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Population

1 Kaalroen Empire 2,035,000

2 Holy Sigmarite Empire 1,685,000

3 Dark Elf Dominion 1,570,000

4 Mellvellon 1,440,000

5 Cuitlaxaochitzin 1,350,000

6 Dwarf Kingdom 1,335,000

7 Skaven 1,120,000

8 Wood Elf Realm 890,000

9 Cloudy Mountain Orcs 380,000

Biggest Cities

1 Boiling Peak 435,000

2 Karak-a-varr 335,000

3 Lamentation 290,000

4 Apotheosis 220,000

5 Sigmarheim 200,000

6 Sudhafen 175,000

7 Dragonspire 175,000

8 Galamory 160,000

9 Phallucia 155,000

10 New Har Ganeth 120,000

Wonders of the World

1 Boiling peak Complex 13

2 Great temple of Cuitlaxaochitzin 9

3 Tower of Phallucia 8

4 Cathedral to Sigmar 6

= Ruins of Chimalman 6

6 Dragonspire 5

7 Spire of Lamentation 4

= Temple of Mannan 4

9 Tower of Skraeland 3

10 Karak Debaz 2

= Colleges of Magic 2

= Beastman Herdstones 2

Biggest Armies

1 Kaalroen Empire 29

2 Mellvellon 22

3 Cuitlaxaochitzin 19

4 Dwarf Kingdom 19

5 Holy Sigmarite Empire 9

6 Typhonian Enclave 4

7 Cloudy Mountain Orcs 4

8 Dark Elf Dominion 2

Biggest Navies

1 Dark Elf Dominion 42

2 Typhonian Enclave 24

3 Dwarf Kingdom 20

4 Mellvellon 18

5 Holy Sigmarite Empire 17

6 Kaalroen Empire 5

7 Cuitlaxaochitzin 5

Biggest Empires

1 Kaalroen Empire 325,000 sq mi

2 Cuitlaxaochitzin 190,000 sq mi

3 Holy Sigmarite Empire 147,500 sq mi

4 Dwarf Kingdom 130,000 sq mi

5 Dark Elf Dominion 145,000 sq mi

6 Mellvellon 117,500 sq mi

7 Typhonian Enclave 75,000 sq mi

8 Wood Elf Realm 65,000 sq mi

9 Cloudy Mountain Orcs 55,000 sq mi

Empire Fleet embarrassed on the Pan Coron Ocean

The years 261PC and 262PC were a turning point for Otto IV's reign over the Holy Sigmarite Empire. His army had been crushed by the Dominion in 261PC and Otto had been forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty effectively betraying his word to the tribes of the Canaur valley.

Worse was to follow. Later in the year the skaven slave fleet returned and ravaged Armaethor and the Empire state of Hoffenland. Fear gripped Sudhafen but the privateer fleet of Galamory promised to crush the skaven raiders. Unfortunately for the Empire and especially Otto, the Empire fleet was sunk by the skaven and Otto's reign looked increasingly perilous.

In 262PC the raiding fleet returned, and once again the privateers set out to defeat the skaven. The outcome was the same however, and the skaven were able to penetrate deeper into the Empire, following the Nimarn valley. The skaven reached as far north as Hellveg, and panicked rioting broke out in Sigmarheim and only the fiery oratory of Julius II managed to stop the mob from looting half the city. Unable to defend his people the Emperor, now 50 years old, retreated into virtual seclusion, and became known as "Otto the weak" by most of the nation.

Typhus' Empire flexes muscles in preparation for war!

Typhus gazed through the farsqueaker, a look of satisfaction on his twitching, spasmatic features. His plans were coming to fruition, each piece falling into place under the guidance of his unquestionable cunning and unmatched wisdom. He watched through the lens as a shining phalanx of spears was swamped with a writhing brown tide of fur and rusty armour. As intended the refugees that Typhus had “welcomed” into his beneficent domain were already clashing with the hated Elves of Mellvellon. He winced as the brown tide retreated, fleeing as a tightly packed formation of lancers broke apart their formation. It seemed his new pawns would serve to buy him time and little else.

Still, time was all he needed. A further expedition to the far north had yielded results, massacring the troublesome beastmen that infested the area and securing large quantities of warpstone for Boiling Peak's forges. A further raid carried out by Typhus' new privateer fleet had come back packed with slaves abducted from the Holy Sigmarite Empire. The humans seemed powerless to stop the repeated raids, unable to predict when and where the airborne raiders might strike next.

