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Vintian Imperium

The Impero Alleanza di Vintia (From Vintic: "(The) Supreme Alliance of Vintia"), mostly referred to simply as 'Impero' within its borders, or as the 'Vintian Imperium' by outsiders, is an empire formed from the city states along the Wizards Trail and the remnants of Darseras, with Vintia serving as its capital.

Structure

The Imperium is a collection of 46 different city-states and small nations, each controlled by a magistrate that maintain their own laws and taxes. The magistrates are organized in several tiers of influence, with the 20 most powerful noble families serving as the Famiglie Imperiali, who elect the Queen of Vintia once every 45-50 years.   The queen is considered the imperium's supreme ruler. She may change the nations laws by using limited number of imperial decrees during her reign, and serves as the highest judge and the commander of the Vintian Imperial Legions, a singular force serving the entire nation for both armed conflicts and peacekeeping. The queen represeant the nation's progress as dictated by the Famiglie Imperiali and is, at least officially, excluded from laws and dangers of the Grand Game.   The magistrates themselves enjoy great freedoms in managing their domains. As long as they hold no levies or declared tyrannical by their peers they may dictate their state laws and tariffs. Each magistrate divides their land as they see fit, although it is rare for a magistrate and his family to directly and personally hold more than a few hundreds acres of land. The rest of the land is often divided into separate baronies of minor noble families that operate under the ruling family's laws and pay them taxes.

Culture

Despire its common name, the Imperium encompasses many cultures within and does not revolve solely around Vintian customs. A large part of the Imperium society revolve around slavery and the ownership of slaves, with intricate rules and traditions sorrounding the practice. The Raven Queen also plays a large part in the Imperium traditions and general agenda.

Public Agenda

The Vintian Imperium views itself as the rightful successor of the Kingdom of Darseras, exerting its magical practices and rules over Edora.

Demography and Population

In its early days, the Imperium was formed by people of many different cultures and origins, most are from Aderian and Navaran descents who arrived to the Imperium and to Darseras as slaves on the Wizards Trail. Nowadays humans are still the most numerous, but since the fall of Darseras the Imperium became home to a vast collection of cultures and species, all living mixed together in its cities and town.

Religion

While the Fifth Dogma is considered the official state religion, the freedom of all religions is protected by the crown. Any faith may operate inside the empire so long as it does not pose any harm, physiological, mental or otherwise.

Foreign Relations

The Imperium does not have official contact with any Andorian realm. The northern elder races are viewed as complacent for their lack of action during the Vintian Crusades, and as such the Kingdom of Lodir, Clan Telnarthor and Clan Telvarsir are not in any officiall relationship with the Imperium.
 
In the south, Vintia is a leading force in combating the dangers and threats of the Darsal Sea and has strong relationships with the Republic of Kishara, Southern and Northern Amarris.
 
Despite initially viewing them as complacent, the people of the Imperium reached out to help the stranded dwarves of Dam Tarihr after the Battle of the Second Sun, providing them with mages and clerics. The dwaves, in return, provided minerals and ore for the reconstruction of Vintia. Today, both realms share a strong trading and defensive agreements.
Current Date: 2nd of Latsum, 1572

Dalle ceneri, Ci Alziamo
(From Ashes, We rise)

Founding Date
Type
Geopolitical, Kingdom
Capital
Alternative Names
The Imperium
Demonym
Imperial, Vintian
Leader Title
Government System
Meritocracy
Power Structure
Federation
Economic System
Mixed economy
Currency

B
CT Rate: 6%
TMI: High
CMI: High
Trade Information:

High living expanses.

Controled Market.

Used Coinage
Piece ('silver')

Value:
0.0003Pp
Weight:
0.02 lbs. (8 g)
Material:
Silver, fine
PBI: Piece
Pieces, or 'silvers' are the smallest form of currency in the Vintian Imperium, they are broken off from a ducet to be use in small transactions, such as buying food, paying for lodging or other daily or otherwise pedestrian services.

Ducet (25 Pieces)

Value:
0.088Pp
Weight:
0.44 lbs. (200 g)
Material:
Silver, fine
PBI: Bar
Ducets are usually given as montly salaries by lords, masters and business owners. The coin is eched with break markings, and will usually be dismantled by the recievers into pieces by their local blacksmiths.

Regal

Value:
0.033Pp
Weight:
0.03 lbs. (15 g)
Material:
Gold, 22 karat
PBI: Piece
Regal is the Vintian gold standard is carved mostly for decoration as it is not meant to be split. Its main porpuse is to be used is in large transactions, such as expansive professional services and real estate deals.

Platina

Value:
0.026Pp
Weight:
0.03 lbs. (12 g)
Material:
Platinum
PBI: Piece
Platinas are used exclusively by the high society of the Vintian Imperium. In a society that adore luxuries and sophistication money is nothing if not means to an end. Despite it's high value some establishment will not accept any other coin, even a beverage can be a costly expanse in the upper echelons of Vintia.

