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The '''Third Age''' is one of the ages of [[Dragonwilds:Gielinor]]. It followed the [[Dragonwilds:Second Age]] and was followed by the [[Dragonwilds:Fourth Age]]. It is most known for the {{RSL|God Wars}} which took place during this age. The age began when [[Dragonwilds:Zamorak]] ascended to godhood and started a war to obtain the {{RSL|Stone of Jas}}, and ended with the destruction of {{RSL|Forinthry}} and the enactment of the {{RSL|Edicts of Guthix}}.

==Events==
'''Note:''' These events may not be strictly chronological.

===Arrival of Saradominist Missionaries===
As the God Wars raged on the mainland, Saradominist missionaries arrived on Ashenfall seeking refuge and converts. {{CiteJournal|journal=Dust-covered Diary|quote=I miss the monastery, with its moss-covered walls and the chill breeze that spreads to your bones. They don't have that here. The Ashenfall breeze is strong and cold, but it seeps into your bones and causes shakes, not shivers. It's the sort of cold that acts as a warning. I think this whole continent is out to get us. I just wanted to preach the blessed teachings of Saradomin in the warm comfort of a nice church made of stone not wood.}}

These missionaries established a temple and settlement near the cliffs, integrating with the existing Guthixian population. {{CiteJournal|journal=Dust-covered Diary|quote=I miss the city, with it's[sic] bustle, noise and smell. The crisp country air is too sterile for me. Still, I'm here to save the souls of the lost. In this age of constant conflict, it's nice to find a small village that just needs a sermon or two. We shall bring into the light of Saradomin's truth. They seem eager, abandoned as they are by their pagan patron, but they're still mired in their old ways, and it'll take time to drag them out.}}

===The Bronze Alliance===
Initially, the Saradominists and Guthixians maintained a symbolic alliance represented by bronze armor. {{CiteJournal|journal=Bronze Helmet|quote=For a while, in the third age, druids wore pins of copper, and the Saradominist priests wore tin pins. They would then stand together, side by side, in village council meetings, a promise that neither one stood stronger than the other.}}

This alliance was protected by bronze-armored warriors who enforced tolerance between the faiths. {{CiteJournal|journal=Bronze Platebody|quote=The alliance of two different faiths had its own warrior force to defend its shared ideals. Clad in polished bronze armour, these warriors stood out against the stark green of Brynmoor's fields. They upheld traditions and punished those who blasphemed against either faith.}}

Over time, this balance shifted as Saradominist influence grew. {{CiteJournal|journal=Bronze Platebody|quote=Policies began to slip more and more in favour of the Saradominist approach until the Guthixian faith slowly dwindled as the Saradominist view took centre stage.}}

===Resource Conflict and War with the Garou===
The depletion of iron deposits in [[Dragonwilds:Bramblemead Valley]] led humans to expand into [[Dragonwilds:Garou (race)|Garou]] territory. {{CiteJournal|journal=Iron Platebody|quote=Militia groups began to form to search Ghornfell for the precious metal ore. They marched in large groups, crushing plants beneath their metal heels and destroying whole areas of woodland in search of iron ore. Their noise and bluster drew the ire of roving Garou, who saw the invasion of their forests as a violation of their treaties.}} The skirmishes escalated when an [[Dragonwilds:Amalgamated]] warrior named [[Dragonwilds:Kessel]] killed a Garou prince.{{CiteJournal|journal=Bronze Greatsword|quote=On one fateful day, she would use this technique against a force of garou hunters. The battle was long, hard, and brutal, and both sides faced great casualties. But it was when she sliced her blade across the young garou prince that war was inevitable.}}

===The Stalemate, and Bandos's Intervention===
The war between humans and Garou eventually reached a stalemate, with the [[Dragonwilds:Whispering Swamp]] acting as a buffer zone.{{CiteJournal|journal=Swamp|quote=When war broke out between humans and garou, it was the swamps that formed a buffer between the two factions. The muddy water was difficult to fight in, and neither side enjoyed the idea of drowning on the battlefield.}}

Saradominist priests allied with Bandos, using an old spat between [[Dragonwilds:Bandos]] and the Garou goddess [[Dragonwilds:Lougrim]].{{CiteJournal|journal=Garou Writings|quote=I asked the goddess why they do this. What honour is there in such a shameful display? She says it is because he is jealous of us. Enraged by some slight we inflicted, some aeons ago, on a world far from here.}}

The terms of this alliance were established.{{CiteJournal|journal=Iron Platelegs|quote=The Saradominist priests met with emissaries of Bandos and came to an alliance. The humans would claim the mines of Ghornfell, as long as Bandos could claim the head of the Garou goddess, Lougrim.}}

