In the year 1025 of the imperial calendar, on a cloudy day ,news of an elven invasion reached the capital.
The aloof and arrogant elves had attacked the fortress at the border between the empire and the elven Forrest.
All soldiers defending the green fortress were killed leaving none behind. From there they occupied the fortress and pushed in wards destroying five cities killing everything in it be it humans , beastmen , the' lower races' and even those of the avian races.
There was silence in the court for the emperor that had finally gained supreme power in court had not said a word . Yet that didn't mean that any of them were indifferent to the bloody massacre ,no on the other hand a palpable killing intent was spreading through out the palace as it had been imprinted into them to" beat the foreign rat" .
In face of outside threats , all enemities become null and useless, with even lifelong enemies working together how could they lose.
Almost without mention or call for recruitment, the army received donations and new recruits.
The air in the empire became stifling as though this was something they'd been expecting but also as though everyone is bottling in their rage.
There were no protests nor were there any debates on the matter.this mood lasted for about a day and as expected, all across the empire a declaration of war was announced.
Even when the intelligence reported that the culprits behind this incident were the high elves and high elves alone , the war council didn't even consider letting the other elves off scot-free.
The fact that they didn't try to even give a warning spoke volumes of the level of their relationship.
The silence of the empire after declaring war persisted for only a month , then all hell broke loose.
It started with the sudden deaths of Vir lan Dux and Sira Lea xin. These two individuals were not only part of the elder council of the elves but also strong high elves.
They were also the individuals that proposed and pushed for the invasion of the human territory.
It was obvious who was behind their deaths especially since the headless corpses were made to kneel in the direction of the green fortress .
This put many on edge as the inner forest where the high elves and elder council members lived was the second highly guarded area of the elven forest.
The fact that the elders in question were some of the most powerful members of the council didn't help the situation as the elves we're thrown into confusion and fear .
With rumors of why they were killed and the famed babarity of the humans the the last great war flying about , the morale of the army took a sharp hit.
It was during this confusion that certain key members such as village elders and accountants feel I'll , had their dirty laundry exposed or died under mysterious circumstances.
After investigation, the elders were those that were either pro war , owned human slaves or were in contact with the Orc races.
To make matters worse small slave uprisings took place all over the great forest requiring the assistance of the officers already commissioned to edges of the of the forest.
This meant that the soldiers would move frequently throughout the forest leading to a some what lux security checks on goods and identities.
The final straw that broke the camel's back was the great fire that engulfed and destroyed a third of the forest and took close to four days to truly extinguish it.
It was in that same regards that the humans military force appeared out of nowhere and started a bloody massacre that would put even the Savage Orcs to shame .
Tired from the four days of fire fighting and almost running out of magic , the first contact between the two ended in the victory of the humans.
Using this chance during the scarmish certain elite units were sent ahead and instructed to carry out gorrila war tactics.
All methods and means we're deamed acceptable and that meant torture extortion and bribery were coming acceptable.
Many died during these few months of the war and a sense of desperation and despair infected the forest.
Just as the elves recovered and started pushing back the humans, the troops we're recalled and hell decended from the sky .