Azag-Coven war

Military: War

The family of Coven, rulers of Covencrown declare war on the kingdom of Azag as a response to the unsanctioned expansion of Dwarven settlements on the south side of the mountains. The Kingdom of Azag had founded the settlement of Azek on the southwest side of the mountain range. Coven correctly saw this as an attempt to circumvent the duties that Dwarves paid to Covencrown for selling goods to the Daerelos Confederacy.
Ellekris Coven sent the majority of his troops to Azek while he defended Covencrown from an approaching Dwarven army. His defense was succesful and he set out to join his main army. The armies of Covencrown at Azek had an overwhelming superiority in numbers. Azek was turned to ruin and its inhabitants were slaughtered before Ellekris was able to catch up.
Ellekris opened an offensive campaign and drove the Dwarves back as far as what is now known as the Pass of Azag. He believed that any further offensive action would be unjust given their reason for war, Azek, was dealt with. He believed that with several thousands of Dwarves temporarily displaced, it was now up to the Dwarves to request a diplomatic resolution.
The Dwarves remained silent for seasons, aside from the occasional skirmish. Over a year after the war began, the Dwarves of Azag with aid of their subterranean kin, had mined the walls of Covencrown and flooded the city in what was known as the Darkest Night.
The events that followed ended the war resulting in Azek being rebuilt as the Mines of Doliak, Covencrown being renamed Covenhold, and the family of Coven abdicating as a ruling party of the greater Daerelos Confederacy.