Northport Inferno
Disaster / Destruction
22/4 3:00
In a display of reckless and wanton destruction, King Leonov Mhiina led his Wyvern Lords in a secret, undeclared attack on Northport, the then-port town of Vaernebo, which Fainarr used to deliver goods form Aduna to the principality. The attack saw only a few survivors, with numerous civilian casualties. This, for Leonov, served as his declaration of war with Fainarr.
Miliim and Vaernebo had been skirmishing with one another for many decades since Vaernebo was established as a Fainarran principality. Tensions on their shared borders had been growing over time, with more and more battles breaking out despite no formal war being declared. Having had enough, the young King Leonov Mhiina orchestrated a secret surprise attack not on the border, but on Northport, the port town of Vaernebo that Fainarr used to deliver goods and soldiers to its principality. The attack, which would become called the Northport Inferno, occurred after midnight on the 22nd of Helki in 249. With no warning whatsoever and no announcement, the Wyvern Lords of King Leonov flew around the western edge of Elzveir, circled to the north, and unleashed devastation on the port, slaughtering nearly all 80,000 inhabitants of the port town, be they soldier or civilian. With the port town ablaze and ruined, they flew back to the capital and arrived the next day, riders and dragons both exhausted. The following morning, as word spread like wildfire through Elzveir of the coordinated dragon attack on Northport, King Leonov made his official declaration of war against Fainarr. He swore that should they refuse to surrender all of Vaernebo to him and to exile themselves from the land, he and his Wyvern Lords would strike again. The act of slaughtering thousands of innocent civilians was met with disdain by people both within and without Miliim, but hatred of Fainarr itself throughout Elzveir led some to believe the slaughter to be justified, resulting in mass debate throughout the continent as Miliim and Fainarr prepared for an all-out war.
