Consone / Coalition War (Trove War, 2012–2013)

War Details#

The Consone / Coalition War, also known as the Trove War, was one of the largest and most consequential conflicts in Illyriad’s early history. It began in the autumn of 2012 as a minor dispute between Deimos (Deimo) [RHY] and Buridan [SkB] over a Trove rare mineral mine, but escalated into a full-scale world war involving dozens of alliances across Elgea. The fighting led to the complete dissolution of Consone, reshaped the map of alliance politics, and established precedents that would eventually culminate in the Great War.

Origins: The Rise of the Coalition and Consone#

By mid-2012, Elgea was a continent divided between two emerging spheres of power. The smaller, veteran combat alliances that had survived the early wars of 2010-2011 — groups such as Harmless? [H?], Dwarven Lords [Dlord], DARK, the Night Confederation [~N~], and Night Crusaders [NC] — had begun to coordinate around shared principles of self-defense and tactical independence. Their members were hardened by experience in conflicts like the Dark Blight Wars and NC vs Steel Confessors, and many of them viewed their military readiness as a necessary deterrent against the rise of larger, less disciplined coalitions. Out of this informal network grew what would later be known as the Coalition, a pragmatic confederation of veteran alliances dedicated to preserving balance and discouraging rival hegemonic blocs. In practice, H? was functioning as the game’s sole superpower, with the Coalition as a network of political influence that expanded their influence over the server.

In contrast, a second vision for Elgea’s future was forming among the great peaceful and diplomatic alliances. Spearheaded by Jasche of Invictus [VIC], Hathaldir of the Eagle’s Eyre [EE], and CristinaZah of Valar [VALAR], this movement sought to create an organized structure that would ensure mutual defense and foster cooperation among non-aggressive players. Their initiative, formalized in the Consone Charter, laid the groundwork for a new confederation whose strength would come not from military prowess but from unity and shared governance. The founding signatories included VIC, VALAR, Absaroke [Absa], Fairy Road Authority [Roads], World’s End [WE], Victrix [VTX], Dwarven Druids [DD], and Eagles Eyrie [EE], among others. Together they envisioned a more stable, collegial Elgea: one where power would be distributed through diplomacy rather than sieges. It was an idea that they intended to use to challenge the world order of the Coalition in a bid to change hearts and minds of the player base.

These two visions — Coalition realism versus Consone idealism — were perceived by some to be fundamentally incompatible. To Coalition members, Consone’s top-down governance of the server hinted at the birth of a centralized super-bloc that could dominate the map by political fiat. To Consone leaders, the Coalition embodied the old guard: a militarized elite enforcing its own rules through threat of siege and military might. The rhetoric of both camps hardened throughout 2012, particularly on the forums, where debates about “justice,” “freedom,” and “security” reflected a growing philosophical divide within the player community itself.

By late 2012, Elgea had become a powder keg. The Coalition and Consone each maintained overlapping spheres of allies and sympathizers, and both sides monitored the other’s diplomacy with increasing suspicion. What had begun as two parallel defense systems was transforming into an ideological standoff over the soul of Illyriad: one side advocating sovereignty through strength, the other promoting peace through unity. When a local dispute over the resource-rich Trove region spiraled into open conflict between Rhyagelle [RHY] and Consone alliance member Absaroke [Absa], it served as the match that lit the fire — a regional quarrel that would draw in nearly every major power on the continent and ignite the Coalition/Consone War.

Prelude to War#

By late 2012, the atmosphere between the Coalition and Consone had grown unmistakably adversarial. The two great confederations — each a product of the previous year’s political polarization — now eyed one another as incompatible systems. The Coalition, anchored by Harmless? [H?] and its veteran allies, viewed Consone’s rapid expansion as a potential threat to Elgea’s balance of power. Consone, led by Jasche of Invictus [VIC], Halthaldir of Eagle’s Eyrie [EE], and others saw itself as a counterweight to that same hegemony: a moral and diplomatic alternative to the militarized world order the Coalition had built. Tension simmered on the forums for months before the first swords were drawn.

