Magicians' End Cities : Zalgurim
The Long Thaw
7231 BPC to 5343 BPC
A long dark age of cold with highly fragmented societies and only a few isolated city states.
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5813 BPCFoundation of the city of Zalgurim
Founding
The Myruthean Unification Wars
4778 BPC to 4514 BPC
A series of wars which started between the small kingdoms of central and eastern Myruthea, gave rise to the creation of the Old Pale Empire and finally unified Myruthea after the defeat of the Jebbin League.
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4593 BPC to 4568 BPCThe reign of King Simeon Thurbold at Zalgurim
Political eventAn important and successful king of Zalgurim during the Myruthean Unification Wars .
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Zalgurim -
4575 BPC
The siege of Klaractazum
Military actionThe Kingdom of Klaractazum falls to the armies of Zalgurim, after a three month siege of the city between 17th of Findil and 8th of Doloph.
Location
Klaractazum -
14th Authon, 4542 BPCEmperor Hanrith I is crowned as the first Emperor of the Pale Empire
Era beginning/end
The Old Pale Empire
4542 BPC to 7 APC
The longest lasting and greatest of all political structures on Magicians' End, before or since, the Old Pale Empire was over 4500 years old before it was finally destroyed in the aftermath of the Planar Conformation. Magicians' End Eras : Old Pale Empire
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14th Authon, 4542 BPC
Emperor Hanrith I is crowned as the first Emperor of the Pale Empire
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17th of Doloph, 3120 BPCEmperor Dravidik IV moves the capital of the Pale Empire from Zalgurim to Honirham
Civil actionHonirham was in a much more favourable location for access to Tinturbean and Punjuki and benefited greatly from the construction of the Old Pale Empire Road.
Location
Honirham -
9th Findil, 2833 BPC
Lady Pelle and Princess Cecilia flee to Zalgurim
Life, RelocationFearing a counter arrest order from Princess Acetta, Lady Pelle and Princess Cecilia flee from Honirham to Zalgurim, where Lady Pelle plans to rally support for her daughter in her home city.
Location
Zalgurim -
12th Findil, 2833 BPC
Field Marshall Cartwright declares for Princess Cecilia
Diplomatic actionField Marshall Gerald Cartwright, offers the protection of his army at Zalgurim to Princess Cecilia and her mother very swiftly. Some wonder what has made him take such a drastic decision so readily.
Location
Zalgurim -
16th Tivith, 2832 BPC
Zalgurim falls to Princess Acetta's armies
Military actionZalgurim can no longer harbour Princess Cecilia and Lady Pelle. They are arrested and returned to Honirham.
Location
Zalgurim -
The Planar ConformationThe Planar Conformation
Celestial / CosmicA reconfiguration of the local Geometries within the Discontinuum which had widespread effects in regions of the multiverse alarmingly close to the evolutions monitored by the Stability Council. It had profound consequences for the realm of Magicians' End in particular, altering the laws of form there, to make new and powerful magics possible and giving rise to the astonishing supernatural intrusion of the Dark Domains.
Location
Magicians' End -
1st Authon, 5 APC
The creation of the Council of Eight
FoundingAlthough the Council of Eight retained their allegiance to the Emperor, the reassertion of local powers at Zalgurim was indicative of a weakening of central authority as the crisis caused by the Planar Conformation worsened.
Location
Zalgurim
The Water Kingdoms
467 APC to 1195 APC
The Water Kingdoms marked an important step forward in the reclamation of Magicians' End after the upheavals of the Planar Conformation, when it became safe enough to risk sailing the seas again and new, bold, powers arose to supplant the Flame Kindgoms of Punjuki.
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682 APCThe first Festival of the Elements is held at Zalgurim
Cultural eventThe Festival of the Elements became a long standing tradition after this first one. It was organised by the Society of Arcane Adepts, and took place roughly every twelve years in different cities throughout the world.
Location
Zalgurim
The Age of the Long Famine
1830 APC to 1919 APC
A period of prolonged drought and high temperatures caused by a short term increase in solar radiation. The Puzzle Lords Directorate lost control over government which retreated into less sophisticated local power structures no bigger than city states.
The Four Aerial Courts
2076 APC to 2412 APC
The Four Aerial Courts is a name given to a period of history dominated by powers that used great fleets of airships and balloons. Magicians' End Eras : The Four Aerial Courts
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14th Findil, 2364 APC
The foundation of the Copolleme Corporation
Founding
The Moderators' Council
2412 APC to 3004 APC
The Moderators' Council operated as a power broker within a network of regional governments, managing magical education, licensing mages and punishing arcane transgressions with the stated aim of preventing the rise of chaotic mages. Magicians' End Eras : The Moderators' Council
The Time of Terrors
3004 APC to 3641 APC
An age dominated by a number of maverick mages who ruled competing fiefdoms with little regard for the welfare of their subjects. Magicians' End Eras : The Time of Terrors
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19th Mald, 3053 APC
Jermon Verelfeth seizes control of Zalgurim
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11th Doloph 3125 APC to 13th Doloph 3125 APC
The Revolt of the Eight
RevolutionA secret faction in the Council of Eight attempted to overthrow the mage Jermon Verelfeth who had seized control of Zalgurim years earlier. The revolt failed.
Location
ZalgurimAdditional timelines
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11th Kerax, 3128 APC
The death of Jermon Verelfeth
Life, Death -
7th Kerax, 3157 APCThe draining of the Copolleme sisters
Life, Death -
1st Mald, 3158 APCThe marriage of Xander Fenlass and Amoretta Giconi
Life, MilestoneThe wedding was attended by Clarise Vabatan as she recorded in her diaries.
Location
ZalgurimAdditional timelines
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18th Tivith, 3170 APC
The draining of Amoretta Fenlass
Life, Death
The Jewelled Queendoms
5494 APC to 5939 APC
Five countries rules by powerful queens who drew their magical strength from sacred jewels.
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1st Glim, 5847 APC
The collapse of the Copolleme Corporation
Disbandment
The Mad Mage's Autocracy
5940 APC to 6168 APC
The powerful magician Ixthamon had complete control of the realm during the age known as the Mad Mage's Autocracy.
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1st Authon, 5940 APCIxthamon assumes total control of Magicians' End
Political eventFollowing the successful conquest of the last free Queendom of Tarris and the surrender of Queen Estella III, Ixthamon declares himself the supreme ruler of the world on the first day of 5940 APC, and sets out the new laws of his Autocracy.