The Trail of Tiers

The Trail of Tiers
Part of the Great Wars
Date	April 13 - June 1, 2017
Casus belli	None formally given
Result	Easy Mode Coalition victory. Both parties agree to a 90-day NAP, extending to their allies and protectorates as well.
Preceded by	Viridian Confusion
Succeeded by	Golden Phoenix-Animal War
Combatants
The Inquisition Black Knights  Cornerstone  New Pacific Order  Zodiac  The Covenant Acadia  United Purple Nations  Seven Kingdoms  Polaris  Lordaeron  Cerberus  Viridian Entente  Teutonic Order  Cobra Kai Dojo	Rose Mensa HQ The Syndicate The Knights Radiant The Commonwealth Pantheon The Bloc Death The Coalition Guardian The Fighting Pacifists Hogwarts Charming Friends The Federal Reserve World Task Force	Holy Britannian Empire
Commanders
Curufinwe  Beowulf  Rache Olderen  Roquentin  Aerys Targaryen  Captain Bezzers  TheNG  George Clooney  Pangui  Valdoroth  AlmightyGrub  Kastor  Bradley  Boki  Ctigrisht  MoonPie  Beatrix Kiddo  Shifty Stranger  ReaverAxis	Sketchy DtC Justice Avruch Flame of the Flawed Jessica Rabbit Zed Lordship Justin076 Yui Ellio98 Commissar Justin Aurelius Memph Quichwe10 Helga Hufflepuff Partisan BAMF Nietzschelloo NickFury JP Morgan Nintendo	hadesflames
Strength
1,669,044.81 score 876 members	1,527,607.98 score 561 members	81,628.70 score 46 members
Casualties and losses
~106.93 Billion	~69.6 Billion	~4.12 Billion
Notes: Polaris started attacking The Syndicate on April 13, 2017. Arrgh started raiding alliances of both sides on April 14, 2017. The Holy Britannian Empire started attacking alliances of both sides on April 14, 2017.

The Trail of Tiers was a global conflict which broke out on April 13, 2017 with a preemptive strike on the Syndisphere by several alliances. The war concluded on June 1, 2017, lasting a total of 49 days.

Announcements

April 13, 2017:

• The Black Knights declares war on Rose
• Seven Kingdoms declares war on Mensa HQ
• Acadia declares war on The Syndicate
• Cornerstone declares war on The Syndicate
• Zodiac declares war on Mensa HQ
• New Pacific Order declares war on The Knights Radiant
• The Knights Radiant declares war on Seven Kingdoms
• United Purple Nations declares war on The Syndicate
• Mensa HQ recognizes hostilities with Zodiac and Seven Kingdoms
• Rose recognizes hostilities with The Black Knights
• The Commonwealth declares war on Polaris
• The Black Knights recognizes hostilities with Pantheon
• Pantheon declares war on The Black Knights
• The Coalition declares war on Acadia
• Teutonic Order declares neutrality in the conflict
• The Syndicate recognizes hostilities will its combatants
• Lordaeron declares war on The Syndicate

April 14, 2017:

• Arrgh declares themselves non-neutral in the conflict
• Cerberus declares war on The Knights Radiant and The Syndicate
• Cornerstone recognizes hostilities with Guardian and The Fighting Pacifists
• Spectrum declares neutrality in the conflict
• Lordaeron declares war on The Fighting Pacifists
• Viridian Entente declares war on The Knights Radiant and Pantheon
• Hogwarts declares war on Zodiac
• Cobra Kai Dojo declares war on Pantheon
• Teutonic Order declares war on Pantheon
• Charming Friends declares war on Polaris
• The Federal Reserve declares war on Cerberus and Viridian Entente
• Rose recognizes hostilities with the Holy Britannian Empire
• Cerberus recognizes hostilities with The Federal Reserve
• The Holy Britannian Empire declares war on Cerberus, The Federal Reserve, and Rose

April 15, 2017:

• World Task Force declares war on The Black Knights

April 16, 2017:

• The Commonwealth declares war on Acadia
• Hogwarts and Zodiac sign white peace
• The Commonwealth recognizes hostilities with Lordaeron

April 17, 2017:

