Losthaven

> "We are not giving up, not on this land... Not on the only home we have left." - Mikael Revane, 619 K.C.
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## Losthaven

The seal of the former ruling house of Losthaven

## A Brief History

Founded between 610 and 613 K.C. to house refugees from the Kingdom of Lordaeron, Losthaven is a fairly temperate valley in the mountains that straddle Duskwood, Stranglethorn Jungle, Deadwind Pass, and the Blasted Lands. Though it was built with good intent, fate seemed to have it in for the citizens that sought sanctuary here; leaving them with naught but conflict as they struggled to overcome their traumatic evacuations and the trials that awaited the Kingdom of Stormwind.

### Fordragon's Regency

Despite the best intentions, the infancy of Losthaven was wrought with fiscal imbalance and threat of worgen invasion from their northern neighbors of Duskwood. Though they would, finally, begin to find their footing financially, it would not come until the disappearance of Katrana Prestor. Trading in lumber, pelts, and iron; the citizens of Losthaven did not find themselves rich, but they did finally begin to thrive. By 617 K.C., the area had stabilized and begun a path to self sufficience only to suffer an attack from the jungle trolls worshipping the dark Loa Hakkar. At the new year of 618 K.C., though they'd lost the town of Gladefel, the Losthaven Militia finally pushed back what occupying Hakkari troll forces remained and began reconstruction.

### The Dark Portal Re-opens

From the high Redsand Tower overlooking the Blasted Lands, the Losthaven Militia watched on helplessly as the Argent Dawn fought back against the re-emerging threat of the Burning Legion(619 K.C.). While heroes and crusaders alike made a valiant effort, the area did not emerge from the re-opening unscathed and in fact nearly lost the town of Creanor entirely to stray demonic forces. Though the invaders were eventually pushed back, it was only through an immensely generous donation from an unnamed benefactor that the town was able to restore itself. It was during this time that the Foretower Keep was constructed, and the militia bolstered with appropriate weaponry and armor.

### The War Against the Lich King

As Stormwind City, and other major capitols of the world, fought to contain the tremendous surge of mysterious plague in late 619 K.C.; Losthaven effectively reclused itself away from the rest of the world. Though they mourned for those lost and felt a great guilt for not lending what aid they could, fear of repeating the events that lead to the fall of Lordaeron saw their single route between Duskwood and Montshire closed to any who wished to enter. At the end of the Northrend conflict, and with the plague itself quelled, Losthaven once again opened its borders and sent as much aid as it was able.

### Deathwing's Cataclysm

In a rare showing of good fortune, the citizens of Losthaven felt far less impact from the Shattering than many other lands. Though there was an exceptional amount of structural damage, the area spent the greater part of 621-624 K.C. thriving. So great was this unheard of stretch of peace that only those who volunteered to travel to the new land of Pandaria were even aware of a new war with the Horde.

### The Iron Horde's Invasion

In the fall of 624 K.C., Losthaven's fortunes turned once more as the invading Iron Horde flooded through the reddened Dark Portal and wreaked havoc across the Blasted Lands. Retreating ogre forces and Iron Horde orcs alike posed tremendous threat to the area and marched so far as the Foretower Keep. It was not until the combined forces of the Alliance and Horde responded to the Dark Portal's strange reawakening that the threats were pushed back and Losthaven stabilized once more.

### King Wrynn's Demise

Although the area was more or less thriving without tremendous support from the crown, the death of King Varian Wrynn (626 K.C.) sent a shockwave through the entirety of the Kingdom of Stormwind. As the Alliance burned through resources in the fight against the Burning Legion and eventual all out war with the Horde, Losthaven struggled to provide both for the war effort and its citizens. It was between 627 & 629 K.C. that the area destabilized, nearing on collapse.

### An Inescapable Fate

In the fall of 632 K.C., as Sylvanas Windrunner shattered the Helm of Domination and unleashed the Scourge over Azeroth, Losthaven was truly lost. As the mindless undead washed over the Eastern Kingdoms, it was cruel irony that a sanctuary to refugees of Lordaeron would be culled by the same enemy they fled from a mere two decades prior...

A parchment map of the Losthaven territory.The trade town of Montshire, Losthaven.