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Sylvar

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Sylvar was the first ruler who was able to unite the fragmented elven nations and create the First Elven Empire. Her rul…

Zareth-Ka

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Zareth-Ka was a kobold archmage and second grandmaster of the Javoric School. He followed up on Nuriak's work and took k…

Nuriak

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Nuriak was the first known kobold archmage and the founder of the kobold magical tradition. As one of the few, he was ab…

The rise of the First Elven Empire and the war with the desert goblins

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The rise of the desert goblins forced the fragmented elven nations to join forces for the first time in history. Under t…

Goblin adoption of human magic

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The goblins' adoption of human magic represents one of the most fundamental turning points in the history of Ulvenor. A …

Clash of the Magic Schools — Javorica vs. Magnursia

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Against the backdrop of Ulvenor's history, a silent but crucial clash of two magical traditions took place — the human s…

Elven victory at the Maple Grove

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…nd the Desert Goblins. At the Battle of Maplewood, Sylvar and her elite rangers destroyed the main force of the goblin tribes and …

The Age of Reshaping the World

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The Age of World Reshaping is an epoch in which the old order of the First Empires began to give way to faster, more dyn…

Sylvar › War and the Maple Tree

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…he battle known as the Elven Victory at Maplewood. Here, Sylvar led elite units of elven rangers who were able to catch the goblin…

The rise of the First Elven Empire and the war with the desert goblins › Elven victory at the Maple Grove

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…t took place in the area later known as Maple Grove, the goblins were surprised, surrounded and systematically destroyed. The rang…

Elven victory at the Maple Grove › The last big raid

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In 23,892 BC, the desert goblin tribes launched another large-scale attack on elven territories. For generations their r…

Elven victory at the Maple Grove › Sylvar and the Elven Rangers

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Sylvar led the united elven forces personally, relying on her elite units - the elven rangers. These cloaked archers wer…

Elven victory at the Maple Grove › Destruction of the goblin tribes

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…eep into the deserts. The Battle of the Maple Grove thus became one of the worst moments in the history of the desert goblins.

Elven victory at the Maple Grove › Consequences of victory

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…at. At the same time, the Battle of the Maple Grove confirmed the strength of the united elven empire. It showed that their new po…

Great Elven Empire › Colwurken, City of Trees and Crown

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…f its buildings was joined to the local trees, roots, branches, and living wood, so that the city felt rather like a natural conti…

Great Elven Empire › Victory at Maplewood

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…ith the goblin raiders at the Battle of Maplewood. There the elven rangers made such perfect use of the knowledge of the forest, o…

Great Elven Empire

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…e, the elves won the decisive battle at Maplewood, and they laid the foundation of a civilization that for tens of thousands of ye…

Great Elven Empire › Maplewood

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Maplewood is one of the most important historical places of the Great Elven Empire. It was…

Great Elven Empire › Sickness of an Old Tree

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One of the trees in the Ancient Southern Forests, said by the elves to remember the time of Sylvar, h…

John II Builder › Palace, cities and the new heart of the empire

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… the imperial order. Repairs to walls, street layouts, marketplaces and administrative buildings were not just a practical investm…

Richard IV Friend of the elves › An extension of Magnur

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…under him. It wasn't just about adding streets and houses. It was a deliberate redesign of the urban space so that the center of t…

Untred I. Half-elf › Family Archive and Imperial Memory

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…ive. He wanted to map the entire family tree and bring order, memory and authority to the history of his dynasty. This archive was…

William II Unifier › Heir to quiet growth

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…sn't just about aesthetics. Buildings, streetscapes and urban improvements created the impression of a world that is once again se…

A community of stone and wood › Return of the Desert Goblins

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…sert goblins who survived the defeat at Maplewood spent generations adapting and rebuilding their strength. It was not a unified e…

John II Builder

ruler

… the imperial order. Repairs to walls, street layouts, marketplaces and administrative buildings were not just a practical investm…

Richard IV Friend of the elves

ruler

…under him. It wasn't just about adding streets and houses. It was a deliberate redesign of the urban space so that the center of t…

Untred I. Half-elf

ruler

…ive. He wanted to map the entire family tree and bring order, memory and authority to the history of his dynasty. This archive was…

William II Unifier

ruler

…sn't just about aesthetics. Buildings, streetscapes and urban improvements created the impression of a world that is once again se…

Age of the First Empires › Elves and the First Crown

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…the individual families. Her victory at Maplewood broke the pressure of the chief goblin and confirmed that the new realm was not …

History › Age of the First Empires

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…goblin tribes in the decisive Battle of Maplewood. This created not only the first great empire of Ulvenor, but also the idea that…

Important Places › Magnur - Heart of the Empire

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…ilitary offices, markets, schools, and streets where decisions made far away become taxes, orders, and judgments. The imperial pal…

A community of stone and wood

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…sert goblins who survived the defeat at Maplewood spent generations adapting and rebuilding their strength. It was not a unified e…

A forest elf

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…are hidden between the branches of huge trees or carved into the roots of ancient forest giants. During the Great War, the Wood El…

Floranis

story

…th of full spring and rapid growth. The trees are leafing out, the meadows are filled with flowers and the landscape takes on a sh…

Umbracar

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… mists, cold mornings and fading light. Trees lose their leaves, the ground hardens and the world prepares for the return of winte…

Gnome Kingdom › A City That Shrank, but Did Not Break

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…red, and remarkably advanced city. The streets of the gnomish city-state are full of toothed mechanisms, lifting platforms, channe…

Magnur › Imperial Metropolis

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…guilds, faiths, and interests met. Its streets are therefore not only spaces of everyday life, but a small image of the whole empi…

Heartlands of Magnur › Wood That Does Not Die

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In the forests of the Eastern March trees have appeared that grow back together after being felled and whose wood cannot be bu…

