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SHADOW WORLD

MASTER TIMELINE
energies, but were previously unable to analyze their nature or
1. THE FIRST ERA tap their power.) Genetic manipulation enhances latent abilities
-150,000,000 to –1,000,000: The Abarquan archipelago rises to control the force. Members of the K’ta’viiri (family? clan?
from the depths of the seas. sub-race?) show special aptitude. The Althans soon discover
c. -80,000 FE (Approximately 200,000 years before the present that the Essaence is unique to the Kulthean system. In addition,
time.) A group of inter-dimensional travelers (later to become certain materials are shown to retain, augment, or resist the
known as the Lords of Orhan) arrive through a rift between this Essaence. These materials are scattered across the globe, but
and another space-time. Their transit has enexpected in the western hemisphere they are most prevalent around the
destructive side-effects, however, and in order to prevent the Pillar of the Gods. The other deposits are layered in such a way
collapse of both dimensions, they are forced to close the rift as to suggest that they settled on the earth after a single violent
from this side, trapping themselves here. The interphase is not event, such as a catastrophic comet or meteor impact.
sealed completely, in effect allowing energies from the other Bizarre, violent creatures from other dimensions appear
dimension to seep through. This is the Essænce. periodically on Kulthea, but are little more than a nuisance to
Requiring a physical anchor for their primarily non-corporeal the powerful Althans. The monsters are usually captured and
spirits, they make their home on the barren moon Orhan. studied.
Utilizing powers beyond even the Althans at the peak of their Side Note: Many of the Althans are also true Psionics, able to
skill, they cloak the moon in a bariier which causes all to look tap their own energy reserves. (Psionic power is a personal
upon it to believe that it is unapproachable and inviolate. energy which a percentage of all thinking beings in this
As a side-effect of the Lords’arrival, a tiny black hole impacts universe may possess; it is unrelated to the Essaence.)
on Kulthea, passes through and erupts out the other side. Its c. -15,000 — -10,000: Althan civilization begins to evolve into
tremendous gravity draws core material behind it as it exits, a unique combination of technology and ‘magic’ (the Essaence
and the Pillar of the Gods (a pinnacle of black crystal and power). Society also polarizes, with the Essaence adepts
metal several miles high, located in central Thuul) is created. (mostly the K’ta’viiri) becoming a privileged upper class. A
Severe earthquakes and tidal waves cause widespread number of Portals are constructed on Kulthea (and several on
devastation, especially in the region surrounding the pillar. Charón). These gateways allow instantaneous transport to other
c. -50,000: A group of Older Ones ( Destroyers ) arrives in this worlds, and – using what they have learned from natural
space-time, descending to Kulthea and making a home on the interdimensional rifts – to parallel realities (i.e., the Pales).
desert plain of Nof-Keh in SW Emer. Althan scientists master techniques for opening and closing
such gateways, sometimes using artifacts such as powerful
c. -30,000: Dawn of the Althan civilization. The Older Ones of crystals.
Nof-Keh enter a state of hibernation.
c. -14,500: First reappearance of the comet Sa’kain. The
c. -20,000 — -18,000: Althan culture develops a technology perihelion of its elliptical orbit occurs roughly every 1500
which allows them to conquer the stars. The world becomes the years, though the proximity to Kulthea varies dramatically with
center of an explosion of interstellar colonization. Many each pass: sometimes brighter than Orhan in the night sky,
planets become homes for seedling cultures. The Lords of sometimes all but invisible to the unaided eye. Its presence
Orhan shield themselves on their moon, employing illusion and coincides with violent Flowstorms and serious disruption of the
misdirection to keep the Althan race away. Portals and interdimensional barriers.
c. -16,000: First appearance of the mighty comet Sa’kain in the c. -14,000 — -10,000: Led by the K’ta’viir family, the Althan
Kulthean solar system. In Kulthea’s sky it is like a huge race conquers nearly a quadrant of the galaxy. They rule a
column of fire clearly visible by day and making the night as sprawling interstellar empire, maintaining control by virtue of
bright as sunset. Unbeknownst to the inhabitants of the their superior Psionic powers and their mighty starfleets. Their
Shadow World, Sa’kain’s entry into the system has reopened dynasty survives for millennia.
the inter-dimensional rift, destabilizing the current balance.
The Lords of Orhan are unable to close this interface, so c. -10,000 — -6000: The K’ta’viiri begins experimenting with
Kulthea is subjected to irradiation by the strange energies of cosmic forces to open gates in other regions of space. Their
another universe. This energy interacts with all matter in the hope is to tap the Essaence elsewhere. All such attempts end in
system, infusing it with what is later known as the primal spectacular failure. However, they do master the ability to
Essænce. In addition, the Kulthean system becomes vul- move between parallel universes (which they refer to as the
nerable to intrusions from the Planes and the Void. Pales, implying that all other dimensions are inferior to their
own of course).
c. -15,000: First discovery of the Essaence by the Althan
scientists of Kulthea. (Inhabitants were aware of unexplainable
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Many peoples and creatures from other planets are brought to Utha caused the Flows to shift by dividing the world into
Kulthea and experimented with. Masters of genetics, the Lords hemispheres, that was merely a side-effect of the crystals
of Essaence alter plants, animals, and races to suit their whim. which he placed at the two poles of the planet. Their real
The sumpreme arrogance and amorality of these projects is effect was to insulate Kulthea from the radiations of the inter-
irrelevant to them: they are Altha. These unusual races include dimensional rift, and thus inhibit Demonic incursions from the
the Krylites, the Saurkur, and the Kuluku. Void. That done, they construct a bunker deep beneath the
earth with the intention of maintaining a vigil: if any of the
c. -2000 — -250: The Empire becomes increasingly corrupt and
minions of Kadæna have survived, a watch must be kept so
sadistic, showing little respect for life or the continuity of
that those evil forces can be destroyed. Relying on
galactic stability. Worlds are destroyed and entire races put to
sophisticated machines to alert them, the Duskwalkers place
death with the wave of the Emperor’s hand.
themselves in cyrogenic hibernation.
c.-510: The dark line of the K’ta’viir culminates in the ascension
• A secret cabal is formed at this time; led by none other than
of the Empress Kadæna. She supervises the creation of an
Utha’s son Daenkú, it is made up of eight surviving rebels and
aritfact of surpassing power: the Shadowstone, a huge
calls itself the Ahrenreth (Ir. “Secret Circle”). Their mission
adamantine gem set in a barbaric torque of star-iron. Stolen
is to ensure the safety of the Eyes of Utha and to continue to
souls of billions, the fire of six-times-six stars, and the blood of
close the errant Portals (or ‘Shadowgates’). These Portals,
Kadæna’s own infant daughter fuel its creation.
though severely inhibited by the Eyes of Utha, still allow
c. -250 — 0: Rebellion against the K’ta’viiri begins, instigated demonic beings limited access to Kulthea.
by the Lord Utha. He is Kadæna’s cousin and so also a
K’ta’viir – a captain of the elite order of philosopher-warriors 2. INTERREGNUM
known as the Duskwalkers – but one who has turned against • Also called the “Long Night”, this period lasts approximately
the terrible hubris of his family. 100,000 years. For many millennia the broken earth is unable
Political, technological and Psionic powers are used in a to support more than the simplest life: things that survived in
sweeping attempt to overthrow the Empress and her allies. But the depths of the ocean of far underground. Some things sleep
Utha, knowing that a special weapon will be needed to destroy within the polar ice or trapped in magma lakes.
Kadæna, sends the Duskwalkers on their final quest. The world begins a slow return to stability. Many lands are lost
The Lords of Orhan — fearing the complete destruction of life beneath the waves as the clouds condense. Only the most
on the Shadow World — rescue representatives of their sturdy peoples survive the period, and most are held at the
favorite animal and plant species from Kulthea and bring them lowest level of civili-zation. Unfortunately, many of the
to Orhan. Indeed, large areas of Kulthea are laid waste as the survivors are twisted, evil creatures such as the deformed
K’ta’viir tap channels of raw Essænce in their efforts to destroy Lugrôki and subterranean Trogli — and worse things, evil
each other. The backlash from this power tears open the intruders from the end of the First Era. The Krylites, insectile
barriers between the Pales. Creatures and demons are free to people, maintain their culture hidden deep beneath the Spine of
rampage across Kulthea and beyond. Emer and slowly elevate into a technically advanced society.
The Dwarves also manage to survive by hiding underground.
The Orbs of Rebirth are crafted by Oyan ( cousin of Utha ). One
of these seven orbs is set up in a place that will be the head of It should be noted that the Loremasters have chronicled
the Elysea Bay. (though in only the most general terms) the rise and fall of at
least three civilizations during this time. They are known—
c. 0: From the farthest Pales, the Duskwalkers return with a among other names— as the Jinteni, the Wôrim, and the
weapon forged out of space and time. The Soulsword is a Taranians.
barbaric tool; it is somehow fitting that it alone is immune to
the unimaginable powers of the Shadowstone. c.-70,000 - -50,000 SEI: The Lords of Orhan send their
servants, the Fey Folk (Nymphs and Sylphs, Naiads, Dryads,
The final battle between the forces of Utha and Kadæna takes and Oceanids) to Kulthea to begin nurturing fragile life back
place on the Althan homeworld. The Empress taps incredible from the edge of oblivion. Next, the lords return the sentient
energies through the Shadowstone, but to no avail. Wielding peoples to Kulthea: Elves, mortal men, and the numerous
the Soulsword and wading through a river of blood and lava, exotic races.
Utha himself beheads the Empress. Her body – along with the
foul artefact – tumbles into a fiery abyss. During the latter part of this period there are legends of a group
known only as the Earthwardens. They are credited with the
The rebellion is successful in that it has brought down the creation of the Coral Roads, but little else is known of them.
tyrannical empire, but the result wipes out the Althan Some believe that they were surviving Duskwalkers attempting
Civilizatoin almost to a man and destroys almost all life on the to repair the destruction that their race had wrought, but this
plant. The Shadow World is a wasteland. seems unlikely. [The Earthwarderns also create the shrine of
Utha gathers the few surviving Duskwalkers. They combine Lon Lemira on Vog Mur].
their powers to create the Eyes of Utha to guard the planet c.-50,000 - -5000 SEI: Rise and fall of the Jinteni and Wôrim
against Essænce storms and place them in shrines located at the civilizations in southwest Emer and Gaalt, respectively. Both
north and south axial poles. While it was always believed that succomb to a combination of famine, disease, natural disasters,
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and exhaustive warfare between themselves and the eastern weeks, the angry red-orange tail by far the brightest light in the
Elven empires. The most remarkable legacy of the Jinteni may night sky. (The comet returns every 1500 years).
be the City of the Dead in southwest Emer. The
This close passs by the comet disrupts the function of the Eyes
contemporaneous Taranians meet their end more dramatically
of Utha, causing an unbalance in the Flows. Also, the moon
as their island-continent home sinks beneath the Lonely Sea in
Charón passes through Sa’kain’s tail. Soon after this event the
a terrible earthquake.
Dark Gods – cruel counterparts of the Lords of Orhan – begin
• The Daenkú Ahrenreth is also active for many thousands of to appear. Unlike the Lords, these entities revel in
years. But one by one, these immortal men and women fall manipulating the peoples of Kulthea for their amusement . . .
victim to various disasters. Three are believed killed in combat and their amusement includes human sacrifice, perverse rituals,
with servants of the Agoth. Two are slain by the backlash of and bloody warfare.
closing Portals, and two others perish destroying a cult of
To counter these new deities, the Lords of Orhan create
hidden Kadaenan survivors. Twenty thousand years after the
manifestations – Avatars – of themselves and and appear in
fall of the K’ta’viir empire, only Daenkú himself remains.
these forms on the Shadow World. They present themselves as
Unable to bear continuing alone, he constructs a secure vault
gods, and they allow their powers to be channeled for generally
on an isle south of Jaiman and places himself in suspended
benevolent purposes. They also allow their demigod spirits to
animation. Sophisticated machines are set to awaken him if the
travel to Kulthea and intervene directly in world affairs.
Essaence is disturbed. (What even Daenkú does not know is
that one of his order — Ondoval — was not killed but caught The origin of the Dark Gods remains unclear, shrouded in the
in a warp of time. Far more horribly, another of the Order was superstition and myth of a time long ago. Some Loremasters
captured by the Agothu and taken into the void. By some suspect they are actually former Lords of Orhan who turned
unspeakable method, the female K’ta’viir was impregnated and from the benign ways of their brethren. Others hold that they
bore a child. It consumed the mind and body of its mother and are escapees from some inter-dimensional prinson, or even the
sought a way to return to Kulthea.) result of experiments by the Althans to create non-corporeal
life.
• The machines fulfill their instructions after about sixty
thousand years, during a particularly close pass of the comet 450: Daenkú (Andraax) discovers a surviving K’ta’viir, who is
Sa’kain. Daenkú wanders the globe for centuries, finding that gathering evil creatures in Mulira. After a spectacular battle the
the world has blossomed. Races have multiplied, and ancient former servant of Kadaena is slain— but his half-K’ta’viir son
wounds have healed. He suspects intervention, but is as yet (Lorgalis) escapes.
unable to pierce the magical veils shrouding the Lords of
Orhan. Daenkú assumes the guise of an Elven sage and begins 500: The Loremasters call the first Council of Karilôn, a
gathering of seven leaders, to address a variety of issues.
to gather other wise Elves together. He takes the name
Joining the Mage Kirin T’thaan, the Bard Ilmaris Terisonen,
Andraax.
and the Mentalist Andraax are Tanris Dekdarion (a Loar
Warrior Monk), The Linaer Cleric Yael Ziriv-kari, Galen (an
3. THE SECOND ERA OF IRE Erlin Animist), and the Loar Astrologer Romenor Tartalus.
1: (Pre Imp. 12400) Founding of the College of Loremasters by They meet at Karilôn.
Kirin T’thaan, Ilmaris Terisonen, and Andraax. All three are
supposedly Iylar Elves, though Andraax is actually an c. 800: Six powerful Spirits of Orhan, now tied to Kulthea and
awakened K’ta’viir, a Lord of Essænce is disguise. The residing on the mountainous isle of Votania in the heart of
College is based on the isle of Karilôn, the location of which is Emer, decide that the continent needs order. As the Titans they
a well-kept secret. [It is in the Barren Ocean, just south and begin to gather servants. [The Loremasters take note but do not
west of the Shinh archipeligo.] interefere.]

The purpose of the Loremasters is twofold: first to serve as an 1000: Andraax reforms the Daenkú Ahrenreth, dedicated to
instrument for gathering knowledge and information so that it maintaining the balance. As a lord of Essence and ‘son’ of
is not lost; and second to disseminate this information ‘for the Utha, he is one of the few who even partially understands the
advancement of civilization.’ This date is not a coincidence; real purpose of the Eyes of Utha. Kulthea hangs on the
this is the beginning of ‘Loremaster Reckoning’ after the threshold between universes— a wild, chaotic one where magic
interregnum. rules (worlds like the demon inhabitated Pales); and the one
where only physical laws apply. The Eyes hold the world in
c. 100: A large Elven community, migrating from the east, the open doorway, allowing Essence to work while maintaining
settles on the green islands east of Emer. They name their the world in this universe. Should the eyes be destroyed, the
home Námar-Tol. world may fall one way or the other. Either all magic will fail
c. 300-471: [Palia] Consolidation of much of Palia by the Loar or the world will enter a universe where flowstorms are
Elven Lord Jayled Kodorian. He names it his ‘Kingdom of a continuous and the chaotic demons rule. The comet Sa’kain
Thousand Dawns.’ complicates things, as it too is apparently from another
unisverse and possesses arcane properties; its visititations
450: First Loremaster-recorded appearance of the comet seem to weaken the barriers between the universes.
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c. 1000: Warrior-mages on huge enchanted steeds begin purging regions. Xain takes up rule of Khûm-kaan while Híaz moves
the wilds in central Emer, driving out the ubiquitous Gark and on southwest. Meanwhile, the Master Xaym Jyax marches
Lugrôki hordes from Hæstra. These knights are harbingers of towards Tai-emer, quelling war between the peoples there and
the coming of the Masters. consolidating the region. The mysterious and elusive
Sandstriders of the Arûl desert are left to their own devices.
c. 1000-2000: Many Shay peoples, fleeing the tyranny of the
Titans of Emer, migrate north to Jaiman. They find steppe 1220 — 1229: Híaz, after crushing the Garks of Onar, leaves
lands, sparesely settled by a tall, hardy people – fair-haired east Xaix Yjan in control; Híaz and Mira Zyan then civilize the
of the Grey Mountains (Myri); more varied in the central plains Anzeti of Silaar; she remains to rule. (The Islands of Námar-
(Zori, related to Laan). On the great isle of Urulan they are Tol are left unassailed; whether the Masters elected to ignore
made unwelcome by the tribes of Erlin, while further west and the Elven peoples or a secret pact was struck is uncertain.)
north they find largely empty lands to claim as their own. At
1230: Titus Híaz returns to Votania triumphant: all of Emer is in
first the Zori greet the immigrants warmly, but as the
the hands of the Masters. Each rules a region as lord. An era of
newcomers begin to outnumber the indigenous peoples,
peace and prosperity for the entire continent ensues, lasting
suspicion grows. The Zori begin to subjugate the Shay, who
nearly two millennia.
over time evolves into an underclass. One Zor group goes east
and settles in what will eventually be Tanara. Much of c. 1300: (Jaiman Norek)The Temple of Cay is formed near the
southern Jaiman evolves from isolated villages and tribes to Elysea Bay.
feudal structures – mainly dominated by the Zori.
c. 1600: First records of a permanent structure on the site of
• (Kelestia): Semi-nomadic horse tribes of Y’nari sparsely settle Haalkitaine: a small Keep built by a ‘Lord halek’.
most of the central plains. North lies Samli and the Rings of
1950: The comet Sa’kain returns, as it does every 1500 years,
Ice, domain of the Umli. A C-shaped subcontinent to the
triggering massive flowstorms and random gate openings. The
south, known as Gethanen, is the domain of numerous
third moon ( Charòn ) passes through the long, fiery tail of the
quarreling warlords. The south-western isles of Verya and
comet, and the Essænce of the comet’s tail interact with the
Orbis are home to isolated Jiner and Shay fisherfolk.
gates on the moon. New creatures and beings ( they are
• (Palian Archipeligo): Numerous city-states and rural eventually called The Dark Gods ) are transported into the
communities of Iylar and Erlin Elves gradually coalesce more- Kulthean universe – and a presence of unspeakable eviil arrives
or-less peacefully into the Kingdom of a Thousand Dawns. on Charòn.
•(Palia): Led by Queen Nor, Erlin elves settle in the great Silver c. 2,000 - 3000:
Forest in the southwest, protected by the Nereid Nimira and
many Dryads. The Wild Elves in the northeast are left to ? First appearance of servants of the Unlife. The Unlife is a dark
power— a force for total destruction and death— originating in
themselves.
another universe, perhaps the negative or polar oppsite of this
1073: A pantheon of godlike beings (the Titans) calling itself one. It has been allowed access to this place through a
the “Masters of Emer” claims all of central and northwestern combination of the Eyes and the Comet. Unlike the Dark
Emer. Their home is the mist-shrouded isle of Votania. Lordly Gods, the inhabitants of the Planes and even the Void (whose
beings, they are the size of giants, yet handsome and fair, and actions and purpose seem unfathomable), the Unlife is a single
immortal. They rule through an order of warrior-mages (the power with many servants and incarnations, all bent on
Xiosians) but appear for festivals and ceremonies, riding out of annihilation. Dark cults— followers of the Unlife— begin to
the sky on enchanted chariots drawn by Pegasi. appear. Among them are the Priest of Arnak and Sirens of
Sorak.
c. 1073 — 5000: Under the Masters, most of the rustic Shay
peoples are driven out of Hæstra, and the Laan settle in ? (Kelestia/Gaalt – Northern Regions): An evil presence known
various areas. By 2000 the central and eastern regions are well as the Master of Malice wars against the proud Umli people.
populated with the Laan (who in the Third Era are referred to The Master’s armies of Pale Men seem numberless to the
as the ‘“Old Race”). The Laan construct beautiful cities of scarce Umli.
granite and marble, and their knowledge of science and magic
c. 2000 : (Norek)The Orb of Rebitrh is Activated, It emitt an
exceeds for a time any that has yet to be seen on Kulthea since
energy which mutates a local hunter/fisher tribe.
the First Era. But they are more easily called to the Darkness,
and beginning as early as 3000, servants of the Unlife begin 2200: The Council of Loremasters decides to take a more
their slow work to undo the power of the Laan. aggressive stance against dark forces.
1075 — c. 1200: Another Master known as Kio Viax joins Titus c. 2500: Establishment of the Changramai Monastery in the
Híaz (who is their Military Captain) to lead a mighty army Choak mountains of northern Emer. It is believed that the
through the Gap of Uj. By the end of the century they drive out Changramai are disenchanted Xiosians who left the service of
the Goblins of Murlog and subjugate the upstart peoples to the the Titans (In fact, some are; however, the founder is
southwest. The early horsemen tribes worship Viax as a god. Loremaster Tanris Dekdarion, grandfather of the famous
T’vaar Dekdarion). Their quasi-religious order seems filled
1200 — 1218: Titus Híaz, now joined by Ria Xain, crosses the
Spine of Emer east and easily subjugates the nearby SE
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with contradictions to outsiders, but they are soon renowned as Navigators, a group which offers guaranteed safe travel as a
unsurpassed warriors in unarmed combat. service to anyone who can afford their fee.
2530: (Jaiman) Andraax establishes the Library of Nomikos on c. 3300 — 3700: Competing ‘Navigator’ groups proliferate as
the isle of Ormian in southern Jaiman. It is administered by a additional hoards of these compasses are found, all of different
monastic order of sages and scribes. design but similar purpose. At first there is competition
between the Guilds, uneven service, and low fees. These
c. 3000:
‘Navigators’can only be found and hired at large cities.
? Emer: The Charôn Lord Andaras gains a following among the
3345: Forces of the dark god Andaras attack Uj via land and
Jush of southeast Uj and the Sandraiders of the Charn Plateau.
sea. Because of the ongoing fight amongst the Titans, the
? Emer: A group of Loar elves, political refugees from the Master of Uj (Kio Viax) leads an army himself.
Kingdom of a Thousand Dawns sail west from Palia. They are
3347: The fight for Uj climaxes with a confrontation between
swept through the Shallow Ocean and past Iyxia. Upon
the Titan Kio Viax and the god Andaras. Kio is nearly slain
entering the Circular Sea, they reach a cluster of lush islands,
before his brethren come to the rescue. Uj is overrun, signaling
inhabited only by a few scattered clans of Erlini. The Loari
the end of the undisputed reign of the Masters.
settle here, naming it Námar-Tol (Iy. “verdant-towers”).
c. 3400: (Jaiman) A powerful being commences construction of
•Jaiman: Rularon mines are opened in Brank mountains.
a citadel on Ulor (western Jaiman) and begins to build a
c. 3000 – 4000: Eastern Lands: following among Lugroki and Trogli. He is Lorgalis, the half
K’ta’viir son who escaped Dœ nkú.
? Kelestia: Y’nar horse tribes are pressured by incursions of the
fearsome Umli from the north, now under the Master of 3450: The comet Sa’kain returns.
Malice. The more peaceful clans embark on a treacherous
• The Windlord ship leaves the Port of Alaene in East Palia
migration west to avoid the bloodshed while others try to stand
toward the Great Barrier in an attempt to cross. It is not heard
against the Master’s general, the Frost King, and his legions of
from again.
pale-skinned warriors. Some settle on Orbis and Verya, a few
continue on to Silaar. Many are lost in the treacherous seas. c. 3450 – 5000: Emer continues to be assailed by incursions
[A small group of Y’nar is led by Jaysek through a Coral Road from various enemies and by the growing threat of Goblins,
to Silaar just before the southern mainland is over-run.] Lugrôki and Trogli. Dragons and other terrible enchanted
beasts are everywhere, wreaking havoc and destruction.
? Palia: The mighty High Elven Kingdom of the Thousand
Corruption spreads through the Xiosians as well. The Masters
Dawns and the Erlin of the Silver Forest are at war with dark
settle their grievances by the end of this period, but enemy
powers.
forces have grown too strong for them to overcome.
? From his holy citadel in Shœsra Talœl, The Lord of Light (an
They can only hold Hæstra, watching as the civilizations they
avatar of Phaon) sends Elven knights to establish watches on
worked so hard to build collapse into dust. Soon even the Laan
far-flung isles. The Loar noble Dulucaborn and his knights
of Hæstra begin to revolt, seduced by dark gods. The plans of
sail to Vog Mur. They were known as the One Hundred and
the Masters of Emer eventually come to nothing.
One, and their vigilance was peaceful if uneasy until the Wars
of Dominion. 3451: Birth of Tethior the Smith in Námar-Tol, son of the noble
house of Jeranian.
