The History of the Elvin-Orkish War is SHOCKING... |

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[@grandwarriorwaluigi1284]

Gotta love that neither scholar was an ass to the other trying to twist the history around. They just got straight to the point. Those are great scholars.

[@Dispencerhere]

Both are old, thus have **wisdom**

[@grandwarriorwaluigi1284]

@@Dispencerhere yeah, but if it were like today, they would be throwing each other under the bus every two seconds to make themselves look better.

[@Dfl_jason]

​​@@grandwarriorwaluigi1284excuse me but they are better than humans They dont do that stuff

[@torinnbalasar6774]

​@@Dfl_jasonbut they do start 2 thousand year wars over sitting on an egg...

[@Dfl_jason]

@@torinnbalasar6774 that wasn't why it startes it startwd because they held a grudge and did th8ngs against the other Grudges arwnt the same as wristing the truth

[@remembernovember9059]

Meanwhile, the goblin in the afterlife who convinced the Orc King to put the egg on the Elf Queen's throne is laughing his ass off.

[@jonathanwells223]

Goblins watch, goblins laugh, goblins take what’s left!

[@Hell_O7]

Damn goblin, they ruin goblinland

[@MD-yd8lh]

And rest of the goblins who fell victims if elvish genocid during that war😊

[@AmazingAutist]

​@@MD-yd8lhwhat are you talking about? You're trying to be edgy but the way you wrote it doesn't make sense

[@MD-yd8lh]

@@AmazingAutist извини братишка, пишу на английском не очень хорошо

[@ErikWarhammer]

Meanwhile, with the Dwarves... Dwarf Elder: ...And So, We have spent 4,000 years at war with the elves for that buket-on-the-door prank ever since! Dwarf Youth: Understandable.

[@stephensmith7327]

I think in Warhamer Fantasy it was because the king had his beard shaved off by a Dark Elf and the law that says no name on The Book Of Grudges can be removed without Compansation

[@davidcollins9213]

@@stephensmith7327 It was an ambassador whose beard was shaved off by the High elf king, dude was a dick. The dwarf ambassador was there in the first place cause a bunch of dwarf citizens were murdered and the evidence pointed to the high elves. The evidence was planted by the dark elves who were the ones who really did the murders as part of a false flag operation. And it went off without a hitch. I repeat, the High elf king was a dick.

[@josephperez2004]

​@@davidcollins9213To be fair, Dwarves are notoriously stubborn and hardheaded. Shaving them was still a dick move, but I have to imagine the dwarven ambassadors were being pretty exasperating and near impossible to deal with. Unfortunately, trying to chastise or humiliate a dwarf normally just makes them even more insufferable, along with every other dwarf in their clan and any othwr clan even slightly rwlated to thwir clan.

[@beastwarsFTW]

@@davidcollins9213 The elves agree that said king was a "dick" or moron as they say.

[@dragon723.]

@@josephperez2004 Cutting off their embassadors beard was a huge escalation. Cutting off his dick or slitting his throat wouldn't have been worse in dwarf culture. The elven inability to swallow their pride or at least stay civil enough to simply banish the ambassador, led to a war that greatly weakened both races. Neither recovered fully. Of course if they hadn't fought the world of warhammer would be completely different.

[@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel]

Orc: 2000 years! That's 200 generations of orcs! Elf: 2000 years! I was still in high school when the war started!

[@masterofdimensions7928]

One race wasted lives on this war. The other wasted time.

[@timexyemerald6290]

​@@masterofdimensions7928 i think for a long living race. Elf should have stoped this😅

[@TheDeathmail]

To be fair.... In some versions the orcs are technically just a variation of the elves.... So orcs are dark elves...

[@callummcintyre713]

​@@timexyemerald6290 to be fair, Orcs are long lived, most just die fighting while still young 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@zhangbill1194]

​@@callummcintyre713 depends on the setting, dnd orcs live for 60 years

[@ZeanG_]

You'd be surprised how consistent this is to modern depictions of orcs and elves

[@lonelyteapot858]

YOUZ IZ MISTAKEN WEZ BOYZ FOIGHT BECAUZE.... URM.... UHH...

[@zionasuncion9568]

@@lonelyteapot858you forgot didn’t you

[@lonelyteapot858]

@@zionasuncion9568 URM NO! WEZ IZ JUST KEEPIN IT A SECRET SOZ WEZ DONT GIVE ANYFINK AWAY

[@rurikaunimoto]

​@@lonelyteapot858you did too good of a job green skin... or are you red? I'm color blind.

