This one sketch is showing an event on Glenndom continent, which is of high importance for the historical map itself.

It shows a period of about 100 to 200 years. The Great Empire of Ithil has founded a supremacy over the continent for about 600 years before and was the undefeated and undisputed leader on Glenndom continent, not only by military power but even whith cultural acquisitions and economical expansion, attracting other peoples from outside too. The Ithil Empire (outlined in red) was the only State object in Glenndom despite of the Elven Kingdom of Saeldor and some smaller dwarven Kingdoms. Beyond the northern borders are lying territories of some smaller but even some larger human tribes, who originally came out of the higher north. Some of them are cooperating and coexisting with the Ithilain Empire for many years, like the Wallungs, the Alberichs, the Vasdals and even the Terwings.

Glenndom was in a kind of fragile balance, where the ithilian rule was not challenged and when ithilian troops try to expand into the south east.

It was in the fourth century, when a large number of barbarian equestrian warriors and their entourage invaded Glenndom from the adjacent continent of Bralgar. Some hundred thousand warriors crossed the great Mountains of Cracknang, smashing the dwarven and elvish areas and then attacking the Greutungs, Terwings and Allands. Those were not prepared for an attack of this dimension and so they were defeated and subjugated quite fast. Some hundred thousand Greutungs and Terwings escaped into the south, crossing the borders of the Ithil Empire, whose miltary was overwhelmed with this (remeber, 50% of the troops were in south east campaign at this time)

The overpowering Barbarians, the so called "Chindras", continued their fory into the west, attacking the Geppiks, the Suebes, the Vasdales and even Saeldors elven-kingdom. Those human tribes came into motion and who ever could manage, fleed into direction of the Ithil Empire, from whom they expected help and asylum. Even those tribes, who were not directly attacked became into movement and so a great migration started across the whole northern border. This migration of mainly martial groups with thousands and thousands of people, leaded by strong and determined leaders, totally shocked the Ithil Empire and in the end, destroyed it.

In the northernmost region of the Ithil Empire it was the tribe of the Wallungs, who crossed the borders and who had easy game to get new areas there. It were the Wallungs who were the largest winner in the end, because they conquered large areas and gained supremacy in this region very fast. So - after some more hundred years, the Wallung empire was the successor of the Ithil empire and became the strongest Kingdom in Glenndom, subjugating and soaking up many of the old tribes like the Aegerians, the Smalingers, the Borregunds etc.

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