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Ignatius I. Pijan › Wars without much glory

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…he reign of Ignatius I, several smaller wars and border clashes took place, but none of them entered history as a decisive …

Magnus III Young › Wars, rebellions and family betrayals

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… of the reign of Magnus III. made up of wars and internal power struggles. The king had to face not only external enemies, …

Frederick I the Destroyer › War of the Four Crests

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…with the Magnur dynasty. Thus began the War of the Four Crests, a long and grueling conflict that effectively split the emp…

Sylvar › War and the Maple Tree

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During the wars with the desert goblins, Sylvar stood at the head of the united elven armies. …

Jirex III. › War with Trabazar

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When Trabazar appeared in the south, Jirex faced the greatest test of his rule. The new enemy was more organized, faster…

A community of stone and wood › War of two worlds

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…the forests and open terrain while the dwarves penetrated their hideouts, destroying supply lines and closing access routes…

Goblin adoption of human magic › War, practice, and the rise of kobold mages

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…s. Very soon it became an instrument of war. Already during the Great War, kobolds were the first non-human race to use ele…

The formation of the Stone Crown › Wars under the mountains

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…venor was not a unified territory. The dwarven kingdoms existed separately, and there was rivalry between their rulers that…

War of the Empire and the Mystics

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The War between the Empire and the Mystics was one of the first major conflicts in whic…

War of the Empire and the Mystics › A clash of two magical traditions

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…but increasingly effective. It was this war that showed that kobolds had become so close to the level of human mages that t…

War of the Empire and the Mystics › Magic as a real battlefield

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The war between the Empire and the Mystics differed from earlier clashes in that magic …

War of the Empire and the Mystics › Truce without a winner

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…antage. The Empire realized that a long war against an adversary with increasing magic level would cost too much power. The…

The crisis of the rights of nomads in the East › War averted

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…that it never turned into a major civil war. This is precisely where its meaning lies. It was a conflict that could tear ap…

War of the Four Coats of Arms

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The War of the Four Crests was a long and devastating conflict between House Render and…

War of the Four Coats of Arms › The emperor against his own aristocracy

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Frederick I ascended the throne with the conviction that Render's dominance still needed to be consolidated. He began to…

War of the Four Coats of Arms › Two empires in one country

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The War of the Four Coats of Arms was not a series of several border battles. It was a …

War of the Four Coats of Arms › A war without a winner

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…des to think more about the cost of the war than the magnitude of the victory. This is precisely the historical significanc…

Magnursie — House of Renders › War of the Four Coats of Arms

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…oyer entered history primarily with the War of the Four Coats of Arms. This conflict between the Renders and a coalition of…

War over Serfdom › Historical Events and Periods

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A conflict tied to the question of serfdom.

Banner › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A military detachment or organizational unit.

Professional Army › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A standing trained host.

Heavy Cavalry › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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Elite mounted units in heavy armor.

Wagon Fort › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A defensive formation made of wagons.

Shield Wall › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A formation of soldiers protecting themselves with shields.

Support Unit › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A military unit meant to support the main force.

Battle Mages › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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Mages employed directly in war.

Army Healers › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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Healers acting within military units.

Fortress Network › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A network of fortresses and defensive points.

Watchtower › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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…ching the surroundings and giving early warning.

Secret Tunnels › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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Hidden underground passages.

Orc Guard › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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An elite or special orc military unit.

Black Army of the Goblins › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A dreaded military force of the goblins.

Nomadic Horse Archery › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A style of war built on swift riders and shooting.

Hit and Run › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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A tactic of swift strike and retreat.

Supply and Logistics › War, Army, and Defensive Systems

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The practical side of keeping an army going.

Warriors Brotherhood › Guilds, Orders, and Secret Societies

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A combat brotherhood that also takes on uncomfortable tasks.

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

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…nt itself as a state that does not want wars and prefers trade, self-rule, and survival outside the great empires. Even so,…

Tarianok

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

Cerbert

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Cerbert was a dwarven king who led the defense of the Stonecrown during the first great war with t…

Magnus VII. Builder

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…lance within the dynasty, face the long war with the kobolds, manage the consequences of prolonged winters, and later respo…

Frederick I the Destroyer

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…r Houses led to a conflict known as the War of the Four Crests, which destroyed the empire economically and socially and sh…

William II Unifier

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William II he took over the empire at a time of peace, economic growth, and growing confidence in the stability of the A…

Onyx

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Onix was a legendary centaur who led the first great migration of his people from the Yellow Plains to the west. His act…

Wor-ag

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Wor-ag was a goblin warlord who rose to fame during the campaign against the northwestern provinces of …

Xander of House Ariers

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…e and entered the conflict known as the War of the Four Crests. He remained in history as a representative of the aristocra…

Endoret

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Endoret was a young warlord who managed to unite several eastern rebellions during the reign of Theodor…

