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The fall of the Old Norse Empire marked the end of one of Ulvenor's oldest multiracial states. The war with the Kingdom …

…s attention to the north. More and more dwarves began to arrive in the country and with them new business opportunities. The king unde…

Untred was asked by the dwarves for military assistance against the goblins who had begun to threaten their eastern fl…

…first reports of the Lich came from the dwarves who claimed that the North Gate was no longer safe. Their fright was alarming in itsel…

The mining dwarves were scattered throughout Ulvenor at the time, establishing mines and trading posts. T…

… The silence of the abandoned mines the dwarves left behind. The places where hammers once thundered and furnaces blazed were left emp…

…rectly. They waged a war unknown to the dwarves. Avoiding open engagements, they instead attacked from the shadows, cutting off suppli…

… plan seemed to be working. The dwarven shields held the line and the goblins retreated. But then came the moment that changed everyth…

…. Not just raiders, but rulers. And the dwarves understood for the first time that their dominion over the mountains was not eternal.

Cinbur had the first coherent human code written, reducing the fragmentation between the provinces and strengthening the…

Social reforms met with resistance from a section of the nobility and led to open conflict. However, the king persevered…

A trade agreement with the Stone Crown opened Magnursia access to metals, gems, and valuable bonds that would later be e…

…falls here. Just under Ignatius II. the shield wall appeared as a response to the alien fighting style, and the Battle of Jitron saw m…

Dwarves brought troubling news to the Imperial Court about the North Gate. They claimed that t…

…ne. Instead of directly confronting the dwarves who formed a solid defensive wall, Quilore took a different approach. His soldiers beg…

…nes of his infantry closed into a solid shield formation. The task was not simply to defend individuals, but to create a continuous mo…

The dwarves built their civilization differently than the elves. They did not seek power in the op…

… of soldiers protecting themselves with shields.

…est of the Craftsmen Guild for the best shield.

Dwarves are a nation of stone, iron and unwavering will. Their bodies are as strong and solid …

Shield dwarves have a different history than their mountain relatives. Their roots go back to …

Dwarves originated from mountain populations of Beta humanoids that, after isolation, adapted …

Dwarven civilization did not grow on the surface, but deep inside the mountains. From huge underground halls and city co…

… the elves sought order in harmony, the dwarves found it in the fortress. Their world was not open, but closed in the depths of the mo…

The greatest advantage of the naga kobolds is that they cannot, in practice, be driven from their homes. A land army can…

Hard as the stone they come from, dwarves are skilled craftsmen and feared warriors. Their firm nature makes them unbreakable de…

The caster creates a simple physical barrier that absorbs 5 base damage and remains active until depleted. It is a small…

…ity, and an important alliance with the dwarves.

Martinec I belongs to the most important emperors of the early imperial era. He took over a state that was still at war,…

…among his subjects, but also helped the dwarves against the goblins and started the empire's greatest cultural project - the Great Chr…

…e cave goblins. Taking advantage of the dwarves' weakness, he united the subterranean tribes and led them to a victory that changed th…

Cerbert was a dwarven king who led the defense of the Stonecrown during the first great war with the cave goblins. His d…

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…

… unexpected alliance - elves and mining dwarves, who together halted their advance and formed one of the first inter-racial alliances …

…th of Ulvenor. By uniting human tribes, dwarves and other nations under the leadership of Rulik I, a formation was created that was su…

The rise of the Stonecrown marked the end of the devastating wars between the dwarven kingdoms and the birth of a unique…

After unification, the dwarves began to systematically expand their underground empires until they controlled almost …

The first major conflict between dwarves and cave goblins marked a major turning point in the history of the north. He showed t…

… extremely important relations with the dwarves of the Stone Crown. His era brought together law, social tension, and strategic trade.

…sturbing events of the current era. The dwarves brought news that the north gate was no longer safe and that a leader of the dead call…

…he history of the Stone Crown. Here the dwarves suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the cave goblins led by Tarianok and lost c…

A prestigious craft guild focused on production, metalwork, work with gemstones, the enchanting of items, and the passin…

The era of the Silk Kings was the period of the greatest economic, legal and cultural rise of pre-magical Magnursia. The…

A productive guild founded by dwarven masters.

