Editing Gharu'ndim Lore (section)

=== Timeline ===
The following information has been pieced together from numerous sources. For more information, see [[Continuity/Gharu'ndim History|Continuity - Gharu'ndim History]].
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!Portal Year
!Roulean Year
!Event
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|valign=top| ''-606 to -577 PY''
|valign=top| ''880s to 890s RC''
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[[Rakhil al-Khur]] and [[Yasif ibn Salayyar]] are most likely born during this time.
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|valign=top| ''-554 to -546 PY''
|valign=top| ''915 to 920 RC''
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During this time, the [[Naqut Desert]] divides the [[Milantean]] lands from the decaying [[Roulean]] empire.<ref name=TheHundredTracklessPaths /> The Naqut is the home of the Gharu'ndim people.<ref name=TheHundredTracklessPaths />
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It is during this time that the nomadic Gharu'ndim people, led by Malik [[Rakhil al-Khur]] and the warrior-poet [[Yasif ibn Salayyar]], head north, across the Naqut, on a campaign to conquer Roulean lands.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /><ref name=WingsOfRakhil /><ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 />
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''<nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: this is a rough approximation on when the campaign may have begun.<nowiki>]</nowiki>''
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|valign=top| ''-542 PY''
|valign=top| ''923 RC''
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One of the five [[Crimson Stars]], [[Al-Ghul]], is renamed [[Al-Khur]] in honor of Rakhil al-Khur, after the great victory won at the salt mines to the east of [[Tirethas]].<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars />
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|valign=top| -540 PY
|valign=top| 924 RC
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Gharu'n armies seige the Roulean capital of [[Tirethas]], the City of Lore.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 />
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Rakhil makes the mistake of threatening to burn the books within her walls, and Yasif strikes him down in rage. With that, the conquest of Roulea ends and the nation of Gharu'n is born. In all, half of Roulea's lands are lost to the new nation of Gharu'n. Rakhil al-Khur's son, [[Amul ibn Rakhil]] becomes the new Malik and Yasif becomes his adviser.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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|valign=top| ''-538 PY''
|valign=top| ''925 RC''
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[[Mansur al-Rajan]] is born. Mansur would later serve in the kitchen of the al-Nafalt during the reign Malik Amul ibn Rakhil, be a part of the first group of Zharalim, and become vizier to Malik Tu'azar ibn Amul.<ref name=ToBeAShadow/>
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''<nowiki>[</nowiki>Editor's Note: This is an approximation based on Mansur being 19 when his training is completed.<nowiki>]</nowiki>''
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After the founding of Gharu'n many of the other realms about the Ironsea have not recognized their sovereignty, so Yasif travels to the other nations, including Aluvia, Viamont, Roulea, Silvera to win the respect of neighboring rulers - All except Milantos, who refuses again and again Yasif's petitions to travel to their nation and hold parley with [[Arpad]], their king.<ref name=ToBeAShadow/>
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|valign=top| ''-517 PY''
|valign=top| ''939 RC''
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King Arpad of Milantos dies. Without a son or any living male relatives, his advisor [[Laszko]] becomes king. Yasif sends another request to the new king, and to to his surprise, Laszko agrees. Yasif travels to the port of Mawwuz and sails to Milantos.
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Yasif has been gone for six months, two more than expected. Worry begins to grow in Gharu'n.
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Yasif has been gone for seven months. Soldiers begin to gather at the Malik's palace, readying for an invasion of Milantos. Malik Amul receives a letter from King Laszko, threatening to kill Yasif if Gharu'n invades. The letter contains the severed finger of the poet. Amul disbands the army.<ref name=ToBeAShadow/>
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|valign=top| ''-514 PY''
|valign=top| ''941 RC''
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Yasif has been gone for two years. Malik Amul has sent missives to Milantos demanding King Laszko for the return of his emissary, asking what Laszko wishes as ransom, and pleading for a reason why Yasif has been taken, all without response. Finally, a second letter is sent from Milantos. It is blank, and contains a second finger of Yasif.