Glutted with slaves and warpstone the many forges and factories on the slopes of the volcano were going into overdrive, working solidly both night and day. Typhus' legions already marched south, securing the coastline and constructing a string of towers to warn against any seaborne invasion. Work was nearly complete on a pair of forts built to bar access to the peninsula on which Boiling Peak was located. Soon Typhus' little despotism would be an impregnable bastion, proof against any invasion the lesser races might attempt.

But Typhus wasn't content to leave it at that. With their continued warmongering and encroachment on his territory the Elves of Mellvellon must learn a lesson of blood! He turned his gazed away from the farsqueaker and contemplated the vast armada and armies mustering in the port below. He would crush their pathetic colony and dance on the burnt carcasses of their breeders and whelps!

Dominion asserts dominance

During the late 50s and the early 60s of the 3rd century PC the Dark Elves once again asserted their dominance over the other realms in the northern continent of Palurin. In 254 the elves once again began their campaigns in the north, hunting once again the beastmen of Canabrin in the Kaalroen Empire. The Dark Elves went on these campaigns mostly for entertainment and again crushed a beastman army sent to stop them. The cheifs of the Kaalroen Empire did nothing to halt the Dominion forces roaming their northern territories, and the power of the three cities of Hovedstaden, Phallucia and Skraeland had reached a low ebb.

The only serious threat to the northern campaign of 254 came not from the Kaalroen Empire but from the High Elves of Mellvellon. Seeing an opportunity to inflict damage on their most hated foe while they were far from home, the Dragon Lords sent an army across Canabrin to face their dark kin. The ensuing battle was a disaster for the High Elves and the Dominion campaign of that year took home more than human and beastman slaves.

In 261Pc the Dominion turned its attention to more serious affairs. The growth of the Holy Sigmarite Empire into the heartland of Canaur began to threaten the healthy supply of slaves from human tribes now allying themselves to the Sigmarites. When Otto IV agreed to protect the tribes of Canaur in exchange for fealty, the lords of Lamentation could see how Otto was trying to expand his realm, and this threatened the Dark Elf way of life.

In 260PC the Dark Elves occupied the coaastal strip of Canaur enabling them to strike much further inland. As predicted the tribes of Canaur called on Emperor Otto for aid and in 261PC a grand army was sent to remove the Dominion forces from the coast. If successful the HSE would be dominant on Canaur and the Dominion would have to look elsewhere for labourers and slaves to entertain them.

The battle itself did not go well for the Empire. Despite accurate artillery fire from the Hellstorm Rocket Batteries, the Empire cannons were woeful, notably so. The combined charge of the Dominion witch elves and war hydra broke the centre of the Imperial line and routed Otto IV's grand army. The Dominion maintained their occupation of the coast of Canaur and the enslavement of the human tribes continued. The HSE's expansion east had to be put on hold.

Enclave “welcomes” refugees

Ever since he had fled from the council the renegade Typhus had been left alone on Palurin to rule his personal despotism. But Typhus knew it was only a matter of time before the council located and moved against him, so when the long dormant portal on the slopes of Boiling Peak re-activated Typhus was ready! Whilst the rival Skaven forces were still gaining a foothold Typhus attacked, leading his army in person to crush all those who sought to bring him low!

Typhus' army engaged cautiously at first, hanging back and trying to thin the enemy numbers with its weapons teams and Typhus' own powerful sorcery. As the armies jostled for position Typhus finally spotted a weakness and hurled his Clan Pestilens allies into the fray, smashing apart the enemy centre and routing their veteran Storm Vermin. The attack eventually bogged down and the remainder of the two armies crashed together in a confusion of hacking and biting. It was the Enclave's forces that gained the upper hand, indoctrinated from birth to hate the minions of the Council of 13!

With no way of escape the enemy fought like the cornered rats they were and casualties were high amongst the Enclave's phalanxes but their victory was assured and total. With the advance guard wiped out Typhus soon had the portal surrounded and as forces continued to stream through they found themselves surrounded and captured.

When the enemy Grey Seer exited the portal a parley was called for. Unable to resist the chance to gloat and monologue before one of his hated former peers Typhus granted the request. To his surprise it turned out these new Skaven were not agents of the council, but renegades like himself fleeing their judgement. Typhus' first instinct was to have them slaughtered in case they threatened his power but then he realised he could solve two problems at once.

