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 The Kingdom of Wesnoth consisted of plains to the north and south of the Great River, as well as the hills to the south of the Great River. The land originally belonged to the elves, but during negotations, it was given to Prince Haldric from the [[Green Isle]] for his refugees to settle in.<ref name="kalian">{{Cite|the ka'lian}}</ref> After engaging in subterfuge against the elves,<ref name="plan">{{Cite|plan}}</ref> routing orcish and undead forces belonging to the [[Jevyan|Lich-Lord Jevyan]], and scattering the orcish forces,<ref name="rise">{{Cite|rise}}</ref> Prince Haldric brought his most loyal followers together and discussed their new homeland. Realizing that now owning land, Prince Haldric became King Haldric I, and pondered over what to name his kingdom. Lady Jessene, his companion, suggested that they draw on the etymology of the words 'Wesfolk' and 'Wes Noth' to create the name 'Wesnoth'. It was thus that the kingdom was named, populated by [[Haldric's people]] and the [[Wesfolk]].<ref name="epilogue-trow">{{Cite|epilogue-trow}}</ref>
-After Haldric I and Jessene married, their miscegenation inspired their people to do likewise, resulting in their two ethnic groups merging.<ref name="epilogue-trow"/> The subterfuge that Haldric I had engaged in meant that the orcs on the Green Isle believed that the elves now possessed the Ruby of Fire, a valuable and coveted artifact.<ref name="plan"/> Despite this, Wesnoth initially upheld its agreement with the elves by helping defeat the last of the orcs on the island. He also planned to build towns throughout the land, and to establish the capital itself inland.<ref name="epilogue-trow"/> He also forbade the practice of necromancy throughout Wesnoth.<ref name="slipping">{{Cite|slipping}}</ref>
+After Haldric I and Jessene married, their miscegenation inspired their people to do likewise, resulting in their two ethnic groups merging.<ref name="epilogue-trow"/> The subterfuge that Haldric I had engaged in meant that the orcs on the Green Isle believed that the elves now possessed the [[Ruby of Fire]], a valuable and coveted artifact.<ref name="plan"/> Despite this, Wesnoth initially upheld its agreement with the elves by helping defeat the last of the orcs on the island. He also planned to build towns throughout the land, and to establish the capital itself inland.<ref name="epilogue-trow"/> He also forbade the practice of necromancy throughout Wesnoth.<ref name="slipping">{{Cite|slipping}}</ref>
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 When orcs began to harass the elves,<ref name="defend">{{Cite|defend}}</ref> Haldric I repudiated the Pact of Mutual Aid and sent back the elves' emissaries.<ref name="council">{{Cite|hard}}</ref> This may have been in part due to his neglect of his military during this time.<ref name="treaty">{{Cite|treaty}}</ref> By breaking the pact, Haldric I soured relations between the humans and elves,<ref name="council"/>
-In 15YW, Haldric I passed away, and King Haldric II ascended to the throne. At this time, the human settlement of Tath was surrounded by the orcs, and Haldric II attempted to renew the treaty.<ref name="news">{{Cite|news}}</ref> A number of elves and mercenary dwarves hastened to the battlefield and prevented Tath from being overrun.<ref name="alliance">{{Cite|human alliance}}</ref> Haldric II arrived shortly thereafter and signed a new treaty with the elves, although denied High Lord Kalenz's request to launch an offensive against the orcs.<ref name="treaty"/> Kalenz's decision to form a treaty with Wesnoth was not supported by the [[Ka'lian]].<ref name="ruling">{{Cite|ruling}}</ref>
+In 20YW, Haldric I passed away, and King Haldric II ascended to the throne. At this time, the human settlement of Tath was surrounded by the orcs, and Haldric II attempted to renew the treaty.<ref name="news">{{Cite|news}}</ref> A number of elves and mercenary dwarves hastened to the battlefield and prevented Tath from being overrun.<ref name="alliance">{{Cite|human alliance}}</ref> Haldric II arrived shortly thereafter and signed a new treaty with the elves, although denied High Lord Kalenz's request to launch an offensive against the orcs.<ref name="treaty"/> Kalenz's decision to form a treaty with Wesnoth was not supported by the [[Ka'lian]].<ref name="ruling">{{Cite|ruling}}</ref>
 Though the Isle of Alduin was not of the lands given by the elves,<ref name="kalian"/> it was there that the Academy of Magic was built.<ref name="overture">{{Cite|overture}}</ref> During the tenure of headmaster Aimucasur, Ardonna escaped the academy to pursue the necromantic arts.<ref name="slipping"/> She collaborated with the sorcerer Ras-Tabahn, combining their knowledge.<ref name="meeting">{{Cite|minds}}</ref> After Ras-Tabahn raised the town of Carcyn and recruited followers,<ref name="carcyn">{{Cite|carcyn}}</ref> the two discovered the art of becoming a Lich, sought to share this knowledge with Wesnoth.<ref name="abandoned">{{Cite|abandoned}}</ref> Ras-Tabahn planned even to conquer Elensefar and turn it into an undead empire, although Ardonna wished to take a more diplomatic approach in Dan'Tonk and Weldyn.<ref name="lava">{{Cite|lava}}</ref> After crossing the Ford of Abez south into the lands of Wesnoth, however, they were confronted and found guilty of necromancy by paladins. A large battle ensued, and despite the paladins' defeat,<ref name="against">{{Cite|against}}</ref> Ardonna was still unable to persuade the people of Wesnoth to follow her necromantic ways.<ref name="epilogue-sota">{{Cite|epilogue-sota}}</ref>