Official State Religion
Location
Official Languages
Related Professions
Related Ethnicities

Trade Partners

The Vintian Imperium and the Kingdom of Dam Tarihr share a strong and trusty relationship, with the dwarves being the Imperium's main supplier of ore and the Imperium providing the dwarven kingdom protection from topside threats such as the relentless Clan Eramorn. The two nations also work together to ensure their monopolies on the Verilium and Blightwood trades.

Diplomatic Alliance

Relations between the Vintian Imperium and the Republic of Kishara have been generally good throughout the years, although the two have fought several wars over territory related issues and claims. The two nations hold a strong trade relationship that is mostly centered around Slavery and magical goods. While the slave trade has resulted in numerous diplomatic hardships between the two, especially during the unification of Sesan into the republic, but is viewed as an integral part of both realm's cultures and traditions.

Trade Partners

Being the largest exporter of Silver, the Vintian Imperium maintains a fairly stable, and very necessary relations with the Free Cities, with some of its denizens even serving in the Free Cities Board of Directors. This relationship is not without flaws, however, and the Imperium as a whole found itself several times under sanctions or restrictions, mostly over minor land disputes.

Trade Partners

Relations with the former Kingdom of Amarris and the Vintian Imperium were warm, but have soured quite a bit after the kingdom was split. The Kingdom of Southern Amarris has proven to be a party hard to negotiate with, and raised war taxes and tariffs throughout its ports, nearly crippling the Vintian Silver and Gold trade in the Agaman Bay.

Military Agreement

The Vintian Imperium and Kir Drakar exchange very little trade between them. Much of the relationship between the two nations and their allies revolve around combating the red dragonborn of Clan Eramorn and the constant threat of the Gorak Orsinium.

Cold Peace

Despite the The Southern Accord initial purpose was to resist the Vintian Imperium's colonialism, the relations between the two have improved considerably in the last two centuries. With the Darsal Sea becoming much more traversable, it also became a source of conflict for every nation that borders it. While naval conflict do occour, it is usualy over mistaken identity of the sailing vassels and end before any considerable damage is done. Trade relations are between the two side are viewed more as a nessesicty than a courtisey, with most nations in the Darsal Crest still depandant on Imperial silver to feul their economies.

Open Borders

While not officially acknowledging the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Northern Amarris, the Imperium does not view them as a rouge state but as a vassal state of the Kingdom of Southern Amarris. No official diplomatic relations are formally established between the two, yet the Imperium serves as a mediator between the feuding members of House Vigos.

Enemy State

Cigon freed itself from Vintian rule through force during the War of the Darsal Sea. While attempts to reconcile the two are in constant mediation through various agents, the Imperium's reluctance to recognize the kingdom independence proves difficult.

At War

With both denizens of the Imperium and Clan Eramorn seeking to exert their rule over sources of water on the edges of their territories, armed conflict is common. Red dragonborn raiders often descend from the mountains to pillage Imperial towns and villages, kidnapping citizens to serve as slaves in the process. The Imperium has declared the clan as a rogue state of Kir Drakar, and actively assist the Kingdom of Dam Tarihr in engaging the threat.

At War

The Vintian Imperium is still officialy at war with the Kingdom of Ader and the Andorian Church since the first salemizia. This state of war extands to all members of the Andorian Alliance but actual engagement is extremely rare, as both the Imperium and the Alliance wish to avoid a continental war that could spark from such incident.

Enemy States

Both nations hold the official stance that the existance of the other is a threat to its own. While no war or conflict worthy of note have been fought since the Second Vintian Crusades and the completetion of the Great Wall of Vintia.

Articles under Vintian Imperium


The Time of Persecutions

400 AC 500 AC


The Time of Persecutions

An outbreak of Corpus in the The Gold Coast is blamed on high-magic users. The Andorian Church declares marshal law on Ader under the Inquisition. People are burnt on pyres or hanged in town squares all across Lake Kadia, the. Tens of thousands flee to the south were they have to fend for themselves and forge a new nation if they wish to secure a future for themselves and their offspring.
       


  • 404 AC

    Erlspri
    418 AC


    The Shrieking Death
    Plague / Epidemic

    Bardalaga the Witch is burnt on the stake in village near the Rosewood Marsh and the peasantry burn down her alchemy tower. One day after they returned from the deed, the peasants started to shriek in pain as their skin turned black, the priests that arrived to bury the dead were infected as well. Within 3 months almost every settlement on the Gold Coast was infected by the Corpus plague.   The plague ravaged Lake Kadia for almost 12 years, killing more then a quarter of the population. The extremely infectious nature of the disease allowed it to kep spreading north to the Kaviri Highlands and east, through the mountains routes to Evornfel and Osternfel.   Magic users, shamans, and even some bards, already being prosecuted by the Andorian Church in its vendetta against necromancy, were blamed as the cause of the plague. Many were lynched and left to rot in the streets as chaos engulfed the Empire of Ader, not all of them magic users. Elves, halflings, Gnomes and tieflings where targeted as well.   Some folks began to flee south towards the Kingdom of Darseras, carring the plague with them. The kingdom quickly closed its borders, leaving refugees to fend for themselves against the the sickness and the many bandits and slavers that followed them.