Graciously he welcomed the newcomers into the empire, assuring them they were amongst comrades. In return for recognising him as the supreme and most righteous ruler of the entire Skaven race Typhus granted them lands on the mainland to the west. Together they would work to build up their strength so that they could one day return and crush the Council! Of course, the newcomers had their own ideas about who should rightfully rule the Skaven but surrounded by Typhus' forces they kept them quiet for now.

Typhus allowed himself a smirk of self satisfaction. The lands he had granted to the newcomers put them squarely next to lands claimed by the dwarves and directly in the path of the expanding High Elves of Mellvellon. They would serve as a buffer to protect his empire from attack! And if they got misguided ideas about usurping him... an Eshin dagger could fix that!

New Skaven Fleet sets out on the High Seas

Typhus' new raiding fleet had been continuing to make itself a nuisance to the rest of the world with slaving and privateer activity but avoided major engagements. However the High Elves of Mellvellon began aggressively expanding their nearby colony, provoking the Enclave out of its usual state of introversion.

Whilst the Enclave's Ironclad fleet had been confined to port, starved of warpstone for its reactors, many of its ships had undergone extensive refits to fit them with experimental new reactors. More efficient than before they were also capable of much greater power output. Like all Skaven technology it was highly unreliable and prone to malfunction but could give the ships an unexpected burst of speed. Enraged by the temerity of the High Elves, Typhus ordered the fleet to set sail despite not being fully ready and its crew and commanders untrained.

With no mission other than to send a signal of the Enclave's strength and determination to resist any intrusion into its sphere of influence the fleet lashed out randomly. Once more the Skaven engaged and defeating a fleet of the Holy Sigmarite Empire which strayed too close to the Enclave's shores. The fleet was less fortunate in its other engagements however, suffering a bitter defeat to the Lizardmen of Cuitlaxaochitzin. Although the Skaven succeeding in capturing the enemy battleship they came off by far the worse out of the clash and many of the precious new experimental ships were lost. Even more of the Enclave's new fleet was sunk in an attack by a mysterious group of ghost ships which melted out of the sea fog and vanished again just as silently.

Elven Kingdoms vie for influence in the North

The early 50s of the 2nd century PC saw the two major maritime elf realms increase their influence in Palurin and a resurgence of the Dominion as a force to be reckoned with.

The High Elves of Mellvellon had lived in relative peace since 235PC and their crushing defeat of the Cloudy Mountain Orcs. However in 250PC a more aggressive faction within the complicated political structures of Mellvellon politics gained influence and their policy shifted from peacekeepers to aggressive expansionist colonisers.

The high elves increased the size of their colonies and extensively developed their trading post at Averacium into a mighty port. Sein-Craban in the south also saw expansion, its influence extending up the Endwe river, much to the consternation of the skaven of Typhus.

This new policy almost immediately saw a cooling of relations with Cuitlaxaochitzin, who after an internal struggle largely unknown to the high elves had taken once more to sending mercenary ogre expeditions north west to Canabrin. Rather than welcoming the ogres as potential allies against chaos the high elves took offence to their presence, declaring that Canabrin was an "elven affair". Insulted, the ogres refused to leave and a confrontation became inevitable. A Mellvellon army shadowed the ogres througout their campaign in the north west and matters came to a head in late 250PC. The ogre army was defeated and high elf pride soothed, but relations with the lizardmen cooled even further.

The high elves then turned their attentions to the defeat of the Kaalroen Empire. The Chaos realm, a loose confederation of human warlords, city states, norsemen and beastmen tribes had weakened over the last fifty years, but the massive land empire still remained the most powerful nation in Palurin and its expansion east, towards the colonies of Mellvellon, continued.

The human warriors of the Kaalroen Empire had left the elves well alone since the disastrous Battle of the Fortress of Dawn in 211PC, but the beastmen remained aggressive, attacking elven caravans in the far north west of Canabrin. In 251PC the dragon lords sent an army against them, massacring the beastmen and ensuring that the colonies of Mellvellon on the mainland reached new levels of civilisation and development.

More worryingly for the high elves the Dominion, which had for over forty years remained a sleeping giant, returned to campaigning in 253PC. Once again the elves' dark kin returned to Canabrin for sport and plunder, destroying a beastman army just north of the white Cenebrae before returning to their ever growing halls. By 255PC Apotheosis had joined the ranks of fellow cities, Lamentation and New Har Ganeth as a dark tower of pain, and the Dark Elves began sending armies abroad in Canaur, terrorising the human tribes that dwelt there. Clamour rose in Sigmarheim for the newly crowned Emperor Otto IV to take action...