The Human Regional Empires

Era of Man / First Age / ~25 thousand years ago
After the rapid rise and fall of the first human empire there was a period of intense civil war on all fronts. Various warlords and self-proclaimed kings fought and contested for generations. Many centuries of this warring saw the numerous tiny kingdoms coalesce and build into a few regional empires. None as spanning as the first Empire of Man, but they all seemed to form around common regions and between the major landforms. These smaller empires were not restricted to the five provinces of the first empire, but most of them seemed to be contained within those same borders as terrain features separate them naturally, specifically the major mountain ranges of the continent.

The first notable exception to this is the expansive North Reach province, which was split into two main empires - West and East North Reach. These rival empires battled continuously during this period for control of provinces central region, mainly to possess access to the Throat of the World mountain pass. This central pass between the Worldcollar Mountains connecting North Reach to Heart Vale was, and is still today, a key strategic location. The other major exception to this is the volatile southern province of Under Jungle, in which multiple empires of man, halfling, troll, and lizardfolk continued to war endlessly between themselves. It is the one province of Valdemar that has never truly been unified by any single race or nation. This period of rising regional empires lasted between ten and fifteen thousand years and covers many changing dynasties and alliances between these empires of men.

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