¸85000 | Creation of Man. |
¸80000 | Man establishes tribal societies on the north side of the Suadan peninsula. |
¸75000 | The sun and the nine Black Rings are created. Men steal the rings from the old races. |
¸70000 | Man learns secrets of fire building and seafaring. |
¸61000- ¸60000 |
Great Ape-Man "war". The apes are driven back into the southern parts of the island Kartria. |
¸55000 | Troll-Elven war. The elves and trolls decimate each other in
present-day Rovia. Men from present-day Grone moves in to colonize the gap. |
¸40000 | The first human city, Suada, founded. |
¸35000 | Writing widespread in Bandagora. |
¸30000- ÷26000 |
Time of the First Empire (The Settlers). |
~¸25000 | The elves teach the ways of magic to man. |
¸24000 - ÷22000 |
Time of the Second Empire (The Builders). |
¸23000 | Magic widespread in Bandagora. |
¸1412 | The Third Empire (The Rulers) is founded. |
÷209 - ¸187 |
A civil war within the Third empire splits the empire into three parts: The Suadan Empire (Suana), The Servan Kingdom (Servania) and the Island Concord. |
¸174 | Trovian capital of the Lands of the Setting Sun (Keä-Sonda or Sun Lands). |
¸167 - ¸163 | The hordes of the Golden Bull drives a wedge into the Servan Kingdom. |
¸164 - ¸155 ÷155 |
The Dacrians of Plendor unite with Ollyway to drive the trold folk out of the Dacrian forests. They found the sacred city of Hardor. |
¸158 | The Sun Lands conquer Ployd. |
¸150 | The Island Concord conquers the coast line of Servania. |
¸147 | The Sun Lands launches a major endeavor to colonize Osbane. |
¸141 | The Sun Lands found the city of Crimloyd. |
¸136 - ¸121 | The Sun Lands drive native barbarians from the north coast of Osbane. |
¸113 - ¸ 97 | The Dacrians launch an anti-orcish crusade with some success. |
¸110 - ¸105 | The Sun Lands attack the Osbantine Elves, the campaign is stopped as the Island Concord besieges Crimloyd and conquers the city. |
¸109 | The Elves massacre the barbarian tribes in the northern Servan
Plain. Nomads (the Tent People) move in to fill the void. |
¸101 - ¸ 89 | Extensive Dwarf-Orc war in the Brossi Mountains.Marginal orcish victory. |
¸93 - ¸ 87 | The Dacrians drive orcs from the southernmost parts of Ratsgar. |
¸90 | Rovian made province capital of the Sun Lands. |
¸88 - ¸ 81 | The Sun Lands drive trolls and orcs northward. Somehow they save their skins by instigating a revolt in Rovian. |
¸81 - ¸ 76 | The Rovian Revolt develops into a full scale civil war in the Sun Land.. |
¸76 - ¸ 73 | Truce in Sun Lands. |
¸73 - ¸ 71 | The Suzerainty of Rovia declared after two years of renewed fighting. |
¸65 - ¸ 58 | The Dacrians launch a crusade against trolls and conquer the Shendar river valley. |
¸63 | Nomads sack Tulada. |
¸61 | Nomads defeated at Losada. |
¸59 | A punitive campaign by the Suadan Empire into Nomad territory has meager results. |
¸56 - ¸ 45 | Civil unrest in Dacria leads to a military government replacing the priesthood. |
¸51 - ¸ 47 | Harastar conquers neighboring areas to the north and west including great ape territory. No more great apes inhabit Belandria. |
¸50 - 0 | The Island Concord builds castles and fortifications in every important location. |
¸47 | The horde of the Golden Bull defeated at the gates of Ployd. |
¸42 | The Sun Lands conquer the undermountain Orc city of Thrashkund. |
¸40 - ¸ 38 | Harastar conquers Pelosi and parts of Osbane. |
¸35 | The Servan Kingdom makes a pact with the Elves of Lacre-Cai. Man and elf are to stay at each side of the Harlindon river. |
¸31 - ¸ 28 | Pandesa attempts to break free from Dacria. Despite aid from Harastar the rebels are driven back to Pandesa. |
¸28 - ¸ 26 | Siege of Pandesa. When the Pandese offer Norsa to Harastar,
Harastar enters the war full scale and relieves the siege. Dacria formally cedes Pandesa in ¸ 24. |
¸27 | Nomads attack northern Harastar (perhaps encouraged by Dacria). |
¸23 - ¸ 19 | The Island Concord is attacked by the hordes of the Golden
Bull. They counter the attack and conquer a coastal area south of the Arhana Mountain. This territory is colonized under the name Forklon. |
¸18 - ¸ 15 | Barbarians drive hobbits east and north towards the Dagdor
Massif. The hobbits found the realm of Trankilia. |
¸8 | The Great Treaty of Balvine. Heads of state from the Suadan Empire, Harastar, the Servan Kingdom, Dacria and the Island Concord meet to sign a treaty to end the Nomad threat. |
¸6 | Harastar conquers Nostenkil from the Nomads and fortify the area. |
¸4 | The Imperial Suadan fleet crushes most of the Nomad pirate fleet. |
