The most ancient legends of dragon and giant-kind speak of a great war between them, which brought to an end each of their ancient powers.
!Main; Region: Arstol Timeline
Blood Years
One Million to Five Hundred Thousand Years Ago
The Dragon-Giant-Dwarf Wars Continued Apace for thousands of years, neither side gaining ground, each side slowly being destroyed, until at last the elves unexpectedly appeared and within a few short thousand years took control, founding a new empire.
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One Million Years Ago
The Dragon-Giant Wars
Military actionAdditional timelines
Eldar Years
From Five Hundred Thousand Years Ago Until Their Fall
If the words of elven sages may be trusted, the great Empire of the Eldar covered the whole sphere of the earth for millennia. But a short few thousand years ago, their empire suddenly, and violently collapsed.
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25,000 EY
Construction of the Stones
Construction beginning/endThe The Stones of Eternal Life are the mystical veil and barrier which preserves and reincarnates Eldar souls, preventing them from falling into KOL's embrace-or grasp, depending on your perspective. These were constructed by the Old Eldar Empire as one of their greatest works, and were spread throughout the planet.
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200,000 EY
The Crossing of Arstol
Construction beginning/endIn Elven myth, at the height of Eldar power, mighty mages drove the subcontinent of Arstol across the Mother Sea, colliding with what was there and creating the land of Arstol as we know it now.
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Circa 250,000 EY
The Fall of Uršhumgallu
Military: WarAfter some quarter million years of war, the elves at last defeated the dragons in their capital of Uršhumgallu
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500,000 EY
The Burning Days
Disaster / DestructionSome Eldar mythos hold that, at the height of their power, the Eldar forgot their ancient ways and their ancient gods, and instead their hearts turned to decadence. Other, more mainstream Eldar priests place the blame squarely at the feet of their ancient foe, Gathamuriel. Regardless, both hold that at dawn, on the first day of the five-hundred-thousandth year of the empire, great gouts of flame poured down from heaven and burned away the works of Eldar hands.
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The Years Anew
1 YA and beyond
Since the Fall of the Eldar, a new era is clearly at hand. But what are these days and years. The days of Man? Of Orc? Of Mage? A mere interim? Only time will tell.
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1 YA
Elffriend Rebellions
RevolutionOrcish, Goblin, Aviar, and even some dwarf and human legends tell of a great rebellion waged by these races against their onetime slavemasters, the Elves. However, the most exhaustive records of the Elves maintain that this is a wholesale fabrication.
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100 YA
Tarane Migration into Nordradania
Nordric migration after the fall of the Eldar drove the Taranes south into modern day Nordradania.
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200 YA
Luenic Migration
Population Migration / TravelThe Luenic people migrated south the fertile lands of the Legion's plain.
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300 YA
Luenic Migration
The Luenic people migrated to the current Cete of Bestane, bringing them into conflict with the Taranes for the first time.
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500 YA
Tarane Migration into the Marches
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700 YA
Elfmark War
Military: War -
1891 YA
Battle of Atar's Pass
Military: BattleAtarrians narrowly hold a pass against a massive elvish army mustered from the Harlaw
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1973 YA
Ascendancy Withdrawal from Harlonde
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2000 YA
Otterman Migration into the Rivers of Arstol
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2439 YA
2750 YA
Great Elvish War
Military: WarIn a desperate attempt to prove to the departed sealords that the Ascendancy is not so weak as the sealords believe, the Ascendancy launches a massive attack across much of the North. They dominate the region for the next 300 years before they are beaten back by Luenic, Tarane, and Atarrian forces, along with the Ystrians.
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2460 YA
Traenic War
Military: War -
2757 YA
End of the Great Elvish War
Military: WarThe Great Elvish war comes to an end, with the elves having been forced to more or less their current borders in the south of the Enchanted Forest.
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2761 YA
The Five Betrayals
RevolutionFollowing the Ascendancy's failure in the great elven war, the remaining exclaves of the ascendancy (Holaryn, Nimwarra, Sylvanus, Harlonde, and Val Darryn) declared independence.
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2908 YA
Rejm Founded
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3631 YA
Fifth Didelian War
Leads to the destruction of old Didelia, which was on the island across from modern Dolonde Didelian Refugees flee up the river to modern Didelia, where they subjugate local Luenic tribes.
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5000 YA
The Reymal Empire is Founded
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5115 YA
7 /2
Beginning of Formal Emperor Worshp
Religious eventIn the late years of the Reymal Emperor Augustus II, he declared himself, his father, and his line to be both Supreme God and Supreme Emperor of Arstol.
