Timeline

The Timeline listed below is the historical reference for event within the realm of Earthstone or what has been reported to Earthstone palace. While accurate it is not complete, in that it doesn't cover event from the Warpspawns points of view, or the Shun-dar point of view, there is also a timeline of event for the future setting of Earthstone, which is around 5000 years after the current timeline. It is however a direct lift from the current version of the Mythology.

In any event here it is:

The cuurent year is 2505 in the reign of the High Queen Tydern VIII, who is the ruler of all the Kingdoms controlled by the Human, Gorsa, and southern Zendarie.
While little is known of the first High King he seems to have come to power around 1500 to 2000 years ago, and used brute force to have formed the High Council with an alliance after a war. At that time apart from himself and the two countries he had forced to stop warring, no one else was under his control. A few years later two more countries joined the council. At this point they were Maringor, Beraun, Gorsan, and Ardesi. Since then the High King or High Queen has more or less maintained peace through out most of the known lands. War does break out between different kingdoms, but if it gets out of hand the High Queen will always put a stop to it.
About 10 years later the Zendarie people petitioned the second High King to join the council. At the time the High King took the chance to formally reorganize the council into eight seats. Giving two to the Gorsa, two to the Zendarie and four to the human kingdoms.
Clan Guthite joined as the second Gorsa clan, as did the Southern Zendarie castes of Worker and Teacher. The fourth human seat went to Lanile. The council existed in that form until 1650 when High King Giale (who was born in clan Guthite) changed the charter of the council to reflect the populations of the world. At this point all but four Gorsa clans and the human countries of Asciak and Malaguetta were allied to the High King. The council was expanded, with the extra two going to Bakaltis, and the Zendarie Magic caste. The High King also ordered the formation of the first units of Griffin guard.
Each of the different religions has it's stories about how the land was created and which Gods rule the universe. Some, all, or none of them might be right. Within recorded history no God or Deity has ever been encountered and proved. Although each religion will tell you otherwise.
Each belief however does agree that approximately 2500 years ago the land was changed, in one way or another. Some think there was a Great War, others feel it was when the world was born. The legends of that time vary in degree and intent. Most however feel it was very important to record that something happened, even if they can't agree on what it was. For the first 1500 years after that, little if any records were kept and even less have survived.
The Beastmen don't have a written history, and therefore much of it changes depending on which tribe you speak to. The Garnresh version of history simply says the Warpspawn came and took them over just as they will one-day take over everyone else. Dates and other minor details are irrelevant.

Some time before Year 0, a race known only to scholars as the Kalarr ruled the world, but they seem to have been wiped out. All that is known about them is based on a few bodily remains and artifacts.
Y0 - Y1500 No known recorded history.
A Vampire known as Count Laver walks the lands of Earthstone. Where he came from and what he knows will not be revealed for a very long time.
Some time before Y200. A number of ships from House Zendarum, set sail for the southern seas. They are believed to have sunk, and are only remembered in tall tales, which are told to Zendarum children. The other Great Houses didn't believe any of the stories at all until the year 2500 when contact from the south changed their point of view.
Some time around Y500 Beastmen of the northern realm discover how to use warp stone dust to enhance their shaman's powers. As a side effect it slowly turns them into their animal totems. Those whose faith is not strong enough get turned into hideous beasts.
Y1505 House Zendarum splinters into two factions, House Zendarum and House Drysiater, because of two sisters fighting over the throne. Bronze weapons are in use in the northern realm.
Y1542 A wizard traveling through lands which at the time belong to clan Morsap, finds a stone circle, which appears to be both immune to and invulnerable to magic spells.
Y1582 House Tansenite break away from House Zendarum, because they feel the Zendarum Matron Mother is out of touch with their needs.
Y1583 High King Riosta dies at the hands of his bodyguard, for reasons unknown. The first Zendarie High King Cororn, is crowned, and orders that official records be kept of history and the High Court.