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 The first notable invasion of Wesnoth came when one of its earliest settlements, the coastal city of Elensefar, was attacked by a swarm of drakes from [[Morogor]]. The drakes killed and ate the people of Elensefar, but chose to migrate elsewhere and avoid further provoking the humans.<ref name="elensefar">{{Cite|elensefar-wov}}</ref> In due course, Wesnoth later reclaimed the city.<ref name="lava">{{Cite|lava}}</ref>
-When orcs began to harass the elves,<ref name="defend">{{Cite|defend}}</ref> Haldric I repudiated the Pact of Mutual Aid and sent back the elves' emissaries.<ref name="council">{{Cite|hard}}</ref>{{Note pointer|no=1}} This may have been in part due to his neglect of his military during this time.<ref name="treaty">{{Cite|treaty}}</ref> By breaking the pact, Haldric I soured relations between the humans and elves,<ref name="council"/>
+When orcs began to harass the elves,<ref name="defend">{{Cite|defend}}</ref> Haldric I repudiated the Pact of Mutual Aid and sent back the elves' emissaries.<ref name="council">{{Cite|hard}}</ref> This may have been in part due to his neglect of his military during this time.<ref name="treaty">{{Cite|treaty}}</ref> By breaking the pact, Haldric I soured relations between the humans and elves,<ref name="council"/>
 In 15YW, Haldric I passed away, and King Haldric II ascended to the throne. At this time, the human settlement of Tath was surrounded by the orcs, and Haldric II attempted to renew the treaty.<ref name="news">{{Cite|news}}</ref> A number of elves and mercenary dwarves hastened to the battlefield and prevented Tath from being overrun.<ref name="alliance">{{Cite|human alliance}}</ref> Haldric II arrived shortly thereafter and signed a new treaty with the elves, although denied High Lord Kalenz's request to launch an offensive against the orcs.<ref name="treaty"/> Kalenz's decision to form a treaty with Wesnoth was not supported by the [[Ka'lian]].<ref name="ruling">{{Cite|ruling}}</ref>
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 In 417YW, King Garard I took control of Wesnoth, drawing the civil war to a close. Shorly thereafter, he built up the eastern frontier, specifically in the town of Parthyn.<ref name="terror"/> In the final year of his reign, he built two strong-points on the eastern bank of the River Weldyn. In later years, however, human expansion to the east rendered these outposts redundant.<ref name="outpost">{{Cite|the outpost}}</ref>
-Garard I eventually died in 470YW, and was subsequently succeeded by King Garard II.<ref name="terror"/> That year,{{Note pointer|no=2}} orcs massed on the north shore of the Great River, separating Wesnoth from Knalga. Garard II was unable to make an alliance with elves, but hastened to meet the orcs in combat.<ref name="weldyn">{{Cite|council in weldyn}}</ref> Meanwhile, a necromancer opened a portal, allowing undead to return from the Land of the Dead.<ref name="houses">{{Cite|houses}}</ref> After Garard II defeated the orcish threat,<ref name="save">{{Cite|save}}</ref> the mage Delfador told him of the portal. He underestimated the danger the undead would pose, and the Wesnoth army was destroyed. In a change of plans,<ref name="sky">{{Cite|sky}}</ref> Delfador closed the portal with the help of the dwarves,<ref name="portal">{{Cite|portal}}</ref> and successfully slew the necromancer.<ref name="showdown">{{Cite|showdown in the northern swamp}}</ref>
+Garard I eventually died in 470YW, and was subsequently succeeded by King Garard II.<ref name="terror"/> That year,{{Note pointer|no=1}} orcs massed on the north shore of the Great River, separating Wesnoth from Knalga. Garard II was unable to make an alliance with elves, but hastened to meet the orcs in combat.<ref name="weldyn">{{Cite|council in weldyn}}</ref> Meanwhile, a necromancer opened a portal, allowing undead to return from the Land of the Dead.<ref name="houses">{{Cite|houses}}</ref> After Garard II defeated the orcish threat,<ref name="save">{{Cite|save}}</ref> the mage Delfador told him of the portal. He underestimated the danger the undead would pose, and the Wesnoth army was destroyed. In a change of plans,<ref name="sky">{{Cite|sky}}</ref> Delfador closed the portal with the help of the dwarves,<ref name="portal">{{Cite|portal}}</ref> and successfully slew the necromancer.<ref name="showdown">{{Cite|showdown in the northern swamp}}</ref>
