History: The Great War 1765-1820

With the fallout of the great economic depression of 1762, word began to spread of “ghosts” haunting the ruined mineshafts where the dwarves once eagerly and actively roamed. Even with all of the magic of the elves, an evil entity unlike the land had ever seen went undetected until 1764, when raiding parties consisting of orcs and other strange and evil creatures began attacking the hovels where Mjoldor’s newest residents, humans, were now occupying.

Unaware of their neighbor’s presence, the chief of the nomadic human groups attempted to attack one of the strongholds in the north, but his entire army was slain in a matter of a few short moments by dark magic. Their blood stained the ground, and the earth began to grow dark and bleak where it ran. The place was named “DemonRak,” for there were no survivors and no one to tell the story of what had happened.

Hearing of the human decimation at DemonRak, [[King Shades and King Radiance sent spies out to the location, only to find out that there was a terrible and sickly evil brewing at DemonRak, and that an ominous castle was being magically constructed by a force so great that the spies dared not engage it. Working as safely as they could, the Dokkalfar began sneaking humans out of the area and transplanting them on the west side of the Western Mountains, where they could farm and live peacefully under the watchful and protective eye of the Dokkalfar.

In 1765, a sudden expansion maneuver by the dark force conquered all of the lands in the northern Mjoldor valley, poisoning the land and forcing everything living away, including animals and livestock. Concerned, the Dokkalfar once again met with the Ljosalfar at the great Thing of 1765, to discuss the events. It was decided that King Radiance and King Shades must send a cooperative army to confront the rising darkness.

In Fall of 1765, 10,000 soldiers marched into the Northern Mjoldor valley to attack DemonRak. Both kings were present. The armies fought everything from Orcs to demonic creatures for seven days without resting. Finally arriving at DemonRak with 7500 elves, King Radiance charged the castle and was struck off of his mount by a bolt of black lightning that shot out from the tower of DemonRak. He suffered mortal injury and died supernaturally, as it was uncommon for a pureblood immortal to be killed on the mortal plane.

King Shades, in retaliation, sent his strongest mages forward, and together they were able to fend off the magic until the army could get inside the castle. King Shades discovered the Demigod Krog in the highest tower, and the two fought for three days without rest. This battle later became known as TotKrog, as the Dokkalfar king with the aid of his mages trapped Krog in a holy manuscript, and set it ablaze, banishing Krog back to the underworld from which he came.

The war, however, did not end. Krog’s poisonous spirit infested the land, turning it into a despicable wasteland that bred evil and unnatural creatures. For another 55 years, the Dokkalfar fought to keep the poison contained in the North Valley.

In 1785 it was decided that the Illit city of Markalfar would have to serve as the guardian, and the Northern Valley was renamed Sal’Aum, the despicable land. Guards were posted permanently at every valley exit, including the mountain passages and caverns that the dwarves had once roamed. The largest gap, a span of about 10 miles of open valley between the Eastern Mountains and Western Mountains were enclosed with a large stone wall, which later became the northern gate of Markalfar. To the south, a vast desert stretched which aided in keeping the evil contained to Sal’Aum.

Raids and attacks were announced contained on Summer 12, 1820, marking the official end to the first great war, and promising peace to the residents outside of Sal’Aum.

History Continues in History: Mjoldor’s Progression 1820-2040