Nikink/TimeLineOfCreation

Timeline of Creation

As accurate as can be gleaned by browsing through the various 2e books

Timeline of the Second Age

• -1:
  • The Seventh Legion of the Shogun, controlled by the Daimyo of Deheleshen, arrives at his city, leveled by the Fair Folk.
  • The Seventh Legion of the Shogun builds an encampment at Deheleshen
• 1:
  • The end of the Great Contagion
  • A young Dragon-Blooded soldier gains control of the Sword of Creation.
  • The Destruction of the Fair Folk Armies ends the invasion.
  • The Annihilation of the Seven Tigers
  • The Founding of the Realm
• 3:
  • Imperial City construction begins
• 12:
  • Founding of the All-Seeing Eye by the Scarlet Empress
• 18:
  • Founding of the First ministries and magistrates in the Realm
• 20:
  • The Seventh Legion founds the city of Lookshy on the ruins of Deheleshen, as civilian settlements spring up among the ruins.
• 40:
  • The Realm Legions are re-established.
• 44:
  • The Empress’s consort Jeresh assassinated by a lovesick suitor
• 45:
  • Emissaries of the Empress arrive at several city-stats demanding Oaths of fealty. Some sign on, others, like Lookshy, refuse.
  • Threats compel more city-states to sign on.
• 47:
  • First Assault on the River Province by the Realm. Based in coastal cities, elements of the Fourth legion begin a systematic campaign of conquest, bypassing Lookshy.
  • Scattered resistance intensifies. Soon the Realm can control only what it can see.
• 52:
  • The Council of Entities take control of Nexus
• 57:
  • The Realm invades the Scavenger lands and faces fierce guerrilla resistance.
• 68: (not really sure of this date - un-canonical)
  • Imperial Forces withdraw from the Scavenger Lands after increasing losses with guerrilla warriors.
• 68:
  • Cevis Ghandarva and his followers leave the Blessed Isle.
  • Peace of Song Forgotten discovers The Pool of the Forest Witches
• 69:
  • Brem Marst, who will found the Guild, born in a Kingdom that will one day be part of Great Forks.
• 71:
  • Oreithyia falls in love with Valentin.
• 72:
  • Ghandarva betrays Samathi Anja in exchange for Domnica’s mantle.
• 75:
  • Second Invasion of the Scavenger Lands, this time with four Legions. Resistance is fierce but disorganised.
  • Lookshy is besieged
  • Nexus is occupied
  • The Emissary of Nexus decrees all realm forces withdraw because only the council can maintain an army in Nexus. The Realm refuses, killing two Councillors. Within a week, all officers above the rank of Talenlord are slain. Realm forces accept exile and leave.
• 76:
  • Seventh Legion Troops use First Age Weapons against the Legions of the Realm. Legion is destroyed by the weapon and subsequent sally.
  • Seventh Legion Troops endure forced march to location where Great Forks now stands. Destroys The Fourth Legion.
  • Imperial Forces withdraw from the Scavenger Lands again.
• 83:
  • Realm ships engage in unofficial and allegedly unsanctioned attacks on merchant ships from The Scavenger Lands.
  • Several states issue Letters of Marque against Realm ships and begin building navies.
• 88:
  • Realm’s Last full Invasion of the Scavenger Lands, with seven full Legions and allied Legions, including The Empress’s own Guard.
  • Realm Legions are pushed back with great difficulty, Lookshy’s forces are scattered, but forces from Melehvil and Nathir keep Realm forces pinned down while guerrilla forces attack.
  • Brem Marst, unable to return home, stays with Counters at The Lap
• 89:
  • General Vondy Beulen defects from The Realm to Lookshy
  • The Empress’s Own Guard destroyed at Melehvil.
  • Marst returns home with new system for governing large scale trading operations.
• 95: The free cities of the River Province, including Lookshy, Nexus, Sijan, and over a dozen others, form a coalition called the League of Many Rivers.²Marst expands trading opportunities.
• 99: With Merchants from all directions but Center, Marst forms The Guild
• 103: Founding of the Deliberative
• 104: Coastal states begin to petition to join the League of Many Rivers, with Guild support.
• 109: Coastal states allowed to join the League of Many Rivers²The Realm protests the states joining the League of Many Rivers. They are met with derision.
• 114: Assassination Attempt on the Empress²Empress founds the policy of the Thousand Mazy Paths²Empress marries Rawar of Arjuf
• 117: Guild allies with Council of Entities in Nexus and moves HQ there.²First Guild Directorate codified and established.
• 130: Birth of Manosque, Great House Founder
• 137: Ghandarva’s followers become bandits, at the request of Evelina the dead.²Forest Witch’s manse open to outsiders.
• 139: Birth of Ragara, Great House Founder
• 144: Forest Witch’s Manse destroyed by internal conflict.
