Falaricae History and Timeline
 
 Relevant notes: Anf. refers to the Anfalae calendar established by the convocation of Hollander. This was the first attempted method of large-scale timekeeping, but remained confined to Ilfas Vale. The Anfalae calendar is dated as beginning when Anfala the Starry Messenger first set foot in Ilfas Vale, with dates before this date being marked with negative signs (mathematics being already advanced to the point where the Anfalae understood negative numbers). Ed. abbreviates the Edunian standard calendar, which officially began on the day when Dunas the Conqueror was coronated at Evenstar castle. Imposed upon conquered nations, it soon became the standard method of record throughout the wide Edunian empire. After the destruction of the Edunian empire, Falacaerr did not possess a standard calendar again for hundreds of years until the renowned Council astronomer and mathematician Simon Everett proposed a carefully calculated new calendar at the Chak Exhibition. This new calendar is abbreviated Ev., but it was further proposed to back-date the calendar's beginning to the sounding of the Horn of Zeanir. Based on the painstaking observations of the Council observatory, the Everett calendar is much more accurate than either the Anfalae or the Edunian calendars, requiring only one minute of correction every 1600 years.
 
 It is also of note that Falacaerr, having three moons of varying closeness, size, influence, and procession, has never adopted a lunar calendar in great part. Such a calendar would be necessarily far more complex than the universal solar calendar, so the solar calendar is favored even amongst the cultures which keep an auxiliary lunar calendar (such as the Moon elves of Norwood, whose lunar calendar is based entirely upon the pearl moon and refuse to acknowledge the other two moons). In place of months, seasons have been satisfactory to regulate the divisions within a year, as the axial tilt of Falacaerr is somewhat greater (28.8 degrees) than that of Earth, which leads to a greater variation between the seasons. Dates marked with a question mark are not established for certain, with the greater number of question marks denoting the greater margin of uncertainty.
 
???? - Dawn of time.
 
-10000?? Anf. - Zeanir, god of chaos, defeats the malignant god Erema and entombs his broken body beneath the Sunbirth Mountains.
 
-4000-3000?? Anf. - Elven civil wars. Exile elves migrate to the Norwood after extensive wandering. Elves first meet the humans.
 
-2500-2000? Anf. - Lian settle into Ilfas Vale, gradually populating the fertile valley.
 
-1800-1400?? Anf. - Dwarves settle beneath the Sunbirth Mountains to exploit the rich mining nodes found therein. The Dwarves also meet the Elves at this time, and the humans through the Elves.
 
-900-600?? Anf. - Dwarves encounter the goblin warrens beneath the Sunbirth mountains, leading to the first large scale war between the Dwarves and the goblins. No records remain.
 
-750-400?? Anf. - Exile Elves and humans go to war in the Norwood. The humans, reproducing far more quickly than the Elves, soon have an insurmountable numerical advantage and besiege Marawen for hundreds of years. But the Elves are delivered by divine gifts granted by the moon goddess Ivina in their last desperation. In return, she demands their obedience in perpetuity and the subjugation of the males of their race, shaping them into the twisted moon Elves.
 
-350-100?? Anf. - The Gold Elves of Ilyn Forest encounter the reclusive fairy folk. No lasting relation forms, as the fairies are content to remain secluded in their otherworldly vales.
 
0 Anf. - Anfala the Starry Messenger arrives in Ilfas Valley, as the orcs and the goblins are on the verge of meeting the Lian.
 
0-40 Anf. - Impressed by the determination of the Lian, Anfala spends the next forty years carefully teaching and mothering them. By the time that she returns to the heavens, the Starry Messenger leaves behind a numerous and well-educated populace knowledgeable and exercised in the arts of government, agriculture, mathematics, writing, engineering, thaumaturgy, husbandry, crafting, and military science.
 
40 Anf. - Anfala crowns King Sardian Khartanos I as first ruler of the Lian, making the Anfalae the only people in history to have a royal family which ruled by "divine anointing." By law, the crown passes to the eldest child born in wedlock.
 
58-62 Anf. - Lian skirmishes repel the superstitious Orcs. For the next thousand years, the Orcs revere Ilfas Vale as a sacred, forbidden place.
 
60 Anf. - Princess Angelin Khartanos establishes the Maidenpool as a retreat for royal girls.
 
73 Anf. - Lian first begin to domesticate pigeons for flight. Over the succeeding hundreds of years, the pigeoncotes of Ilfas breed some of the finest families of flying pigeons known to the Lian.
 
82 Anf. - First public Lian bank established by royal decree.
 
90-262 Anf. - Lian/Goblin wars, bloody on both sides but ending in a decisive victory for the Lian when the goblin tunnels are collapsed, dooming most of the goblins. The goblins never recover their former strength after this defeat.
 
112 Anf. - The Lian discover how to work iron in addition to bronze and aluminum.
 
145-180 Anf. - The Lian build Evenstar castle as a sanctuary for their people during the goblin wars. Eventually the throne is relocated to the castle, which becomes the permanent fortified residence of the Khartanos bloodline.
 
167 Anf. - With a grant from the crown, Myrrdin Ongalus establishes the Anfalae Institute of Thaumaturgic Studies and presides as the first Rex Magus of the magic institute.
 
180? Anf. - The Gold elves of Ilyn forest discover pressed ink, leading directly to the crystallization of Elven writing.
 
214 Anf. - King Devlin I of Anfalas grants a charter establishing an order for "pigeon riders of the highest caliber," an institution which will eventually grow to become the Royal Anfalae Knighthood.
 
216 Anf. - Jonathan Johnson born, the famous Lian composer and the first organizer of orchestras. Due in no small part to his musical contributions, the musical standard of performers rises significantly.
 
227 Anf. - King Cornwall I marries the celebrated Selene Eudoxia, "a common woman of the lowest birth but possessing unsurpassed beauty, wisdom, learning, and graciousness."
 
252 Anf. - Queen Alexia the Great coronated at the age of 22. The queen immediately mobilizes all of the Lian for total war upon the goblins. Led by general Napolian, this policy serves to swiftly bring closure to the Lian/Goblin wars within the next ten years.
 
264 Anf. - Convocation of Hollander. At this often heated conference, the Lian establish a standard calendar, system of weights and measurements, monetary standard, and judicial structure for themselves.
 
266 Anf. - Bruce Lian born, a great teacher and practitioner of the martial arts who popularizes its teaching in elementary education as a method of exercise.
 
281 Anf. - Renowned artist Trina Verrin born, a pioneer of highly realistic paintings who elucidates the importance of perspective and anatomy. Under her guidance, Falaricae oil paintings enter a golden age.
 
289 Anf. - Queen Alexia the Great passes away, deeply mourned by the Anfalae. Her second child ascends the throne as King Willett I after Crown Princess Alessia abdicates voluntarily.
 
301 Anf. - Teleneva meteor shower. The Lian excavate moonstone and meteoric iron from the meteorites which fall, and as a direct consequence their knowledge of magic and alchemy expands as they experiment with these curious new materials.
 
310 Anf. - Lian tailors discover and rapidly learn how to work silk.
 
320 Anf. - Lian explorers reach the Sunbirth mountains, but are turned back.
 
329-343 Anf. - The renowned Lian explorer Sir David Finglas sets out on an expedition to map the Abydor Woods, returning only fourteen years later with more than three fourths of the expedition lost.
 
334 Anf. - Prince Hamling attempts, unsuccessfully, to establish diplomatic relations with the Orcs.
 
338-339 Anf. - The Mad King's reign. King Geraint I ascends the throne of Anfalas and proves himself cruel, tyrannical, lecherous, and base, after dishonorably assassinating his brothers.
 