0 | Pandesa and the Sun Lands join the treaty. The sages at Balvine decide, that since all civilized nations are undersigners, a new era will commence. This is year 0 after the Treaty. Many years later the "after the Treaty" is replaced by common calendar (CC). The Suzerainty of Rovia, being forgotten, didn't care about the Treaty but went along with the Sun Lands with regards to chronology |
3 - 37 | A plague nicknamed "The Ghost of Tulada' ravages the Nomads, then the neighboring countries. |
16 | Elven forces crush the decimated remnants of barbarians in
present-day Fyrpeyn. The barbarians suffer from the Ghost of Tulada, and offer little resistance. |
33 | The worship of Inanna is made a state religion in the Sun
Lands. By the year 40 CC the Sun Lands are a full fledged theocracy. |
45 | The Kothoti Alliance(trolls, orcs and trold folk) wage war on Dacria. |
47 | Plendor is sacked. |
49 | An army of the Treaty - mainly from Harastar and Pandesa - is crushed by the Kothoti Alliance outside Hardor. |
51 | The Kothoti Alliance besiege Hardor. |
53 | A Sun Lands army of the Treaty relieve the siege of Hardor. In the years following the relief Inanna becomes the dominant deity. Officially Enki remains the most important god, but Inanna continues to dominate until around the year 300 CC. |
56-64 | Minor armies (or large warbands) "of the Treaty" drive the Kothoti Alliance from Dacria. The Great Treaty ceases to be of any importance. |
60 | The Island Concord founds Osvine to command the entrance to the Inner Sea. |
65 | Harastar founds Bondor. |
68 | The Sun Lands found Pavian. |
77 | The Kingdom of Tulana is founded with Tulada as its capital (the new city is placed apart from the ruins still rumored to be infested). |
81 - 89 | Harastar is split by a war of succession. Pandesa regains
Norsa. The remains are unified by a ruler calling his nation Ontaine. |
87 - 89 | The horde of the Golden Bull attacks the Servan Kingdom, but is crushed. |
91 - 92 | Trolls attack Rovian without success. It is later thought to be a feint. |
92 | Orcs reconquer Thraskund. |
95 - 95 | Last great Elf-Human (Dacrian) alliance. The trolls are finally driven out the Dacrian forests. |
101 - 103 | The city state of Brin Lebin and the territory east of the
river Perdigor demands autonomy from the Sun Lands. The freedom war is won assisted by
elves. The new kingdom is given the name Salakand. |
102 - 111 | Suadan-Tulanese war for Bahiri ends in Tulanese victory. |
109 - 114 | First Osbantine War, phase one. The Sun Lands and Ontaine war for Bondor. The Sun Lands finally conquer Bondor, but the city is almost reduced to ash. |
114 - 123 | First Osbantine War, phase two. The Island Concord attacks the
Sun Lands. The Concord takes Pavian, while the Paw and Crimloyd are devastated. |
121 - 125 | The Nomads declare a Jihad against Suana and proceed to
conquer it. In 125 Suada is sacked, to this day it remains haunted ruins. |
127 | The barbarian nation Penboyn is founded with Latislav as capital. |
135 | Barbarians overrun Rovia. Rovian is sacked. Ployd joins Salakand. |
141 - 149 | Elves and hobbits secure the Perdigor river valley. |
148 - 167 | The First Orc War. The Sun Lands besiege Thraskund from 163 to 165, but to no end. |
155 - 180 | The Island Concord uses its command at the entrances to enforce trade regulation and toll. Trade dwindles from high frenzy to a small trickle. |
191 | A Pandese surprise attack on Bondor succeeds by treachery. |
205 | When Pandese explorers discover gold deposits in Dobash, war
ensues. The Sun Lands and the Island Concord begin to organize raids. |
207 - 224 | Second Osbantine War. Pandesa consolidates eastern Osbane. |
190 - 212 | The Second Orc War. The Sun Lands lay siege to Thraskund from 209 to 212, and finally take it after intense fighting. They sack it and station an army there. |
231 - 240 | High quality Pandese merchandise disrupt the economy of the Island Concord. |
237 - 242 | Third Osbantine War. Pandesa conquers Crimloyd. |
245 - 249 | Kartrian Civil War. |
251 | The Island Concord is dissolved. |
264 - 269 | Nomads overrun northern Dacria. Ollyway is sacked. |
271 - 275 | Barbarian tribes west of the Ragged Mountains form the Thungar
Khanate. Their first campaign, against the hobbits of Trankilia, ends in miserable defeat. |
282 | Kartria is reformed nominally as a democracy. The new country is called Marentia, and all island are represented in its Assembly. |
285 - 291 | Ontaine and Pandesa join forces against the Nomads and conquer large land areas. |
