Guild Wars of Zundrbar

((WIP))

Overview
The Guild Wars began in +1510 after the Engineering Guild started to gain a spot inside of Zundrbar. The Guild Wars were a series of economic and trading conflicts between the Smithing Guild and the Engineering Guild for control over a larger percentage of ore through the Miners Guild.

The Guild Wars lasted from +1510 to +1750, after both factions accumulated large amounts of ore that had gone unused. The Guild Wars are considered a pivotal event in the development  Zundrbarian Economy during the Goeldzaat ("Golden Age") due to the fact it lasted for nearly all of the Goeldzaat.

Beginnings
After the Noncomformist Reformation of +1500 to +1504 between the Zundrbarian Church of the Titans and the Zundrbarian Church of the Pantheon, the Engineering Guild was recognized as a legitimate crafting organization via the declaration of +1504 known as the "Ruling of Gegnir."

However, the Miners Guild and Smithing guild were not comfortable with the Engineering Guild due to their seemingly lack of respect for traditional ways. The Engineering Guild required ore for the production of mechanical devices, and it also required smithed pieces of metal. From +1504 to around +1508, the Miners Guild and Smithing guild discrimated against the Engineering Guild. For example, when the Miners Guild would trade iron ore, the iron would be of a low quality, analogous to that of pig iron, although far less useful. The Smithing Guild would trade poorly forged steel and iron parts for the engineers are ridiculously high costs.

In +1509, the Zundrbarian Engineering Guild and the Engineers in Zundrbar protested against this and demanded that Sven Sootbeard- an engineer himself, create a legal act to stop this behavior. The protesting did not damage any houses or private property, however they did threaten to storm the guildhouse of the Miners Guild and Smithing Guild if their demands were not met within twenty days.

Zundrbarian mountaineers were massed around both guildhouses in order to protect them should the engineers betray their former promises of waiting until a decision was made. The mountaineers were led by Valgrinn and Folgrin Ironberad, who were both known as traditionalists. Eventually- a resolution passed in late +1509, nearly a year after the ruling had been submitted. The Engineering Guild was also given a compensation fee of one thousand gold from the coffers of the Sootbeard Clan, who collected gold off of taxes onto the people and onto the guilds.

In +1510, the Guild Wars began after the Mining Guild passed leadership into a triad of rulers. The three clans who were competing for guildmasters all received a tie, and formed a coalition guild leadership triad. One clan- the Tunnelcogs, were known for their support of the engineers. The second clan- the Pickanvils, were known for their support of the blacksmiths. Finally, the third clan- the Stonepicks, were known for their neutrality. The Guild Wars began after the Engineering Guild endorsed the Tunnelcogs, the Smithing Guild endorsed the Pickanvils, and the Stonepicks started becoming a target for scrutiny by the other guilds.

In +1510, a series of conflicts also began, which involved certain attacks on merchant stores and the sort. The first conflict was started by a felon by the name of Ketkon Darksteel, who slew several miners and their mountaineer escort, who were delivering a shipment of iron to Zundrbar. Ketkon was revealed to have ties to the Smithing Guild, and so the first battle of the Guild Wars fell into the favor of the Engineering Guild, who received 60% of the ore which came out of Zundrbar's mountains.

From +1510 to +1515, the Engineering Guild held a larger majority as numerous clans were angered at the Smithing Guild for allowing such a felon into their ranks and not reporting him- therefore allowing an accident such as what happened with the shipment of iron to take place.

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