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Lich of the North
…esearch led him to the buried cities of Frozen Stone, where generations of dwarves lay dead. There he created the first true necroma…
Lich of the North › Journey to the Frozen Stones
…d the year -100, he made his way to the Frozen Stones, the northernmost regions of Ulvenor, where the ruins of an old dwarven kingdo…
Battle of the Huzen Rocks › The gnomish answer to the Magnur Ascent
After Alfred I conquered other human kingdoms and penetrated into elven territories, the gnomes began to threaten Trabaz…
Battle of the Huzen Rocks › Fall of two ensigns
At the Huzen Rocks, two Magnura banners were crushed. The defeat was all the more palpable because it was…
Battle of the Huzen Rocks › The beginning of Alfred's inner fall
It was after this defeat that Alfred began to become increasingly obsessed with rebuilding the army. He did not only lea…
Gnome Kingdom › The Huzen Rocks
The Huzen Rocks are among the most important battlefields of gnomish history. It was here that the gno…
Frozen Stones › The Northernmost Land of Ulvenor
The Frozen Stones lie in the deepest northern regions of Ulvenor, and for most of the year they …
Frozen Stones › Prehistoric Settlement and the Age of Monsters
The first dwarves settled the Frozen Stones around the year -10000000 before the imperial calendar. This was an immensely …
Frozen Stones › Birth of the Underground Kingdom
…s into full cities. On the surface, the Frozen Stones were almost uninhabitable, but inside the mountains a surprisingly modern unde…
Frozen Stones › Diamonds and Labradorite
The Kingdom of the Frozen Stones belonged among the dwarven elite. Its wealth did not arise from comfortable li…
Frozen Stones › The Last Dwarven Dispute and the Stone Crown
The fortunate age of the Frozen Stones lasted roughly until -12000, when relations among the dwarven kingdoms began t…
Frozen Stones › Decline of the Northern Kingdom
Over time, the Kingdom of the Frozen Stones began to lose its shape. The mines that had once brought diamonds and labrador…
Frozen Stones › Hvorzo and the Last King
The last known true king of the Frozen Stones was the dwarven lord Venrak III. His rule no longer resembled the power of the…
Frozen Stones › Fall of Hvorzo and the Buried Cities
…ld northern kingdom came to an end. The Frozen Stones today are full of buried cities. Six great dwarven settlements, including the …
Frozen Stones › Northern Gate and the Void of the North
…the abandonment and dead silence of the Frozen Stones. But the void is no longer as empty as the dwarves would wish.
Frozen Stones › The Undead and the Coming of the Lich
…e presence of a mysterious force in the Frozen Stones is increasingly difficult to deny. It was here that the gnome who later became…
Frozen Stones › Northern Gate of the Stone Crown
…thern edge of the former Kingdom of the Frozen Stones and marks the last truly controlled frontier of the Stone Crown. Its creation …
Frozen Stones › Hvorzo
… last remnant of the old Kingdom of the Frozen Stones. When Venrak III lowered his royal title to mayor of the city, it became a sym…
Frozen Stones › Diamond Mines of the Frozen Stones
…ce of both the glory and decline of the Frozen Stones. For centuries they sustained the kingdom and gave it prestige among dwarven p…
Frozen Stones › Buried Cities of the Frozen Stones
…d cities are the greatest secret of the Frozen Stones. Thousands of dwarves from many periods are said to be entombed in their halls…
Frozen Stones › The Gate Is Silent
The Northern Gate has stopped receiving messages from one of the small border settlements. The patrol sent to learn the …
Battle of the Huzen Rocks
The Battle of the Huzen Rocks marked one of the most significant defeats of the reign of Alfred I. Magnursia's victo…
Battle of Skal Reker
The Battle of Skal Reker was formally a victory for Magnus VII, but it also showed the dangerous rise of the goblin way …
Lich of the North › The body that waited
…waiting to be completed. Meanwhile, the frozen rocks emptied even more. The former kingdom has become the Void of the North, and mos…
Diamond Mines of the Frozen Stones › Places of Story Significance
…ous mines in the northern region of the Frozen Stones.
