High Elf-Skaven War re-ignites

After more than a third of a century of relative peace the conflict between the skaven domain of Typhus and the high elf nation of Mellvellon erupted once more in the south of the Palurin continent. In 338PC more aggressive elements of the Mellvellon court gained the upper hand in policy making, and before long a large warhost had been assembled to take the fight to the ratmen.

The skaven reacted by increasing their military patrols of their borders, but in 340PC the elves marched on the Typhurian Enclave and a furious battle erupted on the Naurel Isthmus. The skaven were defeated and the final skaven fort blocking the high elves' march on boiling peak was torn down.

The elves however failed to press their advantage, reasoning that the losses which would be incurred in advancing on the skaven capital would be unacceptable and unsustainable given their current strength. Over the next eight years however the elves became complacent, and in 348PC Typhus launched a counter assault on the elven enclave of Sein Craban.

Taken by surprise the standing army of the south was completely annihilated, and much of what had been gained in the previous decades was lost in an instant. The Skaven of Typhus had retaken the initiative.