When a quarrel erupted in the Trove region between Rhyagelle’s [RHY] Deimos and Skeleton Boar’s [SkB] Buridan, it appeared at first to be another localized dispute over mining rights. But the situation escalated quickly when Absaroke [Absa], an alliance aligned with Consone but not one of their constituent alliances, came to SkB’s defense. To members of the Coalition, this confirmed their suspicion that Consone was not merely a diplomatic bloc but a military compact acting in concert. It also gave H? a possible casus beli should the Coalition choose to use this moment to declare war on Consone.

In a contentious forum thread that followed, KillerPoodle of H? warned that further aggression by Consone against RHY would invite a Coalition response — a warning that carried the weight of inevitability. Within days, H? issued its declaration of war on Absa, igniting what would become the largest multi-alliance conflict in Illyriad’s early history.

Many contemporary observers, and most later historians, have regarded the Trove dispute as a pretext rather than a cause. The Coalition’s response, swift and sweeping, suggested that plans (or, at the very least, intentions) for confrontation were already in place to some degree. Indeed, H? members had openly mocked the Consone Charter months before, deriding its collective structure as naïve and self-righteous. To them, the Charter represented an ideological challenge to their longstanding dominance of Elgea’s political scene. From this perspective, the Trove affair may have offered the perfect justification to dismantle that challenge before it could mature.

Jasche’s conduct during the crisis reflected a genuine attempt to avoid escalation. His public replies in the “RHY Responds to Absa Aggression” thread appealed to fairness and dialogue, not retaliation. He framed Absa’s actions as defensive and urged H? to stand down, emphasizing that Consone had no wish to expand the war. Yet those words fell on deaf ears. To KillerPoodle, such moderation only proved that Consone was unwilling to discipline its members and therefore posed an existential risk to the established order. His measured but unmistakably final tone — asserting that the Coalition “did not seek war, but would not ignore aggression” — effectively closed the door on diplomacy.

In hindsight, the two leaders embodied opposite philosophies of power. Jasche argued from moral legitimacy, seeking to preserve Consone’s integrity as a cooperative movement. KillerPoodle argued from strategic necessity, determined to uphold the Coalition’s deterrent authority. Each acted consistently with his worldview, yet their logics were mutually exclusive. As forum rhetoric hardened into declarations, the moral debate gave way to mobilization. What had begun as a dispute over one mine in the Trove region became the crucible for Elgea’s first truly global war.

Key Factors#

• • Internal Realignment within Rhyagelle (2011–2012):
    Prior to the Trove conflict, Rhyagelle had undergone profound leadership changes.
    Founded by Finrod and Yearick after their departure from World’s End, RHY grew into a top-ten alliance distinguished by diplomacy and restraint. However, the permabanning of both founders’ accounts by game moderators in mid-2012 removed its moderating voices, leaving Indeva State and Deimos at the helm.
    The hawkish faction, now ascendant, sought to project RHY’s influence beyond Meilla and Lan Larosh. This shift from cautious diplomacy to assertive militarism, combined with H?’s aspirations to find a pretext for war with Consone, created the volatile environment in which the Trove Mine dispute with SkB and Absa’s intervention would ignite a world war.
    (Source: Arcanum Illyria – Rhyagelle)
  • Trove Mine Dispute: The war began when Deimos (Deimo) [RHY], a hawkish RHY Leadership Council member, contested a Trove rare mineral mine near the cities of Buridan [SkB]. Trove, while scarce, has little economic value, making the move appear as a deliberate attempt to provoke a controlled PvP encounter. The situation might have remained isolated had Absa and other Consone members not intervened militarily on behalf of SkB.
  • Absa’s Aggression: The alliance of Absaroke [Absa] escalated the conflict when Messer attacked and destroyed RHY forces occupying the mine, followed by subsequent attacks by Russian Blue and Hugie. RHY lost thousands of troops in these exchanges. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the matter were ignored, and Absa player Neytiri taunted RHY in the public forums. These events were later documented in RHY’s formal declaration of war, posted by Jejune on October 10, 2012.
  • RHY’s Declaration of War: On October 10, 2012, RHY declared war on Absa, stating that its actions would be limited to Absa alone, unless other alliances intervened. The declaration served both as a warning and a casus belli. In it, RHY accused Absa of unprovoked aggression and demanded restitution for its losses, which Absa ignored.
  • VIC’s Intervention: Following RHY’s declaration, Jasche of Invictus [VIC], a leading Consone alliance, ordered VIC members to support Absa, initiating attacks on RHY positions and defense of Absa. This act marked the point at which a contained conflict between two alliances transformed into a server-wide war.
  • Debated Origins: Later retrospectives in the forum thread “Grandpa… Tell Us About the War” (Hathaldir, KillerPoodle, Daefis) offered conflicting memories of how the conflict began. Hathaldir noted that Consone’s broad mutual-defense pact and uneven militarization dragged reluctant members like EE into war. KillerPoodle recalled that Jasche’s premature troop movements triggered escalation, while Daefis claimed that Harmless? ignored Jasche’s diplomatic attempts, effectively ensuring that hostilities erupted. (forum.illyriad.co.uk)
  • Coalition Mobilization: As fighting escalated, Harmless? [H?], the most powerful alliance on the server, invited RHY to join its Coalition, which already included Dlord, DARK, and the Night Confederation (~N~). Under this arrangement, an attack on RHY would be treated as an attack on the entire Coalition. From this point forward, total war became unavoidable.