Elven victory at the Maple Grove

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The decisive clash between the First Elven Empire and the Desert Goblins. At the Battle of Maplewood, Sylvar and her eli…

Battle of Blood Fords

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… of the most significant clashes of the War of the Four Coats of Arms during the reign of Frederick I. Here it was fully de…

Fellowship of the Protective Torch

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A knightly order dedicated to the protection of the weak, of pilgrims, of the poor, and of the defenseless, founded unde…

Pilgrims of the Endless Path

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A mysterious fellowship of travelers, merchants, pilgrims, guides, and seekers of forgotten roads, whose origin is unkno…

Magnursie — The First Decline of the Empire

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…ns, increasing pressure on the borders, wars with kobolds and mysticism, deteriorating relations with the elves, dynastic c…

Magnursie — House of Renders

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The era of House Render began after the massacre of the Magnurs and the first imperial election. It was a time when the …

Law of Serfdom › Laws, Reforms, and Institutions

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A law regulating or abolishing the personal dependence of subjects.

Brotherhood › Guilds, Orders, and Secret Societies

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A tighter community bound by oath, training, or common purpose.

Mercenary › Recurring Lore Terms

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A fighter hired for a reward.

Invasion › Recurring Lore Terms

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A military incursion into foreign territory.

First cultures and kingdoms

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

Goblins and the Age of Goblin Kings

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For most of their history, Orcs did not create stable states, but scattered camps and fragile settlements in inhospitabl…

Far East

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…all grasses, colder northern regions, a warmer south, smaller deserts, rocky outcrops, and farming settlements that try to …

Far East › Orcs of Ghur-Khadan

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…is founded on the tribe, on honor, on a warrior's name, on personal strength, and on the memory of forebears. Among the tri…

Gnome Kingdom

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…qual on the continent. During the Great War, however, the Gnome Kingdom faced the expansion of Magnursia, lost part of its …

Gnome Kingdom › Gnomish Technologies

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Gnomish technologies are the greatest heritage of the Gnome Kingdom. Their development began with precise craftsmanship,…

Umbra Profunda

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…itory full of memory, migration, exile, war, trade, and stubborn life. The goblins here found the end of their ancient pilg…

Umbra Profunda › Drow Story of Umbra Profunda

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The drow came into Umbra Profunda after an inner schism among the elves, when Sylvar, according to tradition, drove part…

Great Elven Empire

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…nd the greatest wound came in the Great War with the human Empire. The Great Elven Empire today therefore stands between th…

Otto II Defender › The first war of kings

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In -723, the First War of Kings broke out when the kingdom of Trabazar attacked Magnursia. The conflic…

Cinbur I. Merchant › The War on Slavery

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…sulted in an open conflict known as the War of the Slaves, which lasted from -631 to -628. In it, Cinbur used the professio…

Cinbur I. Merchant › Dwarves and the Stone Crown

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

Jakob I. The Reformer › Banners and the new face of war

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… reforms were soon tested in the Second War of Kings, and it was then that it became clear that the new system could work i…

Ignatius II. Unbreakable › The second war of kings and a new way of fighting

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When Ignatius assumed the crown, the war with Trabazar and Jitron was not yet over. However, it was at this stage that h…

Ignatius III Weaver of intrigue › The king who prepared the war but did not see its climax

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…hat turned everything into a true Great War. That is why Ignatius III. one of the most important vestibules of both disaste…

Richard III Sword of Magnursia › From the Third War of Kings to the Great War

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…ngdom of Magnursia thus found itself at war on multiple fronts, and the conflict, which at first appeared to be another hum…

Richard III Sword of Magnursia › The elves enter the war

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… entered the conflict. This changed the war forever. For the first time Magnursia was opposed not only by human states, but…

Alfred I the Victorious › Power Limits and Forest War

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…del and switched to a guerilla style of warfare. Alfred's army, brilliantly organized for large campaigns and fortress warf…

Lawrence I. The last king of war

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…ts, too many enemies, and too long of a war. His reign was not a time of great triumphs, but of hard holding the whole toge…

Lawrence I. The last king of war › A legacy of exhausted victory

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…stand the Magnuri way of conducting the war. What was new in previous generations gradually became familiar. And what's wor…

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

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… kingdom of regular access to the best dwarven armor and weapons. Laurel tried to get the dwarves to help militarily, but t…

Lawrence I. The last king of war › Defense of the empire instead of further expansion

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Vavrin realistically understood that a war on multiple fronts cannot be won by another headless push forward. Therefore, h…

Lawrence I. The last king of war › Battle of the Luna River

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The climax of his reign was the Battle of the Luna River. Against Magnursia there was a huge alliance of gnomes, elves, …

Lawrence I. The last king of war › Significance of Laurel's reign

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…was the last king to carry on the Great War in a fully royal form, before the emergence of the imperial idea. His rule show…