Sidhe elves make the Heartwood Pact with the Queen of Night and Magic, and are bound to shadow in return for their souls.
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History of Zobeck
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302 OC
302 OC
The Heartwood Pact
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929 OC
929 OC
Enslavement of the kobolds of Strossheim
Political eventThe kobolds, who had until now ruled the castle Strossheim and mined the tunnels beneath it negotiate with the Adrastus Stross and his army for the freedom of their king. They are tricked, and bound into slavery to the Stross family.
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1139 OC
1139 OC
Rise of House Stross
Political eventHouse Stross begins their rise to dominance of the city of Zobeck.
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1139 OC
1148 OC
Apprenticeship of Abderus Stross to Exarch Salatis
Life, EducationAbderus Stross, a minor son of a merchant family of Zobeck, was apprenticed to the Exarch Salatis, Master of the mages of Bemmea. His rising mastery of the arcane arts brought status to the Stross family, and ultimately led to the creation of the Stross dynasty.
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1149 OC
1149 OC
Marriage of Abderus Stross
MarriageAbderus Stross, over the objections of his father, married a shadow fey courtesan, the Lady Henthaea Flickermist. Their children and grandchildren, shadow-tainted elfmarked all, were voracious students of the Art.
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1357 OC
1657 OC
Ascension of St. Helba
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventHelba Stross, a blue skinned tiefling and activist helping the poor, was executed by her family for her actions.
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1529 OC
1529 OC
Arrival of the Grimbold dwarves
Population Migration / TravelThe Grimbold dwarves, led by Rumbold, arrive in Strossheim to serve the Stross family.
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1657 OC
1657 OC
Rediscovery of the Gearforged
Discovery, ScientificThe Goddess Rava helps the newly free people of Zobeck rediscover the technique of creating Gearforged. It is the first time they've been created north of the Middle Sea.
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1657 OC
1657 OC
The Great Revolt
RevolutionZobeck declares itself a free city, and cast off their noble lords of the Stross family.
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1659 OC
Zobeck-Perunalia alliance
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1659 OC
1659 OC
Alliance of Humans and Shadow Fey dissolves
Political eventThe alliance between men and Shadow Fey, originally established by the Stross family, dissolves.
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1662 OC
1662 OC
Rise of Shadowcrag
MiscellaneousThe Free City Army abandons the Stross family castle of Strossheim, which had been occupied since the Great Revolt.
They had experienced increasing numbers of killed or disappeared sentries, and decide the cost of maintaining the castle is no longer worth it. The increasing number of disappearances and eerie events lead the soldiers of the Free City Army to begin calling it Castle Shadowcrag. Encouraged by tales told in taverns and markets by members of the returning army, the new name spreads.
The dwarves of Clan Grimbold remained to hold the castle.
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Sale of the Griffon Towers
Financial EventThe Zobeck Council sells the Griffon Towers to enterprising merchants.
The Coaching Inns along the Great Northern Road are established.Location
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Resumption of trade with the Shadowfey
Financial EventJabber and Tuck begin caravans to trade with the Shadowfey.
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1740 OC
The Challenge of the Fang
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThe Challenge of the Fang takes place in the Margreve. This event occurs every three generations. Several mortal adventurers from Zobeck, including Tor Stes, Kay'zon the Trollkin, Keryth Silverthorne, the tiefling arcanist Teldur, and Franz Stenzel (a guide and employee of the Chartered Merchants of Scáthesidhe) traveled from Zobeck and entered the Margreve in order to rescue Czerwonya of the red cloak. They failed to save her, but succeeded in killing the Would-Be-King of Wolves. For the next three generations, the wolves of Midgard will continue testing the boundaries of the world of man.
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1740 OC
17 Harvest Tide1742 OC
16 Deep Winter
The Defense of Riverbend
Political eventA group of traveling heroes, including Tor Stes, Kay'zon the Trollkin, Father Thump of the Winter Court, Sir Sigmar Markovic of Krakova, and Nephi, an itinerant priest of Rava uncovered a plot in the Court of the River King to conquer the village of Riverbend. They defeated the army of the Feyborn lord Flax, earned the thanks of the River King, and returned to the mortal world.
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1741 OC
1741 OC
The Redcloak Ruckus
RevolutionA performance by a group known as the Kobold Wreckers results in the destruction of a tavern known as the Broken Staff, located in Lower Zobeck. Unlike with other similar "performance demolitions" carried out by the troupe, there were people still in the tavern at the time. A group of adventurers, including a priest of the Temple of Rava, an elfmarked mercenary of Dornig, a Trollkin alchemist, and an exiled knight of Krakova retaliated, setting off a riot in the Kobold Quarter. By the end of the riot, 87 kobolds and 11 citizens of other species died, and 15 buildings were burned to the ground. During the events, the kobold king, Nerborg the Stitched, was found to have been murdered.