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Centaurs
Centaurs are among the most remarkable peoples of the world of Ulvenor. Their bodies com…
Centaurs
Centaurs did not come about by natural evolution. They are the result of an ancient magi…
Centaurs
Half horse and half human, centaurs are a symbol of wild freedom and warrior strength. Their speed and ability to s…
Centaurs, kobolds, and peoples without crowns
Both centaurs and kobolds took a different path in their larger historical development than e…
Onyx
…est. His actions opened the way for the centaurs to a new home, but also to an endless conflict with the kobolds.
Age of the First Empires
…rth. Kobolds developed their cities and centaurs began to migrate to the Great Plains. Orcs, humans, gnomes, orcs and other peop…
Great Centaur Migration › Historical Events and Periods
A major migration of the centaurs.
Ancient History of Oiy
The ancient history of Oia is distinguished from the history of Earth mainly by the extraordinary stability of the devel…
First cultures and kingdoms
After the long events of the biological division of the races, there was a period on Ulvenor in which the main role was …
Free Kingdom
…lation made up of humans, nomads, orcs, centaurs, gnomes, elves, dwarves, kobolds, and other minorities. Although it calls itsel…
Free Kingdom › Yellow Plains
…gical experiments that gave rise to the centaurs, a race combining humanoid intelligence with the strength of horses. The centau…
Great Plains
…nnium before the imperial calendar, the centaurs migrated here from the Yellow Plains, starting one of the longest unbroken conf…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs
…ed as an instrument of elven power, the centaurs, after centuries of development, made the long journey from the Yellow Plains t…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › Birth in chains
The origin of the centaurs is shrouded in mystery, but the oldest sources speak of an elven group that per…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › Yellow plains
On the Yellow Plains, the centaurs found room to grow. Without direct control of the elves and outside the main co…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › Break of winter
…ure food even in the summer months. The centaurs were forced to face the first real crisis of their existence. Hunger and lack o…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › The road to the west
…nation and the first leader to lead the centaurs into new territory.
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › The Great Plains and the First Wars
…lenty of resources suited the nature of centaurs. However, this territory was not empty. The kobolds had lived here for generati…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › A new home
…the pilgrimage continued. More and more centaurs came to the Great Plains and gradually began to dominate here. Around -1500 the…
The Great Wandering of the Centaurs › A legacy of wandering
The Great Wandering created the centaurs as they are today—a nation without a fixed empire, but with a deep sense of fre…
Important Places › The Great Plains - Land of Kobolds and Centaurs
… are contested because both kobolds and centaurs have real histories there. Neither side is merely an invader in its own story. …
Great Plains › The Coming of the Centaurs
…ver, met with kobold resistance. To the centaurs the plains were a new chance, to the kobolds they were a foreign intrusion into…
Great Plains › Southern Forests
…dows, old groves, and places the forest centaurs hold sacred. It was here that part of the centaurs entered into long-term conta…
Philip I. The Thinker › Children and the opening of the world
…west and established relations with the centaurs. Banduin went east and disappeared from history, creating one of the great myst…
John I. Fiery › From defense to counterattack
… they found new allies among the forest centaurs and Lutharion. Jan began to prepare for the next campaign, but fate intervened …
Lawrence I. The last king of war › Defense of the empire instead of further expansion
… in a really significant way. Elves and centaurs followed. Magnursia's advantage was no longer that she was the only one to cont…
Martinec I. Merciful › The final phase of the Great War
…with another big offensive of elves and centaurs. Nevertheless, he managed to acquire more territory. His troops penetrated deep…
Onyx › The birth of a leader
…arrior who was able to survive when the centaurs first faced scarcity and chaos. During the climate crisis, he became one of tho…
Onyx › The Legend of the Hundred
…o a symbol of the indomitability of the centaurs. The local king, impressed by his abilities, granted him free passage further w…
Onyx › Fall and legacy
…atur. His death was a heavy blow to the centaurs. Yet his legacy lives on. He showed that centaurs can leave their past behind a…
Hatur › Duel with Onix
…ter came during the first wars with the centaurs. He faced Onix, the leader of the migrating tribes, in a duel. The duel ended w…
Alfonso
Studied centaurs, killed kobolds.