3100: The first stirrings of discord among the Masters of Emer.
Two (Mira Zyan of Silaar and Xaix Yjan of Onar) are unhappy 3453: Birth of Krelij (later known as ‘The Swordmaker’),
with their regions and wish to reapportion the lands. Titus Híaz Tethior’s younger brother— and eventually his rival. Over
refuses to do so. their lifetimes they both will create a number of powerful tools
and weapons to aid in the fight against the Unlife.
3103 – 3110: (Emer) Border skirmishes begin between Silaar
and Tai-emer along the southern frontier, and between Onar c. 3500: [The six mightiest of the Great Drakes (more than
and Khûm-kaan. dragons, they are lordly beings of the Essænce), gather at the
ancient breeding caves at Ssoiayig Saer (K: “Caves of the
c. 3200 — 3350: (Emer) Goblins resume raids into northern Uj
Drakes’ Birthplace”) at the behest of Voriig Kye. They agree
and Morbek and the Forbidden Ridge. Garks multiply in the
to form an alliance of sorts.
Rulaash Forest of Onar and terrorize the Kuluku; Lugrôki
breed in the Spine of Emer and begin raids on the lowlands of c. 3500–3700: (Emer-Silaar) – The indigenous Jaaderi cultures
Hæstra. of Silaar begin to evolve from a nomadic people into more
steeled mixed economies. Towns grow, and chief among them
3300: While traveling in Iyxia, the Loar explorer Sœ zur Vranuk
is the trade center of Thanor along the northern coast.
finds a secret underground chamber containing many wonders.
Among them is a cache of maical devices that allow the user to c. 3700-4200: (Emer-Silaar) – Thanorian lords soon dominate
tape the Essænce Flows for safe teleportation. He names these nearby city-states, and by 4000 Thanor holds sway over all of
Compasses and hits upon the idea of a fraternity of guides inland Silaar, with satellite states in southern Tai-Emer and
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c. 3600: The White Dragon Oran Jatar approaches Krelij and – lies southern U-Lyshak. Having secured Ly-aran, he turns
secures his assistance in creating the Dragon Helms. There his gaze north to Xa-ar.
are to be Six, the number of the Dragonlords, designed to
c. 3800-4000: (Kelestia) Voriig Kye becomes apprehensive of
enhance the powers of the lords while they are in human form.
the growing power of the Master of Malice in the north. In
In return, Krelij learns much of the arcane arts of alchemy—
human form he leads a series of military and diplomatic
including the working of laens and eog.
campaigns to consolidate the southern part of the continent
c. 3600: (Jaiman Norek) Foundation of the city of Norek. under his rule. Gethanen, Verya, Orbis and numerous isles
(including Vog Mur) are united as The Dragon Kingdom.
3610 – 3665: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Nœ khaan
Faslurin Hælik (“Nœ rkhaan I”). Nœ khaan is a Zori warlord of 3830 – 3910: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Drœmen
Hælkitaan, the first to declare himself king of ‘Rhakhaan,’ III
independent of the Zor kingdom to the north. He is the first of
3833: His southern lands secure, Lorgalis launches his offensive
the Hælik Dynasty.
against Xa-ar.
3665 – 3722: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Drœmen I
3,835: Even the tough Haid and Jaimani Elves of Xa-ar are no
c. 3700: Caverns are found in Norek islands. They are match for Lorgalis’ hordes in the end. The land falls and its
expanded. indigenous peoples are scattered.
3710 — 3730: Convinced by the legendary Navigator Orbaal 3835-3840: (Jaiman) Lorgalis consolidates his hold over the
jen Zamain that the Navigators cannot survive in their present western peninsulas. He controls the Bay of Ulor and all sea
state, a summit is convened among leaders of all the Guilds. trade in western Jaiman. It is clear that he won’t stop here,
After literally years of negotiation, the Navigator Guild however. Forces are massing at the land bridges, and
Alliance is formed. Pricing is rigidly fixed, and the Guild Loremasters have observed a fleet under construction. After
Alliance sets up a sophisticated network of obelisks, allowing many debates, the Loremaster Council decides that this evil
anyone to ‘summon’ a Navigator just by touching the obelisk lord must be stopped before he takes any of the mainlands.
and requesting one. The Navigators make their home at the
3840: (Jaiman) At the request of the Loremaster Council,
center of the land known as Iyxia. Annual Conclaves are held
Tethior and Andraax retire to the Alchemist’s forge in Arion
at their headquarters there, a sprawling citadel called Nexus.
and begin work on the Six Crowns, pendants and swords of
(Note: Erroneous accounts give the origin of the Navigator
Jaiman. Krelij is angered that he was not even consulted on
Alliance as late as TE c 5000).
the making of the swords and refuses to speak to his brother
3722 – 3752: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Cærnedek Tethior again. The Vault of Crowns is located under the island
I. Cærnedek’s younger brother Brœ d heads east into Tanara. in central Jaiman, beneath Tethior’s Forges and Fortress.
3744: The Dragon Helms are completed, and the Six gather. 3850: (Jaiman Norek) Tethior and Andraax visit Norek. They
What they do not know is that Krelij, using the knowledge come to study the Orb.
gleaned from the Dragonlord, also made six rings. These
3840-3910: (Jaiman) The western kingdoms of Saralis and U-
would allow a human wearer to assume the powers of a drake.
Lyshak arm themselves in preperation for war, anticipating an
They are known as the Daath Leerssoi (K. “Maker of the
attack from Ulor.
Shadow Drakes”). He tells no one of their existence but makes
note of them in his secret journals. Soon after the helms are 3907: (Jaiman) Lorgalis seems poised to strike. The
distributed, the golden dragon Kydak Dûm, vanishes. Loremasters reveal their plan to the kings of the six major
realms of Jaiman and urge Saralis and U-Lyshak to stall by
3,750: (Jaiman) The Warlord Lorgalis the White, having
asking for terms of surrender. The kings bristle at this
conquered the western isle of Ulor, attacks Ly-aran. Beginning
interference, but realize they have little chance against Lorgalis
at the northern tip, his armies sweep southward. As they sieze
without help from the High-Elves.
castle after castle, Lorgalis replaces the lords and garrisons
with his own minions: cruel men with pale skin and black eyes. 3910: (Jaiman) The Six Crowns and other artifacts are
The old lords are slain, their wives and daughters imprisoned completed. With great ceremony, they are presented to the
or raped. Other men are taken away to serve as slaves on Ulor. kings of the six most powerful kingdoms in Jaiman: U-Lyshak
is the Sea-Drake; Saralis – Wyvern; Tanara – Pegasus; Zor –
3752 – 3781: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Væris
Gryphon; Urulan – Unicorn; Rhakhaan – Phoenix. When
Faslurin I.
worn, each crown would normally appear as a simple jewelled
3781 – 3830: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Drœmen circlet, but could magically transform into a protective helm.
Færis II
• (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Varis Faslurin II is the
3800: (Jaiman) Tethior’s Forge at Arion is constructed. first King of Rhakhaan to be presented with the Phoenix
Crown.
c. 3800: Lorgalis stops at the vulture’s Neck, where the
peninsula narrows to a land passage only twenty miles wide. • (Jaiman) Dominating the continent, the six kingdoms wield
Beyond to the east – guarded by the treacherous Shattered Hills their items for Light and hold back the Unlife (including the
assaults of Lorgalis) for a long period. Even the Flows of
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Essaence are altered, creating sea-lanes for the trade ships to c. 4200: (Jaiman Norek) Norek popularion grows too high to
escape the pirates of Ulor. support without commercial aid. The King adopts a lenient
policy regarding trade and visitors.
3947 – 4003: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Cærnedek
Færis II • Sendar and Sendil vanish. The twin demigods escape to a
secret temple in the Pelegris Mountains where Akalatan casts
c. 4000: (Jaiman) The Order of the Priests Arnak is formed by a
them into a magical sleep.
manifestation of the Unlife known as the Iron Wind. They
establish themselves in six locations across the continent of 4430: Tethior’s son A’kesh is born, the product of his brief
Jaiman. Tools of evil, they work to destroy society and romance with a Dyar mystic named Naeri viQuar. She does
civilization from within. Each Order has the mission of not tell Tethior of his child but instead arranges to have the
targeting one of the six kingdoms. boy apprenticed to Krelij.
c. 4000: (Jaiman Norek) The Rularon mines are abandoned. 4495: Krelij reveals the Daath Leerssoi to A’kesh.
c. 4000-5000: (Eastern Emer) – The rise of the Kingdom of 4790: (Jaiman) Tethior (with the aid of Andraax) creates the
Thanor in northeastern Emer. Ilarsíri – four Master and sixteen access spheres.
4003 – 4876: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) There are many rulers of c. 4800: (Jaiman) Gryphon College is founded in NW Tanara by
Rhakhaan through this period of the Hælik Dynasty. Jaiman is a group of refugees from Zor.
generally at peace.
4976 – 4995: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Thaddeus
4131: (Emer-Thanor) – Wizard-king Pakaal commissions the II.
building of a new royal city on the shores of the Lake of Glass.
4980: (Jaiman) The work of the Arnak Priests bears a bitter
Thenia is a place of graceful alabaster and crystal towers,
fruit: A cataclysm of uncertain origins destroys the capital of
inhabited by scholars, astronomers and magicians.
Zor and lays waste to the central region of that kingdom. The
4145: (Emer-Thanor) The youngest daughter of King Pakaal II Zorians, ever hungry for ancient technology, uncovered a
of Thanor has an affair with a handsome white-haired terrible weapon from the lost realm of Tarania. They
commoner (he is in fact Akalatan the Dark Spirit and ‘son’of unwittingly triggered it, causing an explosion not unlike a
Klysus the Serpent God). She becomes pregnant and her lover thermonuclear blast. The city was vaporized, the land all
abandons her. In shame she flees to the province of Arûl in around melted to slag. Radiation persists to this day.
southern Tai-emer, having her twin children there— one boy Fortunately, the Crown, sword and pendant of Zor had been
and one girl. She names them Sendar and Sendil. Other than removed to the refuge of Gryphon College by loyalists and
having white hair (unheard-of among the Jaader Thanorians), were not destroyed. Zor would never rise again as a kingdom,
they appear to be entirely human. The children bear the social however.
onus of bastard nobility: no one would believe that their father
4995-5026: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Thydorus I.
is a dark demigod.
Thydorus is overthrown in 5026 by Nœ rkhaan Austrenos,
4175: (Emer-Thanor) Sendar, now a decorated Warrior-mage in Duke of Lathornia. Thydorus is the last of the Hælik Dynasty.
the Thanorian army, is appointed governor of Arûl. His sister
c. 5000-6000: (Jaiman) While every ruler of the remaining Five
Sendil, a Mystic, is always near him.
Kingdoms dons the crown at coronation and is ‘attuned,’ a
4179: (Emer-Thanor) Sendar challenges the authority of King growing recognition of the crowns’ mind-altering effects (and
Pakaal II of Thanor (his uncle). He declares himself lord of a wariness of the influence of Priests Arnak) leads to a
Arûl and Thanor, challenging Pakaal’s authority. Civil war is tendency to wear them less frequently. Without the will of the
inevitable. wearer, the powers of the crowns to enforce borders are
weakened. Border conflicts begin to spring up across the
c. 4180: (Emer) The Dragonlord Voriig Kye considers the
continent. Only the kings of Rhakhaan don the crown with any
powerful and unstable kingdom of Thanor to be a threat to his
frequency, and that realm is the only one to survive into the
Dragon Kingdom. Seeing an opportunity with the rebellion of
Third Era intact.
Arûl, he begins preparations to neutralize the threat.
5026-5063: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Nœ rkhaan
c. 4200: Proceeded by a series of earthquakes, the fleets of the
Austrenos, Duke of Lathornia. First of the Lathornia Dynasty,
Lord of Encla Turic (Voriig Kye) assault the Silaar and Tai-
Nœ rkhaan overthrows the previous leader, Thydorus I.
emer coast from the north and the south. The Lord’s armies
utterly destroy the realms of Thanor and Arûl; Thanor’s 5063-5238: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej IV
treasuries are looted and cities laid ruin. Voriig himself leads a “The Old”
force of fire and gas drakes in a series of devastating air
5230: Tethior and Krelij have a confrontation, which reputedly
assaults. The Gas Drakes Ssoei Womiis and Sseoi Womuul
ends in Tethior killing his younger sibling in self-defense.
settle south of the Asamis Arg (“Great Grove”) and over time
(Krelij is killed, despite many rumors that he survived.) The
turn the region into the Vœ rken Mire; the Fire Drake Vaalg
incident leaves Tethior unbalanced with grief and guilt. He at
Stoyy makes a home in the Arûl Waste.
times assumes the personality and appearance of his brother,
and eventually becomes The Nameless One.
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A’kesh witnesses the killing; unaware that Tethior is his real 6,201: (Jaiman) King Karnis of U-Lyshak dies and the country
father. He flees with one of the Daath Leerssoi. Tethior finds is torn by civil war. The northern provinces remain loyal to the
another of the Dragon-rings in the wreck of Krelij’s workshop. King’s son, young Prince Selcarnen, while many southern
Andraax later takes the other four. lords seek independence. Selcarnen decides – against the
advice of his father’s advisor, the White Mage – to don the
5238-5300: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej V.
Sea-drake Crown. He is found dead outside the Royal
5300-5388: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej VI. treasury, murdered the night before his coronation (slain by the
White Mage). The artifacts have vanished (taken to the
5388-5467: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Nœ rkhaan Ahrenreth).
II.
6203: (Jaiman) An Ordainer appears in southwest U-Lyshak
5,410: Fall of the Tanarans (the original Cloudlords were of (summoned by Lorgalis) and leads an army of evil creatures
Duranaki stock, wait – the Master Atlas says they were of Myri north. Mortals flee before the demonic lord.
stock and the collapse of their civilization may have been a
result of Dúranaki machinations.). The Halls of the Cloudlords 6,210: (Jaiman) The forces of Lorgalis reach Cynar, the capital
are closed. The Steardan are lessened in succeeding ages. of U-Lyshak and home of the northern loyalists. After a siege
of eighty-seven days the walls are broken and the city is
5467-5588: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej VII sacked.
5588-5697: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Bœ ren II. 6306-6314: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Tyrus II,
5590: The coming of the Saurkur t othe Abarquan glislands. last of the Lathornian Dynasty is overthrown (and killed) by a
Their origins are unclear, although it is rumored that they fell coalition of Nobles.
from the sky. 6312-6356: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Marikos II
5697-5788: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej VIII. (Malvion), Duke of Thendara and the first of the Malvion
Dynasty, is crowned after two years of turmoil (after the death
5788-5880: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Tyrus I. of Tyrus II).
5880-5975: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Nœ rkhaan 6356: King Marikos of Rhakhaan dies suddenly. His only child
III. is a daughter, Ajkara. After much debate, the council of nobles
5,899-5905: A plague sweeps through Saralis and northern U- rejects a claim by the Marquess Citara (the King’s nephew),
Lyshak. It begins as severe flu, then progresses to pneumonia and Ajkara first ruling queen of Rhakhaan.
and often death. Over half the population of Saralis is dead by Historical scholars may notice that this text conflicts with the
5905. scrolls of one Lerianis of Nomikos regarding his recounting
5975-6039: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej IX of the tale of Ajkara. His description is clearly that of Ajkara
III, who lived in the sixth millennia of the Third Era. It has
6010-6028: King Arej IX, at the urging of one of his councillors come to light that ther has been more than one Lerianis of
(the White Mage), annexes much of what was once southern Nomikos, and the scrolls were misinterpreted. We are
Zor. He stops wearing the Phoenix Crown, and falls further pleased to be able to set the record straight on these pages.
under the Magician’s spell. He becomes obsessed with
becoming Emperor of all Jaiman. Only the Elves of Urulan 6356-6410: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ajkara I,
stand in his way. First Ruling Queen of Rhakhaan.
6028: (Jaiman) King Arej of Rhakhaan declares himself c. 6400-6450: All across the western hemisphere, governments
Emperor of Jaiman and demands Urulan’s submission to his destabilize, criminal activity rises, cultural and racial hatreds
rule. King Istaro refuses, and Arej declares war on the Elven inflame. This is partly caused by the corrupting influence of
kingdom of Urulan. organizations such as the Priests Arnak and other dark religious
orders preaching intolerance and subversion, but there seems to
6030-6500: (Jaiman) Elven emigrations from Urulan. They flee be literally something in the air causing tempers to shorten and
the threat of Rhakhaan, settling in the Blue Forest of NW aggressive behavior to increase. Goblins and Lugrôki breed in
Jaiman, the Remiraith (in U-Lyshak), Vog Mur, Orbis, and large numbers and are seen walking openly in the daylight—
Námar-Tol. something they never dared do in the past. They burn farms
6039-6306: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: A series of and ambush travelers with impunity. Once again dragons and
rulers of the Lathornian Dynasty under the influence of the other fearsome creatures are seen with growing frequency. At
White Mage and Priests Arnak. the bidding of the Dark Gods, the undead rise and demons
appear to rape and kill – and sometimes drag their victims back
c. 6200: (Jaiman) Every kingdom on the continent is at war on to their otherworldly homes. Evil empires thought to be
at least one front. Within decades, U-Lyshak and Saralis cease subdued rebound with new strength.
to exist as united realms. The designs of Tethior and the
Loremasters have been largely undone. 6410-6457: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Kalen II.
c.6200: (Jaiman Norek) Norek begins fighting against Unlife 6441: Because of increasing dangers and flow instability,
comming from Ly-Aran. Navigators suspend commercial travel services until further
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notice (until the end of the war). While it is not widely known, 6521: The Ordainer Kharuugh breaks through the weakened
they offer their services to the Loremasters and their allies magical protections of Saralis and within weeks is at the gates
through the end of the Wars of Dominion. of Turak on Lake Karísh. King Hanreth dons the crown and
comes forth to face the Ordainer, and a terrible duel ensues. In
WARS OF DOMINION the end Hanreth is slain, his helm cleaved by the demon’s
sword – which also shatters from the blow. A pillar of fire arcs
6450 – 6825: The arrival of the Comet, severely disrupting the
high into the sky, answered far away above the Isle of Ghosts.
Flows, triggers the apocalyptic war which spans nearly four
Then all is quiet and the city was laid open to the dark raiders.
centuries and brings to a close the Second Era of Ire. While
the primary instigators of this conflict are the Dark Gods of 6541-6593: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Thydorus II
Charón seeking to overthrow followers of their rivals on (dies by violence).
Orhan, servants of the Unlife and many other powers of chaos
and evil see an opportunity to gain an advantage. It should be 6600: (Jaiman Norek) Norek seals its gates and remains self
noted that the wars rage for almost three hundred years before sufficient for about 300 years.
the Lords of Orhan decide they must intervene directly. 6593-6666: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen)
Flowstorms throughout this period open countless Portals and Italana I.
create tears in the fabric of space itself. Unimaginable 6666-6705: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ajdankar I.
creatures are liberated upon the earth. The unleashed energies
create terrible meteorological and geological events: 6705-6761: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Andej I
hurricanes, earthquakes, tidal waves, and volcanic eruptions at (dies by violence).
all major fault lines. 6761-6792: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen)
• The disruptions of the Wars cause a ripple in space-time, Ajkara II, ‘The Warrior Queen’. Ajkara is killed in battle.
reopening several Portals. Ondoval of the Ahrenreth returns to 6769: The Burning Abyss opens along fault lines on continents
Kulthea, but he has been driven insane by his eternity in across the globe. Armies of fire demons led by Ordainers
another dimension. His soul is corrupted by the Unlife. emerge and lay waste to surrounding lands.
• Lorgalis reluctantly joins forces with the Unlife during the 6769-6780: the Years With No Days: Besides the Burning
Wars of Dominion, which is his undoing. As a Captain of Abyss, volcanoes erupt all over the planet, spewing black ash
Unlife forces he finds himself unable to engage Andrrax in and smoke into the air. The sun is obscured; creating an
combat and instead encounters none other than Jaysek, the endless twilight that wreaks havoc with the ecosystem.
Lord of Orhan.
6780: The Dawn. Led by Cay, the Lords of Orhan and a force of
• With the aid of the Lords of Orhan and the Titans, the Dark demigods arrive arrive on Kulthea and lead the forces of Light
Gods are driven back and imprisoned on Charón, their to victory against the Darkness.
powerful servants destroyed. Many valiant Loremasters and
Sages are killed, however. 6800: (Jaiman Norek) Half Elven Paladin Innlotu Pahal dies in a
final clash with the Unlife and is laid to rest in the Temple of
•(Kelestia) – The Master of Malice sweeps south with hordes of Cay which was overrun thereafter.
Snow-garks, Ice Trolls and pale men. Awakened Shards ravage
Samli 6792-6801: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Itaran II
(believed assassinated by a Priest Arnak).
• (Emer) – In Vog Mur, Dulucaborn and his knights’ stand
against the Master’s minions, led by Rorg the Fiery Serpent. 6801-6825: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Andej II
“The Valiant”. Andej is killed by a demon in the final battle.
•(Abarqua)The Saurkurians, with the help of the Oracle, help to
drive the Unlife back into the void. Towards the end, the 6820: (Jaiman) The Haalkitaine Fire. Flaming stones fall from
Saurkurians begin to trade openly with their neighbors. the sky over central Rhakhaan, setting many farms, fields, and
However, many Saurkurians died inthe battle against the forests ablaze. Worst hit of all is Haalkitaine, which burns for
Unlife; as a result, Saurkur society retreats into itself and is days before the fires can be put out. Over two-thirds of the city
cast into a dark age. This dark age will lasts for 3000 years, as is destroyed. The Imperial seat is moved to Lethys.
they renounce their “Gift from the Sky”. The Oracle becomes a 6820 – 6825: At the conclusion of the war, the Loremasters
proeminent figure in their religion. coordinate a massive effort to set enchanted, immortal
6457-6520: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ajkar I. Guardians at the many Portals to guard against new incursions
of dark forces.
6500: The Tanarans, seeking shelter in an increasingly hostile
environment, begin constructing elaborate subterranean cities •Andraax, in 6825, vanishes through a Portal at Ruuth.
within the labyrinthine caves of the Grey Mountains. • The Battle of Maegris occurs in 6825, where Cay, Lord of
6520-6541: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Itaran I Orhan, met Scalu, one of the Dark Gods.
(dies by violence). • Tethior is said to have been a casualty of the wars but in fact
goes into hiding. The Masters of Emer retire to their palace-

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city atop Mount Votania (in the center of Emer), setting Mountains of Gold, and a cave complex directly beneath. They
guardians about the perimeter and a barrier of clouds about establish a small kingdom of their own and name it Skystone.
the city.
350: The Dyari of Skystone encounter the Dwarven kingdom of
Ton-Bor further south under the mountains. After an initial
4. THE THIRD ERA OF IRE period of mutual suspicion, they make an alliance. The
c. 1 – 1000: The weakened Loremasters begin to aid the naturally secretive Dwarves agree to broker the Dyari goods to
rebuilding of civilizations. Across most of the hemisphere, it is the outside world— while preserving the anonymity of the Dark
a struggle to survive in a dark age which has destroyed much Elves— in return for a commission.
of what the Loremasters labored so long to build. A few
scattered enclaves survive, but they are under siege in a world 408: After travelling across Kulthea, Ondoval returns to the
of chaotic forces. Wild demons, undead and evil creatures Guarded Isle, original gathering place of the Daenkú
roam free for centuries, only slowly hunted down and Ahrenreth. He decides that it is his duty to reconvene the
destroyed. Ahrenreth, and ventures forth again to gather a new cabal. He
is completely insane.
•Jaiman fares better than most lands of the hemisphere, perhaps
because of the crowns— even though only Rhakhaan’s rulers c. 500: Silaar: the Nuyan Khôm highland and coastal
wear them with regularity. As a result, while the lands settlements begin under a handful of regional warlords. The
themselves are not ravaged as some others, the other four horse-tribes of the plains, however, stubbornly cling to a
governments are either ineffectual or nonexistent (Zor is, of nomadic lifestyle.
course, no more, Tanara is a shadow of its former glory, and 560: (Abarqua)The Palace of the Oracle is completed after forty
the Wyvern crown is destroyed); their royal artifacts lost or years of work. Again, the Oracle is never seen, only heard.
hidden.