Umbra Profunda › Present Face of Umbra Profunda

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…hrubs survive, succulent plants, thorny trees, and small pastures for animals adapted to drought. The savannas form an important t…

Umbra Profunda › Drow Cities of the Desert

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…xile. Pillars, terraces, narrow shaded streets, star observatories, temples of the night, deep water halls, and stairways cut into…

Umbra Profunda › Shadows in Vael'Zakar

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In the night streets of Vael'Zakar members of minority communities are disappearing. The drow houses ins…

Great Elven Empire › Sylvar and the Unification of the Elves

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…d not even imitate. She could heal sick trees, strengthen the life-force of the beings around her, understand animals and elves al…

Great Elven Empire › Strength and Shadow of the First Queen

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…y even by elven measure. She could heal trees, sense the pain of the land, and understand beings whom others considered mute. This…

Great Elven Empire › Landscape of the Elven Empire

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…to see. Birds nest in the crowns of the trees, deer and other hoofed creatures move across the meadows, and in quiet valleys grow …

Great Elven Empire › Life in the Empire

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… year. Villages often gather around old trees, springs, or sacred groves. The cities are grand, full of tall wooden buildings, flo…

Great Elven Empire › Retreat of Borders and the Decline of Influence

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…centaurs. The forests themselves, whose trees can live for millions of years, began to grow smaller under the pressure of sand, of…

Great Elven Empire › Ancient Southern Forests

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…hich every path, meadow, river, and old tree is part of a wider balance. The forests and elven culture form a single whole. The el…

Great Plains › Southern Forests

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…o the south. They are full of deciduous trees, clear brooks, forest meadows, old groves, and places the forest centaurs hold sacre…

Brotherhood of the Blood Moon

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…Listener carries messages, watches the streets, learns to keep silent, and often does not even know the true name of the person wh…

Guild of Hard Fists

guild

…valry of gladiators does not grow into street violence. Ordinary people are the most important audience for the guild. The crowd c…

Order of the Ancients

guild

…cients has no ordinary branches in the streets of cities. Its places are hidden in old towers, underground archives, abandoned for…

Brotherhood of Warriors

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…ies, young nobles thirsting for glory, street brawlers, marksmen, hunters, mages specialized in combat, but also people for whom o…

Age of the First Empires

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…the individual families. Her victory at Maplewood broke the pressure of the chief goblin and confirmed that the new realm was not …

City Guard › Empire and Politics

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…tes, the markets, the prisons, and the streets. It is the first line of defense against crime, unrest, and adventurers who claim t…

Law of Three Generations › Dynasties and Bloodlines

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…ations. Such laws arise when the family tree is too long and too many people begin to claim that the throne really belongs to them…

History

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…goblin tribes in the decisive Battle of Maplewood. This created not only the first great empire of Ulvenor, but also the idea that…

Important Places

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…ilitary offices, markets, schools, and streets where decisions made far away become taxes, orders, and judgments. The imperial pal…

Elves

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…are hidden between the branches of huge trees or carved into the roots of ancient forest giants. During the Great War, the Wood El…

Calendar of Ulvenor

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…th of full spring and rapid growth. The trees are leafing out, the meadows are filled with flowers and the landscape takes on a sh…

Gnome Kingdom

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…red, and remarkably advanced city. The streets of the gnomish city-state are full of toothed mechanisms, lifting platforms, channe…

Magnur

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…guilds, faiths, and interests met. Its streets are therefore not only spaces of everyday life, but a small image of the whole empi…

Heartlands of Magnur

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…Die In the forests of the Eastern March trees have appeared that grow back together after being felled and whose wood cannot be bu…

Free Kingdom

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…ic administration, worse upkeep of the streets, uneven protection, and dependence on private money. Where the wealthy finance thei…

Free Kingdom › Soumun

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…ic administration, worse upkeep of the streets, uneven protection, and dependence on private money. Where the wealthy finance thei…

Free Kingdom › Yellow Plains

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…her scattered groves, clusters of hardy trees, brush, and sparse growth along the watercourses. To a traveler on foot the Yellow P…

Umbra Profunda

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…hrubs survive, succulent plants, thorny trees, and small pastures for animals adapted to drought. The savannas form an important t…

Great Plains

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…y forget this part of history, but the streets of the city remember everything. What Freedom Means in Hirch The freedom of Hirch d…

Great Plains › Free City of Hirch

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…y forget this part of history, but the streets of the city remember everything. What Freedom Means in Hirch The freedom of Hirch d…

Green Sea

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…ow water, where light reaches into the streets, others lie deeper, lit by bioluminescent plants, pearls, crystals, and peculiar wa…

Green Sea › Naga Kobold Settlements

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…ow water, where light reaches into the streets, others lie deeper, lit by bioluminescent plants, pearls, crystals, and peculiar wa…

Character Profile

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…omeone raised among scholars or on the streets. A well-made backstory also gives the Game Master space to weave your character in…

How to Run the First Session and the First Campaign in Howl of Eternity

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…ctions, not through an endless list of streets. How to write NPCs with motivations, fears, and resources. How to run an investigat…

How to Run the First Session and the First Campaign in Howl of Eternity › Shadows over Woulden

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…ctions, not through an endless list of streets. How to write NPCs with motivations, fears, and resources. How to run an investigat…

How to Run the First Session and the First Campaign in Howl of Eternity › Flight to Hvozdenice

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…gainst something that moves between the trees. Elder Dobromila takes the wanderers in, but tells them plainly that whoever wants t…

How to Run the First Session and the First Campaign in Howl of Eternity › On the Trail of the Stranger

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…e. They do not need to know every side-street name at once. Every location has one main conflict Vanishing bread, bandits at the b…