Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Great Scourges

The First Scourges: Imperial Age
Nulcarn, First of the Old Gods rallied the Underborn into the First Scourges.  Number of Scourges unknown.  Underborn come from the Mountains of Dusk and Baragrond, spilling into the south.  Repelled by the Theden Empire; Elvanyan Empire dissipates, Khazad-Ordamarr taken by orcs.  At the end of the First Scourges, Nulcarn was slain by Kallen, Magus Imperator of the Theden Empire.  Kallen wore the Crown of Aldrein, and was able to slay Nulcarn.  These began after Magus Imperator Amurion converted to the Sanctum.  The First Scourges do not count the ancient wars between the Dread Twelve and the Elvanyan, Giants', and dragons' empires.  Peace of Kallen begins.

Second Scourge: Sacred Age
Led by Duman, Underborn poured out of the north and along the Theden-Thrayan border.  Amurion current Magus Imperator.  Duman was imprisoned by Archon Titus Nescus and his lover Silerré the High Elf.  Duman was imprisoned within Mustpavadas.  Titus wielded the Horn of Findelas to combat Duman.  The horde defeated at Manauris by Theden, Thrayan, and dwarven forces.  Other races got involved in repelling the Scourge, but men played the biggest part.  Theden greatly weakened by Scourge.  Peace of Kallen continues.

Third Scourge: Sacred Age
Led by Muldorn, Underborn poured out of the Red Mountains.  Magus Imperatora Ascerea just crowned.  Alderath the Ageless used the Shield of Boleras to weaken Muldorn beforehand at the Battle of Farithas Fields.  Legionnaire Vessarian Cairrus battles Muldorn at Tullius' Peak and imprisons him within the mountain.  Theden forces defeat the Underborn at Farithas Fields.

Fourth Scourge: Magus Age
Led by Lurre, Underborn pour out of Iildheul Mountains, destroying their way out of Dorlúin and attacking Arannis.  Arannis-elven alliance hold back the Fourth Scourge.  Horribly bloody Scourge; elven population ravaged and Arannis spread thin.  Six Kingdoms know little of this eastern Scourge.  A high elf Guardian, Syphíren Ureimel uses the Cape of Morrigan to battle Lurre.  Imprisons her in the Svartthrill, which is then taken to Mustpavadas but then stolen by the dark elves and taken to Ullanis.

Fifth Scourge: Lost Age
Led by Urydrell, Underborn came up from the Giants' Helm Mountains; the Six Kingdoms and Arannis drove back the Scourge, elves withdrew support, damaging human-elf relations.  Urydrell was re-imprisoned by Goodwyn, a halfling Guardian, under the future site of Turssig, Tevanth.  Goodwyn uses the Breastplate of Cunnbeus to defend against Urydrell's attacks.  An entirely human-fought Scourge.  Amarilius' Island sunk, and Lortheas destroyed by the Scourge.  Scourge slaughtered at Tiray.

Sixth Scourge: Shadow Age
Led by Illyth, after Ages of being underground the Sixth Scourge pours up onto the surface from the Khazadi Mountains at the advent of the Shadow Age.  The dwarves had been under constant attack by them for Ages, but no one heard their warnings; and monsters from the Deep had been creeping into the elves' forests, keeping them in a state of constant alert.

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