888: Ondoval convenes the Daenkú Ahrenreth, giving it the new
• (Jaiman) Rhakhaan consolidates power along approximately name ‘Cult of the Secret Circle’ (Jerak Ahrenreth). The
its old Crown-enforced borders. Much of Haalkitaine City is members: Churk Ta, Schrek, Ondoval, Lorgalis, A’kesh (son of
rebuilt: larger and more imposing than before. Tethior), Darí Holvir, Oan Lyak and Shanarak. Their goal: to
•(Jaiman) Formation of Ja’miil Targ in NE Jaiman. free Kulthea from the oppressive barrier surrounding it and
allow complete access to the Flows of Essaence. They and their
• (Jaiman) The Tanarans, after three centuries of living almost servants begin the process of reawakening the heart of the
entirely underground, are a changed people. Smaller and pale, Ahrenreth, a great focus-crystal. However, Ondoval does so
with a culture adapted to living in caverns and only emerging by the use of human sacrifices. But even Ondoval does not
at night, they bear little resemblance to their ancestors. possess the power to destroy the Eyes of Utha… yet. He
• On Emer, Votania is a haunted island, shrouded in clouds of requires certain artifacts from the First Era. Construction
mist. Most of the continent reverts to wilderness broken by begins on the Eight ‘Secrets’(or ‘Ahreni’), towers and citadels
isolated city-states. scattered through-out the world to act as centers for the plan of
the Cult.
1-3000: (Abarqua)The Saurkurian Dark Age. Saurkur society
regresses and retreats into itself and becomes very isolated 898-1108: Construction of the Ahren-lyax (Ir. “Dreaded
from the outside world. The Oracle becomes a religious figure; Secret”) in central Rael. It is also later known as the Tower of
The entire civilization becomes centered around the Great Vour.
Oracle. ( The Oracle was injured during the course of the Wars c. 900: Schrek, with the help of the artificer A’kesh, creates an
of Dominion and lost part of his memory. ) He becomes the item to allow him to retain his human form indefinitely. Schrek
leader of his people, but never leaves his home in the erases A’kesh’s memory of creating the Faaw Shryaac, (K.
mountain. No Saurkurian has ever seen the Oracle but he is “Talisman of Hiding”). It is a translucent red stone roughly in
heard by all of the people. the shape of a humanoid heart, which pulses with a reddish
1-22: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Tyrus II. light, set on a staff or Dír-wood, held in place by a setting in
the shape of a black dragon-claw with silver talons. However,
75: (Jaiman Norek) The gates of Norek are opened. the talisman also locks Schrek into human form, and without it
22-140: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen) he cannot assume his true shape or access all of his powers.
Italana II dies with no heirs, the last of the Malvion Dynasty. • Andraax, wandering far in the East, is awakened as if from a
140-1011: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: None. This dream. His memory remains fragmented, but he knows that
is the First Interregnum. Rhakhaan is ruled by a loose alliance something is terribly wrong.
of Nobles; several ‘Pretender’kings. The realm is fragmented. 960-1011: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Andej II
c. 300: A group of Dyari Elves, led by the Dark Prince Quentar Faslurin. Andej crowns himself king, rebuilds Haalkitaine
Daal, arrives on the western shores of Emer. They are Palace and returns the throne there as the first of the Faslurin
traveling east from their homeland, seeking new lands to settle. Dynasty.
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c. 1000: (Agrya) An oligarchy of Dyar Elves (actually hosts for • The workshops of the Ahn Sye Ni-Vulma (OE. Order of the
Thalan) rise to power in central Agyra; they call themselves the White Flame) are constructed along the rocky west-ern shore
Alliance. of Votania. The first Master of Ni-Vulma is Kerento T’ara. He
gathers an elite circle of Laan and Elven smiths and they begin
• Shanarak is invited to sit as Kort Hulum (Ir.”Cloud Master)
to create the artifacts of the Eight Orders.
on the Jerak Ahrenreth.
1112: Construction begins on Aldain Castle on the northern
c. 1000-1500: (Jaiman) – Rhakhaan reasserts its authority over
shore of Votania itself.
approximately the old Crown-enforced borders. The other five
realms also rebuild during this period, though Tanara is now 1125: The comet Sa’kain returns, though on this pass it is
the domain of the Dúranaki. relatively distant.
1001: (Jaiman) The King of Rhakhaan, Andej II, returns to 1130: The Garks of the northern Spine of Emer are virtually
Haalkitaine amid much splendor and ceremony. He rules the eradicated by Aldaron’s armies.
greatest land in the continent. The only remaining kingdoms of
1135: The Murlogi of the Forbidden Ridge are driven into their
note are Urulan and U-Lyshak; the former is aloof and quiet
caverns and the entrances into Hæstra are sealed.
while the latter is constantly divided by civil war.
1144: Most of the Lugrôki of the Mountains of Gold are
1011-1098: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Kelir I.
scattered and their king slain by Lord Kendos. A nonag-
1050: (Jaiman Norek) King Liras Alinar of the Remiraith begins gression treaty is made between Aldaron and the Dwarven
trade with Norek. kingdom of Ton-Bor under the mountains, but Skystone City,
the hidden Dyar kingdom, remains secret.
1085: Aldaron comes to Emer, transported, most suppose,
through a Portal. Actually, he and his group are from a colony 1145: Hæstra is secured; Aldaron names Kendos the Grand
ship that arrived in this system from a far planet of the Althan Duke of Hæstra. The regional capitol of Ardan is established
Empire. He leads a fair people who begin to settle the in Hæstra, along the foothills of the Mountains of Gold. Its
continent. While not immortal, he seems to age slowly even for symbol is the Unicorn.
his race, which is long-lived. Some of the Laan (now referred
• Aldaron names himself King of Hæstra and in a grand
to as the ‘Old Race’) resent his presence, but most welcome a
ceremony he founds the eight orders:
unifying force. The People of Aldaron were never many,
numbering perhaps only a few hundred when they first 1. Ahn sye Nokora (E. “Order of the Flaming Sword,”
appeared. They tend towards fair hair (even white or silver) the King’s Guard)
and skin, with blue-gray eyes. They have a youthful mien for 2. Ahn sye Zanar (OE. “Order of the Cloak”), also
most of their lives, and then age slowly. Life span is usually known as the Crimson Cloak or Crimson Order, the
about 500 years. priests of the official religion of the Kingdom—
1098-1145: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Westley I. worship of the one god Zanar)
3. Ahn sye Talaus (OE. “Order of the Ring”), a group of
AGE OF CONSOLIDATION magicians)
C. 1100 — 1300 4. Ahn sye Shan (E. “Order of the Sun”), Animists
responsible for the agricultural health of the kingdom,
Aldaron’s charisma and determination (not to mention also specialists in herbs and drugs)
powerful tools and weapons, the exact nature of which are now 5. Ahn sye Takla (OE. “Order of the Four Winds”), the
lost to history) earn him the respect of his neighbors. He messengers of the King)
establishes his home at Votania, building a mighty citadel on
the northern slopes of the mountain. Only the uppermost peak 6. Ahn sye Woloka (OE. “Order of the Eye”), a group of
remains mist-shrouded, and Aldaron orders that it is off-limits. Seers and Astrologers to advise the King)
From this base - Aldain Castle - and using a combination of 7. Ahn sye Nomoke (OE. “Order of the Hand”), a
diplomacy and disciplined armies (and apparently a natural secretive society whose purpose was always unclear.
talent for Mentalism), he solidifies his hold on central Emer. In fact, the name ‘Ahn sye Nomoke’ means Order of
Aldaron easily brings all of the bucolic Shay and Talath tribes the Mask; they are a sort of secret elite guard, spies
of central Hæstra under his control. Eventually even the most for the king both inside and outside the realm).
willful (some would say arrogant) Laan people in more 8. Ahn sye Ni-vulma (OE. “Order of the White Flame”),
civilized lands are for the most part convinced to ally under a guild of craftsmen and artisans who were the master
Aldaron’s flag. smiths for the King and creators of the artifacts).
1105/1 ER (Empire Reckoning): Aldaron sets up temporary 1145-1171: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Aragain I
quarters on the northern banks of the inland sea of Votania. He “The Scholar”. Aragain is murdered by his lover, leaving no
also founds the Eight Orders and directs the creation of the direct heir.
Artifacts of the Orders.
1171-1321: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Kalæn III
and Kœ rwen, Aragain’s nephews, co-rule. Kalœ n is allegedly
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assassinated in 1307, starting the Great Schism – the civil war 1298: Voriig Kye determines to some extent the nature of
over the death. These are the last of the Faslurin Dynasty. Schrek’s powerful Faaw Shryaac (K. “Talisman of Hid-ing”)
and convinces another of the Eight— the Lyax Khâng— that
1187: Sailing south along the western coast, Aldaron’s forces
Schrek is a threat. The Khâng (an elf named Nandaar Darian
secure western Uj and head east. Regional capitol of Leonas is
at the time) manages to steal Schrek’s staff and gives it to
established at the mouth of the Daluj River in Uj. Its symbol is
Voriig. The Dragonlord keeps it for nearly five millennia,
the Wyvern.
during which time he has his cohort, the Dragonlord-alchemist
1190: Aldaron returns home for a few years to supervise the Oran Jatar separate the staff into three parts. He removes the
growth of his capital city. red jewel in the center leaving an empty gap between the four
claws. The gem becomes known eventually as the Dathmaur
1192: The Loremasters first learn of the Alliance, and send a Shryak (K. “Heart of Agoth”). Now the top of the staff is
few agents to ascertain their alignment. They are unable to called Raathtruliik (K: “Cold leaping flame”), and between the
penetrate the secret Brotherhood. However, the Alliance sends claws the staff glows sometimes— especially near Schrek,
one of their own back to infiltrate the Loremasters. This spy creatures of the void— and of course the Heart. The lower part
must be cautious, however. Andraax can recognize a Thalan on of the staff, a rod of Dír-wood is the Riig Prona (K.: Ember of
sight. Hope”) The top of the staff is given to the Elven brothers on
1201: (Abarqua) A great cloud of smoke and ash is seen rising Vog Mur to keep, while the heart itself is guarded in Voriig’s
from the edge of the horizon, northeast of Biakga. This is the vault, and the rod is kept by Jatar.
Phegri, the land of fire. It is seen as an omen of bad fortune. 1300: Aldaron’s unification of central Emer essentially
Chaos reigns in the cities of the Abarquan Islands for several complete, he declares himself the Emperor of Emer. At a grand
weeks. ceremony he presents the four scepters of the Archduchies,
1204: (Thull) From his citadel of Ahrenraax (Ir. “Secret Claw,” crowns his brother Prince of Coronan.
one of the Eight Secrets of the Jerak Ahrenreth) the Ordainer The Four Realms are:
Morloch completes his subjugation of eastern Thuul. He turns
to the southwest. Name Region Symbol
1208: (Ahrenreth) Voriig Kye encounters a servant of the Ardan Hæstra Unicorn
Ahrenreth and traces it back to the Ahrenaek, in Onar. There he
Relas Tai-emer Lion
meets A’kesh the artificer. Voriig gathers a few hints about
Schrek as well (but Voriig does not learn of the Faaw Shryaac, Corinn Silaar Hawk
as A’kesh himself no longer remembers it). Voriig decides that
Leonas Uj Wyvern
he should be a member of this council, if for no other reason
than to keep an eye on them. Plus the Princedom of Coronan, covering the region of Khûm-
kaan.
1210: Churk Ta of the Jerak Ahrenreth dies under mysterious
circumstances. A’kesh nominates Voriig Kye to replace him. c. 1300: Navigators venturing into Alliance territory (central
Agyra) are told they are not welcome. At first they ignore the
1261: After several years of bloody strife, Aldaron subjugates
warnings, but after a Jenaara (with twenty Kal’chah)
the indigenous Jaaderi people of Tai-emer. A regional capitol
materializes in the center of the Great Hall at Nexus on Iyxia
of Relas is established in Tai-Emer, at the mouth of the T’voca
to press the Alliance’s wishes, they quickly relent (and after the
river. Its symbol is the Lion. Aldaron heads further east while
intruders have left they reinforce their magical defenses). This
his brother Aldanor leads a fleet across the Sea of Tears to the
event is a closely guarded secret among the Navigators. If
north.
anyone should ask to go to Agyra, they are simply told that it is
1262: Aldaron advances into the land of the Nuyan Khôm. Not off-limits. This marks the beginning of an uneasy truce between
only are the Nuyani better horsemen but they are skilled in a the Navigators and the Alliance. Since this time, the Navigators
style of unarmed combat unknown to the Emerians. However, have been essentially giving ground as the Alliance assumes
the Nuyani are fewer in number and they have little defence total control over more and more land. The Navigators have
against the Imperial crossbows. Aldaron’s losses are heavy but warned the Loremasters of the Alliance, but the Loremasters
he eventually makes his way to the capitol of Ashenoq. are reluctant to interfere— and unsure whether the Alliance is
Aldaron asks to meet the Nuyani warlord (Hûta’arn) Tasan even a bad thing.
Nuyin, but instead the Nuyani surrender. He is lead to the
Warlord’s palace where he learns that Tasan has committed AGE OF EXPLORATION
suicide. Aldaron is named the new Hûta’arn of all the Nuyani.
Meanwhile, Aldanor founds a regional capitol in northern 1300 — 1500 / 200 — 400 ER:
Silaar, at the northern tip of the Rust Mountains. It is called Aldaron sends many ships out from Emer to explore the
Corinn; its symbol is the Hawk. surrounding isles and lands across the seas. In addition to
1286: Heading south, Aldanor moves into Khûm-kaan, settling securing the remainder of the Emerian continent under his rule,
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north. Attempts to explore the lands east in Iyxia are turned 1326: Jelred Tain lands on the Isle of Jade and nearly loses his
back by powerful Essaence flows. life to unspeakable creatures there. He escapes but many of his
crew do not. They continue westward to the Raelian mainland,
1307: Aldanor’s fleet arrives on the shores of Námar-Tol. The
claiming it for the Empire. The natives greet Tain as a god.
regional lords greet him politely but coolly. By the time he
makes his way to the capitol, the Prince has learned Aldanor’s 1332: The Satellite capitol of Shanish is established in Onar,
intentions: to annex the Isles for the Empire. While the ships of along the northern coast.
the Elven fleet are individually superior, the Emerians
1340: Aldaron marries one of his own people, Isil.
outnumber them; on land the vast armies of the Emperor are
overwhelmingly superior. While the Elves might hold off an 1341: Colony ships from Leonas in Uj make the dangerous
attack, they have little stomach for warfare with such an passage to Rael and a satellite capitol of Intil is established in
enemy. After meeting with the Council of Lords, the Elven eastern Rael, though at this point it is Emerian in little more
Lords of Námar-Tol sign treaties with Aldaron, essentially than name. Rael is so isolated from the rest of the continent
agreeing to be a protectorate state, independent but under the that there is little threat from Imperial fleets or armies. The
wing of the Empire. The Elves are not pleased at paying tribute colonists treat the natives like little more than animals, hunting
but they are surrounded and vastly outnumbered. The Emperor and enslaving them. By the end of the century the indigenous
agrees not to interfere with the internal workings of their land people are nearly extinct.
as long as they pay their tribute.
1354-1494: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Unknown.
c. 1310-1320: Aldanor explores Khûm-kaan and establishes
settlements along the northern coast. Expeditions sail up the 1368: Isil bears Aldaron a daughter: Vania.
rivers to the foothills of the Black Mountains, but do not 1372: Aldaron doubles the size of the Order of the Silver Sword
penetrate the deep jungles. The Kuluku people remain in from 88 to 176 plus an equal number of adherents.
hiding.
1388: Isil bears Aldaron a son, Terenis.
1317: Janel Vonn, a Loari Magician of Námar-Tol, is named to
the Order of the Ring. 1388:The Jerak Ahrenreth, led by Ondoval, begins thir
destruction of Aldaron’s Emerian Empire. They work with
1318-19: Aldaron sends agents into Jaiman. subtlety and from within; so the rotting is not evident for
several centuries.
1320: Aldaron abandons the idea of annexing Jaiman, partly
because of the peculiar geopolitics of the land (i.e., the magical c. 1400-1420: The Komaren Isles and the Shinh Archipelago
crowns). Instead, he secures a nonaggression treaty with the west of Emer are brought under rule, and most of the pirates
southern kings of that land. He directs the Duke of Leonas in who had been flourishing there are rooted out. Rumors of the
Uj to explore south. Alliance in Agyra are first heard in the Emerian court of
Aldain. Aldaron sends a few agents from the Order of the
c. 1320-1332:Aldanor sails out of the bay of Zalkali and back
Hand. When they return a few months later, a few note that
south into Onarian waters. He continues east past the Rulaash
their behavior is somewhat changed. (They are actually
region and to the grasslands of central Onar, a land known as
Brotherhood spies in disguise).
Ahnasan. There he encounters the Kinsai, riders of huge six-
legged panthers. The Kinsai are semi-nomadic— barbarians to 1415-17: The young Prince Terenis distinguishes himself as a
Aldanor’s eyes. He claims the land in the name of the Emerian warrior and commander in the Shinh and Komaren campaigns,
Empire, though the Kinsai seem unimpressed. Continuing east captaining the flagship of the Imperial fleet.
the Prince arrives in Malqanar and discovers the Shuluri, the
Sea-elves. Aldanor meets with their leaders and after some 1425: Ships from the Emerian Empire encounter the Kingdom
negotiation they form a simple alliance. The Shuluri grant an of the Desert Jewel (Gethyra).
area of land to Aldanor on which to build an outpost. 1428: Gethyra and Emer sign a peace treaty. Embassies are
1321-1354: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Aragain I established.
Mather. Aragain, Duke of Nortagle, consolidates the realm and 1430: As arranged by Aldaron and the Church, Terenis marries
ends the Great Schism as the first of the Mather Dynasty. the Laan woman Syba, daughter of the Na-Fulk (OE.
1322: Bethis Hirl, Lord High Seer of the Order of the Eye, is Archduke) of Relas.
found dead in his quarters; apparently he committed suicide. 1431: Explorers enter the Ring of Thuul and encounter the Pillar
The Laan Vartain Leganto is named to succeed him. of the Gods. They also discover the isle of Iordan and the
1325: The famed Laan explorer Jelred Tain, under commission Jhordi, a race of telepathic, blue-skinned men and women.
from the Duke of Leonas, rounds the spur of Rael. He is the Jhordi emissaries return to Emer. Much of southern Thuul is a
first to do so, after many ships are lost in the Dead Sea. shadowed land populated by evil races.
Continuing east, he passes through the treacherous Spire Straits 1432: Aldaron first hears of Terenis’ illicit liaisons from agents
between Rael and the continent of Falias. Only 20 miles wide of the Order of the Hand, but does nothing.
and filled with rocky barren islands, the straits also harbor
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1434: Rumors spread of Terenis’ infidelity. Court gossip is that 1535: Vania’s husband Estar dies in what is announced as a
his consort is Jaad, one of the Knights of the Silver Sword (a hunting accident in the forests of Norg near the eastern edge of
man). The Aldain court is rocked by scandal. the Forbidden Hills. In fact he was is found beheaded along
with the rest of his hunting party. (They were ambushed by
1437: Terenis divorces Syba and ‘marries’ Jaad by declaration,
Shards of Viour.)
in defiance of the religion of Zanar (homosexuality is quietly
tolerated in more liberal sections of Emerian culture but open 1543: Vania remarries: this time a Laan lord of Corinn named
relationships of this type are frowned upon in society and Shanar (really the Dyar Elf Shanarak, a.k.a. Kort Hulum, of
disallowed by the official church). Despite pressure from the the Jerak Ahrenreth).
Cho-Na-kudai (Lord High Priest), Aldaron refuses to banish
1548: Vania’s eldest son Vanaar is slain in a hunting accident.
Terenis. Nor will he either bless or condemn the ‘marriage.’
While circumstances surrounding the incident are quite
However, he declares his daughter Vania is ordained heir,
different than those of Vanaar’s father Estar (Vanaar is shot by
despite tradition of the male being selected as heir.
an arrow, apparently by accident), there is speculation at court
1439: Vania marries the Laan Lord Estar of Leonas, shifting that the deaths are part of some plot.
some focus from Terenis.
c 1550 - 1600: (Emer) Vania’s last few years are marred by
1440: Terenis survives an assassination attempt (the assassin, a corruption among her ministers and— despite a strong and even
woman, is thwarted by Jaad). He retires for a time to the hand— disaffection in the outlying provinces and possessions,
Imperial winter palace in the Komaren Cluster. and nearly continual uprisings. She is also forced to pay some
regional armies for their allegiance, thus creating mercenary
1451: Londoris, Lord High Mage of the Order of the Ring,
forces who will work for the highest bidder. Corruption in the
founds the Olas Shryak (K.: “Library of Essaence”) with the
military becomes rampant, and naval ships are little more than
sage T’jamiis (really the Dragonlord Voriig Kye) at the source
privateers.
of the Lene river.
• In Coronan (the Princedom controlling the lands of Khûm-
1462: Emerians encounter the Shoneb Kingdom. The first
kaan and Onar), Keil maintains control over the Shay peoples
meetings do not go well, the Shoneb being an aggressive and
of western Khûm-kaan, but Onar and Rael essentially fall out
suspicious culture. Emerian explorers shift their attentions
of contact.
more south.
• In Nuyan-Khôm, the individual warlords begin to assert more
1466: Aldaron’s brother Aldanor, Prince of Coronan, dies of an
and more authority, and the Duke of Silaar is essentially
unknown illness. His son Keil succeeds him.
powerless to stop them.
1480: Aldaron lays aside the Scepter of Emer, and his daughter
• In Tai-Emer, the indigenous Jaaderi people of the Lion
Vania assumes the throne. To her are given over the symbols
Province of Relas begin to chafe under the increasingly
of rulership and the allegiances of the Eight Orders. Aldaron
oppressive rule. Skirmishes and civil disturbances become
retires to the Houses of the Dead. At his departure ceremony
common
are many dignitaries from far-flung realms, including the Great
King of Gethyra and the Crown Prince of Rhakhaan. •In Uj, The Wyvern Province of Leonas suffers attacks from the
Charn Raiders in the highlands, and the no-madic Rhiani
1482: Tyganis, the Zanar Cardinal of Ardan, begins to pressure
tribes— always only nominally part of the empire— ignore all
Vania to banish her brother and his lover from Emer. She
Leonas authority.
refuses, but at her urging Terenis and Jaad maintain a low
profile at court. • Finally, in Ardan, the land of the Unicorn and the heart of the
empire, the counties begin to chafe under oppressive Ducal
1493: Gorjar, the Fulk of Relas, contests Vania’s authority and
rule and ever-increasing taxes needed to pay for the army.
attempts to secede from the Empire. But the Empress reacts
swiftly, sending a large force into the Relas region and 1551: Based on evidence gathered by the Order of the Eye, the
arresting Gorjar by the dawn of 1494. Order of the Hand is charged with plotting against the
Empress. Vania disbands the Order of the Hand and banishes
1494-1580: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Hœ ner II,
their leader, the Laan/Iylar Mystic Barul Xygarus. (In fact, the
the first to welcome the White Magician again.
Order goes underground. They choose as their headquarters an
c. 1500: At their compound on the Aaen Vulm (K.: “Isle of isolated tower in the Northern Spine of Emer. They become
Glass”) on the Raelian Bay, members of the Order of the Sun truly the Order of the Mask.)
begin genetic experiments on various flora. They are aided by
1552: Vania gives birth to twins: Vaeric and Vinya. It is
the powerful Animist Durnanga (in reality Drül Churk).
obvious that they are part Elven; Vania’s husband Shanar
• (Jaiman) The White Mage appears in Haalkitaine. Under his vanishes, the courts at Aldain and Corinn are rocked by this
influence the emperors wear the crown less frequently, and scandal: Shanar was apparently not a Laan but an Elf. Vania is
expand aggressively into surrounding lands. accused of deception and sorcery. She eventually reasserts her
power and Vaeric is accepted as her son.
1512: Vania gives birth to a son: Vanaar.
1525: Vania has another son: Vemik.
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1553: The Lord High Priest of Zanar declares the church 1617: Vaeric is besieged as the full decay of the heart of Emer is
independent of the Imperium and moves his official seat from revealed. The provinces either rebel or are assailed by forces
Aldain to the Isle of Fire, off the coast of Hæstra. (The Isle of out of the frontier. The Emperor loses his elder son on the
Fire had previously been a religious retreat). The church takes fields of battle.
no official action against the Imperial family, but at the
• Relas secedes; Vaeric is unable to hold it. Later that year, two
direction of the bishops, priests begin to openly speak out
cities in Ardan are burned. Vaeric’s seers, led by Luarto Shang
against certain empire policies.
(Ondoval) foretell the end of his rule within a year.
1555: At A-kesh’s suggestion, the Order of the White Flame
• (Silaar) Isolated by the secession of Relas, Corinn is torn by
relocates their home to the Ahrenaek in Rulaash. The rest of
civil war. In the southern region, the Nuyani are victorious
the Order does not realize the true nature of the installation
(they are aided by supplies from the Elves of Námar-Tol and –
until it is too late and they are under the spell of the Ahrenreth.
in a key battle – by Reandor). Jysela manages to maintain con-
1558: Vania’s second son Vemik is lost at sea. The half-Elven trol of the northern mainland and the islands. While still part of
Vaeric is named heir to the Empire despite conservative the empire in name, Corinn is essentially independent.
outcries.
