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…stem's weakness to rapid and fragmented warfare. Nevertheless, it was here that it was decided that the first heir to the empire w…

…they exposed the weakness of the Magnur war system. Banners were exceptionally strong in the field, in long campaigns and in organ…

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

… of the reign of Magnus III. made up of wars and internal power struggles. The king had to face not only external enemies, but als…

In -723, the First War of Kings broke out when the kingdom of Trabazar attacked Magnursia. The conflict laste…

…sulted in an open conflict known as the War of the Slaves, which lasted from -631 to -628. In it, Cinbur used the professional arm…

… attention to the north. More and more dwarves began to arrive in the country and with them new business opportunities. The king u…

…in history, he sent an army outside the borders of the kingdom itself. It was a bold step and significant in terms of prestige. It…

… reforms were soon tested in the Second War of Kings, and it was then that it became clear that the new system could work in a rea…

When Ignatius assumed the crown, the war with Trabazar and Jitron was not yet over. However, it was at this stage that his grea…

…hat turned everything into a true Great War. That is why Ignatius III. one of the most important vestibules of both disaster and a…

…ngdom of Magnursia thus found itself at war on multiple fronts, and the conflict, which at first appeared to be another human war,…

… entered the conflict. This changed the war forever. For the first time Magnursia was opposed not only by human states, but also b…

…del and switched to a guerilla style of warfare. Alfred's army, brilliantly organized for large campaigns and fortress warfare, fa…

…ts, too many enemies, and too long of a war. His reign was not a time of great triumphs, but of hard holding the whole together. H…

…stand the Magnuri way of conducting the war. What was new in previous generations gradually became familiar. And what's worse - th…

… kingdom of regular access to the best dwarven armor and weapons. Laurel tried to get the dwarves to help militarily, but they rem…

Vavrin realistically understood that a war on multiple fronts cannot be won by another headless push forward. Therefore, he took …

The climax of his reign was the Battle of the Luna River. Against Magnursia there was a huge alliance of gnomes, elves, …

…was the last king to carry on the Great War in a fully royal form, before the emergence of the imperial idea. His rule shows what …

At the same time, Magnus faced strong criticism within his own family. Some of his relatives considered him a weak succe…

…ke the last nomadic tribes, reached the borders of the orc regions and further expanded the imperial power in the southeast even a…

…est rulers. He decided to end the Great War. He negotiated peace with exhausted opponents, accepted fair and favorable terms, conf…

…e that could use magic effectively. The war was long, tiring and exhausted not only the army, but also the treasury and administra…

…safe even in Magnur itself. In 523, the war of the brothers officially began, although the first major clashes broke out only a ye…

…with the Magnur dynasty. Thus began the War of the Four Crests, a long and grueling conflict that effectively split the empire in …

Valendor I ascended the throne as the winner of the Second Imperial Election after the bloody fall of the Renders. He to…

Valendor I ascended the throne not as the heir of the old order, but as a man who had risen from a bloody breach. After …

The greatest strength of Valendor's rule was that he did not try to keep everything in the hands of one court. On the co…

Valendor also reshaped the tax system. He did not want all layers to be burdened in the same way regardless of the actua…

Valendor I did not rule in a time of great romantic victories or heroic campaigns. His power was different. Due to his n…

… against the Free Kingdom and started a war in 981. At first the situation was developing favorably and the empire was pushing the…

After the unsuccessful war, William's authority began to weaken rapidly. The nobles ceased to see him as a leader…

The First Power War lasted from 986 to 994 and initially consisted of minor skirmishes, sieges and scatter…

The peace after the first war was only temporary. Many nobles were convinced that Valendor would eventually eliminat…

… came as the winner of the Second Power War, as the leader of the opposition, and as a man about whom it was clear from the beginn…

Edward I succeeded his father Oled I, but his reign was fraught with suspicion from the star…

Edward I inherited the throne from Oled I, but along with the crown he also took on suspicio…

…ze the entire empire and rekindle civil war. Eduard had no real leverage to defend himself. Most of the army sided with his relati…

After Edward's abdication, a wider assembly of the nobility was expected to be convened, but the c…

…miliated. After Oled's usurpation and Edward's deposition, he was exactly the type of monarch the empire needed.

