First War of the Ancients

The First War of the Ancients is a war that took place some years after the Awakening.
==History==
Over time, the human kingdoms began to impede once more within territories not belonging to them. The Ancient Races, who had remained quiet after the bloodbath they had wrought, warily resumed their protests. The kingdoms, far more disciplined than the barbarian hordes they had themselves once been, finally saw fit to return the wounds inflicted upon their ancestors. War once more would sweep across Europe but this time it was the humans leading the sword.
Naturelles (with its fabled Templar Order) and Enconia marched upon Hightree, felling legions of elven warriors and archers within their very own forests. The orcish fortresses at the edges of elven land were wiped clean, and the orcs were butchered. Harracktor, with the aide of Carnetrada, launched an assault against Jotnar. Both elf and dwarf saw their numbers plummeting more drastically than they could have ever imagined. Naturelles took countless elven prisoners who would later be forced to build the castle and walls of the capital city over the ashes of their own; likewise, Harracktor captured any dwarf that was not killed in their onslaught as a slave. The ancients were defeated, their lands diminished, their pride broken before the unity of the kingdoms of men.
Resentments lingered for years. Naturelles, considered a progressive kingdom, eventually abolished elven slavery and took measures to secure peace with the elves, even going so far as to return a few meager tracts of lands to their old masters. Enconia opened up dialogues with the ancient nations, including even the orcs in peace talks and affairs of court. Harracktor, however, remained distrustful of non-humans and free dwarves number few within its borders. Of Carnetrada, little is yet known, but remains a visible force despite its silence.