1618: Luarto Shang (Ondoval) tells Vaeric that his remaining
1576: Vinya disappears (she joins the Cult of Stars). son and heir, the teenage Valaan, has betrayed him (a lie, but
Vaeric believes it). Valaan is arrested and put on trial,
1580-3789: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Many
convicted of treason through Shang’s skillful framing. In
rulers.
Vaeric’s moment of greatest anguish, Luarto Shang murders
1588: Vaeric narrowly escapes assassination. The would-be him with a poisoned dagger, then steals many of the Imperial
assassin is never caught. artifacts and departs. Valaan escapes, rescued by the Storm
Wizard and taken to Storm Castle.
1589: Vaeric marries the Lady Kyria of Leonas.
• Ageren Vuk, the Cho-Na-kudai (Lord High Priest) of the
1600: The strain of rulership takes its toll, and Vania passes the Order of the Cloak, names himself Imperial Reagent and
Scepter of Emer to her son Vaeric. She dies within a week; declares the eight-year old Silima Chark (a distaff niece)
Emer mourns for eight days. Empress. He has the backing of most of the Council, but there
1603: Archduke Welias of Corinn marries the Laan beauty is dissent from some of the Orders. Ageren Vuk is extremely
Jysela. conservative, and believes that the fall of the Empire was
because of sin and corruption. He orders martial law,
1604: Raiders from the south assault Rael. The Imperial fleets, censorship and strict adherence to oppressive laws.
already stretched thin to maintain peace in other regions, are
unable to protect the possession. • Many priests of Zanar fall under the shadow of the Jerak
Ahrenreth by tapping its power, and their followers are forced
1605: Archduke Welias names Jysela his co-ruler. Within weeks to pay a sinister price: the life-force of all who die under their
she (and the Seer Kesilex of the Order of the Eye) begins to care is channelled back to the jewel at the heart of the
institute ‘reforms,’ restricting the rights of many citizens. She Ahrenthrôk.
also begins to speak against the Nuyani race, naming them
inferior to the Laan and Old Race. Corinn forces begin to 1618-1648: The next thirty years are marked by religious
collect Nuyani books and scrolls. Certain civic leaders are inquisitions presided over by the Order of the Cloak, now
taken in for ‘questioning.’ generally knows as the Church of Zanar. At first only books
and scrolls are confiscated and rights are restricted, but soon
1607: Vaeric appoints a new Keeper of the Eye: Luarto Shang the terror escalates. Inquisitors, assisted by Knights of Zanar
(it is Ondoval in disguise). (who are little more than hired thugs) order the detainment of
1608: The Prince of Coronan is assassinated; his half sister any who speak against Zanar. Tribunals condemn hundreds to
Driselle seizes power with the blessing of the church. She death, burned at the stake as heretics, sorcerers, and ‘the
refuses to acknowledge Vaeric as Emperor, instead crowning perverted.’ (This time is later referred to as the ‘First Zanarian
herself Queen of Coronan. Purge’). Loremasters rescue what texts they can, and free many
innocents, but soon the church also targets them. Silima
1609: The Order of the White Flame recalls many of the remains a puppet Empress, eventually marrying Vuk’s nephew,
Imperial Order artifacts and ‘enhances’ them (actually adding Horgo.
lenses made with the help of the Order of the Eye).
• Ondoval abandons the Order of the Eye. His work in Emer
1612: Racial tensions in Corinn reach a climax— Archduchess complete, Ondoval begins his search for the Book of Gates and
Jysela orders restrictive curfews for all Nuyani. There is travels into the East. The Order is in disarray; Zanar and the
rioting in several towns, and within days of the proclamation, others gather many of its artifacts.
Jysela declares martial law. Her husband Welias— supposedly
the actual ruler— has not been seen in public for weeks. • The Imperial Orders disband or break away one by one. The
Hundreds of Nuyani are arrested; many are summarily Church of Zanar works to destroy them, painting the
executed as traitors. When scholars among the Laan speak out, organizations as tools of sorcery or politically corrupt. Some
they too are arrested as traitors. members go into hiding, while the leaders of a few others try to
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set up governments of their own. Zanar attempts to establish this emerging trade center. A government based on capitalism
order on a religious rather than political basis, the Cho-Na- evolves, thriving in the trade vacuum left by the fallen Emerian
kudai endorsing leaders he feels will survive. The Four Winds Empire.
Order vanishes; Eye, Sun, Silver Sword, Flame and Ring all
1653: Raiders (mostly Shay brigands from the countryside) sack
disband. The Mask was always invisible.
Aldain City. Only hours before the looters reach the old city, a
• In Midwestern Silaar, the Duke of Reandor (a nephew of the force of Loremasters and Navigators enter and rescue what art,
Archduke Welias) declares independence and is crowned king books and other treasures they can salvage. The last man
by the Bishop of Tendorn. The tiny realm fortifies itself claiming to be Emperor of Emer is slain on his throne. The city
against invasion. deteriorates into a partially ruined (and reputedly haunted)
refuge for bandits and criminals.
• The Navigator guilds declare many regions of Emer withen
off-limits or ‘hazardous’(they supply a surcharge). c. 1660-1700: Tired of their poverty while the Zanarian clergy
lives is prosperous monasteries and abbeys, rustic peoples of
• There is widespread famine and disease throughout the
Emer begin to fight back. Anti-church uprisings spread across
Emerian Empire as systems of trade, food distribution and
the continent, despite the very real power wielded by Zanarian
bureaucracy break down
priests. Priests of other religions lead many of these rebellions.
• A nonaggression pact is made with Queen Driselle of Zanarian missionaries are driven out of Tai-Emer and Silaar by
Coronan, but it has little meaning considering the separation of warlords and shamans of To-to-nar. Tai-Emerian priests order
the two realms. the Zanarians captured and sacrificed to their local gods. In Uj
the priests are hunted across the plains. The Elves of Námar-
• By the end of this period, the western isles, Námar-Tol, and Tol take great pleasure in routing Zanar priests from their
most of Uj has essentially seceded. The Emerian Empire has island realm.
shrunk down to the region of Hæstra.
c. 1700: His work in Emer complete, Ondoval begins his search
•(Jaiman) As the Emerian Empire collapses, Jaiman is forced to for the Book of Gates. He travels into the East.
isolate itself to avoid being drawn into the political and
religious conflicts tearing apart the great continent. c. 1800: The city-state Kaitaine has established a name as a
trading center along the southwest coast of Emer.
• (Emer) Loremasters in Emer lay low after Zanarian zealots
imprison many. • Aldain City is essentially abandoned; the isle of Votania is
deserted.
1648: Ageren Vuk dies; he is succeeded by an even more cruel
but politically inept cleric. Silima attempts to assert herself but • The Yellow Death sweeps across all of central Emer, killing
her haphazard policies wreak havoc with the already faltering twenty percent of the mortal population. It is marked by high-
Imperial economy. fever and a yellowing of the skin and eyes. (It is an acute form
of hepatitis; Elven races are immune.) Jaiman is for the most
1649: Empress Silima dies suddenly [she was poisoned by her part, spared from this epidemic. Zanarian Priests in Hæstra
husband Horgo]. Horgo’s bid to rule causes chaos. portray this as punishment by Zanar for the peoples’ lack of
1649-1652 These three years mark the final death-throes of the faith and regain some of their former influence. The disease
Empire; seven men and women sit on the throne in quick subsides after a decade or so, but remains a lurking threat in
succession; most die by violence or apparent poisoning. By Tai-emer and western Uj.
1652 even Hæstra is in anarchy: the provinces are now city- c. 1900: The bucolic land of Lys is founded by Linaeri
states ruled by petty despots constantly at war.. Most of the disenchanted with Urulan and fearing the growing power of
Aldari have fled into the mountains while the Laan retreat to Rhakhaan. En route to their new home in southern Emer they
islands or sail westward. are joined by others of their kind who depart Námar-Tol.
1650: Approximate time period for the events and situations in 1998: Ondoval recovers the Book of Gates. With it— and the
the book Vog Mur™ . power of the Secrets— he may open Portals to the past and
1650-1660: Second Zanarian Purge. As the remaining vestiges begin his search for the Shadowstone.
of organized government collapse, Priests of Zanar continue to c. 2000-3000: (Emer) Most of Emer remains politically
rile against sin and excess, while demanding heavy tithes. They fragmented and slides into a Dark Age lasting over a thousand
are able to move between the warring city-states with relative years. With the exception of a few enclaves and a handful of
impunity, as few warlords wish to anger the Church. resilient coastal trade centers, the continent is sparsely
1650 – c. 2000: (Sel-kai) The town of Sel-kai emerges as a populated. Fields go fallow, towns and castles are abandoned
regional influence because of its ideal location and the and fall into ruin.
ambitious nature of her trader-captains. Wealth brings skilled • Linæri refugees from Urulan arrive in Southern Uj and
craftsmen and the town grows. Guilds are formed which act as establish the land of Lys.
super-extended families: educating children, caring for the sick
and elderly. Leading merchants and craftsmen from these
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• The Dyari of Skystone City expand their underground realm and those who are not members of the guild suffer from lack of
and in high sheltered mountain vales. The Dwarves of Ton-Bor representation.
also expand their subterranean metropolis.
c. 2500: (Jaiman) Approximate time of the events and situations
• The goddess Mynistra first appears in Hæstra and cults described in the book Cloudlords of Tanara – minus the
following her spring up across the land. Cloudlords perhaps?
• Námar-Tol isolates itself, constructing lookout towers along 2625: The comet returns once more, passing particularly close
the perimeter shores of the Seven Isles and patrolling the to Charón. The Third Moon is bated in Sa’kain’s tail and the
Circular Sea in swift warships. The Elves are wary of particles weaken the prison of the Dark Gods. While the Watch
‘barbarians’ on the mainland. Meanwhile, however, they of the Lords of Orhan languishes, the Evil One escapes.
continue their technological advances.
c. 2625-2700: Altered weather patterns (possibly caused by the
•Kaitaine, while begining as a mere cluster of wooden building, return of the comet) increase the average temperature and
is already a trade center. reduce rainfall in regions of eastern Uj and Tai-Emer. These
areas shift from a semi-arid environment to arid. Easternmost
•The cult of the Jade Dragon spreads over the isle of Jade.
Uj becomes a desert.
• (Jaiman) After many more years of relative peace under the
2705: Shanarak (“The Fair”) Departs the Ahrenlaakh (Ir.
influence of the Six Crowns, The Priests Arnak return to the
“Lost Secret”) on an errand to the East. Schrek begins to
realms of Jaiman. Under their evil influence, the kings and
infiltrate the citadel with his agents.
queens wear the crowns less, opening the door to outside
influence. The magical borders falter. 2755: Shanarak returns to the Lost Secret to discover Schrek’s
work. There is a battle between the two Lords’ forces and in
• (Agyra) The Alliance gains dominion over virtually all of
the end Shanarak is victorious. However, Schrek intervenes,
Agyra.
summoning the power of the Ark of Worlds, sending the citadel
c. 2000 – 5030: Ondoval travels through time and space seeking and its surroundings into a parallel plane.
the Shadowstone. He returns at various times to rest and call
2920: (Abarqua) T’regg, a young Saurkurian Historian/
the Council, but as the ages pass, dissension grows in the
Philosopher, begins to explore the past history of his society.
ranks of the Ahrenreth, and Ondoval begins to communicate
He meets with disapproval from his peers and is reprimanded
less with the order.
fro questioning the words of the Oracle. He is cast out of his
2059 – 2065: A plague known as the Lingering Pain sweeps society, sent into exile.
through northern Emer. It kills through a long, excruciating and
2921-2973: (Abarqua/Kulthea) T’regg wanders Kulthea and
wasting disease and there is no known cure. [It is transmitted
learns much of the world around him. In the process, he
through blood: flea and mosquito bites, though this is not
becomes the apprentice of a wandering Loremaster and begins
discovered; incorrect theories about its source and transmission
to study with him. T’regg becomes the First Saurkurian
abound however]. Fear of the Lingering Pain creates suspicion
Loremaster. He longs to return home, to enlighten his people
and isolationism, but nevertheless it manages to claim the lives
and speak with the Oracle.
of almost one quarter of the mortal peoples of Silaar, Tai-emer
and Hæstra (Laan, Shay, Nuyani, and Jaaderi). 2973: (Abarqua) T’regg leaves the confines of Karilon and
return to the islands. He coms under the guise of a Loremaster
2061-2070: The plague (the ‘lingering pain’) from Emer comes
who wishes to consult with the Oracle. His request is
to Jaiman. Many Y’kin, Jameri, Dúranaki and Zori die.
reluctantly considered, but he is granted an audience. While in
2090: (Sel-kai) The first official meeting of the Council of council with the Oracle, T’regg discloses the information that
Guilds, headed by the wealthy (and shrewd) Danis Kellian, he has gathered over the past fifty years on the older
Guildmaster of Silversmiths. This first council includes a Saurkurian society. The Oracle listens, but is not impressed
representative of every guild formed to date. initially; T’regg remains as a guest of the Oracle while he
ponders the information that the Loremaster gave him. Over
c. 2100: A Dragon Cult spreads over the Isle of Jade in SE time, the Oracle’s memory begins to be restored after some
Emer. 3000 years of being clouded.
c. 2100 – 2500: (Sel-kai) Shifts in the Sharya cause much of the 2974: (Abarqua) The Oracle begins to return rule to the people
land in the delta to become soft and unstable. Rather than of the Abarquan islands. He appoints a group of prominent
move to solid ground less accessible to the river, residents individuals throughout the islands to act as The Council of
begin to construct wood and stone polings to shore up their Lords, similar to pre-Dark Age society. T’regg is named the
homes and businesses. This marks the beginning of a long head of the Council by the Oracle. Some skeptics remain,
evolution towards the city of islands known in current times. however, believing that the would-be Loremaster has cast a
2300: Prince Elar take rule of Námar-Tol. He maintains rule up spell uopn rthe Oracle. The society is factionalized.
through the present time. 2979: (Abarqua) T’regg dies. A bloody struggle for the
c. 2500 – 3293: (Sel-kai) The number of Guilds in the Council leadership of the Council ensues. The Oracle intervenes,
becomes increasingly unwieldy over the next several decades, reestablishing his authoritarian rule until he deems it such that
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the people are ready for self government. The Oracle begins to superhuman strength and is immune to sword and spell.
establish colleges and schools of learning to educate his Perhaps more importantly, he has the power to inflame the
people. hearts of men.
c.3000: (Abarqua) Intermittent trade begins with nations outside 3248: (Emer). Karzôk begins construction of Kenezán at the
of the Abarquan Islands. mouth of the T’voca River. At the heart of this city plan are
temples to honor the serpent gods Klysus and Akalatan. Labor
c. 3000 – 4000: The Lords of Orhan send their avatars to
is provided by slaves: Jaaderi from further south and Pochanti
Kulthea once again, ending a long absence after their aid in the
in the north, captured by tribal chieftains now under Karzôk’s
Wars of Dominion. Some do this reluctantly, realizing the need
rule. Always at his side is his son, the priest Akaal.
to counteract the influence of the released Dark Gods. Others
(Kieron, Jaysek, Teris . . . ) never completely abandoned the 3288: (Emer). The temple complexat Kenezán is complete.
residents of Kulthea. Their servants the Nymphs and Dryads High Priest Akaal presides over the dedication ceremonies,
and Fauns have always been here. which consist of solemn rites and sacrifices, a drunken revelry
and orgy, and finally another sacrifice: Akaal murders his
• (Námar-Tol) The Loari continue to make technological
father in the Pyramid of the Kings. Akaal declares himself the
advances, creating ever more complex mechanical devices.
Khurtûm (M. “Son of the gods” or “divine son”) and King of
Their skill with alchemy is unmatched on western Kulthea.
Lankanôk.
Sel-kai eventually wins the confidence of the Loar Council,
and they initiate trade. 3290: Hostilities between Naal and Ansidus in Rael erupt into
war.
• Kaitaine’s population swells, and her powerful trade guilds
explore further and further outward. 3293: (Sel-kai) In an effort to streamline proceedings at Council
meetings, Kadus Mafeggin is named Lord-Merchant and
• (Jaiman) In the northeast, the realm of the Dragonlord grows,
granted permanent status as First Speaker of the Guild Council.
while the western realms fall to armies of Lugrôki. The
Dúranaki go into hiding. Only the Elven-realm of Urulan 3296: (Sel-kai) Kadus Mafeggin renames the current Council
stands against the growing domination of Rhakhaan. the Grand Conclave and nominates representatives from certain
non-Guild groups to seats. He then creates the Inner Circle and
•(Jaiman) Founding of the United Orhan Church in Jaiman.
names only selected Guilds to that executive body. He
3030: Kaitaine establishes a trade pact with the Elven realm of appoints a group of personal advisors which he names his
Lys. Privy Council. They have little political power.
3050: Schrek sends his lieutenant Wargur to assume command 3300: Kaitaine caravans moving along the Scorpion Ridge have
of the Ahrenaek from the Elf-lord Sigirus and the Alchemist A- their first encounter with a Rhiani tribe.
kesh.
•The Naal/Ansidus war climaxes in a huge battle near the tower
3115: (Abarqua) The Oracle establishes a new Council of Lords of Vour. The fight is inconclusive though many thousands die.
from among the citizenry of the land. This time, it garners An uneasy peace follows, and the battle-field is a haunted place
popular support amon the citizenry. thereafter.
c. 3000-present: (Abarqua) The Age of Enlightenment. During • (Sel-kai) Kadus Mafeggin is named Merchant-prince and
this period, the Saurkurian people develop culturally and given sweeping powers by the Inner Circle. This begins a
Socially. External trade increases, and a new prosperity begins. glorious reign lasting nearly a century.
The Saurkurians become renowned for the quality of their
c. 3300 - 3500: In Silaar, the Nuyan Khôm begins a rise again
ships and shipping techniques.
from scattered clans into a group of provincial city-states. The
3150: The Grotto Path is discovered by ships sent out by lords (called ‘Tarns’), form trade and antiaggression pacts.
Kaitaine to find new markets. Rael and the islands of the
• The Loari of Námar-Tol continue to make technical advances,
Raelian Bay are open to trade.
creating ever more complex mechanical devices. Their skill
3155: Kaitaine makes trade pacts with the Naal Triumvirate in with alchemy is unmatched on western Kulthea. They make
western Rael. tentative contact with Sel-kai and the Nuyani.
c. 3200: A group of Emerians settle at the mouth of the Urij 3305: (Sel-kai) The famous Iylar bard and chronicler Theodoric
river; their land is called Sarnak. After the male leaders make a of Arnoth invents an alphabet for the Prince of Sel-kai. He
series of foolish decisions that threaten the realm, the women dubs it Eidolon, the name of a mythical cloud-haven in
revolt and take control. Emerian legends. Prince Kadus adopts the runic letters as the
new official script of Sel-kai.
3214: Karzôk, chief of the Lankani tribe in Tai-emer, is seduced
by the power of the Charón god Klysus. 3380: Trade explorers from Kaitaine enter the Bay of Izar (at
first thought to be another ocean); they encounter the Amazon
3214-3248: (Emer). The nomadic tribes of central Tai-emer are culture of Sarnak. Their first meetings end in disaster.
brought together under the sun-and-sword banner of the
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3451: (Sel-kai) Merchant-prince Xagon Borg dies suddenly. become king. Eventually the Lord Terok wins out. They are
After a series of inconclusive elections, a power struggle married and he is declared a member of the royal family of
ensues between Borg’s Privy Council, the Circle and the Grand Qatanen. Soon after the wedding he asserts himself, and a
Conclave. Finally, the Inner Council appoints a triumvirate to period of peace begins for Hæstra.
rule; the Privy Council is dissolved. This begins the First
c. 4000:
Interregnum.
• (Western Lands) Over the next 1000 years, The Alliance,
3462: (Sel-kai) One of the Triumvirate – Hallis Ib – dies under
already in control of Agyra, spreads over most of Mulira and
somewhat mysterious circumstances. He is not replaced.
into western Thuul. In addition to their Kal-chah warriors,
3465: (Sel-kai) Valiav Nodiies (another of the Triumvirate) numerous spies and subterfuge methods, they employ swift
drowns in a boating accident. The remaining member -– war-catamarans to control the coasts.
Chanik Alian Moorn – proclaims himself Prince. This ends the
• (Emer) Most of Hæstra remains in a dark age.
First Interregnum.
• (Jaiman) Rhakhaan now controls nearly the entire Jaiman
3755: First contact between the Laan of Irdania and the
mainland, having beaten back the Lugrôki and the armies of
Amazons of Sarnak.
the Dragonlord. There is increasing prejudice against the
3789-3811: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan:Arej X “The Elven-kind, leading to internal strife. Many Elves flee the
Clumsy”. country for Urulan.
3811-3902: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Kelir III 4008: (Jaiman) Kelir IV names himself Emperor of Jaiman.
This is a bit premature, since Urulan and U-Lyshak still
3840: Trade agreements between Sel-kai and Kaitaine are
survive, and petty warlords rule much of the continent. But
signed.
Kelir is determined to remedy that: war is declared on the
3845: Oan Lyak is chosen as Lyax Khâng on the Secret Circle. Elven-realm of Urulan, and the two countries are at odds for
The previous Lyax Khâng met with an unfortunate accident over 500 years and three Rhakhaan emperors.
involving a Loremaster. Oan Lyak moves her headquarters to
c. 4008 - 4500: (Jaiman) While the two mighty realms of
Ahren-lyax, one of the Eight Secrets. Also known as the Tower
Rhakhaan and Urulan fight to the south, many lesser lords
of Vour, it stands in the hearts of the Whispering Moor,
begin to quarrel amongst themselves for the northernmost
lowland in what was once the realm of Ansidus in Ræl.
lands of Jaiman.
3925: (Thuul/Jan) Begining of the period known in the Jan as
c. 4000 - 5000: Kaitaine’s wealth and power continues to grow.
the Exile.
Contact is made with the isle of Zinvar, Danarchis ( now a
3902-3996: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Hœ ner III. young republic ) in the mid-millenium. The exotic wealth of
Malqanar is brought to the western regions. Desert tribes of the
3980: The Laan lord Jengar Qatanen of Orian, a city-state at the Rhiani trade with Kaitaine, while the Nuyan Khôm people of
mouth of the Alarna river (north of Votania in Hæstra) secures Silaar open their door to the traders of Sel-Kai.
fealty from several nearby lords and establishes the kingdom of
Irdania, spanning most of the old land of Miir. Jengar then 4010-4020: A strange disease virtually wipes out the entire
launches on a campaign to expand his realm into the horse population of Silaar and Tai-Emer, crippling the fighting
neighboring regions of Vornia to the west and Stroane to the forces of the Nuyani and Jaaderi. The disease is stopped at the
east. Spine of Emer, however.
3989: Jengar has lordship over most of the lands surrounding 4015: Queen Lissane of Irdania gives birth to a son, Telemedar;
the Sea of Votania. however, she dies in childbirth.
c. 3900: (Abarqua) The first group of Saurkurian settlers land on 4020: Prince Terok marries again, a half-Elven woman named
the Island of Phegri. Dubbed the Land of Fire by the pioneers, Selis.
the colony will grow to a size of sslightly more than ten
4024: Selis gives birth to a son, Xerion.
thousand citizens.
4031: Prince Telemedar, at 16, is already a handsome and
3996-4157: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Kelir IV.
extremely bright youth, but those close to him see a dark side.
3998: Jengar is killed while in the forest of Norg on SE Seeming to have little interest in the martial arts, he studies
Hæstra. He and his entire party are found beheaded and magic under the court Magician Belos, and his stepmother.
dismembered; many appear to have been drained of blood. (It Rumors also begin to circulate through court that Telemedar
was the Shards of Viour.) Jengar’s 15 year old daughter and Selis share a more intimate relationship.
Lissane assumes the throne.
4034: Prince Terok of Irdania dies, under suspicious
3998: (Jaiman) The Magician (or his successor) returns to circumstances. Nevertheless, Telemedar Qatanen is crowned
Haalkitaine and is welcomed. king at the age of nineteen.
3999: Many lords in Irdania express dissatisfaction with 4035: Court Magician Belos dies of a fall from the Orian castle
Lissane’s weak rule, while others compete to marry her and wall. Telemedar names his stepmother Selis to the post. Her
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influence at court grows, to the consternation of the Royal Shards). The surviving Syrkakar flee to the Mur Fostisyr
Council and lords and ladies of the court. The only other (“Land of Blue Light”).
person who has Telemedar’s ear is a childhood friend, Kevik,
4195: (Sel-kai) The renowned shipwright Leriu Valain
the son of a wealthy Orian merchant.
concieves of a ‘flying boat’. He begins his work in spite of
4036: Selis is pregnant; there is little doubt as to the father. At chiding by his colleagues.
her urging, Telemedar expands Irdania into the Bodlean lands
4205: The Laan shipwright Leriu Valain and the Loari alchemist
and makes plans to take Sarnak and Danarchis.