339 Anf. - Lord Chancellor Rowling immures the Mad King in Evenstar Castle, declares him deposed, and installs King Geraint's infant son Prince Vardain as king of Anfalas. The chancellor himself rules as regent until the king's fourteenth birthday.
 
340 Anf. - Lian engineers invent the printing press.
 
351 Anf. - The "Anfalae Times", a regular newspaper, established after the Thayer process allows for the mass production of ink.
 
355-359? Anf. - The Dwarves and the Gold Elves of Ilyn Forest swear "to be friends and allies in peace and in war forever," a pact which both will betray once.
 
355 Anf. - Admiral Cairwen successfully navigates the Sea of Fuln with a small Anfalae flotilla.
 
358 Anf. - Admiral Cairwen attempts to explore the shoreline by sailing the Kalaram Ocean. After initial success following the swamps of Um'buru, she is never heard from again. The Lian turn their back upon water exploration following her loss.
 
360 Anf. - Amelian Earhart becomes the first pigeon rider to successfully cross the Sunbirth Mountains and explores the area around Lake Patos.
 
399 Anf. - King Uamun I ascends the Anfalae throne, heralding a new age of learning. Under his reign, the Anfalae make tremendous advances in the arts, sciences, and philosophies.
 
402 Anf. - The great library at Hollander established. Over the centuries, this edifice will become one of the greatest academic centers in the entire world.
 
410 Anf. - Archmage Monticus discovers the arcane imbuement process which now bears his name. Overnight, orichalcum becomes immensely valuable for its powerful magical affinity.
 
412 Anf. - Dame Wendala's expedition. She leads a team of surveyors past the Sunbirth mountains in order to scry the new lands and determine if they are suitable for habitation. Elven records suggest that the expedition eventually settled with the Gold Elves in Ilyn Forest, but by 700 Anf. had gone extinct. In spite of this, Elven learning advances greatly from interaction with the Lian.
 
415-448 Anf. - Harold Freying writes and publishes four Lian classics of literature, as well as many other books, although later scholars find their sheer bulk and mutual divergencies of literary style impossible to reconcile with a single author.
 
416-420 Anf. - Sir Jefferson Faldir, great-grandson of Sir David Finglas, explores the swamps of Um'buru down to the cove which now bears his name. It is believed that the Lian first encountered the Dwarves when returning from this expedition.
 
458 Anf. - Lian archmagi encounter and learn to commune with several primal spirits, including Oocyte the spirit of the kraken and Jalegnos, king of dragons. The Lian befriend these spirits.
 
477 Anf. - The last tidings from Dame Wendala's expedition, in which the leader sent a small sample of mythril to the Royal Institute of Alchemy.
 
480-950? Anf. - The nomadic Mareten migrate across the plains of Falacaerr and the fields of Arland in ever greater numbers, leading to small-scale wars with the Dwarves and the Elves.
 
500 Anf. - In an attempt to settle outside of Ilfas Vale, pioneers found the city of Fairhall south of the Abydor Woods, and in spite of many difficulties the new settlement manages to thrive.
 
515-550 Anf. - Dwarves settle west of the Sunbirth mountains after driving out the remnants of the goblin empire. Relations between the Dwarves and the Lian never develop, however.
 
533 Anf. - The great physician Galian codifies his medical knowledge in the encyclopedic series "The Art of Healing", which to this day is still considered a comprehensive text on Lian medicine.
 
540 Anf. - Death of King Ansirem II. The loss of the king's patronage and support causes most of the settlements beyond Ilfas vale to be withdrawn and abandoned, as living is deemed too difficult in the wilderness, with the notable exception of Fairhall.
 
543 Anf. - Prince Vance attempts to usurp the throne from King Handavon I, and is banished to the swamps of Um'buru.
 
545 Anf. - Lian explorers reach Horizon's End.
 
561 Anf. - Lian explorers discover dragonglass far south of Ilfas vale, and an accompanying dragon cove.
 
590 Anf. - Arachnal the brood mother of giant spiders invades Ilfas vale in search of prey. The Lian beat her back after a bloody battle, but the queen of spiders finds sanctuary in Abydor Woods. All attempts to dislodge her fail, and the woods are soon prohibited by royal decree as a haunted place of terror. Lian patrols continually burn the edges of the woods to hold it in check.
 
603-668 Anf. - Reign of King Ralston III the Blessed, longest reigning king in Lian history whose rule is marked by peace, tranquility, learning, and progress.
 
626-628 Anf. - Grand Historian Gilford Fawkes codifies the rules of chivalry in his magnum opus "On Knighthood", followed two years later by "On Ladyhood" and "On Civic Duty".
 
633 Anf. - King Ralston III founds the Honorable Order of the Anfalae Knights, the oldest order of knighthood still extant today.
 
640 Anf. - Pygmalian, the sculptor, born. Under his instruction, the skill of a whole new generation of Lian sculptors rises to unprecedented heights.
 
644-648 Anf. - Wild hawks migrate to Ilfas vale, preying upon pigeons and Lian alike, and are only beaten back when daring riders launch a frontal assault on their roosting nests. Crown Princess Amien the Warlike is killed in this attack.
 
650-690? Anf. - The first Mareten begin to migrate near Ilyn Forest and Chak, settling in the shadow of the Sunbirth mountains. The Dwarves and the Elves watch the spread of the quickly multiplying humans with apprehension.
 
677 Anf. - The comet "Dragontail" is seen in the sky for much of the year, and the Moon Elves interpret this as a sign that their vengeance upon the Gold Elves is nigh. They march on the fields of Arland from the Norwood to besiege the Gold Elves, but are beaten back with great losses when the Dwarves arrive to assist their Elven allies. The Gold Elves, however, do not recover from the terrible losses and gradually withdraw their settlements from the fields of Arland.
 
692 Anf. - The Prince of Hollander attempts to usurp the crown and is banished. After a public referendum for its citizens, Hollander is annexed directly to the crown and the heir apparent is granted the title of Duke or Duchess of Hollander.
 
699-702? Anf. - Dwarves discover adamantine and spend the next few decades learning how to shape and smith this fascinating metal.
 
705 Anf. - Archmage Aleeva proposes her controversial ninth element theory, describing a ninth magical element in addition to the eight revealed by Anfala.
 
718 Anf. - After a series of highly publicized exploration mishaps, King Ansirem IV withdraws royal support and patronage for exploration beyond the Sunbirth Mountains, into Abydor Woods, or into the swamps of Um'buru.
 
757 Anf. - Birth of Bethanus, the great prophet who foretells the eventual meeting of the Lian and the Mareten, as well as the rise of the Undead. The kings of Ilfas heed the latter warning but not the former, a vital mistake in policy which will lead to the undoing of the Lian.
 
800 Anf. - Coronation of King Geraint III, beginning the Golden Age of the Anfalae. For the next two hundred years, the Lian are ruled wisely and benevolently by a succession of kings and queens possessing superior wisdom and learning.
 
820? Anf. - Dwarves found the city of Chak Ram'Thuk on the banks of the Windy Torrents.
 
844 Anf. - Lianardo di Vinci born.
 
850-870 Anf. - Lian smiths refine their ironworking processes, eventually learning how to smith steel, and produce some of the finest works of antiquity.
 