===Werewolf Origins===
During the conflicts, some Garou were captured by Zamorakian forces and subjected to vampyric experiments. {{CiteText|text=Dog Days|quote=Sometime in the third age, I think, Zamorakian forces captured them and there they became part of a vampyre experiment, to create something new.}} These experiments created werewolves, leading [[Dragonwilds:Vannaka]] to search around [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]] for hints about his ancestors.{{CiteText|text=Dog Days|quote=My ancesters... the werewolves. Aye, yes, my biggest secret. Tooth and claw beneath the silvery moon.}}

===Bandos's Arrival and Dragon Intervention===
Bandos arrived with his goblin armies, giving the humans an advantage. The humans and goblins pushed the Garou back, forcing Lougrim to ally with the dragonkin, who released dragons into the conflict. {{CiteJournal|journal=Bloodstained Journal|quote=It was the beasts, the garou, who came for us, and they were not alone. I had thought them eradicated. The alliance with the war god and his foul-smelling minions, was so we could wipe out their moon goddess and cleanse the forests of their filth. We were so assured of our victory and we were so close to success. But now, now their moon goddess rides atop a scaled nightmare. Flames for breath and swords for fangs. Beside her came two creatures I had never seen before. Scaled, winged, wicked, like the great beast the goddess rode.}}

===Bandos versus Velgar===
Bandos confronted the dragon general [[Dragonwilds:Velgar]] at [[Dragonwilds:Brakka's Folly]]. {{CiteJournal|journal=Iron Greataxe|quote=Bandos was also a fan of the aesthetic. While he favoured the sheer brutality of the kyzaj, he chose to wield a great axe against Velgar. He stormed Brakka's Folly, great axe in hand, and challenged the dragon to single combat.}}

Bandos removed his defensive protections. {{CiteJournal|journal=Bloodblight Cape|quote=Yet, arrogance is not a mortal taint and the war god reeked of it. Bandos cast aside his wards. He refused to don his armour. The god pressed into the lair of the great dragon, and tried to wrestle him to the grave.}}

The battle ended in defeat for Bandos, who retreated after being wounded by Velgar's poisonous breath. {{CiteJournal|journal=Iron Greataxe|quote=It should have been easy. Yet Velgar's stone-touched flesh turned away blows, and his poisonous breath leeched even Bandos' strength. Bandos cut a great scar down Velgar's side, yet the wound was not fatal, and the counterattack sent Bandos reeling. He never surrendered, but there was no victory for the big high war god. He sounded a tactical retreat, seeking superior tactics – far, far away.}}

===Creation of the Bloodblight Swamp===
Velgar's blood, spilled during his battle with Bandos, created the [[Dragonwilds:Bloodblight Swamp]]. {{CiteJournal|journal=Bloodblight Cape|quote=He had cut a great scar down Velgar's side, though the wound was not fatal, it would result in the formation of the Bloodblight Swamp where the Garou once raised wheat and barley. In his jubilant rage, Velgar spilled his blood on the once fertile plains, corrupting them with his hate-filled poison. The fields wilted. The crops blackened and then collapsed into venom.}}

===Bandos's Retreat and Goblin Conversion===
After his defeat, Bandos abandoned his goblin followers on Ashenfall. The goblins turned to worshipping the dragons. {{CiteJournal|journal=Muddy Scrawl|quote=Big high war god has left us. Big high war god ran away. But you can't run away, that illegal. Big high war god said so. What do we do when big high war god say one thing, then big high war god do another? I ask priest, priest said he a baker now – not a very good one, he burns the bread. All priests very confused and argue over answer. We decide that since dragon won against the big high war god, then dragon must be stronger than big high war god. Which means now we worship dragon, because that's how faith works. Going to workship dragon now, maybe he make us dragons too? I bet goblin dragons would be strongest dragons of all. Velgar is new big high war god. Glory be to Velgar.}}

===Truce and Dragonkin Experimentation===
Following the Garou victory, a truce was established between humans and Garou. {{CiteJournal|journal=Scrawled Diary Page|quote=There was peace for a while, with the garou and their dragon army. We called a truce and the garou accepted, as long as we each kept to ourselves. For decades it held, and we almost forgot about battle, until we felt the ripple on the wind as a goddess died.}}

During this period, Lougrim assisted the dragonkin with their dragon experimentation, leading to the creation of [[Dragonwilds:Kuldra]].

===Dragon Rebellion===
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The dragons betrayed their Dragonkin masters as well as [[Dragonwilds:Lougrim]]. [[Dragonwilds:Kuldra]] devoured [[Dragonwilds:Brakka]], and shared his elemental power over earth with [[Dragonwilds:Velgar]]. Kuldra also fought and killed Lougrim in a battle that fractured the continent itself, devouring her essence. Human, garou, and goblin settlements alike were wiped out by the dragons, with the surviving goblins and garou now serving the dragons, while human presence on the continent was wiped out entirely.

==References==
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