[@devlin9871]

You’d be surprised how accurate this is to world history.

[@Lucar56lucar]

Ok, these elves and orcs must be the smartest warring rivals ever, they realized that they forgot why they were fighting in the first place, made the effort to preserve history and find the truth despite their clear grudge, and when the truth came out, they were smart enough to realize that with hindsight this war was stupid... I don't think we could get anything so reasonable to happen in the real world

[@negadoge]

Sadly i have to agree with you. Orcs and elves have incredibly similar political systems. The leaders are chosen by game, battle, challenge, or blood. If there is no blood relation, the leader must keep his title in a series of challenges. This all stems from the elven-ork skirmish or ork-elven skirmish, wherein their gods had a simple falling out... literally the Ork god had unintentionally offended the elven goddess and because of that she slapped him with all her might and created the orks busted ass teeth. All things considered, in the physical realm... there is nothing causing derision between orks and elves aside from a simple misunderstanding. Do orks eat babies? (That is the misunderstanding in most versions, which they don't... they hold the young and elderly in incredibly high regard... same with elves.)

[@chrismennega3042]

both partys realizing ther wrong and putting it behind them is the most high fantasy thing ever

[@L1qu1d-2qu1d]

It’s kinda depressing when you put it like that

[@princeraghavvashishth6281]

You know why it cannot happen in real world? The reasons are as follows :- (1.) Even if all the rival countries throughout the world would agree to do this, they will have different histories written throughout the books they read their whole lives, it's kinda hard to accurately pinpoint how the events that triggered the conflict, played out. (2.) Many historians and conspiracists altered the event records and how it was played out, for their own sake and for the sake of the ulterior motives of the rulers at the time when the history of such important events was being written. (Now I am not saying that all the rulers did so, but there have been records of this happening and it doesn't mean that you shouldn't believe what is written in history, I just want you to confirm it through other sources and perspectives too). (3.) No one really cares how it all started in the past as it really doesn't matter for the ones living the present, if the rival country has recently killed any soldiers or even civilians from your country, it simply means they scarred you in a way that cannot be healed, no reason can satisfy the families of the victims who died. For you, they started it, and you would want to be the one to finish it. (4.) For leaders, it is mostly politics, the losses occured affects them on a geopolitical level and their reputation as a efficient ruling party/government and they will surely try to strategise to turn the tables and dominate their enemies somehow again through defense, trade, economy or other factors and for normal people (if they are nationalists like people from my country), they will form personal grudges for the rival country as that's what they've been taught by the history, by media and by daily news. So yeah, when the healthy competition to become better as a country gets intense, it can result in serious conflicts. (5.) Most leaders wouldn't want a war but there are powerful people in the shadows (organized crime lords, terrorist organisations and selfish agenda imposing megalomaniac politicians in power) who seek conflict as it benefits them. The old ways of divide and rule still works y'know. These are only some of the reasons I remembered right now, but it goes really deep if you will study politics and geopolitical and global conflicts, sounds interesting, doesn't it?

[@stephensmith7327]

​@@chrismennega3042one of the saddest things in Fallout 2 is that Vault City will Anex Geko and drive out the Gouls even if you politic in their favor. Granted, this is because of a bug but considering Vault City engages in Indentured Servitude this makes sense.

[@Victor-056]

1:21 Funny part is, I realized that the Ork Scholar kind of already realized that the Whole war's origin was going to be an Utterly daft case by this part of the comic, as he's notably showing the Elf Scholar the page, as if saying "Oh boy, we're not going to like this".

[@Zack_Zander]

And then it got worse

[@Primezilla_Japan-style_1998]

@@Zack_Zander much much worse

[@AtlasGaming-1993]

He already knew some buffoonery was afoot for a king to cut off gold trade because their leader didn't attend his birthday party

[@dakrabking]

He had also gotten noticably more concerned at that point, bro knew this was gonna be bullshit.

[@bobcabbit6343]

Didn't take them long to figure it out. On the bright side they can all join hands in hating the idiots that started the stupid war in the first place. Man if only real world conflicts could be ended so easy.

[@OrionDragon3241]

How does this have no likes? As an American I’ll fix that

[@goraningesson3938]

I don’t think the elves would blame *just* the Orc King for pulling the prank, but blame the entire orc race for their ”barbaric” nature. And I feel like the orcs wouldn’t *just* blame the Elf Queen for her taking a joke to seriously, but blame the entire elven rave for being a bunch of prudes

[@bobcabbit6343]

@goraningesson3938 I mean probably. But I can dream right?