Y1584 House Tansenite encounter Beastmen for the first time, and a bloody battle ensues. This causes no end of hatred between the two peoples and continues to do so.
Y1585 House Drysiater breaks into 5 houses because of political infighting. The new houses are Drewdean, Delopus, Darkian, and Draida. House Delopus goes to war against Zendarum.
Y1586 The first Zendarum/Delopus war is ended when House Darkian helps House Zendarum by lending them troop support. High Queen Jularna, wife of High King Cororn is assassinated.
Y1590 Ti-ky becomes the official religion of Ardesi.
Y1600 Lanile colonizes Vale-tie.
Y1602 Bronze weapons are made for the first time in the southern realm.
Y1606 House Zendarie start war with the country of Vale-tie.
Y1612 A Garnresh landing party from the North Polar Region encounter House Tansenite. The Garnresh ships are sunk and the crew slain.
Y1613 A large fleet of Garnresh attacks House Tansenite's docks, but are driven back with the use of fire magic and catapult fire.
Y1631 The vampire Count Laver uses his magic dagger of soul stealing and kills an entire Blue Rose team in training.
Y1650 High King Giale has the High Council altered to have ten seats. Five Human, three Zendarie, and two Gorsa. He also orders the formation of the first units of Griffin guard, with their leader being given the position of advising him on military matters.
Y1652 A group of explorers from House Tansenite encounter Beastmen and are cut off from their home lands. They settle in a valley and become House Rubias.
Y1667 A Southern Zendarie war ends with Vale-tie being taken over.
Y1673 House Voltairian, and House Alanadus both break away from house Zendarum. House Voltairan starts making iron weapons for the first time.
Y1680 The King of Bearandass forms the Tanachi collective.
Y1690 Blue Rose knights expand their charter to include all undead.
Y1702 The first recorded encounter with a Beastmen Shaman by House Rubias.
Y1703 The Princess of Aredsi forms the Knights of the Queen as her personal army.
Y1749 Members of House Rubias make contact with House Tansenite, but were rejected as friends because they had changed their house name.
Y1751 Beraun lost its seat on the council for a short time, because of their King formally breaking their alliance to the High King. A few months latter after the Griffin army had blockaded the country; it was discovered that the Beraun King was mad and that his son was claiming the throne. Having done so he apologized to the High King and begged his mercy. The High King decreed that Beraun would be allowed back on to the council, but that they must by way of apology give half of their reserve grain stocks to the members of the Council and Earthstone itself.
Y1784 High King Tydern 1st is crowned. He is picked due to his military genius. He increases the size of the Griffin army, and improves their training.
Y1872 The Southern Zendarie were involved in a caste war, between the Teacher and Art castes, which lasted for a year. At the end of that time the Art caste sued for peace and claimed the Teachers place on the High Council.
Y1891 The Vampire Count Laver descends on a town and is only prevented from wiping it out by a small band of brave souls. His magic dagger is taken from him and hidden.
Y1893 A band of brave warriors banish a Warpspawn demon back to its place of origin. The band includes a Master Wizard called Dragon Load Kyle Morrack. How he came by such a title is unknown, but this is the name Dragons have always used.
Y1895 Bakaltis becomes a cursed land.
Y1896 In response to Bakaltis being a cursed land for the last year and there being no sign of its redemption, the High King Tydern II cast them off the council and reduced the council to 9 seats. Tydern II lived a long life but was known to be overly religiously minded. It was he who appointed the first religious advisor to the High throne, as a counter balance against the Griffin Knight General. The religious advisor was of the Ti-ky faith.
Y1899 High King Tydern II appoints the first Wizardry advisor, Kyle Morrack.
Y1900 The Palace of Beauty is built in Maringor.
Y1910 The religions of Irushi and Ti-ky become popular across Earthstone replacing the Lords of Lore and Chaos as the main religions of the people.
Y1929 Master Wizard Kyle Morrack vanishes to attend to his own projects. Where he goes and what his plans are not known for a very long time.
