Second Earth War

The Second Earth War (also known as the Second War, the Battle of Eastern Kingdoms or the Dinith Spring) was an armed conflict affecting the entirety of the supercontinent of Eastern Kingdoms, with all nations from the League of Highlaw alliance sending forces to invade Avantia and Phoenixgarde with the intention of liberating the two human nations from the occupation of orcs and ogres under the combined forces of the Prarvian Expedition (led by First Warlock Vez'nan and the Genesis Order) and the New Brotherhood (a class of void-worshipping clerics led by Dark Lord Il'grogg). The conflict lasted between 7 and 11 AGY.

Two years after the conclusion of this conflict, further wars ensued as attempts to secure longer-term peace for Middle-Earth.

Background
Following the end of the First War, the kingdoms of Avantia and Phoenixgarde in Dinith had been overrun with orcs, and there was a high probability that they would attempt to destroy the other still-standing nations. Deadeye, Warlord of the Orcs and military commander of Prarvis, was greedily eyeing up northern territory, particularly Kha'Zad and the south of Laudrin. Il'grogg and his ogre magi were, meanwhile, still scouring around for a glimpse of the planet's elemental centre, a place where they could summon their god, the Chaos Eldritch Forerunner known as Cxuirva. His allegiance to the void aberration wore heavily on Il'grogg's heart, and he was keen to see off his end of the deal before the god's terrible wrath was unleashed upon the few ogres still alive. Vez'nan, in pursuit of yet more demonic power, had sent some orcs out to sea to find the site of the Sundering. Meanwhile, the traitorous witch-queen Coletta le Fey was still extremely powerful, intent on harnessing the power of the orcs to level Grevalon and built a terrifying new society, ruled in her image, on top of it. To do so, she was completing a horrific new spell - the Hand of Damnation, which would supposedly bring forth Ancient Ruination - but she needed time for it to work. To expedite the process, she began the systematic conscription of female magi, handled by her vast and well-planned network of bandits and other mercenaries. They kidnapped female mages around magic schools and arcanum fields, to be dragged kicking, screaming and crying to Coletta's coven where she would drug them and forcibly fill their bodies with horrible dark magic that would see them consciously commit themselves into her fold. Thus, she was steadily building up structures of power that threatened the safety of all of Grevalon, including the de-magified Commoncrown area.

The disastrous war to save Dinith had sent ripples of fear through the entire region as everyone feared their neighbours would be next. Spurred on first by the death of her brother Kaarlo and secondly by the precarious nature of the situation, Princess Silana Atherton of Grevalon succeeded in getting the Regent Lord of Phoenixgarde, Kaiden Spalding, to secure her an audience with the human leaders of the other five free nations. This was held in Highlaw, the capital city of Laudrin. At first the Princess was not taken seriously, and Chamberlain to the House Roulet Belvazad Coldstream humiliated her with his deriding remarks. The intervention of High Clerist Indira Lightshield restored Silana's courage, and she concluded her speech to rapturous applause. She then presided over the declaration of the League of Highlaw, an international alliance which spread to Ironforge, Aerie Peak and eventually Quel'thalas. Together, they planned to push back the invasion and drive the orcs and ogres out of Middle-Earth for good.

Around the same time, the anicent dragonflights were reintroduced to the world, as the machinations of their traitorous queen - Tiamat - once again threatened the dragonic race. Unbeknownst to Deadeye, Vez'nan or Tiz'galath, Il'grogg was allied with the Chaos Gods, as was Tiamat. Accepting the powers bequeathed to her by their whispers, her terrible darkness spread across dragonkind like a plague over a small village. Establishing a stronghold over the icy wastes of Tundra Bay near Ikljord, her experiments with magic threatened produced a powerful new weapon - the Pentaforce of Power - but she needed more samples from the other dragons to make it work. Using magic to take dream spirit form, she appeared in the nightmares of several ogre magi, including Vovasor, and held them hostage in their dreams until they spiritually agreed to follow her and her hateful regime. Surrendering to the dragonqueen's power, the ogres deserted Il'grogg and made a pilgrimage to Tundra Bay, where in an instant, Tiamat's draconic servants mentally arrested them and delivered their souls into the hands of their possessed queen. Tiamat, now telepathically in control of the lakeys, dispersed them into Eastern Kingdoms disguised as elves in order to extract the essence of the other four dragonflights to complete the Pentaforce. Their combined powers proved more than enough. With the Pentaforce complete it came with an unexpected benefit - allowing Tiamat to see into the sanctums of the other dragonflights. Knowing the power of the ruby sanctum, she enslaved the red dragonflight - including their leader, Lady Arythna - and used Rhok'zud to keep her in check.

Trivia

 * The events of this war are shaped by those of the Second War in Warcraft.