Editing Timeline of Auberean (section)

== Timeline ==
Please note that a revision of this timeline is in progress.
--[[User:An Adventurer|An Adventurer]] 03:56, 15 April 2014 (EST)

=== Prehistoric Times ===
These events may have taken place prior to the "Golden Age" of Yalaini history.
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|valign=top| Primordial gods struggle with evil shadow creatures. After a long contest that exhausted their powers, the gods banish the shadows into the earth by creating the sun and stars.<ref>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Mysterious Portals Archive/The Advocate Towers|The Advocate Towers]]</ref>
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|valign=top| The [[Deru Tree]]s are created by the Light and they drive the Living Dark below, allowing life to spread across the world.<ref>2008/08 [[Ancient Powers]] - [[The Blessed Trees]]</ref>
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=== Arelis Eipoth ===
* Arelis Eipoth translates to ''Golden Age''.<ref name=AgesEmp>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Ages of the Empyrean|Ages of the Empyrean]]</ref><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1>2003/02 [[The History of Auberean/Volume I: Empires Clashing (-30,000 to -9,000)]]</ref>
* Lasted approximately 15,000 years.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>

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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ''AE 1''
|valign=top| Scholars are not certain what event marked the beginning of this historical epoch, or why it is called “Golden.” It is believed that the Empyrean, when formalizing their calendar in the reign of Alaidain, calculated backwards to an event known in their legends.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
<br>The Isparian scholar [[Alatar Locke]] theorizes that long before the [[Millennium War]] and far before even the first stirrings of Falatacot malice in the swamps of the world the Empyreans willingly came to Auberean via portal magic with a singular purpose. What that purpose is remains a mystery. Alatar claims even the Empyrean forgot this purpose over the long ages.<ref>2000/11 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[A Stained Book (Lost Chamber)]]</ref>
<br><br><i><nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: It is possible that Empyreans arrived on Auberean before the Golden Age. Placement of this event here is purely hypothetical, theorizing that Empyreans arriving on Auberean is the event known in Empyrean legends.<nowiki>]</nowiki></i>
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|valign=top| The [[Falatacot]] exist on a continent that Geraine IV later states is located beyond the western sea.<ref>2002/09 [[Verdict]] - [[Decrepit Tome]]</ref>
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|valign=top| The Falatacot are driven to [[Killiakta]] by Yalain, Haebrous, and Dericost. It is on Killiata where they first hear the pulse of the [[Blood of the World]]; where they cease to be wanderers, and become the Keepers of Creation; where they become the blessed servants of the [[Wheel of All Things]].<ref>2006/11 [[Remembering the Past]] - [[Words of the High Matriarch]]</ref>
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|valign=top| The Falatacot diverge into two branches: the [[Dark Falatacot]], dealing in the power of undeath and corruption in service to the Old Ones; and the [[Light Falatacot]], working to protect what they consider to be worshipful spirits - the Deru Trees.<ref>2008/08 [[Ancient Powers]] - [[Knight Test]]</ref>
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|valign=top|  Kemeroi overpower the Old Ones.<ref>2006/04 [[Shining Runes and Shadowed Hands]] - [[Announcements_-_2006/04_-_Shining_Runes_and_Shadowed_Hands#Rollout_Article|Rollout Article]]</ref>
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|valign=top| Some Falatacot flee from Killiakta to Dericost after Darkness and cold put their gods to sleep.<ref>2000/11 [[Should the Stars Fall]] - [[Campaign Journal]]</ref>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ''The Great Cooling of the World.''
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=== Dericoi Eipoth ===
* Dericoi Eipoth translates to ''Age of Dericost''.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
* Lasted 6174 years.<ref name=ScrawledNoteAerbaxLab>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)]]</ref>

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|valign=top| -15,173 PY
|valign=top| DE 1
|valign=top| ''Dericost''
Beginning of the Age of Dericost.