290 - 305 | The ruling theocrat in Dacria dies. The priesthood is split, disorder and civil war ensues. The upshot is that Dacria is dissolved into city states. |
293 | The Thungar Khanate conquer the city of Rovian. |
294 | A coup-d'etat in Trovian instates a nobleman as emperor. The Sun Lands are now to be known as the Pellan Empire. The capital is moved to Pellos. |
295 - 299 | The Pellan Empire and Thungar Khanate fight a war of attrition. |
296 - 315 | Penboyn expands into the Inner Sea conquering most non-Marentian islands. |
299 - 311 | The horde of the Golden Bull is driven to the south by other
barbarian tribes. The horde seeks Salaqi protection and is finally absorbed by Salakand. |
300 | Orcs make a strike at Thraskund to no avail. |
303 | Penboyn founds Vintendra on the north coast of Belandria. |
308 - 325 | The Pellan Empire and Salakand joins forces to fight the
Thungar Khanate. The Khanate is driven back to the Ragged Mountains on most fronts but still hold Rovian. |
315 - 327 | Great Penboynian anti-piracy campaign. Employing its new holdings, Penboyn reduces piracy in the Inner Sea successfully. |
318 | Dwarves found Miralandor. |
333 - 341 | The Third Orc War. Assisted by the Thungar Khanate the orcs reconquer Thraskund in 339. |
342 | Dacrian settlers in northeast Bandagora found the "Union
of Isles". Later referred to as The Ditmar Union (or the Ditmar League). |
343 - 344 | Thungali-Salaqi ends in Thungali victory. |
348 | The river Perdigor floods washing much of Ployd into the bay of Hadriel. |
350 - 361 | Dissident from the Pellan Empire dedicated to Heimdal moves north. They migrate to The Dagdor Massif to found a new country (The Far Lands) picking up remnants of the Rovian Suzerainty. |
356 | The city states Forklon and Lisuart join the Salaqi nation. |
357 - 360 | Nomads attack the Dwarves in Thulcandor. Tulana comes to the dwarves' aid. |
363 | The Troll Isles are now meant to be populated by marauding dragons. |
367 - 380 | Piracy based in Osvine suddenly booms. |
371 | Penboynian claim to northern Belandria is accepted by Ontaine.
The Ontainian rulers are well paid for their ceding of the territory. |
373 | Battle of the "Far Pass" at the Twin Peaks in
Dagdor. The Far Lands army defeats northern barbarians blocking passage. |
376 | The High Lands (Rit-Kilaan, sometimes still the Far Lands) is founded along with its capital Ilandris. |
378 - 421 | Fifty Years War between Tulana and the Nomads. |
381 | Dwarves forge the Sword of Wrath. |
383 | Wizards' Guild formed in Balvine. |
389 | Pandesa starts a diplomatic campaign to unite the Dacrian cities. |
393 - 397 | War of the Shendar Valley. Elf, orc, hobbit and nomad armies vie for control of the Shendar Basin. |
396 | "First battle of Tulada" (in the Fifty Years War). |
403 - 413 | The Ditmar Union raid the northern Nomad coasts. |
411 - 419 | Ontainian-Pandesan War. Aided by Kartrian wizards Ontaine conquers Bondor. |
418 | "Second Battle of Tulada" ends in massive Nomad defeat.. |
425 - 430 | Penboyn expands northward. |
429 | The barbarian nation Zagyath founded. |
437 - 445 | Great Thungali-Pellan War. The Pellan Empire takes Rovian in 444. |
441. | Wizards formally take control in Kartria. The new Marentian ruler is known as autarch. Nimrod I becomes the first autarch. |
442 - 445 | Civil war in Pandesa. The nation is split in two (Pandesa and Norsala). |
451 | Trolls on rampage in northern Pellas. |
455 - 462 | Penboynian-Servan War. Elves are the only winners. |
460 - 469 | The Kartrian Wizards (formally Marentia) swallow up most of the independent Inner Sea areas (some of them are nominally Penboynian) |
467 - 475 | The High Lands are reduced to their mountain fortresses as barbarians ravage the land. Ilandris is sacked 470. |
472 - 479 | Zagy conquests (such as Ollyway 474) force the independent Dacrian to form a loose alliance. |
480 - 490 | Ontaine reliance on Kartrian wizards causes jealousy and
finally outright rebellion. King Ekla is burnt alive in 482 by an angry mob accusing him of being possessed. Bondor and Harastor become wizard influenced city states. |
489 - 499 | The High Lands reconquer their lost lands with brutal determination. |
495 | The performance of wizardry is banned in the Servan Kingdom. |
503 - 515 | The War of Wizardry. As other countries are preparing to follow the Servan example of banning wizardry, Marentia declares war on the Servan Kingdom. Salakand, Penboyn and later the new kingdom Osbant side with Servania, while Bondor and Harastor join the Marentian side, which is victorious. |