882 Anf. - Notorious Lian scholar Bors Ferrestillen proposes his controversial round world theory.
 
890-930? Anf. - The Gold Elves of Ilyn and the Dwarves of Chak Ram'Thuk, increasingly pressured by the multiplying Mareten, declare war on the Mareten and the three races are embroiled in conflict. Hundreds of Mareten tribes flee east, but some fatefully dare to cross the Sunbirth mountains to the west.
 
922 Anf. - The Avian flu decimates enormous numbers of trained riding pigeons. Detailed reports prepared by Lian physicians ascribes unsanitary conditions due to rampant overcrowding as the cause, and the breeding of pigeons is thereafter carefully regulated.
 
940 Anf. - Lian prospectors discover gold far from Ilfas vale, where the swamps of Um'buru meet the plains of Ansemar.
 
966 Anf. - The great wildfire of 966 devastates large areas of Ilfas Vale, and some parts of the Lian kingdom are not rebuilt for decades.
 
995? Anf. - Dunas the Conqueror born.
 
997 Anf. - King Ralvalin II coronated, considered by many historians to be the greatest Lian king, and also fated to be the last ruler of the Lian.
 
999 Anf. - Crown Princess Jacqueline Khartanos born.
 
1000 Anf. - The Anfalae celebrate the millennial of Anfala's first footstep in Ilfas Vale.
 
1003 Anf. - The first Mareten meet the Lian when migrating close to Fairhall. The awestruck Lian at first consider the meeting a portent of Anfala's return, but soon change their minds as the Mareten are crude, unsophisticated, and uncivilized. Instead of haughtily looking down upon the Mareten, however, the Lian accept them as wards to be nurtured and taught.
 
1004 Anf. - By royal decree, any Mareten who agrees to take an oath of fealty is extended the rights of a citizen of Anfalas.
 
1005-1010 Anf. - Mareten migrate to Ilfas Vale in great numbers, becoming the students of the Lian and eagerly learning the knowledge and lore of the Anfalae.
 
1007 Anf. - Dunas meets Jacqueline for the first time at the Maidenpool; eventually the two grow up to be close friends.
 
1008 Anf. - Joint Lian and Mareten irrigation projects bring far more water into Ilfas vale, to feed the burgeoning Mareten population.
 
1012 Anf. - Stirrings of discontent arise within the Lian populace as the Mareten consume ever more resources. Reports come of Mareten abusing the Lian. King Ralvalin negotiates peace between the two by force of charisma.
 
1019 Anf. - Sir Rutledge dubbed first Mareten knight, a historic feat celebrated with pride by the Anfalae.
 
1020 Anf. - Dunas seeks Jacqueline's hand in marriage before King Ralvalin and the Anfalae court. After extensive interviews, the king ultimately rejects the proposed suit. Outraged, Dunas storms out of Evenstar castle before a terrified Lian crowd and foments Mareten discontent.
 
1020-1022 Anf. - The Mareten tribes rebel against King Ralvalin, overrunning and capturing much of the Lian populace within the next two years. The Lian are reduced to little more than slaves.
 
1023 Anf. - Princess Jacqueline vanishes from history.
 
1024 Anf. - Fall of Anfalas. Evenstar castle is sacked after a short siege and King Ralvalin II executed personally by Dunas. General Teras'lian leads the Lian refugees away from Ilfas vale.
 
1026 Anf. - At Mieran pass, General Lianadas and three hundred handpicked Lian pigeon riders delay thousands of Mareten for five days, buying General Teras'lian the necessary time to flee over the mountains with some Mareten sympathizers.
 
1026-1032 Anf. - The Mareten under Dunas consolidate their conquest, exterminating the Khartanos dynasty.
 
0 Ed. - Dunas the Conqueror, not yet forty years of age, crowned Emperor of the new Edunian Empire at the rebuilt Evenstar Castle.
 
2 Ed. - Anfalae Senate dissolved by royal edict. The balance of power shifts from the traditional Lian institutions to the rapidly rising new Mareten aristocracy. The infamous Act of Restitution, signed by Emperor Dunas in the autumn of 2 Ed., strips many rights from Lian, bars them from office, and denies them the right of ballot and assembly. From this time on the Lian are little more than the property of their conquerors.
 
3 Ed. - General Teras'lian and the few Lian survivors settle in Ilyn Forest amongst the Gold Elves. The Elves refuse to welcome the Mareten who accompany them, however.
 
5 Ed. - Hollander Lian rebellion. The warlike Lian of Hollander rise up in rebellion against their oppressive masters. This revolt is short-lived, lasting but ten days. In retaliation, Emperor Dunas orders all Lian over the age of twenty executed, an act known to the Lian as the Severance of Generations.
 
6-40 Ed. - Mareten conquests begin. Spreading out from Ilfas Vale, the Mareten rapidly populate the empty plains of Ansemar. The Mareten encounter the orcs, but the steppes hold little interest for the Mareten and no large scale conflict erupts. By 40 Ed., nearly all land west of the Sunbirth mountains lies firmly in Edunian hands.
 
10 Ed. - Edunian standard calendar replaces the old Anfalae calendar.
 
15 Ed. - Edunian soldiers encounter the Dwarves living west of the Sunbirth mountains. Their first meeting is cordial.
 
22 Ed. - Edunian magi discover and refine the Pact of Edune, a magical oath which physically compels the obedience of the ensorcelled. At a grand ceremony held over three days at Evenstar castle, Dunas forces the Mareten and the Lian to make this pact with himself and the new aristocracy of the empire. From henceforth much of the Mareten population is reduced to slavery as well. All pact-bound Mareten and Lian are disqualified from voting. Printing presses are suppressed, with only state-sponsored and monitored publications approved.
 
25 Ed. - Death of Dunas the Conqueror. His eldest son ascends the throne as Ar'rashir Crueltus; his first act is the execution of his brothers.
 
27-30 Ed. - Civil war erupts in the Edunian Empire as various nobles attempt to seize the throne, each revolt suppressed by Crueltus. Crueltus also institutes the method of choosing execution victims by lot and forcing conquered rivals to transfer the pact allegiance of their subjects to the victor.
 
32 Ed. - Crueltus' eldest son born. As his first two children are daughters, however, the emperor hastily convenes a council of nobles which revises the Anfalae inheritance laws, forbidding women from succeeding to the throne, holding public office, or owning property.
 
36-39 Ed. - Edunian expeditions sent into the Abydor Woods to capture Arachnal and her children. These ill-equipped, poorly-trained soldiers are captured by the thousands by the cunning spiders, accomplishing little except to throw away lives.
 
44 Ed. - Crueltus assassinated by his eldest son, who ascends the throne as Emperor Severus.
 
45 Ed. - Severus moves to bring the vast Edunian military under his direct command, an ill-advised political maneuver which costs him allies and infuriates the Edunian aristocracy. Bloody civil wars erupt, ending with the death of Severus and the coronation of Emperor Terriblus. Terriblus immediately orders the termination of Severus' relations to the third degree, resulting in the execution of over ten thousand Mareten.
 
48 Ed. - Terriblus grants the secret police established under Crueltus widespread powers, including the authority to torture suspects without trial or conviction. Terriblus also orders many literary works put to the torch and halts education, restricting the lore of words only to official historians and scholars. Within two generations, much of the learning of Anfalas has vanished and mere literacy is often constituted as irrefutable proof of treason.
 
58 Ed. - Terriblus poisoned by a new Lian concubine in conspiracy with his younger brother. Once the brother ascends the throne as emperor Ultimato, he orders the faithless concubine executed by being fed to the dogs.
 
