The War of the Forged

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GM James R

Protests like these popped up realm wide soon after the Warforged race went public

The War of the Forged was a period of turmoil that lasted for over 45 years, but formally was fought between the years 730 PR and 744 PR.

While the conflicts of the War of the Forged primarily took place in the north (specifically Isonhound, Osugbo, and Levinkan), there were several small but important clashes in the south.

About

The Road to the Warforged

A small number of warforged created by the warforged Lord Snow first entered the realm in the latter half of the 7th century PR, these warforged were peculiarities, and artificers would often travel weeks to get the chance to meet one. By 709 PR, however, many of the original models had been dissected and reworked by artificers around the realm. Breakthroughs made by studying these early warforged precursors would help expedite a small mechanical revolution around the realm, including the perfection of Colin Pendergras' autom.

As the early warforged faced increasing degrees of mistreatment, commonly including complete disassembly, the widespread prejudice held against warforged became obvious, and Snow sought allies in the struggle for better treatment.

Fight for Recognition

Warforged of Isonhound rally around a demagogic leader

Results

With no significant strongholds remaining under control of the United Clans of Isonhound, and no government still in power that officially endorsed warforged subservience, the military conflict fell into history, and political and social efforts again took center stage, but now with People Are People and allied organizations having the ears of the lawmakers.

As a result of the war, races across the realm would slowly come to accept the warforged as their own sentient species, and not as constructed servants. Although large pockets of prejudice would continue to blight the realm for generations, by 745 PR, every city in the realm had instituted some policy dictating that warforged persons (and typically other sentient constructs as well) were entitled to the same treatment as members of organic species. Lasting social change had taken root.

Despite the ongoing loss of life, the Warforged never took pride in doing what needed to be done for acceptance.

Major Combatants

Constructs

• Snow
• 11

Behind the Screen

• The unifying of various warforged groups for recognition and the war itself draws on historical conflicts such as the unification of China under the Qin dynasty