    Location
    The Gold Coast
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    Corpus
  • 415 AC

    15 Erlsum

    The First Salemizia
    Military action

    While the War of Succession rages across Lake Kadia, The Inquisition under the Andorian Church takes upon itself the duty of securing the peasantry. They manage to secure the well being of most denizens of the war torn kingdoms, patrolling from town to town, requiting those they rescued into their ranks so they could be sent to save others.   Following the outbreak of the Shrieking Death, the church claims magic is the root cause and sends the forces of the Inquisition to exile, or kill, all spell casters from Lake Kadia and seize or even destroy their property if needed. A flood of refugees travels south towards Kingdom of Darseras and east, through the Central Amadels towards Osternfel.

    Location
    Lake Kadia
    More reading
    Corpus
  • 416 AC

    3 Midspri

    The Krath Massacare
    Criminal Activity

    A group of sorcerers from Port Valor meet in Krath, trying to secure a ship to go back home. Their open display of magic alerts the locals and two of them trace the group back to their boarding house.   The two proceed to bar all entrances to the building and light it on fire. By the time the Inquisition arrives the building was already burnt to the ground, claiming the lives of all but 3 of its 125 inhabitants. The vast majority of those killed where mostly Free Folk low-magic users.   Port Valor closes all of its harbors and ports across the Cruel Sea to ships from the Empire of Ader.

    Location
    Western Ocean
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  • 420 AC

    480 AC


    The Wizards Trail
    Population Migration / Travel

    Persecution of magic users by the Andorian Church leads many wizards, sorcerers and other magic users to flee south towards the Kingdom of Darseras, who has more relaxed rules regarding the magical practices.   Coliant Visendaril, King of Darseras, does not allow the refugees into the kingdom, but allows them to settle in any former part of the kingdom. Vintia, formerly an abandoned Darseran city becomes the destination of many, mainly due to the relative proximity to the Darsal Planes but also because of its relatively intact infrastructure that was left.   A great deal of those who traveled the trail found themselves pray to slavers, who were the one of the few ways to cross the land safely, as bandits would rarely attack them. Being magically talented, most of those fleeing were considered as lucrative slaves, and would often exchange their services in return for safe passage of their loved ones. Those contract would usually last for a lifetime or a few decades at the very least and those being transferred would often find themselves in slavery themselves.   Others were forced to relay on smugglers, pirates and other lowlife, and usually fared far worse then those who sold themselves as slaves. While slaves needed to at least be fit and healthy when arriving at their destinations, refugees would often be robbed of their valuables and killed whenever it was convenient or profitable.

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    Slavery

Rule of Mesmodera

500 AC 620 AC


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The Rule of Mesmodera

The elven wizard Mesmodera flee from the inquisition who afraid she'll incite rebellion among the elves living in the Kingdom of Navara. She declares herself as protector of magic and its users, founding the Vintian Imperium in the abandoned Darseran lands.
           

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The Time of Troubles

621 AC 900 AC

With their beloved protector dead, the people of the Vintian Imperium must fend for themselves once more. Great guilds rise from the ashes and heroes rise on both sides of the northern border. Invasions, wars and famine, the toll of the dead has only started its count.

  • 622 AC

    14 Midfal

    The Conclave of Magi is formed
    Founding

    Following the destruction of their kingdom, the mages of Darseras forms an organization that will prevent such events in the future.

    Location
    City of Darseras
    More reading
    Conclave of Magi
  • 625 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Mariana Berusi is crowned as 2nd Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Mariana Berusi is crowned as the 2nd Queen of Vintia.

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  • 675 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Viestra Arimesi is crowned as 3rd Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Viestra Arimesi is crowned as the 3rd Queen of Vintia.

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  • 714 AC

    14 Midfal
    720 AC

    14 Midfal

    The Dragonborns
    Population Migration / Travel

    Fleeing from a cataclysmic event, a group of dragonborn priests sacrifice themselves to open a portal into the Amadels from their home world of Ebbir. The bronze, copper, silver and gold tribe settle in an abandond network of dwarven fortresses under the leadership of the later. Together they form the kingdom of Neo Drakonia. Clan Einstein settles elsewhere in the mountains, among the goliath tribes, dedicating themselves to preserve the old ways. Both sing an defensive agreement known as the Draconic Pact.   Both the red clan of Eramorn and the blue clan of Goravroth split into two rival kingdoms and immediately enslave both the green and white tribes. The small number of black dragonborns surviving the cataclysm are banished from all four kingdoms, left to travel the lands as nomads and exiles.   Both the dwarf kingdoms of Lodir and Tarihr view the dragonborn claims on the lands they lost during the Second Sun  as an insult, resulting in hostilities and even wars.

