The brothers Belabog and Chernabog separate from their union in anger, after Chernabog creates people without Belabog's input.
History of Ruslavia
The Age of the Ancients
... 700
The era before the grandmother of a grandmother elf (the longest lived common race) would be able to personally remember.
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1
The parting of the Brothers
Religious event
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346
Founding of Koroleva
Founding -
600
700
The First Hoary War
Military action
The Age of Long Ago
701 1000
Some of the older races would have parents or grandparents who had lived through these times, but (it is assumed) no-one alive would remember them.
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701
721
Dvoryanin Ivan appointed First Ruler of Ruslavia
Political event -
721
771
Reign of Dvoryanin Michael Romanov I
Political event -
771
791
Reign of Dvoryana Katharine Romanov
Political event -
890
892
The War of the Mushrooms
Military actionMythical war between the Mushroom Kingdom and Tzar Gorokh.
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893
932
Reign of Dvoryanin Michael Romanov II
Political event -
895
914
The Second Hoary War
Military actionThe Druzhina of Dvoryanin Michael Romanov II vs. The Colden Horde.
Location
Hoary Wastes -
918
932
The First Ketterchert Crusade
Military action
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932
1087
Reign of Ta-Tzar Vadim Bashirov, the Conqueror
Political event -
936
Establishment of the Winter Witches
Founding -
993
Building and Settling of Pristan Docktown
Population Migration / Travel
The Age of Our Grandmothers
1001 1200
Living memory for some of the older races. Grandmothers, or the grandmothers of grandmothers of some of the younger races, would have lived in these times.
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1021
Establishment of the Polubanda
Criminal Activity -
1066
1098
The Third Hoary War
Military actionThe Army of Vadim the Conqueror (and, later, Ta-Tzar Rinat Bashirov) vs. The Colden Horde.
Location
Hoary Wastes -
1087
1123
Reign of Ta-Tzar Rinat Bashirov
Political event -
1094
Founding of Sobor Cathedral
FoundingBuilt in Ketterburg during the rule of the pious Ta-Tzar Rinat Bashirov in devotion to the Orthobog deity, Belabog.
Location
Ketterburg -
1123
1144
Reign of Ta-Tzar Vencel Bashirov
Political event -
1144
1147
Building and Settling of the Village of Ketterpesh
Population Migration / Travel -
1144
1162
Reign of Ta-Tzar Kiril Bashirov
Political event -
1146
1153
The Fourth Hoary War
Military actionDruzhina of Ta-Tzar Kiril Bashirov and Ketterzan Army vs. The Colden Horde.
Location
Hoary Wastes -
1158
Marriage of Nikolas Romanov to Valentina Bashirov
MarriageThis ended the Bashirov Royal Family line.
Location
Sobor Cathedral -
1162
1215
Reign of Tzar Nikolas Romanov
Political eventThe death of the sickly Ta-Tzar Kiril Bashirov meant the Ruslavian crown passed to his sister Valentina. Thus her husband Nikolas Romanov took the throne, and the monarchy was back under Romanov command.
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1196
The Founding of the Palekh Academy of Painting
FoundingFounded by the great artist Leansky to pass on his secret technique of pottery painting.
Location
Ketterburg
The Age of Now
1201 and beyond
Living Memory.
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1215
1302
Reign of Tzar Vladimir Romanov
Political event -
1224
Establishment of the Bellflower Network
Civil action -
1242
Invention of Medovukha
Technological achievementMedovukha invents a sweet, honey-based alcoholic mead and names it after himself.
Location
Ketterpesh Meadhall -
1269
Recognition of Halfling Personhood
Civil actionHalflings given Established Person status.
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1291
1298
The Fifth Hoary War
Military actionThe Ketterzan and Moss Covian Armies vs. The Colden Horde.
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1296
Establishment of the Bratva Brotherhood
Criminal Activity -
1302
1338
Reign of Tzarina Manya Romanov
Political event -
1338
1388
Reign of Tzar Alexander
Political eventTzarina Manya was assassinated by a poisoned chalice in 1338. It is widely believed that Tzar Alexander, aged 17 at the time, poisoned his own mother to take the throne.
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1388
Reign of Tzar Peter
Political event -
1424
Birth of Vasilly
Life, Birth -
1427
Birth of Baboushka
Life, BirthBaboushka the Hedgewitch was born to her hag mother and left at the bottom of her father's bed, to be raised by the Winter Witches in the Sabrelands.
Location
Sabrelands -
1445
The Founding of Ash Coven
Founding -
1445
1450
The Eighth Hoary War
Military actionThe Ketterzan and Moss Covian Armies vs. Colden Hordes.
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1447
Founding of Speculative Library
FoundingThe Goblin, Speck, founded the Speculative Library after fleeing to the Forest of Frost when her parents were killed in the Rynock Goblin Clearances.
Location
Speculative Library -
1448
3
Birth of Bogdan
Life, Birth
Location
Forest of Frost -
1448
4
Frost Winter
Geological / environmental eventThe Zima Family rides, furious with the encroaching Orthobog religion. They hunt the Spirits of the Old Beliefs, freezing their hearts and making them more agressive towards non-spirit creatures.
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1449
3
Baboushka escapes from Nightcrystal Coven
Life, SupernaturalBaboushka escapes from Nightcrystal Coven, and is cursed to be a crone by her Night Hag mother Koshmar. This causes the Snow Queen to go after Vasilly's family, and raises the attentions of the magical creatures of the Old Beliefs (including the Baba Yaga and the Zorya).
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1453
1
The Peas Summit of the Pea and Mushroom Kingdoms
Gathering / ConferenceSession Report
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