Board Thread:Middle Earth Roleplays/@comment-25344655-20160102034149/@comment-26210095-20160110011356

Oh. In that case...

The colonies hold out for a while, but fall due to the onslaught. Thousands retreat to Moradel, the great citadel in the Dark Lands and establish a new Kingdom-in-Exile. Some however stay in their mighty fortresses, which the Akali find hard to attack. This results in many lengthy sieges...

To be clear, under normal circumstances this would not happen. The empire has been so stretched and is in disarray from Veantur's death.