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5200 YA
Legion's Plain
Population Migration / TravelMany legionaire's are granted lands in the region that becomes known as Legion's Plain. These later integrate with Luenic locals to form the Ortainic people.
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5300 YA
Birth of the Tarane People
Population Migration / TravelMany Marcher auxiliaries are granted lands in Bolar, leading to the Tarane ethnic group in that nation.
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5460 YA
The Fire of Nevaris
Disaster / DestructionReymal empire invades and slashes and burns Nevaris to serve as rich lands and as a launch point into the Ascendancy and Nordradania.
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5743 YA
Conquest of Sylvanus
Military: WarConquest of Sylavanus. Accomplished by way of alliance with the vampire rebel Vlad Dracula, who the imps later betray
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5844 YA
First Witchwar
Military: War -
6000 YA
Reymic Migrations to the Seawall
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6048 YA
Conquest of the Eldar Kingdoms
Military: War -
6111 YA
Capture of Ystria Silverscale
Military: War -
6200 YA
Oceanic Expeditions
ExpeditionOver the course of the 63rd century, the empire sent several exploration missions to cross the Mother Ocean. None ever returned.
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6207 YA
1 /1
Imperial Unification
Political eventAfter generations of conquest, the known world was at last united under the rule of the Emperor Remus VII Reymal
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6250 YA
6280 YA
Drying of Paraib
Geological / environmental eventFrom 6250 until perhaps as late as 6280, the once-verdant dry grasslands of the Paraib shriveled into the vast desert we recognize today.
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6276 YA
7 /46306 YA
3 /6
The Thirty Year Siege of Dwarfurt
Military actionThe Thirty Year Siege of Dwarfurt is generally considered the beginning of the end for a unified empire. The costly siege lead to the deaths of many Imperial soldiers, and extreme taxation levied on many of its peoples.
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6300 YA
6305 YA
Ministry of Al'Mudin
Religious eventAl'Mudin, a mysterious prophet from some far-off and unknown land, began suddenly to preach in Nordradania. He preached in opposition to the official gods of the Reymal Empire, teaching instead the doctrines of a new deity: KOL. This repudiation of other gods, particularly the Emperor and his family, lead to his eventual martyrdom and would instigate the Rebellion of Twelve Kings.
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6305 YA
6325 YA
Temuj Invasion
Military actionThe invasion of the mighty Temuj hordes lead to the loss of a great deal of Imperial Territory, though much of it was of minimal strategic value.
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6305 YA
14 /11
Martyrdom of Al'Mudin
Religious eventThe Prophet Al'Mudin was martyred after his preaching against the gods of the Empire reached the ears of a local imperial legate. He was burned at the stake on the Burned Rock, within sight of the fortress of Caer Luen.
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6305 YA
4 /13
Church of Kol Founded
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6305 YA
18 /136323 YA
4 /1
Rebellion of the Twelve Kings
RevolutionFollowing the martyrdom of Al'Mudin, the twelve ancient northern kingdoms rose in revolt against the Reymal Empire.
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6307 YA
Raising of the Blackwood
Disaster / DestructionIn an attempt to prevent more Temuj from pouring onto the steppe, Grand Duke Otokar of Sylvania turns to Black Magic. Making pacts with mysterious entities, he raises up the Blackwood overnight.
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6317 YA
The First Ausgleich
Diplomatic actionFacing invasion on two fronts, a still-insurgent civil war, and a massive revolt in the north, the Marcher lords issued an ultimatum: they would only continue to support the war against the Temuj in exchange for major concessions, particularly with regards to taxation. The Empire was forced to accept.
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6323 YA
5 /36323 YA
1 /4
The Conference of Dolonde
Gathering / ConferenceOn the verge of collapse and unable to bring the northern rebels to heel, the Reymal Empire was forced to concede independence to the North, with the March Lords acting as intermediaries.
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6323 YA
66323 YA
/8
The Summer of Death
Life, DeathOver the course of the summer of 528, agents working for influential Imperial nobles and rebel leaders worked to eliminate the House of Reymal.
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6323 YA
14 /12
Marcus II Reymal Disappears
Life, SupernaturalSoon after all the rest of the Imperial House had been wiped out, the young Emperor Marcus II disappeared while riding near the Blackwood, trying to negotiate a political marriage with the Beylik of Blackwall.
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6324 YA
5 /16355 YA
28 /11
First Imperial Civil War
Disaster / DestructionFollowing the death of the last male heir of Remus, the Reymal Empire descended into civil war for over three decades until a new Emperor could rise to the throne.
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6325 YA
10 /96325 YA
14 /9
Third Battle of Llandry
Military actionThe final defeat of the Temuj horde spelled the end of the Temuj invasion, but the southern plains of Bolar would never again return to the Reymal Empire.
