The surrender of Tylisfort was followed very quickly by the formation of the Old Pale Empire.
Magicians' End Eras : Old Pale Empire
The history of the Old Pale Empire on Magicians' End
Old Pale Empire
4542 BPC to 7 APC
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12th Authon, 4542 BPC
The surrender of Tylisfort
Military action -
14th Authon, 4542 BPC
Emperor Hanrith I is crowned as the first Emperor of the Pale Empire
Era beginning/end -
19th Tivith, 4514 BPCThe Battle of Jebbin Bay
Military: BattleThe defeat of the Jebbin League, gave the Pale Empire control over the last significant area of Myruthea to retain independence.
Location
Jebbin City -
4507 BPC
The Foundation of Honirham
FoundingThe city of Honirham on the west coast of Myruthea receives an Imperial Charter with orders for construction of a new port. This is intended to boost contact and trade with Tinturbean, but it will also soon become a staging post for the invasion of the continent
Location
Honirham -
4490 BPC to 4478 BPCThe Northern Punjuki Campaign
Military actionThe advance of the Old Pale Empire into northern Punjuki, described more fully in the article The Northern Punjuki Campaign.
Location
Punjuki -
6th Glim 4488 BPC to 18th Glim 4488 BPC
General Ryland's March on Katrapetch
Military actionThe first failed attempt to capture the city of Katrapetch by forces from the Old Pale Empire during the Northern Punjuki Campaign.
Location
Katrapetch -
13th to 15th Doloph, 4485 BPC
The Battle of Katrapetch
Military: BattleThe fall of Katrapetch which surrendered to the armies of the Old Pale Empire at the end of this pivotal battle in the Northern Punjuki Campaign.
Location
Katrapetch -
4448 BPC to 4430 BPC
The Tinturbean Wars
Military: WarEmpress Galea orders the armies of the Old Pale Empire into war on the continent of Tinturbean, resulting in three intense periods of conflict punctuated by short truces which concluded with the effective conquest of the entire continent.
Location
Tinturbean -
4414 BPC to 4406 BPC
Reconstruction of Peld
Construction beginning/endThe Old Pale Empire invests in the rebuilding of the ruined northern port of Peld, once part of the Kingdom of Snowborne, then buried in ice.
Location
Peld -
4370 BPC to 4290 BPC
The foundation of the Imperial Faith
Religious eventThe period when the main tennets, ceremonies and structures of the Imperial Faith were established.
Location
Magicians' End -
4332 BPC
Admiral Romein's Expedition to Zisleth
Discovery, ExplorationAdmiral Darquill Romein led an Old Pale Empire mission to explore Zisleth, the first return to the continent since the Sundering. He reached Iceholt and the Axial Tower, finding both in frozen ruin and utterly uninhabitable due to climatic changes persisting over the continent even where they had eased in the rest of the world.
Location
Zisleth -
4318 BPCThe completion of the Basilica of Bright Hope
Construction beginning/endThe Basilica of Bright Hope was built to act as the great centre for The Imperial Faith.
Location
Zalgurim -
4285 BPC to 4277 BPCThe Phryne Market of Katrapetch is rebuilt on much grander lines
Construction beginning/end -
4281 BPC to 4274 BPCThe Southern Punjuki Campaign
Military: WarThe Southern Punjuki Campaign completed the Old Pale Empire's conquest of Punjuki.
Location
Punjuki -
3936 BPC to 3930 BPCDevelopment of the Fruit Market at the Katrapetch Phryne Market
Construction beginning/endA significant extension to the Katrapetch Phryne Market.
Location
Katrapetch -
3920 BPC to 3912 BPCThe Tinturbean Insurrection
RevolutionA failed attempt to establish independent rule from the Old Pale Empire on Tinturbean. It was put down ruthlessly and the end of the rebellion was the start of a period of more than a thousand years of peace until the War of the Three Sisters.
Location
Tinturbean -
8th Mald, 3745 BPCThe maiden voyage of the Faith of Empire
MiscellaneousThe Faith of Empire was the flag ship of a new fleet of five ships, with the other four taking their names from the motto of The Imperial Faith. They made use of technical innovations using superstructures filled with lighter than air gasses to reduce the draft and improve the speed of luxurious high capacity passanger transport ships between the continents.
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3678 BPCFoundation of the city of Vrandakan
FoundingEmperor Paul II grants a charter to the city of Vrandakan and declares it to be the regional capital of the Old Pale Empire on Klokken Isle.
Location
Vrandakan -
3419 BPC
The founding of West Anchor
FoundingThe Old Pale Empire granted a city charter to West Anchor on Tinturbean during a period when population growth was high on the developing continent.
Location
West Anchor -
3292 BPC to 3286 BPCThe Old Pale Empire Road is constructed
Construction beginning/endThe Old Pale Empire Road links the western and eastern oceans on Myruthea.
Location
Old Pale Empire Road -
3277 BPCThe foundation of Fogport
FoundingThe city of Fogport receives an imperial charter, having developed rapidly due to its favourable position at the eastern end of the Old Pale Empire Road.
Location
Fogport -
9th Pruth 3229 BPCFoundation of the Institute of Magical Knowledge
FoundingThe IMK was a centre for the teaching of magical arts and research into new areas of theory and practice. It was a more systematic and better organised body than the separate specialist schools that had preceeded it and its growing reputation was at least a part of the reason why the capital of the Empire later moved to Honirham.
