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Magnus VIII. Hungry › Cities and stagnation
…us often visited the other lords' large cities and tried to help them keep their growth curve above the dangerous limit. He be…
Great Plains › Cities of Artifacts, Rites, and a Different Society
Kobold cities are different from human, elven, and dwarven centers. They often grow up around…
Administrative reform of Untred IV.
…. it regulated the relationship between cities, provinces, states and the empire. It established clear rules for the flow of t…
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 …
John II Builder › Palace, cities and the new heart of the empire
…-evident. He devoted the same energy to cities, especially those that had been affected by war or rapid growth in previous dec…
John II Builder › The laws of great cities and the symbolism of the coat of arms
…ed. also to the administration of large cities. He issued new laws that directly dealt with their management, the responsibili…
Untred IV. Correct › Reform of cities, provinces and states
…. He regulated the relationship between cities, provinces, states and the empire. He gave the cities more freedom, but at the …
Endoret › The Unification of the Three Cities
Endoret united the rebellions in the cities of Coulim, Tarakulina, and Fire Rock. In doing so, he created a threat that the…
Laws of the Great Cities › Laws, Reforms, and Institutions
City laws governing life in the great centers.
Nations and Realms › Trade Routes, Cities, and the Edges of Civilization
…onnection and an invitation to danger. Cities sit at the center of this movement. Magnur, Soumun, gnome workshops, kobold cit…
First cultures and kingdoms › The first cities and the first order
…e complexity of society, the first real cities appear. These were no longer just larger settlements, but permanent centers of …
Naga and underwater cities
…and coastal waters they built their own cities and turned their gaze further, to unknown currents and distant continents.
Umbra Profunda › Drow Cities of the Desert
…ic seats of Umbra Profunda are the drow cities. They do not stand against the desert; they rise out of it. They are carved int…
Great Plains › Hirch, Javorica, and the Variety of Kobold Cities
…the striking difference of their kobold cities. Hirch lies beneath the great crags of Kuilor and acts as a harder, more commer…
Green Sea › Coral Reefs and Underwater Cities
… here that the naga kobolds built their cities. To land races they seem almost impossible: seats among the corals, carved into…
Frozen Stones › Fall of Hvorzo and the Buried Cities
… Frozen Stones today are full of buried cities. Six great dwarven settlements, including the capital, disappeared beneath ston…
Frozen Stones › Buried Cities of the Frozen Stones
The buried cities are the greatest secret of the Frozen Stones. Thousands of dwarves from many pe…
John II Builder
John II he came to the throne at a time when the empire finally stopped living in the shadow of a long war and could foc…
Henry II Passionate
Henry II he ruled formally from 344, but he took over the actual exercise of power several years before the coronation, …
Lost Place › Roads, Maps, and Trade
A place forgotten, hidden, or erased from the ordinary maps.
