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The rise of the Old Norse Empire

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…f the first attempts to create a stable multiracial state in the north of Ulvenor. By uniting human tribes, dwarves and other nations under…

Magnus I. Founder › Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia

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…s declared himself king and founded the kingdom of Magnursia. It was not just a symbolic elevation of his previous domain. With this move, …

Otto III Weak › The first campaign outside the borders of the kingdom

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…sent an army outside the borders of the kingdom itself. It was a bold step and significant in terms of prestige. It showed that Magnursie n…

Richard III Sword of Magnursia › The Troubles and Fall of Ancient Human Kingdoms

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…in a battle known as the End of the Old Kingdoms. In doing so, he declared himself king of Trabazar and showed that Magnursie was no longer…

Leo II The conqueror › Borundar, Jack of Veremor and the fall of the last human kingdom

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…vered. Borundar was the last free human kingdom, and its fall had enormous symbolic significance. One of the most famous magical feats of t…

Ferdinand III Retreating › Expedition against the Free Kingdom

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…a large-scale campaign against the Free Kingdom. The Imperial troops were indeed successful in several engagements, and for a time it seeme…

Magnus VII. Builder › Expedition to the Free Kingdom

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…nus sent an expedition against the Free Kingdom. He counted on the fact that it was a rich and, compared to other neighbors, less protected…

John II from the Free Kingdom › King of the drought-stricken land

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John II ruled the Free Kingdom at a time when the Three Year Drought hit the entire region hard. His country was suffering…

John II from the Free Kingdom › Conflict over grain

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John II he took advantage of the time when the empire also had to deal with the effects of the drought and began militar…

John II from the Free Kingdom › Centennial Pact

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… which was disadvantageous for the Free Kingdom. John II he had to accept a century-old non-aggression pact and commit to tribute for war-a…

The rise of the Old Norse Empire › Kingdom Defense and Expansion

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Rulik I, later called the Creator, was not only able to stop the goblin raids, but also counterattacked. His troops grad…

Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia › The founder of the kingdom

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…n in history as the real founder of the kingdom. In his case, the crown did not mean only a higher title, but the emergence of a new politi…

Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia › The unification of the tribes

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Before the rise of Magnursia, the people of central Ulvenor were divided into many tribal and clan structures. Magnus wa…

Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia › The beginning of feudalism and the rise of the Magnurs dynasty

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Magnus established a feudal model of government in which power was divided between the king, the upper nobility, the low…

Consolidation of the early kingdom › Court politics as a survival tool

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Ignatius I did not enter history as a great reformer or conqueror. His importance lay in the fact that he understood the…

Consolidation of the early kingdom › Loyalty of the lower nobility

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The young kingdom needed more than the obedience of a few great families. It also needed the willingness of s…

Consolidation of the early kingdom › Transient stability

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This period was not spectacular, but it was necessary. After the death of the founder, Magnursia was shown to be able to…

Restoration of the kingdom under Ferdinand I. › Defeat of the Black Army

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The goblin threat came at a time when the country was not yet fully stabilized after an internal coup. However, Ferdinan…

Restoration of the kingdom under Ferdinand I. › Agrarian reform

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…ign from a simple military victory. The kingdom began to function again not only as a defensive unit, but also as a place of ordinary life.

Restoration of the kingdom under Ferdinand I. › Restoration after tyranny and stabilization of the kingdom

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It is the combination of security and economic stabilization that makes Ferdinand's reign the beginning of a real recove…

Siege of the Eagle's Nest › From the siege to the fall of the kingdom

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…e gateway to the downfall of the entire kingdom. This operation showed that where a siege had previously protected a smaller state from a q…

Battle End of the Old Kingdoms › The Dynasty's Last Stand

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After the fall of the Eagle's Nest, the remnants of the Trabazar dynasty retreated to more northern and more strongly de…

Battle End of the Old Kingdoms › Victory and symbolic impact

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…his was the moment when the other human kingdoms began to understand that at stake was not just a border, but the very survival of their po…

Magnur › Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia

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Magnus I raised his power into a kingdom and made Magnur its capital.

