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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 …

…n the First Elven Empire and the Desert Goblins. At the Battle of Maplewood, Sylvar and her elite rangers destroyed the main force of th…

Before the rise of the First Elven Empire, the elves lived divided into many clan communities and smaller settlements, s…

…nd gradually developed their own way of warfare. Their expeditions were fast, unpredictable and based on ambushes, poisons and exhaustin…

Repeated attacks gradually forced the elven clans to reconsider their way of existence. It was obvious that the independ…

…arked a definitive turning point in the war.

…ter that, they did not allow any desert goblins to penetrate back into their territory. Thus, the first elven empire became not only a m…

The wars with the desert goblins left a deep mark on both sides. The elves gained their first empire…

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

…e that could use magic effectively. The war was long, tiring and exhausted not only the army, but also the treasury and administrative c…

The First Power War lasted from 986 to 994 and initially consisted of minor skirmishes, sieges and scattered mov…

…e Youlender family. Anna knew well that war with goblins was cruel, expensive and destabilizing. She therefore decided to prevent war wi…

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

At the beginning of the war there was no great conflict, but silence. The silence of the abandoned mines the dwarves lef…

…s did not attack directly. They waged a war unknown to the dwarves. Avoiding open engagements, they instead attacked from the shadows, c…

…st and most important entrances to the dwarven realm. King Cerbert decided to end the war with one blow. He assembled an elite force and…

… 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 perse…

…uld later be extremely important to the wartime and imperial eras as well. However, at the end of the reign came a succession crisis aft…

…ng so, they forced Magnus VI. to wage a war that resembled not the glorious skirmishes of his forefathers, but rather the endless firefi…

…o appear as a source of possible decay. War of the Empire and the Mystics under Magnus VII. then she showed another danger of the new wo…

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

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

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

…people to the south. The exiles brought with them elven knowledge, magic, writing, and a building tradition, but in the desert they were…

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

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

…did not record as many stories of great wars or reforms as those of some of his predecessors and successors. However, this in itself spe…

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

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

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

…mportant event of his reign was not the war or the law, but the expedition to the west. Konrad sent a group of adventurers to bring new …

… had to settle family disputes and deal with tensions arising from his own marriages, children and differing claims within the dynasty. …

…al problems and could not come to terms with the position of king. It was not a public collapse or an open loss of authority in battle o…

…or conqueror. His energy was directed towards the survival of one man, not the stability of the whole. And that is why his regime could …

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

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

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

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

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

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

…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 together. He had …

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

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

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

…passively in the fortresses and set out with his army to meet the enemy. The battle lasted four hours and ended in Magnursia's defeat, t…

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

Although the Great War did not end under his reign, Leo was able to significantly weaken its most dangerous fronts.…

…essor could actually control it. It was with this that Magnus VI. had to settle. He did not get his hands on an ambitious kingdom at the…

…they exposed the weakness of the Magnur war system. Banners were exceptionally strong in the field, in long campaigns and in organized b…

…ame time, Magnus faced strong criticism within his own family. Some of his relatives considered him a weak successor who could not maint…

…, Martinec was still the emperor of the war age. In the north he faced goblins, whose raids turned out to be supported by gnomes. In the…

…est rulers. He decided to end the Great War. He negotiated peace with exhausted opponents, accepted fair and favorable terms, confirmed …

After taking the throne, Leo III faced a very difficult start. In the part of the dynasty he strengthened the opinion th…

…safe even in Magnur itself. In 523, the war of the brothers officially began, although the first major clashes broke out only a year lat…

…der the firm control of a single family within a short period of time.

…s. He had three sons and, in accordance with tradition, designated the youngest of them as his heir. On his deathbed, he still had time …

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

The war was finally ended by the Peace of the Four Swords, which forced Frederick to hand over some …

…sure from the court and the aristocracy without a firm support. The empire he inherited was not stable. The influence of the Renders was…

…r an empire shaken by a dynastic purge, with empty provinces, broken trust between families, and uncertainty as to whether the empire co…

…cre of the Renders, the empire was left without a ruling dynasty, some provinces without administrators, and many families had to decide…

…f responsibility. He left the provinces with their governors, the cities with their mayors, and the villages with their elders. Governor…

Valendor also reshaped the tax system. He did not want all layers to be burdened in the same way regardless of the actua…

…, he managed to maintain good relations with the other clans and hand over the empire to his son in an unexpectedly good condition. That…

… against the Free Kingdom and started a war in 981. At first the situation was developing favorably and the empire was pushing the oppon…

After the unsuccessful war, William's authority began to weaken rapidly. The nobles ceased to see him as a leader who c…

The peace after the first war was only temporary. Many nobles were convinced that Valendor would eventually eliminate thei…

… came as the winner of the Second Power War, as the leader of the opposition, and as a man about whom it was clear from the beginning at…

After long years of wars, the Reich's population was tired and recruitment into the army was failing. Jan therefore …

Oledo I assumed power as regent for the four-year-old Magnus, the rightful heir of Theodore II. At first, his position m…

… and unsupported. The emperor responded with force, trying to prove that his throne was not only the result of intrigue, but also the ab…

Edward I inherited the throne from Oled I, but along with the crown he also took on suspicion, hat…

…ze the entire empire and rekindle civil war. Eduard had no real leverage to defend himself. Most of the army sided with his relatives, a…

After Edward's abdication, a wider assembly of the nobility was expected to be convened, but the core of…

…miliated. After Oled's usurpation and Edward's deposition, he was exactly the type of monarch the empire needed.

…icly admitted her romantic relationship with Luis and married him in 1253. This move could have been politically dangerous, as part of t…

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

…ch could create an opportune moment for war from the monarch's point of view. However, the future is uncertain. Goblins, kobolds and the…