509 | Osbane, except for Bondor and the Marentian possessions, are untied in the kingdom of Osbant. |
511 - 519 | A Zagyath-troll (trold folk?) army overrun the Dacrian alliance (Hest 511, Sleet 513, Plendor 517 and Hardor 519). |
512 | The cityport of Chivenor is founded. |
517 | Pandesa, Norsala and the Dacrian alliance unites in the Pandese Empire. |
520 | The city of Stavalot is founded. |
520 - 525 | Tulana expands eastward. |
521 | The League of Cityports is formed from the Ditmar Union. |
522 - 527 | The Pandese Empire conquers Dacria strongly aided by wizards. |
531 - 533 | Kartria (Marentia) overrun The Servan Kingdom. The kingdom is no more. |
537 - 545 | The "Great Pellan-Salaqi Alliance". All Thungali territory east of the Ragged Mountains is conquered. |
544 | Penboyn acknowledge Kartrian claim to several Inner Sea isles. |
549 | The Book of Enchantments disappears for the library in Balvine. |
551 - 558 | The Pellan Empire conducts a war against the orcish Thraskund. Three forts are built to contain the orc menace. |
557 - 563 | Ontaine conquers the Belandrian parts of the Pandese Empire except for Eubonia. |
560 | A strong barbarian tribe (vikings) appear northwest of Penboyn. |
565 | The Kartrians instate the eight magic faculties (schools). |
567 - 574 | The League of Cityports settle former troll coasts north of
Dacria. The cityport of Taunenfels is founded 572. |
573 - 581 | Barbarian raids disrupt Penboynian infrastructure. |
581 | Kril Shandor leaves Kartria. |
583 - 594 | The Nomads tribes in northeastern Bandagora unite under
Varenna. They call themselves the Iluvar. |
586 | Kristeyn Ort leaves Kartria. |
592 - 595 | Barbarian tribes conquer the western coast of Penboynian Suadan. |
599 - 608 | The Iluvar overrun Tulana. The country has no leadership and is divided in small areas fighting for themselves. Only the so-called Southern Marches have any central command. |
607 | The Pellan emperor is assassinated, and the empire suffers turmoil and civil disorder. |
609 - 614 | Salakand absorbs Pellan dissidents. |
613 - 616 | The Iluvar systematically reduce the cityports of the League. Chivenor 613, Skolister 614, Deselior 615, Oriester and Anistar 616. The League elects a king to lead the resistance, but it seems to only a minor effect |
615 - 620 | The Highlanders finally drive the barbarians from the area surrounding Lake Pilara. |
619 - 622 | The Iluvar attack Zagyath. It quickly turns into a war of attrition, and they withdraw |
621 - 624 | Penboyn expels barbarian tribes from northern Suadan. |
623 - 631 | Salaqi-Marentian war. Salakand loses its Inner Sea coasts. |
627 - 629 | The Iluvar conquer Zagyath. |
631 - 634 | The Iluvar overrun Dacria. |
637 | Penboyn suggests a joint Inner Sea crusade against the Iluvar. |
638 - 640 | The Iluvar conquer Tulana. |
639 - 641 | Kartria builds up a large fleet. |
640 | Marentia returns the southern parts of the former Salaqi Inner Sea coastal strip (Randaria) to Salakand |
642 - 646 | The Iluvar conquer most of the Penboynian lands in Suadan. |
647 | The Iluvar conquers Servania from Marentia. |
649 | Battle of Sendiri. The Iluvar are defeated in naval battle. |
651 - 655 | Ontaine pushes eastward. |
658 - 661 | A combined Kartrian, Salaqi and Osbantine army liberates Latislav, but is finally crushed at Tulada. Ghorghis, the Iluvar ruler, dies in the battle at Tulada. |
662 - 664 | Civil unrest bursts into rebellion in Marentia. Most places
the unrest is quelled, but Harastor and Bondor breaks free and form an alliance (The Drusian Compact) |
665 - 669 | The High Lands conquer former Servania. |
671 - 673 | Ontaine renews its eastern advance. |
675 - 680 | Famine ravages the eastern parts of eastern Bandagora. |
~679 - 685 | Magic is suddenly denounced in Salakand. Magical colleges are forbidden. Similar laws are passed in many other Inner Sea countries |
680 | The free city of Koira is founded. |
686 - 690 | A civil war in Pellas divides the empire in three parts Pellas, Rovia and Grone. |
693 - 697 | The League of Cityports rebuilds cityports in northern Dacria. |
695 | Kartria cedes Forklon to Salakand. |
699 | Ontaine dissolves an elven realm (Lenhviel) in the central part of Belandria. |
700 | Zormaras founded. |
707 - 714 | The League of Cityports conquer former Zagyath. |
~711 - 723 | A plague (The Dark Stallion) hits Ontaine, then the surrounding countries. |
721 | Zormaras is recognized as a Penboynian march. |