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Soon after, young men and women from the al-Nafalt begin to disappear. Mansur al-Rajan is among them. Mansur is taken to a hidden mountain fortress, where he and 49 others are held for 30 days. Malik Amul arrives and addresses them on why they have been taken. Thus marks the formation of the secret organization known as the Shagar Zharala, the Walkers in Shade.<ref name=ToBeAShadow/>
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|valign=top| ''-510 PY''
|valign=top| ''944 RC''
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The 50 train for three years in the mountain fortress. At the end, 36 of the 50 become the first Zharalim. Twelve of the best Zharalim return with the Malik to the al-Nafalt.
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One week before the Zharalim are to be sent out to rescue the poet, Yasif returns to the palace. He had been freed by his jailer. During his imprisonment in Milantos, Laszko had used Yasif for dark rituals, and Yasif had lost his eyes along with all digits on his left hand. Yasif requests that Mansur remain at the al-Nafalt as his guide.
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The other eleven Zharalim are sent to Milantos. They kill Laszko, but all perish before they can return to Gharu'n.<ref name=ToBeAShadow/>
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|valign=top| -438 PY
|valign=top| 992 RC
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[[Ladriya bint Daum]] is born.<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars />
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|valign=top| ''-423 PY''
|valign=top| ''1002 RC''
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Yasif ibn Salayyar dies. Gharu'n mourns for one full year.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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|valign=top| ''-422 PY''
|valign=top| ''1003 RC''
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Soon after the death of Yasif ibn Salayyar, Amul ibn Rakhil also dies, heirless, poisoned at his own birthday celebration. Gharu’n falls into chaos.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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The [[Century of Storms]] begins. During this time of chaos in Gharu'n no fewer than twenty-five different would-be Maliks and Malikas will rule the Gharu'ndim people.<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars /><ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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|valign=top| ''-419 PY''
|valign=top| ''1005 RC''
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The Gharu'ndim group known as Walim, The Searchers, appear a few years after the death of Yasif, vowing to continue his explorations of the nature of truth.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimFactions>1996-1999 (unknown) [[Asheron's Call Beta]] - [[Zogblaster Archive]]: [[Zogblaster Archive/Heritage Groups/Gharu'ndim/Gharu'ndim Factions|Gharu'ndim Factions]]</ref>
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[[Tu'azar ibn Amul]] is the Malik. Mansur al-Rajan serves as his vizier.<ref name=ToBeAShadow />
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|valign=top| -399 PY
|valign=top| 1018 RC 
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After some 15 years of chaos in Gharu'n, Ladriya bint Daum decides to leave Tirethas and return to her home in Taban.
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Halfway through her journey, Ladriya's caravan is attacked at night by band of nomads sent by the renegade Shayk Ridqidh. Ladriya is wounded badly but is saved by [[Tamsah ibn Jaidah]], who carries her away on his stallion.
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After riding for six days, Tamsah and Ladriya arrive at the oasis of Shiryaz. They stay there for almost two months while Ladriya recovers.
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On 6th of Solclaim, 1018 RC, Tamsah and Ladriya return to the court of Taban at Nishadina.
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Ladriya orders the forging of the Silifi of Crimson Stars, to be wielded by Tamsah. Ladriya goes on to be become Malika.<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars />
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|valign=top| ''-393 PY''
|valign=top| ''1022 RC''
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20 years after the death of Yasif ibn Salayyar, Mansur al-Rajan recounts his experiences which are recorded in the historical text ''The Nights of al-Nafalt''.<ref name=ToBeAShadow />
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Near the end of the ''Century of Storms'', Viamont sends armies to Gharu'n to invade. The Viamontians install [[Zahir ibn Ma'mun]] as a puppet leader, while they rule Gharu'n from afar.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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During his rule, Zahir ibn Ma'mun murdered all his rivals, except for a young lord named [[Jawhar al-Shamshir]].
