Calendar & Timeline
The Calendar of Chronala is taken directly from the Exandria Calendar created by Matthew Mercer in the source books Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting and Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
The year is divided into 328 days, grouped into seven-day weeks over the course of eleven months. The months vary in their number of days, but each day is 24 hours long.
Before The Common Era
100,000 to 0 BCE
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100,000 BCE
The Gods Create Chronala
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100,000 BCE
Emergence of The Great Tree
Era beginning/end -
50,000 to 40,000 BCE
The Cataclysm
Disaster / DestructionAlso known as the War of the Gods, the Cataclysm marks a 10,000 year destructive and violent period as the Betrayer Gods attempted to wrest dominion of Chronala for themselves resulting in the land being split into the Western and Eastern continents and the wastes now known as The Wilds being left in its wake.
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30,000 BCE
Strixhaven University is Founded
Founding
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10,000 BCE
Stone Forge emerges as the stronghold of all Dwarven tribes
Founding
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8,000 BCE
Kryn Dynasty begins
Era beginning/end
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1,000 BCE
Humans tribes become wide spread on the Western Continent
Common Era
1 CE to The Present
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500 CE 28th day of Horisal
(500-28-1)The Citadel is Founded
FoundingThe Citadel is founded to train those with the gift in the arcane arts to insure the safety of others.
Location
Citadel Isle -
550 CE 5th Day of Cuersaar
(550-5-10)College of Bards added to The Citadel
FoundingThe Citadel recognizes that some have the ability to wield magic through song and music and so the College of Bards is founded to include music and other linguistic arts within the scope of arcane training.
Location
Citadel Isle -
936 CE 14th Undilar to
948 CE 20th of Duscar
(936-14-5 to 948-20-11)Dumas Rebellion
Military actionBaron Dumas takes up arms against the Alengor Dynasty in protest of the Dynasty's policies of bigotry against magic and non-humans.
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948 CE 20th of Duscar
(948-20-11)Beginning of the Dumas Empire/End of the Alengor Dynasty
Era beginning/end
This is the day that the Dumas Rebellion won what is considered to be the final and decisive battle against the Alengor Dynasty and is therefore considered the foundation of what is now the Dumas Empire .
*The holiday known as "Winter's Crest" marks this day annually within the Dumas Empire*
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950 CE 13th Day of Dualhei
(950-13-3)The Citadel made Autonomous
Political event
The Citadel and Citadel Isle , originally of fealty to the Alengor Dynasty and later joint fealty to the Dumas Empire and Kingdom of Arcadia is granted autonomy from both and is recognized as being a sovereign state as part of the Renewal Festival.
Those with arcane gifts within The Empire and Arcadia, however, are still required by law to be sent to the "Isle of Magic" to learn to control their abilities.
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1366 CE 24th of Sydenstar
(1366-24-7)Sylbella is Born
Life, Birth
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Approximately 1400 CE
Exact Date UnknownGunkyn is Born
Life, Birth
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1450 CE 13th Day of Duscar
(1450-13-11)Birth of Klaus Dumas IV
Life, Birth
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1482 CE 17th Day of Cuersaar
(1483-17-10)Feebs is Born
Life, Birth
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1498 CE 26th of Unndilar
(1498-26-5)The Destruction of Figlorn Village
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1499 CE 30th of Duscar
(1499-30-11)The Lost Volume of the Catalogus Artium is Found
Discovery, ExplorationWhile on an expedition near the city of Ghor Dranas with her uncle, Traynor Stoneblossom, Sylbella Stoneblossom finds the lost fourth volume of the Catalogus Artium hidden in an altar in a Temple of Lolth.
Session Report
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Ghor Dranas -
1500 CE 1st Day of Horisal
(1500-1-1)Adventures in Chronala Campaign begins
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1500 CE 12th of Horisal
(1500-12-1)The Lost City of Cynidicea is found
Discovery, Exploration1500 CE 12th of Horisal (1500-12-1)
Session Report
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Cynidicea - The Lost City