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History of Nimbaar

The Time Before Day

... 999

The long period of time dominated by The Ancient Dark. Not much is known about this era.
Traditionally, it is considered to have lasted 1000 years.

The First Days

1000 150000

The prehistoric age of Nimbaar, when humanoids formed the first civilizations, received gifts from the gods, and fought against the great monstrosities that ruled the land.

  • 01/01/01 FD
    The First Day and the Fist Night
    Celestial

    For the first time The King of Days raises from his throne to shine his light over Nimbaar.
    Later that day, The Queen of Nights and the other gods illuminate the night sky for the first time.

Days of Land

155001 156000

From [...] to the creation of the first Floating City.

  • Circa 950DL
    Discovery of Aer
    Discovery, Scientific

    While digging for the expansion of a mine, the gnomes of Oswand find Aer.

  • 1000DL
    The First Floating City
    Construction beginning/end

    Andranesi elves take the first floating city to the sky.
    They purposely chose this date, because it was the 50th anniversary of the discovery of Aer and the 1000th year of the era.

Days of Sky

156001 and beyond

The current era

  • 1DS to 25DS
    The Conquest of the Sky
    Population Migration / Travel

    By this time most countries have at least one floating city.

  • 33DS
    The Destruction of Gjelarg
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Coatulese dragons decide that the dwarven city of Gjelarg is too close to their mountains, so they attack it and destroy it. 
    The royal family dies in the attack.

  • 35DS to 40DS
    The Dragons War
    Military action

    Survivors from Gjelarg reach Oswand, looking for help against the dragons.
    The Oswandish manage to rally most of the other countries to fight against the dragons.
    The dragons destroy many of the Floating Cities closest to Coatul, and noone manges to invade their mountains, so the war comes to a stalemate.
    Threatening to destroy many more cities, the dragons demand that every other country gives them 1000 of their citizens as prisoner.
    After years of discussions and intestine wars, the other countries accept the dragons' demand, and the war is over.

  • 50DS
    The First Dragonborn
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    After years of magical experimentation, Coatulese dragons manage to transform one of the war prisoners into the first dragonborn.

    More reading
    Coatul
  • 53DS to 55DS
    The Dragon Crusade
    Military action

    The Holy Empire of Veneastra recruits the Thranian mercenaries to attack some of the easternmost territories controlled by Coatul.
    They claim that the creation of dragonborns is an offense to the gods.
    Toghether thay manage to push west most of the Coatulese forces.
    The Veneastran emperor gives the largest landmass they manage to conquer as payment to the mercearies.

    More reading
    Al-Thran
  • 61DS to 66DS
    The Obalius-Andranes War
    Military action

    The Obalius Empire attacks the southern cities of the Andranes Republic, looking to expand their territory.
    The Obalian manage to conquer some land, but are pushed back when the Andranesi recruit some Thranian mercenaries to fight for them.

  • 68DS to 70DS
    The Nesserreich-Gaosha War
    Military action

    Taking advantage of the temporary weakness of the Andranesi, Nesserreich attack the Kingdom of Gaosha.
    The Nesserian army manages to conquer the single floating city owned by Gaoshan, which was gifted to them by the Andranes Republic.
    The Gaoshans, conscious that they would lose the war, engineer an explosion on the Aer engine of the floating city, destroying it together with the enemy army. The aer-infused ruins of the city still float in The Mist south west of Gaosha.
    This act is condemned by almost every other country, but puts an end to the war.

    Location
    Dorosménas
  • 83DS
    Elevation of New Gjelarg
    Founding

    50 years after the destruction of Gjelarg, New Gjelarg and the fortress city that surround it are elevated into the sky by the Gjelargan Bankocracy.

    Location
    New Gjelarg
    More reading
    Gjelargan Bankocracy
  • 90DS
    The End of the Migration
    Population Migration / Travel

    By this time every country that managed to build Floating Cities has completely moved to the sky.
    The Below is considered dead and abandoned.

    Location
    The Below
  • 100DS
    The Creation of Warforged
    Technological achievement

    The Oswandish inventors manage to create intelligent constructs, capable of learning and understanding emotions and other abstract concepts.

    Location
    Aerhold
    More reading
    Oswand
  • 105DS to 110DS
    The Dragons' Revenge
    Military action

    The Dragon Overlord of Coatul declare war to the rest of Nimbaar, and attack the Gjelargan Bankocracy and other nearby territory.
    Every other country joins the war and help repelling the attack. The Coatulese army is pushed back, but not defeated.
    For the first time warforged are used in actual war.

  • 115DS
    The Creation of Changelings
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    After capturing some soldiers during the Dragons' Revenge, Beran'Jaran mages manage to understand part of the process used to transform people into dragonborns.
    They apply a similar process to some humans and create the first changelings.
    By mind controlling this shapeshifters, the Magocracy begins to extend an incredibly powerful spy network through other countries inside and outside The Thriatic Threaty.

  • 125DS
    The Liberation of Warforged
    Diplomatic action

    After having seen warforged fight during the Dragons' Revenge, the Holy Empire of Veneastra declares that they are actual living beings, and the act of creating them and controlling them is against the will of the gods, just like the creations of dragonborns.
    They demand that Oswand stops building them and destroy the magical forges, otherwise the Holy Empire would launch a new crusade against them.
    The Beran'jaran Magocracy, which has ties to both countries, manages to convince Oswand to stop creating new warforged, freeing the ones that already exist, and giving them control over the forges. In exchange, the Holy Empire would retire their war declaration.

  • 127DS
    The Liberation of Changelings
    Disbandment

    Fearing that the Holy Empire of Veneastra could discover the changelings, and treat the Beran'jaran Magocracy as they did with Coatul and Oswand, the shapeshifters are liberated from the spell that binded them to the mages that created them, and their memories are alterated.
    The Beran'Jaran spy network and the research on the process of creation of dragonborns are abandoned.

    More reading
    Beran'jaran Magocracy
  • 128DS
    The Current Year
    Miscellaneous

    The year in which the campaign "The Last Flight of The Sparrowhawk" begins.

  • 26/01/129DS
    Xicothencal is Defeated
    Life, Death

    The immortal dragon Xicothencal, former sovereign of the Third Mountain of Coatul, is defeated and erased from this world by some crewmembers of the Wolf's Fang.

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