Magnursie — The First Kings › Birth of a Kingdom

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…mily and surrounding allies into a real kingdom. Instead of a world dominated by tribal ties and temporary authorities, a new entity emerge…

Magnursia — The turning point of the kingdom and the empire › Leo II and the turning point

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Leo II he took over at a time when Magnursie might have seemed vulnerable and overburdened. Instead of defending, he cho…

Magnursia — The turning point of the kingdom and the empire › The fall of Borundar and the change of the human world

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…ed the existence of the last free human kingdom. This showed for the first time in history that there are no more equivalent crowns among p…

Magnursia — The turning point of the kingdom and the empire › The birth of the imperial idea

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The proclamation of the empire was not just a change of name. It was about creating a new layer of political thinking. T…

Magnursia — The turning point of the kingdom and the empire › An unfinished war, but a completed turning point

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The Great War was not over at this time, but its character had changed. Magnursie no longer fought as one of the royal p…

Former Human Kingdoms › World and Geography

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The old human states before the unification under the empire.

History › Rise of the Human Kingdoms

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… the Old Northern Empire. It arose as a multiracial realm under Rulik I and was meant to protect the north from goblin raids. For a long ti…

Nations and Realms › Empires, Kingdoms, and Peoples Without Crowns

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…ps, invention, and usefulness. The Free Kingdom uses a more parliamentary structure and defines itself partly by refusing imperial rule. B…

Important Places › The Free Kingdom - A Human Realm Without an Emperor

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…ic monarchy. Its towns and villages are multiracial, home to humans, orcs, nomads, gnomes, centaurs, and other minorities. Soumun is its ca…

First cultures and kingdoms › From tribe to nation

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After a marked separation of the races, Ulvenor entered a new era. Populations gradually increased, isolated populations…

First cultures and kingdoms › Ulvenor as the center of history

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It was the continent of Ulvenor that became the main stage of these changes. It was the largest contiguous landmass of t…

First cultures and kingdoms › The first cities and the first order

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With the growth of population and the complexity of society, the first real cities appear. These were no longer just lar…

Gnome Kingdom › A Small State Between Greater Powers

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Together with the Free Kingdom, the Gnome Kingdom belongs to the most important inland states of Ulvenor that do not fall …

Gnome Kingdom › Founding of the Gnome Kingdom

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The Gnome Kingdom was founded in the year -1800 before the imperial calendar by the union of several gnome tr…

Gnome Kingdom › The Golden Age of Gnomish Engineering

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The Gnome Kingdom reached its greatest flowering around the year -1000 before the imperial calendar. In this …

Gnome Kingdom › The Great War and the Decline of Territorial Power

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… with the realm of Magnursia. The Gnome Kingdom then found itself opposed to a far greater power that could field enormous armies, mercenar…

Gnome Kingdom › The Huzen Rocks

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The Huzen Rocks are among the most important battlefields of gnomish history. It was here that the gnomes showed that a …

Gnome Kingdom › Technology Against Magic

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After the arrival of elemental magic in the Empire, the gnomish advantage began to shrink. Many things that had once req…

Gnome Kingdom › The Present Kingdom

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Today the Gnome Kingdom is smaller than in its golden age, yet it still belongs among the most interesting states o…

Gnome Kingdom › A Society of Guilds, Councils, and Workshops

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…important workshops. Power in the Gnome Kingdom does not show itself only by title. It is often held by whoever controls a key workshop, ow…

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

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The transformation of the kingdom into a smaller city-state was painful for the gnomes, but at the same time it forced them t…

Gnome Kingdom › Gnomish Technologies

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… are the greatest heritage of the Gnome Kingdom. Their development began with precise craftsmanship, water mechanisms, clockmaking, locks, …

Gnome Kingdom › The Machine That Would Not Stop

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One of the new mechanical guardian creatures has stopped responding to commands and sealed off an entire workshop. The g…

Free Kingdom › The Only Free Human Kingdom

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The Free Kingdom lies southeast of the Empire of Magnursar, and it carries its name not only as a label for …

Free Kingdom › Born of an Abandoned Southeast

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The roots of the Free Kingdom reach into the reign of Emperor Untred I. The southeastern regions of the realm at that tim…

Free Kingdom › The Uprising Around Soumun

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During the war with the orcs, a great uprising began to take shape around the city of Soumun. Soumun was one of the larg…

Free Kingdom › Untred's Agreement

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Decisive was not only the military situation but also the exhaustion of the entire realm. Untred I had to deal with seve…

Free Kingdom › True Independence

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…ule and the rise of an independent Free Kingdom. It was therefore not merely a tax exemption, but a complete rejection of imperial authorit…