722 | Kartria announces that Kangrisorn (Tulada) must be captured to stop the plague. This interpretation is two years later confirmed by the Thoth-priests in Vintendra. |
722 - 728 | Indecisive war between Rovia and Thraskhundian orcs. |
723 - 726 | Penboyn takes Kangrisorn assisted by Kartria. |
725 | Mordenkainen seeks admission as Kartrian initiate by giving them stone to flesh, in the however, he finds the terms unacceptable. |
726 | The Kartrians choose a king (i.e. a non-wizard) instead of an autarch. |
731 - 733 | The Grone Kingdom conquers the non-Marentian parts of the Paw, including former elven territories. |
732 - 740 | The Pandese Empire reconquers Dacria. |
739 - 745 | A host of people migrate from Ontaine to Kangrisorn. They form an army an start to lay siege. |
742 - 747 | Rebellion in High Lands leads to the founding of the Hardnit Duchy. |
753 - 761 | Civil war in Ontaine. The king emerges victorious, but the neighboring countries use the opportunity the nibble away at Ontainian territory. |
755 | The Pandese reconquers Pandesa. |
770 - 788 | The League of Cityports resettle the northernmost coasts in northeastern Bandagora. |
797 - 808 | Marentia increases its trade taxes. Trade dwindles to a minimum. |
810 | Grone and Rovia join forces against Marentia. |
811 - 816 | Penboyn expands northwards in a series of campaigns. |
820 | Ontaine purges itself of 'scholars' (mainly wizards, but some priests too). |
827 - 841 | The Belandrian part of Marentia rises in revolt due to starvation. The rebels join Rovia. Grone "comes to Rovia's aid" by occupying the Marentian holdings on the Paw. |
843 - 854 | Many cityports are founded as The League of Cityports conquers most of the northwest coast in northeastern Bandagora barring the Iluvar from the sea. |
847 - 854 | Grone renews its campaign against Marentia, and conquers some minor islands, then Damilonia. |
858 | The Viking kingdom Falandria is founded, partly from former Sjaruna. |
859 | The Grone Admiral Hohart plans an invasion of Kartria, but the plans are cancelled because of ill omens. Rovia receives Damilonia in return for assistance (never rendered) in the invasion. |
863 - 870 | The remains of Tulana, the "Southern Marches" pushes
northwards. By 880 the kingdom of Vesland is founded. |
872 | Grone invades Kartria. |
872 - 875 | The Pellan Empire fights a very successful war against trolls. |
878 | Kartria puts an autarch, Celestian II in office for the first time in 150 years. Grone evacuates its troops without having fought a proper battle. |
885 - 898 | The Thungar Khanate holdings are reduced in a series of Pellan campaigns. |
893 | The Kingdom of Donara is founded from formerly Penboynian possessions north of the Regentop Range. |
893 - 895 | Ontaine lay siege to Kangrisorn and capture the city. |
901 - 904 | Penboynian attempts to regain Kangrisorn are thwarted by Falandrian raids. |
907 - 909 | The southern part of the League of Cityports form an independent kingdom called Nordacria. |
911 | The city of Enders is founded. |
919 - 922 | The Belandrian part of Rovia rebels successfully aided by Ontaine, Bondor and Harastor. It is now known as the city state of Stavalot and join Bondor and Harastor of the Drusian Compact to form the Independent City States. |
923 | Zagyath reformed in Ishendekel (The forested Belse river valley in northern Dacria). |
925 - 927 | Veslandic siege of Kangrisorn ends when the Iluvar raids Isvespia. |
931 | Council of Nations in Balvine. A crusade to conquer Kangrisorn
is decided. This year marks the start of the Salaqi "Two Hundred Years War". |
934 - 941 | Salakand, Hardnit, Penboyn, Vesland (and Kartria) conquer Kangrisorn. |
948 - 953 | Ontaine raids Penboyn repeatedly. |
959 - 963 | Trolls migrate westward from Nordacria. |
960 - 970 | Salaqi civil war. |
965 | The Adventurers' Guild founded in Enders. |
970 - 973 | The Pandese Empire receives large land areas from Ontaine in return for aid against Penboyn. |
973 | The Pandese Empire receives Telluria thereby reaching the Inner Sea. |
978 | The League of Cityports drive the Iluvar from the coast regaining former possessions. |
985 - 999 | Ontaine conquers the area around Kangrisorn and lays siege. |
1000 | Relief of the Millenium Siege. |
1007 | Donara is handed over former Penboynian possessions. |
1015 - 1021 | The Pellan Empire take another chunk out of Thungali territory. |
1025 - 1031 | The League of Cityports founds new cities along the Donanda River. |
1032 | Worshipers of Inanna and other Pellan deities are persecuted in the Thungar Khanate's remaining lands. |
