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…bove all as a monarch whose personality was linked to hunting, the countryside and personal courage. He did not become famous for gre…

…s personal legends of the early dynasty was born. The story of Bela, court tensions and the king's death on the hunt combined persona…

… that as a woman on the imperial throne she would be judged more harshly than most male monarchs. From her very first speech, she spo…

…ut kept it through cold calculation. He was not a ruler whom the people loved for nobility or moral example. His strength was the abi…

…e reign of Yllona I. His very accession was thus marked by compromise and the feeling that the crown did not pass to the new ruler na…

One of his first steps was to revoke the autonomy of the Western Voice that his clan had previously gained. In doing…

After consolidating power, his reign was not as dramatic as previous years at first glance. However, this is precisely where its s…

Conrad I is one of those dynasty figures who seem less flamboyant than the famous reformers or warrior kings, but whose …

…d as he lived. During the last hunt, he was attacked by a bear and died of his injuries a few days later. This ending fit deeply into…

…urn its power into ostentatiousness. He was famous for his grand festivities, opulence, and almost constant court spectacle that help…

…ll over the empire. At first glance, it was an extravagant way of life, behind which there was enough money from new sources of incom…

…carefree excess, but beneath that image was a threat to those who displeased the Emperor. Indeed, the peacekeepers continued to funct…

…sult of his promiscuous life. His death was thus almost symbolic in the eyes of many contemporaries. The emperor, who embodied excess…

…h the Render government grew. His death was part of the Great Slaughter of the Renders, which ended the reign of his house and opened…

…y handed over the rule to him. Although she advised him on the most important issues in the early years, it was not a true co-rule. F…

…exacerbate the crisis. Even more daring was his proposal to change the marriage law, which would allow free people to marry without t…

…ttacks on the Peacemakers' Guild, which was a symbol of render control. The burning of their headquarters showed that the opposition …

…n the 8th of Floranis in 922, Francis I was assassinated by a group of hired assassins. His death was part of a coordinated action by…

… the massacre, the Second Imperial Diet was convened, where representatives of the remaining provinces gathered. Renders did not part…

…ceeded his father Oled I, but his reign was fraught with suspicion from the start that his entire line was based on murder and usurpa…

…he throne. It is uncertain whether this was a true moral awakening or simply that Eduard was unable to continue his father's system o…

…ne must not continue. In their view, it was an impure path to power that could destabilize the entire empire and rekindle civil war. …

…ation, a wider assembly of the nobility was expected to be convened, but the core of the Youlenders feared that such a move could thr…

One of Conrad's first reforms was the restoration of the economic administration of the provinces. After years of weather f…

…pire and began to adapt to a world that was hostile to them.

…nt could not cope on its own. The order was to combine military strength with an image of virtue. They were not just mercenaries, but…

…rything to their master. This principle was supposed to purify the order from common aristocratic greed, but at the same time it quic…

…t aristocrats without the need for bloodshed.

…ire empire into two blocs. The uprising was no longer just a regional rebellion of a few offended clans. Under the leadership of Jan …

The Great War was not over at this time, but its character had changed. Magnursie no longer fought as one o…

Helk is the largest lake and marsh barrier between western Ulvenor and the far eastern orc lands. It is a place of water…

Umbra Profunda was not always a desert. In the most ancient times, even before the end of the age of the fir…

… was once again on the verge of change. She came from the Poldech family and came to power as regent for her underage son Francis. He…

…across the continent of Oia. His reign ushered in the Second Golden Age of the Empire.

Gharmoth was an exiled vampire from the eastern continent who founded the first blood cult on Ulvenor.…

…' inability to stabilize the empire. He was assassinated on 8 Floranis 922 during the Great Slaughter of the Renders, which ended his…

The Order of the White Horse was founded by Conrad II. as a group of virtuous and experienced warriors who were to help pr…

A secret network of assassins, spies, trackers, and silent executors that arose from the desire of the desert goblins to…

A prestigious craft guild focused on production, metalwork, work with gemstones, the enchanting of items, and the passin…

A hard gladiatorial guild founded at the rise of the Richard Games that teaches fighters not only to survive in the aren…

A mysterious fellowship of travelers, merchants, pilgrims, guides, and seekers of forgotten roads, whose origin is unkno…

