King Boreas of Corvain is murdered in his chambers in Couravel by Kithai assassins.
History of the Last Age
The Upheaval
1347 AtC 1354 AtC
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1347 AtC
31 Brumarie
Murder of king Boreas
Life, Death -
1347 AtC
13 Frimarie1348 AtC
20 Brumarie
Three Kings in Corvain
Military: WarWhen king Boreas is murdered without a clear line of succession, his three bastard sons, each backed by a faction of nobles enters into a civil war for the crown of Corvain.
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1348 AtC
1354 AtC
The Great War
Military: WarThe forces of the Gelgic Alliance(organization) launch their invasion of the Chivlaric Lands.
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1348 AtC
8 Fructidor1348 AtC
10 Fructidor
The Siege of Calantor
Military: BattleThe Gelgic Alliance conquers Calantor
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1348 AtC
9 Fructidor
The Closing of the Malachite Tower
Population Migration / TravelDuring the siege of Calantor, the elves of the city, fearing the xenophopic hatred of archduke Windelband, gather in the strange Malachite Tower built by Orian Ryllanor. The tower is magically sealed and cannot be opened by the gelgic invaders, and the entire elven district overnight become overgrown by man-eating flora.
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1348 AtC
24 Nivose
The Cinvaran Cataclysm
Disaster / DestructionThe dread plateau of Cinvar and the surrounding Sagail Mountains collapses into the depths of the eart in a violent cataclysm, creating the Maelstrom Sea . In later year this is explained rationally by great underground expanses collapsing due to extreme volcaning and tectonic activity. Religious scholar count this as the moment when the Lord of Light abandoned the world to its evils. Along the Blackstone Coast there are stories told about the heroes of House Calibor and the ancient evil known only as the King in Tatters.
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1348 AtC
1 Pluviose1353 AtC
The Stain
Plague / EpidemicIn the aftermath of the Cinvaran Cataclysm, many wielders of arcane magic fall victim to a strange disease corruptin both the body and the mind. This disease become known as the Stain. The strange affliction spread lika a wildfire in the lands of the Gelgic Alliance. Those afllicted are banding together to comitt mindless act of destructions and violence.
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1349 AtC
1353 AtC
Collapse of the Gelgic Alliance
DisbandmentThe chaos after the Cinvaran Cataclysm, the murder of Archduke Mauritz Windelband, the onslaught of cinvaran monsters and horde of the Stained the Gelgic Alliance is thwown into turmoil. Civil wars flares between rival factions and when forced member nations are breaking free. Terrible sorcerous weapons develeoped to be use in the Great War are instead turned against the people of the Alliance. Many gelgic civilians flee to the occupied areas of Maelbonne,
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1349 AtC
Death of Archduke Mauritz Windelband
Life, DeathThe Archduke of the Glegic Alliance is murdered infront of his entire court in Ecktesburg by a wraithlike figure.
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1349 AtC
The Argent Protectorate
FoundingGreat magical wards are raised around the remnants of the region of Erimea. Later, when envoys are sent from the northern Demana mainland, they are turned away with the message that the lands beyond are the "Protectorate of the Silver Queen".
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1350 AtC
The City of the Dead
Disaster / DestructionIn the holy city of Pelannor, the dead rises from their grave. Any one slain by the undead horrors rises to unholy life. The city is abandoned to the walking dead.
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1354 AtC
31 Messidor
The Treaty of Sovendor
Diplomatic actionThe war-weary forces of the gelgic and the chivalric lands gather in Sovendor and agrees on a peace treaty. Many former duchies, countys and other domains are recognized as autonomous states, some under their former lords, other under gelgic conqurers and few under entire new forms of governance. Calantor is declared as and indepedent city state under the stewardship of former field marshal Vadrian Eberhard
The Stewardship
1354 AtC 1625 AtC
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1354 AtC
31 Messidor
The Treaty of Sovendor
Diplomatic actionThe war-weary forces of the gelgic and the chivalric lands gather in Sovendor and agrees on a peace treaty. Many former duchies, countys and other domains are recognized as autonomous states, some under their former lords, other under gelgic conqurers and few under entire new forms of governance. Calantor is declared as and indepedent city state under the stewardship of former field marshal Vadrian Eberhard
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1355 AtC
Germinal
The Revelations of Saul
Religious eventForm out of the Southern deserts and the conflagration sweeping the ggelgic lands comes a lone warrior, calling himself Saul. He is bringing the last great wave of regugees from what once the great gelgic alliance before the area succumb entirely to the monsters and the Stained. Saul preaches that the Lord of Light has abandoned the world because the wicked hearts of mortal. The doors to the heavens are closed, but the archangel Araton. Saul claims that there is still hope to regain the heavens, to turn the heart of the Lord of Light - but that will be a hard road.
