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Another transitionary period post where no major events really happen, but there’s plenty of minor events! The Bwarloran Dwarves are kicked out of Halusho Forest, but they haven’t been a major player since they created the hobgoblins. We do have the creation of Proaxium which will come to play a large role in future events (The Profiteers play a role in those events as well). I was the one who had the idea for Proaxium because previously there was no single location identified as a center of knowledge. Najar and its associated cities have a good school system, but Proaxium is the place to go for advanced education. And of course the Hykman League is growing.

Another thing to notice in this post is the drastic reduction in time scale. I’m only able to cover a 5 year period in the post because events get closer together in the third age of Dawn of Worlds and because we started to have more interesting events to fill those years.

699 NA: Trade relations expanded over the new human world. Allies and enemies were quickly made and lost as every city and organization vied for control of the old Empire. A new organization splintered off from the shadowy Brotherhood of the Living Immolation. This new organization, the Frugal Profiteers, sought to control all wealth within the Maw. They no longer cared about the resurrection of Navillus or the Najar Empire. All that mattered to the Profiteers was power. The Profiteers secretly bought up many of the mercenary companies used in the wars between the human cities. They installed Profiteer members as the leaders of the mercenaries and awaited the right time to strike.

The merfolk and Bwarlor dominated the sea trade network that established itself across the Maw while the Hykmans controlled the Eastern Maw’s land trade and slowly worked their way into the sea trade.

700 NA: The Metal Dwarves sensed that the Shadow Lord had been shut away in his tomb. They read through the Books once more, searching for what they must do. Perhaps now the world was ripe for civilization. The dwarves edited portions of the Book to recognize threats from outside the normal cycle. They would have to do things differently this time and they hoped for better luck in the next cycle.

The Metal Dwarves set up an outpost to teach the world the dwarven way. Using their vast ingenuity, they built a stone island paradise in the mouth of the Maw, south of Cyflenwi. The Kenracktopar resurfaced from their ancient isolation and built schools, roads, and aqueducts aplenty upon the new land. The island and the city of great learning built upon it were known as Proaxium.

The merfolk, upset by this brazen annexation of their land in the Maw, sent delegates to the dwarves to resolve the matter peacefully. The dwarves stalled the delegates with regulation, fanciful tours of Proaxium, and, if all else failed, bribes.

In the Upper Maw, the wars between the cities continued with Syluk often gaining the upper hand.

701 NA: The hobgoblin population constantly grew. There was no real organization, only constant pressure outwards. Ancient magic protected Crodolan, The Homestone Bridge was warded, and the sea and the mountains surrounded the hobgoblin tribes. The only open place to destroy was Shianosoth. More and more hobgoblins began congregating around the city and eventually they came smashing down upon it. The Bwarloran Dwarves attempted to control the hobgoblins with pleas of fraternity and alliance against the Metal Dwarves, but their cries went unheeded. The city was burned and looted. Few Bwarloran Dwarves escaped the destruction.

703 NA: After seeing the mercantile benefits of the Hykman League firsthand, the Elves of Rotandean joined the League. They built a beautiful forest garden paradise within Hykma to celebrate their new friends. The Elven Gardens became the center of commerce and politics within Hykma and by extension for all the Eastern Maw. However, this was only for the upper class. The lower class cultural center remained in Domicilius. Class tensions heightened after the building of the Gardens. The poor saw the picturesque trees and waterfalls as a symbol of wealthy oppression.

Despite repeated requests from Hykma to join the League, Farpoint continued to remain independent of the Hykman League, maintaining their own laws, culture, and army.

-Mister Ed

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