In the 12th castle siege on September 6, major servers saw significant changes. On Valakas, which had been highlighted as the most notable server following server transfers, the ruling castle alliance successfully suppressed the Anti-King faction completely, holding its first bloodless siege. In light of this, news from Christor, another notable server, has been included.

On Astair, the No Tong-soo Alliance landed a counterpunch. Having been pushed back until last week and handing back the Orc Fortress it had previously captured, the No Tong-soo Alliance adjusted its strategy this week to reclaim the Orc Fortress once again. Giving up on the main castles early after initial skirmishes to establish a defensive formation at the Orc Fortress proved effective.

On Pa'agrio, The K Alliance shifted to a more defensive stance. While The K Alliance had targeted other castles until last week by attacking Kent Castle and the Orc Fortress, this week they devoted most of their time to defending Windawood Castle. Although they briefly captured the Orc Fortress near the end, this was the result of a small strike team's action, and control quickly reverted to the original lord. Consequently, the final castle ownership finished in the same 2:1 ratio as last week.

On Christor, The King Alliance (No Tong-soo) was originally the ruling castle alliance and the Star Alliance (whose alliance affiliation is contested) was the Anti-King faction, but the roles have recently flipped, with the Star Alliance holding the castle alliance position and The King Alliance acting as the Anti-King. However, The King Alliance, which had succeeded in taking back Kent Castle, perfectly defended Kent Castle in this week's siege. Furthermore, in the final fight over the Orc Fortress, a bloodpledge of currently unknown affiliation succeeded in the final imprint, creating a chaotic landscape.

On Astair, the No Tong-soo Alliance succeeded in taking back the Orc Fortress, returning the server to a 2:1 structure. The No Tong-soo Alliance attempted to attack Windawood Castle early in the siege, but the gap in power was too large, making it difficult to even pressure the outer gate defense line.

Ultimately, after more than ten minutes of attacks, the No Tong-soo Alliance concluded that capturing Windawood Castle was impossible and headed early to the Orc Fortress. Since only 15 minutes had passed since the siege began, the Orc Fortress was naturally empty. While The K Alliance finished clearing out the attacking squads at Windawood Castle, the main forces of the No Tong-soo Alliance imprinted the Orc Fortress and rapidly set up a defensive line.

This move by the No Tong-soo Alliance proved successful. Having repeatedly suffered in past sieges where poorly prepared defense lines were breached in an instant, leading to lost fortresses following fights around the Guardian Tower, they blocked each entrance heavily from the start to completely shut down enemy entry.

Although a few players died while holding the defense line, rear forces quickly filled the gaps, preventing The K Alliance troops from advancing to the Guardian Tower until the remaining siege time expired.

The K Alliance, which launched attacks across various fronts last week, focused entirely on defense again this week. Facing the No Tong-soo Alliance pushing hard against Windawood Castle from the start as usual, The K Alliance chose a more defensive strategy, turning the strike teams that previously attacked other castles into intercept squads targeting the rear of the enemy's attack forces.

In the very early phase, while the No Tong-soo Alliance was attacking Windawood Castle, The K Alliance's intercept squad struck Kent Castle. However, attacking with a small force of only two to three parties dealt little damage to the No Tong-soo Alliance's defense, and they were quickly wiped out.

Afterward, the main battle stage shifted to Windawood Castle—the No Tong-soo Alliance hammering the castle gate and The K Alliance repelling them. Just as The K Alliance failed to impact the defense at Kent Castle, the No Tong-soo Alliance's offense could not break through The K Alliance's defensive perimeter.

Although they shifted their attack targets from the east gate to the main gate and back to the east gate, the defense line held firm like a mountain without losing a single layer. From the mid-game onward, a portion of troops from the Jeontu Myeongga Bloodpledge defending Kent Castle joined the offense, but because The K Alliance was not aggressively targeting other castles either, they comfortably maintained their defense.

Just as the siege seemed set to end with the battle at Windawood Castle, The K Alliance made a move. Eight minutes before the siege ended, they dispatched a strike team to the Orc Fortress and immediately imprinted the undefended fortress.

Since only a tiny force had entered, the No Tong-soo Alliance quickly reclaimed the fortress itself, but it succeeded in diverting the ongoing onslaught from Windawood Castle toward the Orc Fortress. With the final fight shifting to the Orc Fortress, the No Tong-soo Alliance mounted a desperate defense. Although their barricade was breached with just seconds left on the clock, they prevented the enemy from imprinting, keeping the castle distribution unchanged at 2:1.

On the Christor server, the No Tong-soo Alliance is fanning the flames of a counteroffensive. Breaking free from a losing trend to capture Kent Castle, The King Alliance (No Tong-soo Alliance) successfully defended Kent Castle against an onslaught by the Star Alliance that lasted nearly the entire hour this week.

Early in the siege, the pre-established defense formation looked somewhat shaky. Under the Star Alliance's assault concentrated on Kent Castle's east gate, the lower section of the outer wall defense was gradually pushed back, and enemy Knights managed to breach the interior, leading to the collapse of the Guardian Tower.

However, this attack did not result in an imprint. The Sovereign of the Star Alliance failed to breach the castle, and the small force inside was cleared out. Afterwards, the No Tong-soo Alliance reinforced its defense, gradually pushing the enemy back outside the outer gate and restoring stability.

Once the defense line at the outer gate stabilized, the No Tong-soo Alliance diverted a portion of its forces to run an intercept squad, targeting the enemy's flanks and weakening their offensive momentum. Meanwhile, the Star Alliance leveraged its vast numbers, pushing back against counterattacks while flexibly shifting its attack targets between the east gate and main gate.

As time passed, the scale of combat at Kent Castle grew even fiercer, but no enemy forces succeeded in breaching the defenses as they had in the early phase. With five minutes remaining, the defense line at the main gate was pushed back a tier, but it quickly reorganized, bringing the 57-minute ferocious battle for Kent Castle to an end.

Now, the stage for the final showdown shifted to the Orc Fortress. Ultimately, the bloodpledge that became the lord of the fortress was "Let's Talk with Swords" (검으로얘기합시다), whose affiliation remains unknown. Because multiple bloodpledges were tangled around the Guardian Tower right before time expired, it is difficult to determine precisely. If they belong to the Star Alliance, the 2:1 structure will be maintained, whereas if they are an independent neutral bloodpledge, a 1:1:1 three-way dynamic will be established.