    Location
    Dragon Lands
  • 725 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Mircella Von Frigo is crowned as 4th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Mircella Von Frigo is crowned as the 4th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 748 AC

    6 Midspri
    748 AC

    8 Midspri

    The destruction of Lantan
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Isle of Lantan is destroyed by a series of tsunamis, the gnomish Kingdom of Lantan falls with it.

  • 750 AC

    15 Midspri 12:00

    The Twin Assassinations
    Political event

    Both the High Priest of the Andorian Church and the Queen of Vintia are assassinated at the same day and time, each in their own chamber, in their own residence, in Ammand and Vintia respectively. The act send both the former Aderian Empire and the Vintian Imperium into chaos and wars of successions.

  • 750 AC

    16 Midspri
    756 AC

    14 Midsum

    The Five Years War
    Military action

    Following the assassination of Meircella Von Frigo without proper rules of succession led to a collection of small wars all across the Imperium, most of them were not even related to the throne succession. War continued for 6 years until House Von Derosi has managed to conciliate the many warring sides and unite them once more.

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  • 757 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Luciana Von Derosi is crowned as 5th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Luciana Von Derosi is crowned as 5th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 762 AC

    3 Midfal
    897 AC

    11 Midsum

    The 2nd Vintian Crusades
    Military action

    Arch Bishop Victor Mangus brands the people of the south as Apostates, and blames them for the assassination of his predecessor, A second crusade is declared on Vintia. Both sides clash over the Roxmore Planes and the Blackfields with thousands dead and even more left injured or homeless.

    Location
    The Blackfields
  • 807 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Jeanette Von Arris is crowned as 6th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Jeanette Von Arris is crowned as 6th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 851 AC

    2 Latwin

    Jeanette Von Arris dies
    Life, Death

    6 years before her rule comes to an end, Jeanette Von Arris dies at the age of 65 when her carriage falls from a cliff during a visit to Dam Tarihr.

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  • 852 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Lucille Von Arris is crowned as 7th Queen of Vintia.
    Political event

    Lucille Von Arris is crowned as 7th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 859 AC


    The Lingering Death
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    After nearly a century of fighting the Vintian Imperium forces have to resort to Necromancy in order to maintain their numbers. Corpses are raised by the thousands to withstand the numerous invasions and in some cases even to retaliate. The constant deaths and resurrections have led to many souls being left stranded on the prime material, bound by memories, objects and even locations.   Souls who left untreated, developed an unending hunger, haunting and killing Andorian and Vintian troops and citizens alike. While the specters were effective at holding the Andorians at bay, they also wrecked havoc in the northern parts of the Imperium.   A group of former necromancers, Named the Mortalitasi, have taken upon themselves to gather those souls and once every 7 years deliver them to Vintia, where they could be easily guided to the astral plane through the breach in the weave above the Darsal Sea. The ceremony, named Viam Mortis, has become an integral Vintian Imperium traditions and a core part of its culture.

    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 864 AC

    22 Erlsum

    Lucille Von Arris dies
    Life, Death

    Only 12 years after ascending to the throne, Lucille Von Arris dies of old age. She was 149 years old.

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  • 865 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Antoinette Von Riasi is crowned as 8th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Antoinette Von Riasi is crowned as 8th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 866 AC

    1 Erlspri
    866 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 1st Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 1st Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia.

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  • 869 AC

    26 Erlspri

    Construction of the wall begins
    Construction beginning/end

    In an attempt to sever the lengthy land border between the Kingdom of Navara and the Vintian Imperium, the Queen of Vintia Antoinette Von Riasi pass an Imperial Decree for the contraction of a wall.   The structure would be the ongest mortal made structure ever built and would require an entire generation worth of resources to complete. Under the cover of the ghosts and specters that now hunt the Roxmore Planes and the the Blackfields, carpenters blacksmiths and masons began to move their stocks and send their apprentices to set up workshops.

