Corlagon's Wars of Unification

Corlagon's Wars of Unification was a series of military conflicts between the future King Corlagon I of Etrand and various other forces in Etrand, ultimately resulting in the birth of a unified Kingdom of Etrand under Corlagon's rule.

Background
For a long time, it was believed that the conflict was religiously motivated, and that it was more or less a conflict between the Pagan Eastern and Northern Etrand, versus the Titanist Western Etrand, but evidence of the grander political nature of the conflict also exists - before the war, several of the more powerful tribes of Etrand have been expanding their dominions at the expense of weaker tribes, with the ultimate goal of unifying Etrand and emulated Fathred the Great, or at very least, carving out a territory that is worthy of being called a Kingdom.

However, the religious nature of the conflict should not be undermined as well. Several of the pagan leaders saw the wars against Corlagon as a continuation of Fathred's War with Froturn that happened between 1135 and 1136 BEKE. In their eyes, Corlagon was nothing but a High Elven stooge, a puppet ruler. The feelings of contempt and disgust however were mutual - the people in Corlagon's camp were viewing the pagans as barbarians foolishly throwing their lives away for antiquated ideas.

The origins of the conflict between the Titanists and the Etrandish pagans date back to eleven centuries before. In 1138 BEKE, Fathred the Great's brainchild, Fathred's Confederacy - also known as the First Kingdom of Etrand - came alive. The first successful, albeit short-lived attempt at unifying the human tribes of Etrand into one unitary state.

High Elven missionaries from Froturn came knocking on Fathred's doors almost immediately, and they were rejected by the zealous king, whose belief in his own gods was rock-solid. Fathred's War with Froturn between 1135 and 1136 BEKE did not help the relations either.

In 1110 BEKE, Fathred died, and a succession war broke out between his sons. Eventually, by 1106, his son Guthbard came out as the winner, but another High Elven intervention ensured the end of the state, fracturing Etrand into a land divided between warring tribes again.

In 846 BEKE, the Great War broke out, which resulted in the temporarily unification of Etrand again - the previously warring tribes of Etrand united into a Confederacy to better co-ordinate their war efforts against the Wood Elves. After the war ended in 834 BEKE, the confederacy quickly dispersed, and Etrand returned to a state of warring tribes once again. However, around 200 BEKE, a new process of unification started, in which larger and more powerful tribes slowly and gradually began expanding their domain at the expense of smaller and weaker tribes, gearing up for the inevitable and ultimate confrontation with the rest of Etrand.

High Elven missionaries have been active in Western Etrand ever since roughly 200 BEKE, and most of the local tribal leaders were tolerant enough to let them convert their subjects, but most tribal leaders did not convert to this new faith until Corlagon came along.

The fact that the religion of their ancient rivals was gaining converts at the expense of the Old Gods was irritating the Eastern and Northern tribes, many of which were jealous of the wealth the Western tribes accumulated by extensive trade with the High Elves and taxation of the trade routes that went through their land, vastly reducing trade income of the Eastern and Northern tribes.

Even before Corlagon came along, many believed that a confrontation between the East and the West was inevitable.