Elves and the First Kingdom of Ulvenor
The Elves were the first race to go beyond a purely tribal society to form a true kingdom with a dynasty, territorial ad…
Dwarves and the Stone Crown
Dwarven civilization did not grow on the surface, but deep inside the mountains. From huge underground halls and city co…
Stone Crown
…ies a vast world of halls, mines, forge cities, trade routes, old tombs, and fortresses. After the bloody Last Dwarven Quarrel…
Umbra Profunda
…leys, lonely oases, savannas, and stone cities that stretch south of the Great Elven Empire. To the north and northwest it bor…
Umbra Profunda › Drow Story of Umbra Profunda
…r, their culture grew harder, and their cities became a monumental fusion of elven elegance, sandstone, black stone, shadow, a…
Green Sea
…hey can live in underwater seats. Their cities are hidden among coral reefs, sea caves, and deep currents. Many humans, elves,…
Green Sea › Naga Kobold Settlements
…rwater seats, lagoons, sea caves, coral cities, and hidden fortresses that stretch along the western coast of Ulvenor. The nag…
Frozen Stones
…dwarves safety and room for underground cities. In -18500 the Kingdom of the Frozen Stones arose here, one of the nine great d…
Philip I. The Thinker › The single currency and the birth of banks
…ted a common economic framework for all cities and provinces. This move strengthened confidence in trade, made prices more tra…
John II Builder › Heir of peace, not ruins
…nto the everyday life of the provinces, cities and roads. It was here that John showed himself to be a monarch extremely suita…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › The emperor of the growth period
…umber of inhabitants, the importance of cities and the movement of people across the provinces. While previous generations wer…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › Migration and new laws
As cities developed, so did internal migration. People and people of other races migrated…
Richard IV Friend of the elves › Death Friend of the Elves
…ackled the complex issues of migration, cities and dynastic symbolism fell because of too worldly excess. Yet his legacy remai…
Ferdinand III Retreating › The waning east and the orc mercenaries
…ger fully manage the situation. Several cities in the east were lost, and the Imperial Court seemed increasingly like a late-r…
Henry II Passionate › Richard's plays for the whole empire
…tion associated with the most important cities or the imperial court. Henry wanted the games to become a true imperial holiday…
Henry II Passionate › Sewage, grain and surplus
…lives of his subjects. In several large cities, the foundations of the sewage system were created, which significantly improve…
John III Prolific › New Settlement of the South
…lation while also relieving overcrowded cities in other parts of the empire. This process required additional investment. Citi…
John IV Childless › A war of brothers
…ith Albert. He won four castles and two cities, but at the same time he immediately stripped every defeated relative of their …
Frederik II Tough › The emperor who turned fear into a system
…e Emperor, infiltrated the nobility and cities, tracked down suspicious connections, and created a web of fear that stretched …
Valendor I Steward › An empire handed over to the lower levels of power
…the provinces with their governors, the cities with their mayors, and the villages with their elders. Governors were given gre…
William II Unifier › Calendar, sewers, and enchanted armor
…panded the sewage system to other large cities. At the same time, he supported the spread of enchantment as a new and increasi…
William II Unifier › A war he couldn't win
…ion was initially successful, capturing cities and castles, but then came the fateful decision to besiege the capital in winte…
Valendor II Besieged › The first power war and victory without reconciliation
…ness and gradually occupied castles and cities until the non-rebels formed a more coherent army against him. The decisive mome…
John V. Usurper of the throne › Restoring the land amid ruins and storms
…o with new entities such as some goblin cities. He directed all available funds into the repair of the empire. He had all thre…
John V. Usurper of the throne › Schools, post office and the new face of everyday life
…ular schools for children. First in the cities, later also in the villages, children learned basic skills such as reading, wri…
Magnus VIII. Hungry
…nt markets and efforts to support large cities.
Theodore III Tough › Endoret and the Battle of Malga
…rd Endoret united the rebellions in the cities of Coulim, Tarakulina, and Fire Rock, took control of some of the border towers…
Lich of the North
…nor. His research led him to the buried cities of Frozen Stone, where generations of dwarves lay dead. There he created the fi…
Lich of the North › Journey to the Frozen Stones
…ven then. The mines were exhausted, the cities buried, and most of the dwarves had long ago retreated back to the safer region…
Lich of the North › A threat to Ulvenor
…ages to take full control of the buried cities and awaken enough of the dead, he can become an isolated threat into a force ca…
Pender the Strong › A ruler without a system
…extension of his will. He could conquer cities, unite tribes, and lead great campaigns, but he could not create a system that …
Enhih › Protector of the elves
…elf. He settled in one of the conquered cities and ruled here under the protection of the elven empire. He lived the rest of h…
Hatur
…ed Hirch into one of the most important cities of Ulvenor.