  Course of the War#

  Once RHY joined the Coalition, the conflict spread across multiple regions. Harmless? [H?] coordinated overall strategy while Dlords [Dlord] under Belargyle and DARK supplied heavy military support. The Night Confederation, which included The Nightbringers [~N~], Night Crusaders [NC], and Night Squires [~NS~] prosecuted regional campaigns, while Trivium [TVM] offered auxiliary support and took on similarly-sized Consone alliances.

  Early War Declarations#

  In mid-October 2012, as the Trove War reached its height, numerous alliances across Elgea formally declared war against one another. The following list — compiled by allamagoosa on October 16, 2012 — provides a rare, near-contemporaneous snapshot of active hostilities. It illustrates the scale of the conflict and how the fighting spread beyond the original belligerents.

  NOTE: Not all war declarations were necessarily connected to the larger Trove war. A case in point may be Katz in Hatz’ engagements with SKORN and the Night Confederation. However, most of them were, and the others served to only add to the chaos.

  Alliance	Affiliation	Declared Wars Against
  Harmless? [H?]	Coalition	Faenorians; Invictus; Absaroke; Morituri Eagles; Lords of Frost; Fairy Road Authority; Dwarven Druids; World’s End; Victrix; Skeleton Boar
  Dwarven Lords [Dlord]	Coalition	Invictus; Dwarven Druids; Fairy Road Authority; Morituri Eagles; World’s End
  Invictus [VIC]	Consone	Harmless?; Dwarven Lords
  Victrix [VTX]	Consone	Harmless?
  World’s End [WE]	Consone	Harmless?; Dwarven Lords
  Skeleton Boar [SkB]	Consone-aligned	Harmless?
  Absaroke [ABSA]	Consone	Rhyagelle; Harmless?
  The Nightbringers [~N~]	Coalition	Katz in Hatz
  Dwarven Druids [DD]	Consone	Harmless?; Dwarven Lords
  Rhyagelle [RHY]	Coalition (formerly neutral)	Absaroke
  Skorn [SKORN]	Unknown	Katz in Hatz
  Fairy Road Authority [Roads]	Consone	Harmless?; Dwarven Lords
  Lords of Frost [Frost]	Consone	Harmless?
  Morituri Eagles [ME / EE]	Consone	Harmless?; Dwarven Lords
  Republic of Illyria [RoI]	Unknown	Knights for Fight
  Katz in Hatz [KiH]	Independent	The Nightbringers; Night Crusaders; Skorn
  Knights for Fight [KfF]	Unknown	Republic of Illyria
  Night Crusaders [NC]	Coalition	Katz in Hatz
  Faenorians [FAE]	Unknown (possibly independent)	Harmless?

  Source: allamagoosa, “Who Is at War with Who,” forum.illyriad.co.uk, posted 16 Oct 2012 — View original post

  RHY’s participation was short-lived. In late 2012, RHY’s leader, Indeva State, unilaterally negotiated a white peace with Consone without consulting RHY’s leadership council or the Coalition. This decision was widely regarded as a betrayal. Jejune and Deimos, mortified by the decision, which they saw as a betrayal of the Coalition that saved them from VIC’s impending attacks, resigned from RHY and joined Coalition alliances, with Jejune later becoming leader of The Nightbringers (~N~). , his alt joining NC. RHY soon collapsed, effectively ending its existence as an alliance.

