might, which was likely the DSD’s largest fighting force. While no official statements have been made concerning the end of the Newlands War, early indications are that the DSD forces and SHARK have come to an agreement, with SHARK making peace with RE and TCol, who had reportedly aided DSD South forces in the war. The apparent loss of the Newlands war and departure of Pellinell and T-O leaves the future of DSD in doubt.