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The Seven Kingdoms
CHAPTER II : THE NEW WORLD
V - THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
(1 200 years before Warcraft I)
As with Dalaran, many new city-states arose across the continent of
Lordaeron. Gilneas, Alterac, and Kul Tiras were the first
city-states to arise, and although they each had their own customs and
commercial workings, they all held to the unifying authority of Strom.
Under the vigilant watch of the Order of Tirisfal, Dalaran became the chief
center of learning for magicians throughout the land. The Magocrats who ruled
Dalaran founded the Kirin Tor (The sect that
Kel'thuzad was part of, before his exile), a specialized sect that was
charged with cataloguing and researching every spell, artifact, and magic item
known to mankind at the time.
Gilneas and Alterac became strong supporters of Strom, developping mighty
armies that explored the southern lands of Khaz Modan, it is then that the
Humans first met the Dwarves and visited their city of Ironforge. Kul Tiras flourished as well and
built its economy on Fishing, eventually it had a big commercial fleet. Yet
even as the economy of Arathor flourished, its strongest elements began to
disintegrate.
In time, the lords of Strom sought to move their estates to the lush
northlands of Lordaeron and leave the arid lands of the south. The heirs of
King Thoradin, the last descendants of the Arathi bloodline, argued that Strom
should not be abandoned and thus incurred the displeasure of the greater
citizenry, who were likewise eager to leave. The lords of Strom, seeking to
find purity and enlightenment in the untamed north, decided to leave their
ancient city behind. Far to the north of Dalaran, the lords of Strom built a
new city-state which they named Lordaeron. The entire continent would take its
name from this city-state
The descendents of the Arathi, left within the crumbling walls of ancient
Strom, decided to travel south past the rocky mountains of Khaz Modan. Their
journey finally ended after many long seasons, and they settled in the northern
region of the continent they would name Azeroth. In a fertile valley
they founded the kingdom
of Stormwind,
which quickly became a self-sufficient power in its own right.
The few warriors still left in Strom decided to remain and guard the ancient
walls of their city. Strom was no longer the center of the empire, but it
developed into a new nation known as Stromgarde. Though each of the
city-states became prosperous in its own right, the empire of Arathor had
effectively disintegrated. As each nation developed its own customs and
beliefs, they became increasingly segregated from one another. King Thoradin's
vision of a unified humanity had faded at last.
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