[@Numbuh214]

I was going to like it... but I'm not gonna be the one to ruin it. Stay 69, soldier. Stay 69.

[@bobcabbit6343]

@@Numbuh214 I can't even be mad. I salute you!

[@desadograisedrobot515]

The Orc King Gilgustus and Elf Queen Alistia in the afterlife. Alistia: After all these years here... I forgive you for the egg thing. Gilgustus: Same. Thanks for being in my 1920th Deathday Party. They get brought back to life. Both: What the- The orcs and elves: GET THEIR ASS! We are killing them again!

[@articusramos808]

Human lich necromancy: Sorry you two.... the officers of both sides had payed for your resurrections. I may be your old friend from our adventuring days but i told you that egg bit was going to be the end of both of you. Now that thats over with..... get em

[@theenderdestruction2362]

​@@articusramos808another lich: ayy true anyways want some rum?

[@Nova_Ghost_Gamer]

Half orcs: Ooh, they're in trouble! Half elfs: Yea. Let's watch what happens next!

[@arcanegamer2723]

@@Nova_Ghost_Gamer another random lich is the human queen fineth still kicking i told her id give her grand child help on his quest and now her rivial the baker from 5 towns over is dead so their quest is complete and i can have tea and spill the tea

[@MoonWeaver000]

​@@articusramos808The lich is just a wizard with common sense that achieved lichdom to see what happens when they realize how stupid the war is.

[@DaddyVeo1911]

Me, an ancient elf that has been fighting since the war had began: YOU MEAN TO TELL ME I'D COMMITTED WAR CRIMES AT A INTERNATIONAL LEVEL OVER A PRANK!

[@Mephiles-1]

THERE HE IS! ITS THE ELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THOSE ORPHANAGE GENOCIDES

[@DaddyVeo1911]

@@Mephiles-1 WHO WAS GONNA MISS THEM? THEIR PARENTS?

[@Mephiles-1]

@@DaddyVeo1911 IT WAS A BABY ORPHANAGE

[@DaddyVeo1911]

@@Mephiles-1 EASY PREY!

[@insanecrazyman7637]

​@@Mephiles-1THEY ATTACKED FIRST

[@danielvillalba5375]

I do love the fact they were able to come together and have a ceasefire to find out why they hated each other so they can go back to hating each other. Only to realize it was because of a stupid prank that escalated.

[@luckyalvin3947]

Now it's hard to start hating each other again. Because it's stupid.

[@ProfessorCatPro]

The butterfly effect at its finest turning what would have normally been an inconsequential detail into a massive escalation that is way out of proportion

[@katamed5205]

You mean snowball effect

[@galomir833]

butturfly effect is for time travel but yea your not wrong on the idea

[@DeathlordSlavik]

​@@galomir833 No it applies to things other then time travel it is just associated with that because of that movie. In reality it relates to anything where tiny changes can lead to dramatic effects and is one of many parts of chaos theory. It was also associated strongly with weather for many many years with the whole butterfly flaps its wings and you get a hurricane on the other side of the planet along with other variations of that saying.

[@heartlessnobody1143]

Which is why royalty is bullshit, and we should unban the use of guillhotines

[@rapson158]

The butterfly effect comes from: Can a flap of a butterflies' wings cause a tornado on the other side of the World? Often times snowball and butterfly effects are similar and connected

[@GukorD]

Necromancer : Do you want to hire me?

[@AMPMASTER10]

How much for your services?

[@metaparalysis3441]

Work for exposure?

[@GukorD]

@@metaparalysis3441 Don't worry, I work for.... Experience and science... I will work for every-"BODY" (Currently practicing for a new necromancy spell and need a few samples from ancient creature including orc and elf)

[@GukorD]

@@metaparalysis3441 Necromancer : Exposure is good enough seeing that even my teacher doesn't appreciate me arising his first wife

[@Kasaku-kirikaya]

@@GukorDElf: “Ah. Understandable, so… what do you say to….30 gold coins and… 3 silver coins? Of course you will be paid additionally if you also resurrect the orc king.” *The elf male holds out a pouch which of course held the coins.*

[@fridayknight4231]

All those soldiers looked like they were just thinking. "So much of my life wasted on a f**king prank."