The Youlender House Era is the longest late period of the Magnursar Empire. It began after the Third Imperial Diet and b…

…ery foundations of intelligent life. It was in this age that Alpha humanoids and later Beta humanoids, the common basis of most natur…

…biological division of the races, there was a period on Ulvenor in which the main role was no longer played by evolution itself, but …

For most of their history, Orcs did not create stable states, but scattered camps and fragile settlements in inhospitabl…

…d the belts of northern and southern marshes that, for millions of years, formed an almost impassable natural border. It was precisel…

…he surrounding northern and southern marshes arose through the gradual spread of the lake and form a difficult belt of wetlands that …

…rn Hroidetur Mountains are among the harshest and least hospitable regions of Ulvenor. For most of ancient history they were consider…

The Nolomb Wastes earned their nickname, the Wastes of the First Goblins, after the end of the Beta huma…

The Sharp Rocks are the largest and most distinctive part of the Hroidetur Mountains. Their cliffs are so steep that eve…

Magnur was founded in -912 by joining two nearby estates, Burgind and Haimare, under Magnus I. Throu…

One of the houses ruling the surrounding marches outwardly acts as a loyal servant of the emperor, but signs of a hidden…

…the northeast and southeast the Helk Marshes, and to the south the dark sea Thal Veyr. Although it is often considered a dead land, i…

…ite, poisons, and drow textiles has vanished on the route between the savannas and Sha'Khalir. The last report spoke of a sandstorm i…

…f Henstir the local climate changed, marshes arose, the old land bridges to the west appeared, and new migration paths drew part of t…

…y in tribes and smaller power units, he was able to create a new order that combined the old tribal authority with inspiration taken …

Magnus was born at a time when there was no unified kingdom and power was divided among the major hu…

…nd founded the kingdom of Magnursia. It was not just a symbolic elevation of his previous domain. With this move, he created an entir…

…a famous warrior. His greatest strength was political balance. He understood well that the young kingdom needed stability, legitimacy…

…he alliance with Werder. His son Magnus was originally supposed to take the throne, but died before his father of pneumonia. This ope…

…ly and without much preparation. Yet he was able to hold the young kingdom together at a time when the greatest danger was not foreig…

Ignatius was not originally groomed as the main successor to the throne. This fact significantly affec…

In the chronicles, Ignatius I was not primarily famous for his laws or conquests, but for his behavior at court. He loved g…

…s I, several smaller wars and border clashes took place, but none of them entered history as a decisive event. This may seem unremark…

…showed again how fragile the succession was in the early generations and how quickly the fate of an entire empire could be changed by…

…hosen heir, and only shortly afterwards was struck by an illness that fundamentally changed his life and the image of monarchical pow…

Magnus II he was not a man that his father Ignatius I would have prepared for kingship for a long time. A …

…kly spread. Later it turned out that he was suffering from leprosy, a very rare and feared disease at the time. This turned his reign…

…II finally decided to do something that was unprecedented in the history of the family until then. In -840 he voluntarily abdicated. …

…who fully demonstrated that the dynasty was not invulnerable. His life is a story of fragile claim, human frailty and quiet retreat i…

…fragile early kingdom to a dynasty that was beginning to see itself as a historical force.

…of character and endurance. The kingdom was still young, and conflicts were brewing within and on its borders. Magnus learned very qu…

…osed him and joined the rebellion. This was a double hit for the monarch - political and personal. Firstborn Magnus openly joined the…

…n extremely important change. He established the rule that after the death of the ruler, the youngest adult son becomes the successor…

Magnus III he was also one of the most prolific rulers of the early dynasty. He had four wives and a total …

…ulent reign of Magnus III. and his task was to prove that the new order of succession could work without another major upheaval. He i…

…succeeded according to the newly established principle of the youngest adult son. His very arrival was thus a confirmation that Magnu…

… speaks volumes about her character. It was a reign of relative calm, stability, and a slow continuation of what previous generations…

The surname Urputny was not acquired by Otto I because of a great war or a heroic deed on the battlefield, but be…

…reign of Magnus III. came a monarch who was able to pacify the dynasty and pass the throne to the next generation without much upheav…