Lost Place › Roads, Maps, and Trade
A place forgotten, hidden, or erased from the ordinary maps.
Gnome Kingdom
…theast of Magnur and south of the Sharp Rocks. For a long time it belonged among the most advanced states of Ulvenor, thanks above a…
Gnome Kingdom › Plans from the Huzen Rocks
In the archives part of the plans of the traps used in the victory over the banners of Alfred I has been found. Imperial…
Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains
…divided into four main parts: the Reker Rocks, the Nolomb Wastes, the Sharp Rocks, and the Eagle Hills. Hroidetur is only sparsely p…
Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Reker Rocks
The Reker Rocks lie on the border between the Empire and the western edge of Hroidetur. They are spars…
Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Sharp Rocks
The Sharp Rocks are the largest and most distinctive part of the Hroidetur Mountains. Their cliffs are…
Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › The Green Valley Beyond the Sharp Rocks
…ond the inaccessible walls of the Sharp Rocks, a hidden area full of unknown plants and abandoned fields has been discovered. No one…
Stone Crown
…rthern mountain massif, but beneath its rocks lies a vast world of halls, mines, forge cities, trade routes, old tombs, and fortress…
Stone Crown › Former Dwarven Realms
Before the founding of the present Stone Crown there existed in the north several dwarven kingdoms, family holdings, and…
Frozen Stones
The Frozen Stones were originally one of the first great dwarven territories in the far north of…
Lich of the North › A spell turned against its master
…se meaning. But he was not alone in the Frozen Stones. The souls of the dead he began to awaken turned against him. They weren't str…
Lich of the North › Silent Lord of the North
…lorer, and every abandoned grave in the Frozen Stones can boost his powers. His goal is not mere survival. He's already overcome tha…
Lich of the North › A threat to Ulvenor
…ges the meaning of the whole north. The Frozen Stones are no longer just the abandoned land of the ancient dwarven halls, but the po…
The Great Migration of Orcs to the West › The world beyond
…arated by swamps, deserts, and the once frozen Lake Helk. This isolation created a closed world where orcs had no reason to seek new…
Birth of the Liche › A body that never died
…For millennia it was buried beneath the rocks and dust in the northernmost reaches of Ulvenor. Meanwhile, strange phenomena began to…
Clash of wild orcs with followers of Gharmoth › An isolated world of orcs
…ntinent for millennia. Separated by the frozen Lake Helk, later swamps and desert, they had no reason to contact the rest of the wor…
The Age of Reshaping the World › The year 1470 and the coming turning point
…ny sides. In the north, the Lich of the Frozen Stones is awakening and his undead are threatening the Stonecrown. In the east, orc t…
Introduction to the World › A World on the Edge of Change
… is under strain. The Lich rises in the frozen north, orc tribes stir in the east, kobolds and centaurs keep the Great Plains in per…
History › The Current Era
…at of the Lich, an undead lord from the Frozen Stones who may endanger both the Stone Crown and the Empire itself. In the south, ten…
Important Places › The Gnome City-State - Technology Between Realms
…theast of Magnur and south of the Sharp Rocks. At its greatest height it was among the most advanced states on the continent, but th…
The Great Migration of Orcs to the West
…arated by swamps, deserts, and the once frozen Lake Helk. This isolation created a closed world where orcs had no reason to seek new…
Birth of the Liche
…For millennia it was buried beneath the rocks and dust in the northernmost reaches of Ulvenor. Meanwhile, strange phenomena began to…
Clash of wild orcs with followers of Gharmoth
…ntinent for millennia. Separated by the frozen Lake Helk, later swamps and desert, they had no reason to contact the rest of the wor…
Dwarves
…r bodies are as strong and solid as the rocks from which they come, and their spirits are as hard as the steel they can forge in the…
Ancient History of Oiy › The Henstir disaster and the beginning of the division
… so much that the oceans have partially frozen and old migration routes have broken up. Beta humanoids survived this crisis through …
Albarit › Dragons and the Northern Ruin of Ulvenor
…ped lead dwarves in regions such as the Frozen Stones to build an underground world and to understand mountains not only as a home, …
