Third Flame War
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 Montage of the war. Top left to bottom right: initial Black Horde assault on Moscow; nuclear blockade of Planet Japan; close-quarters fighting during the War of the Steppes; Mongolian forces assaulting Blood Gulch Casino. | |||||||||
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 Golden Horde | |||||||||
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The Third Flame War refers to the military campaigns undertaken by Genghis Khan against the rest of the DYOSers midway through DRAW Your Own Story 6.
Immediately after his rescue from Chukchi Husky's secret Siberian fortress, Taillesskangaru announced that in order to combat rampant infighting in the thread, Taillenia would fight all other contributors. Assembling a massive WMD arsenal, he launched a surprise invasion of Russia, seizing Moscow and forcing Vladimir Putin's capitulation before travelling to the Orkhon Valley where he revealed himself possessed by Genghis Khan, proclaiming the "Great Oceanic Khanate of the Black Horde".
Soon after, Temujin dispensed with the ruse and imprisoned Taillesskangaru before delivering an ultimatum to the Republic of Coruscant, demanding 1000 spaceships full of gold. CivGeneral's passive-aggressive rejection spurred Khan to launch a nuclear blockade of the planet Japan. When Stylesrj destroyed the blockade by registering it on ebaumsworld, Khan reached a tentative cease-fire before storming Blood Gulch Casino and imprisoning him.
Concurrently, the Eastern Union commenced a full-scale counterattack on the Mongolian occupation. After seizing Blood Gulch and Taillenia's remaining Siberian assets, the Horde resumed the war in Russia, demanding tribute and the surrender of Tailless. Thorvald of Lym reached a compromise, retaining Tailless in exchange for a larger tribute.
As an act of revenge, Stylesrj's agents destroyed Blood Gulch Casino. Temujin retaliated by dispatching Kublai Khan to forge an alliance with the Pirate Coalition, joining the attack on the Flying Circus mk.III. When he tried to extort Off-Topic, his account was temp-banned; he tried to sic the Horde on the site directly, prompting Chieftess to revert him to Civilization I and summoning Perfection's avatar army. The Horde begrudgingly withdrew, but Khan vowed to return.
Proving the mantra that "the enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy", Khan made a flank attack against the Command & Conquer Generals fighting Arditi's rebels. Awed by the power of the Horde, General Fai defected.
Further details are unclear as several comics remain lost, but Khan's campaign appears to have been sidelined by multiple new crises toward the thread's final days.
