War of Endorel

Many centuries after the Troll Wars, the Empire of Arathor had spread both north and south, covering the continent up until the very borders of Quel'Thalas. The elves had welcomed their human allies into the High Home, founding the city of Endorel as a place where both man and elf could live in peace. However, the peace fragmented slowly, with suspicion and hatred growing between elf and man over the centuries.
Historians are in dispute over the origins and causes of the war. Amongst the human kingdoms it is sometimes agreed that the elves were to blame, claiming that the elves grew afraid of the spread of mankind, wishing to take back the magic that they had so freely given against the Amani in the Troll Wars. Historians amongst the elves blamed the Empire's expansionism and greed, turning at last to an attempted annexation of Quel'Thalas.
Whatever the case, the armies of the Empire of Arathor marched against Quel'Thalas, leading to a bloody conflict lasting eleven years. At last, the elven city of Endorel, regarded by the elves and humans as a jewel and the eternal symbol of the co-operation of the two races, was sacked by the armies of man. During the fall, the Emperor of man was slain.
His successor brokered a tenuous peace with the elves, and humanity swore to respect the borders of the High Home in perpetuity. Endorel was never rebuilt, becoming a ghostly ruin and a symbol to the Benefactors who strived to remake elven civilization in Endorel's image.
The war was relegated to the back shelves of history, a stain on the collective memories and histories of both elf and man alike, for if there was one thing they agreed upon, it was that the sacking of Endorel was one of the greatest and most needless of tragedies that ever befell both races.
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