  The War Widens#

  As the conflict stretched from late 2012 into early 2013, additional alliances joined the Coalition and Consone efforts, expanding the fronts beyond the original belligerents. Among the later-stage entrants for Consone were Affirmative Action [AA], World End Siegers [WES], and Lords of the Frost [LotF], groups that contributed targeted sieges and relief operations during the Coalition’s closing campaigns. These reinforcements helped sustain pressure as Consone’s core allies fragmented and withdrew.

  At the same time, TRIVIUM [TVM] — formed from the remnants and veteran leadership of The Long Road — entered the war on the Coalition side and undertook one of the period’s best-documented late offensives. In early January 2013, TVM declared on Order of the Valar [VALAR] and prosecuted sieges in Qarosslan (including Quicks’ city The Return), illustrating how newer and smaller alliances were now participating in strategic raze operations alongside the Coalition’s established powers. This convergence of fresh entrants (AA, WES, LotF) and newly founded combatants (TVM) marked the war’s final phase, when the Coalition’s numerical and logistical advantages became decisive.

  Editor’s note: Late Coalition joiners (AA, WES, LotF) are listed in this entry’s War Details; TRIVIUM’s January 2013 campaign against VALAR is documented in Bonfyr Verboo’s TRIVIUM History (Arcanum Illyria, 2014), which we cite in the Sources section.

  Crowalition Neutrality#

  One of the most consequential non-actions of the Consone/Coalition War was the decision of the Crow alliances — collectively known as the Crowalition– to remain neutral. By 2012 the Crows were already a multi-alliance network (including Murder of Crows [mCrow], which was an early Illy alliance founded on July 4, 2010, and related wings) with a public doctrine of mutual support and non-aggression (“we will never knowingly engage in actions that bring harm or jeopardy to our fellow Crows”). This stance, recorded on their alliance page, made large-scale intervention on either side unlikely.

  Contemporary forum discussions show no Crow declarations joining either Harmless? and the Coalition or Consone during the 2012–2013 campaign; Crow tags only begin to appear in war reports later, during the 2013 conflicts against Night Crusaders [NC] and other northern alliances. In other words, while much of Elgea was pulled into the Trove fighting, the Crows chose to “sit it out,” as Hathaldir commented.

  This neutrality mattered. As early as 2011, players were already warning that “the CROW” was a mega-alliance with hundreds of members protected by multiple Crow wings — an acknowledgment that, had the Crows entered the war on Consone’s side, the numerical and logistical balance would have been very different.

  The irony, noted by later historians, is that the very bloc that refused to enter the Trove War — the Crows — would, a year later, furnish its leading alliance, Valiant Crow [vCrow], to organize the Grand Alliance in the Great War against many of the same Coalition powers it had declined to fight earlier. Their 2012 restraint was therefore not weakness but preservation: by staying out, the Crowalition kept its strength, its reputation, and its freedom of action for the next, larger conflict.

  Casualties and Losses#

  There is no single, comprehensive record of the total casualties from the Trove War. What we have are partial, player-collected snapshots. The most useful is Mogul’s forum report from November 16 2012, about one month into the fighting.

• By then, the war was already “in full force” (per allamagoosa’s October 16 post), and the last Consone holdout, Eagle’s Eyrie [EE], did not surrender until March 22 2013, giving us roughly five months of sustained warfare.

  Casualty Snapshot — November 16 2012#

  Source: Mogul, based on 962 recorded battles (≈ 1 month into the war)

  Metric	Reported Value
  Units killed (all sides)	Over 5,000,000
  Consone XP casualties	6,828,108
  Coalition XP casualties	7,836,694
  Coalition/Consone Towns lost(razed / captured / abandoned-deleted)	296
  New towns created	371
  Towns left / defected	592
  Relocations	85
  Siege units destroyed	1,100 +

  Important: In this same report, Mogul added: “my guess is I have around 2/3 of data so this might be 66%.”
  That means his snapshot is incomplete and the true first-month casualties were probably higher.