 In the years that came, however, Garard II began to lose control of certain parts of his kingdom. In part due to these conflicts, Garard II neglected the protection of the province of Annuvin, which fell prey to the orcs and saurians. In response, the people of Annuvin formed their own militia to control their borders, as well as trade relations and treaties.<ref name="raid">{{Cite|the raid-l}}</ref> Garard II also fell under the influence of his wife, Queen Asheviere, whom he married in 478YW. She was ambitious, willful, and exercised power behind her husband's back.<ref name="prince">{{Cite|prince}}</ref> As a result, Garard II's generals shifted their alliegance, one even being sent on an unsuccesful mission to retrieve the Sceptre of Fire,<ref name="manor">{{Cite|manor}}</ref> which would have made Asheviere his successor to the throne.<ref name="siege">{{Cite|the siege of elensefar}}</ref>
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 During the reign of King Haldric VII, the seer Galdren foresaw a great evil that would befall Wesnoth, and urged Haldric VII to appoint a capable mage as his advisor. Dacyn was selected for the position over a rival, Ravan. As a result, Ravan sought to learn the necromantic arts, later turning upon Dacyn in revenge, but was slain in battle. Despite this, his body teleported away, and he was later reincarnated as a lich.<ref name="the council">{{Cite|the council}}</ref>
-This period of time was peaceful, and allowed Wesnoth to expand into the south with new settlements.<ref name="born"/> In approximately 598YW,{{Note pointer|no=3}} the South Guard was dispatched to the Kerlath Province in their defence, and encountered nothing stronger than the occasional bandit for eight years. In 607YW, however,<ref name="born"/> the bandits organized raids on the province, killing the South Guard's leader, Sir Loris.<ref name="proven">{{Cite|proven}}</ref> After weeks without reports, Haldric VII sent the young knight Deoran to investigate.<ref name="born"/> Upon arriving at Westin, Deoran discovered that the bandits occupied the city, and were even capable of raising undead soldiers. He liberated the city and learned that the elves of the Aethenwood could have knowledge regarding the undead threat.<ref name="proven"/>
+This period of time was peaceful, and allowed Wesnoth to expand into the south with new settlements.<ref name="born"/> In approximately 598YW,{{Note pointer|no=2}} the South Guard was dispatched to the Kerlath Province in their defence, and encountered nothing stronger than the occasional bandit for eight years. In 607YW, however,<ref name="born"/> the bandits organized raids on the province, killing the South Guard's leader, Sir Loris.<ref name="proven">{{Cite|proven}}</ref> After weeks without reports, Haldric VII sent the young knight Deoran to investigate.<ref name="born"/> Upon arriving at Westin, Deoran discovered that the bandits occupied the city, and were even capable of raising undead soldiers. He liberated the city and learned that the elves of the Aethenwood could have knowledge regarding the undead threat.<ref name="proven"/>
 Elvish shyde Ethiliel offered to help Deoran by leading him to Mebrin, a sage who knew the secrets of the undead.<ref name="desperate">{{Cite|desperate}}</ref> Upon arriving at the Vale of Blossoming Trees, they realized that Mebrin had been kidnapped.<ref name="vale">{{Cite|vale}}</ref> They followed the kidnappers' tracks to the Southwood, where the bandit leader Urza Afalas revealed that Mebrin now commanded the undead himself, though Ethiliel did not believe him.<ref name="fog">{{Cite|fog}}</ref>
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-|text=In approximately 15YW,<ref name="low">{{Cite|low}}</ref> [[El'Isomithir|Lord El'Isomithir]] described Haldric's betrayal as having taken place six years prior, around 9YW.<ref name="council"/> This is when the first orcish incursion occurred.<ref name="aoi">{{Cite|aoi}}</ref>
+|text=Delfador dealt with the insurgent threat before the end of 470YW, though it emerged after the start of Garard II's reign.<ref name="dm">{{Cite|dm}}</ref>
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 Mal-Ravanal's death was followed by the dissipation of his army. Konrad II brought his surviving commanders before him, knighting Owaec and promoting Gweddry to the position of Earl. The period that followed became known to historians as the Silver Age of Wesnoth, also as the Reconstruction.<ref name="epilogue-ei">{{Cite|epilogue-ei}}</ref>
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-The '''Kingdom of Wesnoth''' was a human kingdom on the [[Great Continent]]. It was founded by [[Haldric I|King Haldric I]] on formerly elvish land. Soon after its founding, Wesnoth broke its treaty with the elves, only to renew it when the orcs laid siege to Tath. Despite its attempts to stop necromancy, the practice soon became a prominent threat. The Sceptre of Fire, its most invaluable artifact, was forged for King Haldric II, only to be lost in the tunnels of the Heart Mountains.
