Gantrian History

Following King Manfred's coronation and news of the attack on the Abbey of St. Hefeydd on the Talenelat River, war was declared on the Kingdom of Baran'tar. After four years of fighting, Gantrick proved victorious and the whole of the Baran't Kingdom was incorporated into the Kingdom of Gantrick. The ancestral religion was declared heretical, and in support of the Betrayer gods, and was outlawed. Over the next century before this ban was lifted, extreme resentment grew in Baran'tar that remains to this day.
The conquets of Baran'tar began the Consolidation, during which Gantrick's borders expanded to all of central Telthien.

For years, reports of multiplying goblins in the mountains were ignored by officials and commanders. Even when the warbands descended from their caves, only the Duke's men were sent to chase them away. Lead by Banner General Tamal Nerek, the bands were pursued back into the mountains...directly into the trap laid for the Gantrians. Meratak Valley became the final resting place of nearly 2,000 soldiers.

Following this disaster, the newly crowned King Emon III gathered his forces from across the land. Over the next 6 years, Gantrian armies and eight Mattathian Orders scoured the mountains. No quarter was given to any enemy. Their caves were found and put to the torch. Their shamans and the priests of their dark god Maglubiyet were given over to the Orders for questioning. All signs of their handiwork was destroyed.

In the end, the last remnants of the Great Goblin Host were destroyed at the Battle of Zirol Pass in 903 GR. Tired and weary from years of hard fighting, the combined forces of good left the mountains. None doubted that some of the wretched creatures survived, but their population had been decimated. The kingdom would be safe from them for