Arstol was the first known free city founded and the center of Elffriend resistance to elvish rule for millenia. Founded by an alliance of escaped orc and human slaves (along with a few smaller groups), Lorantis stood and stands as a symbol of freedom, resistance, and unity.
Region: Twin Lands
The First Free City
Until the Fall of the Eldar Empire
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Circa 300,000 EY
Lorantis Founded
Founding
The Phoenix Empire
1 YA 5970 YA
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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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4428 YA
Kolmose LX Arises, the Two-Hundred and Eighty-Ninth Risen Phoenix
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5123 YA
Khore XII Arises, the Two-Hundred Ninetieth Risen Phoenix
Political event
The Ashen Empire
5971 YA 6028 YA
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5971 YA
The Phoenix Fails to Rise
Disaster / DestructionFor the first time in all the long history of the First Free City, the Phoenix failed to rise when Akhenatas I forced his way onto the throne while the Rites of Trial were still underway at Krak al'Kaerak. The Phoenix has never arisen for a king in Lorane since.
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5971 YA
Akhenatas I Seizes Power, the First Ashen Emperor
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6028 YA
The Severance of Brotherhood
DisbandmentAfter years of tensions driven by efforts by the Ashen Emperors to deflect blame for their sacrilege of the Rites of Trial, and by the unsuccessful legal and extralegal attempts of the Kalorins to unseat the Ashen Emperors, the Twin Lands dissolved their union when the Kalorins declared their own emperor: the Kal-Sultan Luthar I.
The Severed Lands
6029 YA 6326 YA
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6031 YA
6324 YA
Drying of the Cousin Lands
Geological / environmental eventStarting shortly after the Severance of Brotherhood, the lands of Lorane and Kalor began to dry out once more, as they had been millennia ago.
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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.
The Kalorane Empire
6327 YA 7395 YA
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6327 YA
Declaration of the Kalorane Empire
Political eventThe Kalorins capture Lorantis and declare the Empire of Kalorane. The lords of Lorane continue to resist.
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6588 YA
Conquest of Lorane
Military: WarKalorane has brought all Lorane under its sway, except for the Vale Lords.
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6963 YA
Desert Fire War
Military: WarDjinn invade Kalor
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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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7394 YA
24 /6
Battle of the Bloody Well
Military: Battle -
7394 YA
15 /9
Capture of Lorantis
Military: Battle -
7395 YA
4 /1
The Battle of Temuriel's Stair
Military: Battle -
7395 YA
25 /147395 YA
26 /14
Badger's Battle of Lorantis
Military: Battle
The Risen Phoenix Empire
7396 YA and beyond
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7396 YA
1 /1
Restoration of the Phoenix Empire
Founding -
7396 YA
1 /1
Wolfgang I Arises, the Two-Hundred And Ninety-First Risen Phoenix
Political event
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