Editing Continuity/Aluvian History

It is suggested that you read [[Continuity/Roulean Calendar and Portal Years|Continuity - Roulean Calendar and Portal Years]] prior to this.

== Beta ==
When Stormwaltz was writing the text [[The Reign of Alfrega]], he worked out a timeline of Aluvian rulers.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers>2002/03 [[Stormwaltz Quotes]] - On Aluvian Rulers</ref> By combining the information from the Stormwaltz quote [[Stormwaltz Quotes/On Aluvian Rulers|On Aluvian Rulers]], The Reign of Alfrega, and the Beta information page on the [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Aluvian|Aluvian heritage]], we can create the following timeline:

:{|{{format|Panel}}
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Roulean Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
|-
| 787 RC || Reign of Pwyll II begins. It lasts 17 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 804 RC || Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[The Reign of Alfrega]]</ref>
|-
| 804 RC || Reign of Alfric begins. It lasts 20 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 824 RC || Reign of Alfric ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 824 RC || Reign of Theolaud begins. It lasts 30 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
|-
| 854 RC || Reign of Theolaud Ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
|-
| 854 RC || Reign of Alfrega begins. It lasts 14 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 868 RC || Reign of Alfrega ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
|-
| 868 RC || Reign of Osric begins. It lasts 31 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
|-
| 899 RC || Reign on Osric ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 899 RC || Reign of Pwyll III begins. It lasts 25 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 924 RC || Reign of Pwyll III ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 924 RC || Reign of Cellric II begins. It is not known how long it lasts.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
|-
| 1311 RC || After approximately 400 years pass (387, by these dates), the reign of Cedraic III begins.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><br />It is listed as having an unknown end date, but lasting 10 years, implying it is the current reign.
|-
| Present Day || "Good King Cedraic" reigns in Aluvia during this time.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvInto>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Aluvian]]</ref>
|-
|}

== The History of Auberean ==
In early 2003, Turbine released another timeline called [[The History of Auberean]]. We are presented new information:

:{|{{format|Panel}}
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Roulean Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
|-
| -874 PY || ??? || The Yalaini open the first portal to Ispar. It goes to Aluvian lands.
|-
| -869 PY || 704 RC || Viamont invades Aluvia. The reign of Pwyll II ends and the reign of Alfric begins.
|-
| -779 PY || 765 RC || Reign of Alfrega begins.
|-
| -779 PY || 765 RC || Harlune stays behind on Ispar during an expedition.
|-
| -758 PY || 779 RC || Reign of Osric begins.
|-
| -15 PY || ??? || The portals created by the Sundering begin to appear on Ispar in the Aluvian lands, and the first humans begin to arrive on Dereth.
|-
|}

== Retconned Date ==
As you can see from The History of Auberean, the beta dates were retconned. Below is a table with all dates removed, and the History of Auberean dates added in <span style="color:blue">'''bolded blue'''</span>.

:{|{{format|Panel}}
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Roulean Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign of Pwyll II begins.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-869 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''704 RC'''</span> || Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-869 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''704 RC'''</span> || Reign of Alfric begins. 
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign of Alfric ends.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign of Theolaud begins.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-779 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''765 RC'''</span> || Reign of Theolaud Ends.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-779 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''765 RC'''</span> || Reign of Alfrega begins.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-758 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''779 RC'''</span> || Reign of Alfrega ends.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-758 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''779 RC'''</span> || Reign of Osric begins.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign on Osric ends.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign of Pwyll III begins.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign of Pwyll III ends.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || Reign of Cellric II begins. 
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || After approximately 400 years pass, the reign of Cedraic III begins.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || "Good King Cedraic" reigns in Aluvia during this time.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-15 PY'''</span> || ??? RC || The portals created by the Sundering begin to appear on Ispar in the Aluvian lands, and the first humans begin to arrive on Dereth.
|-
|}


Although we cannot use the actual dates Stormwaltz created in beta, the time spans may still be useful. Looking at the History of Auberean dates, the reign of Alfrega spans 14 years, just as it did in the beta timeline. With that in mind, along with the conclusions from [[Continuity/Roulean Calendar and Portal Years|Continuity - Roulean Calendar and Portal Years]], we can add a few more dates:

