Timeline
Pre 0 Unorganised bands of humans roam the lands, warring amongst themselves.
0 Kingdom united under King Ulric I after seven years of war amongst various factions,
kingdom law imposed, relations with the states of Kien and T'hes established.
1 Peace declared between the Great Empire of the Desert and the Kingdom after six months
of negotiation; both sides recognising each others laws within their territories.
7 Trade and peace agreements made between the kingdom and the various Elvish kingdoms.
15 Dwarvish kingdom amalgamated under kingdom law after the Dwarven nation receives aid against the
gnomes from kingdom troops.
430 The Elven nation in region of the peaks suddenly severs all links with the kingdom and declares war.
Six months of bitter warfare takes place in this region, kingdom forces being pushed back beyond the
peaks. Their actions are condoned by all other Elven nations, the elves in these woods are
hereafter known as 'Dark Elves'.
743 Remarkable quiet reported by the Fellowship of the Essence on the Isle of the Lizards; all
infighting amongst the factions ceasing.
744 Invasion army from the Isle of Lizards amasses, invasion however fails to arrive as the factions
being fighting amongst themselves again.
976 Pharaoh Isisah IX declares war on the kingdom; eight years of bloody war erupts between the Kingdom
and the Great Empire of the Desert.
980 A great comet passes through the sky and lingers in the sky for six weeks, astrologers predict it
is an omen of doom for the future; the omen however being vague as ever.
984 Pharaoh Isiah IX dies amidst mysterious circumstances, his Son Pharaoh Raifor I declares an end to
all hostilities and the Great Empire of the Desert withdraws to its previous borders.
1210 Prophet Jithan Lat of Chunan declares, amongst other things, a great disaster to be visited on the
Island of T'hes. The Prophet is sentenced to death for various infractions of Law but escapes to
the desert.
1695 Kharl Jonlan, famous paladin of Icha born.
1710 A massive earthquake erupts around the capital city of T'hes; one quarter of the island sinks
beneath the waves; a state of emergency is declared, the island is abandoned; the populace fleeing
to either the Elven isles, Kien or the kingdom.
1713 "The scourge"; Dwarven efforts against the Gnomish nation reaches new heights; the gnomes being
pushed back into the bowels of the earth with the aid of the kingdom and the hero, Kharl Jonlan.
1715 The Dwarves recapture their territory from the Gnomes by collapsing huge sections of tunnels in the
mines and attacking in the confusion. Kingdom, Dwarven and Gnomish casualties are horrendous.
1732 Kharl Jonlan and companions enter the peaks in an attempt to slay the great wyrm Aandaron.
1857 The coldest winter in recorded kingdom history, although the elves report that their have been
incidents similar to this in ages past. In the height of the winter over 300 frenzied ice trolls
descended from the peaks to attack Lan, the weather ignoring all attempts, magical or otherwise
to change. The trolls reaching a scant mile from the ill-prepared cities defences before the weather
finally broke leaving them as ice statues in the village of Saidal, deserted to this very day.
1862 A large army of warriors appears in the south of the kingdom near Tinco, brought from another plane
by a magical gate; the army known as "The New Republic" sweeps a pitiful kingdom defence away in a
matter of months and pushes back all kingdom and allied defences to the gates of Ardmay.
1863 The first siege of Ardmay, The New Republic attempts to take the heavily fortified city with the aid
of a new breed of demons dubbed 'changelings'; the siege of the city is finally broken after six
months of fighting.
1864 The Island of Talnis is rocked by a massive explosion, source unknown. Spellusers of all types
report difficulties in spellcasting for several weeks after this incident. The explosion appeared
to originate from the City of Skylask, later found to be utterly devastated.
1867 The second siege of Ardmay; power of the changeling beasts is broken after the revelation that in
the spell of creation for these beasts can be broken by contact with bronze.
1868 Kharl Jonlan rescued from a state of suspended animation by 'the unknowns'; a triad of adventurers
hired by the Duke of Lan in an effort to recover some evidence of his demise. In a swift series of
combats against the republic over a period of five months The New Republic is pushed back to their
gate and repelled from the kingdom. The fellowship of the Essence are rumoured
to be blocking any efforts by the Republic to return. (
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