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{{Conflict Information|commander1=[[Winter]]|commander2=[[Valandor the Great]]|casualties2=[[Valandor the Great]]|Sources=[[Kings of War – 3rd Edition Rulebook]]|Outcome=* Creation of the [[Infant Sea]] | {{Conflict Information|commander1=[[Winter]]|commander2=[[Valandor the Great]]|casualties2=[[Valandor the Great]]|Sources=[[Kings of War – 3rd Edition Rulebook]]|Outcome=* Creation of the [[Infant Sea]] | ||
* Death of [[Valandor the Great]]|Date=2499 until 2649 (150 years)|strength1=* Ice Demons | * Death of [[Valandor the Great]]|Date=2499 until 2649 (150 years)|strength1=* Ice Demons | ||
* [[Ice Giants]]|strength2=[[Elves]]|Last Battle=[[The Battle of Ileuthar]]}}The Winter War was a war that was fought between the forces of good and the Wicked One, [[Winter]] and her forces of evil. This occurred between the Years 2499 until 2649. This time was known as The Age of Ice. | * [[Ice Giant|Ice Giants]]|strength2=[[Elves]]|Last Battle=[[The Battle of Ileuthar]]}}The Winter War was a war that was fought between the forces of good and the Wicked One, [[Winter]] and her forces of evil. This occurred between the Years 2499 until 2649. This time was known as The Age of Ice. | ||
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The aid of the Shining Ones was erratic and could not be relied upon; for they too had lost a great deal of their power, and their minds had become unfocused since [[The God War]] with the exception of [[Valandor the Great]] who later would be regarded as to have been heavily involved and considered to be everywhere during the war. | The aid of the Shining Ones was erratic and could not be relied upon; for they too had lost a great deal of their power, and their minds had become unfocused since [[The God War]] with the exception of [[Valandor the Great]] who later would be regarded as to have been heavily involved and considered to be everywhere during the war. | ||
[[Valandor the Great]] | [[Valandor the Great]] was regarded to have being everywhere. He fought shoulder to shoulder with the Elves as they battled the [[Ice Giant|Ice Giants]] from the north at [[Lethuia]], he commanded the garrison at [[Sathoi]] and repelled thousands of Ice Sprites and helped the bulwarks at [[Dolgarth]] against the encroaching glaciers (note Dungeon Saga and Tome of Valador). Valandor knew this was required to hold back the forces of [[Winter]] however was just bidding his time as needed to face Winter himself to end the war. | ||
For one hundred and fifty long years of unending cold, the war dragged on. There was some successful resistance: | For one hundred and fifty long years of unending cold, the war dragged on. There was some successful resistance: | ||
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===Winter's Defeat=== | ===Winter's Defeat=== | ||
{{3rdeditionlogo}}Finally in 2649 at the [[The Battle of Ileuthar]], [[Valandor|Valandor the Great]] | {{3rdeditionlogo}}Finally in 2649 at the [[The Battle of Ileuthar]], after 5 days of battling hordes of Ice Demons [[Valandor|Valandor the Great]] was close to collapse but then [[Winter]] appeared. Valandor and Winter battled hand to hand with the occasional use of magic throughout. Valandor got the best of Winter eventually after an intense battle. Winter glared at Valandor as he shoved his blade into her and she shattered in a flurry of ice shards behind a blinding flash. After a moment, Valandor heard a laugh echo across the field, confirming that Winter had bound herself to the ice however the Great Inundation had begun with Ice melting at an unnatural speed. | ||
Valandor raced to stop the flooding that came from the ice and diverted as much as he could, however eventually he was lost to the onrushing tides. | |||
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Winter’s flood swept into the holds of the Dwarfs, killing thousands. Anguished and mourning their dead, the Dwarfs sealed shut their holds for many centuries, turning their backs on the world. | Winter’s flood swept into the holds of the Dwarfs, killing thousands. Anguished and mourning their dead, the Dwarfs sealed shut their holds for many centuries, turning their backs on the world. | ||
{{ClashofKings2024logo}} [[The Mouth of Leith]] was spared the flooding that ravaged much of Elvenholme and only the farthest outposts of the [[Twilight Kin]] suffered in the watery apocalypse however opened new opportunities to obtain more slaves to use to dive deeper into the void. [[ | {{ClashofKings2024logo}} [[Mouth of Leith|The Mouth of Leith]] was spared the flooding that ravaged much of Elvenholme and only the farthest outposts of the [[Twilight Kin]] suffered in the watery apocalypse however opened new opportunities to obtain more slaves to use to dive deeper into the void. [[Leithindyr|Queen Leithindyr]] ordered their Nightships set loose upon the coasts of Pannithor. Caverns that had been closed off for centuries were reopened again and Twilight ships sailed the mortal seas in search of prey. | ||
of Pannithor. Caverns that had been closed off for centuries were reopened again and Twilight ships sailed the mortal seas in search of prey. | |||
The Nightships ranged farther than they ever had before, exploring new lands both above and below the surface of Pannithor. The Twilight Kin established emissaries in the courts of the distant east, studying the mystic knowledge in [[Xiryan]] of the [[Xirkaali Empire]] and [[Yamatero]] of the [[Tetsumo Shogunate]], exploring the ruins of [[Kong]] and [[Mughaal]], even probing into the secrets of the infernal fractures that had opened in these nely found lands. | The Nightships ranged farther than they ever had before, exploring new lands both above and below the surface of Pannithor. The Twilight Kin established emissaries in the courts of the distant east, studying the mystic knowledge in [[Xiryan]] of the [[Xirkaali Empire]] and [[Yamatero]] of the [[Tetsumo Shogunate]], exploring the ruins of [[Kong]] and [[Mughaal]], even probing into the secrets of the infernal fractures that had opened in these nely found lands. | ||
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Winter’s time may be long past, and her chill grip receded from the world, but at the poles Pannithor is clad still in great caps of ice. Huge frozen cliffs of blue ice as tall as mountains stand sentinel over the world. By day they are visible for a hundred miles, by night the ice groans and roars. Some say this is Winter, that she lives still, and shouts her defiance at the warming sun once it has safely set. | Winter’s time may be long past, and her chill grip receded from the world, but at the poles Pannithor is clad still in great caps of ice. Huge frozen cliffs of blue ice as tall as mountains stand sentinel over the world. By day they are visible for a hundred miles, by night the ice groans and roars. Some say this is Winter, that she lives still, and shouts her defiance at the warming sun once it has safely set. | ||
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