Chronology Of Years

The Tribes of the Peninsula take heed of Rhuon's victory and come to him for aid against the Dark Elder. Rhuon agrees to aid them against the Enemy.

News of the destruction of Ragh Varn and the liberation of the Western Peninsula spreads far and wide. The representatives of tribes from the neighboring regions visit Rhuon and seek his help. While Rhuon is reluctant, he begins to realize the breadth of the darkness overshadowing the land.

In the aftermath of the Last Battle, Rhuon and his army confront the reality that the Dark Elder are defeated but not eradicated. Rhuon's Companion, Khafoth vows to hunt them down all the way to the ends of the land and gathers forces for this effort.

Traveling home, Rhuon stops in the (Middle rounded area) and is approached by a dedicated group of local chieftains/hall lords to take the mantle of King of the West. Rhuon, seeking only to return home to his people, dissuades them of any such ambition and continues onto the Sword Coast.

As the weary forces of Khafoth's Vengeance dissipate into the lands of the east, they leave a solitary man on the shores of the Endless Azure. Unable to forgive or forget, Khafoth is left standing and staring out over the ocean waves in the direction of the Dark Elder's flight. He is never seen again.

Segavar seeks his unjust reward in the chaos surrounding Rhuon's death and is betrayed by Aoife. Led to a place of vulnerability, as the cabal is wary of Iaghulth, he is set upon by the cabal and slain. His body is found hacked to pieces and the dark blade, Iaghulth, is nowhere to be found.

The would-be Queen fights several smaller battles with her forces. Aided by Garaed Calaleos, her forces win some, lose some. Her female followers are still with her as well as a smattering of nobles and still the commoners.

As the opportunistic former allies of her father turned on them, the Queen is forced on the defensive.

Aoife gives birth in the autumn to a girl child. She is named Nymaras. While she presents the child as the daughter of the local leader, more than one midwife gossips that the timing does not fit.

Having retreated almost to the far west of the peninsula and backed up against the shores of Vael Lake, the First Queen's forces are attacked by several warbands led by local warlords. A large battle plays out that she just barely manages to force a stalemate. During the Holding of the Teeth, Queen Arosaine's forces manage to hold off their enemies for over a day.

After a couple years of skirmishes and politicking, Diarlac comes to dominate the shoreline of the Lower Aenar and proclaims himself King of the Kingdom of Diara.

Insulted by her refusal or just accepting that she recognized his goal all along, Ondran leads Cualar in an invasion of the south. This is the first war where the entire country comes together against an outside enemy.

Diara, under Diarlac, pressures and outright forcefully annexes the smaller settlements along the coast of Lower Aenar.

In the south, Diara is pushed back through a series of small skirmishes with several smaller communities that rallied with Solyr. Led by Calem Solyr, this group manages to blunt Diarlac's advances in -252.

A similar fate lies in store for him when he redirects his attention north and along the banks of the River Lynyr. After several successes, two settlements, Dacamis and Fearroc, take counsel together and rally a few other smaller settlements to side with them against Diara. This leads to a small battle along the banks of the Lynyr that stops Diara in its tracks.

More than a year since retreating from the Child-Queen of Rhone, Ondran of Cualar looks north along the Sword Coast to further his ambitions of a kingdom. He slowly but forcibly annexes several small holds along the coast in this fashion over the next couple years.

Continuing north along the Sword Coast, Ondran of Cualar finally takes the Brynhold away from the powerful leaders of the Brynagar line. Garovin Brynagar, the son of the slain hold-chief, brings tidings to Queen Arosaine in the Kingdom of Rhone.

Queen Arosaine agrees to shelter Garovin Brynagar from Cualar.

After a year of bitter skirmishing, King Dyrad reveals his full strength that has been husbanded over the past year against Ceamar. Within a few months, every settlement claimed by Ceamar has been burned out and the hillfort's walls torn down. The warlord of Ceamar is executed publicly by King Dyrad.