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6439 YA
Second Witchwar
Military: War -
6488 YA
First Magisterial War
Military: War -
6494 YA
Third Reclamation War
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6586 YA
7 /36593 YA
9 /10
Second Imperial Civil War
Disaster / DestructionFollowing the death of the last member of the House Celate, the second Imperial Civil War broke out.
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6591 YA
2 /7
The Second Ausgleich
Diplomatic actionIn order to win the civil war, the House Revane turned to the vast manpower of and resources of the Imperial Marches. These did not come without strings attached, and the Marches began to function nearly independently of the greater empire.
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6634 YA
First Eldar-Northern War
Military: War -
6682 YA
First Lich War
Lich seizes the Flint Hills and other rural regions, and crusaders fail to displace
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6683 YA
Second Magisterial War
Military: WarCreation of the Magewall Lich hysteria
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6752 YA
6845 YA
Women's War
Military: WarTriggered initially by the coronation of Queen Marie of Aerluen, the Women's war was a series of conflicts fought over the course of nearly a hundred years across Nordradania and the Marches, until they ended with the defeat of the Heresiarch in 6845. The Women's War saw the start of a progress towards equality for women, the birth of gender-entailed estates, major changes in property law, and fundamental alterations in inheritance.
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6774 YA
The Betrayer Crisis
Political eventTries to Betray Nordradania to Reym (allegedly) Incident major contributor to schism with Northern Rite Kolism Along with the whole magic thing
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6775 YA
Declaration of the Nordradanic Union
Political eventWith the integration of two of the oldest and most powerful Nordradanic kingdoms with the Crown of Aerluen, High Queen Marie I declared the creation of a new Nordradanic Union, creating the first unified state in Nordradania since the Retreat of the Reymal Empire.
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6776 YA
6779 YA
The Betrayer War
Military: WarMaterialist conception views this as NU exerting its control over the seat. Leads to the schism with Norther rite Kolism.
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6798 YA
Third Imperial Civil War
Military: WarFailed Marcher revolt Leads to rites of succession
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6917 YA
Harlonde Granted to the Harlan Guard
Military: War -
6935 YA
6988 YA
Felitsani Exodus War
Military actionThough they had been kept in slavery longer than many other races, the Felitsani at last won their freedom from the remnants of the Eldar Empire in 6988 after a fierce war alongside the Nordradanic forces.
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6963 YA
6980 YA
Great Lich War
Military: WarLich Amŝurtun seizes Ilexeau and Bevoie. The Lich’s extreme meddling with the river of souls destabilizes the barriers between realms, allowing several incursions.
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6966 YA
Reconquest of Legion's Plain
Military: WarImps get the free city, Didelia, Ortains As a consequence of this and the 2EN, Atarria, Ystria, and Tsion join the Union, along with Bevoie and Ilexeau Opportunism on the back of the Great Lich War
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6998 YA
Conquest of Harlonde
Military: WarHarlan Guard finishes conquest of the Elfrealm of Harlonde
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7028 YA
7036 YA
Ortainic Succession War
Military: WarNordradania retakes Ortains. Cousin of High King on the throne. Ortains and the Free City join the Union.
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7028 YA
9 /87036 YA
24 /7
Ortainic Succession War
Military actionWith the death of King Louis XIV, the laws of Ortains demanded that the throne pass to his cousin, the King of Aerluen. Despite the fierce military intervention of the Hegemony of Atarria and of Inner Datagne, Aerleunic forces and their Bestani allies proved victorious.
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7262 YA
17 /87290 YA
7 /4
Great Nevaran War of Freedom
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7302 YA
18 /77306 YA
2 /5
Liberation of the Green Hills
Military actionAdditional timelines
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7384 YA
1 /67389 YA
4 /8
Reconquest of the Southwood
Military actionWhile it is still unclear who began the war over the Southwood, it soon became clear that the Empire was making serious gains against the Elvish forces still depleted by the failed Liberation of the Green Hills.
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7390 YA
9 /2
Sudden SIlence
Celestial / CosmicSuddenly and without warning, one by one first evil, then other minor gods began to go silent, suddenly unreachable for their followers.
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7392 YA
18 /10
Rovana Karvo Assassinated
Life, DeathTriune XXV Rovana Karvo, several high-ranking seers, and the Preterine Grace Atoras were assassinated by orcs.
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7394 YA
19 /3
Karvo's Crusade
Military actionAfter the death of his mother, Triune XXV Rovana Karvo, Lord Commander John Karvo countermanded the stand-down order of the Council of Twelve and declared a Crusade against the Kalor Empire. It would become one of the hardest-fought wars in recent memory.
Location
Kalor Wastes
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