Open warfare? I'm not certain about that. Every single one of our northern regions other than Yermon is fortified, most of them heavily. It's likely to be a very defensive war since we're getting ganged up on so badly. The attackers will constantly be assaulting our walls, while we defend them. That's likely to be true in the south as well, unless Nothoi is able to break through the mountains into our southern rural and badlands regions.
Defensive warfare?
Well, if your goal is to just stall your own defeat, then defensive war is your pick.
If you wnat to win any war, you have to turn offensive eventually.
The allies will have a hard time coordinating and Fronen can eaisly smash tehre armies while there rallying to keep the war outside there borders.
If Fronens general will not turn out to be an idiot, they still have a good chance of wining this war.
And i find it so funny of everyone to just cancel out the second greatest super power out of this war while the war is a clear gangs bang ploting of mainly nothoi and OG and a frustrated and ambitious thalmarkin.
Nobles in Melhed are not happy with the war at all and look at the allies for blame.
They will certainly either demand the war to stop, thalmarkin to be pulled out or go to war them selves.
The quistion is not if Melhed will involve, but more if then how much could Melhed be prepared for war?