Established after the Band of Five defeated Megellus, the Sorcerer-King of Rexa, over the course of five centuries, the Rexan Republic expanded from a single city-state to become the undisputed hegemon of the Central Sea region of Tel.
Rexa engages in a punative expedition against Nar piracy in the Central Sea that ends in the destruction of Qadshat and the enslavement of the Nar people by the Rexan Empire.
Emperor Nefastius of the Rexan Empire, successfully conducted a necromantic ritual to grant him eternal unlife as a lich. In order to accomplish this feat, Nefastius drained the life force of all living animals and plants within a 50 mile radius of his palace. Afterwards, he used his newfound powers to raise an army of the dead to crush any and all opposition to his vile deed.
After the events of the Blackest Day, a group of Rexan patrician families, military officers, and wealthy merchants managed to flee Ione by sailing across the Central Sea in a small flotilla to find refuge in the far-flung province of Aerisca Borealis.
On the eve of the annual celebrations for the Aelosia, Marinus Alator, Doge of the Aeriscan League was found murdered in his bedchamber.