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The rise of the Old Norse Empire

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…reate a stable multiracial state in the north of Ulvenor. By uniting human tribes, dwarves and other nations under the leadership …

Lawrence I. The last king of war › Disintegrating supremacy and closed Northern Trade Route

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…g situation on almost all sides. In the north, the pressure of the gnomes grew, in the west, kobolds began to penetrate the weaken…

Frederik II Tough › Defeat in the Northwest

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…reign was the kobold incursion into the northwest of the empire, that is, into the area that belonged to the last major sections w…

Lich of the North › A gnome who sought answers in death

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Before becoming a Lich, he was a gnome and a shaman whose name was lost in time. He came from a culture that valued know…

Lich of the North › The Birth of Necromancy

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Necromancy was not a ready-made school of magic in his time, which he would only discover in forgotten books. She was hi…

Lich of the North › Journey to the Frozen Stones

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… made his way to the Frozen Stones, the northernmost regions of Ulvenor, where the ruins of an old dwarven kingdom lay. This regio…

Lich of the North › A spell turned against its master

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His greatest experiment was to be the highlight of his life. He wanted to cross the line between life and death, disconn…

Lich of the North › The body that waited

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It remained hidden in the north for centuries and millennia. Ice, stone, and dark magic kept his body on the edge be…

Lich of the North › The Awakening of 1177

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In 1177, an expedition was sent to the north that found his body and with it records written in a language that almost no one und…

Lich of the North › Silent Lord of the North

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…e the idea that once brought him to the northern ruins: to create an order in which death will not be an end, but a tool. A realm …

Lich of the North › A threat to Ulvenor

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The lich from the north is dangerous precisely because it does not hurry. He lets the living nations war, tr…

Urgior › Durbuluk of the new north

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…d to be just a fragmented threat to the northern regions. They began to act as a more organized force, capable of planning, negoti…

Lich from the North Gate › News from the dwarves

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…e from the dwarves who claimed that the North Gate was no longer safe. Their fright was alarming in itself, for dwarves are not a …

Lich from the North Gate › Expedition of twenty

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Untred V. did not take the threat lightly. He sent ten brave mages and ten of the best knights to volunteer for the expe…

Lich from the North Gate › Secrets of the Modern Empire

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…rehended by normal means. Lich from the North Gate thus stands on the border of history and legend. Its existence could be the beg…

North Branch between Culber and James I.

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The nine generations of the northern branch have not yet been listed by name.

The rise of the Old Norse Empire › North on the brink of chaos

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At the turn of the fifth millennium BC, northern Ulvenor was a troubled and fragmented land. The human tribes lived here scattered…

Goblin incursion to the northeast › The threat coming from the ruined neighbors

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The goblin army that turned towards the Imperial borders was not an isolated marauding group, but a force that had alrea…

Goblin incursion to the northeast › Towers, Time and Imperial Banners

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Orcs were incapable of effective siege warfare, but their strength lay in speed and pillaging. This is precisely why the…

Goblin incursion to the northeast › The first proof of the value of the third line

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From a military point of view, it was not the greatest victory of the epoch, but an event of extraordinary long-term sig…

Loss of Northwestern Provinces › Northwest as a weak point of the empire

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The northwest was one of those parts of the empire that remained more vulnerable than others. …

Loss of Northwestern Provinces › Three quests and one humiliating awakening

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…hird was supposed to finally return the northwest to imperial control. Instead, disaster struck. In the Battle of Velvet Meadows, …

Loss of Northwestern Provinces › A border that never came back

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…d to accept a truce and accept that the northwestern provinces would be lost. A new centralized state did not emerge here, as the …

The Lich's Menace at the North Gate › Frightened dwarves

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…ng news to the Imperial Court about the North Gate. They claimed that the area was no longer safe and that a being capable of guid…

The Lich's Menace at the North Gate › Twenty chosen ones

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Untred V. decided to listen to the dwarves' request. He sent ten brave mages and ten of the best knights who volunteered…

