Stalwold Forest's All Out War

Within the large northern peninsula, war is treated as a brutal all out conflict where little is regarded as taboo.

The Conflict

Prelude

Within the Stalwold forest many viking clans lived along the fjord coasts. From there they launched quick single sailed and rowed vessels meant for overtaking larger trade ships. They lived a somewhat isolated life from the southern continent due to the water crossing between the two regions.
When Thánatos "The Destroyer" appeared on the southern continent, many entire cultures picked up and ran to the Stalwold forest.

Deployment

The vikings already warlike nature immedieatly took advantage of this and began raiding the helpless refugees. Many of the running groups had few remaining standing armies. Thus they would use their people with Sliver of Divinity to fight the vikings back.
Slivers fighting mundane folk in masse is considered a deep taboo on Potestatem. So the vikings started utilizing their own slivered people, who were often much more powerful on raids against the refugees.

Battlefield

To this day the culture has continued. Slivered indivduals in the region gain powerful from killing in conflict. Several different area's in the region are soaked with hundreds of years of blood and broken iron.

The Bowl

A famous mountain top valley battlefield. Here six different factions have warred for one thousand years. Not all of the factions have been present at every battle, but all continue the conflict.
The bowl is a 1500' foot radius irregular circle. Sharp gravel cliffs surround it on all sides. Six tunnels, six sets of stairs, and one lift have been crafted into it for passage to the low valley some three hundred feet below the lowest gravel clifftop. The area inside the pit has been worn down to the stone and marsh. Legend says it was a beautiful forest copse and pond before the battles began.
Many towers, bunkers, fox holes, and other hidden area's are throughout the Bowl. They are used by faction scouts to watch for enemys looking to enter the bowl. Whether the enemy comes to fortifying it for themselves, compelte a goal, or attack another groups few constructions within the bowl, these scouts will sound the call for their faction to come start another of the endless battles.

The Viking Clan, Regal Paw's

The clan known for its amazing magic item armors allowing for superhuman abilities. There best warriors numbering about three dozen will battle for days on end within the bowl. The clan is defined by their bright orange markings, black paw mark on their shoulder plates, and extreme nature.
The warriors often are seen as 'souless' monsters who know only their goals in battle. Hesitation, fear, and anything except effciency are punished by swift death from these viking warriors. Their clan hails from the south west coast and utilizes a long set of stairs marked by the warriors gear who died on the battlefield. Their goal is to hold the bowl long enough to excavate their clans founder who war buried in the bowl at the start of the third era long ago. They are far from completing this task.

He Who Runs Alongside

This single warrior is the owner of the one lift into the arena. Rumored to be a Full Slivers or to have no slivers at all, they make up an entire faction of power. Their mastery of a single edged blade was once described bt Saltare Gladio, God of Fighters as, 'masterful.'
When battles of great caliber occur in the bowl, He Who Runs Alongside descends from his lift on the bowls nearby mountainpeak, and joins. Their goals are unknown but they do not make allies.

Spine Throne

The northern barbarian clan known as Spine Throne is a medium sized army of several hundred slivered barbarians. They live a tribalistic lifestyle. Once the chosen barbians of Ira, Temple Goddess of Barbarians, they seek to redeem themselves by winning the war within the Bowl.

Sethem

A large kingdom founded be refugees during the third era. Utilizing a massive quantity of resoucres located within its mines they have created vast magic items that house dozens of soldiers. These solve moving automatons are followed by armored soldiers similar to the Regal Paw, though not as impressive. Many of their machines corpses litter the battlefield in pieces. Goal: crush the other clans. Often retrieve scrap from their dead machines. Perfect the autmaton.

Steelram Clan

A dwarven refugee clan that lives deep under the bowl. They utilize formations of well equipped soldiers to push back enemy attacks. They own five of the six tunnels up into the bowl. Their goal is to secure the bowl with a great dwarven fort.

Battle Bloc

This massive group of indviduals are those native or otherwise living in the area around the Bowl. Made up of many survivalists, homesteaders, small villages, a few forts, a trade port, adventuring parties, and more. They seek to bring peace to the land and are currently pursuing this by making the other groups goals impossible, or killing them.

The Blood Arena's

The southern most battlefield, and most unique. Here the Blood God rules over his arena pits. Small groups settle their conflicts within their confines so as to prevent the greater loss of their militaries. The Blood God gives great reward and feasts on the souls of those who die here.

Conflict Type

War, Theatre

Start Date

Third Era BC

Ending Date

Current