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1355 AtC
Vendemaire
The Midnight Ministry
FoundingThe surviving clergy of Pelannor rallies arund the new prothet Saul and his teaching. A new religious authority is formed in what is named the Midninght Ministry.
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1356 AtC
1382 AtC
The Arcane Purge
ExtinctionThe Midnight Ministry under the prophet Saul blame the horrors of the Upheaval on the ungodly use of arcane magic. They start systematic persecutions and witch-burning and are joined by nobles and common folks alike
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1359 AtC
Carta Vesperis
Political eventSteward Vadrian Eberhard accepts the proposition by the Midnight Ministry to outlaw the use of arcane magic in Calantor. Nine noble and powerful families had many arcanists in their ranks and were granted an exception from the law under the accords of the Carta Vesperis. The families became known as Vespetine Houses
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1363 AtC
The Wyvern Kingdom
FoundingThe wyvern-riding mercenary Silas de Clarent, claiming to be the older half-brother brother of the lost maelbonian queen Morgana, unites the tempestari orders and conquers the nothern parts of the duchy of Mael. The country comes be colloquially known as the Wyvern Kingdom
The Last Monarchy
1625 AtC 1658 AtC
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1652 AtC
The Great Calantian Fire
Disaster / Destruction
The Calantian Ascendancy
1658 AtC 1775 AtC
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1666 AtC
1671 AtC
The First Obsidian War
Military: War -
1769 AtC
1786 AtC
The First Reclamation War
Military: War
Age of Progress
1776 AtC 1845 AtC
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1776 AtC
The Coalition
FoundingMost of the lands of of northwestern Demana enters into a union for stability. peace and to better compete with the expansion of Maglav Mhar into the Blightslands.
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1781 AtC
1798 AtC
The Transdemana Railway
Construction beginning/endA great railway is constructed, spanning from Beldun, via Calantor all the way to Midoria
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1794 AtC
Return of the Malachite Elves
Population Migration / TravelThe Malachite tower standing sealed in the abandon and overgrown elven district of Brightspires in Calantor, suddenly open its door. Descendants of the elves that fled into the tower during the siege of Calantor in 1348 now return to claim the Brightspires once more
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1809 AtC
Menerva's Mandate
Arcane magic is once more allowed throughout the Coalition, but only by those holding a license.
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1832 AtC
The First Ambrotype
Technological achievementThe first ambrotype, a picture produced by a optical device is presnted at the Acdamey of Artifce and Erudition
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1833 AtC
1845 AtC
Second Reclamation War
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1842 AtC
1844 AtC
The Gauvin Antarctic Expedition
ExpeditionEmanuel Gauvin launches an expedition to the Southern Ice Wastes in search of ancient ruins
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1845 AtC
Brumegard is Claimed by the Mists
Disaster / DestructionThe strange supernatural Mists swallow the nation of Brumegard and its people.
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1845 AtC
1845 AtC
The Gauvin-Steinhardt Expedition
ExpeditionEmanuel Gauvin and Sebastian Steinhardt launches an expedition the heart of the Mistweld
Seasons of Mist
1846 AtC and beyond
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1847 AtC
First Wave of Fey Refugees
Fey, almost belived only to exist in legend, appear in great number at the gates of Calantor. They have been fleeing some disaster befalling their otherworldy homes in the Wild Lands.
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1848 AtC
The Fulmenic Ackumulator
Technological achievementA device that can store and channel magical lightning is presented by the Galvanis family
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1849 AtC
1849 AtC
Rowena de Carsival Disappear
Life, Relocation -
1850 AtC
1853 AtC
The Gnomerot
A virulent plague spreads through Calantor. The gnomish population is by far the hardest hit, and gnomes are considered plaguebearers. To stop the epidemic all gnomes, infected as well as healthy are rounded up and placed in the ghetto presently known as the Tattertown. A lot of vacant gnomish property are auctioned off during the three year long confinement - forcing many of the few gnomish survivors to stay in Tattertown even after the internment ended.
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1871 AtC
The Third Reclamation War Begins
Military: War -
1878 AtC
1878 AtC
The Sarxian Brotherhood is Outlawed
Criminal ActivityThe fleshcrafting Sarxian Brotherhood is outlawed. The leader of the brotherhood, doctor Ludwig Artamus chairman of the Medical Institute, is presumably tried and executed by the Midnight Ministry - over a decade later it will be revealed that it was a magically and surgically altered student that had taken Artamus.