With the Sundering Arcana, the world of Holos was thrown into tumult. The great empires crumbled and new, smaller powers rose to take the helm of a fractured world. Initially marked by great bloodshed and turmoil, the mortal races remain divided as to whether the Sundering represents a chance at peace or the beginning of the fabled Twilight Era and the end of their kind.
With the Sundering Arcana, the world of Holos was thrown into tumult. The great empires crumbled and new, smaller powers rose to take the helm of a fractured world. Initially marked by great bloodshed and turmoil, the mortal races remain divided as to whether the Sundering represents a chance at peace or the beginning of the fabled Twilight Era and the end of their kind.
Led by the dragonborn sorceror Bairshezan, a group of enslaved dragonborn rebelled in the Palladian city of Valaresceon, sparking massive slave revolt across the province. Within five months, the Palladian Empire had lost all their territory in both the Niru River Valley and Niru Delta and the freed dragonborn had established their own state known as Qartagonia.
Following the Sundering Arcana, the people of what would become Solstice rebelled against the Palladian garrison occupying their town and overthrew them.
An alliance of freed dragonborn gather in the ancient city of Qartago and found a new political entity known as Qartagonia. The state is founded to spread Kōsism and be a Kōsite nation, as well as provide a political sanctuary those with draconic ancestry.
A series of exceptionally swift invasions helmed by the dragonborn of Qartagonia against the Palladian and Shanindar Empires that saw the rise of a new unified polity in Central Nioa.
Part of the larger series of Qartagonian Conquests, which saw the Qartagonian Emirates seize control of the Lower Niru River Valley.
Part of the larger series of Qartagonian Conquests, which saw the Qartagonian Emirates seize control of the Lower Niru River Delta and the city of Tanis.
Part of the larger series of Qartagonian Conquests, which saw the Qartagonian Emirates seize control of the Lower Shanindar from the Shanindar Empire.
A series of migrations (or invasions) of goblinoids and orcs from southern Férulad into the Palladian Empire's colonies of Czeršia and Placidia as well as parts of the Basceron. It is considered one of the many Early Sundered Era Migration Movements and occurred concurrent with the Great Orc March and the Goliath Migrations. Officially began with the Battle of Fogbound Creek and ended with the Tarfoot Agreement.
For unknown reasons, the twelve families of Solstice depose Battista Thrushcut di Eubteus and install a new strategoi, Corvinos Keenbeak di Strozza. Strozza would later become widely considered the father of Solstice, instituting its laissé-faire commerce policies and ancestral tolerance.
The last true Palladian legion in Placidia is defeated by the forces of the Goblin Migration.
The former Palladian provincial capital of Placidia, Whitehill, is pillaged by the forces of Uffa the Tall of the greater Goblin Migrations.
A vast migration of orc tribes from northern Varangia that moved through southwest Reikerk and into Faleria and southern Savia, usurping control from the Palladian Empire.
Executive Consul Vojdan Thundercrow seizes land and properities from Palladian landowners, nobles, and religious orders and redistributes them amongst her supporters.
As part of the Mashiqi Campaign during the larger Qartagonian Conquests, the Qartagonian Emirates managed to capture the city of Tyria from the remnants of the Palladian Empire.
A pivotal battle which saw much of the Imperium of Iskendra's Sickle Islands Fleet crippled by the new Qartagonian navy.
Part of the larger Qartagonian Conquest, the Battle of Urchin Rock (Placidian: Ado Cazza) saw the defeat of a portion of the Amberfall Emirate's fleet to the Solstice navy at the island of Urchin Rock.
The first in a series of wars between the various city states of Placidia. Much of the fighting during this period occured in the northeast of the region, largely on the coast and in the eastern woodlands. The wars soon ended when King Gaeladrias Sallerae decided to invade the region and take the city of Solstice.
King Gaeladrias Sallerae establishes the Kingdom of Faleret and a new dynasty to rule over the marquises of Falerani and Mehilani elves.
A second series of wars between the Placidian city-states. Much of the fighting was concentrated in the rugged foothills of the Basceron. Though officially ended with the Cathedral Concordant, small military conflicts between the Placidian city-states have continued to the present day.
An attempted conquest of Qartago and the Niru River Valley by the necromancer known as the Shambling One.
A civil war between the Qartagonian Emirates of the Niru Valley, the Marrow Desert, and the Ghostdunes; and those of the Mashiq.
A pivotal even in the History of the Mashiq which saw the weakened Qartagonian Emirates expelled from the Mashiq and its holy cities and a new group of states emerge, collectively called the Pilgrim States and bound together through a shared Auloan culture and Heavenly Council-centered religion.