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  • 873 AC

    1 Erlspri
    873 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 2nd Viam Mortis

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  • 880 AC

    1 Erlspri
    880 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 3rd Viam Mortis

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  • 887 AC

    1 Erlspri
    887 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 4th Viam Mortis

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  • 894 AC


    The Deadguard is formed
    Founding

    Due to large of the number of raised corpses, the inability to dispose of them quickly, and the lack or soldiers to spare in order to secure the construction of the wall, the deadguard is formed.     The legion of undead recruits would take any able dead body to serve as protectors of the Vintian Wall. When their service is done they are promised a safe journey to the Viam Mortis. Many denizens of the Imperium, especially in the north, contribute their loved one to the cause as the cost to send a soul to a proper voyage becomes more and more costly,

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  • 894 AC

    1 Erlspri
    894 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 5th Viam Mortis

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  • 897 AC

    19 Latsum

    Construction of the wall finishes
    Construction beginning/end

    After 28 years of labor, entire quarries mined to depletion and the Imperium's treasury nearly expanded, the construction of the Great Wall of Vintia is finished. The Queen of Vintia, Antoinette Von Riasi, issues a single year of passage to those wish to go through the gates, after which none will be permitted inside and anyone approaching will be shot on sight by the Deadguard.

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  • 898 AC

    19 Midsum 12:00

    The Imperium shuts it's gates
    Political event

    The Vintian Imperium shuts it's gate to the northerns. At high noon, the gates of the Great Wall of Vintia closed for the final time. The Imperium never officially renewed contact with any northern territory since, including the members of the Elder Pact.

The Grand Game

900 AC 1100 AC

With the crusades behind them, and their economy recovering, the attention of the Imperium's political elites turns inside, as each try to improve their demesne, more often than not at the expanse of others. The Grand Game is intercepted, and out of two centuries of inner turmoil emerges one of the most complex and delicate diplomatic system the continent has ever seen.
   

The Time of Reforms

1100 AC 1200 AC

The basic rules of the political game has mostly been set. The norms and boundaries decided, the people in power now wield their duties with enough strength to make an actual change and shape not just their own future, but that of their entire society as well.
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The Black Sun

1200 AC and beyond

An unexpected eclipse occurs. Old feuds are set ablaze and many motives collide as different powers try to achieve their goals. This is the time of our story.
   

  • 1200 AC

    1 Erlwin 08:00
    1200 AC

    1 Erlwin 16:00

    The Black Sun
    Era beginning/end

    For a full day, the sun was turned black, astronomers report unusually long eclipses across the empire.

  • 1200 AC

    1 Erlwin 18:00
    1200 AC

    2 Erlwin 18:00

    The Storm of the Century
    Disaster / Destruction

    For exactly 24 hours, a freak storm hits the western coast of Edora, devastating the Gold Coast, Athos and Port Valor. The event is assumed to be linked the eclipse during The Black Sun  but no theory has been proven.

    Location
    Western Ocean
  • 1201 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1201 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 45th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 45th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1205 AC

    2 Erlspri
    1205 AC

    8 Erlspri

    The Archileus Comet
    Celestial

    The Archileus comet passes over northern Edora. Although the event was foreseen months before by astronomers at MIT, the Andorian Church declares it as a mark of Rhaan.

  • 1206 AC

    1241 AC


    The Second Salemizia
    Military action

    The The Inquisition, led by Kairoz Half-Elven, declares an official Salemizia throughout the Empire of Ader. Existing Mages are burdened with heavy regulations and restrictions, and many are put under constant surveilence; the training and tutoring of new mages is illegalized.   Any and all forms of spellcasting, with the exception of the Church's Clerics, are banned. The Conclaves of Magi may still operate, but members must remain within their corresponding branch's ground.   Those who recently developed weave manipulating capabilities, whether taught or innate, are sent to a new church controlled school located on Kors Island.

    Location
    Lake Kadia
    More reading
    Salemizia
  • 1208 AC

    4 Erlwin

    The Pillar
    Disaster / Destruction

    With the advice of the Gold Dragon Venadora, the Queen of Vintia, Alexia Von Grieft travels incognito along with her right hand, Bethany Lidori. Accompanying them is Magus Ponder Stibbons.   As Venadora expected, the convoy was attacked by the Vexian Crows who were contracted by the family of the queen's Spellmaster. A fight brakes out but Ponder manages to hold the assassins at bay but something goes awry and an explosion occurs.   Forces that were sent to retrieve the queen reported seeing a pillar of blue light, nearly 6 km wide, shooting from the ground into the night sky. They find the three passengers completely deaf, but otherwise alive and well, inside a 50 feet deep crater.   Two nearby towns were flatten completely by flying trees and debris with a death toll of almost 500 and many more injured.

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  • 1208 AC

    5 Erlwin

    The Ponderer's Escape
    Disaster / Destruction

    Magus Ponder Stibbons is locked in the vaults under the Grand Library of Vintia by chief-archivist Toverti Jesiniari, without the knowledge or consent of the Queen, Alexia Von Grieft.   A few hours past sunset the entire easternside of Vintia began to rumble and quake, only to explode into dust a few moments later in a great pillar of light. The explosion resulted in the collapse on one of the Ivory Towers, which where believed to be indestructible at the time.   The entire noble district of Vintia, along with large section of the eastern part of the city vanished and the water of the Darsal Sea rushed in. The total death toll is unknown, yet believed to be above 10,000.   Stibbons himself remained floating in the air, hovering a few inches above sea level and holding two warforged coins. By the time anyone could respond his body was tuned into stone. Despite spending considerable effort and resources, any and all attempts to move, remove, or destroy him have failed.

