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The [[Nordmontaine War]] which destroyed the Kingdom of the Ænglish saw the final end of the weorc in its original conception. As the Ænglish lost field battles and major sieges and the forces of the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] continued to advance, some of the Ænglish nobility held out in the castles of the weorc at the conclusion of the war, many of which were dilapidated by the time of the 1540s. These castles and fortresses were demolished by a large scale cannonade of over five dozen large guns, one of the first massed artillery actions in Levantine history. At the end of the War, the Ænglish Kingdom was divided into the Kingdom's constituent duchies, and the weorc began to fade into historical memory. By the late 16th century, a century of war, natural decay, and vandalism left much of the once-mighty weorc as forgotten piles of rubble and mounds which served as a curiosity to locals and travelers. | The [[Nordmontaine War]] which destroyed the Kingdom of the Ænglish saw the final end of the weorc in its original conception. As the Ænglish lost field battles and major sieges and the forces of the [[Emperor of the Levantines]] continued to advance, some of the Ænglish nobility held out in the castles of the weorc at the conclusion of the war, many of which were dilapidated by the time of the 1540s. These castles and fortresses were demolished by a large scale cannonade of over five dozen large guns, one of the first massed artillery actions in Levantine history. At the end of the War, the Ænglish Kingdom was divided into the Kingdom's constituent duchies, and the weorc began to fade into historical memory. By the late 16th century, a century of war, natural decay, and vandalism left much of the once-mighty weorc as forgotten piles of rubble and mounds which served as a curiosity to locals and travelers. | ||
====Vandalism by Yonderians==== | ====Vandalism by Yonderians==== | ||
During and after the [[Great Confessional War]], mercenaries from [[Yonderre]] traveling through the divided Ænglish duchies to other parts of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] would readily destroy or otherwise vandalize portions of the wall, greatly accelerating the natural decline of the structure of the preceding century. Many mercenaries returning home would also take bricks of the weorc as a souvenir where they would be carved into other objects once reaching [[Yonderre]], ranging from prized bowls and goblets to toys and other stone trinkets. The Weorcbrick Musèe in [[Collinebourg]] retains a large number of artifacts from this period related to this practice. [[Burgoignesc language]] graffiti stemming from the [[Great Confessional War]] are still visible on the Anglasweorc, having been etched into the brickwork. These graffitis range from simply names and greetings to rude slurs and depictions of penises. | During and after the [[Great Confessional War]] that followed the Nordmontaine War, mercenaries from [[Yonderre]] traveling through the divided Ænglish duchies to other parts of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] would readily destroy or otherwise vandalize portions of the wall, greatly accelerating the natural decline of the structure of the preceding century. Many mercenaries returning home would also take bricks of the weorc as a souvenir where they would be carved into other objects once reaching [[Yonderre]], ranging from prized bowls and goblets to toys and other stone trinkets. The Weorcbrick Musèe in [[Collinebourg]] retains a large number of artifacts from this period related to this practice. [[Burgoignesc language]] graffiti stemming from the [[Great Confessional War]] are still visible on the Anglasweorc, having been etched into the brickwork. These graffitis range from simply names and greetings to rude slurs and depictions of penises. | ||
===Nationalist renewed interest and restoration=== | ===Nationalist renewed interest and restoration=== | ||