Y1963 Iron weapons are first made in the southern realm.
Y1990 The Royal family of Beraun loose political power.
Y1998 The coastal volcano at Maringor erupts and partially sinks.
Y2005 The Bearandass army marches right up to Earthstone castles border. High King Myess III restores the 10th seat to the council and gives it to Bearandass to help maintain the peace.
Y2019 High Queen Karien dies giving birth to Myess IV.
Y2100 Wizards of the Future build a library in Maringor.
Y2108 The Matron Mother of House Alanadus banishes her sister for plotting against her, the new faction become House Untares. House Voltarian starts to make folded steal weapons.
Y2190 Count Laver is found in the capital city of Ardesi. He was searching for his dagger when the Blue Rose attacked and believed him to be dead. Whilst he was badly wounded and forced into dormancy for several years, he was able to escape the attack.
Y2214 Catapults are invented by the Gorsa in the southern realms.
Y2228 House Untares begins building a new ship design and replacing their older war ships.
Y2234 House Untares locate and destroy a Garnresh fleet coming south.
Y2319 A tribe of Beastmen who follow the Fox totem settle in the inland forest of the Northern realm, near a giant warp stone deposit and a stone circle.
Y2371 The Matron Mother of House Rubias discovers a plot to have her killed, but before she can kill the plotters they escape and travel across the lands as far as the can. Once they found the eastern coast they set up House Kuldeck.
Y2372 House Kuldeck discover that Garnresh ships travel down from the north along the coast here. Several small battles follow over the next century or so.
Y2386 Clans Bekte and Gurmat go to war.
Y2389 The High King stops the war between Gurmat and Bekte.
Y2433 Under the rein of High King Tydern V clan Guthite was involved in a bloody internal war and was removed from the Council. After an election Clan Greetas was voted to replace Guthite because it was now the second largest clan of Gorsa people.
Y2451 Ships from House Draida encounter Garnresh war ships and although they win the battle only 1 ship returns to port.
Y2456 There is a vast raid on Malaguetta Island by unknown pirates.
Y2457 Malaguetta allied itself with the High King. Thus becoming the youngest country to do so, and leaving Asciak as the only country to not formally ally itself to the High King. Although generally speaking, it is considered to be under the High Kings control in everything but the formal sense.
Y2460 Vale-tie rebels starts to fight against the Zendarie rulers.
Y2462 The Beshara tribes unite under Kharad of the Blood.
Y2482 The Knights of the Silver bells attempt to take over Luin but fail.
Y2493 King Guetta is crowned on Malaguetta, which changed its name to his.
Y2497 Civil war breaks out in Maringor. Vale-tie claims its independence from the Zendarie.
Y2498 High King Tydern VI dies of old age and his son is elected to replace him. New ambassadors are called to attend the new High King. Under High King Tydern VII Maringor is removed from the council and Beshara is elected to replace it. The Gorsa Clan Gorp declares war on the high council and are proclaimed outlaws. Many countries, several of them other Gorsa clans join the battle against the rouge clan. The raids from the Garnresh peak in a bloody invasion of Vale-tie at the end of the year. The High King recognizes the sovereignty of 2 new countries. They are Rianna and the Island of Falsberg. The first of the Overwatch are trained to serve the High King.
Y2499 Earthstone castle is almost destroyed by a Warp stone the size of a golf ball.
The High King Tydern VII has 6 ships built to explore the north. They set sail at the end of the year. Building of a new Earthstone palace is begun, a project that will take two years to finish.
After almost a yearlong war against the Garnresh, peace is forged at the end of the year. High King Tydern VII dismisses his current Wizardry advisor and does not replace him as he has developed a public distrust of wizards. Bearandass claims part of the lands held by Clan Morsap which include the stone circle there. Count Laver is located in Earthstone City and is believed to be slain by Blue Rose knights. However once again he escapes, through his own cunning.
