three Greenwing Wars (jan 1, 712 – dec 31, 713)

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The Weeping War was the decades long conflict between the Army of Darkness and the elven city of Myth Drannor on Faerun. A long incident in this conflict was the campaign known as the three Greenwing Wars. These three battles were so named for Myth Drannor's primary ally in waging them, an elven man-o-war. Responding to a magical plea for help from a grounded ally among Cormanthyr's wizards, the Elven Imperial Fleet of Realmspace sent Captain Oncith Ilbenalu to aid the elves with his green crystalline-winged man-o-war, the MONARCH MORDENT, and his trusted crew of bards, wizards, and crack archers. Dominating the three battles in which it participated, the Monarch provided air cover and heavy weaponry with its ballistae and catapult that aided the ground troops immeasurably. In fact, its arrival changed the tide of the war in the northern forest and gave the outmatched and outnumbered elves some significant victories. With the Third Greenwing War, Captain Oncith's pride overcame his sense as he maneuvered so close to the treetops and the Army of Darkness forces that his helmsman could not maneuver effectively. When Gaulguth the Nycaloth flew skyward, there was little beyond ineffectual missile fire to stop him from using his great axe, Heartcleaver, to shatter one of the ship's wings at its base! With the magical shock slaying the helmsman immediately, the MONARCH MORDENT crashed into the trees and atop nearly 200 members of the Army of Darkness. Since that lost battle, the photosynthetic wings continued to grow, and large crystalline webworks wrapped around the clearings and the trees in this northern glade now called Monarch's Fall Glade. While most animals shun the amber-and-emerald crystal webs and walls, many elves used this as a redoubt and shelter both during and long after the Weeping War.

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