  • 1208 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1208 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 46th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 46th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1210 AC

    15 Midwin

    The Fellowship of The Ponderer
    Founding

    Magus Maira Von Fritz and the wizard Loddvir Bessel found the Fellowship of the Ponderer. The organization dedicate itself to study The Ponderer and his legacy.

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  • 1215 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1215 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 47th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 47th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1222 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1222 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 48th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 48th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1229 AC


    The Great Panic
    Population Migration / Travel

    As the lifein the Andorian Alliance become even harsher for wizards and other magic users, many begin to flee south, fearing an additional. more permanent escalation by the Andorian Church and the The Inquisition.   In Osternfel, the refugees have no choice to flee through the The Shifting Desert and many fall prey to slavers and raiders. Those that manage to cross arrive with only the cloths on their back to the Free Cities, where they are being taken advantage of by criminal organization and syndicates.   The Vintian Imperium refuses to open its gates along the Great Wall, still recuperating from The Ponderer's Escape  they are even more fearful of northerners, and a large number of casters are strandded in Torres   The Aderian refugees are forced to flee either through the Amadel Mountains or through Athos with both routes being equally dangerous. Some ports in Duchy of Krath smuggle wizards abroad to the Stormy Isles but the Inquisition quickly shuts them down, arresting anyone involved, mage or not.

  • 1229 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1229 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 49th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 49th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1230 AC

    15 Midfal

    The Desertion
    Civil action

    Angry with Arch-Mage Tuvalius lack of action against the Magical Ban of 1225, 50 prominent Magus-Tirs, several High-Magusi among them, decide to abandon the Conclave of Magi. Some simply resign from office, and continue their research and work without allegiance to the Conclave. Others form their own organizations, offering to take in anyone who flees from the north.

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  • 1236 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1236 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 50th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 50th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1243 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1243 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 51st Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 51st Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1246 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Norila Von Tifeiri is crowned as the 18th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Norila Von Tifeiri is crowned as the 18[supth Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1250 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1250 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 52nd Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 52nd Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1251 AC

    17 Latspri

    The Infernal Storm Dies
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    After 43 years of siphoning its energy, The Ponderer manages to completely mend the Infernal Storm raging over the Darsal Sea. With the metaphysical phenomena gone the sea also finally calms and new shores become accessible, ushering an era of naval exploration.

    Location
    Darsal Sea
    More reading
    The Infernal Storm
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  • 1256 AC


    The Vintian Museum of Magical Heritage is opened
    Construction beginning/end

    After 6 years of construction, the Vintian Museum of Magical heritage opens its doors for the first time in an imperial ceremony held by the Queen of Vintia, Alexia Von Grieft. The museum is owned and operated by the Fellowship of the Ponderer and serve as a place to protect and preserve magical items and artifact that have considerable importance to the magical community of Edora and to its heritage.

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  • 1257 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1257 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 53rd Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 53rd Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1264 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1264 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 54th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 54th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.   For the first time sine the Battle of the Second Sun fewer souls can be found wandering around the Wizards' Trail.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1271 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1271 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 55th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 55th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1278 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1278 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 56th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 56th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.   The number of souls encountered by the mortalitasi around the Wizards' Trail is the lowest it ever was.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1285 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1285 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 57th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 57th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1291 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Solectia Von Gerno is crowned as the 19th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Solectia Von Gerno is crowned as the 19th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1292 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1292 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 58th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 58th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1299 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1299 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 59th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 59th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.   No new souls are encountered by the mortalitasi around the Wizards' Trail. The Queen of Vintia, Solectia Von Gerno pass an imperial decree calling the end of the Viam Mortis if no new souls are found within 70 years.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1306 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1307 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 60th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 60th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1313 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1313 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 61st Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 61st Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1320 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1320 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 62nd Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 62nd Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1327 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1327 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 63rd Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 63rd Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1334 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1334 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 64th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 64th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1336 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Aurelia Von Fritz is crowned as the 20th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Aurelia Von Fritz is crowned as the 20th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1341 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1341 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 65th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 65th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1348 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1348 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 66th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 66th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1355 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1355 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 67th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 67th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
    Additional timelines
  • 1362 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1362 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 68th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 68th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1369 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1369 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 69th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 69th Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.   70 years after an imperial decree by the 19th Queen of Vintia, Solectia Von Gerno, the only souls found around the Wizards' Trail are either ancient dead left by past events or too far gone to be safely escorted to Vintia. The current queen, Aurelia Von Fritz, declares the next Viam Mortis to be the last, as souls once again do not require the aid of mortals to pass.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1376 AC

    1 Erlspri
    1376 AC

    30 Erlspri

    The 70th Viam Mortis
    Cultural event

    The 70th and last Viam Mortis is performed in Vintia. Mortalitasi from all around the Vintian Imperium gather in the capital to guide souls to their rightful afterlives.   No new souls are brought into the city and the Queen of Vintia, Aurelia Von Fritz declares the tradition obselete. A full month of celebrations is declared across the Vintian Imperium.

