A Great War occurred between the three nations of Adar, Arvandor and Ironclaw. This conflict raged for 700 years, with no side managing to conquer the other. The Human Empire of Adar seeked to expand its territory, and so invaded the Dwarves and the Elves. The Dwarves declared war on the Elves as their kind was stealing the precious and rare metal of Mithrill from their territory. The Elves retaliated against both sides in response to being attacked.
Eventually, the war ended after much bloodshed and many years of conflict. A pact was agreed upon the three nations which established peace among them for the next ten thousand years. This pact was merely a faĆade, however, meant to distract from the secret plotting each nation was carrying out and to appease the masses tired from the fighting.