  Working from Mogul’s “66%” note, we first scale his month-1 snapshot up to 100% (i.e. multiply by ≈1.5) to represent a full month of fighting, and then apply the same casualty-decay curves we described earlier. This keeps the method the same, but acknowledges that Mogul did not capture every battle in his tally.

  We then project that scaled month across the rest of the war (≈ 4 more months) using three tapering scenarios:

  • Conservative (−25% per month): slower decline → higher totals
  • Median / expected (−33% per month): balanced decline
  • Steep (−40% per month): faster decline → lower totals

  Town-level outcomes (losses, defections, relocations) are still modeled with a slightly steeper taper, because front lines consolidate and there are simply fewer towns left to lose as the war grinds on. Siege losses remain front-loaded.

  
  
  
  

  Chart Interpretation#

  The solid lines trace monthly casualty intensity under three modeled scenarios:

  • Conservative (−25%/month): Slower decline, representing prolonged large-scale fighting.
  • Median (−33%/month): Expected trajectory balancing attrition and strategic slowdown.
  • Steep (−40%/month): Rapid decline, reflecting fast depletion of troops and caution in later months.

  The shaded areas beneath each line represent the cumulative total of all units killed to that point in the war. As the lines fall, the shaded totals continue to rise—illustrating how even as the pace of fighting slowed, overall losses continued to mount.

  Both axes share a common timeline from October 2012 through March 2013.
  The left axis marks monthly casualty intensity (units killed per month),
  while the right axis shows the cumulative death toll climbing toward the war’s end.

  Source: Modeled from Mogul’s “month-in” casualty report (Nov 16, 2012) using exponential decay assumptions.

  Casualties are highest early — when armies are largest and offensives most intense — then decline as forces shrink and caution rises.

  Town-level outcomes (losses, defections, relocations) were given slightly steeper decline, while siege losses were treated as front-loaded. The goal is not precision but a reasonable range of magnitude for a five-month global war.

  Estimated Totals — Entire Trove War (Adjusted for 66% Coverage)#

  Baseline: Mogul’s Nov 16 2012 report (≈66% of month 1) → scaled to 100% → projected to EE surrender (Mar 22 2013).

  Metric	Estimated Range	Midline Estimate
  Units killed (all sides)	15.4 – 21.3 million	≈ 17.7 million
  Consone XP casualties	21.0 – 29.1 million	≈ 24.2 million
  Coalition XP casualties	24.1 – 33.4 million	≈ 27.8 million
  Coalition/Consone Towns lost (razed / captured / abandoned-deleted)	709 – 1,011	≈ 818
  New towns created	889 – 1,267	≈ 1,024
  Towns left / defected	1,418 – 2,021	≈ 1,635
  Relocations	203 – 289	≈ 235
  Siege units destroyed	3,023 – 4,267	≈ 3,491

  Because the source month was only ~66% complete, these totals should be read as scaled, modeled estimates, they preserve the war’s shape (front-loaded, then tapering) but lift the whole curve to reflect unreported battles.

  This adjustment actually strengthens the historical claim that the Trove War was one of Illyriad’s
  most destructive conflicts: even the best surviving contemporary data was undercounting it.

  Sources: allamagoosa (Oct 16 2012); Mogul, “month-in” casualty report (Nov 16 2012, incl. “this might be 66%” note); EE surrender (Mar 22 2013).

  Aftermath#

  Following the collapse of coordinated Consone strategy in late 2012, leadership of the alliance bloc effectively disintegrated. Jasche of Invictus [VIC], who had founded and championed Consone’s ideal of mutual defense, announced his departure from Illyriad in January of 2013, leaving a vacuum that no single leader could fill. In his absence, coordination devolved to individual alliances.

  According to Hathaldir of Eagles Eyrie [EE], “there was no one left in charge — everyone just tried to handle their own defense.” As the last major Consone commander still in the field, Hathaldir became the principal negotiator by circumstance, managing cease-fire discussions, nominating veteran Illy diplomat Manannan to negotiate with the Coalition on Consone’s behalf, and ultimately agreeing to the terms that brought the war to a close.

