History
-2.000.000
It is said in the far K’dath-ward, also known as the ‘North’ lies the Cold Waste, and there walk The Elder Tings, and there the Dream and the Earth interlock and it is said that once the Great City Of The Great Ones was founded.
-55.000
Legends had it that Dragons swarmed he Seas and fought great wars and founded many empires over and over.
-31.000
It is said that in ancient times there was a city named Sarnath and it was destroyed, two-headed dragons Dragons ruled there for some time.
-26.000
It is said that the Alfar appeared in the central Dreamlands, having descended of most ancient Divine bloodlines and they were once created by The Great Ones, and the Great ones Made the Dragons and the Dragons in turn commanded the most pure Aureannu and Eldar to emerge from the Stars.
-22.000
(Estimate) Legendary Atlantis is destroyed in the Real World, the carcass of Atlantis descends into the Dream - although many Magi claim that both existed linked in both realms, and when the Atlantis in the Physical world was destroyed and its ruins sank below the waves Atlantis in the Dream fell into Depravity. In this age there were No Humans in the Dream. In this age there were on feral soulless apes. Then Dragons came from the Bulk, and they swarmed the lands and bred humans as food and slaves and quickly humans stood upright and became sentient - and through the portals left of Atlantis these humans swarmed into the Material Earth and made Cities and Structures and Buildings there.
-10.000
Once in the Central Kingdom there were no minds in humanity, all were savage, and then The First Man came among them and humanity begat souls and became knowing. The First Man had before this age separated from The Goddess, and He was bitter and angry. The First man ruled for one generation years and then was betrayed by the tribes and slain he was eaten. Then the 20 Lords of Chaos ate him and they ruled the lands by Magic, each by virtue of the body part they ate. It is said that for many generations men lived by magic, without women, begat offspring by magic, lived as monks, lived bitter and draconic and stern and disciplined and sad and did not understand why. They begat a Kingdom of warriors. They travelled in all directions, and everywhere they found foul tribes of the Lords of Chaos who had spawned misshapen horrors and unclean things of the earth and unnatural horrors and they fought and vanquished them one by one. Then slowly the lands of mankind became an empire and they found scarce scattered women and the Lords of the lands claimed these women as their exclusive domain and as their slaves and common folk did not have women, ever. Yet the children of the Lords grew plentiful and strong and were bred as warriors and these became the Legions. Then this became the Empire. And it was said that any Empire would befall with misfortune and Empires were to always be cursed and to the west was a wise land of peace named Yadaor, and these resisted the Empire and they persisted.
-8000
Then the Empire saw the wisdom of this and it became the first Kingdom and Yadaor became a vassal to the First Kingdom of the Kingdom of Man and it spoke that to the west lay a land of Amazons.
-2300
Daevon transcends to Godhood.
-1900
-820
In ancient Byzanthium is was said, L’gyonather went the round around The Flowery Gardens and sang praises to the Earth. Presumed blooming period of Byzanthium. Byzanthium was said to be a sacred city of Magi, but little is known of this age.
-780
In the Eastern Kingdom it is said there is an evil storm of blue and green and humans wandering east behold it in terror as the storm melts stone, and this is called The Great Devastator, and it is said to wander north and south.
-750
There once was An Old Kingdom, a place of justice and beauty and wisdom and it is said it collapsed by evil deeds.
-300
In ancient times, Alalvar went out into the wild and named things, and he begat order from Chaos, but many are these myths and most these myths were written in books mere centuries ago.
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Rebirth of the Old Kingdom, The Great Peace accord, foundation of the Six Kingdoms.
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- Far from the central Kingdom, halfway from ancient Rinykldissen to Zakarion, there was born in the high mountains in a Citadel wrought by the Atlanteans in ancient times, the heir of Lord Xaviar Draaken, named Marcus Draaken.
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A hellish, titanic war on the plateau of Leng convulses the Northern dreamlands, and sinister effects percolate down as far as where would be the Kingdom.
+520
- Celephais sacked by Marauders
+1920
Certain mercantile interests are fed up with the slow development in the outer region of the Kingdom. They take a relatively minor pedantic deity from the backwater Kingdom and elevate his deity by artificially introducing several .... sacraments into the body metaphysic and “hyper-charging” the religion. This gets out of control step by step. This process is then draped in legend and myth obscured. Not even the upper echelon of the faith have any idea what just happened, only some of the very old crones of the faith recall but they aren’t talking as they greatly personally benefited. The growth of the faith is the first centuries relatively gradual. It benefits the Kingdom greatly ... but then gets out of hand...
