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<blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8841767" data-attributes="member: 6670763"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>The History of the North</strong></span></p><p>According to the best of my knowledge.</p><p></p><p>In ancient times, there existed two elven realms on the Delimbyr river. Illefarn on the lower river near Waterdeep and the High Moor, and Eaerlann on the upper river between the High Forest and the Greypeak Mountains. Illefarn seems to be clearly identified as a realm of gold elves, and it appears to be implied that Eaerlann was as well. But the half-elven brigands of the High Forest are descended from moon elves and there are a few old moon elves living in Ardeep Forest near Waterdeep, indicating that Eaerlann was probably a moon elf realm. There are no mentions of any kind that there were ever wood elves living in the Savage Frontier.</p><p></p><p>East of the Greypeak Mountains were the lands of Netheril the first great human nation north of the Sea of Stars. It's eastern border was the </p><p>Narrow Sea, which seems to have spanned from the Nether Mountains in the northwest to the Dalelands in the southeast, but its outlines are now completely obscured by the sands of the Anauroch Desert. Netheril was ruled by powerful wizards from its founding 4,000 years ago until about 3,000 years ago when the Narrow Sea began to disappear. The wizards then apparently left, at least some of them presumably to distant Halruaa in the South. Yet the common folk of Netheril remained and inhabited the shrinking lands against the Greypeaks, which are now the Fallen Lands, for another 2,000 years.</p><p></p><p>At the same time as Netheril was declining, the dwarven hero Delzoun united the dwarven strongholds north of the Nether Mountains under a kingdom of his name. The dwarven realm endured for many centuries but eventually became overpowered by the orcs of the surrounding mountains. In the end, the greatest orc horde the North had ever seen swarmed down from the mountains and destroyed much of Delzoun and what had remained of Netheril. After the orcs were eventually defeated, the remaining Netherese abandoned the Fallen Lands and settled the now abandoned dwarven city Sundabar and founded the cities Silverymoon and Everlund in the north. In the south, they settled in Llork and Loudwater and build the city Karse in the High Forest, at the feet of the Star Mountains.</p><p></p><p>Some time later, Northmen from Ruathym and the Moonshae Islands started to settle on the Sword Coast. In the North, they founded Luskan with the help of a Netherese wizard. In the South, Northmen raided Illefarn, and the elves eventually left for Evermeet. Luskan itself would later be conquered by Uthgar Gardolfson from Ruathym. When the other Northmen of the Sword Coast took back the capital of their kingdom, Uthgar and his remaining men had to flee into the Wilderness. There they encountered remnants of the Netherese and together became the Uthgardt tribes, which still inhabit the wilderness between Luskan and Silverymoon.</p><p></p><p>Like all elven realms in Faerûn, Eaerlann also became a fading power. Fearing new orc hordes from the north coming over the Nether Mountains through Turnstone pass, they build the great fortress Ascalhorn and gave it to Netherese descendants to guard the northern border of their realm. Ascalhorn became infiltrated by devils, and when some of the wizards discovered the deception they summoned demons to drive the devils out. Eventually the demons won the war, but also overthrew the wizards, claiming the city for themselves, which then became Hellgate Keep. One of the wizards of Ascalhorn named Wulgreth escaped from tbe city and fled south to Karse, where he caused the destruction of that city as well soon after.</p><p></p><p>With demons on their doorstep, the next horde of orcs managed to destroy Eaerlann, with the elves moving south to the lands that had once been Illefarn, where they created a new kingdom together with dwarves and humans. This kingdom was short lived and destroyed by the last great orc horde, and is only remembered as the Fallen Kingdom. (If the elves of Ardeep forests are the last elves of the Fallen Kingdom, then it would support that Eaerlann was a moon elf realm.) Further north, the Northmen kingdom around Luskan also fell to the orcs, yet Silverymoon and Citadel Adbar remained.</p><p></p><p>It was only centuries later that Waterdeep was founded by Northmen from the islands of the Trackless Sea snd southern merchants from the Heartland, and the first lord of the city was a wizard from Silverymoon. The Northmen also drove the orcs out of Luskan, beginning the current phase of settlement in the Dessarin and Surbrin valleys.