War of the Sunspire

The War of the Sunspire was a brutal, six-year conflict fought between the elven kingdom of Ilthalor and the rising orc empire of Ghur-Morath, named after the sun-scorched peak where the first blood was spilled. The war began when Ghur-Morath’s warlords laid claim to the Sunspire Highlands, a region of Ilthalor rich in rare minerals and ancient moonshrines long considered sacred elven ground. For the first time in centuries, Ilthalor was forced into open war — and the orcs proved far more organized, disciplined, and strategically vicious than the court had anticipated.
Desperate and unwilling to admit weakness, King Serelthar formed an unprecedented alliance with the matriarchal drow city of Vhalzryn. Though the elves viewed the drow with suspicion, and the drow viewed the elves with contempt, their mutual hatred of the orcs forged a temporary bond.
Enter Commander Lytha Dyrr**, Vhalzryn’s offering to the alliance. Under her calculated, ruthless strategies, the tide turned. She implemented ambush warfare, scorched-earth raids, and psychological manipulation — tactics the elves would never have dared on their own. Lytha's army broke the orcish front, and the remaining warbands were driven back beyond the Black Ridge.