1034 | Minor coup in Stavalot unsuccessful. |
The king of Grone marries a Rovian princess. | |
Kartrian descendants revolt in Damilonia. By 1035 the rebellion is crushed. | |
1034 - 1043 | Salaqi-Hardnitian War ends in Salaqi occupation of Hardnit. In '37 38 Rovia tries to intervene by launching a premature attack, it fails. |
1035 | The League of Cityports send out a fleet to discover the
fabled east. Officially, it never returns. |
The Falandrian king dies, and his brother is elected to succeed him, but must survive several attempted coups. | |
The Independent City States (as of then including Enders), Penboyn, Marentia, Falandria, Donara, Vesland and the Pandese Empire sign the Vintendra Treaty. | |
1035 - 1040 | Pandese-Ontainian war. The Pandese Empire conquers much of southern Belandria. In 1038 Pelosi is captured. In 1040 the war ends, as Emperor Nikopol II is called back at the news of his wife's death. |
1036 | The city of Hest rebels demanding former city privileges. The rebellion is crushed. |
In Donara the king steps down in favor of a general. This new king puts a definite stop to Iluvar raids, but after this initial activity he seldom leaves the palace. In '43 he himself steps down in favor of the original king's son. | |
1037 | Shamanism repressed in Pellas. |
Zagyath agents fail to instigate a rebellion in Nordacria in spite of the unstable condition of Landertes II. | |
1039 | Fanatics in 'Tulanese' Ontaine quelled before they attack Kangrisorn. |
The Grone Kingdom purges itself for shamans and druids. | |
1039 - 1042 | Continuous coastal raids provokes Penboyn to attack Falandria. Penboyn conquers Corvendile east of Dambergard forcing Falandria to sue for peace. |
1040 | Unrest in the Grone parts of the Paw. A movement trying to tie the area to Kartria is suppressed. |
1041 | The Ontainian queen dies barren. |
The weird behavior of King Landertes IIs is the cause of
another coup in Nordacria. It fails, but disorder reigns. |
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Mystic movements ("Guardian of the Key" and "the Open Hand") spread in Vesland. | |
1041 - 1042 | Preparing to invade Salakand the Rovian king dies. The queen maintains her right to throne, but a contender appears splitting the country in two. |
1043 | A court faction in Falandria succeeds in ousting the king and
his family. They (the Corvendiles) escape to Enders. |
Rumors tell that the Kartrian Autarch Castanamir III is infatuated with a court lady. | |
1043 - 1044 | Zagy-Pandese border skirmishes. |
1044 | The Salaqi King Ridjon VII dies without male heirs. A
three-sided civil war breaks out between the queen and her two daughters. The Duke of Hardnit uses the turmoil to gain a foothold in western Hardnit. |
1046 - 1051 | Falandria attacks Penboyn that seems split by inner chaos. After a five year siege of Latislav, Falandria accepts peace in return for regaining Corvendile. |
1047 | In Ontaine the King Yarndo dies to be succeeded by his brother. The brother turns out to be more or less insane, and he in turn is removed by a coup. |
On Kartria the concubine of Castanamir III dies. He remains apathetic the last six years of his rule. |
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1048 | An army revolt in the Pellan Empire is suppressed. |
1049 | In Rovia the widow queen loses her last holdout in Damilonia (Osbane). |
The High Lands outlaws temples dedicated to deities other than Heimdal. | |
The Salaqi queen Shandra's sister and mother surrender and are placed in custody. | |
1049 - 1050 | The new Ontainian king launches a promised campaign against on the Pandese Empire. It is poorly prepared, and he dies leaving his brother to sue for peace. |
1050 | Zagyath crushes attempts to establish farms. |
The Independent City States gain a monopoly on trade in the Gildani Bay following a decisive naval battle against Osbant. | |
1050 - 1052 | The League of Cityports launch a successful campaign against the Iluvar. But in '52 the king forfeits his victories and return home. |
1051 | Unsuccessful coup in Kartria. |
1052 | The untimely (and perhaps suspicious) death of the new Ontainian king is close to causing a civil war. But the ten-year-old son of Yarndo is made the king-in-waiting, while his warden reigns as steward. |
1052 - 1053 | The former king of Falandria (Corvendile) dies attempting to
regain his throne. His nephew in Enders now think he holds a claim to the throne. |
The Pellan Empire launches successful raids into Borsoch and the Thungar Khanate. | |
