02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing

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Colossals engaged in battle
Project. The refugees arrived by boatloads in Thuria
and Caspia, lands relatively free of Orgoth presence.
Reclaiming their lives, many joined one of the various
groups combating the Orgoth. During the course of
a decade, the Tradeway Union managed to free over
20,000 slaves. The Orgoth, taxed by uprisings and
insurrections, took notice but did little to halt the
escapees; instead, they increased their slave tithes in
every major city to compensate for the losses.
The Mechanikal Revolution
The Mechanikal Revolution was the marker that
set the pace for the remainder of Orgoth rule. For
nearly three centuries they had ruled unopposed with
sufficient numbers, brutal magic, and vile rituals that
subjugated those held under their sway. Now with
so many rebels trying to release the hold of Orgoth
tyranny, the enemy’s resources had been stretched to
the limits.
Opposition to Orgoth
rule continued as tiny rebellions erupted across
western Immoren. Up until the year 147 AR most
of the conflict had occurred in Midlund, Thuria,
and Tordor. Descendants of the proud Umbrean
horselords gathered and led an army of nomads to
liberate Korsk and Rorschik from the hands of the
tyrants. The horselords had been fighting the Orgoth
for as long as the enemy had been in their lands,
and the first sacking of an Orgoth-controlled city was
supposedly at the hands of horselord warriors. The
insurrection continued and in 149 AR the Orgoth
assaulted the Khards and their Umbrean allies at the
gates of Korsk, but they were repelled by the heroic
northmen.
In the Golden Crucible labs, something
momentous would change the face of mechanika
forever. Under the leadership of Phineas Bainbridge,
Magnus Aurumn of the Golden Crucible, a
collaboration of engineers, alchemists, and wizards
began the first experiments in