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The First War of the Dwarves and Cave Goblins › Western Stone Gate
The decisive clash came at the West Stone Gate - one of the largest and most important entrances to the dwarven realm. King Cerbert de…
Western Stone Gate › Places of Story Significance
A significant western passage or fortified gate.
Fall of the West Stone Gate
…Tarianok and lost control of the entire western part of their underground kingdom.
Stone Crown › The Fall of the Western Stone Gate
The Western Stone Gate fell during the attack of the cave goblins led by Tarianok, and its loss became…
Fall of the West Stone Gate › The gate as a symbol of power
The West Stone Gate wasn't just the entrance to the Dwarf Realm. She was a symbol of their dominance over t…
Fall of the West Stone Gate › Progress to the depths
King Cerbert decided to end the war with one decisive move. Instead of defending, he went on the attack. His army advanc…
Fall of the West Stone Gate › The Tarianoka Trap
Tarianok did not wage war like dwarves. He wasn't looking for a fair fight. He was looking for victory. He took advantag…
Fall of the West Stone Gate › Death of the King
Cerbert found himself in the very middle of the battle. By the time he realized the extent of the encirclement, it was t…
Fall of the West Stone Gate › The Lost West
…Stone Gate fell to the Orcs. The entire western part of the Stone Crown was lost. For the first time, the goblins gained a stable territor…
Fall of the West Stone Gate › The long shadow of defeat
…and a new direction. For centuries, the Western Stone Gate has remained a symbol of defeat—and a reminder that even stone can crack.
Cinbur I. Merchant › Dwarves and the Stone Crown
…liance with the dwarven kingdoms of the Stone Crown. This agreement gave Magnursia access to precious stones, ores and quality materials, …
Yllona I. Unsuitable › The uprising and autonomy of the Western voice
…ative Ivo a very wide autonomy over the Western Voice. This gave him the right to administer this part of the kingdom practically in his o…
Lich of the North › Journey to the Frozen Stones
…ear -100, he made his way to the Frozen Stones, the northernmost regions of Ulvenor, where the ruins of an old dwarven kingdom lay. This r…
Tarianok › Victory at the West Gate
Tarianok was the architect of the victory over Cerbert. He used secret passages, hidden paths and knowledge of the terra…
Lich from the North Gate › News from the dwarves
… the dwarves who claimed that the North Gate was no longer safe. Their fright was alarming in itself, for dwarves are not a nation that pa…
Lich from the North Gate › Expedition of twenty
Untred V. did not take the threat lightly. He sent ten brave mages and ten of the best knights to volunteer for the expe…
Lich from the North Gate › Secrets of the Modern Empire
…ed by normal means. Lich from the North Gate thus stands on the border of history and legend. Its existence could be the beginning of a ne…
A community of stone and wood › The world after Sylvar
Several thousand years after Sylvar's death, the Elven Empire still remained the dominant force in southern Ulvenor, but…
A community of stone and wood › Return of the Desert Goblins
The desert goblins who survived the defeat at Maplewood spent generations adapting and rebuilding their strength. It was…
A community of stone and wood › The mining dwarves enter the war
…sts. Their presence in the southern and western regions meant that they were among the first to feel the increasing pressure of goblin rai…
A community of stone and wood › A community of stone and wood
The alliance between elves and mine gnomes was unusual. Both races had a different way of life, culture and outlook on t…
A community of stone and wood › War of two worlds
The conflict that followed was not a single decisive battle, but a series of skirmishes across desert fringes, forest bo…
A community of stone and wood › Legacy of the Alliance
The war ended by gradually weakening the desert goblins and pushing them back into inhospitable areas. It wasn't total d…
The formation of the Stone Crown › Wars under the mountains
Long before the formation of the Stone Crown, the north of Ulvenor was not a unified territory. The dwarven kingdoms existed separa…
The formation of the Stone Crown › Agreement of the Three Kings
…ingdoms. The symbol of this power - the Stone Crown - became not only a sign of government, but also a commitment to maintain balance.
