michaelrotov1234
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As there has been a lot of discussion about TeamElite and Ilthilien lately, I have decided to start a discussion thread. You can discuss anything you want about these teams/factions in this thread, but please keep it civil.
Brief History of Ilthilien: (It will only include our history up to the point EW RP closed, to avoid advertising)
The earliest history of Ilthilien (in particular Ilthilien's military) began ~Dec 12. Gondor was forced back to an extremely undefendable 5th gate on Tirith, and an ad hoc team of 7 was sent to recap Tirith. Back then the members were not particularly known, but that team included like 3-4 of EW's best archers at the time and a couple of good soldiers. We beat Mordor all the way back to gate 2, recapping all the gates in between then wrecking them all the way to gate 1. However at that point it was just a one-off squad.
Ilthilien proper was founded around May-June 2013 by dwight333. Back then, the RP server had not opened yet, but there was already significant amounts of planning even a few months before it started. Back then, the Ilthilien Rangers was a small group of players who were struggling to recruit and at one point dwight was actually thinking of disbanding, as Blackfyre was too strong and at that time held a near-complete hegemony over the RP playerbase. I joined around early July 2013, and settled for Ilthilien because I did not want to see Blackfyre dominate the entire server and while I did not know either well, I knew dwight better than everybody13. Ilthilien quickly expanded and in a matter of days overtook Blackfyre in population size. (Back then a popular topic was whether Ilthilien or Blackfyre was better, but that went nowhere).
Things quickly settled into an equilibrium as there was enough room for both to expand, and neither dwight nor everybody13 wanted war. The two quickly made an alliance and a monopoly turned into a duopoly. But around this point, a player called akam came along and started a faction called Kargeth, which began madly recruiting and made some rather ridiculous posts (such as having dyed diamond for their royal guards' armor). Kargeth quickly fell apart and while it survived to an extent, it never actually became the power it would have been by the time the server actually opened. Blackfyre and Ilthilien didn't help, members from both nations covertly contributed to Kargeth's fall.
Ilthilien's main advantage was its skill in diplomacy. It gained the overlordship of 2 regions and was about to incorporate a 3rd by the time the server closed, so a huge proportion of the server's population lived in the Ilthilien Empire (about 2/3 - 3/4 if I had to give a rough estimate although its pointless). However, its main weakness was that it did not have a good chain of command and hence some ambitious individuals decided to violate orders and start a war with Blackfyre, edged on by external factions, Kargeth included, who wanted to see fireworks and/or benefit from both being crippled. The war ended with a ceasefire and a joint military/exploration expedition to the north was suggested but at that point EW RP closed.
Ilthilien lay dormant for a while, trying out several servers, but later settled on another one where we still are today as a faction. While the playerbase is largely different, our origins are fundamentally grounded in this server.
Brief History of Ilthilien: (It will only include our history up to the point EW RP closed, to avoid advertising)
The earliest history of Ilthilien (in particular Ilthilien's military) began ~Dec 12. Gondor was forced back to an extremely undefendable 5th gate on Tirith, and an ad hoc team of 7 was sent to recap Tirith. Back then the members were not particularly known, but that team included like 3-4 of EW's best archers at the time and a couple of good soldiers. We beat Mordor all the way back to gate 2, recapping all the gates in between then wrecking them all the way to gate 1. However at that point it was just a one-off squad.
Ilthilien proper was founded around May-June 2013 by dwight333. Back then, the RP server had not opened yet, but there was already significant amounts of planning even a few months before it started. Back then, the Ilthilien Rangers was a small group of players who were struggling to recruit and at one point dwight was actually thinking of disbanding, as Blackfyre was too strong and at that time held a near-complete hegemony over the RP playerbase. I joined around early July 2013, and settled for Ilthilien because I did not want to see Blackfyre dominate the entire server and while I did not know either well, I knew dwight better than everybody13. Ilthilien quickly expanded and in a matter of days overtook Blackfyre in population size. (Back then a popular topic was whether Ilthilien or Blackfyre was better, but that went nowhere).
Things quickly settled into an equilibrium as there was enough room for both to expand, and neither dwight nor everybody13 wanted war. The two quickly made an alliance and a monopoly turned into a duopoly. But around this point, a player called akam came along and started a faction called Kargeth, which began madly recruiting and made some rather ridiculous posts (such as having dyed diamond for their royal guards' armor). Kargeth quickly fell apart and while it survived to an extent, it never actually became the power it would have been by the time the server actually opened. Blackfyre and Ilthilien didn't help, members from both nations covertly contributed to Kargeth's fall.
Ilthilien's main advantage was its skill in diplomacy. It gained the overlordship of 2 regions and was about to incorporate a 3rd by the time the server closed, so a huge proportion of the server's population lived in the Ilthilien Empire (about 2/3 - 3/4 if I had to give a rough estimate although its pointless). However, its main weakness was that it did not have a good chain of command and hence some ambitious individuals decided to violate orders and start a war with Blackfyre, edged on by external factions, Kargeth included, who wanted to see fireworks and/or benefit from both being crippled. The war ended with a ceasefire and a joint military/exploration expedition to the north was suggested but at that point EW RP closed.
Ilthilien lay dormant for a while, trying out several servers, but later settled on another one where we still are today as a faction. While the playerbase is largely different, our origins are fundamentally grounded in this server.
