"Frostorm. When our ancestors fled the Great War, they found it. Of course there were people already living there, mostly orcs and others of the more monstrous races, but since our ancestors arrived just before the Stormwall did, it seemed a gift from the gods. They landed with a newfound 'divine' task, to conquer, build, and survive. Here we made our home."
- From the annals of the Scholar
Frostorm is the largest island in the Shattered Sea. It has been sequestered from the rest of the world for 150 years by a massive Storm that completely surrounded the island.
Frostorm's history can be divided into two sections after the Shattering. Pre-Stormwall, and Kingdom era.
Pre-Stormwall
Before the Stormwall came, Frostorm was populated primarily by Orcs. There were a scattering of other monstrous races and even gentler races, but most of these lived subservient to the Orcs. Frostorm's orcs were nomadic, grouped into tribes that lived mostly at peace with one another. They had little contact with the outside world, and both magic and technology were slow to develop.
When the refugees from the Great War started to pour in, the orc tribes were slow to react, believing that there was plenty of room for these newcomers and that the newcomers deserved a place of peace and respite from the war they were escaping.
Post-Stormwall, the Kingdom era
In 432 SSWY, the Stormwall hit. Frostorm was effectively cut off from the rest of the world, and the refugees of the Great War began to expand. There were four distinct groups of people that formed, and these came to be known as House Harmthane, House Thune, House Youngil, and House Usther. It was not long before the head of House Thune, Yorm, decided that Frostorm needed a stronger ruler and declared himself King. Through a combination of strategic economic and military surprises, the other Houses had little choice but to fall under House Thune's rule, and the Kingdom was created.
What follows is a historical timeline of Frostorm from this point:
First Kingdom Formed, King Yorm Thune - 445 SSWY
Coup Attempted by Prince Obbo Thune - 463 SSWY
King Thune Killed, Houses vie over Throne - 465 SSWY
The Fourscore Battle - 466 SSWY
Second Kingdom Formed, King Erd Usther - 467 SSWY
Kingdom Splits Under King Erd Usther’s Two Sons, Yoll and Trent - 482 SSWY
Northern Kingdom Fractures, King Yoll Usther Killed - 499 SSWY
Southern Kingdom Invades Northern - 500 SSWY
Battle of Trebbon Pass - 502 SSWY
Houses Agree to Cease-fire - 505 SSWY
Grand States of Frostorm Established - 505 SSWY
Great Orc Uprising - 528 SSWY
Giorg Harmthane Unites Houses - 529 SSWY
Fifth House Established (Orc) Redtusk - 535 SSWY
First Harmthane War - 540 SSWY
Giorg Harmthane Exiled - 542 SSWY
Giorg Harmthane Returns and Unites Redtusk and Harmthane Houses - 549 SSWY
Second Harmthane War - 550 SSWY
Kingdom of Harmthane Established - 554 SSWY
College of Harm Established - 560 SSWY
First Attempt to Dispel Stormwall Fails - 565 SSWY
Second Attempt to Dispel Stormwall Succeeds - 585 SSWY
Today - 586 SSWY