• Teutonic Order and Pantheon sign white peace
• The Knights Radiant declares war on Cobra Kai Dojo and the Black Knights
• The Coalition declares war on United Purple Nations

April 19, 2017:

• Cobra Kai Dojo signs white peace with its combatants

April 29, 2017:

• The Bloc Death and Cornerstone sign white peace

May 8, 2017:

• The Fighting Pacifists recognizes hostilities with Viridian Entente

May 10, 2017:

• Lordaeron signs white peace with its combatants

May 16, 2017:

• Seven Kingdoms surrenders to its combatants

May 20, 2017:

• United Purple Nations surrenders to its combatants

May 23, 2017:

• The Holy Britannian Empire and Cerberus sign white peace

May 24, 2017:

• The Holy Britannian Empire and The Federal Reserve sign white peace

June 1, 2017:

• The Inquisition and allies surrender to their remaining combatants

Peace Agreements

April 16, 2017:

Hogwarts and Zodiac

• No new wars shall be declared between Hogwarts and Zodiac as of the posting of this announcement.
• All current wars will be treated as active wars.
• Hogwarts, Zodiac, and all combatants currently engaged in Zodiac's coalition will refrain from undertaking acts of aggression upon one another for the duration of the grander conflict between IQ and Syndisphere.

April 17, 2017:

Pantheon and Teutonic Order

• Pantheon and the Teutonic Order agree to end all hostilities between each other.
• Existing wars will be let to expire and any attack after 00:00 AM, April 18th, will be subject to reparations.

April 19, 2017:

Cobra Kai Dojo and Pantheon, Guardian, The Knights Radiant, The Syndicate

• Both parties agree to white peace, and agree to refrain from re-engaging with one another for the remaining duration of the wider conflict.
• Cobra Kai Dojo agrees not to involve itself in the wider conflict, either militarily or financially for its remaining duration.
• All fighting nations will have 24 hours to peace out their wars, and no future attacks will be launched or wars will be declared during the duration.

May 10, 2017:

Lordaeron and The Syndicate, The Fighting Pacifists, The Commonwealth

• Peace offers to be sent in all wars, except Lordship, who will be allowed to beige Kastor.
• Lordaeron promises not to re-enter the war.
• Lordaeron will not allow members to ghost other alliances.
• Lordaeron will not assist the IQ Coalition by any means until peace is achieved between them and Syndisphere.
• Lordaeron will send a $50,000,000 bond to The Knights Radiant as a token of goodwill and trust. This bond will be returned to Lordaeron at the end of the conflict.

May 16, 2017:

Seven Kingdoms and Mensa HQ, The Knights Radiant

• From the time of posting this treaty, no new wars will be declared.
• Existing wars will be allowed to run their course.
• The Seven Kingdoms agree not to re-enter the conflict or provide further assistance to the remaining belligerents.

May 20, 2017:

United Purple Nations and Mensa HQ, The Knights Radiant, The Syndicate, The Coalition

• No member who receives rebuilding aid, bank transactions, or any form of financial assistance of any kind may leave UPN until the conclusion of the war.
• UPN may not accept members until the war has finished.
• UPN cannot re-enter the conflict, or aid in any way, financially or military, any party involved in the war and will not provide financial assistance to any party involved in the war for one month following the end of the war.
• UPN caps infra building at 1.2k in all cities for the next three weeks at which point negotiation of the cap will be discussed or until the end of the war, which ever comes first.

June 1, 2017:

All Remaining Combatants

• The war has been long, destructive, and educational, but we’re boring the $#@& out of everyone, so it must now come to an end. The Inquisition surrenders a hard-fought victory to the coalition.
• The alliances still at war on both sides have fought well. Nothing about the conflict or its conclusion can or should be construed as humiliating or degrading in any way to the alliances of The Inquisition who are still fighting or to their memberships.
• Both parties agree to a 90 day NAP, including no aggression towards the protectorates or allies of all signatory alliances.
• As of the posting of this announcement, no new wars will be declared and all current ones will have peace offers sent.

