Orcish, 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.
Region: Yavawa
Antediluvian Period
... 6584 YA
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1 YA
Elffriend Rebellions
Revolution -
7 YA
Battle of the Ptatke Delta
Military actionRebelling human lumber workers and rangers united with orcish miners and low-caste Eldar and drove the Eldar from the Great Forest, leaving them to either flee across the Paraib plain, or retreat into the Sacred Grove of Holaryn.
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Circa 100 YA
Ptatkeans Migrate into the Yavawan Maw
Population Migration / Travel -
Circa 500 YA
Ptatkeans Migrate into Corelleon's Garden
Population Migration / Travel -
1000 YA
Otterman Migration Extends as Far as the Obsidian Falls
Population Migration / Travel -
1000 YA
Castori Migration Extends Across All of Castor's Land
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Circa 1200
Otterman Migration into the Maw
Population Migration / Travel -
1500 YA
Limited Castori Colonization of the Freezing Sea
Population Migration / Travel -
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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2761 YA
Holaryn Elves Secede from the Ascendancy
Revolution -
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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6304 YA
Temuri Great Migration
Population Migration / TravelThe Temuri split into three bands. One remains in the Paraib, one invades Bolar, and the third settles in the Ptatke delta.
Postdiluvian Period
6585 YA and beyond
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6585 YA
The Great Flood
Disaster / DestructionIn 6585, the great "Wall of Water" that had kept the seas from flooding the low-lying regions of Yavawa from flooding gave way, flooding the great kingdoms of Yavawa and drowning millions.
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Circa 6600
Second Otterman Migration into Yavawa
Population Migration / Travel -
6601 YA
6603 YA
Deluge War
Military: WarEnraged by the great flood, Yavawans drive the Holaryn out of all their lands north of the Black River, blaming them for the disaster.
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6700 YA
Formation of the Yavawan Federation
Political eventThe region still destabilized in the wake of the Great Flood, the survivors of the Yavawan Maw band together to form a single loose alliance, the Yavawan Federation.
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6969 YA
Great Fae Incursion
Military: WarFae invasion
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7337 YA
First Opening of Arkûn
Political eventAfter decades of being sealed away, a group of adventurers deciphered the seals on the gates of Arkûn, allowing the dwarves to take there first steps into the light since the burning days.
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7341 YA
7389 YA
The Arkûn-Yavawan Plague
Plague / EpidemicWhile the origins of the The Arkûn-Yavawan Plague remains uncontroversial, it is widely believed by scholars that diseases long-separated by the Arkûn Gates combined to produce a new, highly deadly plague in the years following the joyous opening of Arkûn. More controversial theories include ancient curses, dwarven conspiracies, and the like. Regardless of its origin, the plague spread like wildfire throughout the Arkûn holdings and the Yavawan Maw, laying waste the region's great and ancient kingdoms. It was only the desperate efforts of the Hippocratic League, a continental alliance of expert physicians, healers, and priests that the plague was brought to an end.
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Circa 7340
Plague Refugees
Population Migration / TravelFleeing the plague, refugees from Yavawa form significant expatriot communities in the Sun Imperium, particularly in the Marshdens, as well as in historic Otterman territory.
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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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7391 YA
Second Opening of Arkûn
Political eventAfter the end of the epidemic, the Arkûn once again opened their gates and began to trade freely with the remnants of the Yavawan people. Both the Arkûn and the Yavawans had been nearly destroyed by the plague, and it remains to be seen how the recovery progresses.
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