  Although the end of the war was formally recorded in the forums as a negotiated peace, the Coalition claimed victory and Consone’s constituant alliances were required to accept surrender terms, some of which were reported to be draconian (Hathaldir reported that he lost 9 cities across both of his accounts, 2 of which were razed as part of surrender terms). Many remaining Consone leaders accepted the outcome as a pragmatic conclusion to an unwinnable campaign. Hathaldir later reflected that at the start of the war, Consone “had a name and an identity but not even a purpose yet,” describing an alliance bloc still in its infancy when the war began. His perspective underscores that Consone’s rapid defeat was due less to strategic collapse than to incomplete organization: a network of well-meaning alliances drawn into a conflict before their structure or leadership had matured.Hathaldir also maintained that Harmless? [H?] and its Coalition partners were already seeking a new large-scale war, and that the Trove dispute merely provided the justification. “If it hadn’t been RHY and Absa,” he explained, “it would have been something else. They needed a new war, and Consone gave them the pretext.” From this vantage point, the war appears not as a punishment for aggression but as a strategic assertion of Coalition dominance — a campaign intended to reaffirm its control over Elgea’s balance of power.Within Eagles Eyrie, the war reshaped the alliance’s culture. Hathaldir continued to foster the growth of sister-training group, First Flight, to shelter new or pacifist members who wished to avoid fighting. “It was a way to protect our people without forcing them into a war they never signed up for,” he said. This dual-alliance structure — one defensive, one protective — became a defining feature of EE’s identity in the years following the conflict.

  EE’s surrender marked the practical end of the war. Though smaller Consone signatories remained nominally active, none continued organized resistance after EE laid down its arms. The Coalition stood victorious, but the war left enduring divisions within the community. Many former Consone players left the game entirely, while others — including Hathaldir — rebuilt under new banners in the south. The ideological fault line between cooperative pacifism and Coalition militarism, however, would persist, setting the stage for the Great War that followed.

  Chronology of Consone Surrenders (2013)#

  Date	Alliance	Outcome / Notes	Source
  Jan 2013	Fairy Road Authority [Roads]	No formal surrender thread recorded in forums; alliance activity in the war ceased following early 2013 campaigns.	Nokigon’s “The History of Illyriad (Incomplete)”
  Feb 2013	Valar [VALAR]	Announced peace with Coalition under negotiated terms; signaled start of Consone’s disintegration.	VALAR – Coalition Peace Announcement
  Feb 2013	Victrix [VTX]	Accepted Coalition peace terms following sustained sieges in south Elgea.	Peace Announcement (Victrix)
  Feb 2013	Dwarven Druids [DD]	Announced peace and withdrawal from Consone hostilities.	Dwarven Druids Peace
  Mar 2013	World’s End [WE]	Issued public peace statement; effectively removed from conflict.	Peace Announcement (WE)
  Mar 2013	Skeleton Boar [SkB]	Formally surrendered and accepted Coalition terms after losing key cities around the Trove region.	SkB Surrenders and Accepts Terms
  Mar 2013	Absaroke [Absa]	Officially surrendered after prolonged fighting; final major Consone alliance to capitulate.	Absa Surrenders to Coalition
  Mar 2013	Invictus [VIC]	Consone’s founding alliance; issued its formal surrender shortly after Jasche’s departure.	VIC Surrenders to Coalition
  Mar 2013	Eagles Eyrie [EE]	Last original Consone member to surrender, under Hathaldir’s leadership; negotiated broader peace coordination for Consone.	EE Surrenders to Coalition
  Apr 2013	Affirmative Action	Minor Consone-aligned alliance; agreed to peace under same terms.	Affirmative Action Agrees to Peace

  Note: The above chronology reflects all publicly posted peace or surrender declarations known from surviving forum records. Several original Consone signatories (per the Consone charter) did not issue separate announcements, their dissolution inferred from inactivity or merger into successor alliances.

  Together, these surrender announcements signaled the systematic unraveling of Consone. By April 2013, the alliance bloc that had once united much of Elgea was effectively gone. Yet the process of surrender — staggered, negotiated, and in some cases unspoken — left deep political scars. The differing terms granted to each alliance, and the sense that Coalition justice was unevenly applied, sowed resentment on both sides that would soon resurface in new conflicts.