:{|{{format|Panel}}
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Roulean Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
|-
| -896 PY || 687 RC || Reign of Pwyll II begins. It lasts 17 years.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-869 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''704 RC'''</span> || Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-869 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''704 RC'''</span> || Reign of Alfric begins.  It lasts 20 years.
|-
| -804 PY || 724 RC || Reign of Alfric ends.
|-
| -824 PY || 735 RC || Reign of Theolaud begins. It lasts 30 years.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-779 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''765 RC'''</span> || Reign of Theolaud Ends.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-779 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''765 RC'''</span> || Reign of Alfrega begins. It lasts 14 years.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-758 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''779 RC'''</span> || Reign of Alfrega ends.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-758 PY'''</span> || <span style="color:blue">'''779 RC'''</span> || Reign of Osric begins. It lasts 31 years.
|-
| -711 PY || 810 RC || Reign on Osric ends.
|-
| -711 PY || 810 RC || Reign of Pwyll III begins. It lasts 25 years.
|-
| -674 PY || 835 RC || Reign of Pwyll III ends.
|-
| -674 PY || 835 RC || Reign of Cellric II begins. It is not known how long it lasts.
|-
| -93 PY || 1222 RC || After approximately 400 years pass (387, by these dates), the reign of Cedraic III begins.<br />It is listed as having an unknown end date, but lasting 10 years, implying it is the current reign.
|-
| ??? PY || ??? RC || "Good King Cedraic" reigns in Aluvia during the present day.
|-
| <span style="color:blue">'''-15 PY'''</span> || 1274 RC || The portals created by the Sundering begin to appear on Ispar in the Aluvian lands, and the first humans begin to arrive on Dereth.
|-
|}


There are still a few issues with this, however:
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First, There is an 11 year gap between the reign of Alfric and the reign of Theolaud. This because the difference between beta dates and History of Auberean dates is not consistant. The difference between the Invasion of Aluvia is 100 years, while the differences in the other dates is 89 years. Since the reign of Theolaud is explicitly stated as lasting 30 years in the Reign of Alfrega,<ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/> and Stormwaltz has commented that during the beta, he created things out without always considering the broader ramifications,<ref name=SQOnHarluneAndStoryline>2002/03 [[Stormwaltz Quotes]] - On Harlune and the Storyline</ref> we can reasonably increase the length of the reign of Alfric to cover the gap.
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Second, the "present day" era is a little murky. Cedraic III is most likely the current monarch of Aluvia, since his reign is stated as lasting 10 years, without an end date. This means that Cedraic III and Good King Cedraic are most likely the same person. If we add the time span from the beta timeline (387 years), Cedraic's reign begins at 1222. This would put the current date at 1232. While its not clear exactly what the present day is, we do know that -15 PY (when Aluvians first arrived) = 1274 RC, 0 PY (when the Olthoi queen was killed) = 1284 RC, and 10 PY (Asheron's Call release)= 1291 RC. So Cedraic III's reign should begin 10 years prior to a year somewhere in that range.
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We can narrow down this range. The lore article [[The Origins and Current Disposition of Viamont]] states that King Varicci di Corcosi launched simultaneous attacks on Roulea and Aluvia 20 years ago.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont>2004/11 Pre-[[Throne of Destiny]] - [[The Origins and Current Disposition of Viamont]]</ref> Using the the conclusions from [[Continuity/Roulean Calendar and Portal Years|Continuity - Roulean Calendar and Portal Years]], we can place the date of Varicci's invasions at 1274 RC. Additionally, the Beta information page on the [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Aluvian|Aluvian heritage]] states that when Cedraic is King, there is no war between Aluvia and Viamont, but it is just a matter of time.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvInto/>
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With that information, we can assume that the "present day" when Cedraic III reigns is 1274 RC, before the Viamontian invasion. If he had reigned for 10 years, his reign would have begun in 1264 RC.

== Conclusion ==
Using the above information, we can piece together the following timeline for the rulers of Aluvia:

:{|{{format|Panel}}
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Roulean Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
|-
| -896 PY || 687 RC || Reign of Pwyll II begins. It lasts 17 years.
|-
| -869 PY || 704 RC || Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends.
|-
| -869 PY || 704 RC || Reign of Alfric begins.  It lasts 31 years.
|-
| -824 PY || 735 RC || Reign of Alfric ends.
|-
| -824 PY || 735 RC || Reign of Theolaud begins. It lasts 30 years.
|-
| -779 PY || 765 RC || Reign of Theolaud Ends.
|-
| -779 PY || 765 RC || Reign of Alfrega begins. It lasts 14 years.
|-
| -758 PY || 779 RC || Reign of Alfrega ends.
|-
| -758 PY || 779 RC || Reign of Osric begins. It lasts 31 years.
|-
| -711 PY || 810 RC || Reign on Osric ends.
|-
| -711 PY || 810 RC || Reign of Pwyll III begins. It lasts 25 years.
|-
| -711 PY || 810 RC || Reign of Pwyll III begins. It lasts 25 years.
|-
| -674 PY || 835 RC || Reign of Pwyll III ends.
|-
| -674 PY || 835 RC || Reign of Cellric II begins. It is not known how long it lasts.
|-
| -30 PY || 1264 RC || Reign of Cedraic III begins.
|-
| -15 PY || 1274 RC || Viamont invades Aluvia and Roulea.
|-
| -15 PY || 1274 RC || The portals created by the Sundering begin to appear on Ispar in the Aluvian lands, and the first humans begin to arrive on Dereth.
|-
|}

== References ==
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