The great ice sheets expand and contract across the European continent. For much of this long, distant, forgotten era, the land belongs to the Dwarves.
The History
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400000 BC
10000 BC
The Icebound Lands
Geological / environmental event -
160000 BC
Gornaya Shoriya
Construction beginning/endUsing enormous stone slabs, the Orcneas construct massive megalithic temples and gigantic citadels in the far off Altai Mountains.
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40000 BC
Aos Sí
Population Migration / TravelThe fey Elves begin to arrive in Western Europe - hunting, gathering and competing for resources with native Dwarvish clans.
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7000 BC
1900 BC
Fire and Field
ExtinctionThe Elves wage the Long War against the arrival of neolithic Man.
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1645 BC
Kêr-Is
Disaster / DestructionThe first and greatest city of Man is destroyed in a cataclysm lasting a single night.
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56 BC
Caesar
Military actionGaius Julius Caesar defeats the Veneti tribe in a naval battle. Most of north-west Gaul falls to the Roman Republic.
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380 AD
Britons migrate to Armorica.
FoundingLed by the mythical founder of the Rohan dynasty, Conan Meriadoc, a large number of Britons in the Roman army are stationed in Armorica by the emperor Magnus Maximus.
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405 AD
Great Rhine Crossing
Disaster / DestructionImperial defenses along the River Rhine are overrun, resulting in large scale invasions of Gaul by barbarian tribes.
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480 AD
600 AD
The Founder Saints
Population Migration / TravelThe second wave of settlement begins, bringing the Seven founder-saints to Brittany.
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786 AD
Charlemagne
Military actionThe Lord King Charles sent unto the land of the Bretons his army. By Gods will they conquered many Bretons with their fortifications and strongholds in swamps and forest.- Alcuin, Anglo-Saxon scholar
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790 AD
800 AD
The Norsemen
Disaster / DestructionMajor Viking raids begin along the western coasts of Francia and the Breton lands.
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800 AD
Nominoë
Life, BirthNominoë, second son of the king of Broerec, Erispoë I, is born.
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810 AD
Salomon
Life, BirthSalomon, son of Rivallon III of Poher, is born.
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817 AD
Erispoe
Life, BirthErispoe is born to Nominoe and Argentaela.
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831 AD
May
The Assembly at Ingelheim
Diplomatic actionFollowing rebellion that engulfed the entire Carolingian Empire, Emperor Louis the Pious appoints Nominoe to rule the Bretons.
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834 AD
Frost Pure Snow
Life, BirthThe Roaring Glaciers Clan welcomes a new arrival.
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843 AD
24 May
Battle of Messac
Military actionErispoe suffers a near defeat at his first major battle, only to be saved by the timely arrival of an unexpected ally.
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845 AD
25 April
Rhee Annon
Life, BirthRhee Annon is born somewhere in Kernev.
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845 AD
22 November
The Battle of Ballon
Military actionLouis' successor invades the Breton Lands, only to meet the fury of Nominoë.
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851 AD
7 March
Tad ar Vro
Life, DeathNominoë "the Father of the Country" dies while on campaign.
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851 AD
22 August851 AD
24 August
Battle of Jengland
Military actionThe Bretons, led by Erispoe, are victorious against Charles the Bald of Francia.
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857 AD
2 November
A King's Blood
Life, DeathErispoe is murdered at the altar of a church by his cousin and successor Salomon
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866 AD
2 July
Battle of Brissarthe
Military actionHere fell Robert the Strong, the Neustrian margrave, and Ranulf I, the duke of Aquitaine.
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867 AD
1 January
A Queen and a Crown
Political eventSalomon weds Lasairfiona. He uses the occasion to certify the King's charter over the so-called Crownlands before his assembled Lords and subjects.
