Jeremiah the Rude

Year 5487 - The human king publicly disrespects the then dwarven king, Isaac Hammerhand at a feast, later known as the Insult of King Jeremiah the Rude. Jeremiah later allows several major trade treaties to lapse, believing that the human cities were better on their own and needed to be more self-sufficient. While trade between dwarves and humans continues informally between private merchants, the volume of trade goods greatly diminishes, as do relations between the two races.

Year 5503 - The human ruler King Jeremiah the Rude makes the bold and unprecedented proclamation that all lands within a hundred kilometers of any human settlement belongs exclusively to humans, expelling elves and wildmen who have long been friendly neighbors. Several skirmishes break out and many humans find themselves being ambushed by stubborn wildmen, but the humans ultimately triumph and contact with the other races become even more rare for the standard human city-dweller.