65 Ed. - Edunian dungeons established on the fringe of the Um'buru swamps for dissidents and opponents of the emperor's rule, there to be worked to death mining gold. Over the years, many citizens fleeing Edunian persecution settle in the dismal and unfriendly swamps of Um'buru.
 
70 Ed. - Ultimato orders the establishment of Caer Huin between Quadran pass and Mieran pass to intercept any refugees fleeing east of the Sunbirth mountains.
 
98 Ed. - Coronation of Emperor Supremus, after the Year of Seven Emperors.
 
100-105 Ed. - Supremus mobilizes the Edunian Empire for war, invading through the Sunbirth mountains and attacking Ilyn Forest in great force. The Elves, although long prepared for the invasion, are overwhelmed and driven back in spite of devastating losses incurred by the Edunian rabble. Bribed by the emperor with the dazzling riches of the empire, the Dwarves betray their pact by refusing to aid the Gold Elves.
 
105-212 Ed. - The Edunian years of conquest, one long and continuous war against the Dwarves, the orcs, and the other Mareten east of the Sunbirth mountains. While the Dwarves are never fully conquered, the Edunians occupy Chak Ram'thuk and enslave the Dwarven population while driving many of the Dwarves underground. Vast numbers of the Mareten are forced to submit to the Oath of Obedience, with the only significant resistance stemming from the Mareten tribes based in Sapphiras Vale and far eastern Falacaerr.
 
130? Ed. - Lost Edunian soldiers stumble upon the fey and try to exploit them, but the fairies imprison the soldiers and torture them into a more primal blood pact to never harm and always obey a fairy. These soldiers are released after seven years, seeded into the human population to slowly and insidiously spread the fairy curse through their bloodlines.
 
150 Ed. - Many Gold Elves forced to migrate to Ilfas vale.
 
178 Ed. - Emperor Karnagos conquers Chak Ram'Thuk.
 
180 Ed. - The rape of Fairhall.
 
183 Ed. - Edunian armies reach Norwood forest, but the forest is protected by the power of Ivina and ensorcelled so that any human or dwarf setting foot in its bounds is immediately reduced to Lian size. After five invasion attempts all repelled with severe losses, Emperor Karnagos finally gives up his plans of conquest.
 
212 Ed. - Fall of the last free Mareten resistance. To commemorate the victory, Emperor Savagas orders the execution of so many captives that "the plains became greasy from Mareten fat." Another legend arises that twenty thousand maidens flung themselves into the Windy Torrents rather than submit to the barbarity of their captors.
 
214 Ed. - Edunian soldiers encounter the fierce barbarians of the Surrakesh desert, free-spirited warriors who fight to the last man, woman, and child. Over the years, many Lian fleeing persecution seek refuge in the Surrakesh desert or Frostwake tundra.
 
229-239 Ed. - First civil war of Edune, pitting the emperor and his allies against much of the entrenched and corrupt aristocracy. Despite vast loss of life, this war ends in a stalemate.
 
278 Ed. - Emperor Vulgarus orders the Emperors' Rest built, a magnificent mausoleum and tomb for the Edunian royalty which dwarfs Evenstar palace when completed. Unable to cheat death in spite of atrocious experiments performed upon the Elves, the rulers of Edune seek to glorify it.
 
288 Ed. - Death of Vulgarus, one of the few emperors to die in power. Ten thousand of the most beautiful Edunian maidens are sacrificed, along with countless slaves, horses, and innumerable quantities of treasure, to keep the decadent monarch company in the afterlife.
 
316-329 Ed. - Second Edunian civil war, which claims over three million lives, including that of Emperor Malevolus at the conclusion. Although the royal house is greatly weakened, infighting amongst the aristocracy prevents them from gaining any permanent advantage.
 
348 Ed. - Emperor Heresus institutes emperor worship as the state religion. Giving pre-eminence to another god before the emperor is made punishable by death. The emperor also declares his intent to take Ilanwylln the All-Mother as his concubine.
 
372 Ed. - Kimera Eschol escapes from the dungeons of Evenstar castle with Oocyte the kraken spirit, finding refuge on the isles which bear her name after many adventures.
 
395 Ed. - Emperor Arrogus orders the establishment of Horizon's End to facilitate communication with distant parts of the empire, replacing the southern sea routes rendered too dangerous by the rise of the Kimeran sea pirates. In spite of heavy yearly losses in personnel and equipment to the predatory spiders of Abydor Woods, Horizon's End remains operational until the fall of the Edunian Empire.
 
404 Ed. - Emperor Implacus the Terrible coronated after seizing the crown from Arrogus. In preparation for war against the barbarians of the Surrakesh desert and the Moon elves of Norwood, Implacus decrees that all Mareten women between the ages of fifteen and forty in his empire must bare one child per year for the next twenty years, a measure which exponentially multiplies the population but results in the death of many mothers. The Rapine of Implacus goes down in history as one of the most odious acts ever imposed.
 
413 Ed. - Emperor Implacus appoints Serin Furinax and the Furinax family as the royal bodyguard.
 
415 Ed. - Implacus sends Archmage Ilsenya and his cohorts to found a magic research academy north of Faldir Cove, on the edges of the swamps of Um'buru. Here, forbidden magical research is carried out in secret.
 
430 Ed. - Implacus' hordes overwhelm and enslave the desert barbarians.
 
432 Ed. - Invasion of Norwood. Ivina's magic protects the Moon elves from the Edunian hordes, and Implacus executes much of the imperial warlock society when they fail to overcome the goddess' blessing.
 
440 Ed. - A mysterious explosion at Ilsenya's tower consumes the institute and warps much of the surrounding area, turning them into the wild Void Lands.
 
447 Ed. - Death of Implacus. At his command, over ten million soldiers are executed and interred with him in Ilfas vale to assist him in conquering the heavens.
 
453 Ed. - Ellon d'Martigen born.
 
481-484 Ed. - Emperor Perfidio invades the Dwarven caverns, subjugating the Dwarves in spite of massive losses.
 
488 Ed. - Magic adepts discover methods for reducing a Mareten to Lian size, reversible only with the proper precautions. Emperor Perfidio immediately adds warlocks to the secret police, and thousands of perceived enemies are shrunken over the years.
 
495 Ed. - Death of Emperor Perfidio in a palace coup. Upon his death, his bloated sack is opened to reveal more than forty Lian concubines trapped within, many still alive.
 
515 Ed. - Morning City founded by Prince Evelak on an island amidst the Windy Torrents.
 
531 Ed. - Coronation of Emperor Gluttonus the Great, whose reign is marked by the public and gruesome execution of thousands of his enemies in ostentatious ceremonies, by feeding them whole to predatory animals or plants. In the great amphitheatres of Evenstar and Caer Huin, victims were often chosen by lot from the crowd if the emperor wished for additional sacrifices.
 
535 Ed. - The Gold Elves of Ilfas vale rise in revolt after enduring years of seeing their loved ones fed to monsters for the emperor's amusement. The enraged emperor orders every last Gold Elf west of the Sunbirth mountains digested, and his orders are carried out with ruthless efficiency.
 
537 Ed. - Emperor Gluttonus holds Lian swallowing contests for the soldiers of his army, to horrendous effect upon the Lian population. To keep the Lian numbers replenished, many Mareten are shrunken on the flimsiest of pretences, and emperor repeats Implacus' decree to the Lian.
 
541 Ed. - Emperor Gluttonus dies from a fall in Evenstar castle. His flesh is sold in the market for 2 centithalers an ounce to the common people by his successor.
 
