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Jernashall became so important that the nations of Cheliax and Isger petitioned it to help them build a surface city close to it. Jernashall became the preeminent city of the new empire, although Highhelm remained its capital.

Khadon founded the empire of Tar Khadurrm in 3279 AR and the city of Jernashall in 3312 AR. After 82 years of war, Khadon defeated the orcs in 3279 AR at the Battle of Splitmist Pass. Khadon the Mighty arrived in the Five Kings Mountains in 3197 AR, aiming to destroy the orcs and end their 700-year occupation of the region.

During the nearly 700 years of its existence, the orcs controlled the Five Kings Mountains and only Highhelm remained to defend the dwarven and human civilizations in the area. The subsequent period following the fall of the last of the Five Kingdoms, became known as the Wild Era. Taggoret was the last kingdom to fall in 2526 AR after 17 years of war the Era of the Five Kings was over. Grakodan fell after two years, but the siege of Saggorak ended only when the last dwarf starved to death in 2519 AR. The orcs moved on, blockading Saggorak and invading Grakodan simultaneously in 2507 AR. The dwarves defended their city for 19 years, but eventually Doggadth fell. After their failed assault on Highhelm, the orcs then moved on to Doggadth. The orcs besieged Highhelm for five years and although they were never able to take the city, the Kingdom of Gardadth collapsed.

The peace sadly lasted only 160 years, before the dwarves' ancient enemy, the orcs, invaded the dwarven kingdoms in 2492 AR. Great towering sculptures of the five kings were carved at the highest peaks of the mountains to celebrate the treaty. This treaty ended the civil wars and began a long-lasting peace. With the help of a human delegation from Druma, the dwarves negotiated the Kerse Accord in 2332 AR. These Five Kings Wars lasted over 700 years, only ending when the dwarves tired of the carnage and decided to go to negotiations. A mere nine years after the founding of the last of the five kingdoms, the first of no less than nineteen civil wars broke out in 1571 AR.