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[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 the Four Elvish Lords Dionli,
Logalmier, Aryad, and El'Isomithir.
 -Prince Haldric asks the Ka'lian for help and land to settle with his people.
 -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, and the
hills to the South of the Great River. Haldric Speaks 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 and 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 
while 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.
 -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]
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{More Coming Soon}




*(Elvish Council ?)

-History derived from the Challenges, The Rise of Wesnoth, and Heir to the 
Throne.  Timelined by Kamahawk, edited by
Turin.


||See Also||

* WesnothStoryline
* RaceDescriptions
* WesnothPoetry