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information.  EX: "BLAH BLABITY BLAH ( the king of the BLAH ?)"

[Ages Before Wesnoth]
 -Elves and Dwarves inhabit the Great Continent.
 -Haldric's people colonise the Green Isle from a continent further to the West 
(Realative to 'Wesnoth').
 -The Lich-Lords arrive on the Green Isle centuries later, after losing a war 
in the distant West.
 -After a long war Haldric's people come to dominate the Green Isle
 -The 'Wesfolk' and their Lich-Lords pushed onto marginal lands.
 -A couple of centuries pass, then the Great Continent is discovered by the 
eldest Prince of Southbay.
 -After several voyages to the Great Continent the elder Crown Prince falls ill 
and dies.
 -His younger brother is implicated in a plot to kill him.
 -As a distraction the younger Prince starts a war with the Wesfolk and their 
Lich-Lords.
 -The Lich-Lords sense that they will be destroyed and open gates to the 
homeland of the Orcs in the West.
 -The Green Isle is overrun with Orcs, the Wesfolk desert their Lich-Lords as 
they fear becoming prey for the Orcs.
 -Prince Haldric leads the evacuation of the survivors to the Great Continent.

[The Arrival of Man]
 -The elder Crown Prince of Southbay discovers the Great Continent.
 -10 years later Human settlers, led by Prince Haldric, arrive at the Great 
Continent in large numbers.
 -Humans arrive in the middle of a simmering dispute between the Elves and 
Dwarves.
 -The Elves and Dwarves are distrustful of humans, and there is small skirmish 
between them.
 -Messengers from Wesmere Forest come and ask Haldric to come before the Ka'lian
 -Prince Haldric asks the Four Elvish Lords: Dionli, Logalmier, Aryad, and 
El'Isomithir for help and land.
 -They set before him four quests to prove his worth.
 -Prince Haldric completes the quests and he is granted the plains to the North 
and South of the Great River.
 -Haldric agrees to a Pact of Mutual Defence with the Elves.
 -Haldric founds the country of Wesnoth in these lands.

[Reign of Haldric I]
 -Orcs, following the ships fleeing from the Green Isle begin to arrive on the 
Great Continent.
 -These Orcs are defeated by Haldric's forces
 -Some of the Orcish survivors flee back to the Green Isle, others move to 
attack the Elves.
 -King Haldric I is established as first King of Wesnoth.
 -King Haldric helps the Elves fight the surviving Orcs.
 -In the eighth year of Haldric's reign a second wave of Orcs arrive from the 
Green Isle.
 -These Orcs start claiming large portions of the Great Continent for 
themselves.
 -Haldric I dishonors the Pact he spoke with the Elves and refuses to give aid.
 -Many Elves are killed in battle by the Orcs.
 -Elvish emissaries are turned away from Wesnoth.
 -Orcs fail to take the Wesmere Forest and instead march against the farmlands 
of Wesnoth.
 -Elves refuse to aid the Humans in confronting the Orcs.
 -Orcs attack the lands north of the great river from the mountains, then owned 
by Wesnoth.
 -Humans are forced back to the great river and are able to hold it against 
Orcish attacks.
 -Haldric I dies.

[Reign of Haldric II]
 -Prince Haldric II ascends to the throne of Wesnoth.
 -King Haldric II allows Elven emissaries to return to Wesnoth.
 -King Haldric II sends General Aldar with a with a portion of the Wesnoth army 
to aid the Elves in the west.
 -Aldar succeeds in defeating the Orcs in the eastern lands with the help of 
the Elves.

[LONG time later]

[Time of when/ reign of who ?]
 -Urug-Telfar attacks the lake atop mount Eregonor and pillages the surounding 
areas.
 -The Elvish Heroes Kalenz and Glatrid are sent to defeat Urug-Telfar.
 -Kalenz and Glatrid are successful in destroying the encamped Orcish forces.

[Reign of Garard I]
 -Garard the first becomes king of Wesnoth.
 - [Two years later]
 -Dark hordes of undead reported to be roaming in the plains of the East, 
terrorising and pillaging the inhabitants.
 -Garard sends a battle group to defeat the undead.
 -Soliders retern from the battle reporting a crushing defeat.
 -Garard asks the council of mages for help and is advised to send more troops.
 -The young mage Delfador asks the King for funds and permission to lead a 
force of mages instead.
 -Garard agrees to let Delfador confront the undead.
 -Delfador is successful.
 -Delfador becomes a trusted advisor to King Garard.
 -Three outposts built on eastern border to repel local orcs.
 -Crown Prince Garard II is born (some time during his fathers reign)
 -Prince ????? is born (after Garard II)
 -Garard I dies.

[Reign of Garard II]
 -Garard II rises to throne of Wesnoth.
 -Garard marries Asheviere.
 -Crown Prince Eldred is Born
 -Princess Li'sar is born.
 -Other princes are born.
 -Prince ????? has several sons, the youngest is Konrad.
 - [27 years after Garard II's coronation]
 -Wesnoth and the Orcs of the north go to war.
 -Garard leads his army to orc encampment at Calcadar by the Ford of Abez.
 -Garard's forces split in to two groups, one led by himself and the other by 
his son Eldred.
 -Eldred betrays his father and attacks him with the troops under his control.
 -King Garard is slain in battle along with his brother and his other sons.
 -Delfador escapes the battle and heads to capital of Wesnoth, Weldyn.
 -Eldred bribes the Orcish king into peace.

[Reign of Eldred the Traitor]
 -Delfador gathers a force of Loyalists to avenge Garards Death.
 -Eldred's forces confront Delfador's Loyalists at Weldyn.
 -The Loyalists are defeated, but Eldred is slain by Delfador in the fight.
 -Delfador escapes the battle.

[Reign of Queen Ashreviere]
 -Asheviere orders the execution of all of Garard's Nephews and declares 
herself Queen of Wesnoth.
 -Hearing of the news Delfador infiltrates the palace and rescues Garard's 
youngest Nephew  Konrad.
 -Delfador and Konrad flee to live in refuge with the Elves (in Wesmere Forest 
?).
 -Delfador raises Konrad under the protection of the Elves.
 - [The tutorial fits in here]
 -Asheviere hires Orcish forces to hunt down her nephew-in-law Konrad
 -Orcish forces converge on Deladors refuge.
 - ["Heir to the Throne" Campaign begins here]
 - [Mild spoilers beyond this point]


[Reign of Queen Li'sar and King Konrad I]
-Konrad II is born.

[Reign of Konrad II]
 -Konrad II becomes King of Wesnoth.
 - [13 years later]
 -Mysterious disapearances of livestock and peasants along the eastern border 
of Wesnoth.
 -Konrad II sends the Wite Mage Daycn and three officers (Oweac, Sudroc and 
Gweddry) to man the old eastern outposts.
 -Mal-Ravanal attacks the middle outpost where Gweddry and Daycn are stationed.
 -(more stuff here)
 -Wesnoth's last defences are broken, Weldyn is besieged.
 -Gweddry breaks through to reach Weldyn; council is held.
 -(more stuff here)

*(Elvish Council ?)

History derived from:
-The Challenges
-The Rise of Wesnoth
-Heir to the Throne
-Eastern Invasion

Timelined by Kamahawk,
with help from Turin.


||See Also||

* WesnothStoryline
* RaceDescriptions
* WesnothPoetry