    Location
    Vintia
    More reading
    Viam Mortis
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  • 1381 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Mircelia Von Dirseni is crowned as the 21st Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Mircelia Von Dirseni is crowned as the 21st Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1426 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Jasmeria Von Arris is crowned as the 22nd Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Jasmeria Von Arris is crowned as the 22nd Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1463 AC

    17 Erlfal

    Jasmeria Von Arris Dies
    Life, Death

    36 years into her rule, and 9 years before it comes to an end, Jasmeria Von Arris dies at the hands of three assassins while traveling to her winter palace.

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  • 1464 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Mathela Von Vestiri is crowned as the 23rd Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Mathela Von Vestiri is crowned as the 23rd Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1478 AC

    21 Latwin

    Imperial Decree of 1478: The right of Death
    Political event

    The Queen of Vintia, Mathela Von Vestiri, declares an Imperial Decree in order to end a controversial congress of Mortalitasi debating the resurrection of Donverto Von Torini following a line of accusations brought by his apprentice and later colleague, Lorenzo Arbertiri.
     
    I am hereby declaring my rule as sovereign of this lands for the sake of ending this foolish feud and make our way of life clear going forward for future generations.   Those who where promised their peace in death must always be honored. Disrupting those precious few of us who chose to brave the path alone can only bring more harm than good.   Let those who swore Mortalis Permisima continue their journey, let dead feud lie to rest, those who passed have already won and cemented their place in the world of mortals.   When faced with the challenge of rivaling a corpse or that of forging a new path for yourself, as your queen and protector I command you to choose the later. Not only for your sake, but for the sake of our society.
    Mathela Von Vestiri, 24th Queen of Vintia

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  • 1509 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Orselia Von Calsiro is crowned as the 24th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Orselia Von Calsiro is crowned as the 24th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1512 AC

    5 Erlfal

    The Bombing of Carselia
    Criminal Activity

    In the 5th of Midfal 1512, the Bell Tower in Carselia's port exploded as a large fireball destroyed most of the north facing side of the 200 feet tall structure. 76 people where killed in the bombing, most of them officials in the service of the Imperial Crown. Among the casualties was ((CORSINI)), the second highest ranking member of the Imperial Department for Colonialism and then the head of House Corsini. Two days later the tower collapsed completely, trapping inside 35 more who where part of the rescue operations. In total, 186 where killed or presumed dead as no sufficient evidence of their survival was found.   The responsibility for bombing was officially been taken by the Independence Coalition of Kotira but this mattered very little to the Vintian general public, who where oblivious at large to the troubles of the Darsal Crest. News of the bombing spread quickly and was followed by an outcry for blood. The queen declared a severe military action against the city of Kotira and any other city who shelters any members of the ICK, past or active. While the majority of Kotira's denizens were of Vintian descents, the city itself was founded and governed by the Republic of Kishara. The Asha sent a harsh warning to the Imperium that any military action against the city will be considered as an act of war against the republic.   News of the bombing In the Darsal Crest were received with mixed emotions. Those living in frontier settlements or in far rural areas were mostly afraid of the possible retaliation. Any large scale military action would make their already dangerous lives worse as they would have no real means of defending themselves. In most coastal and large cities the news were followed by heated riots where extremists poured into the streets and wrecked havoc on the streets and any building that was even remotely connected to the Imperial regime.

  • 1544 AC


    Orselia Von Calsiro Dies
    Life, Death

    35 years into her rule, and 10 years before it comes to an end, Orselia Von Calsiro is found dead after falling from the balcony in her room.

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  • 1545 AC

    1 Erlwin

    Gabriella Von Grieft is crowned as the 25th Queen of Vintia
    Political event

    Gabriella Von Grieft is crowned as the 25th Queen of Vintia.

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  • 1568 AC

    3 Erlsum 19:00
    1568 AC

    3 Erlsum 19:00

    The Truth
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    We all just half stood, half floated there in front of these four, gargantuan creatures. If these were the gods, than may the wheel itself have mercy on us. Decay is the only word I can use to aptly describe what I saw, and even that, will not suffice. They are bounded and shackled like the lowest of slave to the wheel itself. Impaled and wounded, these creatures suffer perhaps the slowest, most gruesome death I have ever witnessed. I now know I am not alone in my feelings. There are other, much more terrible things out there. We sensed them, felt them and they felt us. Our Queen came to collect her dues, at first I wished her to take me too, then I didn't, then I was afraid, so afraid. The kettle was whistling when I got back to the break room.
    — Dr. Tolivardi Morvinari, coroner, BASM, vanished in front of his colleagues.
     
