Anniversary War - Fifth Edition!

[Kozgugore]

14 September, 2005: This is when it all started. The Mean Machine (cause we all know Vinnie Jones plays on something as awesome as DB as well) known as Defias Brotherhood was unleashed upon the then still innocent RPers of Argent Dawn and Earthen Ring. As one of the two first servers marked as RP-PvP, it was founded to make for a retreat for all RPers longing for a real sense of PvP in the World of Warcraft. And by Thrall's legendary underwear, did it deliver!

Now, on 14 September 2010, it's still alive and running, and ready to honour the days of old in ye good ole Anniversary War! No-nonsense, all-out fun for the kids and family!


The breeze wafted soothingly over the bloodied grass of the forest. Amongst the many, long-buried bones and fresh carcasses here, many wars had been waged. Yet despite all this, the landscape was still very much like it was five years ago, when just another bloodied chapter of this landscape began. All of this, however, was soon to change.

New, ambitious leaders arise on the horizon, ready to lead their people into glory and darkness and beyond, and may what gods have mercy on what may be standing in their way. These are the lands that are marked for disaster, and whether it be due to old hatreds, burning fires or mere grudges, shields and spears are bound to collide here as they have once before.

This is the time for heroes, both young and old, to travel forth and defend their lands again. For King and Country, or perhaps on behalf of his or her commanding chief... or what sinister forces might be operating behind that.


Tl;dr? Fear not! For we can be very brief in all this! The Anniversary War is upon us again! On the coming 14 September, our beloved server will be up in the air for another splendid five years already! To celebrate, we will once again, of course, be hosting PvP events on specific locations - this time focused on the vanilla world of Azeroth for one last time before the Cataclysm is upon us!

Naturally, anyone else is able and even very much encouraged to organize their own events to celebrate the occasion as well! In fact, make sure you either stay tuned to this thread for any updates on any additional events or, alternative, keep an eye on the thread on the server's unofficial RP forums for any closed events!


Carnage in Ashenvale
Monday, 13 September, 20:00

Players from the first hour may well remember the troll-led assault on the town of Astranaar on the very first existing day of the server. All the fresh lowbies of the Horde were led to Astranaar to try and take down those pesky sentinels. Unfortunately, the Horde combatants weren't quite as well-trained as they are these days. A chance for payback, perhaps? Or a chance for the Alliance to take the fight all the way back to the Warsong Lumber Mill, a classical battlefield as well? Either way, a last chance for the entire server to experience Ashenvale in its old shape!


Battle of the Shimmering Flats 2.0
Tuesday, 14 September, 20:00

Another classical battlefield for many players of the Defias Brotherhood. When battlegrounds weren't quite as simple as they are now and when only the most dedicated would get all the purples, a historical battle was waged on the Shimmering Flats, in the Thousand Needles. This place will forever hold a special meaning to many who were lucky enough to witness this carnage (and ultimate lagfest). Sadly, this place will be forgotten in Cataclysm, but before that, all heroes will have one last chance to wage war on this legendary field of battle, which the Alliance will approach from Gadgetzan, and the Horde from Freewind Post!

Posted on http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=14469529206&sid=1.

[Gnash]

Woohoo! Epic!

*naked women and explosions*

[Lars]

Cool orcs don't look at explosions.

[Gnash]

... Just the naked women then?

[Greggar]

Ofcourse there will be explosions, just behind us orcs! (but if you look then you failed in bad ass)
And what seriouly? Naked women? hah!  What we need are bad ass posing male orcs without shirts and giant weapons!

... Or atleast a combination of almost naked women and half naked male orcs.

[Claws]

((Hard to believe I have been on DB. from the first day of it being launched, feed up with the pure hack and slash of other servers I came from Argent Dawn.

I remember the first major world events so big they brought down the servers .

Battle of the Shimmering Flats was total chaos because of the lag must of been the biggest get together the servers had ever tried to deal with / they failed.
You had died 2 minutes before you even  knew it.

Can also remember some attack when we took a demon or something  into the alliance capital city.
Though I cannot remember his name think it was for some big patch realise when they brought out the BG's. He was some huge fire breathing  beasty that spawned in different places with his body gaurds)).

[Gnash]

Awesome event. I had prior engagements but the hour I attended was ace. You could actually see a clear press forward and a push back. It fluctated very naturally (and heals aplenty, yay!).

I understand you had a bit of an argument with a couple of Alliance kids though, Kozgugore. Quite an entertaining thread on the defiasrp forum, too.

At any rate; chin up and remember HATERS GONNA HATE