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<blockquote data-quote="jaybirdthings" data-source="post: 9482044" data-attributes="member: 7045632"># 14. WarSubject: ItemCanvas: RegionalTHE SHIELD OF KNOVALong before the days of the Admasian Empire, Midval was a continent whose surface was verdant and untouched by civilization. The land was occupied, however, by the Commonwealth of Knova, the Dwarven nation that existed entirely beneath the ground, comprised of a vast network of tunnels between clusters of carved rooms called dohns. When the humans arrived on Knova, settling on top of the Commonwealth, many of the human leaders sought to push the dwarves out from under their castles, fearing an invasion from below. This exile was kept at bay by Nivik, a representative of the Commonwealth who sat on the council of Midval with the other nations. Peace lasted 50 years until Nivik passed, and shortly after all human nations came to agreement. They declared war on the Commonwealth, and began raiding their dohns to migrate the dwarves to the rocky spirelands to the southeast of Midval. This small region became New Knova, a shattered and poor nation squeezed out of its own homeland by Admasian and Niaman forces.The dwarves of Knova are few, and many fled the continent to join their seafaring cousins in Yormanthir. However, those who remain search frantically for the Shield of Knova. It was Nivik’s prized possession, and it is said to give the bearer a heightened force of respect, leadership, and honor. Whoever take the shield up next, in the dwarves’ eyes, is destined to form the Second Commonwealth and unite Midval in peace.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaybirdthings, post: 9482044, member: 7045632"] # 14. War Subject: Item Canvas: Regional THE SHIELD OF KNOVA Long before the days of the Admasian Empire, Midval was a continent whose surface was verdant and untouched by civilization. The land was occupied, however, by the Commonwealth of Knova, the Dwarven nation that existed entirely beneath the ground, comprised of a vast network of tunnels between clusters of carved rooms called dohns. When the humans arrived on Knova, settling on top of the Commonwealth, many of the human leaders sought to push the dwarves out from under their castles, fearing an invasion from below. This exile was kept at bay by Nivik, a representative of the Commonwealth who sat on the council of Midval with the other nations. Peace lasted 50 years until Nivik passed, and shortly after all human nations came to agreement. They declared war on the Commonwealth, and began raiding their dohns to migrate the dwarves to the rocky spirelands to the southeast of Midval. This small region became New Knova, a shattered and poor nation squeezed out of its own homeland by Admasian and Niaman forces. The dwarves of Knova are few, and many fled the continent to join their seafaring cousins in Yormanthir. However, those who remain search frantically for the Shield of Knova. It was Nivik’s prized possession, and it is said to give the bearer a heightened force of respect, leadership, and honor. Whoever take the shield up next, in the dwarves’ eyes, is destined to form the Second Commonwealth and unite Midval in peace. [/QUOTE]

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