</p><p></p><p>Two years ago, devils from Dragonspear castle near the High Moor descended upon the lands with armies of orcs, devastating the Western Heartlands and making the land rout between Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep impassable for over a year. Soldiers from Waterdeep mostly managed to keep the devils and their minions from reaching past Daggerford into the Savage Frontier, but the war took a heavy toll on the armies of the Lords' Alliance and the mercenary companies of the North. Meanwhile the sailors of Luskan have been at war with those of Ruathym for nearly a year. Fearing danger for their own ships, Waterdeep forced the two sides to make peace, but that seems to only have encouraged them to join forces and turn their piracy against their many shared enemies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yora, post: 8841767, member: 6670763"] [SIZE=6][B]The History of the North[/B][/SIZE] According to the best of my knowledge. In ancient times, there existed two elven realms on the Delimbyr river. Illefarn on the lower river near Waterdeep and the High Moor, and Eaerlann on the upper river between the High Forest and the Greypeak Mountains. Illefarn seems to be clearly identified as a realm of gold elves, and it appears to be implied that Eaerlann was as well. But the half-elven brigands of the High Forest are descended from moon elves and there are a few old moon elves living in Ardeep Forest near Waterdeep, indicating that Eaerlann was probably a moon elf realm. There are no mentions of any kind that there were ever wood elves living in the Savage Frontier. East of the Greypeak Mountains were the lands of Netheril the first great human nation north of the Sea of Stars. It's eastern border was the Narrow Sea, which seems to have spanned from the Nether Mountains in the northwest to the Dalelands in the southeast, but its outlines are now completely obscured by the sands of the Anauroch Desert. Netheril was ruled by powerful wizards from its founding 4,000 years ago until about 3,000 years ago when the Narrow Sea began to disappear. The wizards then apparently left, at least some of them presumably to distant Halruaa in the South. Yet the common folk of Netheril remained and inhabited the shrinking lands against the Greypeaks, which are now the Fallen Lands, for another 2,000 years. At the same time as Netheril was declining, the dwarven hero Delzoun united the dwarven strongholds north of the Nether Mountains under a kingdom of his name. The dwarven realm endured for many centuries but eventually became overpowered by the orcs of the surrounding mountains. In the end, the greatest orc horde the North had ever seen swarmed down from the mountains and destroyed much of Delzoun and what had remained of Netheril. After the orcs were eventually defeated, the remaining Netherese abandoned the Fallen Lands and settled the now abandoned dwarven city Sundabar and founded the cities Silverymoon and Everlund in the north. In the south, they settled in Llork and Loudwater and build the city Karse in the High Forest, at the feet of the Star Mountains. Some time later, Northmen from Ruathym and the Moonshae Islands started to settle on the Sword Coast. In the North, they founded Luskan with the help of a Netherese wizard. In the South, Northmen raided Illefarn, and the elves eventually left for Evermeet. Luskan itself would later be conquered by Uthgar Gardolfson from Ruathym. When the other Northmen of the Sword Coast took back the capital of their kingdom, Uthgar and his remaining men had to flee into the Wilderness. There they encountered remnants of the Netherese and together became the Uthgardt tribes, which still inhabit the wilderness between Luskan and Silverymoon. Like all elven realms in Faerûn, Eaerlann also became a fading power. Fearing new orc hordes from the north coming over the Nether Mountains through Turnstone pass, they build the great fortress Ascalhorn and gave it to Netherese descendants to guard the northern border of their realm. Ascalhorn became infiltrated by devils, and when some of the wizards discovered the deception they summoned demons to drive the devils out. Eventually the demons won the war, but also overthrew the wizards, claiming the city for themselves, which then became Hellgate Keep. One of the wizards of Ascalhorn named Wulgreth escaped from tbe city and fled south to Karse, where he caused the destruction of that city as well soon after. With demons on their doorstep, the next horde of orcs managed to destroy Eaerlann, with the elves moving south to the lands that had once been Illefarn, where they created a new kingdom together with dwarves and humans. This kingdom was short lived and destroyed by the last great orc horde, and is only remembered as the Fallen Kingdom. (If the elves of Ardeep forests are the last elves of the Fallen Kingdom, then it would support that Eaerlann was a moon elf realm.) Further north, the Northmen kingdom around Luskan also fell to the orcs, yet Silverymoon and Citadel Adbar remained. It was only centuries later that Waterdeep was founded by Northmen from the islands of the Trackless Sea snd southern merchants from the Heartland, and the first lord of the city was a wizard from Silverymoon. The Northmen also drove the orcs out of Luskan, beginning the current phase of settlement in the Dessarin and Surbrin valleys. Two years ago, devils from Dragonspear castle near the High Moor descended upon the lands with armies of orcs, devastating the Western Heartlands and making the land rout between Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep impassable for over a year. Soldiers from Waterdeep mostly managed to keep the devils and their minions from reaching past Daggerford into the Savage Frontier, but the war took a heavy toll on the armies of the Lords' Alliance and the mercenary companies of the North. Meanwhile the sailors of Luskan have been at war with those of Ruathym for nearly a year. Fearing danger for their own ships, Waterdeep forced the two sides to make peace, but that seems to only have encouraged them to join forces and turn their piracy against their many shared enemies. [/QUOTE]
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