541-550 Ed. - Third Edunian civil war. During this time period, no fewer than fifteen emperors are crowned, none of whom rule more than a few months or die peacefully.
 
590 Ed. - Emperor Ambitio coronated. He immediately sets the warlock institute to research spells that will enable him to access the heavens.
 
621 Ed. - Ambitio opens a vast portal in an attempt to invade the heavens at the head of a massive Edunian army. The spell fails, however, and he and his entire army are instead trapped beneath Morning City inside of a powerful artifact prison.
 
625 Ed. - Emperor Furiosus coronated after a four year struggle amongst the royal princes and the aristocracy for the crown. Upon being crowned, Furiosus immediately orders his brothers and their families exterminated.
 
639-644 Ed. - Emperor Furiosus raises a vast naval fleet to exterminate the Kimeran sea pirates after increasingly bold raids upon the southern Falaricae coast. Although both sides suffer heavy losses, Kimeran dominance of the Kalaram ocean remains uncontested after the decisive battle of Mierdas.
 
648 Ed. - Furiosus forced to abdicate by the aristocratic families. His mutilated body is discovered mere days later.
 
660-688 Ed. - War with the Moon Elves of Norwood Forest. The Moon Elves invade the fields of Arland in force and initially score significant victories against the Edunians, taking vast amounts of territory, slaves, and loot. The tide turns with General Orson Furinax's delaying and guerrilla tactics, until the Moon Elves are driven out in 688 Ed. Jealous of his subordinate's success, Emperor Intolerus has him privately assassinated.
 
690 Ed. - Edunian mining slaves discover rich lodes of a mysterious mineral which seems to hold malignant sentience. Acquisition of eremite, as this metal is named, immediately becomes a first priority for the empire.
 
711 Ed. - Edunians attempt to negotiate an alliance with the Moon Elves, but neither side is willing to compromise and the negotiations soon collapse.
 
715 Ed. - Emperor Imperius coronated. Attempting to curry favor with bloodthirsty deities, millions of innocent Edunian slaves are sacrificed in Ilfas vale during his reign and thrown into vast, unmarked graves.
 
722-745 Ed. - Fourth Edunian civil war, waged by the aristocratic families in revolt against Imperius' genocidal practices. Although Imperius is ultimately defeated, this bloody war decimates the empire, and fully half of the old Edunian families are eliminated by its end.
 
778 Ed. - Emperor Calamitus usurps the rightful throne of his elder brother, who flees to Morning City and rallies dissidents across Falacaerr. Calamitus executes the remainder of his family, while his elder brother styles himself King. From this point onwards open war exists between the crown and Morning City.
 
785 Ed. - Emperor Calamitus deposed and murdered by his son, Emperor Adversarus. Adversarus orders the genocide of all of his father's concubines, and more than two thousand women in the royal harem are executed.
 
799 Ed. - Battle of Fenworth, resulting in a decisive defeat for King Bastian at the hands of Emperor Adversarus.
 
801-813 Ed. - Adversarus' armies encircle Morning City, but are recalled to quell an uprising of the Edunian noble houses, beginning the Fifth Edunian civil war. After prolonged warfare, Adversarus executes the last remaining noble houses and brings nearly the whole of Edunian population under his direct rule.
 
848 Ed. - Emperor Dominus, the last emperor, crowned. Dominus celebrates his coronation by having all Royalist prisoners executed and their bodies thrown into the Windy Torrents.
 
849 Ed. - Plague sweeps away vast numbers of Edunian and Royalist soldiers.
 
852 Ed. - Siege of Morning City begins.
 
856 Ed. - A mysterious traveler bequeaths a strange blowing horn to a shepherd boy in Ilfas vale, whose entire family was butchered by Edunian soldiers. The traveler promises that the boy's family will return, and the sins of the Edunians will be called to account, if the horn is sounded.
 
0 Ev. - Horn of Zeanir sounded, calling all the deceased of Falacaerr back as undead aberrations. Ilfas Vale, bloated over the centuries by the millions slain and buried in Emperors' Rest, is swiftly overrun. Dominus is slain by the undead along with the remainder of the Edunian imperial family, except for Prince Galen in the field at Morning City with his men.
 
0-15 Ev. - The Undead Conquest. Pouring out of their graves, the Undead swiftly overrun all of the Edunian empire west of the Sunbirth mountains, helped in no small part by the Edunian doctrine of warfare based upon sacrificial fodder.
 
2 Ev. - The siege of Morning City broken. Prince Galen slain. Royalist armies destroy much of the undead and Edunian forces, and all lands east of the Sunbirth Mountains fall under Royalist rule.
 
5 Ev. - Shattered remnants of the once mighty Edunian army flee into the Swamps of Um'buru and settle there, continuously evading the undead.
 
8 Ev. - Horizon's End conquered by the undead.
 
9 Ev. - The Furinax clan abandons the hopeless siege of Caer Huin and flees over the Sunbirth Mountains. Among them is LeCroia Furinax, at this time a young girl of four.
 
10 Ev. - Fall of Caer Huin after a long siege by the undead, ending the last significant resistance west of the Sunbirth mountains. The once rich and fertile areas become the Bone Garden and the Blighted lands.
 
12 Ev. - The undead invade in great force through the Sunbirth mountains, as well as in the Dwarven caverns beneath the earth. Freed of Edunian rule, the Dwarves and Royalists appeal to their Elven allies for aid. But the surviving Gold Elves of Ilyn, having lived through centuries of abuse from the Edunian empire, instead ally themselves with the Undead and betray their pact to the Dwarves.
 
15 Ev. - By this time most of the Dwarves have been driven out of their caverns, but the Dwarves prevent the Undead from conquering the Halls of the Ancestors at terrible cost. Undead and Elven armies spread through the fields of Arland and the plains of Falacaerr, ravaging all in their path.
 
15-20 Ev. - The Undead and the Elves besiege Chak Ram'Thuk.
 
20 Ev. - The Undead betray the Gold Elves, burning vast tracts of Ilyn Forest and enslaving the Elves to breed more soldiers for them. The Elven Princess Holywen Sandiltha flees east ahead of the advancing undead armies with a small retinue of Elves and Lian seeking sanctuary at Morning City, while Princesses Aleenen and Lythwen Sandiltha remains behind to fight the undead. In spite of massive invasions, the undead never fully conquer Ilyn Forest.
 
24 Ev. - The Undead invade the Norwood en masse, sparking a war with the Moon elves.
 
28 Ev. - A combined Royalist and Dwarven army commanded by King Sutherin I shatters the undead forces at the decisive battle of Luawyn's Down on the plains of Falacaerr. Sutherin is slain childless and his brother Darien assumes the crown as King Darien I.
 
30 Ev. - Royalists ally with the Moon elves to repulse the undead on the fields of Arland. The Moon elves refuse to be commanded by any man, however, and so ultimate command devolves on LeCroia Furinax, now a grown woman of twenty-five. In the battle of Tilfore Hills, the allied armies destroy the undead menace.
 
31 Ev. - The northern army commanded by LeCroia Furinax and the southern army commanded by King Darien I meet and amalgamate, with supreme authority devolving upon King Darien I. In spite of vehement protests, the Royalists decide to attempt to liberate Ilyn Forest. The Moon elves abandon the army and return to Norwood.
 
32 Ev. - Battle of Ilyn Forest. Royalist and Dwarven armies drive the Undead out of the forest, destroying many Undead, and King Darien I encounters Princess Aleenen at the crux of the battle. In gratitude, the freed Gold Elves and the Dwarves swear fealty to King Darien I, beginning the Royalist dynasty. Holly Sandiltha returns to Ilyn Forest.
 