Rovia invades Salakand and swiftly conquer Brin Lebin and Venikin. | |
1053 | Ontainian Civil War. The stewardship endures. |
1054 | Foolish Iluvar attempt at paper money ends in massive swindling. Someone laughs. |
A military uprising in Vesland fizzles. | |
The Duke of Hardnit come to terms with Queen Shandra of
Salakand. In effect, he is left with a small coastal strip. |
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1054 - 1055 | The citizens in Ollyway rise against King Landertes II. They oust the mayor, the king's brother, muster and march on Hest, where they are defeated resoundingly. |
1055 - 1057 | Behind-the-scenes forces in Kartria tries to provoke a war against Penboyn, but the Penboynian diplomats repeatedly ward off the attempts. |
1056 | Tribes in central Belandria tries to break free from Ontaine. They are brutally suppressed. |
1057 | A proposal to dissolve the League of Cityports does not carry. But the 'decadent life' on the Blue Isles is the cause of many angry voices. |
1058 | Falandrian-Penboynian hostilities flare up again as the the Corvendile Earldom (the county of the former Falandrian king) pledges allegiance to the Penboynian king. |
1058 - 1060 | Rovia tests the strength of Salakand in a series of border skirmishes. |
1058 - 1063 | Zagyath launches an attack on Hardor. The Pandese defense is stalwart, but somehow Margos, the priest-king of Hardor is suddenly ('63) on their side. Though not a conquest of Hardor, it gives Zagyath its desired access to the river Belse. |
1059 | The Salaqi queen Shandra (and her sister's husband) die suddenly in the spring. Her son Ridjon VIII inherits the throne and the Rovian War, which he ends. |
The Iluvar tribal leader is killed by his younger brother. | |
1060 | The Kingdom of Donara sends a large army directly towards Kangrisorn, that is through the Regentop Range. The army disappears without a trace. |
The Edict of Cheiband regulates all coinage in Bandagora. | |
1061 | In the last year of his life the madness of the Nordacrian Kong Landertes II increases to a frightening crescendo. The king insults every ambassador, and the fear of a Pandese war causes unrest. The death of the king and the crowning of Ditseng II restores order. |
Uprising in the Pellan Empire. | |
1062 - 1073 | Marentian Civil War. Dissatisfied with its treatment, the army tries to instate a dictator in Balvine. At first, it appears to succeed. Only the area around Essara remains loyal to Autarch Nimrod III, but he gathers his loyal troops and recapture Balvine using wizardry before the rebels truly organize. Then for a time the rebellion seems defeated as the leaders fight among themselves, but in '65 a strong leader emerges uniting the ranks of the rebels. Nimrod is no general, and can only organize magical raids on the enemy. It is his successor Celestian IV, that from '69 slowly forces the rebels back. Despite much negotiation, the civil war ends in slaughter (the so-called Massacre at Sparkia). |
1063 - 1064 | King Ridjon VIII of Salakand bungles an attack on Hardnit. |
1064 | The Iluvar ruling clan is extinct. The tribes cannot agree to a new leader. |
1064 - 1068 | Civil War in the League of Cityports. After four of indecisive struggle (the Velvet War) the league is divided into four parts: The Blue Isles, Chivenor (and Skolister), Oriester (and Deselior), and Anistar. |
1064 - 1072 | Osbantine civil war. After a long futile naval war Osbant is split in two, one with its capital in Crimloyd, another centered in Pavian. |
1067 - 1068 | The High Lands launches pre-emptive raids on its eastern barbarian neighbors. |
1068 | The Duke of Hardnit return to Enders as a successful coup instigated by the Salaqi king makes him lose control of the army. |
1068 - 1069 | The Pellan Empire quells unrest in the far north. |
1068 - 1070 | The land surrounding the city of Hardor is temporarily put under the rule of Emperor Sardis III, but Hardor proper is still governed by Margos the priest-king, who is apparently a puppet of Zagyath. |
1070 - 1072 | Helped by huge financial aid from the Independent City States, the Duke of Hardnit regains control of his possessions. |
1071 - 1072 | A country-wide rebellion makes Grone king flee to Utisana (in southern Grone), where he hides until the religious storm blows over. |
1072 | The Pandese Emperor Sardis III kills Margos, the priest-king of Hardor (and uncle to Silandis), in a duel. This restores order to the city of Hardor. |
In Ontaine the king's brother dies as he tries to usurp the throne. | |
