Faewild Wars¶
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This page is named in the open question SM and AL calendars are never related. The Sanctuary Age Timeline fights this war in the 400s SM; the Proturan timeline places "Faewild Wars" at roughly 240–280 AL. Dates below keep the calendar of their source.
"In 524 SM, the last dragon seen west of the Cloudwall mountains is defeated by Sancturi forces. Seen as the turning point of the conflict, the Draconian forces crumble quickly to the superior numbers of the Sancturi without their dragons in support." — The Sanctuary Age Timeline (S326)
The Faewild Wars were the war of the 400s SM between the Fae and the mortal races around the Broken Sea, fought largely through two Draconian armies and ended by the rebels who became the Sancturi. The Sanctuary Age Timeline and the Post-Sancturi notes call it the Faewild Wars (S326, S112); older documents call it the War of the Faewild, the War of the Faewilds, or simply the Fae Wars (S327, S324, S319, S143), and its last decade, from 522 SM, is the Fae-Sancturi War (S326). From it the Fifth Age dates the decline of the Fae and the dragons, the founding of the Sancturi faith, and the death, or the disappearance, of the dragon-goddess Pravustiratel.
The Fae Resurgence¶
The war grew out of the Fae Resurgence of the 300s SM. Faewilds had been "documented in numerous locations around the world" since the 200s, and scholars took them for "a natural result of the widespread disruption of the elements and part of process of Terrun restoring the natural order" (S326). By the 300s they "are becoming increasingly common and problematic. Conflict and competition for land and resources with the Fae is commonplace. The Fae are increasingly assertive and expansionist" (S326). The Sancturi-era notes count it the Third Fae Resurgence, from 200 SM, the "first recorded instance of a Fae archon and Fae demesne" (S132).
The Draconian invasions¶
"Conflict between the Fae and the races leads to many conflicts. Large scale conflict is driven by two large Draconian forces. One operates from Pherox and strikes south into Rhovun and Angorath. The other operates from Turas and strikes into Myrkan" (S326).
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 410 SM | Seawall declares independence from Angorra. |
| 425 SM | "Draconian forces overrun Myrkan and take the Kithallen Plateau in 425 SM. The new draconian nation of Myrox is established." |
| 451 SM | "Pherox expands to take control of Rhovun and Angorath." |
| 493 SM | A scavenging expedition "returns from Acadia with tales of horrors and loss", believed "the first recorded discovery of a Hollow". |
| 511–516 SM | Angorra and Myrox formally at war, until "Angorra, Seawall and Tallachia have submitted to Myrox." |
| 513 SM | "Sanctorum is destroyed in 513 SM by a massive volcanic event." |
All from S326. The 2018 notes set the Kithallen Plateau events at 455 SM, the Myrkan–Angorran war at 511 SM, and the volcanic destruction of Sanctorum at 514 SM, "conflicting reports between agents of Necatus and Myrkan" (S132).
The Fae-Sancturi War¶
"Rebels organized around a new faith in 522 SM and retake the ruins of Sanctorum and the Fae-Sancturi War begins. They declare themselves and their gods the Sancturi" (S326). The 2018 notes name the rebels' leader as the God-Emperor Tolac, whose faction "begins to push back Myrkan and Fae, starting in the ruins of Sanctorum" in 516 SM (S132).
The turning point came in 524 SM with the fall of the last dragon west of the Cloudwall. "In 527 SM, the draconians have completely abandoned the Broken Sea and survivors have returned to Pherox. By 535 SM, the Northern Kingdoms have reasserted control in Dalmar, Angorath and Faragond. The draconians retreat to Pherox. By 554 SM, the Sancturi have consolidated their hold on Angorra, Myrkan and Turas" (S326). The 2018 notes end the war earlier: "521 SM: Myrkan is defeated and the draconians scattered back to the north. 523 SM: The Fae Resurgence has ended and the last Fae dominion in the south is destroyed/contained" (S132). What the Sancturi built on their victory is the Sancturi Period.
Aftermath¶
"Fae and Dragons continue their steep decline since the Faewild Wars. Most have retreated (if they can) fully into the Elemental Planes" (S112). The Fae that remained were "subjugated by Daemiveus and his minions and corrupted/merged into Hollows", or "bound/enslaved as sources of Rune Magic" in rune-carved monoliths, or "went into deep hiding", hunted both as a source of power and "by those seeking to ensure another Fae resurgence does not take place" (S132). Fae-aligned peoples suffered with them: "Gnomes and Wood Elves did not fare well during the War of the Faewild. Being associated with Fae meant they were targeted by many civilizations that had been tolerant of them in the past. They were killed or driven from their homes in many cases" (S327). The Draconians, "after their defeat during the War of the Faewilds and subsequent effects of the Hollowing", withdrew into Pherox, "though their numbers are small and their legacy of Mithis magic use weighs heavily on the land" (S324). The kingdom of Floren was "settled by Kalari refugees after the Fae Wars" (S319).
The war also took a god. "Pravustiratel is dead, Torn asunder in a great ambush by the Dark Gods during the Fae Wars. Her spirit they could not contain and roams Gor'Turra. They hid her Dragon's Heart and scattered her bones" (S143). Pravus "feels betrayed by the outcome of the Fae Wars and the banishment of her kin from the West" (S143). The newest source denies the death: "Everyone thinks Pravustiratel was betrayed and killed by the Dark Gods … when in fact he made a secret pact with Sharuvas and is now the Chosen of the Divine" (S112).
Earlier accounts¶
The Proturan regional timeline (S107) records "Faewild Wars" as a region-wide conflict at roughly 240–280 AL, before its Fae Resurgence of about 260–400 AL, and knows nothing of the Sancturi faith's founding in the war. The 2018 notes (S132) give the shorter chronology above and were marked wrong by their author; the 2023 timeline (S326) is followed where they differ.
Gap
No source names a Fae leader, a battle, or the dragon that fell in 524 SM, or explains why the Draconians fought for the Fae. Nothing dates the Dark Gods' ambush of Pravustiratel within the war.