War of the Hills

70 B.C.


In Dwarven eyes, it was not long before the Khanate launched a campaign of terror in order to loot the riches from the lush Dwarven trade routes. Various southern land/resource disputes eventually escalated in to a full scale invasion of the southern half of the Hini Amon Confederacy.

The Khanate's culture took offense to compromise, and saw it as weakness. Dwarves on the other hand have been compromising with other tribes since society began. There was virtually no interaction between them before this event. The Khanate struck hard and fast.

New weapons and creatures never before seen in the west meant that the Khanate nearly won the war in a few quick strikes. Domarion involvement was only through materials and goods for the first year, but news of constant massive defeats seen by the Dwarves made an outcry in the Human capital for more direct aid.

65 B.C.
Humans amassed an army so large that it shook the very foundation of their economy just to equip it. They set sail and stopped the advance of the Khanate at Phandalin, an old dwarvish mining town. After fortifying there, the kingdom sent a request for aid to the High Elves.

The High Elves sent them basic weaponry and goods, but nothing big enough to actually help in a war so massive that it was behind individual comprehension. The war was so big in fact, that it plummeted the previously unshakable Domarion economy. Human-High Elf relations were stretched thin, and the realization that they were now two very distinct societies set in.

Despite having nearly no help from the Elves, the combined might of the Dwarves and Men crushed what Khanate forces remained in Dwarven territory within four years. The Khanate was forced to retreat across the Great Wastes and have not officially troubled the Western powers since then.