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Although uncontested in the rule of its continent for thousands of years, the Kingdom of Dericost truly rises to prominence with the arrival of the Falatacot refugees, who flee the island of Dereth due to global cooling of Auberean. In exchange for sanctuary in Dericost lands, the Falatacot share their worship of the Old Ones and their magical knowledge. They specifically share their knowledge of blood, death and entropy magics.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ''Dericost''
While most Falatacot practice their magic within ethical bounds, the Dericost know no such bounds. Soon the Dericost nobility comes across the darkest of the Falatacot refugees' rituals which hold out the promise of eternal life. The Dericost are not aware that these magics involve the death of the physical body and the tying of the person's spirit to its decaying form. Once the initial shock of this discovery wears off, the Dericost find this an acceptable price to pay and many of the nobility transform themselves into undead. Among the first is a figure called His Eternal Splendor, along with those in his inner circle, Lady Aerfalle and Lord Rytheran.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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|valign=top| -10,465 PY
|valign=top| DE 4709
|valign=top| ''Dericost''
The Sarian Family is awarded a patent of nobility for service to the Ice Throne of Dericost. The Sarian Family will serve as the lords and ladies of Antaoc for 1,465 years, until the defeat of Dericost.<ref name=ScrawledNoteAerbaxLab/>
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|valign=top| ''-10,027 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,147''
|valign=top| ''Haebrous''
King [[Braletain]] begins his reign of Haebrous.<ref name=GraelRebellion>2005/08 [[Friend and Foe]] - [[The Grael Rebellion]]</ref>
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|valign=top| ''-10,022 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,152''
|valign=top| ''Haebrous, Ruschk''
In the fifth year of the reign of His Majesty King Braletain of Haebrous, a tribe of Ruschk in the frigid northern edge of the Kingdom of Haebrous is slain to make way for a mercantile company's gemstone excavations. The only survivor of this tribe, [[Grael]], is brought back to the Royal Menagerie. Carraida, the young Queen of Haebrous, begged her husband to send Grael to gladiatorial pits for her amusement. Grael goes on to be undefeated, killing all that challenge him and eating their hearts.<ref name=GraelRebellion/>
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|valign=top| ''-10,020 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,154''
|valign=top| ''Haebrous, Ruschk''
Two seasons later, The [[Grael Rebellion]] occurs. Grael and some of his fellow slaves overpower the arena guards and take over the entire building. Ten thousand Haebreans and no small number of visiting Yalaini and Dericostians die. Queen Carraida, who was present at the arena, is killed by Grael in an act of vengeance. The rebellion spills out into the streets. On the third day of the rebellion the royal army corners the slaves in the West Market. The King orders royal mages to incinerate the entire market square with a rain of magical fire that lasts almost a full day. Grael, however, escapes.<ref name=GraelRebellion/><ref name=BitterWinter>2005/12 [[Through Sacrifice, Strength]] - [[Our Bitter Winter]]</ref>
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|valign=top| ''-10,020 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,154''
|valign=top| ''Haebrous, Shadow, Ruschk''
During the rebellion, four slave brothers, [[Baranaith]], [[Farelaith]], [[Hiranaith]], and [[Korogaith]], escape from the capital of Haebrous and flee to the coast. They commandeer a ship from a small fishing village south of the capital and put out to sea. None of them know how to sail, and drift out to sea. Some time later they arrive on Dereth near a rivermouth. They head inland towards a forest, and encounter Grael. The brothers join Grael in his journey north to find a dark power. Grael finds what he was seeking, and is wrapped in Living Darkness, tranformed into the Black Spear of the Kemeroi. Baranaith, Hiranaith, and Korogaith are changed to Shadows, while Farelaith flees.<ref name=BitterWinter/>
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|valign=top| ''-10,020 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,154''
|valign=top| ''Falatacot, Shadow''
Grael chooses to sleep on a island north of Vissidal. His presence covers the island in Shadow, and the isle is soon called the Dark Isle. Those Falatacot who followed the Old One [[N'cthail]] use ancient seals to sink the isle below the waves, in hopes none will ever wake Grael and that this world will be free of him forever.<ref>2006/06 [[From the Darkest Depths]] - [[Raising Grael's Island]]</ref>
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|valign=top| ''-10,020 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,154''
|valign=top| ''Haebrous''
Twenty years after The Grael Rebellion, King Braletain is a ruined and wasted man, a shadow of the strong and admirable leader he had been. His weakness has emboldened the ever-grasping Dericostians, there is no clear and qualified successor, and [[Lord Alashorn]] fears war will come soon between the Kingdoms.<ref name=GraelRebellion/>
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<i><nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: Though it is possible that the events related to the Grael Rebellion happened as long ago a several hundred years prior to Dericost actually going to war, there is no way to make an accurate estimate. Therefore, the events have been placed immediately proceeding the start of the Millennium War.<nowiki>]</nowiki></i>
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|valign=top| ''-10,000 PY''
|valign=top| ''DE 5,174''
|valign=top| ''Dericost''
The Dericost Kingdom reaches the height of its power and attacks its neighbors Haebrous and Yalain, igniting the [[Millennium War]].<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| ''Haebrous''
At some point, Braletain no longer rules over Haebrous. [[Jailne]] is the King of Haebrous at the end of the Millennium War.