Goblin adoption of human magic › War, practice, and the rise of kobold mages
…t anyone who threatened their interests—centaurs, humans, and Nordic cities alike. By constantly testing their knowledge in prac…
The Great Migration of Orcs to the West › Crossing the border
…above all, other races - nomads, elves, centaurs and goblins. This contact was often violent. The orcs were not used to sharing …
Philip I. The Thinker
…west and established relations with the centaurs. Banduin went east and disappeared from history, creating one of the great myst…
John I. Fiery
… they found new allies among the forest centaurs and Lutharion. Jan began to prepare for the next campaign, but fate intervened …
Lawrence I. The last king of war
… in a really significant way. Elves and centaurs followed. Magnursia's advantage was no longer that she was the only one to cont…
Martinec I. Merciful
…with another big offensive of elves and centaurs. Nevertheless, he managed to acquire more territory. His troops penetrated deep…
Hatur
…ter came during the first wars with the centaurs. He faced Onix, the leader of the migrating tribes, in a duel. The duel ended w…
Magnursie — Kings of Magic › Road to the Great War
…of its time. Other human states, elves, centaurs, gnomes and other powers have joined. The Kings of Magic thus stand at the birt…
Age of the First Empires › Why is the period called the Age of First EmpiresZ
…c states, kobolds an urban culture, and centaurs a migrating tribal nation. It is the diversity of these early models that gives…
Age of the First Empires › Great plains and long wars
…through a single crown, was shown here. Centaurs came to this world during the Great Migration from the Yellow Plains. They were…
Introduction to the World › Welcome to the World of Howl of Eternity
…elves, dwarves, goblins, kobolds, orcs, centaurs, and other peoples fight for land, memory, faith, and survival. The present ye…
Introduction to the World › A World of Many Peoples
…lliances carved into stone. Kobolds and centaurs share the Great Plains through conflict, trade, and old claims. Goblins, orcs, …
Introduction to the World › A World on the Edge of Change
…rc tribes stir in the east, kobolds and centaurs keep the Great Plains in permanent tension, and smaller states watch the Empire…
Continent of Ulvenor › Lands, Peoples, and Old Roads
…e underground roads of the Stone Crown, centaurs and kobolds to the Great Plains and their surroundings, orcs and nomads to the …
History › Age of the First Empires
…old cities grew stronger, and later the centaurs arrived during the Great Migration, beginning one of the longest unbroken confl…
History › The Current Era
…ins remain unstable because of kobolds, centaurs, and the long war between them. In the east, orc tribes rise and old nomadic re…
Races
…s, dwarves, goblins, kobolds, orcs, and centaurs. Each of these races arose in a different e
Races › Peoples of Ulvenor
…s, dwarves, goblins, kobolds, orcs, and centaurs. Each of these races arose in a different environment, survived in a different …
Races › Old Wrongs, Trade, and Alliances
…ther than blind obedience. Kobolds and centaurs remain bound to the Great Plains by a conflict so old that neither side can eas…
Races › Races, Subraces, and Playable Lines
…y. Dwarves, goblins, kobolds, orcs, and centaurs also have internal divisions, local identities, and inherited stories that outs…
Nations and Realms › Empires, Kingdoms, and Peoples Without Crowns
…s, magical centers, and local councils. Centaurs follow tribal structures, mobility, and the authority of leaders who can keep p…
Nations and Realms › Alliances, Old Wrongs, and Living Borders
…ly understood by outsiders. Kobolds and centaurs can trade one season and fight the next. Borders are living places. They are n…
Nations and Realms › The Balance of 1470
… they are willing to enter. Kobolds and centaurs keep the Great Plains tense. Orcs stir in the east, and the north grows darker …
Important Places › The Free Kingdom - A Human Realm Without an Emperor
