For months now, the elvish siege of the Dwarven gates had been kept mostly to a stalemate with neither side making much of a push in either direction. The Dwarves seemed almost content to leave Elves at their gate, killing whatever few they could any given day while the Shalonesti resolve remained firm. Besides, the elves had not managed to stop the influx of goods through the Thaxanos ports. Somehow, the dwarves still had good ways to get into and out of their mountain mostly undetected by their ancient enemies.

Today however, everything changed.

Recently, the Dwarves had a revolt of sort and the citizens murdered their Mul queen after the Mul refused to step down from power. The Elves saw this as a good sign and decided to step up their attacks. Shalonesti’s first plan was to capture the Thaxanos port.

Two Shalonesti Heavy Cruisers hit the Dwarven port hard sinking a Great Galley as well as bombarding everything in sight. The ship "Silver Moon" was credited with sinking the Galley. The Silver Moon was captained by Jasuin Shaqelas and the first officer Orathael Sha’qelas. The other Heavy Cruiser named "Forest Dawn" was captained by Hydraurin Shaqelas and the first officer Aeabyne Shatavas, which landed a direct hit on Thaxanos Xoxx 4th Wayfinder Company, killing all of the Infantry stationed there including its Hill Dwarven Commander Arngrimr.

The Shalonesti Kingdom had finally taken control of the Thaxanos port.

Shalonesti then attempted the push to get inside of the massive Thaxanos mountain, but found the task more difficult than expected as the Dwarves had barricaded their already impressive doors with various large objects including a massive Dwarven battle ram. The Elves lost their battering ram when oil and then a flaming arrow lit the contraption ablaze. The Elves sent in their Dragons, 2 silvers named Jhtalith and Solvaryn and a Bronze Dragon named Tiaranenth to obtain entry.

The three Dragons broke away half of the door and destroyed the massive Dwarvish battering ram in the process.

The Kexrar 2nd Dark Legion, infantry commanded by the Dark Dwarf Skolla Hecate had set a trap from the first dragon to enter the mountain, which was the Silver dragon Jhtalith. The Dwarves had constructed an enormous metal chained net that fell from the high mountain ceilings. The net was weighed down by several tons of mountain rock. The Silver Dragon was trapped in the metal netting while the Baewar Second Brigade (Axe Wielders) stormed the Dragon, slicing it until death. The final cut was to the dragons neck and was delivered by the Axe Wielders commander, the Hill Dwarf Belain.

The Dwarves had a catapult armed and at the ready when the other two dragons made entry. The catapult hit the Bronze dragon directly with a large concoction of flaming material. One saying was made famous today as the Bronze dragon Tiaranenth burned. This was spoken by the commander of the 1st Anarath Infantry, the Mountain Dwarf Kogard who said "HURRY UP AND KILL ALL OF THAE ELVES LADS, FOR WE BAE HAVING ROAST DRAGON FOR DINNER TONIGHT!"

The burning dragon perished quickly along with the aid of the Mountain Dwarf Ungard and his Infantry command, the Xaprar Second Brigade.

With two dragons already slain, the remaining Silver Dragon Solvaryn turned its attention to the catapult which helped kill the Bronze dragon. Solvaryn inhaled deeply and unleashed a massive cone of cold air that froze the catapult solid for a moment before it cracked and fell to pieces. As the dragon turned to find its next target, it saw from the corner of its eye something large moving at it which turned out to be a second Dwarven battle ram that slammed into the Dragon, sending it flying out of the Dwarven gates and back into the masses of stunned Elves.

The Dwarves were inspired by the defeat of the three dragons and further more by the sure death of two of the Wyrms and decided to storm out of the mountain to attack the sieging elves. Dwarves poured out of the mountain by the hundreds and collided with the prepared elves.

The loss of life in the next few moments was difficult to calculate, but here are the notable deaths.

The Shalonesti 1st Elvish Macemen were defeated and killed by the Thaxanos Kings own regiment, the Anarath 1st Ironebreakers. The Mountain Dwarf King Grumf and his first officer, the mountain dwarf Mackraken killed the leader of the 1st Elvish macemen, Alisette Sha’falas and her first officer the wild elf Risa, both of whom were bashed in the head until death.

The 1st Elvish Crossbows and its commander the Shalonesti Elf Eleniel Sha'falas, were destroyed by the Xoxx 1st Wayfinders Company whose infantry was led by the Hill Dwarfs Drolloc and seconded by Thaelam. It should be noted that Eleniel was killed by Drolloc himself when he smashed Eleniel ribs to pieces with a large golden mace.

The 2nd Elvish Archers led by Zerana Shatavas destroyed the Nuexpar Phalanx 1st Company of Pikemen completely before being destroyed themselves by the Kexrar Dark Legion led by the Dark Dwarf Dalwin. Zelana was beheaded by Dalwin whom kept her head as a trophy.

The elvish Wizard Narada and the Cleric Nami were both slain by the Baewar Second Brigade (Axe Wielders) led by their commander Belain.

As the Elves began to feel a sense of defeat, they seemed to make a turn around led by their Knights and Calvary. The 3rd Mounted Sha'falas led by the Shalonesti Elf Raonael Shalonost and co-led by Faltin Sha'falas stormed through the Dwarven line and killed the Dwarvish Runemaster who had been using his rune magic to keep the Dwarven front protected. It carried on and routed the Neuxpar 1st Brigade which was led by the Hill Dwarf Mordin and co-led by the Mul Hac, both of which perished by Raonael’s sword as their mounts pushed through their command. The 3d Mounted Sha’falas had changed the tides of battle before the Nuexpar Phalax 2nd Company of Pikemen led by the Mul Relkor made their way to the Elven Calvary and slew every elf and horse in the 3rd Mounted Sha’falas. It should be noted that the 3rd Mounted Sha’falas leader, Raonael Shalonost did indeed live thanks to the battle field wizard Aeabyne who teleported into just in time to grab the elf and teleport out.

The Silver Dragon Solvaryn which had spent most of the battle stunned due to getting slammed by the Dwarven Battle Ram, awoke and made the groggily decision to unleash a massive cloud of paralyzing gas onto the battle grounds, leaving most of both armies unable to move. The dragon was obviously still stunned and lacked the mental capacity to do much else other than to wander off to safety.

The Dwarves who remained able to move used their time to move the helpless back into the mountain while the elves moved their wounded to safety.

Both dwarven and elven dead littered the mountainside which made for a morbid sunset this night. Who won this day is up for debate. The Dwarves killed more Elves than Elves killed Dwarves. The Dwarves also slew two dragons, which had their spirits high. The Elves however took the Dwarven port and after more than 6 months had finally destroyed a good portion of the Dwarven gate and now had an access point in which to attack Thaxanos itself.

How both sides will react to this battle remains to be seen.