The Lich's Menace at the North Gate › Silence after the expedition

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However, around twenty, the ground collapsed. No knight returned, no mage and no reliable report. The silence that follo…

Battle of Jitron › Jitron as the key to the Northeast

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…s of strategic importance to the entire northeast of the human world. As long as he stood outside of Magnurian control, he was a t…

Northern campaign of Leo II. against the gnomes › An attack where no one expected it

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…dent. Instead of defending, he attacked north against the gnomes. In doing so, he disrupted the logic of the entire enemy coalitio…

Northern campaign of Leo II. against the gnomes › Dividing the opponent

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…fter Luna. Meanwhile, Leo was advancing north, capturing cities and bringing an energy to the war that the coalition hadn't expect…

Northern campaign of Leo II. against the gnomes › From Campaign to Empire

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The northern campaign eventually led not only to the weakening of the gnomes, but also to a se…

Northern defenses against goblin raids under Magnus VI. › A war without a single battlefield

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Orcs did not conduct a classic campaign with one big objective and one decisive army. They attacked quickly, burned, loo…

Northern defenses against goblin raids under Magnus VI. › Flags out of rhythm

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… created for organized conflict. In the north, however, he encountered an opponent who refused to accept this rhythm. Magnus had t…

Battle of Skal Reker › Northern pressure at the time of a depleted empire

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… goblin groups began to increase in the north. They gradually occupied the borderlands and tested how far they could go against th…

The Battle of Velvet Meadows › The third expedition against the northwest

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…erik II faced a long-term crisis in the northwest. Supported by smaller dwarven colonies and the remnants of goblin tribes, the ko…

Battle of the Northeast Wall › Raid against the new empire

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…the empire faced further raids from the northeast. Orc groups relied on speed, pillage, and chaos, a style of combat that in the p…

Battle of the Northeast Wall › Formation against chaos

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At the Northeast Wall, the new imperial military logic collided with the enemy's old style. The g…

Battle of the Northeast Wall › Victory of the new army

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…ne functioning whole. The Battle of the Northeast Wall is therefore remembered as a practical confirmation of Engelbrekt's rule. I…

Age of the First Empires › The Northern Empire, Orcs, and the First Human States

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In the north arose the Old Norse Empire, one of the most important early multiracial states. Huma…

Guild Mark › Guilds, Orders, and Secret Societies

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A sign of quality or membership of a guild.

Northern Stone Gate › Places of Story Significance

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A significant northern gate or passage.

Northern Trade Route › Places of Story Significance

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A trading route heading through the north.

Red Mark › Shadows, Assassins, and Hidden Politics

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A warning or killing sign of the Brotherhood of the Blood Moon.

Secret Market › Roads, Maps, and Trade

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A market outside the ordinary public control.

Continent of Ulvenor › North, South, East, and West

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The north is a land of cold, mountains, dwarven halls, old passes, and threats that come from …

Current Era (1470) › The Shadow from the North

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…open banners. In the cold and forgotten north, reports of the Lich are beginning to spread. Many dismiss them as superstition, mer…

Albarit › Dragons and the Northern Ruin of Ulvenor

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…ull of possibilities, especially in the north, where they found valuables, old magical energies, and landscapes not yet marked by …

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Character of the Mountains

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Hroidetur lies east of the dwarven Stone Crown, and for most of ancient history it was considered an inhospitable and no…

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Ancient Settlement and Development

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… survive. The oldest and most important mark was left here by the goblins, who made Hroidetur one of their earliest homeland regio…

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › A Landscape Without Mercy

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Hroidetur is not a range of rich mines, fertile valleys, or safe trade roads. Most of its surface is sharp stone, cold c…

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Goblins, Gnomes, and Hard Life

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Hroidetur is one of the few regions of Ulvenor where two very different models of survival formed side by side over the …

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Dangers and Unique Nature

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…inhospitable, it also hides places of remarkable natural beauty and unique vegetation. In some valleys, on sheltered plateaus, or …