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Seeing what has become of his homeland, Jawhar travels the desert in secret, banding together the people.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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|valign=top| ''-272 PY''
|valign=top| ''1103 RC''
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Jawhar defeats Zahir ibn Ma'mun and drives the Viamontians from the shores of Gharu'n. He becomes the new Malik, and returns Gharu'n to the glory it had known in Yasif's time.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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''Century of Storms'' ends.<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars /><ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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|valign=top| -15 PY
|valign=top| 1274 RC
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The Malika [[Qadira bint Balj]] reigns in Gharu'n. There is always the threat of war, from both Viamont and Milantos, but the desert kingdom is once again a place where the sharpness of a man's mind is far more valuable than that of his sword.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
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|valign=top| -15 PY
|valign=top| 1274 RC
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The appearance of the portals in Aluvia has disrupted all of Ispar. No one knows what they are or why they have appeared. The people of Ispar are afraid, and the Viamontians take advantage of this situation.<ref name=InvasionOfIspar>10/2004 Pre-[[Throne of Destiny]] - [[The Invasion of Ispar]]</ref>
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|valign=top| -15 PY
|valign=top| 1274 RC
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Viamont invades Aluvia and Roulea. After early victories in Aluvia, the Aluvians put up a resistance, and the war falls into a stalemate. The [[Duke Bellenesse]] leads the invasion of Roulea. The Roulean Empire collapses, its imperial army annihilated and its Emperor killed in his palace by Bellenesse. The Viamontian army presses on to Gharu'n.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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|valign=top| ''-12 PY''
|valign=top| ''1276 RC''
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Within two years, after a siege by sea and by land, the Viamontians take Tirethas. Viamontian army marches east along the northern edge of the Naqut pushing back the Gharu'ndim army. Gharu'ndim resistance solidifies around the city of Shiryaz. Viamontians are fought to a standstill there, and Shiryaz remains free.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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|valign=top| ''-2 PY''
|valign=top| ''1283 RC''
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[[Talal ibn Qamuz]] of [[Nishadina]] is caught smuggling Old Roulean texts, saved from Tirethas, to sell to the Viamontians. The Malika of Gharu'n uses this situation to her advantage, and orders Talal to Viamont, with 1000 copies of the the Roulean text [[The Treatise of the Individual]]. He is sent to Viamont to peddle these copies to his Viamontian clients of nobility, including Countess Lotila, Count Renari, and Duke Bellenesse. As punishment for his crime, he is forever banished from Gharu'n.<ref name=TheMalikaAndTheIndividual>11/2004 Pre-[[Throne of Destiny]] - [[The Malika and the Individual]]</ref>
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|valign=top| 0 PY
|valign=top| 1284 RC
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Portals to Dereth begin to appear in Gharu'n and Sho.<ref name=HistoryOfAubereanVol5 />
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|valign=top| 3 PY
|valign=top| 1286 RC
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The Viamontian army camped outside Shiryaz is recalled back to Viamont, to deal with a crisis in their homeland.<ref name=OriginsOfViamont />
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|valign=top| 16 PY
|valign=top| 1295 RC
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The last remnants of Bellenesse's rebellion have been all but eradicated. The followers of Bellenesse had distracted King Varicci from his campaigns elsewhere on Ispar, but with the rebellion defeated, Varicci once again turns his attention to the other lands of Ispar.<ref name=LetterFromHomeViamontian />
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The war between Aluvia and Viamont continues. Aluvia holds their western borders, and both sides have taken heavy losses, but the tides seem to be turning in favor of Viamont.<ref name=LetterFromHomeAluvian />
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The war between Gharu'n and Viamont continues as well. The Gharu'ndim believe their nation only continues to exist because King Varicci has not yet chosen to press his attack.<ref name=LetterFromHomeGharundim />
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The Sho worry what will happen to them should the Viamontians conquer Gharu'n completely.<ref name=LetterFromHomeSho />
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