[@Jack5628]

The realization that they sent thousands of their own people to die in a war that was started for no good reason seeing their best friends and comrades being slaughtered over a stupid prank it's kind of sad when you think about it

[@Jack5628]

@@Myrid-oo4xm humanity will never stop killing itself

[@Jack5628]

@@Myrid-oo4xm the imperium of man?

[@Jack5628]

@@Myrid-oo4xm the Dark age of technology? When the men of iron betrayed humanity

[@datkhornedog899]

Did someone delete their comments?

[@Jack5628]

@@datkhornedog899 i have no idea wasn't me thats for sure

[@NumberedPigeon]

You know for a fact that when they eventually die, Alista and Gilgustus is catching everyone's hands, all two thousand years worth.

[@celihenry3227]

Well knowing elf lifespans, alista might be alive to catch thoes hands still

[@indra-ty9iz]

​@@celihenry3227 gonna ruin this section but, i doubt she still alive after rise of Slaanesh

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Not warhammer mate different universe as orks in warhammer dont look like that nor do they wound like that and they wouldn't care abojt the reason only the foighting​@@indra-ty9iz

[@indra-ty9iz]

@@theenderdestruction2362 ah yeah i thought that human are from imperium of men

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@indra-ty9iz there wernt any humans in the comic, though? And in this case elfs arnt exactly affected by slaanesh like eldar are, to be vored by slaanesh they have to worship it

[@Fire_of756]

If that elven queen isn't dead already, she's gonna wish she was.

[@emokitten4ever]

I would say that more about the orc king

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

​@@emokitten4everboth both but more elf queen since now both side know why the war started and now see the elf was at fault for a over reaction

[@brucejedilee5290]

​​@@arandomsystemglitch2398 She just didn't attend his party, the orc overreacted by cutting off trade over something so small

[@rood6422]

​@@brucejedilee5290Yeeeaaah, Orc King more guilty here. That said, from prank to 2000 year long war is one hell of an escalation.

[@guilhermecunha2969]

Elf live for long but not THAT LONG 2000 y dude But her great granddaughter/son should be around

[@tacituskilgore5372]

The US and the UK almost go to a war for a pig

[@adamwelch4336]

And a potato garden!

[@XD-sc4ix]

Literally because a guy shot someone's pig because he kept eating his potatoes

[@kennethsoto7562]

Wait are you serious?!! 😂that is hilarious please tell me more

[@adamwelch4336]

@@kennethsoto7562 go to oversimplified

[@kennethsoto7562]

@@XD-sc4ix this keeps getting funnier

[@kookieman2227]

Props to the scholars for their professionalism.

[@_jpg]

Hoomans could never

[@GuukanKitsune]

This is actually very realistic. Once you're at a point where nobody remembers why they have been fighting a war for so long, the war is on the knife-edge of ending. People will ask what they're even fighting over and evaluate the reasons and then decide whether it is as stupid to continue as it was to begin in the first place. Thus even the most persistent grudge war eventually comes to an end.

[@bellingtoned]

Unless it's dwarfs

[@WTFproductions0523]

@@bellingtoned a Dawi never forgives… and they sure as hell never forget.

[@crisrodriguez9359]

​@@WTFproductions0523 and if they do they consult the book of grudges

[@AZIONG651]

*Laughs in Dwarvish*

[@Eboreg2]

"Who cares about Belgian partisans?!!" - British soldier in 1918

[@EverydayYounglife]

Pettiness has started irl wars with hundreds of deaths though

[@hazukichanx408]

Kind of the point. Very often, a war begins because someone in power says, "This insults me. Now there shall be war! See how you like that, eh?" And then the war, as per usual, is vastly worse than the butthurt person ever imagined, and quite possibly hurts their own country at least as much as the other. And also a lot of the suffering is borne by civilians and people who had nothing to do with whatever ticked off the bigwig in the first place. All in all, pride can be very, _very_ bad. Especially when mixed with short-tempered stubbornness...

[@yaujj65]

I see it as WW1 in a nutshell.

[@michelveilleux123]

​@yaujj65 wasn't it some Duke got shot that really kicked it off?

[@helpp822]

@@michelveilleux123yes it was

[@michelveilleux123]

@@helpp822 ah, ok then.

[@TheDeadCobraTheDeadCobra]

The truth probably is the Ork King and Elf Queen did not wanted to reveal they're relationship with one another so they had to pretend they hated eachother

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

I could believe that considering how the two were apparently close enough for him to pull a prank on her.

