Editing History of the Vale (section)

== Orcish Invasion and the First Unification ==
''600 years ago / 400 SK''

The orcs of the Stonemarch Mountains invade in great numbers. The goblin tribes are swept away and many tribes are slain to the last. Caught off-guard, the Stone Kings lose much ground and orcs take the Gray Downs and invade the Old Hills. In the end, an alliance between the gnomes, halflings, and canidas kobolds brings the orcish invasion to a halt and the survivors are driven from the Vale. 

In the wake of this war, the Stone Kings formally recognize both halflings and kobolds as free and equal citizens of their realm, in what is now known as the First Unification. Many families of halfling gentry date their ancestry to this event. Kobolds spread across the surface of the Vale, though many retain their traditional place as miners.

Winterhaven is founded to keep an eye on orcish activity as well as the goblins.