Great Continent
The Great Continent was a large landmass east of the Great Ocean. It was home to a variety of races
History
| Some changes were good. The Elves, awakened as from a long dream, began to increase in population. But some were very bad, and the worst of those was the coming of the orcs, the wreckers, the tree-killers. The years of their long childhoods were a golden age, and the last time of untroubled peace. |
| —Lore describes the descent of the Great Continent into warfare. |
The Great Continent lay on the eastern side of the Great Ocean.[1] The continent's large size accommodated various natural features, including forests,[2][3] mountain ranges,[4][5] plains,[6][7] and swamps.[8][9] Through the center of the continent ran the Great River.[10]
The continent was originally inhabited by elves and trolls,[11] some time after which the dwarves emerged from caves and settled in the hills and mountains of the continent.[12] The undead also had a minor presence on the continent in its early history.[13] In the sand wastes to the south lived the dunefolk, a collection of nomadic humans.[14] Over time, the continent became home to a diverse population of races, including fire dragons,[8], nagas,[15] ogres,[16] orcs,[17], saurians,[8] and woses.[18] For a long time, there was no noticeable orcish presence on the Great Continent,[17] and most conflict existed between the dwarves and elves.[19]
After refugees from the Green Isle, including Prince Haldric's people and the Wesfolk, immigrated to the Great Continent,[10] they were given a portion of elvish land in which to settle.[19] There they established the Kingdom of Wesnoth.[20] They were followed to the continent by the orcs,[21] much to the alarm of the elves.[17] Also during this period, the undead gained prominence on the continent.[13]
Though the orcs were initially defeated at the hands of the humans,[3] they later returned in greater numbers from the north and attacked the elves and humans.[2][22] A large number of drakes also immigrated from Morogor to the continent, allying themselves with the saurians,[23] then settling in the Heart Mountains.[24] In the years to come, Wesnothians came to occupy a large portion of the center of the continent.[25] The elves, meanwhile, occupied the Aethenwood, Wesmere Forest, and Lintanir Forest with the woses,[11][18] while the dwarves remained in the Heart Mountains.[26] The orcs settled in the north with their naga allies where they tricked the trolls into combat.[27] While the ogres lingered in the wildernesses of the Great Continent,[16] the saurians resided in various swamps with their capital in Saurgrath.[28][29] Though rare,[30] fire dragons dwelt in various caves throughout the continent.[31][32][33]
References
- ↑ A Summer of Storms, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Uprooting, Legend of Wesmere
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Defend the Forest, An Orcish Incursion
- ↑ Together Again, Secrets of the Ancients
- ↑ End of Peace, Son of the Black-Eye
- ↑ Glory, Liberty
- ↑ The Drained Plains, Eastern Invasion
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Dragon, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ Mal-Ravanal's Capital, Eastern Invasion
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 A New Land, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Elves (race)
- ↑ Dwarves (race)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Undead (race)
- ↑ Dunefolk (race)
- ↑ Elves' Last Stand, Legend of Wesmere
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ogres (race)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 A Spy in the Woods, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Walking Trees, Secrets of the Ancients
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 The Ka'lian, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ Epilogue, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ The Vanguard, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ News from the Front, Legend of Wesmere
- ↑ Wesmere, Wings of Victory
- ↑ Heart Mountains, Wings of Victory
- ↑ Kingdom of Wesnoth (geography)
- ↑ The Ford of Abez, Heir to the Throne
- ↑ Northerners (faction)
- ↑ Saurians (race)
- ↑ Costly Revenge, Legend of Wesmere
- ↑ Fire dragon (unit)
- ↑ The Dragon, The Rise of Wesnoth
- ↑ Ray of Hope, Northern Rebirth
- ↑ The Dragon, Scepter of Fire