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Richard III Sword of Magnursia
Richard III he is one of the greatest war kings in the history of Magnursia. During his rei…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › Hot head on the throne
Richard succeeded his father, who had been carefully preparing the ground for war for decad…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › From the Third War of Kings to the Great War
At first, Richard's campaign seemed like a fast track to victory. But Trabazar was able to enlist the…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › The Troubles and Fall of Ancient Human Kingdoms
…er of days. After the fall of the city, Richard continued his pursuit of the royal family and won a decisive victory in a battle kn…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › The elves enter the war
…se size and prestige surpassed anything Richard had ever known. Richard responded with a massive military deployment. He divided th…
Richard III Sword of Magnursia › South ford and the death of the king
The last and most famous chapter of Richard's life was the Battle of the South Ford in -103. Here he faced the superiority of t…
Siege of the Eagle's Nest
…changing the way cities were conquered. Richard III here he showed that walls that had previously withstood months could fall in a …
Battle End of the Old Kingdoms
…d no longer endure in its present form. Richard III here he not only won, but transformed the victory into a claim to a foreign cro…
Battle of the South Ford
The Battle of South Ford was one of Richard III's most famous victories. and at the same time the place of his death. Magnursia…
Division of the Empire of Magnursar
The division of the Empire of Magnursar into four main holds helps explain that the empire is not only the capital of Ma…
Division of the Empire of Magnursar › Southern Hold
The Southern Hold of the Empire is not an ordinary province. It is a broader part of the realm where human administratio…
Younger brother of Richard III.
…cted to receive the title, but Ignatius III died unexpectedly.
Magnus III Young
Magnus III he is one of the most important early rulers of Magnursia. He ascended the throne very …
Magnus III Young › Youth on the throne
Magnus III sat on the throne at only eighteen years old after his father Magnus II. abdicated beca…
Magnus III Young › Wars, rebellions and family betrayals
Much of the reign of Magnus III. made up of wars and internal power struggles. The king had to face not only external e…
Magnus III Young › The law of the youngest son of full age
Magnus III therefore decided to make an extremely important change. He established the rule that a…
Magnus III Young › Family, marriage and branching of the family
Magnus III he was also one of the most prolific rulers of the early dynasty. He had four wives and…
Magnus III Young › Long reign and historical significance
Magnus III he ruled for nearly sixty years, longer than any of his predecessors. During that time,…
Richard I. The Rich › Heir to the hunter
Richard took over the throne after the death of Leo I and inherited not only the crown, but…
Richard I. The Rich › Money as a tool of government
Richard understood very well the power of wealth. His most significant economic move was th…
Richard I. The Rich › Richard's plays
His greatest cultural legacy was Richard's plays. These were spectacular festivities held once every five years that include…
Richard I. The Rich › Bela, Hakreleta and the triple scandal
Richard's family life was one of the most explosive in the entire dynasty. He had one son w…
Richard I. The Rich › The legacy of Richard I.
Richard I is often reduced to scandal and wealth, but his meaning is broader. He was able t…
Richard II Sick
Richard II he ruled for a short time and his reign was mainly determined by illness. After …
Richard II Sick › Brother after abdication
Richard II he ascended the throne after the abdication of his brother Magnus V. His assumpt…
Richard II Sick › Stiff joint disease
Shortly after his coronation, Richard began to suffer from a strange illness that attacked his mobility. At first it was …
Richard II Sick › Regency and final year
In the last phase of his reign, Richard was forced to entrust the practical exercise of power to his son, who became regent…
Richard II Sick › The silent fall of an era
Richard II he did not bring great reforms or famous wars. Nevertheless, his reign is signif…
Otto III Weak
Otto III he is one of those rulers for whom history seems almost like a succession of ever-worse…
Otto III Weak › A regent who became a king
…ernment as regent for his ailing father Richard II. Even then, it was evident that he had the energy and desire to intervene in the…
Otto III Weak › The first campaign outside the borders of the kingdom
When the nomads asked Magnursia for help against the orcs, Otto saw a historic opportunity. For the first time in histor…
Otto III Weak › Elves, Southern Accords, and Other Failures
At the same time, Otto responded to the elves' request for help against the desert goblins. Instead of direct military i…
Otto III Weak › Monetary policy and economic collapse
However, Otto may have caused the greatest damage not on the battlefield, but in the economy. He decided to ban the use …
Otto III Weak › Relegation and an unworthy end
Eventually, Otto was forced to abdicate by the dynasty. The kingdom was approaching great internal turmoil, and the mona…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue
Ignatius III he was not famous for great victorious campaigns, but for something perhaps more danger…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › A child of the system his father created
Ignatius III he grew up in an environment where magic had already become a recognized tool of the st…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Magic as a prerogative of the realm
One of his most important steps was to restrict access to magic schools to only the residents of the kingdom. He officia…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Fortresses, Towers, and the Web of Shadows
Ignatius III completed the second defensive line, which Jakob I had already begun to build. The resu…
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › Claims on foreign lands
…naries founded during the reign of Otto III. And to Arostermancy he laid claim to the royal title through dynastic ties going back …
Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › The king who prepared the war but did not see its climax
…l that was missing was a spark. His son Richard III became that spark. Magnursie's sword that turned everything into a true Great W…
Richard IV Friend of the elves
Richard IV he ruled at a time when the empire seemed solid, wealthy and confident. His task…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › The emperor of the growth period
