The end of all that was, the beginning of all that is
North American Timeline
This timeline organizes the separate chronology of events in the western continent. These events are largely isolated from European historical development.
Age of Poisoned Sea and Sky
Uncounted Years - Ahistorical
A time of perpetual night and endless winter, of tainted earth and water: the Age of Poisoned Sea and Sky nearly ended the human race and finished the genocidal work of the original Cataclysm . Whatever the exact nature of the great Cataclysm, the trauma of that disaster left a legacy of death the effects of which are still being felt in some parts of the world to this day. The Outlands of Merika are a good example of the kind of harshness referred to in legends passed down concerning the aftermath of the Cataclysm. The only way that the Cataclysm’s survivors and their progeny managed to endure the blighted aftermath was to take refuge deep beneath the surface of the Earth. Wherever untainted water could be found, life could be supported. Men and women that could secure such clean water resources were fortunate. Most initial survivors were certainly not so lucky. To this day the tunnels of the survivors and their underground refuges can still be found. The ancient habitations in and beneath Paris’s old metro tunnels served as just such a refuge, though it is extremely rare to find people still living in such places, as was the case in Paris, so long after the end of the Age of Poisoned Sea and Sky.
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Over one millennium ago
The Cataclysm
Disaster / DestructionAdditional timelines
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Orad Empire Emerges
Founding
Age of Renewal
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The Post-Cataclysmic Era marks the beginning of a true historical period in which renewed literacy allows written records to preserve knowledge of events beyond living memory. During this time the blight of the poisoned sea and sky began to abate. Plants and animals began to flourish upon the surface of the earth. Humans soon followed and established settlements among the ruins of the Precursor civilization which their ancestors had been forced to abandon. This period is shrouded in myths about the precise nature of the world's revival. Legends of gods and other supernatural beings abound in the culture stories of the Renewal. Common to these stories on a global scale are the recurring tales of Visitors who emerge throughout the Age of Renewal. These Visitors are described as teachers and healers who guided the progress of humanity out of its darkened shelters and back to civilization.
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1 PCE
10 PCE
Skybreak
Metaphysical / Paranormal event -
7 PCE
Visitors' Boon
MiscellaneousAdditional timelines
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21 PCE
67 PCE
Renewal Stations Constructed in the Forbidden Zone
Construction beginning/end -
Circa 50 PCE
First Cave Assembly
Gathering / ConferenceThe survivors of the western continent gather to make alliances and choose their homelands.
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Circa 75 PCE
Supression of the Badlands
Military action -
117 PCE
136 PCE
Huron Beacon Lit
Construction beginning/end -
171 PCE
Last of the Orad Commanders
Life, DeathThe last of the original commanders of the Orad Empire succumbs to the Mindfire Disease and is buried with her fellows at the site of the Black Ring.
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200 PCE
250 PCE
Orad Empire Collapses
Extinction -
Circa 200 to 400 PCE
The Road Wars
Military action -
Circa 275 PCE
Sun Seeker Clan Heads West
Population Migration / Travel -
Circa 375 PCE
Ajna Pestilence
Plague / Epidemic -
380 PCE
400 PCE
Orad Restoration
Population Migration / TravelNew tribes began to settle in the Silver lake region and vied to seize the legacy of the Precursor Empires.
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410 PCE
415 PCE
Cabal Invasion
Military action -
416 PCE
10 September
Guidestone Assembly
Cultural event -
420 PCE
430 PCE
Visitors Withdraw
DisbandmentArchitects of Renewal recede from history
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420 PCE
583 PCE
2nd Ornish Kingdom
FoundingThe inheritor kings of the so-called 2nd Ornish Kingdom reigned from 420 until sometime around 583 PCE.
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Circa 425 PCE
Christianity Resurgent in Skyland
Religious eventMass mortality caused by Ajna pestilence prompts mass religious conversion
Age of Princes
426 PCE 941 PCE
The work of biological Renewal nearly accomplished, the human race seemed poised for a new Renaissance of intellectual enlightenment and moral uplift. Instead, breakthroughs in military technology unleash an era of senseless violence. The Visitors withdraw from human history. Out of the chaos a dominant power emerges: a shadow organization of global rulers known as "The Princes."
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0 AOP
The Princes Emerge
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3 AOP
44 AOP
Skyland Clan War
Military action -
44 AOP
The Hidden Empire Establishes a Home
FoundingThe Princes expel the Five Tribes of Nehark and establish dominion over the Skyland tribes.
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45 AOP
70 AOP
Great Stairway Tower Constructed
Construction beginning/endThe Princes build an immense spire upon the superstructure of an ancient Precursor tower on the island of Manhatten.
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45 AOP
80 AOP
Exile of the Five Tribes
Population Migration / Travel -
94 AOP
110 AOP
The Culling of Skyland
Cultural event -
140 AOP
Church of the Exploding Eye
Religious event -
157 AOP
164 AOP
The Second Fall of Orad
Population Migration / TravelAfter the death of King Vergand Vitalish in 583 PCE the dwindling survivors of the Second Orad Kingdom disperse. Many head north in search of the old Ornish Homelands of the First Kingdom.
