Key Dates in the Free City/Southern Cyfandir

Pre-Republic

·         Circa –9000 to –5000: Macillero (palatial elven city) where the Free City now stands.

·         Circa –5000: Dawn War.

·         Circa –5000: City of Resgrande Riporte where the Free City now stands.

·         Circa –5000 to –2000: Empire of Cyfandir replaced with the Stopstep Empire.

·         –980: Fall of the Stopstep Empire, destroyed by Tamerakh’s Horde.

·         –980 to Year 0: Drae dynasty, vassals of Cyrillane’s emperor.

·         Year 0: Death of Alexis Drae III, leading to the Free City’s Declaration of Independence.

Republic

·         Year 0 to 30: Free City’s war for independence against Cyrillane, with a front in the Histe Hills.

·         99 to 103: Highly controversial Emperor Actéon Kadmeid IV launches the second Cyrillan war to resolve an internal crisis; conflict ends with the creation of the kingdom of Sharprickle, a buffer state in the Histe Hills.

·         127: Year of the flight of the red dragons.

·         128 to 133: Third Cyrillan war, marked by the blockade of the port.

·         197 to 212: During the Iron War, many dwarven clans battle each other; Cyrillane attacks the Free City; halfling-led negotiations end with the Mie peace treaty and the creation of Myetea.

·         230: Extremely harsh winter resulting from the incursion of an ancient white dragon.

·         286: The Sharprickle plot fails: the Histe Hills are reintegrated into the Free City’s territories.

·         287: The Treaty of the Fifty leads to the creation of the Cyrillan District and a consolidated peace with Cyrillane.

·         300 to 311: Taurëlman War, an attempt by the Free City to conquer the elven woods.

·         311: Halfling negotiators sign the Issure Peace Treaty; Myetea’s privileges are extended.

·         330: Fall of the Kadmeids (Cyrillan dynasty the start of a civil war.