[@creatorbot0056]

I swear that is one funny as shi

[@kitsflame1432]

They were probably married Never even got a divorce

[@justinlindfors8512]

Official head canon

[@Borderose]

Elf Queens are also known Thirst Pits. They crave orc spunk.

[@godzilla9619]

There was a war that started because a wife didnt like her husband's haircut

[@parjai97]

Which one?

[@candymanva9629]

I’m sorry?

[@ADAJ342]

How did that conversation go down? ,"You have no drip, my love" ?

[@Zack_Zander]

I legit got stuttered and got stun-locked when reading that

[@iconofthicc6086]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@ADAJ342”Your fit is garbage, my love.”

[@walterlyzohub8112]

I remember watching the Avatar series where Ang said the fighting between the two towns over a time out between two children one hundred years ago got misremembered.

[@Jan_Koopman]

Yeah, but he made that up

[@crowhawks96]

Lol yeah, he made that up to get the two tribes to stop fighting and work together for once lmao

[@tiberiusdawn2042]

What episode was that?

[@Jan_Koopman]

@@tiberiusdawn2042, Great Divide

[@scaredpepper1678]

​@@Jan_KoopmanSemi good episode in my opinion

[@brokeboi-so3cw]

Damn, a prank really CAN START A WAR?! I've gotta report this to the dragonborn queen

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Read up on the Defenestrations of Prague.

[@drunksaharan5787]

I mean a dead pig nearly started a war so this seems very accurate

[@TypeZeta2]

War of the Bucket

[@elijahbrown1041]

I'm not ashamed to admit that I thought that's what the bay of Pigs invasion was.

[@blank2276]

​@@TypeZeta2the bucket was stolen after it started

[@theonewhouploadsnothing1704]

With this being how a lot of wars started in reality, I think this can be a perfect example of dark humor. Nothing edgy, just a sense of depressing silliness.

[@Peter_Turbo4]

And over on the other side of the Continent you’ll have humans Super-Genociding ourselves for the 12th time this century because last week somebody stole a bucket.

[@forgottendragonpriestartem3414]

war of the bucket is funny as hell, weird history

[@gilgamesh255]

Hell, we literally started a war over a pig at one point in real life, that had something to do with territorial rights or something like that.

[@polishscribe674]

"So, what object was stolen to make us fight again?" "A bucket." "Dear God..."

[@mahbuddykeith1124]

@@polishscribe674There’s more.

[@Crusader820]

@@mahbuddykeith1124No!

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

If this is shocking to them, they do NOT want to see what sort of things are written in the Book of Grudges.

[@MoonWeaver000]

Names. Apparently they don't even write down the grudge.

[@WaIterWhite]

Imagine the horrors of a almost 2k year war, millions died, more injured, many widowed and many vets, and after all that, you decided to see why you started fighting, to see it was because... Of a simple prank

[@kelanjames8429]

i mean in all fairness if the elf queen wasnt good friends with the ork king before hand and if it was humilating enough like if it happend in front of other people its understandable she wouldnt be interested in going to a birthday party so in all fairness the ork king cutting off gold trade was probably pretty bad for elven economy though its understandable why the orks would invade after the river was diverted but i think its fair to say the ork king kind of started the issue with the prank and then his retaliation as the queen not going to the birthday party was not a big deal... cutting off gold trade would probably have been a pretty big deal for the elves though.

[@sashashadowhive6128]

I would argue that, since the Orks and elves have an apparently very important trading alliance, it is too be expected for the matriarchs of one country to attend an important event like the 100th birthday of the others matriarch. Not showing up is a sign of not caring about the alliance.

[@bluerdoll3460]

But then humiliating a foreign monarch... AND it being recorded in the logs would be quite the insult

[@Nveous1]

Then prank them back in good fun. Make it seem like they’re good friends. Don’t be a total bitch and not go to an important event like a birthday.

[@takayamuramoto4490]

@@bluerdoll3460 on the other hand, he was an ork, they are known for their gruff humour. So she overreacted quite a bit.

[@bluerdoll3460]

@@takayamuramoto4490 and elves are prideful and and hurting it is akin to someone doing the clasic glove slap to the face with an extra dose of EMOTIONAL DAMAGE! and due to cultures they would not fully comprehend that, as an orc joke most likely elves prideful and overreactive orcs petty and insensitive also we are just continuing a squabble ment for orcs and elves I just realised, where are we going next? did king gilgustetus bring that egg originally as a gift or a omelet, but the queen mistook that and then he decided to play into a misunderstanding as a prank? or did the queen know the whole time and was bored and wanted to start some drama cuz the orc king didn't complement her hair she was flashily showing off?😂

[@starplane1239]

Im waiting for the revelation it wasnt even Gilgustus whi tricked Alistia into sitting on the egg, but some random human who got bored and hid out of fear of dying.