Free Kingdom › A Kingdom Without a Real King

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Although the state calls itself a kingdom, it has never had a fully classical hereditary king. Its rule rests on a parliament that de…

Free Kingdom › A Land Without Taxes

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…he most striking principles of the Free Kingdom is the rejection of ordinary taxes. This law was born of resistance against the Empire, whi…

Free Kingdom › Parliament, Codes, and Castes

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The Free Kingdom is governed by several books of law and administrative rules. They determine who may sit in…

Free Kingdom › Many Races in One Land

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After its founding, the Free Kingdom began to receive migrants from various parts of the Empire as well as from the eastern land…

Free Kingdom › Landscape of the Southeast

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The geography of the Free Kingdom is made up mostly of lowlands, southern steppes, and slightly parched plains. There are not…

Free Kingdom › War, Conscription, and a Pact with the Empire

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The Free Kingdom likes to present itself as a state that does not want wars and prefers trade, self-rule, an…

Free Kingdom › Trade Instead of Expansion

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…precisely for this reason that the Free Kingdom has long pursued its interests through trade rather than war. It maintains contacts with th…

Free Kingdom › The Price of Freedom

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A political crisis erupts in Soumun after the lower castes publish proof that several parliamentary houses have been sec…

Frozen Stones › Birth of the Underground Kingdom

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…dation of one of the nine great dwarven kingdoms. In -18500 before the imperial calendar, the Kingdom of the Frozen Stones came into being.

Frozen Stones › Decline of the Northern Kingdom

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Over time, the Kingdom of the Frozen Stones began to lose its shape. The mines that had once brought diamonds and …

Magnus I. Founder

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…gnus I is considered the founder of the kingdom of Magnursia and the first true unifier of human power in the center of Ulvenor. At a time …

Ignatius I. Pijan

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…tion. Yet he was able to hold the young kingdom together at a time when the greatest danger was not foreign conquerors, but the possibility…

Ferdinand I. The Fearless

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Ferdinand I assumed the crown after the fall of his own father, and his reign was shadowed by suspicion that he was conn…

Ferdinand III Retreating

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…rtook a major campaign against the Free Kingdom, but after initial successes he ran into the limits of Imperial power. In the end, his rule…

William II Unifier

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…ign. His two campaigns against the Free Kingdom ended in failure and broke the nobility's confidence in his military abilities. William thu…

Ruler I.

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Rulik I was the founder of the Old Nordic Empire and the first ruler who was able to unite the scattered tribes of the n…

John II from the Free Kingdom

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John II was king of the Free Kingdom during the Conflict for the Grain. His country was hit even harder by the Three Year Drough…

Founding of the Kingdom of Magnursia

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In -903, the Kingdom of Magnursia was established, the first truly stable human state in the center of Ulvenor. …

Consolidation of the early kingdom

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… first stage of real consolidation. The kingdom was not yet an old institution, but it had already outlived its founder, and had become acc…

Restoration of the kingdom under Ferdinand I.

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Ferdinand I took over the country after the fall of the tyrant and was able to return it to order, security and economic…

Conflict over grain

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…s a war between the Empire and the Free Kingdom, sparked by the effects of the Three Year Drought. The Free Kingdom was hit hard by the cri…

Battle End of the Old Kingdoms

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The battle known as the End of the Old Kingdoms completed the collapse of the Trabazarian power and became a symbol that the old human wor…

Siege of Soumun

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…tion of Ferdinand III. against the Free Kingdom. Although the Imperial Army had previously achieved several victories, it was here that the…

Magnursie — The First Kings

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…e center of Ulvenor became an organized kingdom with a hereditary dynasty, a feudal structure, and the first stable rules of governance. Th…

Magnursie — Kings of Magic

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…ch Magnursia transformed from a wealthy kingdom into an aggressive and military-magical power. The rulers of this era institutionalized mag…

Magnursia — The turning point of the kingdom and the empire

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…t the old Magnursia ceased to be a mere kingdom and turned into an imperial entity. The main character is Leo II. A conqueror who, after th…

Magnursie — The First Decline of the Empire

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The First Decline of the Empire marks the long period in which the Magnursar Empire first learned that size alone does n…

Age of the First Empires

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… The Old Norse Empire, one of the first multiracial states, arose in the north. Kobolds developed their cities and centaurs began to migrat…