• 145: Valentin killed.²Ghandarva bargains with Oreithyia
• 146: Bagrash Köl uses the Eye of Autochthon to found a great kingdom in the north that surpasses the Realm²The Guild allies with Bagrash Köl
• 157: Aroyou The-Warrior-Of-The-Pale-Sky born.
• 172: Aroyou The-Warrior-Of-The-Pale-Sky Exalts.
• 174: Nine Duchies Banner is raised in the Northwest across the sea from the Realm²The Guild allies with Nine Duchies Banner²Marst visits Bagrash Köl’s Kingdom²Three Legions are sent to crush the Nine Duchies Banner²Guild quietly begins moving personnel and supplies from Bagrash Köl’s Kingdom
• 176: Bagrash Köl destroyed by the Eye of Autochthon
• 179: Brem Marst dies
• 202: The Thousand Scales reaches its current form
• 211: The Delzahn Horde conquers Chiaroscuro²The Delzahn Horde offers Fealty to the Realm
• 212: The Mandala Guard established among the Forest Witches
• 223: The relationship is established between the Realm and all states along the Inner Sea and some well into the Threshold.
• 227: Nellons taken as consort by the Empress
• 231: Birth of Sesus, Great House Founder
• 235: Birth of Ledaal, Great House Founder
• 244: Viridian Manosque uses the Eye of Autochthon to attempt to stage a coup.²Viridian Manosque destroyed by the Realm’s defenses²House Manosque put to the sword
• 261: Nellons dies
• 263: Tensions rise between Laris and Velen districts in the Scavenger Lands over disputes dating to the First Age.
• 265: Velen district forces seize control of some irrigation and viaduct pumping stations along Sandy River and destroying others.²Laris forces wreck dikes at Lowground and Sutter’s Marsh, destroying those cities.²War between Laris and Velen districts begin.
• 278: Refugees, with their Gods, meet near the Rolling and Yellow Rivers.²Great Forks formed.
• 281: Haltans make compact with The Fair Folk
• 286: Ghandarva reborn as Ledaal Demyen
• 299: Trae Leng’s revolt in the Realm
• 301: House Iselsi sponsors semi-official expedition into the Scavenger Lands²Ghandarva returns to Forest Witches with Blood and Spear Sutras²House Iselsi’s expedition fails spectacularly.²Company of Thrones formed among Forest Witches
• 303: House Iselsi attempts coup after unsuccessful adventure.²House Iselsi’s coup is crushed out of hand²House Iselsi stripped of most of their possessions and made servants of the Throne.
• 318: Linowan begin their attempt to conquer Halta in earnest
• 326: Vengeful Harvest Uprising in the Realm
• 335: First Guild office on the Blessed Isle established at Chanos.
• 362: Tepet taken as consort by the Empress²Blood on the Horn born in Harborhead
• 364: Barbarian incursions along the northern coast of the Inner Sea repulsed by the Gleaming Fang Legion (formerly the 11th)
• 369: Birth of Mnemon, Great House Founder
• 370: Rawar dies
• 371: Tepet vanishes²Lord’s Crossing becomes first Blessed Isle Guild hub
• 385: Blood on the Horn conquers costal Harborhead
• 392: Fane of Upswept Horns restored in Harborhead
• 393: Tariffs begin being levied against Guild Merchants traveling on the Blessed Isle. Tariff is from House Tepet, on wagon wheels, even when attached to Wagons.
• 416: Guild boycotts trade with the Blessed Isle²Trade War between Guild and Realm begins²The Realm attacks Harborhead
• 418: Trade War ends, as each side recognizes futility of continued hostilities²Two-century tariff on Guild trade items begins²No Longer Guild Hubs on Blessed Isle, all business goes through Cherek
• 422: Elevation of House Nellons²Blood on the Horn killed²Harborhead falls to the Realm
• 433: Fire seen in sky over Imperial Mountain²Mountain people send emissaries to Empress, return fewer but with great gifts.
• 435: Arczeckhi Horde invades the South, ravaging several cities in the Hundred Kingdoms.²Arczeckhi Horde turned back by Hundred Kingdoms Mercenaries and Lookshy regulars. Guild provides substantial help.
• 465: Unbroken Rushes Rebellion in the Realm
• 474: First major rebellion in Harborhead begins (and ends)
• 534: Ragara Jinel (the Elder) born.
• 535: A second rebellion in Harborhead begins over a slain cleric
• 547: Fair Folk attack the Hundred Kingdoms. Guild provides support.
• 550: Second rebellion in Harborhead ends with the Realm in control.
• 557: Fair Folk driven back from Hundred Kingdoms²Guild establishes trade ties with many, and is scandalized for it.
• 550: Treaties renegotiated with Chiaroscuro and other major cities and the Realm to reduce tariffs.
• 557: Representatives from the Scavenger Lands major cities renegotiate new, stronger Treaty called The Confederation of Rivers.
