Malekith's role in starting War of the Beard

Drek · Post by **Drek** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:55 pm

I was reading through the fluff in the new book today and I read that Malekith orchestrated the War of the Beard, the long and bitter war between the Dwarves and the High Elven *******. I don't recall reading that anywhere else before, was that a new bit of fluff or did I just miss it?

Overmind · Post by **Overmind** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:34 pm

Well it was always hinted at...... this book just comes out and says:

We poisined the Pheonix King.

We started the War of the Beard.

We're the evil bada elves. We're not the correct abused misunderstod ones at all.

Sedro · Post by **Sedro** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:48 pm

Malekith started it by charge a dwarf carravan the dwarfs thought that the dark elves were high elves just as malekiths plan was.
now when the high elves fighted in the old world against the dwarfs he decided to charge on ulthuan so that the phoenix king had to retreit with his army from the old world leaving all their colonies to the dwarfs only a few refused to go back to Ulthuan as they understood that it have something with their lives to do, they are now known as wood elves.
Thats how the high elves losted all their colonies in the old world exept of athel loren which belongs to wood elves and trees and those are independent of the phoenix throne now.

It pretty much says why he started it

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:25 am

The first reference to this that I know of was in the 4th ed High Elf book published in 1993.

Eldacar · Post by **Eldacar** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:44 am

Malekith was (and is) what TVTropes would classify as a Manipulative Bastard or perhaps a Chessmaster (check this page and this page).

Basically, Malekith had his Dark Elves attack the Dwarf caravans. Not only did he set the two most powerful empires in the WH world at each other's throats, he did it without their ever suspecting him (though the High Elves may have - but if they did, they never mentioned it to the Dwarfs). And when he finally did invade Ulthuan (which would have confirmed any suspicions the Asur may or may not have had), he'd successfully weakened both empires to the point where the Dwarfs were finished off by the Slann's continental shift, and Malekith could openly challenge the Asur.

Yes, this particular bit of background has been around for a long time. It isn't new by any stretch of the imagination.

Damnedscorpio · Post by **Damnedscorpio** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:25 am

If I remember correctly it wasn't the witch kings idea but one of his lesser lords idea that he used perfectly. He just wanted to attack the Dwarven Capitals.

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