The Dark Scream was an arcane burst of outrage from the Dark Domains , shaking the Hylacon Gates. It gave vent to the frustration of the Ancient and Glorious as their plans to break free with the aid of the Justice of the Shadows had failed. The Dark Scream was heard in the Limit Lands and indirectly led to the invasion of Prince Rygarde in the following year.
Magicians' End Eras : The Limit Protectorate
The Age of Shadows
4290 APC to 5148 APC
A time of fractured and disorganised local governments, dark magic and a second wave of more insidious incursions into the realm.
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28th Glim 5148 APC to 1st Tivith 5148 APC
The Dark Scream
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventLocation
The Dark Domains
The Limit Protectorate
5149 APC to 5184 APC
A short period of thirty five years when the realm was briefly under the control of foreign powers from the Limit Lands until Prince Rygarde's regime was overthrown.
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5152 APC to 5160 APCThe construction of the Fortress of Ocroven
Construction beginning/endThe Fortress of Ocroven is constructed on an island in the Orothonian Ocean
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The Fortress of Ocroven -
21st Tuzlle, 5152 APCThe Great Gate room is completed in the Fortress of Ocroven
Construction beginning/endThe Great Gate was a portal to Prince Rygarde's realm in the Limit Lands, through which he could bring reinforcements to Magicians' End.
Location
The Fortress of Ocroven -
2nd Chiroth, 5153 APC
Formation of the Loyalist Army Council
FoundingKindall Skolbraken is instrumental in brining together a secret movement to oppose the Limit Protectorate which is given the name of the Loyalist Thaumatic Army Council.
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5154 APC
The Fate Snowflake room is completed in the Fortress of Ocroven
Construction beginning/endThe Fate Snowflake room was the location of a special arcane setting in which Prince Rygarde housed the Fate Stones as he stole them, one by one and prepared his arcane experiments.
Location
The Fortress of Ocroven -
1st Authon, 5155 APCPrince Rygarde abolishes the Court Circle of Katrapetch
DisbandmentThe imposition of a City Protector gave Prince Rygarde direct rule over Katrapetch and swept aside a system of government in the city that had lasted for almost fifteen thousand years. He also broke the Staff of the Raja and seized the Succession Ruby, which became the first of the Fate Stones to be added to the Fate Snowflake.
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Katrapetch -
13th Kerax, 5158 APCPrince Rygarde takes the Diamond of Ralsimoor
MiscellaneousPrince Rygarde takes Etan’s Heart, the diamond of Ralsimoor as tribute, removing it from Arelha's Gate and adding it to the Fate Snowflake in the Fortress of Ocroven.
Location
Ralsimoor -
5160 APCThe Throne Room is completed at the Fortress of Ocroven
Construction beginning/endThe Throne Room at the top of the Fortress of Ocroven was one of the last rooms to be built.
Location
The Fortress of Ocroven -
9th Doloph, 5161 APCThe Lord Mayor of Quarowl gives the Goolsyn Ice Star to Prince Rygarde
Political eventThe Goolsyn Ice Star becomes the third of the Fate Stones to be acquired by Prince Rygarde and added to the Fate Snowflake
Location
Quarowl -
20th Authon, 5166 APCThe theft of the Sapphire of Vrandakan
Limiters working for Prince Rygarde infiltrate the chamber where the Sapphire of Vrandakan was held and steal it. It is added to the Fate Snowflake.
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VrandakanSpecies
The Limiters -
17th Findil, 5175 APC
Klaractazum surrenders the Oasis Root
Political eventPrince Rygarde demands and receives the Oasis Root aka the Emerald of Klaractazum, which he then installs within the Fate Snowflake.
Location
Klaractazum -
28th Glim, 5184 APC
Glim's Laugh vanishes in Tarris
MiscellaneousThe final Fate Stone, Glim's Laugh, goes missing on midsummer's day, presumed stolen by Prince Rygarde.
Location
Tarris -
7th of Tivith, 5184 APCThe Eviction
Military: BattleIn a battle known as the Eviction at the Fortress of Ocroven, Prince Rygarde is expelled from Magicians' End by the Loyalist Thaumatic Army Council bringing an end to the Limit Protectorate.
Location
The Fortress of Ocroven