Location
Honirham -
17th of Doloph, 3120 BPCEmperor Dravidik IV moves the capital of the Pale Empire from Zalgurim to Honirham
Civil actionHonirham was in a much more favourable location for access to Tinturbean and Punjuki and benefited greatly from the construction of the Old Pale Empire Road.
Location
Honirham -
3014 BPC to 2991 BPCThe Emperor's Grand Palace is built at Honirham
Construction beginning/end -
7th Findil 2833 BPC to 4th Gilm 2829 BPCThe War of the Three Sisters
Military: WarA civil war between the half sisters, Acetta, Beatrice and Cecilia daughters of Emperor Myrold II who disputed the succession to the throne of the Old Pale Empire. The War of the Three Sisters was the first conflict the Empire had experienced for more than a thousand years and it was profoundly shocking to the citizens who had come to expect the peaceful conditions under which they had all lived for so long.
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circa 2660 BPC to 850 BPCThe Ecclesial Reforms
Civil actionA period characterised by the curtailing of the power of the Emperor / Empress and an increase in the power of the Ecclesia with more local control also at lower levels in the Imperial bureaucracy.
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7th Glim, 2597 BPC
The first performance of The Price of Empire
Cultural eventThe Price of Empire was a famous play about the War of the Three Sisters written by Xandra Omuthe and first performed at Honirham.
Location
Honirham -
2433 BPCThe Harmonic Resonators are installed
Artistic creationThe Harmonic Resonators were four beautiful arcane devices made of gold, silver and glass, with functions that combined art, music and science. They were made for the Way of the Harmonic Path and installed along critical ley lines on all three continents.
Location
Magicians' End -
3rd Pruth 2167 BPC to 7th Chiroth 2143 BPCThe building of the Foundation Stone Song House at Jebbin City
Construction beginning/endAn architectural wonder built according to the precepts of the Way of the Harmonic Path as a centre for singing, contemplation and the veneration of the Town Foundation Stone which stands at the centre of the great building.
Location
Jebbin City -
1st Findil, 1895 BPCThe fountain of Aphresia and the Sea Serpent is installed at Theatre Court, Honirham
Artistic creationThe famous silver statue by the artist Stephan Frawl, quickly becomes an iconic feature of the architecture of the Empire's capital.
Location
Honirham -
1324 BPCThe Klaractzum bypass opens on the Old Pale Empire road
Construction beginning/endThe bypass was built to facilitate travel east and west of the city for travellers who wished to avoid the centre of Klaractazum, since the original route of the Old Pale Empire Road had by now been incorporated into the expansion southwards of the city.
Location
Old Pale Empire Road -
8th Authon 1267 BPC to 20th Chiroth 1267 BPCThe Trial of Komnork Pilc
Civil actionKomnork Pilc was the shadowy leader of a notorious organised crime gang who was finally brought to justice in this famous trial.
Location
Honirham -
28th Glim, 906 BPCThe Wedding of Eveline Grace and Jacques Pharon
MarriageEveline Grace was the eldest daugher of Emperor Omalick and his annointed successor, whilst Jacques Pharon was a famous actor and singer. Their fairytale wedding, complete with a chorus of singing bluebirds and an entourage of cute bunnies and adorable page boys and bridesmaids, was the talk of the Empire, although there were some curmudgeons who just found it all too excessively twee.
Location
Honirham -
21st Tuzlle, 576 BPCThe "Glorious" Luminos Field Knockout Final
Sporting Event / CompetitionLuminos Field was a popular magical sport that developed in the final centuries of the Old Pale Empire. The final of the annual knockout competition in 576 BPC is known as the Glorious Final, for the astounding display of skill from both sides and the surprising win for the underdogs of Jebbin City.
Location
Honirham -
3rd Tivith, 428 BPC
The Second Coming of the Prophet Hylacon
Religious eventThe Prophet Hylacon, reappears at Ralsimoor with renewed warnings for the world. A wave of enthusiasm results in the foundation of the second chapters and the foundation of the Hylacon Peoples.
Location
Ralsimoor -
23rd Tivith, 121 BPCRegular passenger airships start to operate between Honirham and Tarris
Technological achievementHonirham and Tarris are connected by regular air travel, linking Myruthea and Tinturbean.
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The Planar ConformationThe Planar Conformation
Celestial / CosmicA reconfiguration of the local Geometries within the Discontinuum which had widespread effects in regions of the multiverse alarmingly close to the evolutions monitored by the Stability Council. It had profound consequences for the realm of Magicians' End in particular, altering the laws of form there, to make new and powerful magics possible and giving rise to the astonishing supernatural intrusion of the Dark Domains.
Location
Magicians' End -
The Planar Conformation to 7 APCThe Empire at Bay
Military: WarThe denizens of Novanoir start their expansion over Magicians' End. The Old Pale Empire faces its final tests.
Location
The Dark Domains -
23rd to 27th Tivith, 7 APCThe Fall of Honirham
Disaster / DestructionBetween these dates, the capital of the Old Pale Empire was subjected to a series of meteroric bombardments, instigated from the Dark Domains. The Emperor and most of the senior military leaders were killed on the 23rd and by the 27th, the city had been utterly ruined. In short order the Empire which had lasted for over four thousand years collapsed into chaos, unable to offer more than a token resistance to further incursions.
Location
Honirham