+The '''Kingdom of Wesnoth''' (also known as the '''Empire of Wesnoth''' or '''Wesnoth''') was a human kingdom on the [[Great Continent]]. It was founded by [[Haldric I|King Haldric I]] on formerly elvish land. Soon after its founding, Wesnoth broke its treaty with the elves, only to renew it when the orcs laid siege to Tath. Despite its attempts to stop necromancy, the practice soon became a prominent threat. The Sceptre of Fire, its most invaluable artifact, was forged for King Haldric II, only to be lost in the tunnels of the Heart Mountains.
 It grew especially strong in its second century, stretching all the way west to Elensefar. In the fourth century, however, the kingdom was plunged into a civil war with the death of King Haldric IV, and all the while, orcs and undead harassed its people.

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 | contents 2=Against Dacyn's advice, Gweddry chose to engage in battle with Mal-Ravanal's forces. Mal-Ravanal hid himself amongst a number of liches, and was eventually revealed to the humans. Rendered vulnerable, Gweddry's men slew Mal-Ravanal within the presence of the Null Stone, preventing the lich from teleporting.<ref name="weldyn besieged">{{Cite|weldyn besieged}}</ref>
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 | contents 2=As punishment for Urza Afalas' crimes, Deoran had the bandit executed, before proceeding to destroy the immediate undead threat. Ethiliel advised them to travel underground, believing it to be the source of the undead.<ref name="fog"/> While Deoran's companion, Sir Gerrick, returned to warn Westin of the undead threat,<ref name="tidings">{{Cite|tidings}}</ref> the elves and Deoran's forces descended underground, where they found and slew Mebrin.<ref name="depths">{{Cite|depths}}</ref> Upon journeying back to Westin, however, they found that it had been attacked by a faction of Aethenwood elves unaware of Mebrin's fall, believing that the people of Wesnoth had murdered him. Ethiliel reached their leader and parleyed with him, ending the conflict peaceably.<ref name="vengeance">{{Cite|vengeance}}</ref> Some weeks later, Deoran was summoned back to Weldyn in order to discuss other events elsewhere.<ref name="elf epilogue">{{Cite|elf epilogue}}</ref>
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-In 612YW, Konrad II was crowned King of Wesnoth. In the thirteenth year of his reign, the undead began to harass Wesnoth's eastern border, forcing Konrad II to re-man the neglected River Guard outposts. To the northern outpost he sent Owaec, while to the south he sent Gweddry.<ref name="outpost"/>
+In 612YW, Konrad II was crowned King of Wesnoth. In the thirteenth year of his reign, the undead began to harass Wesnoth's eastern border, forcing Konrad II to re-man the neglected River Guard outposts. To the northern outpost he sent Owaec, while to the south he sent Gweddry and Dacyn. After the undead overran the southern outpost,<ref name="outpost"/> Gweddry's forces escaped to the Estmarks.<ref name="unexpected">{{Cite|unexpected}}</ref> They made their way to the northern outpost and Dacyn persuaded Owaec to prepare the surrounding villages for evacuation.<ref name="northern outpost">{{Cite|northern outpost}}</ref>
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-Delfador became Queen Li'sar's High Counselor, receiving a royal funeral upon his death. Konrad married Li'sar, becoming the king consort of Wesnoth, and the two had three children. Li'sar's reign lasted for a long time, during which she sought to undo the damage that had been caused by her mother.<ref name="epilogue-httt">{{Cite|epilogue-httt}}</ref>
+Delfador became Queen Li'sar's High Counselor, receiving a royal funeral upon his death. Konrad married Li'sar, becoming the king consort of Wesnoth, and the two had three children. Li'sar's reign lasted for a long time, during which she sought to undo the damage that had been caused by her mother.<ref name="epilogue-httt">{{Cite|epilogue-httt}}</ref> Konrad was also involved with driving off the orcs from the north, bringing peace to the kingdom.<ref name="born">{{Cite|born}}</ref>
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