[@michelveilleux123]

Its the phrase "Wars have been started for less." That comes to mind. 😅

[@Alverant]

The reason why the Ork king pulled that prank was because the Elf queen made a joke about an ork entertainer laid an egg on stage.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

Orc commander: Regicide? Elf Commander: Regicide Orc commander: so we are in agreement? Elf commander: indeed we are...

[@TheFoxfiend]

They are all going to be angry, but the people who they should be angry with will be long dead at this point, though maybe some of the elves that started the war might still be around. I would propose a yearly festival involving war games or athletic competitions. Some people might be surprised how many wars have been prevented just because of the Olympics, and it gives them something to focus their attention and frustrations on.

[@horushyperion76]

Idk about that because Nazi Germany still invade Poland despite of the Olympics.

[@fernadogonzalez2940]

I say a recreation of the first battle fought in the war

[@GarkKahn]

A few of the hundreds african civil wars stopped or at least agreed on a ceasefire because of (football) world cup qualifiers or the tournament itself believe it or not

[@hiwaga7399]

sorry to be a weeb on main but this is what the chūnin exams are for

[@lsthero5863]

You’ve be surprised to know How many wars were fought or almost fought for things as stupid or more. For example, look into the war of the pig…

[@m4y013]

Oh yeah picket is a scary guy in the civil war tho

[@nadadada3938]

let be not forgotten the bucket

[@wobblewokgaming655]

There was a war that was almost waged over lobsters as well.

[@lsthero5863]

@@nadadada3938 To be fair, the bucket was the final insult, the war was fought between the suporters of the emperor and the pope

[@yeboxpacf_2505]

Cod war of Iceland and Great Britain over the Cod fish territory.. Over FISH, there was almost a war.

[@barricadedpurifier]

That’s how it is irl as well. Small things culminating and snowballing into a multitude of situations and tensions that eventually escalates into conflict or even war. Many have even forgotten what they were even fighting for in the first place or why they even hate each other at all. And when they eventually find out, it turns out to be petty stuff like land or taxes or ancient grievances and squabbles.

[@OrionDragon3241]

Them: iTs JuST a PrANk The consequences of the prank: Edit: OH MI GOSH IM FAMOUS

[@zeropsaft]

Sitting on an egg could also mean the orc king slept with the elf queen. The reason it changed was beacuse of the evolution of the language of the respective races.

[@pixelmace1423]

Or perhaps she was tricked into babysitting! Could be that a string of mistranslations of a figure of speech turned “watching over the nest” to “incubating the eggs” to “sitting on an egg”

[@willanderson2277]

Orc turning to the elf next to him "Down with the autocracy?" Elf "Down with the autocracy!"

[@SwordGhost]

Communism Shall start !!!

[@SkyEcho751]

War of the Bucket, and War of the Pig. These are completely real things. Wars can start over the most petty of reasons.

[@korhol2065]

Technically the war of the bucket was mostly over a fort being taken and stuff related to the pope vs emperor events going on at the time But damn schools really want us to believe that is was because of a bucket

[@francescoparisi1081]

The Pig War isn’t even an actual War, it’s a feud between an exalted American veteran and a British landowner.

[@matthewcardoza1190]

⁠@@francescoparisi1081perhaps it wasn’t, but that “simple dispute” quickly grew larger thanks to the snowball effect, and came VERY close to becoming an ACTUAL war.

[@deeplyt00ting]

​@@matthewcardoza1190 It still never escalated to an actual shooting war because higher ups in both the British and American military saw how stupid the situation was.

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

The War of the Bucket didn’t have the bucket as the cause, the bucket was stolen after it began

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Meanwhile, the Noble Dwarves are undermining the Green-skins and Knife-ears of every precious metal and mineral they have ever known just to fund the proxy wars against one another all the while keeping accurate history and technology alive in the form of a Grudge Book.**Laughs in Dawi** Rock & Stone!

[@NCRVeteranRanger]

Repub if hate elves.