Teryk Altiar construct The First Skyship, the Cloudwing, in
4037: The war front to the north does not go well for Irdania. Sel-kai. The Merchant-prince of Sel-kai begins an ambitious
Kevik is found dead in his quarters, hours after counselling project: to build a flying merchant fleet. Sel-kai’s demand for
Telemedar not to accept Selis’ impending child as heir. Xenium is soon unsatiable.
Telemedar consults a Seer and learns the truth: Selis was
• After millennia of wandering the planet unaware of his true
behind his friend’s killing. Insane with rage and anguish, he
ancestry, Andraax is swept by into a flow-storm which restores
brutally murders his pregnant wife. Telemedar is tried and
his memory (though he is still vulnerable to lapses into
executed. His younger half-brother, the 13 year-old part-Elven
madness). The K’ta’viir Lord visits the Guardian Mind, only
Xerion, is placed on the throne.
to find that it has been cursed by a spell from beyond the Pale.
4052: Like his brother, Xerion shows a preference for the Returning in disguise to Karilôn to discover what has
magical arts— and sensual pleasures. He shows little interest in transpired, he learns of the plots of the Eight. He also detects
governing, preferring to spend his time in the intimate the Alliance spy within the Loremaster ranks, but his own
company of wine, food, young men and women. Privy Council disguise remains intact. He takes no action against the
of lords essentially rules the kingdom. infiltrator.
4056: At the insistence of the Privy Council, Xerion marries: 4250 – 4600: (Sel-kai) The fame and wealth of Sel-kai grows
the 21 year old Celiana, Countess of Maray. She shows a skill as her flying ships skim further and further afield.
at rulership he lacks, and while he descends ever deeper into
4210: (Sel-kai) Four more ships set sail from Sel-kai city.
decadence, she assumes control of the government. The
northern aggression is halted, and Irdania makes peace with her 4215: (Sel-kai) Prince Klinir Bonaq departs aboard his sky-
neighbors. yacht, announcing his return in a month. He delegates power
to his Privy Council. Prince Bonaq is declared missing after
4066: At the age of 42, Xerion is stabbed to death in his bed by
100 days and the search begins. He is never found. This
a slave boy who had been brought to him for ‘entertainment.’
marks the unofficial beginning of the Second Interregnum.
Soon after her coronation as ruler, his wife Queen Celiana puts
this incident behind her and purges the palace. A long period of c.4250 – 5000: In Jaiman, a weakened Urulan falls prey to
stability ensues. searaiders and eventually disintegrates as a nation. All that
remains by the end of the muillenium is a haunted wilderness.
4085: Schrek nominates an Astrologer named Zagul to the Jerak
Ahrenreth, taking Ondoval’s vacant place as Arulis Kygari. 4295: In the Mur Fostisyr, Uka Closk (the ninth Syrkakang) is
murdered by his nephew, who steals the Collar of the Great
4123: (Jaiman) In NW Jaiman, the Haidic warrior Ugus Syr
King (“Twy Sirkakang”) and vanishes into the north wastes of
enters the sacred Blue Forest with his clansmen and ambushes
the Gosti Hyr (“Isles of the Green Light”)
the Jaimani Elves, then proceeds to crush the Fustir peoples.
Ugus slays the Fustir lord and takes his young bride as his c. 4300: (Sel-kai) The population of Sel-kai city reaches 15,000.
own, becoming Ugus Fost. He declares himself lord of the
4345-4349: King Perulin of Irdania, soon after his 100th
Haid and Fustir, but some of the Haid clans rebel, driving Ugus
birthday, claims that he has been visited by the spirit of
and his men into the wood. They become known as the
Syrkakar (“Lords of the Blue Forest”) Telemedar and his unborn child, and claims they are haunting
the palace. The King’s delusions grow steadily worse over the
4125: Sa’kain streaks past Kulthea again, wreaking havoc with next few years until he is incoherent. However, strange,
weather and Essaence. unexplainable events have begun to occur: fires starting
spontaneously, eerie voices in the night, the walls of the King’s
4156: (Abarqua) The grat monutain on Phegri bursts into flame
inner chambers seeming to bleed. Clerics summoned to cleanse
and wipes out more than half of the Saurkurian population on
the palace all fail. Finally, the king throws himself off a
that island. The survivors flee to other islands to escape the
parapet. Perulin’s son Xerion is crowned; the mysterious
wrath of the mountain.
events cease.
4157-4390: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Kelir V
4350 – 4365: Three apparently different plagues wipe out
“The Immortal”.
almost half the population of Hæstra. This, combined with a
4166: (Jaiman) The conqueror Ugus Fost (now ruler of most of series of droughts and uprisings in the border lands, and the
NW Jaiman) is murdered and his realm destroyed by a weak rule of King Xerion III, spells doom for the kingdom of
demonic force wakened from the forest of Dír. (it is the Irdania. Several lords in Vornia split away into independent
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amongst the holds, and few ships from outside mainland 4515: (Jaiman) The Emperor of Rhakhaan Arej XI (the first to
Hæstra will go there, wary of contamination refuse the Phoenix Crown even at coronation) is assassinated
after only three years as monarch; the realm, without a strong
4359: (Jaiman-Mur Fostisyr) Jyka Brust takes control of his clan
heir, is politically fragmented. The inconclusive (but mutually
and crushes unrest in Syclax. Within three months he
debilitating) war with Urulan is broken off.
subjegates the other four clans of the Syrkakar and is named
Syrkakang (“Overlord of the Blue Forest”) 4515-5011: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: None; The
Second Interregnum. Rhakhaan is ruled by a council of nobles.
4365-4400: By the end of the century, most of Hæstra has
deteriorated once again into a collection of small, petty c. 4520 - 5000: (Jaiman) The weakened Urulan falls prey to sea-
kingdoms and a handful of more powerful city-states. Irdania pirates of Kelestia along the eastern coasts and corruption from
is no more. within, and eventually disintegrates as a nation, the various
regional lords isloating themselves from the helpless capital.
4379: (Jaiman-Mur Fostisyr) Time setting for the book Iron
Rhakhaan fares better, but her borders retreat to nearly where
Wind . they once were when the Emperor wore the Crown. Even
4380: (Sel-kai) Emissaries from Námar-Tol arrive in Sel-kai within the empire, many lords are so powerful as to be virtually
offering to trade in their advanced machines and alloys. independent from the Emperor. They withold part of their
taxes to Haalkitaine and exert wider authority.
4390-4399: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Lexor I
“The Fey”. Lexor is deposed in a revolt led by his brother 4543: (Sel-kai) Agren Navalak, part Iylar-Elf and head of a
Derwynt and imprisoned in North Tower. powerful guild of Jewelsmiths, asserts that the Triumvirate is
driving the realm into a state of ennui. He calls for structure to
4399-4512: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Derwynt I be abolished and a return to the Princedom as before. Navalak
c. 4400-5500: Most of Hæstra is in a dark age. Trade ships is successful in his drive – and is elected Prince. End of the
only enter the Bay of Izar to dock at Sarnak; others remain Third Interregnum.
along the seacoast. Even Skyships do not enter, partially 4556: (Sel-kai) Prince Agren Navalak signs an important trade
because of tales of at least one dragon terrorizing the land. agreement with the Hutarn of Nuyan Khôm, opening the way
Navigators add a surcharge for travel there for many years after to trade in Nuyani glassware, pottery , textiles (especially their
the plagues have run their course. Bodlea, never densely priceless silks), perfumes and dyes. Both parties profit
populated, becomes a desolate empty land. Many castles and immensely in the following decades.
manors in the other regions are abandoned and fall into ruin.
Even the city-states do not recover from the plagues and lack 4578: Three of the Eight of the Jerak Ahrenreth (Lorgalis, Oan
of contact. Lyak and Iaen Shiin)meet at the Ahren-Lyax and form an
alliance. They lure the Royal Seer of Urulan to their hold, slay
c. 4500: In Rael, the rival kingdoms of Ansidus and Naal him, and Iaen Shiin (the former Loremaster Darí Holvir)
escalate hostilities once again. Their ongoing conflict continues assumes his post. He is instrumental in the realm’s demise.
sporadically for a thousand years.
4600: (Sel-kai) Prince Navalak lays plans to construct a port
•(Sel-kai) The population of Sel-kai city reaches 20,000. suitable for his airborne fleet: he will build a city, which floats
4503: (Sel-kai) In a break with tradition – and constitutional in the sky. He calls upon the best alchemists and engineers to
precedent – Prince Barlaan Hœ rk attempts to dissolve the construct this wonder of magic and technology. Many Loari
Conclave and Circle, and name his son Helrik as successor. A engineers come from the island-realm of Námar-Tol to aid in
period of strife ensues in which Sel-kai teeters on the brink of this project.
Civil War. 4610: (Sel-kai) Plans are approved for the sky-city. Master
4504: (Sel-kai) Barlaan Hœ rk is assassinated, and Helrik Smith Ezaal Quathe (A Loar Alchemist) supervises the
immediately renounces his claim. However, the paranoid construction of the vast Xenium-sheathed sphere which will be
Conclave – fearing another power hungry Prince – decides to the heart of this flying metropolis. Meanwhile, the architect
set up another Trimvirate. Beginning of the Third Agel Boch-thalaj coordinates the design of the superstructure
Interregnum. which will ring the sphere and support the city itself.
4504 – 4541: (Sel-kai) The Triumvirate endures for nearly four 4650 (3•15): (Sel-kai) The city of Eidolon rises in the sky above
decades, with a total of eight men and women assuming roles. Northern Emer. The central orb and docking ring is finished; it
It is notable for its mediocre and unimaginative – though stable will require decades of ongoing construction before the city is
– rule. complete. Nevertheless, Prince Navalak throws a mammoth
part in his sky-palace. The gala last for seven days, the
4512-4515: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej XI. fourteenth day of the third month is afterwards celebrated as a
Last of the Mather Dynasty. holiday.
4514: The (female) Dragonlord Ulya Shek discovers a partially 4652: (Sel-kai) A delegation of Hírazi (winged men) arrives on
functioning Lord of Essaence installation on a far western isle. Eidolon. They reveal that there is a Hírazi city in the cliffs of a
Inside, she awakens an Althan Lady: Jenkyna. They form a nearby isle and wish to trade services for goods. Prince Agren
partnership of sorts.
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immediately realizes the fabulous potential: these agile winged with the return of the comet in 5650), provincial lords are
people solve his problem of easy communication between entangled in constantly shifting alliances. Arguments in court
upper and lower city. In addition, Hírazi are welcomed as erupt into petty wars within the empire. A series of weak
crewmembers of skyships, making unsurpassed scouts and emperors is unable to hold the disintegrating realm together.
spotters.
• (Western Lands) The Alliance encounters the Shoneb Empire
4700: (Western Lands) The Alliance encounters the Shoneb in NW Thuul, and begins infiltrating their government. They
Empire in western Thuul, and begins infiltration. They also also send agents south into the Jan.
send agents into the Jan to the south.
c. 5000-5500: (Gaalt) The immortal Raven Queen continues her
4705: (Sel-kai) Heavy spring rains cause the Sharya river to expansion south through Gaalt.
rise. Three of the southernmost isles of the Burning Rock
• (Falias) City-states of the central lowlands are united under a
district collapse.
family of ruthless warlords aided by powerful shamans. The
c.4800: (Sel-kai) The population of Sel-kai City reaches 30,000. fourth-generation leader, Hutsua Kang, crowns himself lord of
the Empire of the Black Sun.
4811: (Sel-kai) The Twelve Bridges Fire. Nearly five hundred
are killed as flames engulf six islands. Magical intervention by • (Tai-emer) Shay immigrants from Hæstra settle in the rich
the Circle of Nine averts an even greater disaster. Lygaar valley. Within a few centuries they expand into the
Pelegris foothills and south to the edge of the Quon jungle in
4820: (Sel-kai) Prince Agren Navalak, now well over 300 years
Khûm-kaan. They soon encounter the tall, dark Kuluku. After a
old, decides to retire. He is hailed as the most popular Prince
tentative beginning, an understanding is reached and the two
in the realm’s history, and a massive golden statue of him is
cultures begin a lucrative trade arrangement.
erected in an Eidolon square amidst a seven-day farewell
celebration. The first act of his successor is to name Navalak’s 5004: (Thuul/Jan) Abakar dies or diappears.
birthday (1•22) a holiday.
5010: The Book of the Ring, the focus of the Ahn Sye Talaus
4828: (Thuul/Jan) Abakar, founder of mysticism, is born. (“Order of the Ring”) is stolen by a servant of Schrek. It now
lies in the vaults of the Ahrenthrôk.
4838: (Sel-kai) Agren Navalak dies. He is emtombed in vaults
within the heart of Eidolon. 5011-5087: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ilred I
Tovaynak, Duke of Sanaria, siezes the throne. United Orhan
4880: Vajaar, a state in SW Uj, grows jealous of Kaitaine’s
Church Archprelate of Haalkitiane names him King. He is the
immense wealth and attempts to annex the island ciy – at first
first of the Tovaynak Dynasty and rarely dons the Phoenix
on paper, then by force. Its small fleet is crushed, and the
Crown.
Vajaar army is trapped between Kaitaine defensive troops and
Rhiani horsemen. Kaitaine insists on a format apology and a 5028-5029: (Western Lands) A Jenaar emissary from the
promise to never attempt such aggression again before they Alliance pays a visit to the Shoneb Empire and presents the
will re-establish trade. The Rhiani’s alliance with Kaitaine usual Alliance ultimatum: join or be destroyed. But the
earns them Vaajar’s undying hatred. Emperor is expecting her and demurs, before the Jenaar can
depart she is ambushed. Her Kal’chah guard – fierce and
c. 4900 – 5900: Vajaar slowly expands across western Uj,
skilled as they may be – are outnumbered, and she barely
annexing prarie lands from the Rhiani. The Horse tribes find
excapes. The Alliance retaliates a few months later: Dozens of
that their acces to Kaitaine is eventually limited to two roads:
Kal’chah attack key government centers in the Shoneb Empire,
the southern coast or the Scorpion Ridge foothills (adjacent to
and it collapses like a house of cards. The Emperor agrees to
the White Wood). The Lord of Vaajar closes other routes.
‘join’the Alliance.
c. 5000: (Hæstra) With the decline of terrestrial powers comes a
5030: Ondoval recovers the Shadowstone, an immensely
rise of religious rivalries in Hæstra. Mynistra’s followers wield
powerful item once worn by Kadaena. As he returns— exiting a
considerable influence in the southwest, while Priests of
Portal in Mulira— the Portal is destroyed by the dark energy of
Andaras gain power in Stroane. Izar has always been largely a
the Shadowstone. The planar instability also allows the return
center for Shaal, the Orhan god of the sea. In the north, the Sun
of the Ahrenlaakh to this world. Ondoval retires to the
god Phaon sees a resurgence of popularity. The church of
Ahrentorg and plots his final assault on the very Essaence.
Zanar has fallen by this time to a little-known cult.
5030 – Present: Worldwide Flow-storm activity increases
•(Jaiman) Southeast Jaiman is besieged by the dark fleets of the
across Kulthea. Random Portal operation also intensifies,
Dragonlord out of Wuliris. The Dúranaki retreat into their
allowing more creatures of the Void and other planes into the
caves, leaving the Sulini and Myri to fend for themselves.
world. The Loremasters, the Lords of Orhan, and a few others
Many Myri sail south and settle in the empty lands of Bodlea
are aware – though none can determine the cause.
in Emer. Over the next few decades they colonize (albeit
sparsely) much of the rolling land north of the Keyten river. 5040: The Dragonlords Voriig Kye and Sulthon Ni-shaang are
They become known as the Talath. nearly slain in a trap laid by Schrek, the acting leader of the
Jerak Ahrenreth. Both escape, however.
• (Jaiman) The politically fragmented Rhakhaan is an easy
target for the Priests Arnak. During this time (culminating 5087-5121: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: Ajkara III.
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5087: (Jaiman) Ajkara III ascends the throne of Rhakhaan at the 5210: (Emer-Hæstra) Gelenad n’Chenn becomes Lord of Relian
age of 27. A powerful, charismatic woman, she quickly after the sudden death of his father. This is somewhat
consolidates power and within a few years Rhakhaan enters a controversial because Gelenad is a priest of Phaon.
new renaissance. The coastal city of Lethys is brought under
5210-5220: (Emer-Hæstra) Gelenad sends escorted trade
control and both it and Haalkitaine are rebuilt.
representatives north to the Dales and Danarchis, west to
• (Jaiman) The Syrkakang is pushed back into the desert by Zinvar and east into Tai-emer. Over the next few years trade
Rhakhaan. There are also tales that the Syrkakang is battling begins to grow, enriching Relian. His aggressive trade policies
armies of a great Fire-Drake. are welcomed, though his promotion of the religion of Phaon is
not greeted with the same enthusiasm. Tensions increase
5090: (Jaiman) The Magician again returns to Rhakhaan. While
between Relian and Arakin, which has become a stronghold of
Ajkara is deaf to his words, he finds eager listeners among the
Andaras.
Haalkitaine Court.
5221-5225: Gelenad’s religious influence grows from merely
•(Sel-kai) A string of murders in Sel-kai city ends abrubtly after
openly following Phaon to making it the only tax-free religion
a body is found on the steps of the Administration Hall wearing
in the land, and he begins to pressure citizens to convert.
a ring of platinum and a note stating that this is the killer. The
Finally, in 5225, the council of Merchants asks him to choose
cause of death of this man cannot be determined.
either his church or the Lordship. He retires to a monastery and
c. 5100: The Loremasters learn that a dark power has built a the council assumes control of the city.
citadel in the northern waters of the Endless Sea, but the area
c. 5300: The Dark Elves of Skystone discover an ancient
is swathed in a veil of shadow, which they cannot penetrate.
installation. While not of the Lords of Essaence it is a
Agents sent in do not return. As the darkness grows, their
technologically advanced geothermal power generation
concern intensifies (It is Ondoval).
facility, possibly built by the Taranians during the interreg-
5121: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Ajkara III narrowly escapes an [Link] many years of work and study, they manage to
assassination attempt and is forced to flee Haalkitaine when repair and restart it. They find many other interesting devices,
many nobles revolt. She takes the Phoenix Pendant with her. some a fusion of magic and technology.
•(Jaiman) – Until 5340 – Rhakhaan survives the departure of its 5227-5261: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Badar II
Queen, but the massive realm continues on a slow decline. A “The Sickly” refuses the Phoenix Crown, even at coronation.
series of puppet monarches are placed on the throne, controlled
5254: (Thuul/Jan) The period of Unity begins.
by coalitions of nobles. Perimeter holdings operate more and
more independently. 5266: (Thuul/Jan) The Exile ends, and mens return to the
grasslands of the Jan.
5121-5192: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Badar I
“The Fool” refuses the Phoenix Crown, even at the coronation. 5285: (Thuul/Jan) Stag-pa, father of the nomad nations, dies.
Bador is the first of the ‘Puppet’ kings controlled by theo-and
5288: (Thuul/Jan) Three years of civil war among Stag-pa’s
arcanocrats.
sons end.
5188: Ondoval declares himself the K’ta’kuli (Ir. “Lord of
5261-5322: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen)
Shadows”). His court includes Ordainers and other powerful
Lysana I “The Whore”. Lysana refuses the Phoenix Crown
demons.
entirely.
• The Jerak Ahrenreth soon learns of Ondoval’s apparent
5325: (Thuul/Jan) Lha-dzar, the youngest of Stag-pa’s sons,
abdication. A power struggle ensues within the Jerak
takes his clan south.
Ahrenreth, though Schrek quickly emerges as the final
authority. 5322-5332: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Gœ rok I
“The Weak” refuses the Phoenix Crown entirely. Gœ rok is the
•The fact of Ondoval’s return and full measure of his treachery
last of the ‘Puppet’ kings and the Tovaynak Dynasty,
are finally revealed to Andraax, even in his somewhat unsteady
overthrown by an alliance of nobles.
mental state. He begins the search for the Soulsword, the only
instrument which might slay the wearer of the Shadowstone. 5332: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Ilred Faslurin, Duke of Sororis,.
overthrows the Tovaynak king and the Faslurins return to the
5192-5227: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Arej XI
Phoenix Throne.
“The Unworthy”, refuses the Phoenix Crown, even at
coronation. 5332-5350: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ilred II
Faslurin. Ilred accepts the Phoenix Crown.
c. 5200: (Western Lands) Alliance forces encounter Lugrôki in
western Thuul and Mythenis. After attempting to utilize them 5335: (Jaiman) Ilred II repays the United Orhan Church for its
as laborers, they find them too difficult to control. They begin a aid in placing him on the throne by naming it the ‘official’
systematic destruction of this race, which they consider church of Rhakhaan.
‘unuseable.’
5340: (Jaiman) Ilred II takes the Throne of Rhakhaan, but
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clout to break the power of the nobility. Ilred institutes c. 5500-5900: (Abarqua) Many reports of mysterious
reforms that strengthen the power of the nobility and monarchy occurrences filter back from the island of fire. The Phegri
once again Garrison assignment becomes highly unpopular among the
Saurkurian military. Many people believe that the island is
5347: The Magician appears in Haalkitaine, offering his
cursed and turn to the Oracle fro help. However, not even the
services to Ilred. The King, wary of tales of the Mage and
Oracle can explain the mysterious occurrences on the island.
attentive to counsel by his friend the Loremaster Uli Tarka,
turns the Magician away. • Ulya Shek and Jenkyna reopen a sprawling Lords of Essænce
installation in the Rust Mountains of Silaar. It is a large
5,350: King Ilred is slain while visiting a frontier province,
underground complex, once a research facility. Together they
killed by a crystalline throwing star. His teenage son Fiilig,
begin their gruesome project: the creation of an army of
with Tarka acting as regent, succeeds him. Fiilig, counseled by
mechanically enhanced undead: the Gyshon Vurg (Ir:
Uli, also refuses the Phoenix Crown.
“walking-dead machines”) and demon/human fusions,
5350-5391: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Fiilig I. He Dusdurbulgaur (K. “Warrior-demon offspring”).
rarely dons the Phoenix Crown.
5508-5582: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen)
5375: (Sel-kai) Chek Haggeson, Master of the Jewelwright’s Italana III. She rarely dons the Phoenix Crown.
Guild, throws himself from a terrace in Eidolon. Reason for
5582-5627: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Hœ ner IV,
the apparent suicide is never discovered.
rarely dons the Phoenix Crown.
5380: Fiilig dies under mysterious circumstances. His younger
5591: An earthquake strikes; the center is estimated by
brother Yurin petitions to be named heir but the King’s son
Loremasters to be somewhere in northern Tai-emer, but the
Alaek is named. Alaek’s reign begins unevenly, with the realm
shocks cause several structures in Sel-kai to tumble.
attacked repeatedly by wild men of Zor and Lugroki.
Desperate, he dons the Crown. The invaders, mysteriously 5598: The Naal Triumvirate attempts to control access through
disoriented, are easily driven back and the old borders are re- the Grotto Path, taxing trade ships passing through. This
established. However, Alaek’s personality gradually changes move— a not entirely successful one— angers Kaitaine as well
and he becomes a cruel, tyrannical monarch. His reign is long as Ansidus and the independent isles in the Raelian Bay.
and considered by many to be a dark period in Rhakhaan’s
c. 5600: Tensions between the Naal Triumvirate and the
history.
kingdom of Ansidus in Rael escalate into open warfare.
5391-5508: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Alaek III,
c. 5600: (Abarqua) Secretly, servants of the Unlife begin to
rarely dons the Phoenix Crown and dies by violence.
build a small hold on the island despite the presence of the
5430: The Loari of Námar-Tol develop the first Airbarges to Saurkurian garrison. Forces of the Unlife have been present
transport passengers and cargo. These huge, slow-moving and in hiding on the island since it rose from the sea in TE
noisy steam powered air vehicles are greeted with awe and 1201. Within the depths of Phegri lies a natural gate through
suspicion by all who see them. which th Unlife enters Kulthea. The hold is known by its black
inhabitants as the Khergog, meaning “Thirsting Cave”.
5431: (Abarqua) A new and mysterious presence is rumored to
be on the abandoned island of fire, and a group of adventurers 5615: Dyari immigrants— a disaffected faction exiled from
set sail to the islands. They do not return. Skystone City— come to the deserted isle of Plasidar and
decide it is the perfect place to settle.
5433: (Abarqua) A larger force is sent to Phegri to try and
discover the fate of the expedition from two years before. 5625: (Jaiman) The cult of Andaras rises again, this time in
Nothing is found, a small garrison is established on the Lethys.
southwestern tip of the island. The garrison is maintained, bu
5327-5699: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ilred III
no Saurkurian wishes to resettle the island. No sign of a
“Bloody Ilred”. He rarely dons the Phoenix Crown.
mysterious preqsence is found.
5643: (Sel-kai) Freg K’garian is elected Prince of Sel-kai.
