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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 5206069" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><strong>The Second Ogre War</strong></p><p>When the hordes came, they came in the thousands. In 701 N.C., ogre scions led the hordes of humanoids once again, descending on the remaining city-states and countries of Northern Harqual. And while places such as the Wild Plains and the Imperium were devastated by the war, the Eastern Shores held on, for dear life. They pushed back the ogres to the fringes of civilization and refused to give in as more humanoids poured out from desolate plains, high mountains and the desert known as the Great Expanse.</p><p></p><p>A group of heroes rose to fight the hordes. A young paladin of Jalivier named Jacard Winternight, a family of rogues and mercenaries named Tigerstorm, a stanch soldier named Travathian Dragonguard, a sorcerer named Heward Tallinson, a dwarven fighter-priest named Brekk Thunderstone, a silver elf priest named Menkhar Silversun, a humble forest elf named Minonus Redwater and a barbarian chieftain named Recmair Hault.</p><p></p><p>These adventurers turned heroes were key to stamping out the hordes of humanoids and the Second Ogre War lasted for less then a decade in the Eastern Shores. However, the war did not end in the western lands until 713 N.C.</p><p></p><p>The ogres and their followers fled back to most inhospitable regions on Harqual but some (most notably gnolls and orcs) stayed behind becoming regional bandits, whose descendants still raid the surrounding lands to this day. In time, the heroes would become prominent citizens of the Eastern Shores. Some would even become the rulers of their homelands.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>NOTE:</strong> Jacard Winternight rules Navirosov, Travathian Dragonguard became King of Thallin, Menkhar Silversun was crowned High One of the Silver Leaves, and Recmair Hault built the Barbaric Lands of Wolffire. Of all these heroes, only Travathian Dragonguard has passed away. It is believed that he was murdered by his own son, Varath, who is now King of Thallin.</p><p>In the west, all but Onaway and Steins fell to the ogres and the area is just starting to recover from the war. Cut off from the east for almost 200 year, the west is now reconnecting with the Kingdoms of the Eastern Shores and other eastern lands. Elves are not as welcome in the west, as in the east, due to the fact that the city-states of the Wild Plains didn’t stand together against the ogres and the elves left them to their fate as a result.</p><p></p><p>The Imperium suffered the most from the Second Ogre War or one should say the citizens did. When the ogres attacked the rulers and nobles of the remaining city-states herded the people out into the countryside to sate the ogres’ blood-lust. In return, the ogres didn’t sack all the cities of the Imperium. Even some of the remaining dark gods turned away from the Imperium, fearing that the vile humans would drag down the Pantheon of Swords with them.</p><p></p><p>Several ogre tribes also tried to conquer the gnomes, Torin dwarves, and rakasta of the south but met heavy resistance and were forced to flee north into the Great Expanse. However, once there they had to flee the mysterious desert dwelling elves of the Expanse, moving further north into the Sunus Mountains or across the waters to one of the many islands that dot the region.</p><p></p><p>For years after the war ended, the civilizations of Harqual rebuilt and fortified their lands, building new kingdoms and forming trade alliances with new neighbors. Hoping that the conflict and strife would finally end. They were wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 5206069, member: 2012"] [B]The Second Ogre War[/B] When the hordes came, they came in the thousands. In 701 N.C., ogre scions led the hordes of humanoids once again, descending on the remaining city-states and countries of Northern Harqual. And while places such as the Wild Plains and the Imperium were devastated by the war, the Eastern Shores held on, for dear life. They pushed back the ogres to the fringes of civilization and refused to give in as more humanoids poured out from desolate plains, high mountains and the desert known as the Great Expanse. A group of heroes rose to fight the hordes. A young paladin of Jalivier named Jacard Winternight, a family of rogues and mercenaries named Tigerstorm, a stanch soldier named Travathian Dragonguard, a sorcerer named Heward Tallinson, a dwarven fighter-priest named Brekk Thunderstone, a silver elf priest named Menkhar Silversun, a humble forest elf named Minonus Redwater and a barbarian chieftain named Recmair Hault. These adventurers turned heroes were key to stamping out the hordes of humanoids and the Second Ogre War lasted for less then a decade in the Eastern Shores. However, the war did not end in the western lands until 713 N.C. The ogres and their followers fled back to most inhospitable regions on Harqual but some (most notably gnolls and orcs) stayed behind becoming regional bandits, whose descendants still raid the surrounding lands to this day. In time, the heroes would become prominent citizens of the Eastern Shores. Some would even become the rulers of their homelands. [INDENT][B]NOTE:[/B] Jacard Winternight rules Navirosov, Travathian Dragonguard became King of Thallin, Menkhar Silversun was crowned High One of the Silver Leaves, and Recmair Hault built the Barbaric Lands of Wolffire. Of all these heroes, only Travathian Dragonguard has passed away. It is believed that he was murdered by his own son, Varath, who is now King of Thallin.[/INDENT] In the west, all but Onaway and Steins fell to the ogres and the area is just starting to recover from the war. Cut off from the east for almost 200 year, the west is now reconnecting with the Kingdoms of the Eastern Shores and other eastern lands. Elves are not as welcome in the west, as in the east, due to the fact that the city-states of the Wild Plains didn’t stand together against the ogres and the elves left them to their fate as a result. The Imperium suffered the most from the Second Ogre War or one should say the citizens did. When the ogres attacked the rulers and nobles of the remaining city-states herded the people out into the countryside to sate the ogres’ blood-lust. In return, the ogres didn’t sack all the cities of the Imperium. Even some of the remaining dark gods turned away from the Imperium, fearing that the vile humans would drag down the Pantheon of Swords with them. Several ogre tribes also tried to conquer the gnomes, Torin dwarves, and rakasta of the south but met heavy resistance and were forced to flee north into the Great Expanse. However, once there they had to flee the mysterious desert dwelling elves of the Expanse, moving further north into the Sunus Mountains or across the waters to one of the many islands that dot the region. For years after the war ended, the civilizations of Harqual rebuilt and fortified their lands, building new kingdoms and forming trade alliances with new neighbors. Hoping that the conflict and strife would finally end. They were wrong. [/QUOTE]
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