The Wars of the Ancients, as known by Humans, but known by the Dwarfs as The War of Vengeance and to the Elves as The War of the Beards, refers to a devastating, world-spanning conflict which erupted 2,000 years before the birth of Sigmar Heldenhammer, waged between the Dwarfs of the World's Edge Mountains and the High Elves of Ulthuan and her colonies. The Dwarfs were led by their High King, Gotrek Starbreaker, the High Elves by their Phoenix King, Caledor II, who fell in battle during the final climax of the war.