My Von Carstein campaign has been one uphill struggle for ages now. My empire stretches from Sylvania to the gates of Athel Loren, but as a result I’ve had to fight practically every human, dwarf and WE faction in the Old World at some point, usually simultaneously. Now, Chaos arrived, and I managed to peace out with all my closest enemies. Time to consolidate and deal with Chaos, no?
Well, I forgot to get peace with Karak Norn, insignificant and one-settlement as they were. I’d just moved my only real armies in the south-east north. Karak Norn decides to invite the Dwarfs to join them in the war against me. Dwarfs are the #1 faction. I share a terrifyingly long border with them and they control everything south of Sylvania and east of it too.
The worst part is that Karak Norn itself immediately peaced out the next turn. The Imperial factions love me because of my war against Chaos and the +30 opinion boost from the Occupied Imperial Palace in Altdorf, the Wood Elves love me for fighting the Bretonnians so long, but there are now full stacks of Dwarf elite armies swarming into my poor undefended south. I can’t move armies back without giving ground elsewhere, but looks like I’ll have to. Damn you, Dwarfs, can’t you see I’m trying to save civilization (so I can corrupt it for myself, but still)?