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|valign=top| ''Yalain''
In the closing years of the Millennium War, Empress [[Alaidain]] founds the [[Order of Hieromancers]] to serve as her personal guard and household company.<ref name=ThaumaturgicPlateText>[[Lonely in the World]] - [[A Text Book]]</ref>
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|valign=top| -9,000 PY
|valign=top| DE 6,174
|valign=top| ''Dericost, Haebrous, Yalain''
After nearly 1,000 years of conflict, the Haebrous and Dericost lands are devastated.  The Ice Throne of Dericost is overturned by the victorious Haebrous and Yalain.
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Jailne and Alaidain kill Sarvien, but Jailne is also killed in the battle.
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With the Haebrous and Dericost kingdoms shattered and their lands ravaged by war, Empress Alaidain assumes rule over the remnants of these kingdoms. The Seaborne Empire of Yalaini now spans the globe. The majority of the surviving undead Lords flee Gelid and most take up residence in Dereth.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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=== Vacari Eipoth ===
* Vacari Eipoth translates to ''Age of Contentment''.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
* Lasted 6102 years.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2>2003/03 [[The History of Auberean/Volume II: A Struggle With Darkness (-2,998 to -1,999)]]</ref>

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|valign=top| -8,999 PY
|valign=top|  VE 1
|valign=top|  ''Yalain''
Empress Alaidain declares the beginning of the Vacari Eipoth after the defeat and occupation of Dericost.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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This era is a peaceful time, and subsequent Empyrean generations look back on this period fondly.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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|valign=top| ''Yalain''
With their lands largely untouched by the war, the Yalaini initiate a worldwide rebuilding program.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ''Haebrous, Yalain''
Kingdom of Haebrous amalgamates into the Seaborne Empire.<ref name=AgesEmp/> The influence of the Yalaini will eventually cause the Haebrous to lose their unique cultural identity.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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|valign=top| ''Dericost, Yalain''
The living Dericost nobility are marched away in chains from the Plateau of Gelid to reservations in the Haebrous lands. The common folk of the Dericost Kingdom are allowed to remain in their homelands.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol1/>
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|valign=top| -2,998 PY
|valign=top| VE 6,002
|valign=top| ''All''
A meteorological phenomenon known as the [[Black Rains]] begin.<ref name=SQTheHistoricalOverview>2000/05 [[Stormwaltz Quotes]] - The Historical Overview</ref> It has been said that the Empyreans ignored the celestial fiery visitor seen in the night skies until, one night, it completely disappeared. Soon afterward, roiling black clouds raining ash and soot darkened the skies.
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The Yalaini see the darkness enveloping the world as a sign that the Light has rejected them. Yalaini Elders blame the Dericost for this event.
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With the world cooling, crops wither and die. Although there's abundant food in the storehouses, Yalaini only give the Dericost the barest amount of food to survive.
