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The Dawn Age, during this period, of indeterminate length, the First Men who arrived from Essos has colonized Westeros.


From the beginning of times, Westeros was populated by the mysterious diminutive humanoid children of the forest, gifted with many supernatural powers. Who for time-uncounted lived alone throughout the continent of Westeros, except perhaps for the Giants (and maybe one other race, if the legend of the Seastone Chair on Old Wyk in the Iron Islands is true[1]). They worshiped the nameless gods of forest, stream and stone[2], and lived of the land. It's unknown how long the children lived alone in Westeros, nor where they themselves came from. The oldest records available only relate to arrival of the First Men to the continent, from eastern continent, about 12,000 years ago[2].

The First Men crossed into what in time would be Dorne from the eastern continent, using the land bridge that connected the continents. They came bearing weapons of bronze and shields of boiled leather, and brought the first horses and their own gods. They swept through the lands of the children, cutting down and burning their sacred weirwoods to clear land for themselves, outraged by the destruction of their homeland the children took up arms.

It’s believed the wars between the children and the First Men went on for two thousand years and though the children fought fiercely the war went in the favor of the more numerous, larger, stronger, and more technologically advanced, First Men. It's said that during that time the children used powerful magic in a futile attempt to end the invasion, breaking the Arm of Dorne. Eventually wise men of both races forged the Pact at the Isle of Faces, marking the end of the Dawn Age and the beginning of the Age of Heroes.

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