| Category | Wars | |||
| Period | 1660 - 1662 | |||
| Theater | Hells Womb | |||
| Belligerents |
|
|||
| Map | Lirgaza |
The death knight Monty the Mad is crowned Arch-Dragern of the Armies. His first act in the new command was to amalgamate the northern, southern, eastern, and western military district army groups into a formidable unified force. As a test of his leadership, Monty dispatched this massive army southward into Hells Womb, challenging their mettle against the Tragaran empire known as the Council of Bile. The Gwaeldior Pact was then forged to halt the territorial expansion of the Orchish Empire into Hells Womb. The alliance comprising Paradomea, Celebriän, and the Council of Bile then engaged the forces of the Orchish Empire in the Sorrow Pass.
Paradomea's Treza-Râth, the heavily armored illriggers and knights of the Council of Bile, and Celebriän archers drove the orcs back into the Sorrow Pass. The dead were in such numbers that vultures, hyenas, undead, and other scavengers fed for weeks on the bloating corpses. The stench of the carrion and roving beasts prevented many of those slain, valiant and brave warriors, from ever receiving a proper burial. The most perilous undead to arrive on the battlefields were the famine spirits. These obscenely obese humanoids devoured countless corpses, and in their wake followed hundreds of ghouls and ghasts. These undead terrors emerged from the direction of Raefknar, released from Jagg's dismal dungeons. This ancient fiend denied any wrongdoing in the affair, claiming that he was helping clean up the area and rid Sorrow Pass of its terrible odors. Many dragons were sent into the area from the Council of Bile to put an end to the undead, as their numbers grew more hazardous with each passing week. The dragons breathed fire and lightning on the creatures for numerous days, but the famine spirits, somewhat intelligent and cunning, utilized their ethereal jaunt ability to evade many of these fly-by attacks. After several months, the undead were either destroyed or wandered off into the mountains, thereby freeing up Sorrow Pass for safe passage, if such a thing exists in this perilous region. The political outcome of the battle was the SMD, the Orchish Empire's Southern Military District, was crippled and humiliated by this defeat. The other Armies of the Orchish Empire viewed the defeat as a stain on their battle prowess. The High Command issued the order to "re-order" the battered remains of the Southern Military District, dividing its lands, castles, and spoils between the remaining districts. This decree was contested by the SMD, resulting in the First Orchish Civil War.