Battle of Sorrows - Sindarin
Around 685 BT, Tharvdar the Fox united the Lythian clans in Horadir and began a campaign to seize Jarin lands north of the Ulmerien. THarvdar sent daids as far north as the Osel, putting to the sword all captive males. The elvenking Daelda called a war council, which met in 684 BT near present-day Olokand. There came the Sindarin king, the Jarin overlord, Gelfein Chadfyd, and the two dwarven kings. Gravag II from Kiraz and Haddar I from Azadmere. The first days of council were tense, as each side aired and sought remedy for real and imagined grievances. In the end, King Daelda announced that all squabbles must await a victory, for nothing decided here would survive a defeat.
Throughout the summer of 683 BT, the allies assembled an army of about 6,000 mean near present-day Kobing Keep. Missing were dwarven legions from Kiraz. Winter approached and King Daelda marched his host south to give battle to the Lythians. Tharvdar the Fox assembled an army of 20,000 men on a grassy plain ten leagues north of present-day Burzyn. The elvenking gent forward three heralds offering peace in exchange for submission. Tharvdar slew them.
The horns sounded for battle and Daelda rashly ordered an advance on the entire Lythian battleline. A terrible bloodletting began and soon wen against the small allied force. Facing envelopment, the elvenking led a charge of 250 horses that prevented disaster, but Daelda suffered a mortal wound. The allied army retreated with their wounded king, recklessly pursued by the Lythians. At this critical moment, the hills rang with dwarven war cries and 1,000 heavy foot from Kiraz fell upon the left flank of the Lythians. A route began, as the Lythians frantically sought to escape the fres dwarven legion. The allies had triumphed against great odds, but the cost was too high. Roughly two thirds of the victors perished that day, including King Daelda and 3,000 of his fold. It was a staggering loss from a total population of about 7,000 male elves. Every clan had fathers and sons to grieve.
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