The Midland Reach

The Midland Reach

It has been 499 years since the Great Devide, a time of relevant peace and friendliness. Several centuries ago, through the conjoined efforts of the Humans and the Dwarves; these two races began to successfully reach out to the culturally diverse Elves.

As the Human and Dwarven diplomats entered their lands, the Elves were weary of the foreigners . With poor first contact and because of several things the diplomats did, the Elves felt insulted. What originally should have been a meeting between three friendly nations, turned into a war that lasted two decades.

The Dwarves had several colonies near the Elven border prior to the war. But with the slaughter of thousands of their kin, the Dwarves withdrew from the war and returned to the mountains of their homeland. With a hatred for their enemies, and resentment for the feelings of betrayal for their former allies, the Dwarves turned their backs on the world.

The two remaining nations battled for many years, neither gaining the upper hand for long before giving it up. At the battle of Pronged River, without their former allies, the Humans agreed to a cease fire with the Elves on shaky terms. After years of demands being sent back and forth, eventually the leaders of the two nations changed and soon, the new leaders successfully attempted to erase all past animosities, favoring peace.

For the years to come, the two races would mix together. With time, diplomacy became a favored tactic of the Humans. Like before, they reached out to the other nations including the Hobbits and the Gnomes, with far better success then in the past. Now, in the year 499, all the nations are connected through various road and river systems throughout the Midland Reach.

But the lingering curiosity connected to the ancient Dwarven race is beginning to creep up in the universities of the World, and with the advancement of ship technology, a completely new question is being asked. What should the peoples of the Midland Reach do about the fabled East and West islands?