35 Ev. - King Darien I and the Free Council establish the Great Declaration, liberating and restoring all former Mareten subjects of the Edunian Empire to free citizenship, with rights and responsibilities thereof.
 
41 Ev. - King Darien I passes away, to be succeeded by King Rutford I.
 
45 Ev. - Lyvar'chal established as the city of the Gold elves.
 
55 Ev. - King Rutford I attempts to establish friendly relationships with the Kimeran pirates. Although Pirate Queen Alicia Norrington is willing to trade, she refuses an offer to become a subject of the Royalist crown.
 
85 Ev. - The Undead invade in force through the Sunbirth mountains again, attacking Ilyn Forest. Queen Silmandel Sandiltha and Princess Aleenen are slain in the defense of Lyvar'chal and Princess Holly Sandiltha flees east once more to Morning City.
 
87 Ev. - First Falaricae Crusade, called by King Darien II. The Royalist armies drive the undead out of Ilyn Forest and push through the Sunbirth Mountains.
 
87-90 Ev. - Siege of Caer Huin by the Royalist armies.
 
90 Ev. - Unable to conquer Caer Huin, and with little provender to be found in the Blighted Lands, reports soon arise of a new Undead army marching in from the Bone Garden. Most of the Royalist armies are withdrawn through the mountain passes, but the rearguard commanded by Marquess John Bohemund is destroyed by the undead.
 
94 Ev. - Elven succession crisis. Although Princess Holly Sandiltha is the de jure Queen of the Gold Elves, her younger sister Princess Lythwen Sandiltha ruled as regent in her absence during the first crusade. To prevent a civil war, Holly Sandiltha voluntarily renounces her claim to the Laurel Throne (retaining, however, her rank of Princess).
 
110-112 Ev. - Second Falaricae Crusade. "Remember John Bohemund!" is the rallying cry of the Royalists, and the Royalist armies once more march to besiege Caer Huin.
 
112 Ev. - Second Battle of Caer Huin, where the Royalist army commanded by King Humber II encounters the Undead army commanded by ... Dreadlord John Bohemund. The shattered Royalist armies swell the ranks of the Undead host.
 
118 Ev. - The Gold Elves establish Sunwatch and Dawnwatch towers to vigilantly patrol the passes for any sign of Undead activity. The Rangers of Gold are the oldest order of rangers still extant in Falacaerr today.
 
130 Ev. - By royal edict, the Royal Academy of Magic is founded in Morning City to study the plague of the Undead. Christopher Hark serves as the first Rex Magus. Although the Royal Academy begins as a school of necromancy, within a few decades it has branched into all schools of magic, becoming a new center of magical learning.
 
146 Ev. - Eamon Furinax establishes the new Knighthood of the Board with royal assent, and lays out the Royalist code of chivalry based on study of Gilford Fawkes' classic treatises.
 
167 Ev. - Royalist succession law passed, supported by the Gold Elves. By law, the throne passes now to the first legitimate child instead of the first son.
 
180 Ev. - Queen Wendelin I crowned under the succession law. Although a young child at the time of coronation, Wendelin is tutored in statecraft by her closest friend Holly Sandiltha.
 
194 Ev. - Sir Kenneth Wain founds M.E.M.O.R.Y., dedicated to extending equal rights and responsibilities under the law to Lian.
 
202 Ev. - Snowbright, the Last Refuge, established in Frostwake Tundra on the edges of Deepest Winter. At first an independent house of tundra rangers, it will later be supported by the Royalist crown.
 
215-225 Ev. - Third Falaricae Crusade. Royalist armies reach the legendary Void Lands as well as Abydor Woods. For ten years the Falaricae hold the Blighted Lands, until a terrible counteroffensive from the Bone Garden destroys nearly a whole generation of Falaricae soldiers.
 
230 Ev. - Abortive Fourth Falaricae Crusade. Pressed by King Darien V while his subjects are still reeling from the losses of the third crusade. Vetoed by the Free Council, King Darien rashly threatens to place the Royalists under the old Edunian slave pact. Outraged, Queen Lythwen immediately declares the Gold elves to be in open revolt. King Darien takes Holly Sandiltha hostage, but Baron Cecil Furinax unexpectedly storms the dungeons with a small group of handpicked Furinax clansmen and rescues her. Holly and the Furinax clan flee southeast.
 
230-242 Ev. - Royalist civil war. Called by the Laurel Queen to honor their ancient pact, the Dwarves reluctantly side with the Gold elves against the Royalist armies. At first, the Royalists win victories in the plains of Falacaerr, but King Darien's tactless diplomacy soon alienates his allies and subjects. The final blow comes in 238 Ev., when many of the heavily-taxed and long-suffering settlers in the Arland fields join the Laurel Queen in revolt. As the price of peace, the newly founded Nationalist state demands the abdication of King Darien V and independence from Royalist suzerainty.
 
240 Ev. - Nationalist Articles of Government drawn.
 
250 Ev. - After twenty years of wandering, guarded faithfully by Cecil Furinax, Holly Sandiltha arrives in Sapphiras Vale and decides to settle. The immensely wealthy Lian Verran Tinner agrees to sell the entirety of the valley to her for a single kiss from the princess. Holly Sandiltha founds the Council state on the government model of oligarchy, establishing the three modern Falaricae states.
 
252 Ev. - Second Nationalist Articles of Government drawn.
 
256 Ev. - First Council Bank established in Istira.
 
258 Ev. - Third Nationalist Articles of Government drawn. In a daring new experiment, the Nationalists abolish their short-lived monarchy and establish themselves as a republic.
 
265 Ev. - Undead armies invade the Dwarven caverns in great force.
 
280 Ev. - Concerned that the legendary skill of the Furinax swordsmen might be in decline with their indolent new life, Baron Ashwin Furinax establishes the ghastly Furinax family crypts in Sapphiras Vale, as well as the tradition that each child must battle his or her Undead ancestor.
 
297 Ev. - Following the lead of the Council state, the Nationalists pass the Reconciliation Act, granting all Lian the same legal rights and responsibilities as the Mareten.
 
308 Ev. - The great Chak Exhibition. A biannual fair held in Chak Ram'Thuk, this remarkable year saw the establishment of the Everett calendar and a universal coinage honored by all three states.
 
310-350? Ev. - Undead hordes attack the Abydor Woods in costly battles against the spiders. In spite of heavy losses suffered from both sides, Arachnal's lair remains inviolate as the spiders drive the undead out of the woods. However, many slain spiders are raised to become giant mounts and warriors for the undead.
 
333 Ev. - Baroness Salisia Furinax re-establishes relations between the Royalist crown and the Furinax clan.
 
355 Ev. - Undead forces invade the Nationalist lands from Horizon's End, sparking the Twenty Years War, crossing over the sea to Alcor Island and attacking in force from there. The Nationalist army rallies at Stronghelm while Queen Nelovy I calls for a Fifth Crusade.
 
356-360 Ev. - In a masterful campaign led by Dreadlord Bohemund and Archlich Hiram Ford, the Undead overrun much of the Nationalist lands. Feigned retreats far to the north draw out the Nationalist garrison, leaving Ilyn Forest and the Dwarven lands undefended against another massive invasion by the Undead. Royalist and Council forces on the march to Stronghelm are forced to divert and contain the Undead hordes in a costly battle north of the Windy Torrents, but Chak Ram'Thuk and Ilyn Forest are occupied by the Undead hordes.
 
