One of the war's most notable features is its lack of open military conflict. This was largely been due to the Edicts of Guthix, which Guthix has been using to prevent open international conflict. Also as the Myreque lacked an effective means of fighting the Vampyres, and the Vampyres did not know the locations of Myreque bases. The conflict gradually escalated though, first when Vanstrom Klause managed to trick an adventurer into aiding the Myreque. Vanstrom followed the adventurer and sicced a Skeleton Hellhound on the Mort Myre Order killing Sani Piliu and Harold Evans.