[@Beedronious]

Human bard explaining this in the future: And that's how the war stopped and peace was achieved, that is...until the Dwarves ran out of ingredients to make alcohol with Orc Son: Wow! That was such a cool story! Thanks Dad! Elf Daughter: But why did the Orc make the Elf Queen sit on an egg? Human Bard: *sips drink nonchalantly* N-no idea

[@theenderdestruction2362]

The lich: it meant they had children hence humanity, how? Magic also I'm taking the rum barrel you owe me for that magic ukulele

[@no_enerji]

to be fair, ignoring an invitation from royalty is basically one of the worst insults you could make towards them

[@gold3987]

The slow realization from everyone and the soon yelling at the end As funny as it it, it quickly becomes tragic... especially when it lasted for two thousand years. . . LIKE we know how bad war can be, HOly crap

[@demiurge7150]

The orc king was legend how the hell he trick elven queen to sit on egg

[@pseudodachi4406]

I for one believe it's because they were married but didn't tell anyone.

[@speedy01247]

Before you think this is unbelievable remember the pig war where the US and UK/Canada nearly went to war over a pig and some small islands almost no one cared about.

[@90enemies]

If I were them I'd pull of a classic French Moment. Basically gather up all the Ruling Noble Orc and Elfs and send them to the Guillotine.

[@prestonjones1653]

Considering what happened to France since, probably not the smartest move. How many Republics have they had this week?

[@90enemies]

@@prestonjones1653 It's because these days they're doing the revolution thing without the Guillotine. France was never the same the moment they outlawed the use of guillotine.

[@IamMeHere2See]

And this is why I complete understand anyone's "zero-pranks-tolernace" position.

[@luzifershadres]

Elf and Orc royality: Why is there an amry of Elfs and orcs in front of my castel?

[@zeroxthesoldat4410]

There are orks. There are elves. There is not a single element of 40k in sight.

[@dravenrogers7040]

The worst part is for the else is that they're the ones who got pranked it wasn't even fully a good prank

[@MisterFiasco]

Props to the scholars for getting all that from what looks to be AT MOST less than thirty books. Pooled together from all of what they had left. I guess A LOT of libraries were burned down.

[@enderknight1442]

You'd be surprised with how accurately this is to real life.

[@mr.e6289]

what is kind of sobering is that this isn't to far off from how some actual small wars have started, just two rulers being dicks to each other and boom sending people to die.

[@Nobody-wp4ds]

Ya know, the funny thing is that stuff like this has probably happened plenty of times within our own timeline and history.

[@the_coconut_man7759]

Well that escalated quickly

[@amoral_minority]

And then orcs and elves united and declared war on their leaders

[@Darkwolfsbane]

Eerily close to how a lot of wars actually started (the bucket war, the pig war, the glass bottle incident that escalated into a war, etc)

[@SpeedMaster642]

And this is why you should always pay attention to history

[@theseriesofheroesrise2149]

So good! I love the orcs' and elves' faces in the end -- so funny!😂

[@cybo_vampire9145]

Ngl, assuming there are any elf elders, some of them probably lived through all 2000 of that war. Must suck for them

[@thomasyoung3112]

oh my gosh this is hilarious. i have watched it five times and laughed every time

[@AlphaSorrow]

You can hear the uprising coming the orc king might not be around but a guarantee you the queen is.

[@Gaster_021]

It’s sadly not to far fetched that wars would start and prolonged over petty reasons. Have to sympathize with them though as they’ve been fighting and killing each other for 2 millennia’s losing family, friends, and homes over such a petty reason.

[@derfret1365]

This is why you carve your history with protective runes, on fire proof materials. Paper and books are to record grudges,

[@iron4517]

2000 years of endless war that started because of a prank that went terribly wrong

[@Zack_Zander]

On the bright side, at least it ended, right?

[@mr.trouble827]

And thus, the elves and orcs stopped the war, by stopping eachother's ruler's heart

[@Pigraider268]

I like this dwarfish look orcs have in this comics

[@VanadiumInc]

It's not Wh40k, but still funny

[@Maybilene]

Damn, imagine losing your loved ones in a war that started from a prank😂

[@davethm75]

To say "well that escalated quuckly" seems about right

[@blueotter5954]

They all need therapy. 2000 years...