Rankings

Top 40 Alliances Before the War:

Rank	Alliance Name	Members	Score	Affiliation
1	The Knights Radiant	120	292,068.02	Defender
2	Black Knights	147	285,856.05	Aggressor
3	Pantheon	84	273,382.20	Defender
4	Zodiac	97	230,352.34	Aggressor
5	Rose	57	167,146.14	Defender
6	New Pacific Order	109	166,213.70	Aggressor
7	The Syndicate	68	158,660.73	Defender
8	Mensa HQ	42	140,968.92	Defender
9	Seven Kingdoms	47	124,597.63	Aggressor
10	Cornerstone	71	121,079.13	Aggressor
11	Viridian Entente	48	113,399.85	Aggressor
12	Acadia	66	110,551.03	Aggressor
13	The Commonwealth	45	104,144.73	Defender
14	Lordaeron	69	102,342.58	Aggressor
15	Hogwarts	21	102,041.74	Defender
16	Cobra Kai Dojo	55	99,615.41	Aggressor
17	Teutonic Order	33	94,775.82	Aggressor
18	Knights Templar	75	91,563.96	None
19	Holy Britannian Empire	46	81,628.70	Both
20	Guardian	18	79,025.38	Defender
21	Polaris	42	77,283.84	Aggressor
22	United Purple Nations	43	75,750.49	Aggressor
23	Valkyrie	36	72,455.97	None
24	Cerberus	49	67,226.94	Aggressor
25	Fark	23	61,778.40	None
26	Grumpy Old Bastards	12	58,769.87	None
27	Alpha	17	58,277.80	None
28	The Coalition	10	49,803.00	Defender
29	Nuclear Knights	17	48,371.75	None
30	Roz Wei	27	46,928.38	None
31	The Fighting Pacifists	35	44,825.79	Defender
32	Charming Friends	15	41,637.40	Defender
33	World Task Force	17	40,232.08	Defender
34	Global Communist Bloc	60	34,232.90	None
35	Ragnarok	29	34,196.14	None
36	The United Empire of Zah'Aharon	20	33,947.08	None
37	The Federal Reserve	13	30,183.85	Defender
38	Sparta	10	29,852.25	None
39	Church of Spaceology	11	29,774.69	None
40	Order of the White Rose	38	27,489.10	None

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Top 40 Alliances After the War:

Rank	Alliance Name	Members	Score	Affiliation
1	Pantheon	67	175,630.21	Defender
2	The Knights Radiant	125	175,338.04	Defender
3	Knights Templar	107	135,438.78	None
4	New Pacific Order	107	98,133.05	Aggressor
5	Black Knights	132	93,623.02	Aggressor
6	Rose	43	87,551.08	Defender
7	Mensa HQ	34	87,202.93	Defender
8	The Syndicate	57	85,759.33	Defender
9	Hogwarts	25	85,264.88	Defender
10	The Commonwealth	43	83,832.50	Defender
11	Teutonic Order	32	82,140.03	Aggressor
12	Nuclear Knights	25	80,095.50	None
13	Zodiac	77	75,933.76	Aggressor
14	Guardian	26	66,323.06	Defender
15	Seven Kingdoms	42	60,402.49	Aggressor
16	Cobra Kai Dojo	36	60,092.16	Aggressor
17	Grumpy Old Bastards	14	58,510.25	None
18	Lordaeron	56	56,511.89	Aggressor
19	Alpha	17	55,726.25	None
20	Roz Wei	36	53,244.56	None
21	Valkyrie	23	48,536.21	None
22	Fark	24	46,984.32	None
23	The Coalition	10	44,431.20	Defender
24	Charming Friends	17	43,758.77	Defender
25	United Purple Nations	41	42,746.24	Aggressor
26	Resplendent	77	41,318.80	None
27	Acadia	49	38,742.83	Aggressor
28	Order of the White Rose	44	38,395.15	None
29	Ragnarok	30	37,529.46	None
30	Church of Spaceology	12	35,446.50	None
31	Sparta	10	34,775.25	None
32	Arrgh	54	33,974.54	None
33	The Fighting Pacifists	40	33,799.47	Defender
34	Viridian Entente	35	33,681.72	Aggressor
35	Polaris	39	33,574.87	Aggressor
36	Cornerstone	43	33,188.33	Aggressor
37	Holy Britannian Empire	36	30,548.39	Both
38	World Task Force	15	30,011.37	Defender
39	R&R	19	29,425.77	None
40	Global Communist Bloc	44	29,306.18	None