Uspenaslez

Uspenaslez (The Roasted War) is an ongoing war in Orid Xem, beginning in the late autumn of 702. It is presently fought between and Stragdamsto, with the causes of the conflict remaining mostly conjecture and scholarly speculation.

What is known, however, is the moment the war began - on the 2nd of Limestone, 702, a small goblin force under Aslot Craftmenances attacked Adilatír at the now-lost fortress of Datanthol, slaying a single unlucky dwarf by the name of Sigun Oddomók before they were repulsed or otherwise forced to retreat.

Following this initial defeat, Stragdamsto would spend several months marshalling their forces before unleashing a second strike against Datanthol - deemed Etosp Sloxuk ("The Siege of Shooting") by scholars, the precise size and composition of Stragdamsto's forces have mostly been lost to history. The attack breached the fortress's defences and visited terrible havoc on the dwarven settlers, with fully 82 of the fortress's hundred and five-strong population dying in the battle. This siege is generally considered by dwarven scholars to be the catalyst for Datanthol's downfall and subsequent abandonment, with the fortress's population being unable to recover from their losses and either dispersing to other sites or choosing to die in the ruins of their home.

The war would subsequently cool greatly; for nearly eight decades following the Fall of Datanthol, only two minor clashes at the fortress of Sodelthabost occurred as Stragdamsto focused its attention (military and otherwise) elsewhere.

This uneasy peace would subsequently be shattered by the actions of Datanzalìs Stinugosh in the late autumn of 782. Having heavily developed the fortress military over the past two years, the commanders of Kogan Ngilok led a trio of attacks against the forces of Stragdamsto at the dark pits of Osnonslaxu and Zododaslot. The subsequent retaliatory sieges by Stragdamsto were swiftly repulsed, setting the pattern for the next half-decade of conflict between the forces of Stragdamsto and Adalatìr: the forces of Datanzalìs Stinugosh would strike at the pits and fortresses of Stragdamsto, slaying the goblin and troll inhabitants before rampaging through the deserted settlements, before retreating to their fortress to repulse the inevitable counter-attacks.

Some of the bloodiest battles of the war, however, would take place over a two-year period. Beginning with Aristzokun ("The Assaulted Sieges") in 785 and ending with Dotomumuz ("The Bloody Attack") in 787, Adilatìr's forces would repeatedly besiege the dark pits of Xamastosbûb ; though some casualties were sustained by the attackers, Stragdamsto came off the worse by far, losing almost half of its civilized population to the rampaging dwarven forces in the battles that ravaged the dark pit.

The war would briefly cool following this, with no attacks on either side for a period of three years - this, as before, would be broken by Stragdamsto's decision to attack the dwarven fortress of Gembishast in Ongorkök ("The Outrageous Assaults"), restarting the war. Gembishast endured several successive sieges between 790 and 793: Kök Kudo ("The Assault of Growls", 791), Snumnöetosp ("The Scorching Sieges", 792), and Snumnökök ("The Scorching Assaults", 793), leaving a total of eight dwarves and at least eighteen goblins dead.

This would, in turn, lead to the most recent battles of the war: Stesokzokun ("The Molten Sieges", early spring 794), in which the alligator man and adventurer of the Museum Nethrez Rirdestpictham met his end, Zokun Sog ("The Siege of Conquerors", midspring 794) in which the dark pits of Omospstasost was effectively destroyed, and Stesokrashgur ("The Molten Attack", late spring 794) in which the dark pits of Ngurestasost were razed to the ground by the victorious dwarves.

The next recorded battle was Stesokarist (The Molten Assaults) of 798 in Rekoutes. Since then, outward hostilites had ceased on both sides, until the dwarves attacked Rekoutes once again in 854 during Lirukrashgur (The Violent Attack). This was followed up with another attack on Rekoutes called Zokum Bim (The Siege of Slings) which resulted in the death of the last goblin in Rekoutes.

In retaliation, the goblins in the year of 855 attacked Sethurdim Mestthos Oram with a small force of goblins in a battle called Tospaskök (The Strifeful Assaults) which saw both goblin attackers perishing. This was followed up two years later in 857 with a gholish siege on Sethurdim Mestthos Oram known as Slazumuz (The Splattered Attack). The Dwarves we victorious due to the heroic actions of the Dwarf;Udil Stopchannel the Fatal Triangular Boulder who fought of the vast majourity of the goblin force and contributed to all but two of the kills during the battle.

Another year later in 858, Okutu Olngö (The Angry Onslaugh of Monsters) occured which saw both sides taking heavy losses. The battle is said to have finally killed Bralbaard Nilthatlosh who lead the defence of Sethurdim Mestthos Oram. However this has been contested as goblin propaganda. It has also been recorded that even the animals contributed to the battle.

There was no peace declaration signed or even proposed on either side to this day.