This is the thread where I & the other mods will post about the goings-on of factions outside Cyrodiil, as outlined in more detail in the main thread. Don't post here, thanks.
Wars in the Direnni West
Far to the west of Cyrodiil, an ancient war is in the process of being re-fought: both Shornhelm and Orsinium advanced against their oldest and fiercest foe, the Direnni Hegemony of the Altmer straddling both sides of the Iliac Bay. While Shornhelmic forces drove south towards Wayrest, a prominent market village on the northern coast of the Bay, Orcish forces under their High King mobilized to assail the Hegemony's eastern border. The proud Elves of the Bay found themselves hard-pressed on both fronts, being forced to divide their resources to meet both threats at once and sustaining a number of resounding defeats against both. Of the two Shornhelm had the greater success, rapidly overrunning the districts around Wayrest itself and putting the walled village under siege, though Altmer reinforcements and their ability to supply the town by sea from their seat at the Adamantine Tower prevented it from falling immediately. The Orcs too had their share of victories, securing the area around Azra's River and threatening the walled town of Gauvadon, though their advance was neither as spectacular or rapid as that of the men to their west.
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