Hobgoblin - Squamus War

The Hobgoblin - Squamus war is an ongoing conflict on the Eastern Continent between the Hobgoblins and the Proteus. The war has essentially been ongoing since the Chaining, but progress is very slow. The war is focused on the centre-north of the Eastern Continent, with many living in the far north and far south unaffected by the conflict.

Fall of the Dwarves
The Dwarven kingdom originally sat near the center of the Eastern Continent. Ashard magic kept the Hobgoblins south of a defined border, protecting the Dwarven kingdom and the Squameus valleys. However, after the fall of the Ashard, the Hobgoblin hordes quickly overran and destroyed the completely undefended Dwarven kingdom. Only a small number of Dwarves survived, who all sought refuge in the west.

Current Day
The Hobgoblins have been making slow, but certain, progress in their journey north to destroy the Squamus valleys. The Squamus homes are generally swamps and riverlands, which the heavy Hobgoblins have trouble navigating. To solve this problem, the Hobgoblins take a settlement of between 40 and 200 Squamus and force them into slavery. These slaves are directed south to collect enormous volumes of sand from the desert at the south-east of the continent. The slaves are then forced to use this sand to fill in the swamp and riverlands, destroying the Proteus settlements. This enables the Hobgoblins to march slightly farther north and repeat the process.