…s from these groups that the culture of shield dwarves gradually developed. The fall of the Old Norse Empire thus not only meant the e…

…here that their new identity was born – shield dwarves who survived the fall of the empire and took its legacy with them.

The ancient history of Oia is distinguished from the history of Earth mainly by the extraordinary stability of the devel…

After the long events of the biological division of the races, there was a period on Ulvenor in which the main role was …

The Stone Crown belongs among the most stable political systems of Ulvenor and at the same time represents the most impo…

…y harshness, however, did not drive the dwarves away but taught them to live differently. Beneath the mountains they built a network o…

The division of the Empire of Magnursar into four main holds helps explain that the empire is not only the capital of Ma…

The Northern Hold of the Empire is historically one of the richest layers of the human world. The Old Northern Empire, t…

…erritories in the far north of Ulvenor. Dwarves settled them already in the prehistoric period around the year -10000000 before the im…

…creation was a quiet admission that the dwarves could no longer, and no longer wished to, fully govern the northern depths.

Hvorzo represented the last remnant of the old Kingdom of the Frozen Stones. When Venrak III lowered his royal title to …

The diamond mines were the source of both the glory and decline of the Frozen Stones. For centuries they sustained the k…

…cret of the Frozen Stones. Thousands of dwarves from many periods are said to be entombed in their halls, from ancient kings to the la…

…here that their new identity was born – shield dwarves who survived the fall of the empire and took its legacy with them. the battle f…

The character can use a shield as a full part of combat, not just as a piece of iron in front of their face. Proper gr…

…er. Not because he was merely a passive shield against foreign incursions, but because he was able to defend Magnursia's right to exis…

… labor reform, and strong ties with the dwarves. At the same time, he also left behind an unresolved question of succession, which wil…

… enemy excelled in archery, he set up a shield wall to break his greatest advantage. Another innovation was the tactic of rapid attack…

…or and weapons. Laurel tried to get the dwarves to help militarily, but they remained neutral. This episode well shows how different h…

…ra began. Trade routes were opened, the dwarves entered into a treaty of alliance, investment began to flow into the provinces, and th…

…ation with the Stone Crown, allowed the dwarves to establish new mines throughout the empire. This move had far-reaching consequences.…

…y with traditional partners such as the dwarves, but also with new entities such as some goblin cities. He directed all available fund…

…an entirely different kind arrived. The dwarves brought alarmed news that the northern gate was no longer safe and that the leader of …

…d relied on the strength of the dwarven shield lines. But when the enemy destroyed his cavalry and surrounded the defensive positions,…

…s of Frozen Stone, where generations of dwarves lay dead. There he created the first true necromancy, but his own magic backfired on h…

…ted, the cities buried, and most of the dwarves had long ago retreated back to the safer regions of the Stonecrown. That was why the F…

…itions disappeared without a trace. The dwarves interpreted these phenomena as the curse of the north. In their chronicles, mentions b…

… He was a strategist. He understood the dwarves' weaknesses and exploited them.

…ion. He believed in the strength of the shield, the solidity of the formation and the unwavering advance. Under his rule, the Stonecro…

… the first time, it was shown that even dwarves are not invincible. To this day, he is seen as a hero, but also as a warning - that ev…

…826, he was able to unite human tribes, dwarves and other smaller groups into one state entity. This gave rise to the Old Nordic Empir…

…organizer. He introduced a system where dwarves formed the elite defense units and personal guard of the king. His rule laid the found…

…e, mostly kobolds, but also goblins and dwarves. Although the Imperial army was outnumbered and on paper stronger, Wor-ag was able to …

…ious being first reported by frightened dwarves during the reign of Untred V. According to them, a leader of the dead began to appear …

…e Lich. The Old Northern Empire and the Shield Dwarves The former dwarven realms are not tied only to the underground kingdoms of the …