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Tariel Silvershield born and is raised by humans.
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Shmee is born in Cheeptu along the brook as daughter of High priestess Boddaphull of the Sacred Cow, but she was promised a Son, so she requests a miracle from the local miracle-worker of Divrith, who changes the gender of Shmee into a male. The latter is not widely known. Shmee is then raised as a Golden Child Of The Sacred Cow, a ritual position associated with Divrith. Pretty soon after birth Shmee is recognized - as is common in his bloodline - as being talented as witch, warlock, wizard, sorceror and mage. Later on he just shrugs and only becomes apprentice to the local magician - only decades later he develops his skills as Wizard.
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Cyryn Mac Eogann born in the Saint Oghma in Dael Dhan commune and recognized as having the double gifts for Wizardy and Sorcery.
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Troy, Master Assassin, half brother of Shmee born in Cheeptu-along-the-brook
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The Dark Elf Snellaerdt born
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- Leonidas I was born
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Cyryn returns to Rinyldissen after having been sent on a mission to slay a Necromancer.
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- End of construction of the Great Arena of Rissen after twelve harrowing years, ordained by Yoric, under the sponsorship by Leonidas.
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- Warwielder slays two barbarian assassins sent by Shmee.
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- Durad refuses Warwielder's proposal, and founds criminal syndicat Tarut.
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- Shmee goes insane from Syphillis.
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- Consistelli slain by Shmee in Hlanith, is reborn in Vulcanus as clone minion of Marcus Draaken.
- The Great Disjunction Hits the Dreamlands and Disrupts most long term spells.
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- Snellardt, Gorloth, Ludus, Eligor - disgusted by the decadence and weakness of the pathetic Kingdom to resist the rising tide of Kothlothl in the east conspire to raise the legions of Hell under the Daimion by sacrificing a virgin. The Daimion is Born a human infant.
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Bannor falls in Targos Castle from the evil magick of The Daimion.
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- Marcus Draaken arrives in Rinyldissen from the far north and and discerns the conspiracy of evil.
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- The Great War Commences
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- Gorloth betrays The Great Daimion...
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- The great Daimion Dragon flees the Kingdom.
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- Leonidas’ armies slays the Great Dragon.Leonidas cursed by the Great Dragon.
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- Leonidas is assassinated by Turgond, and rises as Dark Avatar of Heiegos
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- (Allegedly) - the Arch Magician Shmee is said to have perished by manipulating Poozen, in the annihilation of the town Coobal.
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- Bulin of Wilwood crowned by the amassed speculator guilds as King Bulin the First in "Hang'm Town".
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- Ishtar born in the northern glade of Chintaal province in Darkwood, of the union of Phelishar the Nelra Elf and the glade nymph Subrelda after a long and arduous pregnancy of 10 months.
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- Laena Sunchild awakens as Beastmaster
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- Ishtar the Nelra training finishes as Ait-Khep (Wayfarer, Hunter) to intercept Wood Trolls and receives her ‘paws’. Traveling ‘south’ for reasons not fully understood by the Caene Nelra (later it turnsout because she is a ‘turnblood’ or ‘nymphblood’ she doesn’t receive passage through Wyvanie south and she joins a banner of Ashillas Pilgrims east. Ishtar never develops a particularly strong affinity with the faith, but develops from ‘mere’ Venturer (which is little more than a wayfarer) to a fullblown Ranger traveling along the coast south. A path runs through a mountain pass along Bentinjeri. These are Hobgoblin lands, with savage laws but travel along the major roads is relatively safe and Ashillas is well-respected. What is more, Lord Urlane is a hero in these parts, and has saved Prince Nok of the city of Abaddon. In turn Urlane adopted a local young half Hobgoblin, half human and raised him as his own and named him Richard.