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Importance for the Present World

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Hroidetur was never the center of a great empire, but it repeatedly shaped the history of neighboring powers. The Reker …

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Reker Rocks

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The Reker Rocks lie on the border between the Empire and the western edge of Hroidetur. They are sparsely inhabited, but…

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Nolomb Wastes

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The Nolomb Wastes earned their nickname, the Wastes of the First Goblins, after the end of the Beta humanoid period, whe…

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Eagle Hills

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The Eagle Hills are the liveliest and culturally most distinctive part of Hroidetur. Unlike most of the range, they were…

Northeastern Hroidetur Mountains › Towers on the Border

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One of the defensive towers near the Reker Rocks has stopped sending signals, and the border command fears that goblin w…

Stone Crown › The Northern Gate and the Threat of the Lich

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…sent the greatest fears turn toward the Northern Stone Gate. It was raised as the last of the four gates and separates the safer p…

Stone Crown › A Crisis That Could Change the North

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If the Northern Gate were to fall, the Stone Crown would find itself in one of the greatest crise…

Magnur › Great Markets of Magnur

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Among the most famous markets of Ulvenor, with a tradition reaching back to the early rise of the city.

Great Plains › Goblins on the Northwest of the Plains

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…r belonged to the kobolds alone. To the northwest, in distant times, goblin groups arrived who had migrated from the northeast and…

Great Plains › Northern and Southern Face of the Plains

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The northern part of the Great Plains is more conflict-ridden. It is here that the steppe cent…

Frozen Stones › The Northernmost Land of Ulvenor

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The Frozen Stones lie in the deepest northern regions of Ulvenor, and for most of the year they are a land of ice, stone, silen…

Frozen Stones › Decline of the Northern Kingdom

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…following millennia, inhabitants of the northern cities began abandoning the Frozen Stones and moving deeper into the safer and we…

Frozen Stones › Northern Gate and the Void of the North

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…In 360 after the imperial calendar, the Northern Gate was built as the last of the four great gates of the dwarven realm. It was n…

Magnus II Cursed

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Magnus II is one of the first tragic rulers of House Magnurs. He ascended the throne more out of necessity than as a cho…

Lawrence I. The last king of war

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Lawrence I took over the country at a time when Magnursia was no longer just a victorious power, but a state bearing the…

Magnus VI A cruel protector

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…oad. He had to face goblin raids in the north, elven pressure in the south, and internal opposition within his own kind. Neverthel…

Untred II. A half-elf

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…e east and a new goblin invasion in the northeast. In the end, however, it turned out that the greatest threat does not lie on the…

Frederik II Tough

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…o marked by a humiliating defeat in the northwest, where the kobolds showed that magic and military ingenuity were no longer the p…

Magnus VIII. Hungry

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…he Free Kingdom and goblin raids in the north. After the defeat at the Two Hundred and Eighth Tower, he assembled one of the large…

Jirex III.

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Jirex III. was the last ruler of the Old Norse Empire. His rule symbolizes the clash between the old, traditional way of…

Lich of the North

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The Lich of the North is one of the most dangerous creatures in contemporary Ulvenor. Originally a gnomish…

Quilor

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Quilore was a legendary general of the Kingdom of Trabazar and one of the greatest military strategists of his time. His…

Ruler I.

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…le to unite the scattered tribes of the north into one functional state entity. His ability to unite the various races and create …

Wor-ag

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…to fame during the campaign against the northwestern provinces of the empire during the reign of Frederik II. He entered history p…

Urgior

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…s a Durbuluk orc who united part of the northern orc forces and began a period of their significant rise. During the reign of Anne…

Lich from the North Gate

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The Lich of the North Gate is a mysterious being first reported by frightened dwarves during the reign of …

Culber

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Brother of Conrad I, founder of the northern branch from which Jakob I the Reformer sprang.

Alfonso

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Twin brother of John I.

The formation of the Stone Crown

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…que system of shared rule that kept the north of Ulvenor stable for thousands of years.