HISTORY

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Nalnogard is a land with a vast history being added to each day. Here is a bit about the origins of the land and a timeline for further guidance. Remember, the timeline is always being added to when new events take place in Nalnogard, you and your characters control the future!

THE STORY
Long ago, Nalnogard was created by the two great Dragons, Mullanas and Bonamin. The brothers were just a few days old when they did so, born of great Dragons from another land. They did not know of the hardships the land would face because of them.

Having created their own land, the ruled together, over dragons, humand, elves, dwarves, and various other creatures who had come to Nalnogard to find a home. All was good, brave knights protected the land from the dangers of monsters and the brother dragons led a just a fair rule, but this peacefulness could not last.

The year was 248 DR (Dragon's Reign), and Mullanas had become unhappy. He felt he could be richer, and more powerful, if he could just get rid of his brother. So he stole away in the night to make his dream a reality, he found Dragons loyal to him, and told them they would enslave the other creatures and no longer be treated like silly animals. They would rule.

When Bonamin caught wind of this, he quickly gathered his army of knights and attacked. The war raged on for over two hundred years, and the land suffered because of it. Finally, Bonamin and the dragons who fought with him managed to push Mullanas and his allies, (which now included many of the monstrous beast the knights had fought to protect the land from years ago) back out of the land. Using all the magic at their disposal they turned themselves, and Mullanas and his dragons into a vast mountain range, shielding Nalnogard from the rest of the world.

This however used up almost all the magic in the land, the only magic left was given to the elves by Bonamin, he told them to protect it and keep the old stories alive, for the short lived humans would surely forget them, and eventually even the dwarves who lived a little longer would forget as well.

As predicted, the humans forgot, they set up a new form of government with four dukes ruling over all the land. They refused to listen to the elves who still remembered the days of the Dragons. Disheartened, they retreated into the woods and became known as the mysterious Wood Elves. Many of the elves themselves however lost faith in the stories of the Dragons, and left the Wood Elves to become the City elves, who lived as the humans did, and took pleasure in the things the Humans did.

Now the land has been peaceful for many years, but there is always threat of war, as the Dukes fight political battles to gain control of Nalnogard. These days the threat is even more apparent as the Dukes prepare their armies and make alliances in secret, each one waiting for the right moment to strike. Meanwhile the Wood Elves and Dwarves are getting fed up with the greedy Dukes, and each group is busily plotting to over throw them, though neither group knows of the other's plans.

Still, there are those who continue to live their own peaceful lives working the fields of their Lords, unaware of the dangers to come...

TIMELINE
(Nalnogard is a total of 1079 years old)

Year Zero - Mullanas & Bonamin create and begin to rule Nalnogard.

248 DR - Mullanas begins the war, the Dragon's Reign ends, and the Great War begins. All years are recorded with GW (Great War) from now on.

252 GW - The war ends, and the Dragons become the mountains, leaving the Elves to protect the remaining magic. All years from now on are referred to as AD (After Dragons).

123 AD - The Elves retreat into the woods.

327 AD - The City Elves are created and leave the Wood Elves.

579 AD - Present Day