5,450: A Dragon is seen over the city of Lethys.
5650: The comet returns. During the ensuing weeks it hangs in
5499: (Jaiman) The entire population of Plasidar (a Duchy of U-
the Kulthean sky while strange and terrible events occur across
Lyshak) is wiped out. The first ships to arrive after the event
the world.
find the port empty except for dozens of large cocoon-like
objects. They flee when they hear a loud, piercing shriek. (A • Droughts strike Rael for the next several years. By 5660, the
nest of Kaeden was found and accidentally awakened by the region that was Ansidus is a wasteland.
inhabitants, who were quickly subdued and cocooned). The
•Chronic famine in many lands.
island is left abandoned for over a century; all trade ships steer
a wide berth past it and the boiling waters around Aranmor. • The Prince of Sel-kai’s sky-yacht Nightflyer vanishes with his
daughter on board. It returns periodically in later years, a ghost
c. 5500 (Sel-kai) The population of Sel-kai City reaches 50,000.
ship— and an evil omen.
•Snakes rain from the sky in Tai-emer and Uj.
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• Erratic tides (even for a planet with five moons) cause nearly one in ten dies of this painful illness. All but pureblood
widespread damage to coastal cities. Elves and the Hírazi are suscpetible.
• Another attack of the strange horse-killing disease sweeps 5840: (Jaiman) In NW Jaiman, the High Priest Athimurl
across northern Emer, this time also affecting Hæstra, again completes the destruction of Quellborne; it is beset by demons
devastating the equine populations. Three quarters of the horse and wild creatures. Within days the capital city of Quellburne
population is lost. Each in their own way, the Lankanok and is in ruins; only a few outlying towns survive. Desperate
the Nuyani decide to seek alternatives. refugees from Quellbourne rekindle the Cult of Hrassk (the
Spider Goddess).
5651: The High Shaman of the Nuyani lands goes on a spirit-
quest to seek guidance regarding the problem of the loss of 5848: (Sel-kai) Rylec Qaterries is elected Prince of Sel-kai. His
their horses. He fasts and prays to the god To-to-nar (‘the two- reign extends up throught the present time.
faced’; actually the Orhan gods Kieron and Jaysek). The gods
5851: A series of sever hurricanes buffets NE Emer, causing
hear his pleas… after five days of wandering the solution
extensive damage to shipping.
comes to him— in the form of a huge Gryphon. She is to be the
mother of a stable of winged mounts for the elite warriors of 5881: (Sel-kai) A potentially distarous fire in the Canal Maze is
Nuyan Khôm. contained by a ‘miraculous’ rainstorm. Many credit the
demigoddess Neela, and she sees renewed popularity for
5656: The Animists and warriors of Lankanok embark on a
several months thereafter.
breeding program to domesticate the Srill, large, herbivorous
bipedal lizards, as an alternative to horses. (A brief flirtation 5890: (The Campaign) Yorell, Sailor and Priest of Shaal, Herb
with riding the carnivorous Quarnaks was abandoned when Trader, and Fearless Warrior, is born.
they kept eating their riders).
5892-5899: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Ilred IV.
5660: (The Long Night Campaign): Kelgryn Dal’Shrek is born
5894: (Jaiman) A terrible plague sweeps Rhakhaan, killing
in Urulan to Sirion and Coimas.
nearly 30% of the population (including the King’s wife and
5699-5785: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Jædaran II. three sons). The plague has little effect on surrounding lands,
He rarely dons the Phoenix Crown. despite an ineffective quarantine.
5704: A Silvery Dragon is seen again, the mighty beast 5899: (Jaiman) Ilred IV dies in his sleep; is succeeded by his
terrorizing the city of Eidolon. Yet it does no damage and daughter Italana VI, who accepts the crown of Rhakhaan and
vanishes into the clouds. Some claim that it had a human rider. welcomes the Magician, though he is held at arm’s length, his
Rumors abound that the alleged rider subsequently blackmails counsel balanced with that of several others. Italana’s reign
the Prince of Sel-kai into paying a ‘protection’ ransom. These lasts for 144 years and is considered the greatest in recent
rumors are not true. It is Voriig Kye, merely observing history. Her birthday is still celebrated in Haalkitaine.
activities on the mainland.
5899-6043: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen)
5780: (Sel-kai) Prince Freg K’garian falls ill. The nature of his Italana VI “The Just”. She rarely dons the Phoenix Crown.
malady is never diagnosed, but he begins a long slide into
c. 5900: (Tai-emer) The expanding borders of the thirving
madness.
Lankan Empire and the Blissful Kingdom of Pochantos
5785-5892: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Queen of Rhakhaan: (Queen) approach one another. Already, patrols and exploration parties
Ajkara IV, rarely dons the Phoenix Crown and renounces the on the frontier have had altercations. At stake are the fertile
throne in TE 5892. lands between the two realms and east of the Forest of Ash.
5800: (Sel-kai) After awakening from a delirium for five days, 5904: (Jaiman) Italana begins the Great Consolidation,
Prince K’garian orders all skyships in his fleet to seek out the essentially an ambitious campaign to expand the borders of her
rare healing mushroom Pok. He refuses to explain his actions, empire.
and the order os overruled by the Inner Council.
5904-5950: (Jaiman) Rhakhaan forces annex lands to the south
5801: (Sel-kai) Prince K’garian is removed from office. The and west. The Empress signs a treaty with the Wizard-King
Fourth Interregnum begins. The Triumvirate lasts only three Liras of the Elven Forest, while occupying the lands north of
years however, as the three elected refuse to cooperate and the forest. Once part of U-Lyshak, these lands are now
paralyze the government. One – Galilus Duge – emerges as considered the Western marches. Italana also brings Meluria
the most popular and manages to convince the Conclave and and the city-state of Norek undeer her wing. Lands to the
Circle to elect him Prince. southeast are dubbed Taldaar Plain, and the Y’kin are driven
east and north into Tanara. From this expanded coastal area,
5822: (Sel-kai) Spring flooding sweeps away most of the
the Empress sends forth explorer ships across the treacherous
southern docks. They are never rebuilt, and the Sighing Docks
straits to Urulan.
area becomes pre-eminent for river traffic. The Canal Maze
district also falls on hard times. 5910: More than a thousand years after its first aggression
against Kaitaine, Vajaar declares sovereignty over the entire
5833 – 38: (Sel-kai) The plague – also called the ‘green fever’ –
mainland of Uj west of the Daluj river. Itanis, Kaitaine and the
sweeps Sel-kai. Attempts to quarantine Eidolon fail, and
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Rhiani are all cut off from each other except by sea and a 5964: (Thuul/Jan) Melalich resigns and Atenan nams Dzejan
treacherous route (through the Scorpion Ridge) which only the becomes Supreme Jengada III.
Rhiani will brave.
5966-5967: (Abarqua) The garrison on Phegri is struck down by
5912-5913: Two successive springs fraught with severe a mysterious and deadly plague. Again, the survivors flee to
hurricanes buffet Kaitaine, the Komaren Cluster, and the entire neighboring islands, and the Island of Fire is abandoned once
SW Emer coast. Much damage is done, and shipping is more. The island remains uninhabited to date.
disrupted. Only a few very precious cargoes guided by
5968: (Thuul/Jan) Atenan dies and Uzhag of Ulan becomes
Navigators get through safely. Sel-kai economy suffers
Supreme Jengada IV.
somewhat as a result of Kaitaine’s misfortunes.
5970: Birth of Erlin twins Irisa and Irina on the isle of Veriadar,
5922: The Loremaster Selas Vey enters ruins believed to be of
off the SE coast of Urulan.
Jinteni origin in Uj, otherwise known as the City of the Dead.
He is not heard from again. 5970: (The Long Night Campaign) Garath Talon’Kara,
Changramai and Scholar Extroadinaire, is born.
5937: (Thuul/Jan) Jengada first crosses the Dreshon into what
will become the Jan. 5975: (Tai-emer) Lankani aggression continues, with raiders
burning southern Pochanti homesteads, attacking traders and
5943: (Thuul/Jan) The Jengada Allied Nations forms.
kidnapping them to use as slaves and sacrifices. Finally, the
5945: A man identifying himself only as the Nameless One Priest-king of Pochantos declares war.
arrives on the isle of Zinvar and predicts impending disaster to
5975: (Thuul/Jan) War erupts between the Jan and the Shoneb
the thriving trade center in three years. (It is in fact Tethior the
Empire.
Elven Smith, using one of the Daath Leerssoi to conceal his
appearance.) Few take his dire prediction seriously, despite 5976: (Thuul/Jan) Uzhag dies in battle and the Assembly rules
his impressive entourage of four Changramai warrior-monks. until the war is over.
5948: The people of Zinvar are overcome in one night by a 5978: (Thuul/Jan) The Empire retreats from the Jan, and Zoeg
mysterious plague of violent madness. The city burns to the mans Erkoli becomes Supreme Jengada V.
ground, set afire by its own inhabitants. Zinvar becomes a
5980: The Kuluku of the Quon jungle in Khûm-kaan, who have
deserted place, shunned by sea-travelers. Sel-kai loses an
been trading with the neighboring Shay living near the Gap of
important trading link; several years are needed to re-establish
Uj for centuries, suddenly vanish into the rain forest. It is
some routes.
believed that they are embroiled in a civil conflict or are
5949: (Thuul/Jan) Supreme Jengada I dies. suffering some terrible plague. In fact, warned by a vision of
their Druidic Oracle they have retreated into the deep jungle to
5950: (Thuul/Jan) Melalo*ich of Xanderen becomes Supreme
prepare for the impending turmoil between other races. In
Jengada II.
their seclusion they begin to arm themselves and train in
c. 5950: (Tai-emer) Hostilities between Pochantos and earnest. They accelerate breeding of their still-secret mounts,
Lankanôk continue to escalate. The Pochanti, being a more the giant dragonflies known as Krell.
peace-loving people, attempt to negotiate a border. The
• (Emer) Kaitaine suffers a large fire, one of the largest in many
Lankani sacrifice the Pochanti emissary and send back his
years. These fires are often beneficial, for they clear out old
flayed skin.
structures so that new ones may be built.
5950-6000: The Great Consolidation continues. Most forays to
5990: (The Long Night Campaign) Yorell, becoming quite an
Urulan report an empty, haunted land. Some ships to not
urbanite, moves to Sel-kai for a bit, opens an herb shop and has
return at all, and a few report small, isolated Elven enclaves
a grand time.
mostly along the western coast. Sir Voris Gunnaria, Italana’s
lieutenant in charge of eastern expansion, makes treaty with the 5998: (Jaiman) Empress Italana gives birth to a son – Jerrin – at
Dúranaki and Sulini, and continues to the Lyak region further the unprecedented age of 130. In accordance with Rhakhaan
north. Colonies are established in the fjords there, setting the tradition, her four daughters each take a step backwards in line
stage to move further north into Wuliris. for the throne. Jerrin’s father is the Empress’s eighth consort,
24 year old Sir Eldon Winehart.
Meanwhile, Duke Elrad of Prevan and Sir Leniis (commanding
Imperial forces) spearhead cautious explorations north into the 6000: (Western Lands) Jenaar emissaries of the Alliance
lands formerly of the kingdom of Zor. There is still hesitaiton approach the kingdom of Gethyra. The GreatKing rebuffs
among several of Italana’s ministers regarding a move into this them.
territory (now dubbed the Northern Frontier).
•(Sel-kai) The population of Sel-kai City exceeds 150,000
5960: (The Long Night Campaign) Yorell ‘Seadrake’ leaves U-
• (Tai-emer) The Lankanôk-Pochantos war drags on, with the
Lyshak and moves to Lethys, spending time trading in the
Lankani slowly gaining more territory.
Elysea Bay region.
•Over-farming by the Shay in southern Lygaar exhausts the soil
along the Dændarus river, and soon they need more land.
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Believing the Kuluku are dead or long gone, they migrate south •(Jaiman) Halek Ianis ascends to the Princedom of Helyssa.
and begin to slash and burn swaths of jungle along the
•(Terran Empire) TARA agents (a division of the Dia Khovaria,
northwest edge of Quon.
the “Tabernacle Research Agency’) violate Terran Empire
c. 6000-6030: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) Rhakhaan expansion quarantine and land on Kulthea, in Námar-Tol. Concealing
continues. The lands of Wuliris as far north as the Goldflow their true identities, they make contact with a select few Loari
River (known locally as the Thousand Fiefdoms and Garlon) Elves in Námar-Tol.
are quickly annexed by Her Imperial Majesty’s forces.
6024: (Sel-kai) There are several unsubstantiated reports of a
Bellknap Town and Shaambray are occupied and Imperial
gleaming white or silvery dragon flying near Eidolon.
Lord Mayors appointed to rule. Corrupt local officials (those
who did not flee in time) are tried and banished or beheaded. • (Jaiman) Lyak settles on an isle off the Tanaran coast. Both
The port of Elvenquay surrenders; it and its surrounding forests Tanara and Urulan interest him.
are essentially left untouched by pay a steep tax.
6025: Schrek and the others of the Jerak Ahrenreth conclude
6001: (Jaiman) Priests of Dansart, Lyak, and Thargondaak that the Lankan Empire has grown too powerful, and since the
coordinate attacks on Urulan, sending their Messengers to leadership is so closely tied to the dark gods Klysus and his
destroy the few remaining pockets of civilization. Osaran ‘son’Akalatan, they are not easily controlled. It is decided that
personally leads the attack on the isle of Veriadar off the a new force if needed to counter the growing Lankani strength.
southeast coast; he rapes Irina and murders her husband. She
falls into a deep coma. 6025-6035: (Emer) An army of tall, fair-haired men come down
from the Spine of Emer and begin taking over the scattered
6014: (Thuul/Jan) Zoeg dies and Ebadan of Aldshai bercomes towns in southern Pelegris and northern Lygaar. Their takeover
Supreme Jengada VI. is for the most part bloodless, and they bring administrative
order. More importantly, they are wealthy and willing to pay
6019: The Nameless One enters the Palace of the Emperor of
well for honest labor. Soon the region sees prosperity through a
Nuyan Khôm and warns the ruler of a great disaster. That
growing trade network. Word spreads that the leader of these
night the Butterfly Scepter of Khôm is stolen.
men is called Aldaron.
6020-22: Plague devastates Silaar, killing 35% of the popu-
6028: (Jaiman) Birth of Kalen Avanir, son of Duke Elrad and
lation of Nuyan Khôm, including nearly all of the Royal
Irisa Avanir.
Family.
6029: (Thuul/Jan) Ebadan retires and Dorta of Akglern becomes
6020: (Jaiman) Snow-demons sack the Ky’taari capital city in
Supreme Jengada VII.
the Mur Fostisyr. The Ataarn is killed and sword Ashaanaar
stolen. The A-Ryaan and monks retreat into the Kaldarak- 6030-6040: (Jaiman) With the southern regions of Wuliris under
Vaar. The Arnak Priest Athimurl moves his evil throne to the Imperial control, Rhakhaan forces begin their move north into
Ataarn’s Palace. the Tharn ‘Empire.’ Alaros City on the coast surrenders, while
Onopole is burned. Tharn forces are disorganized; their
• (Jaiman) Plague infiltrates Silaar, killing 35% of the
captains surrender easily. Soon Rhakhaan controls all lands up
population of Nuyan Khôm, including nearly all of the royal
to the Jhorda Plains.
family.
6031: (Jaiman) The Udahir of the Mur Fostisyr are under siege
•(Sel-kai) Minor flooding closes some docks in Sel-kai.
by the Syrkakar.
• (Jaiman) Lorgalis (the Magician) goes to Aalk Gaath to
• (Sel-kai) Summer – An outbreak of Bahaar decimates the
confront the Priest of Gaath and Athimurl; their plans are in
population of Sel-kai City: more than 15,000 die.
conflict with his own. He is rebuffed. Furious that his
influence with this cabal has evaporated, Lorgalis departs in • (Jaiman) During a solar eclipse and conjunction, Irina of
anger. Veriadar (now living in Prevan under the care of her sister)
awakens, though she does not speak and seems as if in a
• (The Long Night Campaign) Yorell, deciding it is time to
dream. A few months later she gives birth to a boy: Jad Hurok.
move on leaves Sel-kai and just travels the seas. He goes from
port to port for long periods of time, but always ends up back 6035: Amidst the ruins of the old capital of Relas (one of the
in Sel-kai. four regions of the old Empire) a new leader begins to rebuild.
He names himself the Lord of Ardania. People flock to the site
6021-40: (Western Lands) Alliance agents infiltrate Gethyra.
to take jobs, and the city begins to thrive again. The Lord even
6022: (Thuul/Jan) The Horse helps Balaan defend against resurrects the ancient Ahn sye Nokora (Order of the Silver
attempted invasion. Sword) that once guarded the Emperor of Emer.
6023: Piracy causes serious disruptions along the Lethys— Sel- • (Jaiman) The Navigators place the Mur Fostisyr under
kai trade routes; Plasidar is suspected. Plasidar is mostly to Quarantine: they will not transport anyone there.
blame, though Præten also does its share of raiding trade ships.
• The Lankani increase human sacrifices, and that harvest is the
• (Jaiman) The Dragonlord Ni’shaang drives the forces of the greatest in decades.
Syrkakang back into Lu’nak.
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6036: (Emer) The headpiece setting of the Faawn Shryaac (The into the Lyak region and the forests of Galeb-vorlui (E:”Steep
red gem alone which becomes known as the Heart of Agoth) is green coves;’the high fjords).
stolen from Voriig Kye by the infamous – and allegedly insane
• Ondoval makes his first attempt to destroy the Northern Eye.
– Loremaster Elor Once Dark. He, in turn, misplaces the
His failure is nearly complete but spectacular, triggering a
artifact and it is lost. NOTE: Some records refer (erroneously)
violent Flow-storm and causing an incredibly severe winter for
to this gem as the Eye of Agoth, perhaps because it was
much of the northern hemisphere. He returns to the Shadowed
coveted by the Order of the Eye. Also, the gem may have
Secret to regroup.
originally been a yellow sapphire, but apparently the color has
shifted to a reddish hue for unknown reasons. 6040: Rumors of visits by the Nameless One in southern
Hæstra, Námar-Tol, and Utor Keza (a southern city in the
•Vaag t’kang, Adherent of the Secret Circle, visits Sulthon
Lankan Empire).
Ni’shaang.
• The Lankanok, their elite cavalry astride the swift and agile
• (Jaiman) The Priest of Yarthraak arrives in Helyssa, a
Srill lizards, crush the surviving Pochanti in northern Tai-emer
kingdom in the heart of old U-Lyshak. He begins is program
and consolidate their hold on the region. Pochanti king L’chye
of subversion and corruption.
Baentar and prince Tinturi are captured.
6037: Niév (a small town north of Arakin) passes many
• The Khurtûm (Priest-king) of Lankanok and the Lord of
conservative laws at the urging of the local Priest of Andaras.
Ardania sign a pact of nonaggression. Lankan priests order
6038: A total solar eclipse (by Orhan) over central Emer. Minor more human sacrifices— many of them Pochanti prisoners.
tremors shake the lands about Votania… for the next ten days
• (Jaiman) Alarmed by Rhakhaan expansion to his very
and nights, strange lights are seen in the mists about the base
doorstep, the Dragonlord Sulthon Ni’shaang sends spies and
and summit of the island.
saboteurs into Wuliris as a prelude to invasion. Unknown to
• An exploration ship from the Bokorean United Kingdoms the Dragonlord, two Priests Arnak (of Athmiurl) also come to
(located in northeast Falias) lands at the tip of Onar. Sea-elven Wuliris. Their mission is not one of conquest but destruction.
scouts from Malqanar observe them but remain hidden.
• (Jaiman) As eldest son of Guynar the Pirate-Prince, Kalon
6039: The Nameless One warns the L’chye Herónath, Priest- takes control of the pirate realm, Aenor goes into hiding, and
king of Pochanto of impending doom. He is ignored. Eight Jerel flees with a few loyal followers to southern Urulan, after
days later an earthquake levels the capital city. The king is obtaining financial backing from a Xooba crimelord.
killed in the collapsing palace, but his three sons survive. His
• (Western Lands) Gethyra agrees to come under Alliance
eldest son Naentar assumes the throne of I-chaal and dons the
‘protection;’their capital is occupied by Alliance warriors.
Holy Torque of the Golden Puma at the age of twenty-seven
(his name becomes L’chye Baentar), while the second son • (Jaiman) Several students of Nomikos claim to have seen the
Q’venna, aged twenty-one, is named general of the armies. The Nameless` One wandering through the Library Stacks;
youngest son, Tinturi, is a boy of thirteen. The Pochanti Changramai guards deny any such man entering the complex.
continue to fight, but Q’venna is an inexperienced leader, and
• The northern hemisphere suffers a harsh winter, with heavy
the under-equipped Pochanti are demoralized and no match for
snowfalls and bitter cold.
the fierce Lankani and their lizard-steeds. The following
months see defeat after humiliating defeat for the people of the 6041: The Katra of Stroane, urged on by his advisor Shatang (a
Blissful Kingdom. high priest of Andaras), begins his expansion campaign,
drawing nearby Miirian holds under his rule by oaths of fealty.
• Q’venna of Pochantos is captured by Lankan foreces in the
Those who resist are laid siege. This expansion continues for
Battle of Uggoth Plain. The youth and his personal guards are
the next few years.
taken to Kenezán. Holy King Baentar offers to negotiate are
taken to Keneán. Holy King Baentar offers to negotiate for his • Aenor of Plasidar changes his name to Aenor of Quaal and
brother’s release but the Khurtûm (Agara-Lysus, Divine settles in Sel-kai City. With his share of pirate gold he sets
Emperor of the Lankan Empire), sees this is a sign of himself up as a wealthy entrepreneur.
weakness, and instead hands Q’venna over to his son P’har
Ahnekar, the high priest of Akalatan. The Pochanti prince is • (Agyra) Dyari of the Alliance uncover a cave near the Sea of
ritually humiliated before the Lankani people. Fate in the center of the continent. The entire party is later
found dead— dismembered and their heads missing. Within
• (Jaiman) The Dyar pirate lord Guynar of Plasidar is weeks the entire eastern coast of the sea (known as the Green
assassinated; his three sons (Aenor, Kalon and Jerel) vie for Beach) and nearby forests are terrorized by a murderous force
power. which takes the heads of its victims. They released Shards of
Ubenmas, including N’koru of the I-lat Norg.
• (Jaiman) An unusually harsh winter with deep snows
continuing into spring causes hardships throughout eastern • (Jaiman) Wild horsemen wreak havoc across the plains of
Jaiman. Snow-gark attacks on the Dúranaki become eastern U-Lyshak, harassing the Elven Forest and city-state of
intolerable. The warrior T’Kaal Arain gathers a force and Norek.
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6042: (Jaiman/Urulan) Jerel of Plasidar builds a base of opera- • A manor south of Tovor is destroyed— survivors tell of a huge
tions in southern Urulan. He names himself the White Swan. winged fire-drake.
Ships flying his flag begin raiding along the eastern edge of the
• The Dyari of Skystone inadvertently release a mighty
Melurian Straits, creating problems for Sel-kai, Danarchis,
Ordainer— a Lord demon of the Essaence. It slays many of
Praeten and Lethys.
them before they drive it out. It takes up residence in the caves
•Voriig Kye calls a meeting of the Dragonlords. The five gather of the Lugrôki to the north, enslaving them.
at Vog Mur, the first such meeting in tens of centuries. While
• (Jaiman) Prince Halek of Helyssa sends an explorer ship to
most have only a passing interest in the affairs of men and
Ulor— supposedly a lifeless island since the Wars of
Elves, the Alliance – as well as Ondoval and Schrek – are
Dominion. The ship fails to return.
cause for concern. However, only Voriig sees the true threat of
Ondoval; the others succomb to the inevitable self-sonfidence • (Jaiman) Dansart forces harass the northern borders of
of their inherent power. However, Oran Jatar and Voriig agree Rhakhaan.
that they have recently felt the presence of the Golden Dragon.
6045: Under the influence of Robersin, a Priest of Andaras,
But where is he, and why does the sixth member of their elite
Niév becomes even more radically conservative. The cleric of
family remain hidden? Kydak Dûm, the Golden Dragon, will
Andaras preaches that all nonhumans are evil. A law is passed
reveal himself in his own time.
making it illegal to be an Elf in Niév.
• (Jaiman/Tanara) T’Kaal Arain succeeds his aging mother as
Head-of-Family. He begins a campaign to steer the Council of • Stroane consolidates its hold on the Miirian states, assembling
Families towards a greater awareness of the larger political supples and drafting soldiers. The Katra also hires mercenaries
from Uj and southern Tai-emer.
situation in Jaiman— and alliance with Rhakhaan. He is
opposed by the First Speaker, K’ya Agarian. •(Jaiman) T’Kaal Arain is elected First Speaker of the Dúranaki
Ruling Council. His political foe, K’ya Agarian, dissappears.
