Waaagh of the Worldspines

Era of Man / Second Age / ~1400 SA
Following the destruction of Sorcia, many of their leaders that had fled were hunted, tried, and in most cases executed. The greater population of the vast city-state that survived, either by evacuating early or other means of escape, spread far and wide across the continent and beyond. They formed new peaceful communities or joined others. One of these new communities is formed in the swamps southeast of the Under Jungle in northern Nethgulmar, and eventually becomes the civilization today known as the Night Wizards. Over the next five centuries alliances are formed, broken, and remade numerous times over just as the borders of the various Kingdoms are.

All of that changed for the eastern region of Valdemar around 1400 SA. From the southern Worldspine Mountains a massive collection of orcish armies, known as a Waaagh!, is formed under a particularly mighty and brutal warlord. This seemingly numberless horde launched a number of gruesome campaigns against the kingdoms of Heart Vale and the Storm Coast over the next few decades. The armies of men found it difficult to attack the orcs in their mountain fortresses when so many roamed the countryside, and when battle was joined the orcs were vicious. They left no survivors, either killing or taking as slaves any who did not fall during combat.

The armies of Heart Vale fared better against the orcs for multiple reasons, and eventually the warlord of the Waaagh! recognized this and began focusing their efforts on the Storm Coast, while still keeping the central kingdoms distracted and occupied. The kingdoms of the Storm Coast were forced to focus on defending their own lands against such an overwhelming and widespread enemy, and without being able to effectively reinforce each other the armies of the east began to wither away. By 1450 SA just about all of the towns and villages throughout the province were razed, and most refugees had fled to the major coastal cities. With the protection of their mighty walls the survivors could withstand the armies of the orcs, but overflowing with people and their farmlands burned the cities quickly ran through their supplies and began to starve.

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