Richard IV succeeded John II. to an empire that grew not only in power, but also in the num…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › An extension of Magnur
The most visible transformation of Richard's reign was the expansion of the capital. Magnur has grown to almost twice its prev…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › Migration and new laws
…rated for work, safety and opportunity. Richard therefore passed several laws aimed directly at this issue. Their aim was to preven…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › The elven princess and the new blood of the dynasty
Richard's marriage to an elven princess was of fundamental importance. It wasn't just a dip…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › Death Friend of the Elves
Richard's end was sudden and at the same time almost grotesque in a sense. He died of alcoh…
Ferdinand III Retreating
Ferdinand III he ascended the throne as the last surviving son of Untred I, taking over the realm at …
Ferdinand III Retreating › The last son of the Long Emperor
Ferdinand was not a man for whom the throne was an unshakable certainty from his youth. Untred I was survived by two old…
Ferdinand III Retreating › Expedition against the Free Kingdom
Ferdinand's first major act was a large-scale campaign against the Free Kingdom. The Imperial troops were indeed success…
Ferdinand III Retreating › The waning east and the orc mercenaries
After the failed expedition, Ferdinand's government shifted more and more from grand politics to extinguishing internal …
Ferdinand III Retreating › Magical universities and a new layer of the empire
Still, it would be a mistake to see Ferdinand's reign as just a series of concessions. It was during his time that the l…
Ferdinand III Retreating › Alanta and court fashion
A significant part of Ferdinand's reign was also his personal life. He had three wives, but the last one, Alanta, the da…
Henry II Passionate › Richard's plays for the whole empire
…y's most successful moves was to spread Richard's plays throughout the empire. It was no longer just a celebration associated with …
Leo III Suspicious
Leo III he took over the throne at a time when it was no longer just about external pressure on…
Leo III Suspicious › A split within the family
After taking the throne, Leo III faced a very difficult start. In the part of the dynasty he strengthened the opinion th…
Leo III Suspicious › Secret passages and a courtyard full of spies
The long tension had fundamentally changed Leo. He became a ruler who began to fear attack from within more than threats…
Leo III Suspicious › A monarch locked in himself
After these events, Leo began to lose faith in his own people more and more. He stopped letting some officials and close…
Leo III Suspicious › Death on the operating table
Towards the end of his life, Leo began to suffer from severe abdominal pain. It turned out to be an inflamed appendix, a…
John III Prolific
John III, the youngest son of Magnus VII, ascended the throne as a continuation of his father's …
John III Prolific › Continuator of fortresses
John III followed his father's policy almost immediately. He understood well that the empire no …
John III Prolific › Southern Disturbances and the Departure of the Elves
The biggest internal problem of John's government was taking place in the south. The elven population there felt increas…
John III Prolific › New Settlement of the South
The mass departure of the elves turned the south into a sparsely populated area, but at the same time full of opportunit…
John III Prolific › Emperor's Wives and Children Act
John III was also registered with a new law that transformed imperial family law. He stipulated …
John III Prolific › A prolific monarch and a legacy of future crisis
Jan got the surname Plodny quite rightly. His court was full of children, competing mothers, small lines and budding amb…
John IV Childless › The privileged son and fragmented inheritance of John III.
…tion. He was the privileged son of John III, chosen from an extraordinarily wide and dangerously branched circle of descendants. Al…
Frederick III He was reveling
Frederick III he inherited his father's growing empire and decided to turn its power into ostentatiou…
Frederick III He was reveling › The backyard transformed into a theater of power
Frederick III he became famous above all for his frequent excesses and the spectacular celebrations h…
Frederick III He was reveling › Wine, spectacle and the Peacemakers
Frederik's celebrations were notorious for their pomp. Hectoliters of wine, beer and mead were drunk, circus performance…
Frederick III He was reveling › The Fall of the Man Who Lived Too Free
Frederick III he could afford his lifestyle precisely because of the new wealth flowing into the impe…
Jakob III Parliamentary
Jakob III he joined as an experienced politician who had already publicly promoted himself during…
Jakob III Parliamentary › A successor who built a name in advance
Jakob III he was not a passive heir waiting in the background. Already during the reign of Konrad…
Jakob III Parliamentary › Conventions of the nobility and the new political culture
The most important innovation of his reign was the annual conventions of the nobility. The first of them took place in 1…
Jakob III Parliamentary › Courts, crops and quiet years
Under Jacob's reign, a hierarchical judiciary was established at the city, provincial, fiefdom, and imperial levels. Res…
Jakob III Parliamentary › Son's illness and sudden death
At the end of his life, Jakob learned that his son and successor Centerik was suffering from leprosy. The disease then s…
Magnus VIII. Hungry
Magnus VIII. he succeeded the glorious reign of Anne I and almost immediately faced the end of the …
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Heir to an ending golden age
Magnus VIII. his accession to the throne was clear long in advance, but fate did not prepare him fo…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Anti-Hunger Supplies
Magnus began moving grain from the granaries and other foodstuffs as needed across the empire. The system was not withou…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Conflict over grain
The Free Kingdom was hit even harder by the drought and began making conquests during the crisis. Magnus was fortunate t…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Slaughterhouse at the Two Hundred and Eighth Tower
However, a new threat was growing in the north. The goblins forgot about the tribute made under Anna and started raiding…
Magnus VIII. Hungry › Cities and stagnation
The rest of Magnus' reign was marked by a slow stagnation of the markets. The empire's economy was at its peak and could…