    For 3.14 seconds, the entire magical and divine population of the prime material realm is ejected out of the great wheel.   Upon their return, most of those affected have repeat the same vague testimony when questioned: They've been transported in body and mind to somewhere else. While in there, they saw the entirety of the percivable wheel. Outside of these consistencies, there seem to be little in common regarding the rest of the experience. Some reports include any number and kind of deities, otherwordly creatures and even devils. Most schollars have atrributed these sightings as visions, created by the mind in vague attempt to grasp the structure and nature of the wheel.   According to official counts in the Free Cities and in Vexia, only 7 out of every 10 mortals who vanished have managed to return back to the Prime Material. The fate of those missing remains unknown.   The event, dubbed as 'The Truth' by the Fellowship of The Ponderer, who belive the dormant wizard to be the main cause, as was with the Infernal Storm. The Truth have proved crucial in the understanding of teleportaion, navigation and general understanding of the Astral Plane and the behavior of the Outer Planes.

  • 1568 AC

    3 Erlsum 20:00

    The Maw opens
    Disaster / Destruction

    Precisely one hour after The Truth, and seamingly without warning, sinkholes began to collapse all around Edora. These collapses came with great violence, shaking the enitre continent with intense earthquakes.   Strong whirlpools formed in the affected coastal areas, sucking everything around them. Further inland, gargantuan holes swallowed entire districts and even some small towns.

    Location
    The Maw
  • 1568 AC

    25 Midsum

    First Contact with The Maw
    Discovery, Scientific

    The opening of The Maw had caught the entire political, scientific and magical communities of Edora by surprise. While many have theorized the origin and reason for the collapse, few of theories proved to be more than mere fantasies.   After a shop sign from Caeris was found floating near an opening at Esol, some began speculating the sinkholes are somehow connected, and that utilizing that connection might prove beneficial for both economical and military purposes.   Under orders of Queen Gabriella Von Grieft, the Vintian Imperium was the first to began its reseach the possiblity of expeditions into The Maw. This endevor was quickly followed by simillar ones by several nations, including Estrerra, the Kingdom of Ader, the Republic of Kishara, the Free Cities Board of Directors and several nations around the Darsal Crest.

    Location
    The Maw
  • 1568 AC

    12 Latfal

    The 1st Imperium's Maw Expedition
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Vintian Imperium is the first to launch their expedition into The Maw by lowering a dive capable vehicle into an opening under Vintia's harbor. Contact with the vehicle and crew is lost after 16 hours, just as they report finding an opening on the other sinkhole.   The vehicle itself was considered lost until it floated back up more than 5 months later. The canopies where found cracked and the entire crew missing.

    Location
    The Maw
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  • 1569 AC

    14 Latwin

    Vintian Imperium's Launches 2nd Maw Expedition
    Expedition

    Following the failure of its 1st expedition, the Vintian Imperium approached both the Conclave of Magi and MIT for a joint expedition.   After nearly a year of preparations, 3 vessels where launched from an undisclosed opening near Magecliff. The expedition was planed to return within 7 months, and included arrival at the far exit and exploration of the supposed chamber on the other side.

    Location
    The Maw
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  • 1571 AC

    20 Latspri

    Vintian Imperium's 2nd Maw Expedition Returns
    Discovery, Exploration

    Nearly a year and a half overdue on their original return date, the second vintian expedition into the maw returns. Only 1 of the 3 vessels has managed to return and only 5 out of the original 30 crew members survived. Details of the team's findings, including the structure of the tunnel and chamber, encounters, record regarding the 2 lost vessels and the missing crew's cause of death remains classified or otherwise undisclosed.

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  • 1572 AC

    22 Midspri 13:00

    The Ponderer's Blessing
    Life, Supernatural

    Dante Aurelius, a cleric and scribe of the Fellowship of The Ponderer, becomes the first mortal to speak with the Ponderer during his journey to find his mentor, Tiberius Portoriani. The two exchange words, but the details of their conversation remains unknown.

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  • 1572 AC

    12 Latspri

    The Kingdom of Dohas Awakens
    Founding

    Seemingly overnight, the long lost Kingdom Of Dohas, along with large parts of its population energes in the jungle of Lisang. The former empire, now the size of a large kingdom, is led by The Dragonking, a former adventurer and recorded passenger on board The Eloria. Reason of the sudden emergance is not revealed, and the both the Council of Balance and the Dragonguard declare the area above Lisang as a no-flight zone. The Republic of Kishara moves large parts of the Kisharan Army to the southern border.

    Location
    Lisang

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