The formation of the Stone Crown › An order that has lasted through the ages
The Stone Crown was not just a political tool. It became the basis of dwarven identity. Each king knew…
Expanding the Stone Crown
After unification, the dwarves began to systematically expand their underground empires until they controlled almost the…
Expanding the Stone Crown › Hunger for the deep
…generations could not even imagine. The stone crown has grown to nearly five times its original size over the millennia. The north of Ulve…
Expanding the Stone Crown › Borders of the world
Gradually, however, the dwarves hit their limits. The northernmost regions were so frigid that it was impossible to surv…
Expanding the Stone Crown › The first shadows
However, with the passage of time, the first problems began to appear. Some mines were exhausted, others abandoned due t…
The reign of Yllona I and the crisis of the first queen › Autonomy of Western voices
In order to gain military support, Yllona had to grant the Voice of the West extremely wide autonomy. In doing so, it te…
Loss of Northwestern Provinces
The loss of the northwestern provinces was one of the biggest geopolitical shocks of Frederik II's reign. Supported by …
Loss of Northwestern Provinces › Northwest as a weak point of the empire
The northwest was one of those parts of the empire that remained more vulnerable than others. The defense system here wa…
Loss of Northwestern Provinces › Three quests and one humiliating awakening
Frederik II he responded with repeated sweeps. The first expedition failed to stop the enemy, the second was exhausted w…
Loss of Northwestern Provinces › A border that never came back
…accept a truce and accept that the northwestern provinces would be lost. A new centralized state did not emerge here, as the kobold way of…
The opening of the Empire's mining era › Stone crown and new mines
Erik's deal with the Stone Crown was a deliberate move. The dwarves had the experience, technical skills, and tradition…
The Lich's Menace at the North Gate › Frightened dwarves
…s to the Imperial Court about the North Gate. They claimed that the area was no longer safe and that a being capable of guiding the dead w…
The Lich's Menace at the North Gate › Twenty chosen ones
Untred V. decided to listen to the dwarves' request. He sent ten brave mages and ten of the best knights who volunteered…
The Lich's Menace at the North Gate › Silence after the expedition
However, around twenty, the ground collapsed. No knight returned, no mage and no reliable report. The silence that follo…
Magnursie — House of Ariers › William II and the unification of time and stone
William II The Unifier is one of the most prominent of the Aier Monarchs. His reign is associated with architecture, the…
Age of the First Empires › Dwarves and the Stone Crown
…erful families and the formation of the Stone Crown around the year -12000. This system of rotational sovereignty has become one of Ulveno…
Western Continent › World and Geography
A distant continent west of Ulvenor.
Philosopher's Stone › Magic and Old Knowledge
A legendary alchemical artifact of the Fellowship of the Silver Hand.
Gemstone › Craft, Alchemy, and Progress
A precious stone used for beauty, trade, and magic.
Important Places › The Stone Crown - Realm Beneath the Mountains
…ger than many human dynasties last. The Western Gate faces the world of cave goblins, while the Northern Gate watches cold lands where rum…
Important Places › The Unknown Western Continent - Origin of Elemental Magic
…e beyond the Green Sea lies the unknown western continent from which the Sorcer brought the knowledge that changed Ulvenor. No one from Ul…
Development of forms of government › Dwarves and the stability of stone
While the elves sought order in harmony, the dwarves found it in the fortress. Their world was not open, but closed in t…
Stone Crown › The Stone Crown
The Stone Crown is one of the oldest and firmest power blocks of northern Ulvenor. To strangers it may…
Stone Crown › Birth of the Crown after the Last Dwarven Quarrel
The birth of the present system of the Stone Crown is tied to one of the greatest and most destructive wars of dwarven history, known as …
Stone Crown › Three Houses and the Rotating Rule
… claim eternal rule over the whole. The Stone Crown thus functions in a peculiar way that combines an aristocracy of houses, trade rivalry…
Stone Crown › The Anvil of Ulvenor
Economically, the Stone Crown is one of the most important pillars of all Ulvenor. Its mines provide ores, gemstones…
Stone Crown › Alliance with the Empire