Untred was asked by the dwarves for military assistance against the goblins who had begun to threaten their eastern…

…ch could create an opportune moment for war from the monarch's point of view. However, the future is uncertain. Goblins, kobolds a…

During the wars with the desert goblins, Sylvar stood at the head of the united elven armies. Under h…

When Trabazar appeared in the south, Jirex faced the greatest test of his rule. The new enemy was more organized, faster…

…lay by the known rules. The underground war was different - unpredictable and full of traps.

Quilore made a name for himself as a commander who refused to fight by the old rules. Instead, he looked for new ways to…

Enhih was one of the most prominent warriors of the Elven Empire during its greatest period of dominance. He was neither a rul…

Wor-ag was not the old type of warrior who relied only on courage and direct confrontation. He already belonged to a gene…

…ent to prevent further expansion of the war and to symbolically confirm that there was still the possibility of an agreement betwe…

…Magnur dynasty. This coalition gave the war not only military power but also political content. Xander acted not only as a command…

…irst reports of the Lich came from the dwarves who claimed that the North Gate was no longer safe. Their fright was alarming in it…

Later killed during Henry I's dynastic purges.

Before the rise of the First Elven Empire, the elves lived divided into many clan communities and smaller settlements, s…

…nd gradually developed their own way of warfare. Their expeditions were fast, unpredictable and based on ambushes, poisons and exh…

Repeated attacks gradually forced the elven clans to reconsider their way of existence. It was obvious that the independ…

…arked a definitive turning point in the war.

…e. They systematically strengthened the borders of their empire, created defensive lines and established permanent surveillance ov…

The wars with the desert goblins left a deep mark on both sides. The elves gained their first …

The mining dwarves were scattered throughout Ulvenor at the time, establishing mines and trading posts…

…kirmishes across desert fringes, forest borders, and mountainous regions. The elves held back the orcs in the forests and open ter…

…home. A clash was inevitable. The first wars between centaurs and kobolds were fierce and bloody. Onix also fell in one of these c…

…ack then, but in smaller skirmishes and border skirmishes it was a major advantage. After the Great War, this development accelera…

The decisive moment came around -2150, when the orcs crossed the natural boundaries of their world for the first time on…

…venor was not a unified territory. The dwarven kingdoms existed separately, and there was rivalry between their rulers that often …

Gradually, however, the dwarves hit their limits. The northernmost regions were so frigid that it was impossible to…

At the beginning of the war there was no great conflict, but silence. The silence of the abandoned mines the dwarv…

…s did not attack directly. They waged a war unknown to the dwarves. Avoiding open engagements, they instead attacked from the shad…

…st and most important entrances to the dwarven realm. King Cerbert decided to end the war with one blow. He assembled an elite for…

… Not just raiders, but rulers. And the dwarves understood for the first time that their dominion over the mountains was not eterna…

…would become stronger and stronger. The war thus began as an attempt to stop the commercial-political rise of a rival.

…s Defender. The kingdom did not win the war easily, but it survived the historical test.

During the war, new tactics emerged, improved handling of both cavalry and defensive formations, and …

Cinbur had the first coherent human code written, reducing the fragmentation between the provinces and strengthening the…

Social reforms met with resistance from a section of the nobility and led to open conflict. However, the king persevered…

…uld later be extremely important to the wartime and imperial eras as well. However, at the end of the reign came a succession cris…

… first to send an army outside the very borders of the kingdom in an attempt to help the nomads against the orcs. The move could h…

Ignatius III restricted access to magic schools to the kingdom's residents. In doing so he created the first truly consc…

… defense. This combination of internal awareness and external preparedness created a new type of state power. Magnursie began not …

…nsidered a direct anteroom of the Great War.