• 563: Ghandarva reborn as God-Blooded son of Spinner of Glorious Tales from Great Forks
• 564: Proseria delivers The Blessing of Awakening.²The Company of Messengers formed among the Forest Witches²The Table of Fiends is formed among the Forest Witches²The tax of Fading Embers levied among the Forest Witches
• 578: Realm goes to war with Anathema Jochim
• 585: War with Jochim ends with Jochim slain by Tepet Arada “The Wind Dancer”²Ghandarva returns to Forest Witches again
• 591: Ragara’s Widow’s Uprising in the Realm.
• 615: several officers of the Seventh Legion killed by a First Age Weapon at Gunzota redoubt
• 635: Wondrous-Light born.
• 659: Wondrous-Light Exalts.
• 684: Ragara Jinel the Elder slays an Anathema near Marukan.
• 686: Sacrifice War in Harborhead. Realm puts down another rebellion
• 688: The Black Scale Embassy Established among the Forest Witches
• 707: Blooded Scythe Uprising in the Realm
• 727: Unrelenting-Storm born.
• 742: Ragara Pakaya born.
• 744: V'neef Aron born.
• 746: Tepet Berel Akina born.
• 747: Ragara Jinel born.
• 748: Autocrat of Thorns dies.²Empress supports succession of Autocrat of Thorn’s second son in exchange for a promise to attack the Scavenger Lands.²Realm sends Dragon-Blooded “advisers” to help him seize power from his Elder Brother, then legitimizes usurper. More “advisory” forces and First Age Weapons sent to “help” new Autocrat.²Guild attempts to forestall war, fails.²Ledaal Ameil born.
• 749: Jocelyn born within Albin'Shar while it is still stuck in a Wyld patch.
• 750: Aoshi is born.
• 752: The forces of Thorns are mauled, their forces unused to war compared to their opponents.²The Realm is forced to put more and more money into helping Thorns.²Mettan'Aku is born
• 754: Battle of Mishaka, Armies of Thorns annihilated. Great Forks forces crushed.²Popular opinion turns against new Autocrat, civil war begins.
• 754: Unrelenting-Storm Exalts and is apprenticed to ???
• 756: Terek Amiku born.
• 761: The Bull of the North sends forces to attack Rokan-jin and Talinin Tribes south of the Linowan.²Ragara Jinel Exalts.
• 762: The Bull of the North sends the Sorceress Samea to assist his forces against the Rokan-Jin and Talinin Tribes.²Open warfare erupts between Icewalkers and Rokan-jin and Talinin Tribes.
• 763: The Solar Exalted begin to return en masse²The Linowan request aid from the Realm against the Icewalkers²The Abyssal Exalted begin to appear en masse²The Tepet Legions join up with the Linowan Forces²The Empress Vanishes²Guild works to counter attempts to keep vanishing secret.²The Bull of the North joins his forces
• 764: The Battle of Krellin Ford: Four Dragons of the Tepet Forces defeats Five dragons under the Dragon-Blooded Mors Ialden and force them to retreat.²Council of the Empty Throne in the Realm²The Bull of the North’s Forces under Mors Ialden are backed up by Samea and two Dragons and devastate the pursuing Tepet Legions.²The Deathlord Mask of Winters attacks and sacks Thorns²The Battle of Ironthorn Forest: Half the Tepet Legions attack and wound Samea, forcing a retreat. The Bull of the North slays seven Immaculates, and his summoned creatures destroy five Warstriders²The Battle of Fallen Lapis: Two Bronze Faction Sidereals destroy the allied city of Fallen Lapis, slaying all inhabitants. The Bull of the North and Samea slay one Sidereal and devastate their forces.²Tepet Arada, “The Wind Dancer”, orders a retreat to Greyfalls.²The Battle of Futile Blood: the Bull of the North’s Forces destroys the remainder of the Tepet Legions.
• 765: Terek Amiku Exalts and later, kills her first victim.
• 766: Former Leopard of Harborhead killed along with her family, new one installed.
• 767: Fearful-Journeys-With-Taint Exalts and quickly insinuates himself into the courts of the South at his Liege's behest.
• Calibration 767-768: Mettan'Aku Exalts.
• 768: Present Day in Canon. Albin'Shar stabilized and fixed to a spot in creation near the Hundred Kingdoms by a circle of Solars. Jocelyn Exalts in Albin'Shar as a direct result of the energies created in the ritual to fix it to creation. Karess Exalts. Prince Till dies. Terek Amiku dies. Aoshi Exalts and is assigned to Kenish-Of-Fleeting-Dreams as a student. Tepet Berel Akina sent on a Wyld Hunt where he meets Ledaal Ameil. Soulban dies of poisoning.
• 769: Tepet Berel Akina's daughter born to Ledaal Ameil.
• 770: Fearful-Journeys-With-Taint dies.