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Aethaeryn: Rename "Timeline" to "History" and rewrite the section

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Rename "Timeline" to "History" and rewrite the section

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Aethaeryn: Add a central summary of Wesnoth lore in response to an IRC/Discord question

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Add a central summary of Wesnoth lore in response to an IRC/Discord question

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The '''lore''' of Wesnoth is primarily in the story of the mainline campaigns. Additionally, secondary information about the units, factions, and races are available in the in-game help.

==Timeline==

''Main article: [[Timeline of Wesnoth]]''

The history of Wesnoth uses the "YW" ("Years Wesnoth") calendar, where events taking place before the founding of Wesnoth are in years that are counting down and described as "BW" ("Before Wesnoth"), while events afterward are in years that are "YW" and counting up. There is no year zero. [[Mainline Campaigns#The Rise of Wesnoth|The Rise of Wesnoth]] (TRoW) is a campaign that takes place primarily in the BW years while most other campaigns are given YW dates. The far future does not use this system.

The events concerning Wesnoth mostly take place between 12 BW (right before the 5 BW start of TRoW) and 858 YW (when [[Mainline Campaigns#Son of the Black-Eye|Son of the Black-Eye]] ends.

One of the most central campaigns, [[Mainline Campaigns#Heir to the Throne|Heir to the Throne]] (HttT), takes place 517-518 YW.

The multiplayer [[Default Era]] and its factions are roughly from around this HttT time period of history (circa 500-550 YW), but the Default Era (besides perhaps the faction names) should mostly still apply for the entire covered YW time span of 1 to 858 YW. The far future does not use the same calendar system or the same units.

==Geography==

''Main article: [[Geography of Wesnoth]]''

The geography of the game ''The Battle for Wesnoth'' takes place almost entirely on a planet called Irdya and most campaigns take place on the Great Continent, in the areas in and surrounding the Kingdom of Wesnoth. The Great Continent is never pictured in its entirety and Wesnoth is located on the west coast of the Great Continent toward the north, but not in the far north.

==Notable Figures==

''Main article: [[WesnothFigures]]''

The main people of note are the protagonists and antagonists of the mainline campaigns.

[[Haldric I]] is the founder of the Kingdom of Wesnoth, as depicted in the Rise of Wesnoth. [[Konrad]] is a prince of the kingdom of Wesnoth five centuries later, as depicted in [[Mainline Campaigns#Heir to the Throne|Heir to the Throne]].

==See also==
* [[Mainline Campaigns]]
* [[Races]]
* [[Factions and Eras]]

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 The '''lore''' of Wesnoth is primarily in the story of the mainline campaigns. Additionally, secondary information about the units, factions, and races are available in the in-game help.
-==Timeline==
+==History==
 ''Main article: [[Timeline of Wesnoth]]''
-The history of Wesnoth uses the "YW" ("Years Wesnoth") calendar, where events taking place before the founding of Wesnoth are in years that are counting down and described as "BW" ("Before Wesnoth"), while events afterward are in years that are "YW" and counting up. There is no year zero. [[Mainline Campaigns#The Rise of Wesnoth|The Rise of Wesnoth]] (TRoW) is a campaign that takes place primarily in the BW years while most other campaigns are given YW dates. The far future does not use this system.
+The history of Wesnoth uses the "YW" ("Years Wesnoth") calendar, where events taking place before the founding of Wesnoth are in years that are counting down and described as "BW" ("Before Wesnoth"), while events afterward are in years that are "YW" and counting up. There is no year zero. [[Mainline Campaigns#The Rise of Wesnoth|The Rise of Wesnoth]] (TRoW) is a campaign that takes place primarily in the BW years while most other campaigns are given YW dates. The far future does not use this calendar system.
-The events concerning Wesnoth mostly take place between 12 BW (right before the 5 BW start of TRoW) and 858 YW (when [[Mainline Campaigns#Son of the Black-Eye|Son of the Black-Eye]] ends.
+The events concerning Wesnoth mostly take place between 12 BW (right before the 5 BW start of TRoW) and 858 YW (when [[Mainline Campaigns#Son of the Black-Eye|Son of the Black-Eye]] ends).
-One of the most central campaigns, [[Mainline Campaigns#Heir to the Throne|Heir to the Throne]] (HttT), takes place 517-518 YW.
+One of the most central campaigns to the history of Wesnoth, [[Mainline Campaigns#Heir to the Throne|Heir to the Throne]] (HttT), takes place 517-518 YW.
-The multiplayer [[Default Era]] and its factions are roughly from around this HttT time period of history (circa 500-550 YW), but the Default Era (besides perhaps the faction names) should mostly still apply for the entire covered YW time span of 1 to 858 YW. The far future does not use the same calendar system or the same units.
+Another pivotal period for Wesnoth is depicted in [[Mainline Campaigns#Eastern Invasion|Eastern Invasion]], which takes place 625-627 YW, when the lich Mal-Ravanal invades Wesnoth.
 ==Geography==