Albarit › Henstir and Migration Bridges
…Oia underwent enormous climate changes. Frozen oceans and altered sea levels may have temporarily created migration routes between c…
Gnome Kingdom › Founding of the Gnome Kingdom
…theast of Magnur and south of the Sharp Rocks. These lands were neither the most fertile nor the wealthiest, but they offered stone,…
Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Character of the Mountains
…. The landscape is harsh, stony, partly frozen, and often poor in common flora and fauna, which long discouraged most early settlers…
Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Importance for the Present World
…istory of neighboring powers. The Reker Rocks changed how the Empire thought about war in difficult terrain and forced it to build d…
Stone Crown › The Stone Crown
…alth, and order. Out of hideouts in the rocks there gradually grew the first permanent halls, out of halls towns, and out of towns a…
Stone Crown › The Northern Gate and the Threat of the Lich
…n from the Northern Void and the former Frozen Stones. It is precisely on this gate that the Lich and his undead now press. The Lich…
Stone Crown › Stone Crown Mountains
…el like a hard and unkind land of cold, rocks, steep slopes, and deep passes. This very harshness, however, did not drive the dwarve…
Unknown Western Continent › Ice Bridges After Henstir
…rupted the climate, and may have partly frozen oceans or shallower seas. In that age, temporary ice bridges could have connected Ulv…
Great Plains
… land of green grasses, marshes, hills, rocks, forests, cities, raids, trade roads, and restless borders with the Empire.
The Age of Reshaping the World
…ny sides. In the north, the Lich of the Frozen Stones is awakening and his undead are threatening the Stonecrown. In the east, orc t…
Introduction to the World
… is under strain. The Lich rises in the frozen north, orc tribes stir in the east, kobolds and centaurs keep the Great Plains in per…
History
…at of the Lich, an undead lord from the Frozen Stones who may endanger both the Stone Crown and the Empire itself. In the south, ten…
Important Places
…theast of Magnur and south of the Sharp Rocks. At its greatest height it was among the most advanced states on the continent, but th…
Water
…ive when combined with other elements — frozen water amplifies lightning, and water mist can weaken the effects of fire.
Ancient History of Oiy
… so much that the oceans have partially frozen and old migration routes have broken up. Beta humanoids survived this crisis through …
Dwarves
…s and increase stability when moving on rocks, in caves and in narrow passages. The long-term use of caves, first as a shelter and l…
Goblins
…. In an environment filled with falling rocks, sudden predator attacks, steep slopes and unstable ground, agility was more valuable …
Albarit
…ped lead dwarves in regions such as the Frozen Stones to build an underground world and to understand mountains not only as a home, …
Albarit › Misty Coast
…cold and warm currents, misty bays, and rocks that can break a ship before its crew ever sees land. This is why no one from Ulvenor …
Far East
…t the so-called old land bridges arose. Frozen oceans, retreating water levels, and altered coastlines temporarily joined places tha…
Far East › Eastern Coast
…t the so-called old land bridges arose. Frozen oceans, retreating water levels, and altered coastlines temporarily joined places tha…
Gnome Kingdom › Gnomish Technologies
…rable position. The Battle of the Huzen Rocks became the most famous proof of the effectiveness of these methods. There the gnomes d…
Unknown Western Continent
…rupted the climate, and may have partly frozen oceans or shallower seas. In that age, temporary ice bridges could have connected Ulv…
Umbra Profunda
…growth gave way to savannas, dunes, and rocks. The longer they wandered, the more the land resembled the place from which they had o…
Umbra Profunda › Goblin Story of Umbra Profunda
…growth gave way to savannas, dunes, and rocks. The longer they wandered, the more the land resembled the place from which they had o…
Green Sea
…se fortresses often stand partly on the rocks and partly in the water. They have dry halls for trade negotiations, wet passages for …
Green Sea › Western Coast
…se fortresses often stand partly on the rocks and partly in the water. They have dry halls for trade negotiations, wet passages for …