• (Sel-kai) Aenor of Quaal marries Satha Betaran, a member of
He is offered, and accepts, indoctrination into the Priesthood
one of Sel-kai’s merchant families.
Arnak.
6043: (Jaiman) Empress Italana dies and her son Jerrin takes the
6045 – 6048: (Jaiman) Frelik, aided by mercenaries from
throne of Rhakhaan, but refuses the Phoenix Crown. Jerrin’s
Saralis, assaults the northern borders of Rhakhaan. They make
cousin, Frelik, the Marquess of Nolgara, has fallen under the
slow progress southwards through the Frontier, encountering
influence of a high priest of the Order of the Cloak (a religion
resistance from the forces of the resident nobles.
originating in Emer). Cardinal Belock urges him to take action:
he steals the crown and retreats north, claiming to be the true 6046: In the first enforcement of their anti-Elven law, an Elven
King. traveller venturing into Niév is arrested and convicted of
“being an Elf.” He is executed by beheading. News of this
• (Jaiman) Gark raiders attack the Myri lands in the Tanaran
event travels far, and many Stroane trade partners threaten
foothills.
boycott. Niév trade suffers as traders avoid the town, but most
• Dyari miners, delving deep under Skystone City, encounter a of the residents are now caught up in the religious fervor.
connection to the Ash Lairs. Ever curious to the point of
• (Jaiman) King Halek of Helyssa is slain while on a hunting
recklessness, they explore deeper.
trip. Halek’s son Kier vanishes that same evening and a search
• The Nameless One is seen in Izar, but makes no public is begun. The Priest of Yarth accepts the Regency and
statements. maintains order.
• Reports of a huge red-gold dragon in the Spine of Emer near • With the resources of the Miir States, the Katra demands that
Tovor, at first dismissed as hysteria, persist. It is Motar Voorg. Sarnak bow to his will. He is widely rebuffed, and declares
war on the powerful city-state. Even without Sarnak, however,
• The Nameless One appears spectacularly in the Vajaaran city
Stroane controls virtually all of Hæstra south of the Keyten
of Garlaak, exiting through a temporary Portal. He predicts
River.
impending disaster for the coastal town and exits through the
Portal. That night a fog rolls in and envelops the city. When •(Jaiman) Agents of the Steel Rain pass through an Ash Gate in
the fog lifts, all inhabitants have vanished. the Bladelands and arrive on Urulan.
• (Jaiman) The Priest Arnak meet again in the Aalk Gaath. • After a long siege, Helberna falls to the army of Stroane. The
Lorgalis, learning of the meeting, again travels north, where he Archbishop of Helberna is thrown into the dungeon.
manages to form an alliance of sorts with the Priests Arnak.
6047: The Sarnak Council, aware that they may be the next
6043-Present: (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) King of Rhakhaan: Jerrin III targets of the Stroane aggression, sends a beautiful agent to
Arakin.
6044: The forces of the Katra of Stroane move through Vornia,
capturing hold after hold. The Archbishop of Helberna (the • (Jaiman) High in the Grey Mountains, in vales above Tanara,
heart of the religion of Mynistra) refuses to yield and the city is a new generation of Cloudlords emerge from their secret
laid siege. caverns. Their Captain, Keniv Kirian– Descendant of Alæc –,
sends out scouts to survey the lands below.
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• (Jaiman) T’Kaal Arain crosses the Grey Mountains and visits WINTER 6049
Haalkitaine. He meets with Jerrin and several members of the •The Hard Winter in Hæstra: heavy snowfalls block highways.
peerage. He remains cautious, however, waiting for the Parts of the Keyten river freeze over. Wild beasts sweep down
business with Frelik to play out. On his return T’Kaal from the Spine of Emer to harass Stroane and the Dales of
narrowly avoids ambush by unknown assassins (Messengers of Bodlea. Residents of the Stroane manors are more suspicious
Al-athuul) in the Grey Mountain foothills. He is rescued by of strangers than usual, and the Bodleans barricade their
Cloudlords. Soon after, (thanks in part tot he intervention of villages. The Red Dragon attacks several more manors, though
Randæ Terisonen), he enters into secret talks with Keniv usually just to feed on livestock.
Kirian, regarding an alliance.
•(Jaiman) The Priest of Yaarth escalates the search for the son
• (Jaiman) Saralis raiders cross the Pelyar Mountains into of king Halek, missing since the night of his death.
Helyssa.
•(Jaiman) Prince Kier of Helyssa’s escape casts Lorgalis’plans
• The wealthy merchant Derik Changa of Kaitaine leads an for western Jaiman into chaos. The Priest of Yaarth is forced
expedition into Khûm-kaan in hopes of re-establishing trade to assume a high-profile posture to maintain control. The
with the Kuluku, missing for more than six decades. Priest sends his Messengers to seek young Kier.
• (Thuul/Jan) Dorta resigns and Raduvesh of Batai becomes
SPRING 6049
Supreme Jengada VIII.
• Hæstra is in turmoil as news of the Katra of Stroane’s death
• Voriig Kye calls a meeting of the Dragonlords. The five (the spreads.
golden dragon is still missing— or dead) gather at Vog Mur,
• (Jaiman) Akalatan speaks to the High Priests of the Y’kin,
the first such meeting in millennia. While most (except Sulthon
telling them now is the time to destroy their enemies. Yinka
Ni’shaang) have little interest in the affairs of men and Elves,
armies attack the southern Myri villages, breaking a thousand-
the Alliance, as well as Ondoval and Schrek, are cause for
year-old peace. The Bucolic people are unprepared and many
concern. However, only Voriig sees the true threat of Ondoval;
are slaughtered. Myri begin to arm themselves and receive aid
the others succumb to the inevitable self-confidence of their
from the Dúranaki.
inherent power.
• (Eastern Emer) Ardanian forces drive back the Trogli. The
6048 (Spring): Against the advice of his High Priest, the Katra
grateful Shay accept Ardanian dominion.
of Stroane marries Vazia, a country maid of questionable
birthright. •(Emer) Trogli from the southern Spine of Emer swarm out of
their caves at night to attack the Shay of Khûm-kaan. The
• (Summer) The Katra of Stroane is found dead in his bed,
Kuluku are still not to be seen; it is suspected that they died in
apparently murdered by his young wife— who has dis-
a plague, though no one dares enter the jungle.
[Link] ten year old son Mikel is crowned Katra, but only
in name. True power is shared between the Lord General of the • (South Emer) Lightning is seen at night dancing among the
military, High Priest Shatang of Andaras, and the Katra’s rocks of the Spine of Emer near the grotto path.
uncle, Prince Lorek. As news of the Katra’s death spreads, the
•The Ahrenreth moves to disrupt the stability of Emer.
Stroane forces begin to lose the initiative.
• Vorrig Kye sends his spy Guri Kadorian to Sel-kai City,
• One crazed man, the sole survivor of the Changa expedition to
setting him up as ambassador from Vog Mur.
Khûm-kaan, returns with a wild tale of blinding fast creatures
which dealt death like “a breeze through the trees.” • A ship arrives in Sel-kai bearing a passenger from the east. He
is a spy from the hidden kingdom of Sularin of eastern Urulan.
• (Jaiman) T’revor Arain (a cousin of T’Kaal) makes an
unexpected appearance before the Council of Families,
warning them that they must change their way of life or SUMMER 6049
become extinct. • (Jaiman) Yinka attacks in Tanara intensify; a major assault on
the river town of Ulir is turned back by the appearance of
• (Jaiman) The Cloudlords agree to an alliance with the knights astride flying horses: the Cloudlords of Old have
Dúranaki but only if they free the Myri and stop enslaving returned, wielding magical swords and wands which unleash
them. They also discuss Urulan: a vast island now asumed to the power of the sun. Further Yinka incursions are deterred by
be uninhabited – and unclaimed. a Dúranaki presence and ongoing Cloudlord sightings.
• (Emer) (3• 14) Men in golden armor astride huge winged
5. RECENT EVENTS steeds are sighted flying near Eidolon. They fly close and
vanish in the clouds. Sages agree that these are the legendary
•6049 • Cloudlords of Tanara, from Jaiman to the north. Their purpse
• Lugrôki under the Ordainer of Gorlhach expand their realm at Eidolon is unknown.
under the northern Mountains of Gold. They enter the Ash
• Klyrunak of the Ahrenreth begins a search for the Tomb of
Lairs.
Andraax, believing that artifacts and knowledge which will aid
in Andraax’s destruction might be found there.

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AUTUMN 6049 • Kalen Avanir sees a vision in the Mere of Phoras. Andraax is
• (Jaiman) Yinka attack the Sulini village of Shenin, but are present.
turned back. Mysterious Elven warriors (from Urulan) – who
depart as swiftly as they arrive – aboard sleek catamarans aid SPRING 6050
them. • (Jaiman) Slowed by a long winter, the Emperor’s forces reach
Prevan even as Frelik the Pretender is nearing Leathes Castle
• (Emer) Eidolon loses a dozen seagoing trade ships—
(the Duke of Prevan’s home) just in time to turn the
supposedly in freak storms. Raiders of the White Swan take
Pretender’s mercenaries back into the wastes of Zor. However,
some; others are victims of scouts from the Raven Queen to the
several nobles have thrown their lot in with Frelik and there is
northeast.
fighting on the Western Marches and up from Meluria.
• (Sel-kai) Nearly twenty percent of Sel-kai Cities population is
• The Loari inventor/adventuress Selia Rendanaar of Ná-mar-
incapsitated by an outbreak of Telmar’s Fever for weeks.
Tol mounts an expedition to the City of the Dead in Uj. She
finds the lost journals of the Loremaster Selas Vey— and
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something else. In a laboratory deep within the catacombs of
• (Jaiman) Loremasters detect agents of the Priest of Yaarth as
the city she discovers a cache of jewels of varying sizes, all
far east as the Grey Mountains; they are seeking Prince Kier.
faceted spheres. She determines that these have the power to
• (Jaiman) The remote Yinka temple of Chakor is burned. There absorb energy and release it to power devices— and vehicles,
are no survivors, but rumors spread that it was Cloudlords’ one of which she discovers and repairs. She and her party flee
work. the city in the flying vehicle— barely escaping the site’s golem
guardians— and return in secret to Námar-Tol.
• (Sel-kai) Ten Cloudlords return to Eidolon. They land and
meet with the Prince; a trade alliance between Tanara and Sel- • Vomûk and Gorang, adherents of the Ahrenreth, discover a
kai is forged a few days later. vault holding three Implementors.
• (Jaiman) Randæ Terisonen sees the Nameless One in
SUMMER 6050
Haalkitaine; the latter is warning of major disruptions for all of
• With the death of the Katra of Stroane, expansion halts and
Jaiman. He vanishes before Randæ can get close to him.
generals try to consolidate what they have taken (Izar is
Nervous Rhakhaan residents are near panic.
spared). There is civil unrest but it is generally disorganized.
• (South Emer) The volcano Mount Chang in Ræl erupts, The Bodleans remain safe behind the Keyten. Trade is
spewing ash and smoke. tentatively reestablished with some neighbors, but local tax
officials take advantage of the disorganized Stroane/Arakin
• Planets align on the Night of the Third Moon: many Portals government.
open to the Pales.
• (Jaiman) Forces of Dansart from the Zor Wastes seem to aid
• (Eastern Lands) The Vulth Horde emerges to threaten the the Pretender’s armies as they continue to harass the northern
northern borders of the Kingdom of a Thousand Dawns. borders of the Empire. Traitor lords to the west and south
make advances, placing pressure on the Emperor.
•6050 • • Frelik calls for a truce to meet with the Emperor’s
commanders, but it is merely a ruse to reveal the Phoenix
WINTER 6050
•(2•55-61) The Nameless One is (allegedly) spotted in Kaitaine Crown to them and cast doubt. (The Pretender still does not dare
with his escort of four Changramai but he makes no put the Crown on).
proclamations. Rumors fly that he predicts a fireball from the •(Emer) Four of the Jerak Ahrenreth hold an informal meeting.
sky will destroy the city.
• (Emer) Unusual current flows and winds in the Circular Sea
• The Nuyan-Khôm Sek-kai mainland residents, and the interfere with Námar-Tol / Sel-kai trade routes
Reandori all tell tales of ghosts wandering out of the old land
of Thanor. Thanor has always been haunted, but now the • Seismic activity in northern Silaar causes ruins of an ancient
undead seem to be multiplying. Lord of Essænce structure to rise out of the waters of the Sea of
Tears.
• (Jaiman) Frelik’s armies break through the Northern Frontier
and reach the border of Prevan, a duchy northwest of • Rumours reach Kaitaine of conflict to the southwest: The
Haalkitaine. Emperor Jerrin Talus Malvion Faslurin III orders Alliance is facing its first real challenge from the Vashaan
his Lord Captain north with four legions to reinforce the Duke Domain.
of Prevan’s men and finally crush the would-be usurper. • 3•14: The 1400th anniversary of the rise of Eidolon into the
• Cloudlords assault the Yinka city of Achren, burning the city sky. The celebration lasts 10 days.
and sending Yinka fleeing into the hills.
•Central Jaiman is rocked by tremors.

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AUTUMN 6050
• (Emer) Secret rebellious factions form and grow in major •6051 •
Hæstra cities; local lords begin making plans to retake their WINTER 6051
lands— and perhaps expand in the chaos they know is coming. 1• 5 Minor earthquake in Sel-kai, Meluria, and central Jaiman.
•Essænce storms over Uj and Southern Hæstra. The Jaimani lakelands are enveloped in a dense fog even as
they enjoy a spell of balmy weather. Clouds gather over the
• The Emerald Forest is assailed by Lugrôki, but the power entire continet.
withing turns them back.
1• 5 Kalen Avanir and the Loremaster Randæ Terisonen arrive
• (Emer) News of the growing realm of Ardania reaches the in Haalkitaine. With Randæ and Jad’s help, Kalen attunes
court of Eidolon. The Lord of Ardania (really Y-tarmen, one of himself to the Phoenix Pendant.
the 12 adherents of Ahrenreth, working uynder Schrek’s
supervision) has begun construction of that he calls his Palace 1• 6 With unnatural suddenness, winter comes to nearly all of
of Gold at the heart of Ardan City. He has surrounded himself Jaiman in the form of a monstrous blizzard. At midnight the
with a guard bearing the ancient Yarkbalkas, symbols of the Storm Wizard taps the Essænce focus over Arion and
Order of the Silver Sword, elite warriors of the lost Emerian unleashes his snowstorm. Warned by a mysterious stranger,
Empire.. Also in evidence is the Order of the Eye, led by Iaen Kalen, Randæ, and co. Barely escape Haalkitaine in a skyship
Shiin, an Iylar Elf and former Loremaster, now a member of before the storm hits.
the dreaded Jerak Ahrenreth. The cold and snows cut off supply lines and freeze armies in
• (Jaiman) The Priest of Yaarth announces that Prince Kier is their tracks. There are heavy casualties on all sides, but the
dead and declares himself permanent regent of Helyssa. His weather works to the Emperor’s advantage. Nevertheless,
minions already have subjugated Cynar and the eastern coastal Frelik renews his call for Jerrin’s abdication.
regions. United with the forces of Lorgalis, his men sweep east Northern Emer – especially in the eastern quadrant – is caught
towards Rhakhaan. Already isolated from the Rhakhaan in the fringes of the Jaiman snowstorm. Præten, Sel-kai, and
Empire, Norek is forced to defend itself. King Liras of the the Pochanti Kingdom have unprecedented snowfalls.
Elven Forest fortifies his borders.
The Loremasters suspect artificial intervention in the weather
• Loremasters sent to investigate ruins risen in the Sea of Tears of Jaiman, but are unable to trace the source. They are
encounter hideous creatures and a dark power. They are understandably nervous that a source of such power can
forced to flee. remain cloaked from their detections. The Navigators, always
concerned about strange meteorological phenomena, launch
FALL 6050 their own investigations.
• Recruiters appear in several major cities in Emer, offering
opportunities for well-paying jobs in the new realm of Ardania. 1•7 A dragon is sighted over Sel-kai. The last confirmed dragon
The lord of that city seems to have endless gold to spend. (He sighting was more than three centuries ago, but the Elves
does indeed, tapping the coffers of the Jerak Ahrenreth). remember. It circles a few times, then climbs near Eidolon, but
does not approach any of the Skyships or airbarges before
• Rebellious activity in central Hæstra increases, funded in abruptly vanishing into the clouds. Opinions differ over the
secret by Sarnak, Izar and Danarchis. Smuggling and tax type, but many believe it is Silver. (It is Voriig Kye).
evasion is rampant. The Stroane government, having taken out
huge loans from Sel-kai to pay its mercenaries, and now unable 1•11 Arrival of the Hûtarn of Nuyan-Khôm in Sel-kai for trade
to effectively collect new taxes, is near bankruptcy. talks. He sails into the harbor amidst a fleet of unusual ships,
traveling up through the Sea of Tears. He is only 30 years old
• (Jaiman) The Empire of Rhakhaan is under siege on three (one of few of the royal family to survive a plague 28 years
fronts, and Jerrin Faslurin finds that his defenses are strained. ago) but a shrewd ruler. To-gether with his wizened great-aunt
Still, he refuses Frelik’s calls for a truce-meeting. as trade minister, he is a formidable negotiator.
•Rumors of the Nameless One in Stroane • A strange flu-like illness strikes many Itanian Warlocks. All
•Hæstra and northern Uj are hit by dozens of minor tremors who succumb recover, though some suffer a terrible permanent
side effect: their Mentalist abilities are gone. There are rumors
•Eeries lights are said to glow from the summit of Votania. of a cure, an herb that grows in Námar-Tol.
• The Storm Wizard, fearing the fall of Rhakhaan and •Rhiani horsemen are harrassed by Charn Riders.
subsequent collapse of civilization on Jaiman, gathers his
powers. The conflict must be slowed, and he takes matters into •Vajaar retreats from previously claimed lands.
his own hands He summons a huge winter storm over Jaiman.. •Turasoq of the Ahrenreth seduces a young Warlock of Itanis as
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•(Jaiman) The snows begin to melt, but heavy rains further slow
progress of any forces in the Rhakhaan conflict.
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• (Emer) A Shay expedition from NW Khûm-kaan, financed by •Southern Silaar and much of Tai-emer suffer from drought.
House Elgata of Eidolon, enters the jungles of Quon; none
• The Lankani increase human sacrifices in hopes of appeasing
return. A follow-up search also dissapears.
Klysus.
2•10 – 2•25: (Sel-kai) Heavy rains and melting snow cause the
• Barrin Qaterris (eldest son of the Prince of Sel-kai) is inducted
canals to rise to above flood stage. Minor damage to lower
into the Unseen Eyes, a shadowy cabal. His Mentalism skills
levels of some structures.
are rudimentary, but his position makes him a valuable
2•15: The Bank of Sel-kai and Ullizi Bank call in their loans to member.
Stroane. The realm is unable to pay, so the banks claim the
collateral (the crown jewels) and declare themselves in charge AUTUMN 6051
of the government. They send agents to Arakin. • (Jaiman) The Dragonlord Sulthon Ni’shaang consolidates his
hold over Wuliris. He decides that Frelik has grown too
2•18: (Stroane) A coup led by the Lord General Terell— backed
powerful (he would prefer to see the Usurper and Emperor at
in secret by members of Ahn Sye Zanar, Order of the Cloak—
each other’s throats indefinitely) and considers a move south
has the other two of the Trinity, as well as the agents of the
into the Zorian wastes.
Sel-kai Banks, arrested and the Katra’s son rumored to be
killed (actually, he is taken to Ahrenreth). Terell declares • The deterioration of southern Hæstra continues: most lords
martial law in Arakin. High Priest Shatang and the Katra’s refuse to pay taxes to Arakin, and desertion among the Stroane
Uncle are tried and executed for treason; the Sel-kai bankers mercenary armies is rife.
are ordered to return home empty-handed. The Order of the
Cloak asserts its influence. •Volcanic eruptions in the Black Mountains of Khum-kaan.
•A trade ship arrives in Kaitaine claiming to have been attacked
• (Sel-kai) The bankers return (by Navigator Jump), and within
in the Grotto Pass by ‘giant insects with lightning staves.’
hours Sel-kai declares the Stroane government invalid. They
make plans to recover their investment. •Klyrunak of the Ahrenreth acquires a copy of the Andraax Key
(the ring necessary to enter the Tomb of Andraax).
2•31: A Portal opens on the plains of Miir in Hæstra and three
beings from another time and place emerge. They are the
Dreamlords. They depart for the East. This event unlocks the FALL 6051
portal, and for several days, horrible creatures emerge: demons 5•21: (Jaiman) At the climax of an important battle between
from and beyond the Pales. Finally, Loremasters arrive and Helyssa loyalists and forces of the Priest Arnak, Prince Kier
seal the portal. But many of the hideous beings remain free. Ianis appears in his homeland amidst a tremendous – and
pyrotechnic - surge in the Essaence. He is wearing the Sea-
drake Crown. Hopeless against the full powers of the crown,
SUMMER 6051
• (Stroane) Lord General Terell has trouble maintaining power unleashed after long years of disuse, the armies of Yarthraak
are routed. Witnesses tell of Kier wading fearlessly into a crush
in the sprawling, recently taken lands of Miir and Vornia.
of foes, and with a bellowing cry would cause all within
Independent-minded lords reassert their authority and much of
earshot to fall to the ground unconscious or dead. From his
Hæstra is torn by warfare. Resistance in the cities becomes
hands spewed volleys of luminous bolts of water, and the river
more widespread.
would rise out of its banks to swallow the legions of Lugôki
• (Sel-kai) The Prophet of Valris first makes her presence and the pale men of Ulor. At the same time, terrible storms
known at Sel-kai. A tall Iylar Elf with golden blonde hair and pound the western coast of Helyssa, and all of Ly-aran (long
wearing shimmering blue robes, she refuses to give her name ago part of the kingdom of U-Lyshak but now held by Lorgalis
or home, saying only that she comes ‘from the east’. Claiming of Ulor for many centuries) is shaken by earthquakes, her
to be a follower of the Orhan Goddess of wisdom, she is coasts shattered and highlands torn by storms. The crowns may
apparently an Astrologer who can see into people’s futures. command the very earth to rebel to purge the kingdom of
After a month in Sel-kai city, during which her reputation and invaders. The Priest of Yarthraak vanishes from the battlefield
influence grows, she travels toward Danarchis. (he flees to his tower, which is able to survive even this
onslaught. Placed offshore, it is just outside the Crown-defined
• (Hæstra) Wild wolves and stranger creatures continue to range
boundary. And the Priest still has the Sea-Drake Pendant . . .)
far from the Spine highlands to harass homesteads in the hills.
The Choak Pass becomes a dangerous road except for well- 5•22: (Jaiman) Night skies above Jaiman are illuminated by
armed caravans— and even they have no chance against the unprecedented Flow-storm activity. The most intense
occasional forays of the Red Dragon. disruptions are above the center of the continent. Minor but
frequent earthquakes accompany these storms.
• (Jaiman) The Arnak Priest of Dansart Osaran sends his evil
Messengers of Ulkya against the northern provinces of 5•23: (Jaiman) The main powers of the Sea-drake Helm fail (as
Rhakhaan. More strange creatures emerge from Zor to harass do those of all six helm-crowns of Jaiman; the vault of Crowns
the Imperial forces (they are mutants bred by Dansart). is disabled – though not destroyed). The strange meteorlogical
and geological events subside. Prince Kier retreats to Castle
• (Jaiman) Tanara faces more trouble from mysterious raiders
Sykara to coordinate his offesnsive against the reduced and
and forces of Arnak.
disorganized armies of Yaarth.
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5•40: (Jaiman) In order to head off rumors of his cousin’s very small, fast Skyships, powered by the starstones— jewels
legitimacy, the Emperor declares Frelik’s claim irrelevant, found by Selia Rendanaar.
since the Crowns are no longer true symbols of the rightful
• (Jaiman) The Dragonlord Sulthon Ni’shaang takes the
monarchs. In addition, the Archprelate of Enov Turic declares
initiative against the depleted forces of the Priest Dansart and
Jerrin the rightful Emperor. Nevertheless, the realm is in
sends three legions of his Lugrôki into the Zorian lands to the
turmoil of uncertainty and fear.
south. Earthquakes accompany volcanic eruptions in Ja’miil
5•45: (Emer-Lankonok) The Lankan Empire sends a small fleet Targ. A red glow from Uronthis Kalthul (K. “Dragon’s Claw”)
across the Circular Sea from their port of Kûru-kal, with the can be seen for [Link] Zor and the Syrkakang, and
goal of seizing the northwestern Loari isle of Surt Naduum. seizes lands to the west and south.