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Food shortages strike particularly hard at the village of [[Daralet]], located on the fringes of the Yalaini Empire. With his son on the verge of starvation, [[Ilservian Palacost]], a mage of Dericost ancestry, a demands that the Yalaini Elders share their food. They refuse and have the mage and his followers run out of the village. Ilservian's son dies soon thereafter.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/><ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| -2,953 PY
|valign=top| VE 6047
|valign=top| ''Dericost, Shadow''
During an extremely violent storm, Ilservian, having vowed to return light to the world and finding none, in despair now calls out to the darkness for aid instead. Something in the darkness answers, offering him and his followers power and a means to obtain revenge. Ilservian agrees and steps into Shadow.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/>
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|valign=top| -2,918 PY
|valign=top| VE 6,082
|valign=top| ''All''
Almost 80 years after the sun was last seen, a single shaft of sunlight pokes through the clouds of dust and ash.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/>
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|valign=top| -2,898 PY
|valign=top| VE 6,102
|valign=top| ''All''
Twenty years later, the skies are finally cleared. With the end of the Black Rains, Emperor Caerlin I declares a new age for the Empire.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/>
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=== Rhethis Eipoth ===
* Rhethis Eipoth translates to ''First Age of Lore''.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/>
* Lasted 895 years.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/>

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|valign=top| RE 1
|valign=top| Emperor Kellin declares the beginning of the Rhethis Eipoth with the end of the Black Rains.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=AerlintheRecord>2000/07 [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]] - [[Aerlinthe Record]]</ref>
<br><i><nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: In the <u>Ages of the Empyrean</u>, this era was declared by Caerlin I. In the <u>Aerlinthe Record</u>, Caerlin I is not emporer until RE 230. Prior to that, Kellin I was emporer. Given that, in Lore terms, the Ages of the Empyrean document is the work of Isparians (the Arcanum), and the Aerlinthe Record is the work of Yalaini, the record is viewed as more accurate.<nowiki>]</nowiki></i>
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|valign=top| RE 208
|valign=top| [[Shimena Keep]] constructed on the northeast islet of [[Aerlinthe]], then an unnamed island. Shimena guarded the northern approaches to Ireth Lassel research colony from Pelagian sea-nomads.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 213
|valign=top| A [[Larchess Tree|larchess tree]] is planted within the walls of Shimena Keep.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 221
|valign=top| Hearing from former Shimena garrison troops of great riches on Aerlinthe, Lord [[Gevran Loritane]] of Elancia visits aboard his sailing skyship [[Tinoriel]]. He discovers great mineral wealth, and magma flows of sufficient temperature to permit the forging of mana-alloy. The enchanters Eosonn and Auriam are crushed by a magma tube cave-in when the land quakes. Without the ability to levitate Tinoriel, the ship returns to [[Glystenae]] over sea.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 222
|valign=top| Loritane sends sixteen great ocean-galleons and two skyships to Aerlinthe, carrying the supplies necessary to build a mining outpost. Lord Loritane and Lady Raina accompany the vessels in Tinoriel.
<br>The navigation channel into the lagoon is dredged.
<br><br>Reservoir dug to collect rainwater. All local water sources tainted with sulphur and ash. An Old Ring, buried under ash and ejecta, is found during the digging. It is left undisturbed, but considered a good omen.
<br><br>The island is titled Aerlinthe by Lord Loritane, a name which came to him in a dream. The central volcano is known of old to be called Tenkarrdun, Dericost for “Stoic Blood.” The smaller peaks to the northwest and northeast are found to have been named Cunara (“Steaming Heights”) and Ernassen (“Land Reflected”), respectively. The lagoon is dubbed Raina's Harbor.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 223
|valign=top| Completion of the light-towers of Weretirae and Eretirae, on either side of the navigation channel on Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 225
|valign=top| Tenkarrdun's forges return their first profit. Loritane and Raina return to Elancia. Lady Raina convinces Loritane to appoint master smith Hare Aralea as governor of Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 230
|valign=top| His Most Dignified and Serene Majesty Emperor Kellin, seventh in the Line of Alaidain, dies. His son Delophon takes the Cerulean Throne, assuming the Imperial Name of Caerlin (“Lord of the Deep Waters”).<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 274
|valign=top| The Blessing of Aerlinthe. A gromnatross makes her aerie on the peaks of Cunara. She is named Aurlanaa by the people of the port.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 313
|valign=top| Expansion of the foundry of Aerlinthe; two new forges added.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 317
|valign=top| The outgassing of noxious fumes from Ernassen forces a two-month evacuation to Ireth Lassel.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 323
|valign=top| Battle of Shimena. Twenty Imperial chevairds and forty-four household troops of Loritane perish while holding at bay a raiding force of five hundred Pelagic sea-nomads, embarked in two dozen sailing vessels of war.