Very important are the relations of the Stone Crown with the Empire of Magnursar. The dwarves and humans are not allies out of romantic fr…
Stone Crown › The Stone Gates
Even so, the Stone Crown is not invulnerable. In the past four great stone gates were built that were meant to …
Stone Crown › The Northern Gate and the Threat of the Lich
…greatest fears turn toward the Northern Stone Gate. It was raised as the last of the four gates and separates the safer parts of the Stone…
Stone Crown › A Crisis That Could Change the North
…olic catastrophe. After the fall of the Western Gate, a second lost gate would show that the old defensive system is no longer enough for …
Stone Crown › Dwarven Resilience
…ines, lost halls, and goblin raids. The Stone Crown may have lost some territories, but its core still holds. Its cities go on working, th…
Stone Crown › A New Metal and the Future of the Crown
…ered a deep wound after the loss of the Western Gate. Just as well, it may bring new rivalry between the houses, because in the dwarven wo…
Stone Crown › A Metal That Should Not Exist
In a deep mine a new mysterious metal is found. One house wants to conceal the find, another wishes to hand it to the fo…
Unknown Western Continent › Land Beyond the Green Sea
The Unknown Western Continent lies beyond the Green Sea, past currents, fog, and sea routes that most inhabita…
Unknown Western Continent › The Sorcer's Voyage
…tant known link between Ulvenor and the western continent is the Sorcer. In the 6th century before the imperial calendar, he is said to ha…
Unknown Western Continent › Magic That Changed Ulvenor
…nt of state power. For that reason, the western continent is indirectly tied to the birth of the Empire of Magnursar. Without elemental ma…
Unknown Western Continent › Ice Bridges After Henstir
…e distance. If this theory is true, the western continent was not entirely alien to ancient humanoids. Very old Beta humanoid populations,…
Unknown Western Continent › Traces of Sylvar
…ne of the boldest theories connects the western continent with Sylvar, the first queen of the Great Elven Empire. Sylvar was so extraordin…
Unknown Western Continent › A Continent Without Monsters
…igrations have come to Ulvenor from the western continent. This contrasts sharply with Albarit, from which ancient stories link dragons, v…
Unknown Western Continent › Silence and Forbidden Maps
…they saw. Over time, the search for the western route became less a matter of navigation and more a dangerous obsession among magical circ…
Unknown Western Continent › A Place for Future Stories
In current lore, the Unknown Western Continent should remain primarily a mystery. There is no need to know exactly what its emp…
Unknown Western Continent › The Sorcer's Last Map
A forgotten archive contains a map fragment supposedly owned by the Sorcer. It shows no coastline, only currents, stars,…
Heartlands of Magnur › Western March
The Western March is a region of old power tensions, frequent changes of rule, trade roads, vineyards,…
Great Plains › Old Land Bridges and the Western Continent
… to cross from Ulvenor onto the unknown western continent. According to later estimates, it may have been as much as a tenth of all humano…
Great Plains › Western Coast and the Voyage of Sorcer
The Great Plains border the western coast of Ulvenor, which in human history became exceptionally important under the rule of …
Green Sea › Undiscovered Western Continent
…parently still not fully discovered the western continent from which Sorcer returned with magic. Some scholars insist that they may have d…
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 are a land of…
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 ancient perio…
Frozen Stones › Birth of the Underground Kingdom
…full cities. On the surface, the Frozen Stones were almost uninhabitable, but inside the mountains a surprisingly modern underground civil…
Frozen Stones › Diamonds and Labradorite
The Kingdom of the Frozen Stones belonged among the dwarven elite. Its wealth did not arise from comfortable life, but from …
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 to turn into a…
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 labradorite were grad…
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 old kings, b…
Frozen Stones › Fall of Hvorzo and the Buried Cities
…hern kingdom came to an end. The Frozen Stones today are full of buried cities. Six great dwarven settlements, including the capital, disa…
Frozen Stones › Northern Gate and the Void of the North
… settlements on the very borders of the Stone Crown. In 360 after the imperial calendar, the Northern Gate was built as the last of the fo…