356 Ev. - Battle of Windy Torrents. Royalist and Council forces defeat a much larger Undead force that has overrun the Dwarven lands.
 
356 Ev. - Battle of Mansfeld. Left unsupported by the Royalist crusaders, Nationalist forces suffer a devastating defeat north of Middleton when large numbers of Undead overwhelm their camps.
 
357 Ev. - Stronghelm falls. Norwood besieged. Barbarian chiefs in the Surrakesh desert establish Majra Innes, the "jewel of the desert." Much of Ilyn Forest and the Dwarven southlands burned as the stubborn Gold Elves and Dwarves continually resist. Remnants of the Nationalist army meet and combine with the Royalist forces; Queen Nelovy cedes overall command to General C. D. L. Richard, the Lianhearted.
 
359 Ev. - Death of Queen Lilly Sandiltha. Ilyn Forest resistance broken, and the Temple to Ilanwylln is desecrated. Princess Tilowyn Sandiltha coronated as queen in Morning City.
 
361 Ev. - Fifth Crusade's counteroffensive begins. Aided by the Moon Elves and a small Council army under the command of Saenavund Furinax, crusaders retake Stronghelm from the Undead. A larger Undead army coming from Ilyn Forest and the Sunbirth Mountains to assist is ambushed by the crusaders and annihilated.
 
362 Ev. - A small army under General Robert E. Lian is sent to seize the Sunbirth Mountain passes and interdict further reinforcements from the Blighted Lands. They succeed in their mission but perish to the last man.
 
363 Ev. - The fields of Arland and the Dwarven southlands are cleared of Undead and repossessed. Ilyn Forest abandoned by the Undead. The Moon Elves attempt to seize the opportunity to conquer Saffiras Vale, but retreat when their leader is bested in personal combat with Lenora Furinax, daughter of Saenavund.
 
365 Ev. - Siege of Caer Huin by the Fifth Crusade. Caer Huin falls, but Baron Furinax and General Giles Joyce are slain in combat with Dreadlord Bohemund.
 
368 Ev. - Disastrous Battle of Brittle Barrows ends the Crusade's hold on the Blighted Lands. Most of the crusaders are slain; survivors rally at Caer Huin, but fatefully a young serving girl named Elena Norris flees into the Swamps of Um'buru.
 
372 Ev. - Overwhelming Undead forces recapture Caer Huin, scattering the remaining Crusaders. Archmage Valun meets Elena Norris in the Swamps of Um'buru.
 
374 Ev. - Undead hordes invade the Swamps of Um'buru in great force, routing the primitive jungle tribes residing there. Elena Norris and Archmage Valun flee across Falacaerr from Um'buru to the Sunbirth mountains, passing under the shadow of Caer Huin.
 
378 Ev. - Elena Norris arrives in Stronghelm and founds the Order of the Maternal Guardians.
 
381 Ev. - Death of Elena Norris at 25 years of age.
 
401 Ev. - Birth of the great artist and sculptor Micheliangelo.
 
412 Ev. - Moon Elf Shaerisa Tel'arim defects from her society and flees Norwood, bringing priceless knowledge of Moon Elf culture to Falacaerr at large.
 
430 Ev. - Nationalist entrepreneurs found "The Falaricae Daily," the oldest and most widely circulated newspaper in Falacaerr.
 
442 Ev. - The great Tournament-of-Arms at Swenwick, where Sir Lancelittle first makes a name for himself and begins his great rivalry with the Black Knight.
 
452 Ev. - Council citizen Duran Tigus establishes the first trading cartel of the Council lands, paving the way for the rise of the great merchant oligarchy of Sapphiras vale.
 
465-468 Ev. - Famine strikes Falacaerr, after extraordinarily long droughts and entire seasons without rain.
 
499 Ev. - Nationalists go to war with the Council, suffering a swift and humiliating defeat. Mediation by Holly Sandiltha ends the conflict peaceably.
 
510 Ev. - Convicted knight Sir Eamwold Farthing, after being imprisoned in a Guardian's womb for more than twenty years, founds the Lusty Thieves.
 
525 Ev. - King Joseph I proposes to wed a commoner, throwing the Royalist aristocracy into furor. Under the intense pressure he abdicates the throne and is reduced to the rank of Count of Birchfield.
 
539 Ev. - The Peerage Act passed by the Royalist Crown consolidates and standardizes the system of Royalist aristocracy, as well as extending the rights of women and Lian.
 
545 Ev. - Nationalist historian Raymond Becker, by a careful analysis of history, rediscovers the lost civilization of Anfalas. His theory is widely derided by academics, however, and is only validated nearly three hundred years later by archaeologists and a far more detailed study of the few records remaining from the Edunian Empire.
 
577 Ev. - Nationalist expedition sets out to map the Empty Quarter of the Surrakesh Desert. None are heard of again.
 
589 Ev. - Sixth Falaricae crusade. In a daring three-pronged attack, Nationalist armies assault Horizon's End from the sea and through the mountain passes while the Kimeran pirates land at Faldir's Cove. But all three armies are routed with staggering losses and the ill-advised crusade fails entirely.
 
592 Ev. - Valinolle attempts to rape Ivina, who flees to the All-Mother for protection. In retaliation, the Moon Elves declare open war upon the Church of Valinolle.
 
627 Ev. - Nationalists begin their grand road and water projects, under the presidency of Abraham Liancoln, the first elected Lian president.
 
630 Ev. - The Arcanus Praxeum founded in the Council lands, the first school of magic to train wizards and sorceresses specifically to work with Guardians.
 
646 Ev. - End of the Relius royal line. King Rutford II dies without a successor or sibling. The closest relative, his second cousin, also declines the crown, so the kingship devolves upon a distant cousin married into a minor duke's family, thus beginning the Wyndell royal line.
 
669 Ev. - First teams organized for Lian water hockey as a formal sport.
 
670 Ev. - Queen Tilly Sandiltha gives birth to her first child, a daughter, an event celebrated throughout Falacaerr. The new princess Aeryndel Sandiltha is immediately proclaimed heiress apparent.
 
686 Ev. - Seventh Falaricae Crusade, combining Royalist and Nationalist might. Caer Huin is besieged by the Falaricae and captured, with Dreadlord Bohemund at last laid to rest by Sir Digory Windsor.
 
689 Ev. - Crusaders secure the Blighted Lands and reach the edges of Abydor Woods and the Bone Garden.
 
690 Ev. - Undead hosts led by the reanimated Emperor Implacus trap and encircle half of the Crusading army in the Bone Garden, slaughtering every soldier. Unable to hold Caer Huin, the Crusaders destroy it and retreat to Ilyn Forest.
 
690-700? Ev. - The Undead rebuild Caer Huin and add two towers to watch the mountain passes.
 
730 Ev. - The Moon Elves of Norwood reluctantly open trading posts on Nationalist borders.
 
737 Ev. - King Harrut III establishes the new Maidenpool as a retreat for royal girls.
 
754 Ev. - Rumors stir of new evils growing in the Murkwild Marshes. Women begin to vanish near its edges and the city of Fairfax is abandoned.
 
777 Ev. - The year of renewal. The Dwarves under Thane Durgoth Goldfist and the Elves under Queen Tilly Sandiltha formally reaffirm their mutual defense pact, but in a surprising move, President Michael Stark, Council head Franklian Roseaveldt, and King Xander I are invited to sign for the Nationalists, Council, and Royalists.
 