Three young nobles; Prince Lothair of Reikerk, Lady Alysaria of Bellacre, and Prince Rainard of Cavalon; decide to leave Auloa to seek their fortunes in the Mashiq, where the Qartagonian Emirates have grown weak. They gather their forces from across Auloa and march across the continent, in search of fortune. and glory
The Pilgrim Army arrives in Solstice but with so many troops, few ships are willing to transport them across the Sea of Brass. The Army sells off most of its gear and supplies, causing mass desertion. However, a much smaller force does make the journey across the Sea to Iskendra.
In Iskendra, the Empress Zena Dardannos pledged to aid the Pilgrims by sending her army with them if the Pilgrims agreed to help the Iskendrans retake several important fort towns in the Kanesh peninsula. The Miraculous Three reluctantly agreed and set out from Iskendra with a bolstered force.
The Pilgrims, along with their new Iskendran allies, attack positions held by the Qartagonians in the Kaneshite Peninsula.
Pilgrims capture Bosra-by-the-Sea with minimal casualties, strengthening morale, and gathering more international support behind their cause.
The Pilgrims surround the Holy City of Jeharoa where the Qartagonian Emirates make their last stand against the invaders. A long bloody siege begins, with tens of thousands dying from combat, disease, and the elements. Eventually, the walls are breached, and the city is taken in 311 SE.
Prince Rainard and his men breach the walls of Jeharoa and unleash a horrific spree of murders and war crimes against both the city's Qartagonian defenders and the civilian populace.
Horrified by the destruction of Jeharoa, the leaders of the Pilgrim Army convene a council to determine what to do with the conquered lands.
A period of approximently one hundred years when most of major powers of the mortal world collapsed or fractured due to the return of arcane magic to the world. Sometimes referred to as the Century of Iron or the Century of Blood.
Led by the dragonborn sorceror Bairshezan, a group of enslaved dragonborn rebelled in the Palladian city of Valaresceon, sparking massive slave revolt across the province. Within five months, the Palladian Empire had lost all their territory in both the Niru River Valley and Niru Delta and the freed dragonborn had established their own state known as Qartagonia.
Following the Sundering Arcana, the people of what would become Solstice rebelled against the Palladian garrison occupying their town and overthrew them.
A series of exceptionally swift invasions helmed by the dragonborn of Qartagonia against the Palladian and Shanindar Empires that saw the rise of a new unified polity in Central Nioa.
An alliance of freed dragonborn gather in the ancient city of Qartago and found a new political entity known as Qartagonia. The state is founded to spread Kōsism and be a Kōsite nation, as well as provide a political sanctuary those with draconic ancestry.
Part of the larger series of Qartagonian Conquests, which saw the Qartagonian Emirates seize control of the Lower Niru River Valley.
Part of the larger series of Qartagonian Conquests, which saw the Qartagonian Emirates seize control of the Lower Niru River Delta and the city of Tanis.
Part of the larger series of Qartagonian Conquests, which saw the Qartagonian Emirates seize control of the Lower Shanindar from the Shanindar Empire.
A series of migrations (or invasions) of goblinoids and orcs from southern Férulad into the Palladian Empire's colonies of Czeršia and Placidia as well as parts of the Basceron. It is considered one of the many Early Sundered Era Migration Movements and occurred concurrent with the Great Orc March and the Goliath Migrations. Officially began with the Battle of Fogbound Creek and ended with the Tarfoot Agreement.
For unknown reasons, the twelve families of Solstice depose Battista Thrushcut di Eubteus and install a new strategoi, Corvinos Keenbeak di Strozza. Strozza would later become widely considered the father of Solstice, instituting its laissé-faire commerce policies and ancestral tolerance.
The last true Palladian legion in Placidia is defeated by the forces of the Goblin Migration.
The former Palladian provincial capital of Placidia, Whitehill, is pillaged by the forces of Uffa the Tall of the greater Goblin Migrations.
A vast migration of orc tribes from northern Varangia that moved through southwest Reikerk and into Faleria and southern Savia, usurping control from the Palladian Empire.
Executive Consul Vojdan Thundercrow seizes land and properities from Palladian landowners, nobles, and religious orders and redistributes them amongst her supporters.
As part of the Mashiqi Campaign during the larger Qartagonian Conquests, the Qartagonian Emirates managed to capture the city of Tyria from the remnants of the Palladian Empire.
A pivotal battle which saw much of the Imperium of Iskendra's Sickle Islands Fleet crippled by the new Qartagonian navy.
Part of the larger Qartagonian Conquest, the Battle of Urchin Rock (Placidian: Ado Cazza) saw the defeat of a portion of the Amberfall Emirate's fleet to the Solstice navy at the island of Urchin Rock.