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177 AOP
Vidal Brothers settle in Noirlan
Founding -
187 AOP
Vidal Dynasty claims the Crescent Kingdom
Political event -
211 AOP
7 July211 AOP
7 October
Invasion of Norland
Military actionThe Hidden Empire invades Norland but is defeated by the citizens of Noirlan led by warriors of the Vidal and Chastain families.
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212 AOP
385 AOP
Princes' Detente
Diplomatic action -
260 AOP
Farport Outpost Founded
FoundingThe Vidal family established a trade outpost across the Silent Sea.
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264 AOP
Commonwealth of Norland is Established
FoundingLocation
Noirlan -
270 AOP
278 AOP
Pachuco War
Military action -
284 AOP
Pachuco Clans Unite
Founding -
341 AOP
Tempus Assembly
Gathering / Conference -
351 AOP
Emissaries from the Forbidden Zone
Diplomatic actionA diplomatic mission from the Pachuco Jungle begins cultural exchange between Merika and the Zone
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369 AOP
Chastain family establishes the Southern Trading Company
Financial EventProminent Noirland house begins building a powerful shipping monopoly on the Silent Sea trade route.
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Noirlan -
374 AOP
Devotion of the Deep Ones Introduced to Merika
Religious event -
386 AOP
394 AOP
The Merikan Crusade
Military actionThe Steel Legions reemerge to repulse a barbarian invasion of the Merikan city-states
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423 AOP
436 AOP
Merikan Leaders Endorse Vanguard Ministry
Religious event -
456 AOP
Precursor Founding Documents Discovered
Discovery, ExplorationAncient documents recovered in the Washington Ruins. The new "Merika" becomes a national dream.
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476 AOP
1 February
Pachuco Earthquake
Natural disaster that destroyed most of the original Trinity settlement.
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481 AOP
Confederacy of Merikan City-States is Founded
Founding
The Heroic Age
942 PCE 984 PCE
Beginning in 942 PCE with the formal founding of a new Order of the Garter in Britannia, the reintroduction of chivalric idealism to the feudal ethos of European aristocracy set the stage for an age of heroic deeds and personas. In the western continent something similar occurred with the revival of democratic idealism and a resurgent desire to overthrow the tyranny of the Princes' Hidden Empire.
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956 PCE
958 PCE
Southern Jungle War
Military action -
970 PCE
Lord Fredrick's Expeditionary Force Arrives in North America
Expedition -
972 PCE
Pact of Delphi
Diplomatic actionThe Merikan Confederacy joins the Retribution War and declares war on the Hidden Empire
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972 PCE
7 July
Birth of Orphea and Oliver Chastain
Life, BirthOn the eve of Revolution and Republic, twins are born to House Chastain
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Noirlan -
973 PCE
12 September
The Battle of New York
Military actionThe Four Heroes and their allies overthrow the Princes' tetrarchy and end the Retribution War.
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974 PCE
979 PCE
Klinnsman Expedition
Expedition -
974 PCE
President Andra Marcus Elected Merikan President
Political event -
975 PCE
Phoenix Order Establishes Base in Memphis
FoundingA Phoenix Academy is founded in the ancient city of the Sun Seekers.
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978 PCE
986 PCE
Merikan Nationalist Movement
Political event
The Age of Imperium
985 PCE and beyond
An age defined by the rise and hegemony of the Order of the Phoenix and its Golden Empire
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986 PCE
19 January987 PCE
9 March
Unification War
Military action -
986 PCE
13 April
Closing of the Silent Sea
Geological / environmental event -
988 PCE
23 January
Harlan Strom elected First President of the Merikan Union
Political event -
989 PCE
Technomancer's Academy
Founding -
990 PCE
The Merikan Union establishes Machine City
Founding -
991 PCE
Union Steamworks Fabricates Steam Engine Technology
Discovery, ScientificState industrial firm successfully completes rail line from Machine City to Union Delphi.
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996 PCE
Merikan Union Stairway Excavation Sabotaged
DisbandmentJimmy Nails and Janov Seldon escape from Merikan custody and expose the Merikan Union research mission on Manhatten Island.
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997 PCE
Merikan Union attacks Halifax
Military actionA sneak attack on Halifax Harbour is repulsed by Jimmy Nails and Janov Seldon
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997 PCE
22 August
Phoenix Order Attacks Technomancer's Academy
Military action -
998 PCE
12 April
Kinstone Border Dispute
Diplomatic action -
998 PCE
28 June
A Plague Weapon Plot Uncovered in Machine City
Civil action -
999 PCE
15 March
Mutated Horrors Terrorize Noirlan
Metaphysical / Paranormal event -
999 PCE
4 July
Machine City Destroyed
Disaster / Destruction -
1000 PCE
15 January
The Thorpe Expedition
ExpeditionLocation
Noirlan -
1000 PCE
31 January
Crew of the Hawke Captures Farport Outpost
Military actionLocation
Farport Outpost -
1000 PCE
5 February 07:00
Vril Priestess Unleashes Skyfire Curse in Trinity
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventLocation
Trinity -
1000 PCE
11 February
The White Wyrm Awakens
Metaphysical / Paranormal event