<br>Battle of the Towers. Seeking revenge for the defeat at Shimena, the Pelagian band returns and attacks from the south. Mages under the direction of Aralea ascend the light-towers and pour fire down upon the decks of their ships. The Coral Golems used to keep the navigation channel clear rip the keels from their ships. The southern attack is repulsed, though sunken vessels block the channel for a month. A second landing to the west, near the reservoir, results in the looting and partial razing of the port. Over one hundred die, and many are taken captive by the sea-nomads.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 324
|valign=top| In response to the raids, Emperor Caerlin declares the port of Aerlinthe an Imperial anchorage and treasure port. Four war galleons and seven fast skysloops, for scouting and messenger duty, drop anchor in Raina's Harbor. They bring with them an additional hundred chevairds to garrison the island. Aerlinthe is acknowledged as one of the most important sources of pyreal in the Empire.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 329
|valign=top| The sailing platform-city of the sea-nomads that raided Aerlinthe in 323 is tracked and taken by the Imperial naval force. Most of the Aerlinthe captives are found enslaved in galley oarlocks.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 331
|valign=top| The Eaulinthe (“Star-Stone”) is found in the deepest crevasses of Tenkarrdun. This large diamond contains a small amount of liquid magma, kept hot and brightly shining through unknown magical means.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 336
|valign=top| [[Asheron Realaidain]] is born.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| RE 340
|valign=top| Raina's Harbor boils. A new fumarole opens at the bottom, heating the water to scalding temperatures. The Imperial ships are anchored at Shimena while golems dig a new land outlet for the gasses, then seal the fumarole.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 349
|valign=top| Memorial Stone erected in Shimena Keep, inscribed with the names of all who died in the Pelagic raids of 323.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 366
|valign=top| Children begin to disappear at night in the village of [[Daralet]] in the Dericost Marches.<ref>2000/02 [[Shadows of the Past]] - [[Archival Copy]]</ref>
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|valign=top| RE 371
|valign=top| The forges of Aerlinthe begin to produce weapons designed by Lord Atlan of Knorr. Lord Loritane takes the finest axe, and has the Eaulinthe fixed upon its blade. With this weapon he joins the northern army at Planae.
<br>Loritane disappears in the Dericost Marches, along with most of Atlan's army. Lady Raina assumes control of Loritane's house and holdings. Hare Aralea renews his oaths of fealty to the Lady in person, traveling to her castle in Glystenae via fast skyship.
<br><br>Lady Raina announces she carries a child of Loritane.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
<br><br>Atlan dies at the hands of Bael'Zharon.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| RE 372
|valign=top| Raina gives birth to a daughter, whom she names Clari.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 388
|valign=top| [[Nesortania Province]] overrun by the forces of the Hopeslayer. Lady Raina takes Clari and her household, and flees to the [[Imperial Archipelago]].<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| RE 392
|valign=top| The city of [[Elancia]] in Glystenae falls under shadow. <ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| RE 426
|valign=top| Caerlin replaces the galleon Minaera, last of the original Imperial patrol squadron, with the new sailing frigate Reithyis.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 502
|valign=top| Prince Durglen Realaidain, son of the Emperor, announces that he will take the hand of Clari Loritane, Mistress of Aerlinthe, and walk by her side into darkness or dawn.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 507
|valign=top| Prince Durglen joins hands with Mistress Clari in the Iphvircae Cliffs Cathedral.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 567
|valign=top| A large colony of mulardil are discovered in the Naarcaerel Reef by the fisher-woman Julitaen, a poor resident of the harbor tempest floats. She is titled mistress of the mular-pearl harvest by Hare Aralea, and hires all the other residents of the floats.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 686
|valign=top| Caerlin's “Council of Five” is convened.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| RE 886
|valign=top| Ejan Aralae, son of Hare, succeeds his father as master smith and governor of Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| RE 893
|valign=top| Emperor Caerlin is brushed by Black Madness in battle, and becomes leprous with Ayai Heauviri.*<br><i>(* Translator's note: Ayai is Empyrean for “burning.” Heauviri, literally means “high-thought-wind.” This may be the Yalain equivalent of “soul.” Based on context, which suggest disease and decay, I would judge our closest translation of Ayai Heauviri to be “the Soulburn Plague.” - Bretslef)</i><ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| RE 895
|valign=top| Aurlanaa leaves her aerie on the peak of Cunara. She meets several other gromnatross south of Aerlinthe, and they ascend, disappearing into the heavens. No gromnatross are seen on Auberean for twenty-two years.
