Timeline

This is a timeline of important events in Arridan. The way it works is that the start of the PnP is year 0, and events before that are dated negatively. Also noted are the ones an event affects and the event itself.

Non-canon example: -10,000; Superold Tribe; a freak wave strikes and wipes out the perhaps oldest sentient settlement in Arridan.

The events are listed with the oldest on top.

Factions are color coded as follows:
Dgun Kha Mi Dmangs (Alex) The Tribe (Frederik) The People (Magnus) The Saranar Empire (Jonas) Thalasseus (Viktor) Principality of Knochenmark (Anders) Auskeras (Florence) Republic of Larranda (Peter) Xian (Edin) Sān hé huì (Mathias) Nüüdelchid Ogre Hordes (Christian) Larahcnar Bomzha Dereva (Frederik) Kingdom of Qestrya (Lasse) Free States of Gorber (Lasse) The Myouin Matriarchy of Guyhács-Myouyama (Johan) Dvergrheim (Laurits) The Pit (Jim) The Calamity from the Star (Lasse) Nostque (Niclas) Klef Hjammas Erethar (Rasmus)

-7000 to -6001
-Approx 7000, the People: the People are given divine blood by The First God, and promptly conqour The First City, embarking on a century-long campaign against the dominant lizardmen, establishing the First Empire in the progress

-6130, The People: The battle of Night's End. The last major engagement between The First Empire and Lizardmen; also the last reported slaying of dragons.

-6130 to Approx 5000, The People: The golden age of the people. During this time, The Empire rules the majority of the world fairly and justly, and many incredible advances are made in magic, philosophy, science, art, architecture and theology. Among these advances are the techniques and spiritual practices that would later become the Kabbalah

-6000 to -5001
-Approx 5500, Dvergrheim: Old Dvergrheim is cast into a chaotic age of spiritual confusion and depression, when the North suddenly ceases to speak to their priests.

-5000 to -4001
-Approx 5000, The people: The start of the corruption of the people. At this point, they begin stagnating and the excess and sinful decadence of the imperial family begins to build. Though the strong blood-link to The First God, their sins and decadence transmit to their god, driving him slowly mad over the millenia.

-4012, The People: A scholar of the empire, known only as The First Mekubal, notices the signs of their god's madness and his plan to destroy the world. In a desperate attempt to save the world, he and a group of scholar-magicians infiltrate the castle and overpower the imperial family, slaying almost all of them in the largest, bloodiest ritual in the history of the world, killing not just the imperial family, but the First God as well.

-4012, The People: With the death of their god, plagues, ill fortune, natural disaster, rebellion and stillbirths plauge the people, and The First Empire falls, its borders quickly diminishing to the First City. Many of its old territories fall into internal strife given their new and sudden independence.

-4011 (Spring Equinox), The People: One of the largest magical workings in all of history, as the people all sacrifice blood (and many sacrifice their life), fueling the creation of a new god, as the scholar who had masterminded the death of the old god becomes the first to attain all sephiroth of the kabbalah, which is created by the same working. Though him, the god of the people cure the plauges that ravaged their people, grant freedom to the rebels, and forstall natural disasters. He also reorganizes the people under the leadership of him and his mekubal.

-4010, Thalasseus: As the natural disasters cease, people start directing their focus on the political vacuum and infighting follows. The first Lizard-man cults are formed and mobs begin to lynch officials and loyalists to the First Empire.

-4007, Thalasseus: The last ships leave the waters of the island for one and a half thousand years, as the remaining loyalists lead an exodus eastward.

-4000 to -3001
-Approx 4000, Dvergrheim: With the fall of The First Empire, various dvergr tribes leave the far north to find a solution for their diminishing population. They settle in the north-east.

-3844, Knochenmark, pre-founding: The deceased son of the Imperial family of the People returns from death with an army of walking dead. Though plague and famine follow in their wake, the divine power of the People banishes the son and lay the dead to rest in what later becomes Knochenmark.

-3831, Gyuhács Islands: Earliest known independent Myouin civilization as the first tribes begin to found proper towns in the wake of attempting to master a society of their own after the collapse of the structure brought by the Empire.

-3803, Knochenmark: The traveling scientist and inventor Morcai and an unknown adviser founds the Kingdom of Knochenmark in the ruins of the People's empire. The Blood Laws are created.

-3776, Gyuhács Islands: The year set in Myouin annals as the founding of their royal dynasty. Actual year is disputed by foreign historians.

-3744, Knochenmark: The first King of Knochenmark dies, leaving many creations unfinished. His heirs take a liking to war and expands the kingdom beyond Morcaistadt.