Endoret
…he steppe. He subdued rebellions in the cities of Coulim, Tarakulina, and Fire Rock, captured some of the border towers, and c…
The Rise and Fall of the First Goblin King › Birth of Durbuluk
…Constant failed raids on goblin and elf cities showed that the fragmentation of the orcs was their greatest weakness. Pender u…
The Rise and Fall of the First Goblin King › A campaign against the elves
… campaign, he conquered several western cities and gradually penetrated to the borders of elven territories. Here, however, th…
The Rise and Fall of the First Goblin King › The collapse of the empire
…pire fell apart almost immediately. The cities were liberated either by Elven armies or by rebellions of the local population.…
The Rise and Fall of the First Goblin King › Link Enhia
…ler. He settled in one of the conquered cities and ruled under the auspices of the elven empire. He lived the rest of his life…
Goblin adoption of human magic › War, practice, and the rise of kobold mages
… interests—centaurs, humans, and Nordic cities alike. By constantly testing their knowledge in practice, they improved it fast…
The transformation of Richard's plays into Imperial plays › From dynastic celebration to imperial ritual
…on. The inhabitants of the more distant cities were suddenly not just passive recipients of reports of imperial greatness, but…
The establishment of the first magical universities › Dear way up
…ses even build their own careers in big cities. This created a new educated class, which was not only defined by noble origin,…
A war of brothers › From arrest to open warFrom arrest to open war
…was first forced to conquer castles and cities controlled by disobedient members of his own family. At the same time, the conf…
Magnur processes › The wealth of the victor and the power of the future threat
…. John IV he acquired estates, castles, cities and titles to the extent that made him perhaps the richest monarch of his time.…
Purges of enemies of the emperor › The birth of a shadow called the Peacemakers
…n institution that would reach into the cities, into the aristocracy, into the army, and into the court, and which would be ab…
The emergence of a hierarchical judiciary › Courts in a Growing Empire
With the development of cities, provinces and trade relations, the older court system became confusing. Differ…
The emergence of a hierarchical judiciary › Law as an instrument of unity
…lied on a complex network of provinces, cities, and noble families. The hierarchical judiciary became one of the foundations o…
Administrative reform of Untred IV. › City, province, country, empire
…te and empire became the basis. He gave cities more freedom, but at the same time established precise tax obligations towards …
Administrative reform of Untred IV. › Tax flows and responsibilities
Non-provincial cities paid twenty percent of taxes to the provincial ruler. Provincial governors paid…
Battle of the Hultwin River › A clash of two worlds
…the kobolds and the conquest of several cities, the orcs faced the true powers of Ulvenor for the first time. The elves were a…
Siege of the Eagle's Nest
… destructive magic was changing the way cities were conquered. Richard III here he showed that walls that had previously withs…
Northern campaign of Leo II. against the gnomes › Dividing the opponent
…ile, Leo was advancing north, capturing cities and bringing an energy to the war that the coalition hadn't expected. It is thi…
Battle of Yellow Fields › A war that for a long time did not want to decide itself
…this and gradually occupied castles and cities, thereby weakening his opponents not only militarily, but also psychologically.…
Battle of Malga
…t. Endoret united the rebellions in the cities of Coulim, Tarakulina and Fire Rock and built a fortified camp at Lake Malga. A…
Battle of Malga › Rebellion of the East
…le to unite the three rebellions in the cities of Coulim, Tarakulina and Fire Rock. He also took control of some border towers…
Philip I. The Thinker
…ted a common economic framework for all cities and provinces. This move strengthened confidence in trade, made prices more tra…
Richard IV Friend of the elves
…umber of inhabitants, the importance of cities and the movement of people across the provinces. While previous generations wer…
Ferdinand III Retreating
…ger fully manage the situation. Several cities in the east were lost, and the Imperial Court seemed increasingly like a late-r…
John III Prolific
…lation while also relieving overcrowded cities in other parts of the empire. This process required additional investment. Citi…
John IV Childless
…ith Albert. He won four castles and two cities, but at the same time he immediately stripped every defeated relative of their …
Frederik II Tough
…e Emperor, infiltrated the nobility and cities, tracked down suspicious connections, and created a web of fear that stretched …