<br>Severe lightning-storms and strange glows come over the southeast waters. The population is evacuated to the west.
<br><br>Darkness falls upon the shores of Ireth Lassel. A vast reach of Black Madness and fifteen Thorns accompany the Hopeslayer, his generals, and their army.
<br><br>Darkness defeated. The Hopeslayer is entrapped in the mage council's array. The explosive power released destroys the Jailne Lyceum, kills the entire council, and shatters the array into pieces. One piece lands on Aerlinthe, but is recovered before it can dig itself into the ground. With the defeat of the Hopeslayer, the Rhethis Eipoth (Era of Lore) is concluded by decree of Emperor Caerlin. The Torethis Eipoth (Second Era of Lore) is declared.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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=== Torethis Eipoth ===
* Torethis Eipoth translates to ''Second Age of Lore''.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/>
* Lasted 761 years.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol2/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol3>2003/03 [[The History of Auberean/Volume III: The Fall From Grace (-1,804 to -891)]]</ref>

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|bgcolor=#d0d0d0 width=90| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0 width=90| '''Yalaini Epothi
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
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|valign=top| TE 1
|valign=top| Emperor Caerlin I declares the beginning of the Torethis Eipoth shortly after the entrapment of Bael'Zharon.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
<br>The population returns to Aerlinthe, and the forges are reopened. Raina returns to Elancia. Elders from Ithaenc arrive to care for Aurlanaa's abandoned childer. Hare Aralea and his wife Malestra return to their homeland of Elancia. Hare becomes one of Lady Raina's counselors.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 2
|valign=top| His Most Dignified and Serene Majesty Emperor Caerlin, eighth in the Line of Alaidain, dies from the Soulburn Plague after six months of insanity. He is 773 years old. His son Caerlin II ascends to the Cerulaean Throne, and Clari, Mistress of Elancia and Aerlinthe, becomes Empress of the Thousand Seas. Raina remains the Dowager Lady of Elancia and Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
<br><i><nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: In the <u>Ages of the Empyrean</u>, Caerlin I dies in TE 4. In the <u>Aerlinthe Record</u>, Caerlin I dies in TE 2. Given that, in Lore terms, the Ages of the Empyrean document is the work of Isparians (the Arcanum), and the Aerlinthe Record is the work of Yalaini, the record is viewed as more accurate.<nowiki>]</nowiki></i>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 8
|valign=top| The older forges at Aerlinthe are replaced.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 11
|valign=top| A daughter, Alhallie, is born to Caerlin and Clari. A Festival Year is declared in Elancia and Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 17
|valign=top| The Return of Grace. The gromnatross come down from the stars. Aurlanaa alights upon her aerie at Cunara. She looks into the eye of Kelderam, a ward of Ithaenc since her early 100's, and considered hopelessly mad. Kelderam is jauniril*, and lapses into unconsciousness. When she awakens, she weeps for a full day, and is afterwards restored in mind and spirit. In her waning years, Kelderam led the Adjanite Order, and was renowned for her wisdom and serenity.<br>(*Translator's note: By context, “jauniril” would seem to be a verb. I have never encountered this word before, however, and know not what it means. - Bretslef)<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 101
|valign=top| A landquake blocks the navigation channel of Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 218
|valign=top| Lady Raina dies in her sleep, at the age of 1013. Clari becomes Lady of Elancia and Aerlinthe, making her family's lands Imperial Provinces.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 275
|valign=top| The legendary traveling entertainer Surinna Thrasyl stops at Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 333
|valign=top| The mutilated corpse of the missionary Lady Galaeral of Ithaenc is found off the north shore of Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 334
|valign=top| Imperial Inquisitor Lady Alibec arrives to investigate the murder of Galaeral. She uncovers a small group of undead hiding in the bowels of the reservoir, and destroys them. The chamber in which they performed the deed is sealed. The origin and motives of the undead remain unresolved.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 413
|valign=top| Empress Clari dies in a boating accident at the age of 937. Princess Alhallie becomes Lady of Elancia and Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 416
