The Material Wars

What are now known as the Material Wars began thousands of years ago in 8A 4212 upon the discovery of an ore vein of incredible value in the central mountains of the Great Range, in is now known as Dartmor, by the miners of Theria. Already fearing that nation was falling behind in the growing race for dominance with its southern counterpart, the kingdom of Vinduri launched a surprise attack on Theria. In what became known as "The Morning War," Vinduri forced a surrender after they decisively overran the ore vein and a number of smaller dwarfholds.

The seemingly unjustified attack drove Theria to thousands of years of sporadic conflict with Vinduri. The long-running conflict, which eventually became culturally ingrained, became known as the 'Material Wars' after the reason for its original outbreak. The conflicts were only brought to a close when in 8A 7012, after 422 years of uneasy peace, reformist members of both kingdoms pushed for a unification to avoid future war, and the seeds of the modern Thero-Vindurian Empire were planted. The eventual formation of the empire ushered in the 9th age.