Continuity/Aluvian History

Beta and Release

When Stormwaltz was writing the text The Reign of Alfrega, he worked out a timeline of Aluvian rulers. By combining the information from the Stormwaltz quote On Aluvian Rulers, The Reign of Alfrega, and the Beta information page on the Aluvian heritage, we can create the following timeline:

Roulean Year	Event
787 RC	Reign of Pwyll II begins. It lasts 17 years.
804 RC	Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends. Reign of Alfric begins. It lasts 20 years.
824 RC	Reign of Alfric ends. Reign of Theolaud begins. It lasts 30 years.
854 RC	Reign of Theolaud Ends. Reign of Alfrega begins. It lasts 14 years.
868 RC	Reign of Alfrega ends. Reign of Osric begins. It lasts 31 years.
899 RC	Reign on Osric ends. Reign of Pwyll III begins. It lasts 25 years.
924 RC	Reign of Pwyll III ends. Reign of Cellric II begins. It is not known how long it lasts.
1311 RC	After approximately 400 years pass since the reign of Cellric II had begun (387 to be exact), the reign of Cedraic III begins. It is listed as having an unknown end date, but lasting 10 years, implying it is the current reign.
1321 RC Present day	"Good King Cedraic" reigns in Aluvia during this time.

The History of Auberean

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

Portal Year	Roulean Year	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 bolded blue.

Portal Year	Roulean Year	Event
??? PY	??? RC	Reign of Pwyll II begins.
-869 PY	704 RC	Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends.
-869 PY	704 RC	Reign of Alfric begins.
??? PY	??? RC	Reign of Alfric ends.
??? PY	??? RC	Reign of Theolaud begins.
-779 PY	765 RC	Reign of Theolaud Ends.
-779 PY	765 RC	Reign of Alfrega begins.
-758 PY	779 RC	Reign of Alfrega ends.
-758 PY	779 RC	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 since the reign of Cellric II had begun, the reign of Cedraic III begins.
??? PY	??? RC	"Good King Cedraic" reigns in Aluvia during this time.
-15 PY	??? 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, we can add a few more dates:

Portal Year	Roulean Year	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 20 years.
-804 PY	724 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.
-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 since the reign of Cellric II had begun (387 to be exact), the reign of Cedraic III begins. 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.
-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.

There are still a few issues with this, however:

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, and Stormwaltz has commented that during the beta, he created things out without always considering the broader ramifications, we can reasonably increase the length of the reign of Alfric to cover the gap.

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.

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. Using the the conclusions from 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 Aluvian heritage states that when Cedraic is King, there is no war between Aluvia and Viamont, but it is just a matter of time.

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:

Portal Year	Roulean Year	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.
-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.