|valign=top| Catriae Tamanea's rogue fleet defeats the flotilla at Aerlinthe, and pillages the port. Over twelve million pyreal coins are looted.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 422
|valign=top| Piteous screams are heard from behind the door Inquisitor Alibec sealed in 334. It is forced open, but the room is empty, and the scene of Galaeral's murder remains as it was when the door was erected. Shrieks of pain and incomprehensible, mumbling chants are occasionally heard from the room, leading workers to whisper that the missionary's soul remains in torment at the place of her death.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE: 428
|valign=top| Princess Alhallie visits Aerlinthe, while on her tour of the provinces. She gathers research for a planned travelogue.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 450
|valign=top| After the census, Emperor Caerlin announces that Tentael has a population of over one million, most under the age of 400. Aerlinthe's population is less than 100, but nearly 1000 golems work the forges at any time.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 463
|valign=top| Massive collapse of the Tenkarrdun forge tunnels during a landquake. Four workers are crushed, another sixteen trapped and suffocated. The entire lower quarter of the foundry is cut off. Shifting rock makes reopening the tunnels too risky, and Ejan decides to build a new forge works further up the mountain.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 464
|valign=top| The new forges are completed. Due to the distance between them and the magma flows, production is less than half of that before the collapse.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 477
|valign=top| Princess Alhallie joins hands with Lord Cashtal Ronain of Haebrous. Lord Cashtal's last name is changed to Realaidain.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 504
|valign=top| His Most Dignified and Serene Majesty Emperor Caerlin II, ninth in the Line of Alaidain, dies at the age of 1022 years. Alhallie ascends to the Cerulean Throne, and takes the Imperial Name of Cellaurai (“Consecrated by Starlight”).<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 513
|valign=top| The Great Northern Tempest. Mages hold off the worst of the storm for three days. The Naarcaerel Reef is ripped apart by storm-tides.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 622
|valign=top| A Skytower arrives at Shimena, and is used to patrol the northeast waters.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 664
|valign=top| Isin Aemil, child of Aerlinthe, becomes an admiral of the Imperial fleet.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| TE 761
|valign=top| With the development of practical portal travel by Asheron, Empress Cellaurai declares a new Era has begun. The Torethis Eipoth is concluded, and the Hyrethis Eipoth (Third Era of Lore) begins.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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=== Hyrethis Eipoth ===
* Hyrethis Eipoth translates to ''Third Age of Lore''.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol3/>
* Lasted 663 years.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol3/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4>2003/03 [[The History of Auberean/Volume IV: Shifting Ways (-888 to -574)]]</ref>

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|bgcolor=#d0d0d0 width=90| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0 width=90| '''Yalaini Epothi
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 1
|valign=top| Empress Cellaurai declares the beginning of the Hyrethis Eipoth upon the development of practical portal travel by Asheron.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 95
|valign=top| Adept Delacim arrives at Aerlinthe and opens fixed portals to Ithaenc, Haelan, Knorr, Nesortania, Elancia, Jalis, Aribel, Alastinae, Dernehale, Larchess, and the works at Seral Ipharsis and Lamihaar.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 142
|valign=top| Nali Athanas reforms the northern church.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top|HE 145
|valign=top|A new temple is built in Aerlinthe.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 232
|valign=top| Empress Cellaurai disappears while on a tour of Haebrous, with the ultimate intention of holding a moot with the Nali and other high dignitaries of the reformed northern church at Aventin. The Haebrous report that her party attempted to ascend the peaks of the Venalben Range, where gromnatross are known to reside.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 233
|valign=top| After eighteen months of fruitless searching for Empress Cellaurai, Cashtal Realaidain is declared Emperor. He takes the name Kellin II ("Righteous Lord").<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ''HE 233 to<br>HE 234
