The Battle for a Giant's Hearth

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Year 2159AC, the last month of Winter Season

The dunes nearing the Silent Expanse are stale beneath winter sun.
On this day, a lone rider gallops along them and arrives at Jotunheim, the stronghold of giants. Bearing a message for their leader, the great and old Aeric Wilkinsson, the messenger reads a jus ad bellum:

"This is a declaration of war.

I suspect you won't immediately comprehend as most wars within this subcontinent rely on the suspicion of witches or worse.
Let's consider this a first. In the same way that Gloomlight expands its territories, or Serenity extends its territories through you, Jotunheim, I will claim my own.

My allies have differing motivations, ranging from the dark lore of your sister realm, Serenity to the reward of coin...
For I and others, a home; resources are limited in this war-ravaged Meranthe. Should you not surrender, our armies will meet on the 7th, on the dunes south of your stronghold's hill.

From Uralai."

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The commander that has waged this conquest is named Uralai, a blond-haired man about six and a half feet tall, weighing an estimated two-hundred and forty pounds. Known as an apprentice under the mysterious Ilumitar, the warrior has perhaps left the magician's Court to foster his own ambitions. Uralai leads an army filled with mercenaries and mage guilds but currently no kingdoms back him. A drawing of him surfaces in the coming weeks given the bold declaration.

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Theme: Armies meet and clash on the desert sands. The sun is soon to set and darkness has not yet sunk in, leaving only the orange-gray starry sky unpolluted by mankind. The goal, the stronghold, is far in the backdrop like light at the end of a dark tunnel, for the giants to defend or the conquerors to take.

Objective: Conquest & Capture of NPC Giants (subject to change based on IC of course).

Date & Time: Saturday, March 8, 6:30 PM EST.