The first warboat barely reaches shore before airborne Loari
• The Izaran League is formed: a loose mutual-protection
battleships appear and drop exploding canisters – “bombs” –
alliance between Sarnak, Izar, the Komaren Cluster, and
on Lankan ships. This marks the first known use of chemical
Barellis.
explosives since the Interregnum. The Lankan ships are
destroyed and the few Lankani whi reach shore are captured. •The beginning of the Grand Campaign…
Námar-Tol sends a warning to the Lankani that any further
1•20 – 1•30: Schrek, Oan Lyak, and Darí Holvir of the Jerak
aggression will be met by overwhelming force.
Ahrenreth meet secretly and decide to begin a program of
• A caravan in Uj returns to Kaitaine to tell of a mighty battle assassinations among their enemies to further disrupt political
between their Navigator Sulfean and a Herald of Darkness. situations.
Their situation was looking desperate when a Storm Herald
1•22: Ignatus Jurgon, a merchant baron of Sel-kai, is found
appeared and helped to drive off the Minion of the Unlife. The
murdered in his study. (It is the work of Saren Xanaari,
exact nature and intentions of the Storm Heralds remain a
revenge for House Jurgon illegally infringing on their trade.)
mystery.
1•22: (Sel-kai) Holiday. The birthday of Agren Navalak,
•(Silaar) Strange drums are heard from within the Vœ rken Mire
perhaps the greatest prince in the history of Sel-kai.
in Silaar. The T’loc-loc go into hiding in the northern reaches
of the Asamis Arg (“Great Grove”). 1•26: Funeral Procession of Ignatus Jurgon. A great chain of
boats escorts the Baron’s funerary barge out into the bay,
•Frequent storms in Southern Emer disrupt commerce.
where he is given to the waters. The ceremony attracts
• Several volcanoes erupt in the Morbek Highlands, smoke and thousands of onlookers and clogs the canals.
ash clouds drift north and envelop Votania.
1•33: (Sel-kai) First meeting of Olgivana Centaurus, Barrin
Qaterris, Koren Maas (security minister), Enik Foor (Minister
•6052 • of State), and Boren Alsec (Commerce Minister). Olgivana
puts forward her plan to have Barrin succeed Prince Rylec.
WINTER 6052 (This meeting is decribed in the Intro to Part IV of Eidolon).
• (Emer) Spurred by Bishops of Mynistra and Priests of
Andaras, most of the lords of Miir and Vornia sever their ties 1•35: (Jaiman) One of the Priests Arnak in Lethys is murdered
from Arakin. Larger cities (Relian, Orian, Dynax, Helberna) by a Cult of Stars assassin. Only the Loremasters recognize the
are independent city-states, while across the countryside Priest’s ring and its significance.
dozens of manors become essentially independent fief-doms. 1•44: A minor earthquake shakes Sel-kai.
This situation creates an environment where bandits and
highwaymen flourish. Trade suffers; the cities are full of 1•54: Rylec Qaterris, Prince of Sel-kai, narrowly escapes
former mercenaries offering their services as bodyguards. assassination. Three days later, the alleged attacker (a woman
Many are not to be trusted. The realm of Stroane shrinks to the in black) is found dead on the steps of the Prince’s Palace. City
Lene River on the north and Qye to the south. Niév is an gossip says she had on a steel ring— mark of the Grey Ring.
independent town, still dominated by a Priest of Andaras. The She was a Cult of Stars assassin indeed caught and killed by
Archbishop of Helberna is freed from prison and soon elected the Grey Ring.
Lord Mayor. 1•61: Defense Minister Oleg Golaran is fired, and the Redcapes
• (Jaiman) T’Kaal Arain conceives of a complex plan to free the will be purged of many of their corrupt members. A brief
Myri, ally with Rhakhaan and the Cloudlords, and annex the crackdown on smuggling will ensue.
rich potential of Urulan. However, each part of his scheme 1•66: The Cult of Stars assassinates the Loremaster Gireg Jaan,
depends on the success of the other factors. Most worrisome who had been investigating the Jerak Ahrenreth.
are the heads of the Dúranaki families reluctant to give up
their slaves and a life of leisure. SPRING 6052
•(Emer) The Elves of Námar-Tol begin quietly buying up large 2•1: Holiday: Much of the city is depopulated as the Spring
amounts of raw Arinyark, the rare mineral crucial to making Games are played.
the antigravity metal Xenium. Their interest spurs more 2•9: Fire in the Sighing Docks. Several Warehouses are
exploration for the mineral. They are building a secret fleet of destroyed, but the blaze is confined to one island.
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•Zornaq, High Praelector of Vajaar in Uj, annexes the Komaren Assassin is murdered in her high-security cell, despite all
Cluster, declaring it a haven of sin and evil and in need of a precautions.
religious purge. The Komari (having no interest in becoming
2•20: (Jaiman) After being assured by the Loremasters that the
part of religiously oppressive Vajaar) retaliate, precipitating a
Phoenix Crown no longer exerts magical control over the
series of naval battles. The defenses of the port of Aquitar on
wearer, the Emperor announces the date of his coronation: the
Komaren are reinforced. Kaitaine, geographically and
first day of summer.
politically caught in the middle, declares neutrality, but is
forced to further fortify the ports and patrol the island 2•25: Zener Morndaak (the Loremaster who’s report on the
perimeter. status of the Crowns may have been read in Nomikos) is
captured in Urulan by a shadowy group known as the Silver
• (Jaiman) The Cloudlords demoralize the Y’kin govern-ment.
Claw.
This frees Rhakhaan forces fighting on the southern fronts to
defend the east and north. 2•35: Zener Morndaak dies under torture.
2•1 (Jaiman) Lord Frelik Malvion, Marquess of Nolgara, begins 2•35: The Trade Consul of Danarchis arrives amidst much pomp
his final march towards the Rhakhaan capital, accompanied by and ceremony. He remains for several days while trade
only 50 knights. He claims to be coming under the flag of agreement renewals are discussed.
truce to negotiate peace.
2•39: (Jaiman) The Loremaster T’vaar Dekdarion is attacked in
2•11: (Stroane) General Terell is murdered by one of his Haalkitaine Palace. He fends off the would-be killer but is
generals, triggering a revolt in Arakin. There is rioting and the wounded with a poison knife. The assassin, a woman in black
royal palace is burned and looted. Chaos rules for several days (an agent of the Cult of Stars) escapes. Dekdarion falls into a
before another officer (Guard Captain Snythe) gains control of coma.
the city.
2•15 (Jaiman) Frelik arrives outside Haalkitaine in the morning, SUMMER 6052
• (Jaiman) As news of Frelik’s death spreads, the Pretender’s
and by afternoon his men have set up a large tent on the
forces quickly collapse: all surrender or flee. Their leaders are
dunnington Field. Instead of negotiating, he sends his heralds
captured, tried and many are hung or beheaded. Several lords
to the gates of Haalkitaine announcing his coronation as
who had been foolish enough (in hindsight) to openly back the
Emperor of Rhakhaan at sunset. The Emperor sends no reply.
Pretender are arrested and taken to the dreaded North Tower.
In a brief ceremony Cardinal Belock places the Phoneix Crown
They are found guilty of High Treason, beheaded, and their
on his head. The Usurper, apparently anticipating that he be
granted tremendous powers by the crown, demands that Jerrin heads placed on pikes about the Phoenix Gate. Their lands
abdicate. He barely finishes his declaration, however, when return to Jerrin.
two black-clad women materialize out of thin air nearby and • The Vajaar-Komari war continues with little progress. The
attack Frelik and Belock. The Marquess Nolgara is slain at the few times Vajaar forces make land on a Komaren island they
very gates of Haalkitaine, the crown tumbling to the muddy are ferociously attacked by the infamous Blood Brethren. The
ground. But Belock apparently fends off his attacker and Izaran League allies also come to the Komari’s aid.
vanishes in a burst of prismatic light.
3•1: (Jaiman) Jerrin Talus Malvion Faslurin III is crowned
• There is a simultaneous assassination attempt made by a Emperor of Rhakhaan by Eldest Loremaster Kirin T’thaan.
woman in black against the Emperor Jerrin himself, but he is Many envoys from other countries attend, including Dúranaki,
saved by the Loremaster/Changramai Master T’vaar Elves, many Melurian lords, the Prince of Sel-kai (arriving by
Dekdarion. The assassin is captured before she can escape or skyship), Prince Kier Ianis of U-Lyshak, and Cloudlords. The
kill herself and placed under heavy guard. She is believed to be celebration lasts ten days. With heavy security by Palace
a member of the Cult of Stars. Taking advatange of the Guards, Changramai, and Loremasters, there are no
demoralized and leaderless condition of his enemies, the incidents.T’vaar Dekdarion remains in a coma.
Emperor orders his knights onto the field. The Phoenix Crown
is recovered and the Usurper’s guard is arrested. The Jerak T’Kaal Arain lingers in Haalkitaine to present his proposal to
Ahrenreth’s plan to create chaos in Jaiman backfires as the Jerrin: He can provide the Cloudlords, Dúranaki, Sulini and
Emperor of Rhakhaan’s greatest threat is removed while the Myri in a mutual defense alliance; in addition they will jointly
Emperor himself is saved through intervention of the explore Urulan and divide the continent between the realms of
Loremasters. Oan Lyak, the ‘Dreaded Assassin’ and mistress Tanara and Rhakhaan. He is taken considerable risks and
of the Cult of Stars, swears that she will personally slay the liberties here (not actually having some of these agreements),
Loremaster T’vaar Dekdarion. but sees this as his peoples’only chance to survive.

• Frelik’s body is taken into the palace. His head is displayed 3•1: (Sel-kai) The Summer Games are played. Unfortunately,
over the Phoenix Gate on a pike; his body is disboweled and the games are marred by an altercation between Houses
left in Dunnington Field for ten days while carrion-birds feed Alaxatan and Pharnese. Jarl Alaxatan (second son of Kellis)
on it. assaults Kendon (younger brother of Baron Kyse). Pharnese,
and the house guards of both families escalate the
2•16 (Jaiman) Oan Lyak orders the liquidation of the Cult
member who failed in her mission. The Emperor’s would-be
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confrontation into a bloody battle. Twelve are dead; Kendon head. King Liras of the Elven Forest accepts Kier; Rhakhaan
Pharnese is wounded but recovers. acknowledges him as ‘King of Helyssa’ (a subtle insult) and
Jiax Alison of Saral says Kier has no special rights to any land;
3•14: The 1402nd anniversary of the rise of Eidolon into the sky.
that the old Six Realms are gone.
Celebration lasts for two days (but pales compared to the
1400th celebration two years ago: it lasted ten days). • (Jaiman) While no longer in control, the forces of the Arnak
Priests are still troublesome to the governments of Jaiman.
3•23: Eidolon trembles and tilts a fraction of a degree for a few
They retreat into shadows to build again.
seconds, causing a panic among residents. The city rights itself
and stabilizes, but the cause for this alarming event is not • (Emer) The demigods Sendar and Sendil arrive in Kenezán
discovered. and present the Heart of Agoth to the Khurtûm: a gift from
Akalatan. The appearance of white-haired twins is the
3•37: The Yultûm (“Trade-chief” a priest) of the Lankan Empire
fulfillment of a phrophesy in the ancient Omiar Akalataru (The
arrives aboard a majestic barge – one of six in the fleet
Codex Akalatan), and they are made High Priest and Priestess
accompanying him. His visit stirs much curiosity about the
of Klysus. The Heart is enshrined in the secret Temple of
‘barbaric desert-realm’far to the south, and many citizens gape
Meditation, beneath the pyramid of seperation.
at the dozens of dark-skinned oarmen-guards arrayed about the
boats.
FALL 6052
3•44: (Sel-kai) A House Betaran airbarge explodes over the city • (Jaiman) Wedding of Prince Kenek and Ysbeth Alizon in
bay; Xyrus Betaran accuses House Gugulon of sabotaging his Haalkitaine.
trade.
• Large Arinyark deposits are found in the Scorpion Ridge near
3•44: (Emer) Sendar and Sendil, demigod offspring of Akalatan, Jantanen. Miners from Sarnak and other nearby towns flock to
are awakened by their father. They emerge from their secret the site despite hazardous conditions.
mausoleum and he directs them to the Heart of Agoth.
• (Emer) The Prophet of Valris arrives in Kaitaine, preceded by
3•44 Klyrunak of the Ahrenreth arrives at the Watching Isle; his her reputation. In an abrupt deviation from her predictions for
search for the Tomb of Andraax is almost over. individuals, she warns of an imminent worldwide catastrophe.
She relays dire visions of earthquakes and storms, and claims
3•48 Klyrunak enters the Tomb of Andraax and encounters
to see Kaitaine in flames. The council orders her banished from
Tya’ar. Andraax is alerted to the intruder.
the city for inciting panic.
3•49 Unable to make sense of the Lords of Essaence vault,
5•58: The Nameless One appears alone in the Garden of Songs
Klyrunak proceeds to the Hall of Worlds, where Andraax
on Karilôn. He warns of an impending global catastrophe and
catches up with him. The Mystic is no match for a Lord of
vanishes. A few Loremasters claim to have seen six fingers on
Essaence, but Andraax is unable to fully shield his identity
his hands (marking him as a Lord of Essænce), while a few
from the Ahrenreth adherent. Klyrunak escapes with this
believe they caught a glimmer of gold in his eyes, spurring a
knowledge and his life, no more. Andraax remains here to
rumor that the Nameless One is in fact the legendary sixth
meditate and converse with Tya’ar, then goes to Karilôn.
Dragonlord: Kydak Dûm, the Golden Dragon. (Andraax is
3•49: (Emer) The twins Sendar and Sendil recover the Heart of there in disguise; he and Tethior each see through the other’s
Agoth from its hiding place, and make their way towards illusion, but Tethior flees.)
Kenezán, capital of the Lankan Empire. The gem was deep
under the Spine of Emer, an object of worship for a colony of
Murlogi and their Earth-demon master. The Murlogi vow to •6053 •
recover their sacred stone. 1•1: (Just after Midnight on New Year’s Eve; the North Pole)
The insane K’ta’viir lord Ondoval, accompanied by three
3•66: A mild tremor shakes Sel-kai City. Damage is minimal, K’ta’viiri lieutenants, enters the Northern vault and takes the
but because of previous predictions of a severe earthquake on Eye of Utha. He is unable to destroy it, but has created a vessel
this date, there is a brief panic. that controls its powers. Two of the Lords are killed and
• Tensions escalate between the Elves and mortals of Sel-kai. Ondoval is badly wounded, but he escapes back to the
There is a general rise in crime – especially muggings and Shadowed Secret with the Eye. Immediately, the Southern Eye
robberies. Scuffles between rival gangs of thugs increase. attempts to compensate but is unable to fully protect the globe
from the Essænce disruptions. The Lords of Orhan also lend
AUTUMN 6052 power to the Southern Eye, but they cannot continue this
4•1: Holiday: The Autmn Games are played under tight security. indefinitely. Kulthea shakes with a worldwide earthquake. And
There are no incidents, and House Alaxatan is on probation. that is just the beginning.

• (Jaiman) Kier Ianis takes his throne in Cynar as King of U- AFTERMATH OF THE LOSS OF THE NORTHERN EYE
Lyshak. He sends messengers to the Elven Forest, (THROUGH WINTER 6053)
Quellbourne, Tanara, Saralis and Rhakhaan announcing his • Essaence storms wreak havoc; the hemisphere curtain (the
claim. He is recognized by the Loremaster High Council, and Wall of Darkness) breaks down in random areas.
Loremaster Dreena Vaal places the Sea-Drake crown on his
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• The entire globe is swept by unnatural storms and earthquakes the touch of one with Althan blood. None of his surviving
for the next 2-3 days, causing widespread flooding, property brethren can be trusted, but there are a handful of those in
damage and thousands of deaths. whom some of the ancient power still flows . . .
• Coasts are buffeted by tidal waves and hurricane force winds. • The Navigator Guild Alliance convenes a conclave - they
Inland areas suffer tornadoes and lightning storms. gather as soon as the Essaence storms subside enough for
travel.
• Many dormant volcanoes are jarred into activity, spewing ash
into the sky. Cracks open in the earth exposing rivers of • Schrek summons a gathering of the Jerak Ahrenreth. They
magma. gather to discuss the deeds of Ondoval and how to salvage
their own plans for dominance; they are at odds with the
• Portals everywhere sporadically open and close, drawing in
Priests Arnak, several Dragonlords and other factions. Schrek
any beings and animals nearby or spewing forth strange
is becoming desperate to locate the Heart of Agoth and regain
creatures.
his full powers before the collapse of the protection of the
• Meteor showers rain fire down all over the planet; combined Eyes. He attends the council with a new bodyguard, a very
with lightning storms and volcanic eruptions they trigger large humanoid wearing a full helmet. Schrek claims that the
raging fires. These would be far worse except for the guard is in fact the infamous Shar-Bu, lord of shards who can
widespread downpours and blizzards. literally kill with a smile…
• The Navigators suspend service for 30 days. (Their compasses 1•35: While the seas are still stormy, the Komari launch a
behave erratically for 10-20 days before returning to normal devastating sneak attack against Vajaar, via a coral road. They
function.) Most sea travel is virtually impossible for 10-20 infiltrate Vajaar’s war harbors and sink two-thirds of her fleet
days, perilous for another 10-20 because of storms. while it sits vulnerable, docked in harbors. The Komari
demand the Praelector’s immediate surrender. He is
• (Sel-kai) Sel-kai Skyships, being more fragile and susceptible humiliated, defeated by a nation of sherki.
to Essaence than sea vessels, are grounded by order of the
Prince for a full 30 days.
SPRING 6053
• (Sel-kai) Eidolon is shaken by tremors for hours; a few • While the weather stabilizes somewhat, sea storms and huge
residents flee to the ground. Meanwhile, Sel-kai City suffers whirlpools are still common - as are sightings of and attacks by
the worst floods in 200 years. There are scattered fires but they a variety of fearsome sea creatures. (Apparently these beasts –
are for the most part contained due to the well-prepared fire which normally reside in the ocean depths – have also been
marshals. disturbed by the weather changes.) For the next few months,
valuable, nonperishable cargoes are rerouted via land routes.
• (Emer) The Great Kaitaine Fire. A meteor strikes the city and
triggers terrible devastation; fires burn for days. Over half of • Stories reach the main cities that several Navigator guarded
the city is destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. Undaunted, the caravans across Hæstra are attacked by highwaymen. In every
Guilds begin reconstruction. case, the Navigator leaves the criminals dead or crippled, to the
delight of the caravan leaders, despite a hefty surcharge. The
• A land mass rises out of the center of the Lonely Sea. It is part Navigator Leadership relaxes their noninterference policy in
of the lost continent of Tarania. certain circumstances.
• Many other cities across the planet are damaged by • (Jaiman) Haid of the Lu’nak region speak of a terror in the
earthquakes and the fires which are triggered by them. Several black Forest of Dír. The ‘Forest Demons’have returned.
dormant volcanoes become active, spewing ash into the sky.
• (Jaiman) The New Syrkakang (ousted from much of Lu’nak)
WINTER 6053 asserts dominion over all the Myr Fostisyr. The Fustir, Ky’taari
•There is general panic across the hemisphere: these events are and Udahir are in hiding.
seen by many as harbingers of the end of the world. Doomsday • A Jenaar emissary from the Alliance arrives in the belea-
cults spring up everywhere as dark powers seek to take guered Vajaar to offer aid in return for Alliance member-ship.
advantage of this time of uncertainty. Voices of reason are
drowned out by the hysterical cries that the end is near. And it • The Light dragon Ssamis T’zang emerges from her eyrie to
may well be . . . terrorize the inhabitants of the Scorpion Ridge.
• (Sel-Kai) There seem to be more than the usual number of
SUMMER 6053
cases of Canal Cough and the more serious Shakes. There are
• (Jaiman) Rhakhaan is at peace, the forces of the Dragonlord
several deaths, and even a few Elves develop mild cases of
and Dansart having retreated north to lick their wounds. The
Cough.
western frontier calm under the reign of King Kier I – who has
1•1 The Loremaster Council is called into emergency session his own problems with the forces of Ulor. But peace comes
(attended in secret by Andraax), They order the rediscovery of with its own share of problems: boredom and lack of focus
the Eye as top priority, and research a way to stop Ondoval. breed discontent. Inactivity makes for irritable knights and
Andraax comes to the realization that he does not have the will lords itching for conquest.
to wield the Soulsword, and it – like the Eyes – will only suffer
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• (Jaiman) Haalkitaine is a great hive swarming with gossip, • Calthos is accused of High Treason for aiding Frelik. He is
rumors which grow with each retelling, and elaborate intrigues. tried, convicted, and beheaded.
Rumors: (none of them are true)
• (Jaiman) Vice-Ambassador Zyta Nikaru of Námar-Tol is
• The Prince of Lethys is planning a rebellion with the stabbed in the Palace Gallery and dies before he can name his
help of the Elves and several southern Dukes. attacker.
•The White Mage has returned to Haalkitaine. • Sir Vyrs Jentarania is found murdered in a private room of the
Kieronian Baths, stabbed with a dagger bearing the Seagull
•The Emperor is not well; he hasn’t been seen for days
insignia (or, more subtly, a Seer will have a vision of a Seagull.
(actually he is meething with his advisors, planning the
Probably only the Emperor’s Truthsayer has the powers to see
final removal of the Y’kin and the exploration of
past the magical deception). The Viscount Ridgeston is
Urulan.)
implicated. His is innocent, framed by his former teacher
• While the eastern portions of old U-Lyshak are quiet, fighting Yandar Vit but his only alibi is that he was with Prince Toren –
continues throughout western Helyssa and Ly-aran: lords in the Prince’s bed.
seeking new domains swear fealty to Kier and stake out their
•The Y’kin are effectively wiped out on Jaiman.
territory against survivors of the Ulor and Yaarth armies.
• Tanarans and Rhakhaani begin work on the great icebridge.
• The Red Dragon recalls his forces, deciding to ride out the
They must have it complete and an adequate force on the
uncertainty of the Essænce storms in the safety of his tortured
Urulan mainland before spring when the warm currents will
valley.
melt the icebergs that make up this span.
• Stung by bitter defeats against Jaiman and U-Lyshak, the
• Truthsayer Jorun of Yarmuth warns the Emperor that the
Priests Arnak return to what they know best: guile, espionage
Urulan venture is perilous.
and subterfuge.
• The armies of Ulor are in disarray, many legions fighting FALL 6053
among themselves. Their leader – Lorgalis – has vanished. •The Rhakhaan/Tanara forces advance into Urulan.
• One side effect of the strange weather conditions arrives off • Murlogi of the Spine of Emer and their Earth-demon king
the eastern coasts of Jaiman and Silaar: huge icebergs have make preparations to take back the Heart of Agoth from the
drifted south to make the sea-lanes even more perilous. surface dwellers who stole it from them (the Lankani).
• Appearance of the ‘Intermediaries’, trade brokers representing • (Lankanôk) Sendar and Sendil consolidate their political
the Kuluku peoples of Khum-kaan. They arrive at Ardan City, power base and begin pushing the Khurtûm towards a more
Kaitaine, Sel-kai, Namar-Tol, and other trade centers almost aggressie stance. They believe that the Loari should be
simultaneously, each accompanied by a Navigator. There is an punished for their insults of a year ago, and that the Nuyani can
immediate stampede for trading privileges, as the Kuluku have be conquered. The Lankani gear up for war. Phar-Ahnekar
access to many rare herbs and materials from deep in the wants to ally with Ardania in the war but the twins consider
Khûm-kaan jungles. them inferior and unnecessary; they will be conquered later.
Even Ahnekar doubts the wisdom of this attitude.
AUTUMN 6053
• (Nuyan-Khôm) The Hutarn continues to struggle with the
• (Jaiman) Scouts sent into Urulan. Reports come back from the
egotistical Tarns; his political power is tenuous.
south of a desolate wilderness, scattered with overgrown ruins.
A few venturing north return with stories of wild, barbaric • (Námar-tol) The Loari have spies throughout Emer, and they
Elves, others tell of an eerily empty land, bereft of even animal are increasingly concerned about Lankanôk and Ardania. They
life – they reluctantly confess to a strange unease, as if they are continue to build defenses.
being watched by a malevolent force. Other scouts do not
•(Lankanôk) An Ardanian spy infiltrates the Sun priesthood and
return. In fact there are tribes of Erlin who have become
discovers the Heart of Agoth. Sendil finds and slays him before
barbaric, tribal, barely surviving. There is a cult growing in
he can report his find.
the northeast surrounding the worship of a unicorn goddess. .
.Also, Ulya Shek and Jenkyna have unleashed a few of their • (Sel-kai) The Prince is increasingly worried about Lankanôk;
hybrids of humans and demons. with Pochantos gone, the empire is dangerously near his small
realm.
• T’vaar Dekdarion awakens from his coma, thanks to a rare
herb.
• (Jaiman-Rhakhaan)The Count Celindian leaps from the tower
of his villa.
• (Jaiman-Rhakhaan) A Marquess dies under mysterious
circumstances.

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