|valign=top| [[The Order of Perfect Light]] is created by [[Asheron]].<ref>2000/05 [[Discoveries]] - [[Order of Perfect Light]]</ref>
<br><i><nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: The text is written prior to the Nali relocating to Tentael, is "nearly two years" after the disappearance of Empress Cellaurai, and Kellin II is mentioned as the newly crowned Emperor.<nowiki>]</nowiki></i>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 239
|valign=top| The Nali relocates from Aventin to Tentael at the invitation of Emperor Kellin.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 347
|valign=top| Fifty-six people of Aerlinthe answer the call of Nali Valind, and participate in the extirpation of the Adjanite heretics.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 348
|valign=top| The Rejection. Troops returning from Valind's desecration and sack of Ithaenc climb Cunara to seek Aurlanaa's blessing. The gromnatross slays them all on sight, and departs Aerlinthe, never to be seen again.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ''HE 380 to<br>HE 459
|valign=top| Approximate time of the death of Delacim.<ref>2000/05 [[Discoveries]] - [[Delacim's Death]]</ref>
<br><i><nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: Based on the figure of "more than 1,700 years" that Asheron was said to be alive at the point of writing Delacim's Death.<nowiki>]</nowiki></i>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 459
|valign=top|Severe landquakes cause magma flows in the upper forge tunnels of Aerlinthe. Smiths remove to the port while golems effect repairs.<ref name=AerlintheRecord/>
<br>Olthoi Arrive on Auberean.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 570
|valign=top| Surviving Yalain are pushed back to Dereth by the Olthoi.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| HE 647
|valign=top| A single Olthoi Queen arrives in Dereth, and begins breeding rapidly in the Black Death Catacombs.
<br>Asheron and his adepts cast the Sundering, sending the surviving Yalain into Portal Space. Asheron sends his adepts away as Olthoi breach their building. Asheron survives and retreats to his castle on [[Asheron's Island]].<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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=== Moriqui Eipoth ===
* Moriqui Eipoth translates to ''Age of Shifting''.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4/>
* Has thus far lasted 604 years.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol4/>

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|bgcolor=#d0d0d0 width=90| '''Portal Year
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0 width=90| '''Yalaini Epothi
|bgcolor=#d0d0d0| '''Event
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ME 1
|valign=top| As the lone surviving Empyrean, Asheron declares the beginning of the Moriqui Eipoth.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top|
|valign=top| Virindi arrive on Dereth, before any of the other races. They fought with the Asheron over something, and lost.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top|
|valign=top| Other species began to arrive on Dereth, including Tumeroks and Lugians.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ME 564<br>-15 PY<br>1261 RC
|valign=top| Isparians Arrive on Dereth.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoricalArchive>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Microsoft Games Archive/World/History/Historical Archive]]</ref> For more information on the following time period, see [[Isparians On Dereth: -15 P.Y. to 10 P.Y.]]
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ME 579<br>0 PY<br>1276 RC
|valign=top| The [[The One Queen|Olthoi Queen of Dereth]] is defeated.<ref name=AgesEmp/><ref name=HistoricalArchive/>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ME 587<br>8 PY<br>1284 RC
|valign=top| On Ispar, the royal army of Viamont, lead by prince [[Varicci di Corcosi II]], enter the lands of Bellenesse and lay siege to the Duke's fortress. The rebels, lead by [[Eleonora du Bellenesse]] and the [[Duke of Bellenesse]], flee through a mysterious portal. Varicci and his army follow them. The Viamontians arrive on the [[Halaetan Isles]], where they will remain trapped for 8 years.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont>2004/11 Pre-[[Throne of Destiny]] - [[The Origins and Current Disposition of Viamont]]</ref><ref name=ToDIntroVid>2005/07 [[Throne of Destiny]] - Intro Video</ref>
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|valign=top| 
|valign=top| ME 589<br>10 PY<br>1286 RC
|valign=top| After a long lull in Isparian arrivals, a great surge of new Aluvian, Gharu'ndim, and Sho adventurers were called from Ispar to Dereth by mysterious portals in their homelands. <ref name=HistoricalArchive/>
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|valign=top| 10+ PY
|valign=top| For events 10 PY and further, see [[Story Arcs]].
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