780 Ev. - The Dwarves establish the city of Enodon to check the growth of Murkwild Marsh.
 
822 Ev. - Elven patrols from Sunwatch and Dawnwatch report an alarming increase in Undead activity.
 
825 Ev. - Undead raiders attack the sacred Halls of the Ancestors, routing the defenders and desecrating many of the ashes of the Dwarven dead. Outraged, the Dwarves immediately declare an eighth Crusade and fight stubbornly in their caverns. Undead armies invade Ilyn Forest in great force.
 
827 Ev. - Chak Ram'Thuk besieged. Lyvar'chal besieged. Ashton's Arborage falls. Undead forces are routed at great cost and retreat, but a counterattack desired by the Dwarves is impossible due to the heavy loss of life.
 
839 Ev. - The Mad King Randolph II flees into exile after Royalist insurrection ousts him from the throne, ending the Wyndell line and beginning the Robbins line.
 
850 Ev. - Nationalists pass the Education Reform Act of 850, providing universal elementary education for all citizens. Royalists and Council soon follow.
 
890 Ev. - Vaenlas Carotheraly elected Nationalist President, marking the election of the first non-human Nationalist as president.
 
902 Ev. - Gai Fox and the Sunpowder plot foiled, ending a conspiracy to poison the Nationalist water supply to commit genocide against the Lian.
 
920 Ev. - Lianne Rimes becomes the first international Lian pop star. Millennial of the Royalist kingdom, dated from the Usurpation of Calamitus.
 
925 Ev. - Ninth Falaricae Crusade, funded in large part by the Council merchant houses. With a very poor beginning, the undisciplined hordes of Mareten camp in Ilyn Forest and are attacked by Elven warbands after razing Elven hamlets in search of food and treasure. Lyvar'chal besieged, Queen Tilly Sandiltha murdered. Nationalist armies diverted from the passes annihilate the rabble, and Princess Aery Sandiltha succeeds as high queen of the Gold Elves.
 
926 Ev. - Elves withdraw from the Crusade to rebuild Ilyn Forest, immediately causing supply trouble. Caer Huin besieged.
 
929 Ev. - Siege of Caer Huin lifted after supply shortages and disease ravage the Crusader camps. Undead advancement into Ilyn Forest stalled by the Royalist rearguard.
 
945 Ev. - Raini Davis becomes Kimeran queen. For the next thirty years, the pirates raid the Dwarven coasts, pillage goods and money, and ravage the seas.
 
960 Ev. - Holly Sandiltha founds the famed House of Healing in Sapphiras Vale.
 
988 Ev. - Indarion Gillespie begins the "Back to Anfalas" movement.
 
1000 Ev. - 1000 years since the sounding of the Horn of Zeanir. Baron Raymar Furinax soberly notes that in spite of nine Crusades, the free people of Falacaerr have never so much as caught a glimpse of the fabled horn.
 
1008 Ev. - War of the Bone Dragons. Reanimated dragons attack the Dwarven lands and Ilyn Forest, terrifying the inhabitants, and are defeated only with great losses.
 
1020-1050? Ev. - Undead invade the Orcish steppes but are driven back in a series of brutal battles.
 
1025 Ev. - The great playwright and poet Willian Spearshaker born.
 
1056-1063 Ev. - Manipulated by the merchant houses of the Council, the Nationalists and the Royalists go to war. In spite of early victories, the Royalists are eventually pushed back after a series of defeats in the fields of Arland and are forced to cede Lancaster to the Nationalists as the price of peace.
 
1088 Ev. - The bitter winter of winds, spreading frost as far north as the Norwood and the Arborage. Thousands perish in the icy climate.
 
1104 Ev. - Hole-in-the-wall tavern established in the fields of Arland, soon becoming a favored locale for ne'er-do-wells.
 
1127 Ev. - King Gorman I marries Violet Dughan, marking the first time a Royalist king has married a commoner bride, in spite of vehement objections from the Royalist aristocracy.
 
1143-1148 Ev. - Plague sweeps across Sapphiras Vale, spreading to the fields of Arland and the plains of Falacaerr by trade routes. It is estimated that nearly a quarter of the Falaricae population perish in this plague, and the free people of Falacaerr barely hold off the teeming Undead being bred in their own lands.
 
1148 Ev. - Taking pity upon the mortal races, Selenion the Healer and Kandoryth the Compassionate visit the Temple to Ilanwylln and teach the elves how to fight the plague, bringing the deadly disease to a swift end.
 
1177 Ev. - The Royalists extend the Nationalist road network through their own lands, laying down thousands of miles of brick road.
 
1195 Ev. - Queen Aery Sandiltha gives birth to her first daughter and heiress apparent, Lisewyn Sandiltha.
 
1212-1230 Ev. - The burgeoning Nationalist population encroaches more and more upon the Norwood, and the Moon Elves again declare war. Although the conflict lasts for eighteen years before peace is officially restored, only one major battle occurs at the outset.
 
1250 Ev. - The Council celebrates its first millennial, dating from Holly Sandiltha's legendary kiss.
 
1258 Ev. - Nationalists celebrate their first millennial, dating from the Third Articles of Government.
 
1270 Ev. - Fierce wendigo tribes begin to encroach upon Frostwake tundra in ever greater numbers, prompting the Snowbright rangers to escalate patrols and training.
 
1299 Ev. - Tenth Falaricae crusade begins after Elven scouts warn of an impending invasion by massed Undead hordes. The Undead assault sweeps through the Nationalist northlands from Horizon's end, but a joint Nationalist and Royalist army wins a crucial victory in the siege of Stronghelm. King Roland IV knights Harmon Cormack.
 
1307 Ev. - The Tenth crusade launches a two-pronged counterattack. The bulk of the Nationalist and Council armies assault Caer Huin from the Sunbirth mountains, while a smaller force comprising the best Royalist and Nationalist soldiers attack the Bone Garden from behind after a year at sea ferried by the Kimeran pirates.
 
1308 Ev. - Fall of Caer Huin. Crusaders seize the ruined city of Hollander and encroach upon the Emperor's Rest itself. Emperor Implacus is laid to rest by Sonja Furinax and Marigold Hamm. The crusaders begin a regular siege on the Bone Garden itself.
 
1315 Ev. - Undead holdouts in the Blighted Lands caught and crushed by joint attacks from the Dwarves and the Council.
 
1316 Ev. - Nelson Mandelian, the great proponent of Lian rights, born.
 
1320-1322 Ev. - Siege of the Bone Garden broken by simultaneous attacks from the Bone Garden and Horizon's End. Nationalist mercenaries betray the army and flee while most of the Crusaders are routed. The crusaders make a brief stand at Caer Huin but are forced to abandon the city in the face of overwhelming Undead might. Those who fail to escape through the Sunbirth mountain passes or the Dwarven caverns do not escape at all.
 
1340 Ev. - Queen Aery Sandiltha gives birth to her second daughter, Nielwyn Sandiltha, who eventually grows up to be known as the most beautiful woman in Falacaerr.
 
1361 Ev. - In a private audience with Queen Aery, the fairies estimate that over nine-tenths of the human population must be unknowingly enslaved by their ancient blood pact. The fairies propose to seize control of humanity with the help of the Elves, but Queen Aery refuses and the fairies return to hiding.
 
1382 Ev. - Teras Furinax born.
 
1426 Ev. - Charles Covington born.
 
1427 Ev. - Charity Cormack born.
 
1430 Ev. - Merrimont Dickens born. Fern Herrington born. King Xander II crowned at Royal Morning Fortress.
 
1445 Ev. - The Nationalists repeal their system of universal conscription, choosing to employ an all-volunteer army instead.