[@kaix9329]

Imagine realizing that a whole 2,000 year war was costed by a prank

[@chasetanner4822]

What i find intresting is the reason for the 2000 years long war started back 1547 years ago and not later. That implies that 1547 years of the 2000 year long war was a never ending stalemate. That means for 1547 years it never escalated any more. They had a 2000 year long war over something that happened 1547 years ago. That means the war was only justifiable for less then 500 years. They kept a war going for 4 TIMES LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Stuck in a never ending stalemate because they never thought to question why they are still fighting. Both sides are stupid. But then again, they did burn down a lot of each other's libraries. So they most likely was so busy at war that they lost track of time and only recently realized just how long the war has been going on. And it has been so long, they can't remember why they are still at war anymore.

[@chasetanner4822]

I like to think the elf realized first and contacted the orc after the fact to have the meeting in the video. The elf leader probably look in the mirror that morning and realized something. He saw himself getting old. Since elves are a long live race, when he saw his face in the mirror he question himself just how long has the war really been going on for if he himself a elf is starting to look old.

[@jyousemorenoeng]

"2000 years later, the Elvish-Orckish war ended, and both the Elves and the Orcs deposed their monarchies and started Republics, with the hopes that no pranks would ever cost so many lives"

[@themanisprofessional6043]

I am pretty sure there is a similar story about in artist who got rejected from art School Or something like that

[@Jan_Koopman]

Yeah, but in contrast to this, that was not the only factor there

[@Dimnah]

it's never the only factor, german already in a lot of difficult sitiation before certain someone from Austria do the thing it's like saying that the breakdown of Yugoslavia happen solely bcs of a bottle balkanized inside serbian

[@capt_iron2797]

There’s gonna be a LOT of pissed super-veterans going to have a talk with their respective nobles

[@Kelswagsinandballin]

That's shocking

[@deusexvesania1702]

And that's why it's fantasy, because someone eventually asked "Why?"

[@showme2theexit]

... sounds like the level of petty an elf would commit to lol

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Funny that the Ork King was the one that cut trade

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Someone once in the comments expanded the story, it was a great comment, one of the best. "Sitting on an egg" was then a metaphor.

[@Dennisentrekin8022]

Fantastic ✨️

[@_Kamura_]

I love the elf at the end's voice

[@underfall2749]

War in a nutshell

[@Tonk029]

You could say this is "War with out reason"

[@Myuutsuu85]

No, this has nothing to do with Warhammer 40.000 This has nothing to do with Warhammer at all.

[@ranger24ff]

Fun fact everything in Lotr traces back to Morgoth being an edge lord during choir

[@Nyxcha]

the sad part is...alot of wars started for dumb stuff like this xD ffs looking at you greeks...and...romans....and...everyone since (the war of the bucket......)

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

Well, the "War of the Bucket" wasn't actually caused by a bucket getting stolen. It was taken _after_ the War ended as a jab at the city.

[@prestonjones1653]

​@@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim Bologna is still trying to get the bucket back btw.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

@@prestonjones1653 That is _Funny_ as hell. 🤣

[@lordgzstg6181]

​@prestonjones1653 wait what

[@lordchaos3090]

​@@lordgzstg6181Yes yes and the city that has the stupid bucket is like: L + Don't care + Ratio

[@Stofski]

As the sholars franticly flip through books and text over the two they soon find that this was an ongoing prank war. Even after their passing

[@CelestialProotDIY]

I wouldn't put it past an Elf Queen to have that kind of reaction.

[@nikogarcia201]

All she did was refusing to attend a party. While the ork king created a diplomatic incident out of sheer pettiness.

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Those orcs and elves are about to go full French Revolution together 🤣

[@peachykeen53]

As funny as this is, it’s a really good example of why we need to remember history.

[@somebodykares1]

The war has been going for 1,999 years, and they found record going to about 1,549 years, and the Orc King celebrated his 100th how long before?

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Meanwhile the Dwarfs realizing this is why they ended up in the crossfire of elves and orcs: *Diggity Hole starts blasting* *Massive army of Dawi infantry, battle helicopters and tanks marches to attack them*

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

THIS IS GOING IN THE BOOK.

[@FATAL._.error._.sans-true]

Orcs: THATS 200 GENERATIOSN elves: dang my grandparents foght for a prank? The humans: laughing in the corner knowing everything and not saying anything

[@jessedavid7604]

This has nothing to do with Warhammer 40k

[@EinsamPibroch278]

Where's a Dwarf Historian when you need one? They never forget a Grudge.

[@vivantamara4609]

❤♥

[@Will-mk5pj]

Honestly it’d be even funnier if some random human walked by and said “You guys just realized that!? Why do you think we avoided both of you!”