Pre-TRoW History
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Pre-TRoW History
I've been working since a while ago on a campaign that tells the story of the dwarves acsension from the underdark and of their first war with the elves.
Anyway, as nobody did anything about this particular time Wesnoth history I'm practically inventing the wheel. So far I have thought mostly about the Dwarves\Elves first contact, but clearly that's not enough. I'd really appreciate ideas about the genreal history thereabouts.
Anyway, as nobody did anything about this particular time Wesnoth history I'm practically inventing the wheel. So far I have thought mostly about the Dwarves\Elves first contact, but clearly that's not enough. I'd really appreciate ideas about the genreal history thereabouts.
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Re: Pre-TRoW History
You mean on the Great Continent?
No, noone's really thought about it. Though the underdark is a D&D term, so I might pick something else
You're eminently welcome to come up with your own story set in that time, there's basically no canon to tread on.
No, noone's really thought about it. Though the underdark is a D&D term, so I might pick something else
You're eminently welcome to come up with your own story set in that time, there's basically no canon to tread on.
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don't know if you're more about existing lore or new ideas on pre-wesnothian history
mine would be the latter, but i'm yet to give the idea a publishable form and it's probably too early history for your purpose
-the idea was that most of the man-like races (so dwarves and elves included) came from a common ancestor race that got divided after a certain tragic event - those who would become dwarves gone underground to hide their shame, those to be elves gone to forests, comming under the care of fae spirits - at least those that didn't get banished for causing that event
don't know if it's any help to your cause, it doesn't touch the time when modern races were already formed and most memories of that ancient time was all but forgotten
mine would be the latter, but i'm yet to give the idea a publishable form and it's probably too early history for your purpose
-the idea was that most of the man-like races (so dwarves and elves included) came from a common ancestor race that got divided after a certain tragic event - those who would become dwarves gone underground to hide their shame, those to be elves gone to forests, comming under the care of fae spirits - at least those that didn't get banished for causing that event
don't know if it's any help to your cause, it doesn't touch the time when modern races were already formed and most memories of that ancient time was all but forgotten
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Re: Pre-TRoW History
I had the same idea, but i never found the time to work on it, only for think about the storyline.sur.nhm wrote:I've been working since a while ago on a campaign that tells the story of the dwarves acsension from the underdark and of their first war with the elves.
Anyway, as nobody did anything about this particular time Wesnoth history I'm practically inventing the wheel. So far I have thought mostly about the Dwarves\Elves first contact, but clearly that's not enough. I'd really appreciate ideas about the genreal history thereabouts.
Now I have more spare time, so if you please we can work on it together.
I thought the first contact between the dwarfs and the elves was meanwhile the dwarfs was emerging from underground, in the hills at north of Wesmere, and met a elven scout patrol.
The leader of the patrol, fearing the dwarfs was hazardous, intimated their to disarm themselves and follow him to the Ka'lian for decide about them. But the dwarfs rebelled and defeated the patrol, getting start at the war. What do you think?
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I'd personally prefer history at that point to be kept as fuzzy as possible in mainline to allow authors to come up with any theory that may or may not be true. I know I'm not an authority on this matter unlike the one who started this subforum, so this is my personal opinion. I admit I've come up with my own theories in my own user-made campaigns* and that they are essential to the plot, but I'm also being deliberately unclear about them.StDrake wrote:-the idea was that most of the man-like races (so dwarves and elves included) came from a common ancestor race that got divided after a certain tragic event - those who would become dwarves gone underground to hide their shame, those to be elves gone to forests, comming under the care of fae spirits - at least those that didn't get banished for causing that event
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These are the general lines of my ideas too, though I planned on the dwarves ascending near Lintanir Forest, and not Wesmere, so I'll be able to use Velon (from LoW), and them meeting some woses at the start instead of elves.RockScorpion wrote: I thought the first contact between the dwarfs and the elves was meanwhile the dwarfs was emerging from underground, in the hills at north of Wesmere, and met a elven scout patrol.
The leader of the patrol, fearing the dwarfs was hazardous, intimated their to disarm themselves and follow him to the Ka'lian for decide about them. But the dwarfs rebelled and defeated the patrol, getting start at the war. What do you think?
Forgive bad English.
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@spaceinvader: yes, we'll defiantly need another term for underdark. I thought about The Darkness Below or something similar. PS: Yes, I am talking about the Great Continent (Wesnoth whereabouts).
@StDrake: that's a nice idea, but that's even farther back than when I write. I think there's something about the creation of the world (Irdiya or whatever it's called) in OSJ's Scepter of Life.
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Or maybe be traditional and call it "the Bowels of (the Earth|Irdya)".sur.nhm wrote: @spaceinvader: yes, we'll defiantly need another term for underdark. I thought about The Darkness Below or something similar.
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I thought the term Irdya really wasn't used much (if at all) until after the fall?ninjalj wrote:Or maybe be traditional and call it "the Bowels of (the Earth|Irdya)".
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I dunno, as Shadowmaster said, history's pretty fuzzy hereabouts, so we can use whatever we want.Captain_Wrathbow wrote:I thought the term Irdya really wasn't used much (if at all) until after the fall?ninjalj wrote:Or maybe be traditional and call it "the Bowels of (the Earth|Irdya)".
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Maybe it should only be known by some scholars (mages, runemasters, liches,... you get the idea). It's similar to how some ancient greek (was it Euklides?) even made an approximate calculation of the diameter of the Earth, but that knowledge was forgotten for centuries by almost everyone.Captain_Wrathbow wrote:I thought the term Irdya really wasn't used much (if at all) until after the fall?ninjalj wrote:Or maybe be traditional and call it "the Bowels of (the Earth|Irdya)".
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That's a good idea, but I think we'll stick with the Darkness Below for now (simpler).ninjalj wrote:Maybe it should only be known by some scholars (mages, runemasters, liches,... you get the idea). It's similar to how some ancient greek (was it Euklides?) even made an approximate calculation of the diameter of the Earth, but that knowledge was forgotten for centuries by almost everyone.Captain_Wrathbow wrote: I thought the term Irdya really wasn't used much (if at all) until after the fall?
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...Captain_Wrathbow wrote:I thought the term Irdya really wasn't used much (if at all) until after the fall?
shadowmaster ([url=http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?p=405508#p405508]in Users' Forum[/url]) wrote:Mentioned in a MP scenario description, Legend of Wesmere and Delfadors' Memoirs. It's not supposed to be general knowledge, really.Captain_Wrathbow wrote:And Irdya is the planet. Although I'm not even sure if that is ever mentioned in mainline... maybe in UtBS, I can't remember?
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Oh yeah...