War of Honor

The War of Honor was a brief but decisive war between Durin's Folk and their kin in the Red Mountains.

Background
The War of Honor took place soon after the First War of the Woodland Realm, in which King Taendell's Red Mountains Dwarves vanquished their Wood-Elven foes. Elated at his victory, Taendell quickly began a second war against the newly-claimed land of Dunland. However, Taendell's confidence led to several quarrels with his kin in Erebor. After much argument, Dain_II (Kjell1612) of Erebor decided he had had enough. Declaring Taendell to be mad, he gathered his allies and launched a war against the Red Mountains.

Events
The War of Honor was relatively short, as it happened in less than a week, with only two sieges taking place.

The first siege saw Taendell lead a force of 4 Red Mountain Dwarves against a force of 5 Dwarves of Durin's Folk, 1 Rohirrim, 2 Elves and 2 Blue Mountain Dwarves. The western dwarves and their allies marched for many leagues. But before they reached the halls of the Red Dwarves, Taendell led his forces out to meet them. Taendell was killed, and the rest were slain easily.

The second siege took place at the Halls of the Red Mountains. The Dwarves of Erebor were assisted by soldiers from Lindon, the Blue Mountains, and Rohan. Taendell was left without allies, as only his own subjects aided him. During the siege, Taendell attempted to charge his enemies, only to be killed by Nain III (TepelStreeltje). All save one of the Red dwarves then surrendered, and the remaining one was killed by Dain.

Aftermath
Following the second siege, Taendell formally surrendered to Dain II, thus ending the War of Honor (as well as the War for Dunland, which occurred at the same time). Dain II gave the kingship of the Red Mountains to one of Taendell's commanders, Thormung (METEME_EL_RABO), who then banished Taendell.