Y2500 High King Tydern VII expands the High council to twelve seats. Six Human, three Zendarie, two Gorsa and for the first time one Garnresh seat. The seats belonged to Ardesi, Bearandass, Beraun, Luin, Malguetta, Maringor, and the castes of Worker, Artisan and Magic from the southern Zendarie, the clans of Greetas and Guthite, and finally Serbrund for the Garnresh seat. Northern Zendarie alliances and wars shift like sand between the different Houses, as well as against the Beastmen. Six explorer ships from the Southern realm land. They are the first contact the people of the Northern realm will have with the people of Earthstone. They explore the Northern realm and bring Scrying ponds to many of the Great houses, while setting up a base at Pelanthis Island. High King Tydern VII marries the daughter of Duke Pelanthis. While exploring the Northern realm a group of adventurers discover a stone circle much like the one in Bearandass. After a great deal of trouble the team find a way to make the circle work. It is in fact a transport device. However they are unsure of how many circles there are now. They also encounter and travel with Master Wizard Kyle Morrack for a short time, before he vanishes again. It is believed that the wizard has become unstuck in time somehow. Near the end of the year the Vagrant Knights change their charter to reflect the mood toward wizards and the office of the Witch Finder general is formed. Baron Grauss dies in Ardesi and his son Alfonce Grauss is declared the new Baron.
Y2501 Just when the first visitors from House Zendarum are at Earthstone Palace, High King Tydern VII dies “in his sleep”. His wife is elected to the office of High Queen under the title High Queen Julie Tydern VIII. This proves to make things easier for the north, with a woman on the High Throne. The forces of Chaos were stopped from breaking free of their imprisonment, by a band of brave adventurers. Sir Torquil, a Blood knight allows himself to become the servant of a vampire, in order to learn the “truth”. He later escapes along with his new master through the stone “Gateway” in Bearandass. Due to a team exploring one of the “Gateways” the Garnresh is found to be plotting to disrupt peace between the south and north. The High Queen removes them from the High Council. While exploring the sixth and last “Gateway” a team of adventurers is slain by Sir Torquil and a Vampire. Hearing of this, the Blue Rose knights’ demand the death of Sir Torquil, but the Blood Knights will not allow this.
Y2502 Another team of explorers along with 3 Blue Rose and 3 Blood knights find Sir Torquil and the vampire. When the Blood Knights discover Torquil has himself become a vampire one of them takes his life to prevent war between the two knightly orders. A group of southern Zendarie with the aid of Fay manage to get a meeting with 6 of the northern Great Houses. The results are that the Southern Zendarie form their own new Royal caste, and are called the 13th Great House. Also the Houses of Zendarum and Draida gain seats on the High Council, they and the Houses of Voltarian and Tansenite formally ally with the High Throne. A Gorsa clan attempts to make a flying ship, which while a massive failure, results in Gargoyles being released on the surface world for the first time in the southern realm. The Gargoyles quickly destroyed the clan and spread too many places in the realm.
Y2503 House Draida becomes the first Northern House to be lead by a man, who takes the title of Patron Father Draida. This event causes much resentment with the other Northern Houses, most notably House Tansenite. Master Wizard Nichola Swartster Zendarie formally takes the role of head of the Magic caste of House Draida.
Y2504 The great swamps on the northern coast of the Southern Bay are found to be the home of a very powerful people who will not tolerate any visitors, but for a few. And even then, only when they choose to allow them. While claiming they are no enemies of the government of Earthstone, few who know of them trust them. At the end of the year a small raiding party of Iron Guard crosses the border into what was once Seberund. They quickly build a small defendable camp and hold out against several Garnresh Patrols. Having done so, they declare the lands theirs. The Garnresh concede that they have the right of might in this case. Although the area of land is little more than that of a single farm, it is an important victory in that it represents that the Country of Seberund has not fallen and will rebuild.

Y2505 Now!

The page was updated on the 25th of November 2005