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- Ishtar befriend the young and foolish Harris, former Crusader who lost a leg literally on the way to the crusades between two ships and who realized how horrible a scam the Crusades were. Harris at the time was the heir to Urlane, but in no hurry to return to the Duchy as he loved the pomp at the court of Abaddon. Also Ishtar figured out that Harris was in fact the father of young child Richard (who is raised hurried off by boatsmen to Speculare by then). At the time Ishtar is waifishly thin, almost gaunt, petite, childlike and very shy. Harris acts as mentor, grandiose and egotistical to the “slightly stupid, naive, forest elf” in the brutish city of Abaddon. In reality they barely ever leave the human quarter by the docks - it is not allowed and spend only a few months in the city. Harris with his peg leg and ornate walking stick pointing left and right and explaining civilization. Then they board a ship and sail south. Ishtar disembarks in Welkelor, and Harris sails onwards to Urlane.
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- Ishtar befriends Richard, the Lionfaced Knight of Urlane and apprentices to Dolnar, Court-Wizard of Urlane
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- Ishtar meets Laena Sunchild in the Urlane swamps
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- Ishtar Marries Laena Sunchild
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- In the Great Vulghrabad Moor a small group of adventurers slay a Black dragon hybrid.
- Death of Laena Sunchild at the claws of the Black dragon.
- Instructed by Mellancthe Khannea casts a spell to keep Ishtar from Suicide. From this moment on, Ishtar becomes recursive: always living through that loss, always reliving what she might have done.
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- A griefstricken Ishtar is trained by Karlis the assassin. She apprentices to Karlis the Assassin. Cold, elegant, amoral. Trains her in bladework, shadow-walking, detachment.
- Ishtar begins wearing a moon-tinted veil—a mourning garb enchanted to null emotion, used by Nelra priestesses of the Third Path.
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Ishtar takes "Hevela" into her—a demon curse set by the cultist Spyral. But rather than banish it, she cohabits with it. Two minds in one: her sorrow, and her rage.
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- Valerie Legrange-Metternich born.
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- Charles Metterbich born.
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- Death of King Archibald XI
+3400
- Coronation of King Kryštoph Tancred Tzekhandros Kleisthenes at age 32
+3412, Day 39 -
- Rumors of insurection under Slaroth ★★★im in the far east.
- People preparing for Imbolg are out in the streets.
- Stories of a disease felling coastal fish or making several strains of fish inedible;
- A murderer is afoot who slays children in the city of Dragonrender.
- Kobolds slay a knight in the hills.
- A gang of smugglers is interred in cages overlooking the harbor of Dragonrender, a most cruel death sentence.
- Rumors of a great fire in the city of Dylath Leeen a week ago, a whole city block is reduced to embers.
- A whale beaches on the coastal beaches west of Dragonrender.
- Several hundred soldiers are leaving Dragonrender westward, and are taking many heavy laden carts with them – the local taverns are upset with so many less mouths to feed and less profits. Soldiers are well fed, and very profitable.
- There is rumor of vice and perversion happening in the city of Speculare and priests speak out loud in disgust.
- A cow with two heads is born in the earby provinces several days ago, an ill omen.
- A local roadside temple is overflowing with maggots – an ill omen.
- Stories arrive of the opera The Grande Bouffe in the capital city and everyone wants to hear the bawdy songs and gossip of the main characters. One of the characters is a man taking the role of a woman, which is just scandalous.
- Stories tell of Catharyna of Swella, a very famous local noble woman of great beauty is said to be wedding lord Louis Catakan, heir of of Great Duchy Benthusia in the summer. Rejoice!
3412, Day 40
- Celebrations occur to pay homage to the second heir of the family everywhere.
- As is normal, fish is prepared on this holiday and celebrations, though modest, are pleasant. Commoners eat fish, there is a fight at the market.
- Monks on a large pilgrimage enter the city of Dragonrender.
- Very exotic strangers from very far west take up residence in the Golden Dragon Inn in Dragonrender.
- A valuable gem is lost from a ring close to the east gate and a reward is offered.
- There is a protest by citizens against ongoing attempts to create a temple of Alalvar in the inner city.
- A large magazin along the harbor collapses of rot, several day-labourers are killed.
- Militiaman celebrate Niendal by having deer for dinner.
- Girls offer flowers to soldiers stationed in terns outside the city and there are “improprieties”. One girl is molested by a humanoid legionaire.
- There is some minor panic as late at night someone lights fireworks along the castle. Dogs keep howling for hours at night in the inner city.
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“Now”