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[Harqual] Mythology and History
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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 5206058" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">The Fourth Era</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Black Wars</strong></p><p>While the Empire of Swords self-destructed from within the rest of Harqual’s human population fell on one another like rabid dogs. For hundreds of years before the creation of the New Calendar, as well as a few hundred after the rise of the Kingdom of the Jagged Peninsula, the city-states of Harqual battled each other and anyone else who got in the way. This time was known as the Black Wars.</p><p></p><p>The dark warriors and priests of the Empire divided up the land and warred with each other until nothing was left of the Imperium's legacy. Old alliances and friendships were forgotten and city-state after city-state fell into the bloody conflict. It was almost like the mortal war during the time of the Divinity War never really ended. Human armies simply switched sides, formed new alliances and fought former allies.</p><p></p><p>New city-states rose to take the place of the fallen and then crumbled after years of war took its toil. The barbarians of the Northlands isolated themselves from the wars as much as possible but even they were forced to defend themselves from time to time. The elves of the Great Harqual Forest watched in horror as humans slaughtered each other for centuries. Most of the warlords were smart enough to not attack the elves but every dark time has its fools and madmen.</p><p></p><p>Three decades before the creation of the New Calendar a truly vile warlord dedicated to Mussin took 5,000 mercenaries into the forest near what is now modern day Thallin and proceeded to sack the Elven Kingdom of Amylinyon before being overrun by the combined might of the remaining elves. The lands around Amylinyon were burned and infested with disease. And all that remains of this region now is miles of vile, haunted swampland and the remains of the elven capital, now called Caer Amylinyon or the Ruins of the Gray.</p><p></p><p>Amylinyon was the homeland of the gray elves on Harqual and it widely known that the elves were betrayed by one of their own. The betrayer was said to be a vile female necromancer that supposedly made a pact with Xuar, which would grant her eternal life. In return, she would use her influence and magic to distract her kin when the warlord’s army attacked.</p><p></p><p>Amylinyon’s people were either butchered or fled to the lands of the silver elves in Silverleaf or left for other lands across the continent. Some believe that this is how there came to be elves in the desert wastes of the Great Expanse. However, most scholars believe that most of the remaining gray elves left Harqual altogether. Very few gray elves still live on Harqual now and most humans believe that there aren't any left.</p><p></p><p>The warlord died, yet the elven necromancer lives on to this day, her real name forgotten. In the present era, this elven necromancer is known by many names and aliases. The Foulsoul, the Betrayer, and the Enigma Sorceress are the most famous of these aliases. If killed she rises from the dead the following evening by possessing the nearest elf’s body, male or female. Thus, she is impossible to recognize based on previous encounters. She is completely loyal to Xuar.</p><p></p><p>As the Black Wars continued to rage across the land, more and more demihumans fled or isolated themselves from the bloody conflict. The dwarves of the Greystone and Sunus Mountains withdrew into their mountain homes completely, denying entrance to all, even others of their own kind. The silver elves of the Great Forest placed High Magic wards at the edge of their kingdom to prevent the humans from attacking their homeland. The forest elves living in the southern half of the Great Forest protected their forest home more militantly than their northern cousins did. Human warriors that dared enter the southern forest were usually never seen again.</p><p></p><p>The gnomes fled to Southern Harqual (where the fighting was less widespread) while many halfling families joined the silver elves in the Great Forest. In fact, gnomes now exist only in southern lands settling in the Heverkent Forest and the Hinderfall Mountains. These ‘rockwood gnomes’ became steadfast allies with the rakasta, against the few human warlords that dared to ride across the savannas of the southern lands. Most hairfoot halfling families, in the north, weren’t as fortunate, and those families that didn’t seek safety with the elves were either enslaved or killed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 5206058, member: 2012"] [B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]The Fourth Era[/COLOR][/B] [B]The Black Wars[/B] While the Empire of Swords self-destructed from within the rest of Harqual’s human population fell on one another like rabid dogs. For hundreds of years before the creation of the New Calendar, as well as a few hundred after the rise of the Kingdom of the Jagged Peninsula, the city-states of Harqual battled each other and anyone else who got in the way. This time was known as the Black Wars. The dark warriors and priests of the Empire divided up the land and warred with each other until nothing was left of the Imperium's legacy. Old alliances and friendships were forgotten and city-state after city-state fell into the bloody conflict. It was almost like the mortal war during the time of the Divinity War never really ended. Human armies simply switched sides, formed new alliances and fought former allies. New city-states rose to take the place of the fallen and then crumbled after years of war took its toil. The barbarians of the Northlands isolated themselves from the wars as much as possible but even they were forced to defend themselves from time to time. The elves of the Great Harqual Forest watched in horror as humans slaughtered each other for centuries. Most of the warlords were smart enough to not attack the elves but every dark time has its fools and madmen. Three decades before the creation of the New Calendar a truly vile warlord dedicated to Mussin took 5,000 mercenaries into the forest near what is now modern day Thallin and proceeded to sack the Elven Kingdom of Amylinyon before being overrun by the combined might of the remaining elves. The lands around Amylinyon were burned and infested with disease. And all that remains of this region now is miles of vile, haunted swampland and the remains of the elven capital, now called Caer Amylinyon or the Ruins of the Gray. Amylinyon was the homeland of the gray elves on Harqual and it widely known that the elves were betrayed by one of their own. The betrayer was said to be a vile female necromancer that supposedly made a pact with Xuar, which would grant her eternal life. In return, she would use her influence and magic to distract her kin when the warlord’s army attacked. Amylinyon’s people were either butchered or fled to the lands of the silver elves in Silverleaf or left for other lands across the continent. Some believe that this is how there came to be elves in the desert wastes of the Great Expanse. However, most scholars believe that most of the remaining gray elves left Harqual altogether. Very few gray elves still live on Harqual now and most humans believe that there aren't any left. The warlord died, yet the elven necromancer lives on to this day, her real name forgotten. In the present era, this elven necromancer is known by many names and aliases. The Foulsoul, the Betrayer, and the Enigma Sorceress are the most famous of these aliases. If killed she rises from the dead the following evening by possessing the nearest elf’s body, male or female. Thus, she is impossible to recognize based on previous encounters. She is completely loyal to Xuar. As the Black Wars continued to rage across the land, more and more demihumans fled or isolated themselves from the bloody conflict. The dwarves of the Greystone and Sunus Mountains withdrew into their mountain homes completely, denying entrance to all, even others of their own kind. The silver elves of the Great Forest placed High Magic wards at the edge of their kingdom to prevent the humans from attacking their homeland. The forest elves living in the southern half of the Great Forest protected their forest home more militantly than their northern cousins did. Human warriors that dared enter the southern forest were usually never seen again. The gnomes fled to Southern Harqual (where the fighting was less widespread) while many halfling families joined the silver elves in the Great Forest. In fact, gnomes now exist only in southern lands settling in the Heverkent Forest and the Hinderfall Mountains. These ‘rockwood gnomes’ became steadfast allies with the rakasta, against the few human warlords that dared to ride across the savannas of the southern lands. Most hairfoot halfling families, in the north, weren’t as fortunate, and those families that didn’t seek safety with the elves were either enslaved or killed. [/QUOTE]
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