-3519, Knochenmark: The most intelligent people of Knochenmark is brought together to finish what little remains of King Morcai's great plans. The Laws of Life are created.

-3460, the Gyuhács-Myouyama Archipelago: Around 300 small tribal city-states have established themselves, fighting within each other to establish a singular, supreme ruler.

-3124, The Celestial Empire: the Celestial Empire was founded when the first Dynasty (the Lin) were given the Divine Mandate by the Jade-Emperor.

-3095, Knochenmark: The first attempt at mass production fails. Several inventors seeking to improve the living standard in Knochenmark dies as a cable snaps and lash them to pieces.

-3056, Knochenmark: Mass production succeeds and black clouds of industry hangs over the country. Sickness spreads as lungs fill with metal dust and workers die from overexertion. Medicine is made a number one priority, but it does nothing.

-3000 to -2001
-2807, The Celestial Empire: the Lin lose the Divine Mandate, starting the First Interregnum in the Celestial Empire, ten years of civil war.

-2797, The Celestial Empire: the great general and statesman Han-Wei from the state of Guo conquers the states of Shai and Guan in the Celestial Empire, proclaiming himself Emperor Han Zu-Wei I of the Han Dynasty.

-2704, Knochenmark: Neighboring provinces are emptied of people. The Knochenmarkians fear for their lives and call to foreign gods for help. The Laws of Solidarity are created. Research suggests that medicine might not be the solution to Knochenmark's problems.

-2487, Thalasseus: Ships sail north to find mercenaries for some of the city-states on Thalasseus. However, many of the vessels never return, their whereabouts unknown to this day.

-2487, Dvergrheim: Thalassian ships arrive in Dvergrheim, and are welcommed and integrated into dvergr society, along with their naval technologies. With their newly acquired concept of ships, combined with their own magickal runes, Dvergrheim is transformed into a threathening seafaring nation.

-2188, Gyuhács-Myouyama: The Myouin people and their two island chains are united under the matriarch Piróg-Nekoko XVII of the Kunispansz-Motoyo dynasty, the first Night Princess of the Matriarchy.

-2000 to -1001
-2000, Knochenmark: King Faius the Coward breaks the Laws of Solidarity, contacting foreign nations in matters of peace. Foreign research suggest that metal dust in lungs is lethal. The factories shut down only to reopen without the black smoke. King Faius is renamed Faius the Cunning.

-1902, The Celestial Empire: the Han Dynasty falls in the Celestial Empire, giving way to Xi Dynasty.

-1304, The Celestial Empire: the Xi Dynasty falls in the Celestial Empire, giving way to the Second Interregnum.

-1301, The Celestial Empire: the Second Interregnum ends in the Celestial Empire, giving way to the Xin Dynasty.

-1249, Knochenmark: The peasantry rebel, but is ruthlessly crushed as a privateer sells the service of his work'jack for combat purposes. The Blood Laws are updated to hinder rebellion.

-1245, Knochenmark: Borders expand with the help of new war machines. A couple of 'jacks escape into the wild in frenzy. Artificial Intelligence in 'jacks is temporary removed, but returned as the 'jacks lose efficiency. The Blood Law accept 'jacks as people of the lower class.

-1000 to 0
-815, The Celestial Empire: the Xin Dynasty falls to tribal incursions by the nomadic Zin people in the Celestial Empire, who soon establish the Zin Dynasty in their place.

-495, Thalasseus: Thalasseus ends nearly three and a half millennia of internal conflict and is united under Kléosander. The name of the island becomes synonymous with that of the nation - and its capital.

-473, Thalasseus: At the age of 63, Kléosander draws his last breath in bed. Following this, the first ruler Herákilos is elected by the decrees of Kléosander.

-401, Thalasseus: The first non-human ruler of Thalasseus, the Minotaur Archimádes, is elected.

-229, Thalasseus: Following the election of ruler Périka II, a large-scale trade fleet begins construction. Intending to make the nation internationally known, Périka uses many resources on this endeavour and she is one of thefew rulers who stays in power until she dies of old age.

-129, The Celestial Empire: the Zin are finally driven from power by the Xian Dynasty in the Celestial Empire.

-25, Knochenmark: Civil war erupts, all trade halts and all connections with foreign countries are cut off. The Amaranth Prince is born.

-11, Knochenmark: Trade is resumed as Knochenmark runs out of food. Large sums of gold are paid to allies to keep trade flowing as the civil war continues.

-7, Dgun Kha Sa Cha: Karma Dalai becomes the learned master, and begins closing down the countries borders.

-1, Knochenmark: The Amaranth Prince becomes ruler of the Principality of Knochenmark. He executes almost the entire noble class in response to the civil war they started when he was born.