The Falandrian king is let to believe that his family is plotting against him. He executes most of his closest relatives. | |
1073 - 1075 | The Pandese Emperor Sardis III declares war on Nordacria. He conquers Ollyway and Hest, and King Ditseng II dies as his army is defeated in '75. The brother, Sirian II, has no choice but to accept the loss of the two cities. |
1074 | Upon the death of the (west-)Osbantine king in Crimloyd,
Grone, Rovia and East Osbant attack the realm to claim each their part. The family is flees as troop morale drops to a all-time low. |
The Iluvar formally drop claims on currently Veslandic territory west of Brossi in return for rights of passage through the Almodar Pass. | |
Brief insurrection in Hardnit. | |
1074 - 1075 | A fanatical Inanna cult kills the Pellan Emperor Oktavio IV. The inept nephew has no support, and the theocracy of the New Sun Lands (Neä Keä-Sonda) is declared. |
1075 | Theodor V is crowned king of (West-)Osbant. He is supported by the Independent City States and immediately launches a campaign to unite Osbant. |
1077 | Osbant reunited under Theodor V. |
1080 | The university of Anistar is founded. |
1080 - 1082 | A foolish campaign by the Duke of Hardnit to reconquer the western parts of the duchy from Salakand is stopped by his death in battle at Penhavn. |
1081 | The Crown Prince Tiolan (later IV) of Vesland discovers a hoard of gold in Brossi. |
1082 | Border incidents between Falandria and Penboyn. |
1082 - 1085 | Central control in Zagyath disrupts and popular supports for the ruler swigs back and forth ending in his stepping down. |
1084 | The king of Ontaine dies in battle attacking the city of Harastor. |
1084 - 1086 | Inept Rovian rulership causes king Kawflen to accept a Melekit challenge to an ennead. The Melekit, Simon, wins the duel after two years of Kawflen's postponements. |
The New Sun Lands attacks into Grone, but has no lasting successes. | |
1086 | The Pandese performs a police action on Pelosi. |
1087 - 1093 | Rovian-Salaqi war. Rovia attacks Salakand, but Salakand is better prepared than expected. Both the Rovian and the Salaqi king dies during the war, and the New Sun Lands aid Rovia. The upshot is that Salakand takes Salona back from Rovia. When the Rovian king Simon Melekit dies 1088, he is succeeded by the compentent general Tiarz. |
1088 | The Ontainian child king dies, and his warden is made king. |
1089 | Zagyath formally reinstates succession laws unused since before the time of the Iluvar. |
1092-1094 | Anistarian-Nordacrian War. Anistar attacks Busenbar (in the Shendar river valley). King Sirian II drives the Anistarians back, but is killed '93 in a battle by at the Shenanda river near the Bay of Andalak. After a minor indecisive naval battle in the Andalak peace is declared 1094. |
1093 | Falandria launches long-term raids into Varnasir lands. |
1094-1095 | Falandrian viking plundering and piracy provokes the Independent City States to block the mouth of Felendar at the city of Dambergard with a primarily Endorian warships. The blockade is lifted after repeated insurances from the Falandrian king. |
1094-1100 | Ontaine-Pandese war. Ontainian raids are countered by a Pandese punitive mission in the winter of 1094. The Ontainians attempt to strike back in '95 and try to lay siege to Feldenkrak, but the Pandese do not allow them to get close. A cease-fire is negotiated following skirmishes in '96. In '97 Sardis hopes to open a new front by taking the so-called Kirrlar Pass. It is too well defended, and the assault ends in disaster killing the emperor. His brother Milatis VI takes the throne and considers the war over. So it seems, but when Milatis dies in '99, the Ontainians move quickly on Pandesa. The new emperor Hardaukar III drives them out of Eubonia, however. |
1095 | The Iluvar conquer Oriester and sack it. |
1096 | The priesthoods of Enki, Inanna and Vahaun found a new organization to present the three priesthoods outwardly as a united front. It is called the Trinity Church. |
1097 | Ollyway successfully reunites with Nordacria when Sardis IV dies. |
The New Sun Lands oversea possession Eyronia fails to gain independence. | |
1098-1102 | Salaqi civil war.The Salaqi nobility rebels in an attempt to change the constitution and end the Two Hundred Years War. They name a duke king and are hopeful at first, but by 1100 the holdout is the city of Ployd. It falls in 1102. |
1099 | The Pandese Emperor Milatis VI is killed in a duel by the Nordacrian Prince Kalil during the siege of Ollyway. Hardaukar III becomes emperor. |