  These fractures undermined the Coalition’s unity and set the stage for the Great War that followed. The resentment born of the Trove War directly contributed to the dissolution of NC, the decline of H?, and the broader polarization of Elgea that would later explode into the Great War, as Nokigon later observed in his History of Illyriad.

  Legacy#

  The Trove War marked a turning point in Illyriad’s history. It demonstrated that unity and logistics outweighed sheer size, but it also left a legacy of bitterness that divided the server for years to come. The neutrality of the Crowalition, had it sided with Consone, remains one of the greatest “what-ifs” in Elgean history.

  “Consone were weakened by the tournament, were spread out across the map and many of their members were not militarised. By contrast, all of the alliances fighting them were regional fighting alliances, well prepared for a war. Despite Consone’s size advantage they were comprehensively defeated … However, this war caused lingering resentment … It set the scene for the next world war, the Grand Alliance.”
  — Nokigon, History of Illyriad

  Key Figures#

  Name / Alias	Affiliation(s)	Role & Notes
  Jasche	Invictus [VIC]	Leader of Consone; VIC’s intervention triggered server war.
  Deimos (Deimo)	RHY → Coalition	Contested Trove mine; later fought with Coalition.
  Buridan	Skeleton Boar [SkB]	Defended Trove mine; key escalation figure.
  Messer	Absa	First to attack RHY positions.
  Russian Blue	Absa	Attacked RHY forces.
  Hugie	Absa	Destroyed thousands of RHY troops.
  Neytiri	Absa	Taunted RHY, escalating tension.
  CristinaZah	Valar	Diplomatic negotiator for Consone.
  Boromir	Valar	Veteran Valar leader.
  Hathaldir	Eagles Eyrie [EE]	EE leader; involved reluctantly under mutual defense clause at first; assumed de facto control of Consone after Jasche’s departure.
  SgtShankstar	World’s End [WE]	Consone representative.
  Mauhaut	Victrix [VTX]	VTX leadership.
  The_Duke	Consone-aligned	Participant in war politics.
  lorre	Fairy Road Authority [Roads]	Prominent Roads diplomat.
  Belargyle	Dlords	Coalition commander.
  Myr	Night Confederation [~N~]	Coalition leader; coordinated NC/NS assaults.
  SirBradly	Night Crusaders [NC]	Leader of NC.
  Kumomoto	Harmless? [H?]	Senior H? leader, major strategist.
  KillerPoodle	Harmless? [H?]	Chief strategist.
  HonoredMule	Harmless? [H?]	Military leader and forum voice.
  Starry	Harmless? [H?]	Diplomat and strategist.
  Indeva State	RHY	Negotiated unilateral white peace; seen as betrayal.
  Jejune	RHY → NC → ~N~	Authored RHY’s war declaration; defected; later led ~N~; alt joined NC.
  DARK Leadership	DARK	Key military backer of Coalition.
  Bonfyr Verboo	Trivium [TVM]	Supporting alliance for Coalition.

  Sources#

  • • Jejune, “RHY Responds to Absa Aggression”, Oct 10, 2012 — forum.illyriad.co.uk
    • Mogul, “So Who’s Winning and Is It Really Illy Armageddon?”, Nov 16, 2012 — forum.illyriad.co.uk
    • Nokigon, History of Illyriad (Incomplete)
    • Jasche, “Consone”, July 2, 2012 — forum.illyriad.co.uk
    • Arcanum Illyria Wiki – “Rhyagelle” (authored by Jejune, 2012; archived 2022)
    • Illyriad Telegraph — illyriadtelegraph.blogspot.com
    • Master War Chronology (2025 Edition)
    • “Grandpa… Tell Us About the War” — forum.illyriad.co.uk
    • Murder of Crows [mCrow] alliance page. “We will never knowingly engage in actions that bring harm or jeopardy to our fellow Crows.” elgea.illyriad.co.uk
    • “Crow the Mega Alliance” discussion thread (July 2011), in which players debated the growing size and influence of the Crowalition: “It has hundreds of members, each guarded by all the sections of the CROW.” forum.illyriad.co.uk
    • Alliance Relationship Network tool, showing the interconnected structure of Crow alliances (mCrow, nCrow, Cala, etc.). illystuff2.uk
    • Bonfyr Verboo, TRIVIUM History (Arcanum Illyria, 2014)