…, home to humans, orcs, nomads, gnomes, centaurs, and other minorities. Soumun is its capital, while the southeastern Yellow Pla…
Current Era (1470) › Borders That Are No Longer Certain
…remains unstable because of kobolds and centaurs. Most of their conflicts are internal to the plains, but imperial borderlands s…
Current Era (1470) › The Great Plains in Permanent Tension
…ities, magic, and defended borders. For centaurs they are a new homeland after ancient migration: open space for freedom, moveme…
Current Era (1470) › Smaller States Between Caution and Ambition
…lages mix humans, orcs, nomads, gnomes, centaurs, and other minorities. That diversity gives it strength and weakness at once. I…
Goblin adoption of human magic
…t anyone who threatened their interests—centaurs, humans, and Nordic cities alike. By constantly testing their knowledge in prac…
The Great Migration of Orcs to the West
…above all, other races - nomads, elves, centaurs and goblins. This contact was often violent. The orcs were not used to sharing …
Steppe centaur
Steppe centaurs make up the largest part of the centaur nation. They live in nomadic tribes tha…
Forest centaur
Forest centaurs are slightly smaller and calmer than their steppe relatives. They live mainly i…
Eastern Centaur
Eastern centaurs are not a classic subrace, but rather a special tradition of warriors that orig…
Kobolds
…eting with another ancient nation - the centaurs - for generations. This conflict is so old that few people remember its true be…
Development of forms of government › Other paths of power
…out size and more about precision. The centaurs and kobolds remained loyal to looser forms of organization. Their
Magnur › City of Magic and Imperial Rise
… neighboring kingdoms, the elven realm, centaurs, gnomes, and other powers. The rise of the city and the rise of magic strengthe…
Division of the Empire of Magnursar › Present Importance of the Division
…fortresses, and contact with kobolds or centaurs. The east brings noble betrayals, nomad tribes, orc mercenaries, old shrines, a…
Division of the Empire of Magnursar › Western Hold
…ngs, and frequent clashes with kobolds, centaurs, or smaller groups from the plains shape life across the hold.
Free Kingdom › Many Races in One Land
…om the western end of migration routes, centaurs from the Yellow Plains, gnomes, elves, dwarven travelers, and even a few kobold…
Free Kingdom › The Yellow Grass Burns
…on the Yellow Plains begin to burn. The centaurs insist this is not an ordinary drought, but magic out of an ancient elven place…
Great Elven Empire
…orders fell back, goblins, kobolds, and centaurs came to rule part of the former edges, and the greatest wound came in the Great…
Great Elven Empire › Retreat of Borders and the Decline of Influence
…the rule of goblins, kobolds, and later centaurs. The forests themselves, whose trees can live for millions of years, began to g…
Great Plains › Kobold World Without a Single Empire
…e elven pressure, and later against the centaurs, individual cities and tribes often fought separately. The kobolds could defend…
Great Plains › The Longest Conflict of the World
The conflict of kobolds and centaurs is not a single war in the usual sense. It is a long chain of raids, battles, r…
Great Plains › Northern and Southern Face of the Plains
…lict-ridden. It is here that the steppe centaurs often press into regions traditionally belonging to the kobolds, and it is here…
Great Plains › Border With the Empire
… is here that smaller raids of kobolds, centaurs, and other groups take place, who cross the border for plunder, prestige, or re…
Great Plains › A Forest That Refused the Path
…ern Forests an old trail used by forest centaurs and elves alike has vanished. The shamans insist that the forest itself has clo…
Green Sea › A Civilization Shielded by the Depths
…he kobold tribes of the inland, nor the centaurs, nor the dwarven armies have ever truly threatened the heart of naga civilizati…
Magnursie — Kings of Magic
…of its time. Other human states, elves, centaurs, gnomes and other powers have joined. The Kings of Magic thus stand at the birt…