History of the Seven Kingdoms

The Grim Winter was a particularly long and terrible winter on the continent of Aldorath that affected Kurdenheim, Norhast, and the northern areas of Faerinwold, and Summerlund. Huge wolves came down from the Everfrost Mountains and wreaked havoc on many towns and cities. The winter ended abruptly, and some believed that the mages of the Universitas Magesterium had discovered a portal to the Elemental Chaos in the mountains and closed it.

Having sailed up from Turkhast Overview, the Orcish Hordes begin raiding along Aldorath's eastern and southern coasts.

The Battle of Kebeshkrak’s Stone was fought during the War of the God King. A division of Gryphon Company under the command of the Dragonborn knight Dame Kebesh Aurumadrath held the passes through the region then known as the Argent Hills. As the Orcish Hordes tried to pass through the hills to attack the retreating Eladrin forces, including a wounded Shalana Silvermyst, Dame Kebesh refused to yield the pass. She intended to either make them go around, this allowing the Eladrin time to escape, or pay dearly for access to the passes.   For three weeks, she held her position near a large rock formation. She refused to give even an inch to the orcs, and her soldiers fought tooth and nail to support her. Finally, one of her own soldiers, a dragonborn known as Ythmaurg Verenthalak, attacked her with a poisoned blade, weakening her. The orcs took advantage of the confusion, pushing into the passes. As they came through, however, they were met by fierce Elven guerilla-fighting archers who had been moving to support Dame Kebesh’s position and drive the Orcs back. The orcs were routed and forced to flee.   The dragonborn who had served under her declared her Kebeshkrak (Kebesh the Immortal), and the Eladrin named the rock formation that she had held as Kebeshkrak’s Stone as well as renaming the Argent Hills to the Kebeshdrai. Her name is one of the non-Eladrin heroes recognized by Tavanion in their annals and to whom they consider themselves indebted.

In 9 SKR, the War of the God King had reached a climax. Not since the death of Grukh the Bloody-Seer had the victory of the Orcs seemed so possible. As Broglarak the Fat’s naval forces held the Eladrin ships on the coasts of Tavanion, orcish marines began slaughtering the outnumbered Elves along the coastal regions of Faerinwold. These two races had born the brunt of much of the fighting, and these battles made them wonder why they had ever tried to forge an alliance amongst the Seven Kingdoms.   The answer came swiftly. The Summerling general Seowyn Greenfields led Summerling knights and soldiers, Gristameri shocktroops, and Dalenshire irregulars to the rescue of the embattled elves. As they drove the orcish ships out into deeper waters, eladrin galleons manifested out of the Feywild, led by the Triton’s Horn. They smashed the ships of the marines, then sailed on to raise the blockade in Tavanion. This conflict became known as the Battle of the Burning Sea.

Construction of the grounds and buildings of the Universitas Tarmoore begins in 701 SKR. The Second Witching War  puts major delays into the works, so the campus is not completed until 725 SKR.

The Battle of Blackfields in 709 SKR was a turning point in the Second Witching War. Summerling regulars, led by their king, the young Caudus Tarmoore, were escorting a group of Gristameri soldiers to aid Eladrin warriors who were holding the Tavanion front against the Witch Queen’s forces. The battle seemed like it would be a quick and easy rout of the Witch-Queen’s armies.   Unbeknownst to the humans and eladrin, however, the Gristameri had been contacted by the Witch-Queen and had decided not to aid the other kingdoms against her. At the last minute, the goblins struck. They launched arrows against their human allies, sending them into disarray. Indeed, the bugbear shock troops are believed to have attacked and mauled Caudus Tarmoore, and the young king died of his injuries on the battle field. Without the support they were expecting, the eladrin were butchered by the Witch-Queen’s dark armies. From that day forward, Gristamere was considered an enemy of the other kingdoms, and the Conclave of the Seven Kingdoms has never recovered.

As Gristameri Regulars marched on the Valley of the Subtle Arts, their secret wards having been broken and betrayed by the rogue student Uthol Varstros, the teachers of the Universitas Magesterium faced a difficult choice. They knew that the Goblinoids would likely give their hard-earned secrets to the Witch-Queen or use them against the other members of the Seven Kingdoms, as well as slaughtering many students. Instead of facing or fighting, they chose to destroy their school, using their magics to shatter the land and let the sea rush in. Over time, the streams that had flowed into the valley cleaned the salt from the water, and the Valley was gone, replaced by the Lake of Lost Memory.

After long delays in its construction caused by the Second Witching War, the Universitas Tarmoore begins its first semester of classes.

Many Gnomes, dissatisfied with their roles as servants to the Eladrin, begin resigning their positions and departing for other lands. Many move to Faerinwold(organization:43fd4ebb-ea21-4b4f-83bb-45dcdd9f51a4) where the @[Elves treat them with more equality.

At the 1071 SKR Spring Faire, a very young Tilly Thistleshanks meets the rest of the nascent Fire Wasps. He joins the group, becoming the smallest member, but not the least in spirit.

The Fire Wasps briefly join the allied forces at Bloodsand Beach for a stint in the War of the Three Heads . They request and are granted leave sometime after the Siege of Brokenwall Keep  to go to face an issue from Tilly Thistleshanks' past.