In the height of the cold, wet winter months, former King Naeras arrived on the shores of the Finger Coast. In this he was aided by the owner of a cog willing to sail into the winter storms towards Rhone for one of the Eight Companions of Rhuanon. When Queen Arosaine learned of his presence she immediately sent for him. Arriving in Rhuvael, Naeras was a pitiful sight. Dressed in worn and salt-stained once-fine robes and accompanied by only a single armsmen he was penniless and in grey state of shock.

Unwilling to let each other out of sight, the two brothers Dioraich and Oirlach gave their final respects in a pregnant silence that hung over the bedroom as they said goodbye to their father. It was brief moment of near-silence, the only sound that of their sister, Nathia, sobbing on the bed. Oirlach turned on his heel and strode out of the bedroom with purpose. Dioraich chased him down and the two began arguing in the hallway. With voices raised, they struggled with each other until Oirlaich struck his brother and sent him sprawling into the great hall.

In a rage, Dioraich dashed up to the throne and drew Iaghulth, that fellblade, from the hooks that held it above the hall as their father's trophy all these years. Blade naked before his brother, Dioraich could feel the blade as if it were alive and everything disappeared in a red mist. Oirlach rocked back on his heels as he felt the heat of his brother's rage echoed in the blade between them. He tried to get away but slipped on the stone floor and saw only the blade swinging down at him and knew the end was near. There was a streak of white and a girl's scream.

The two brothers stared at each other over the body of their sister. Throwing herself between them had given Iaghulth a soft body in which to sink after all those years. For a moment, the brother's eyes were clear and almost peace had a chance. And then the sword came up once again, hilt warm in Dioraich's hands as they both instantly knew the guilt lay with the other.

That night, the body of seventeen year-old Nathla Keniren lay on the floor of her father's great hall for over an hour before someone found her. The brothers had fled to their supporters without another thought of her body cooling on the flagstones.

The forces gathered by Rhone left from settlements and docks all along the Finger Coast. The spring winds were in place and so many vessels were hampered by the seasonal shift. The fleet, led by Artath and Naeras and his new armsmen, traveled northeast across the Sea of Winds aiming for the Blackpeaks to make their way inland. From there, they had the choice of heading north towards Domre or heading straight east through the wilderness lands of Earendil and Esalir.

The fleet haphazardly made its way towards the White River that drained from Blackpool Basin. A passing squall, sudden in springtime, scattered a number of the boats but they successfully landed on the coast with only several missing vessels. Artath and Naeras rallied the forces off the boats and to setting up a camp where they would plan their strategy.

The battle known as the "Last Battle of the Keniri" finally ended the struggle between the Keniran brothers. It was the elder, Dioraich Keniran, who emerged bloody-handed with now the death of both his siblings on his hands. But he emerged victorious and Oirlach's followers fled into the outlying areas where they would regroup and continue to plague Dioraich's future attempts to become a king.

With the death of King Dioraich Keniran, the families of Monraven break into a fierce struggle for power. Exacerbated by the deep rifts accumulated during the war between Dioraich and his brother, the families tear into each other and the kingdom splits apart over the course of the next decade.

After a harsh winter and the mercies of the Highlanders, the Lower Aenar tears itself apart for the next few decades.

On a blustery cool morning, a fisherman reported that a body had washed up on the shores in the southern part of the peninsula. The scout that returned was grim-faced as he announced that the Eorl Garain Aralana had been slain since he was seen last night.

The local lord-knight indicated that it was likely Cuth raiders slipping in small packs, hitting hard once and fading out. The future Eorl of Stone-and-Sea, Masen Aralana, swore revenge on the Cuth and prepared for his enabling ceremony.

One of the first actions of the new Queen was to name a new Eorl of Stone-and-Sea. While there was much malingering about the removal no one raised any concern over the action. This was due to the actions of the old Eorl, Masen Aralana, being seen as partially responsible for the death of the King. While Queen Moralei made no statement supporting this motive neither was it denied. It helped that the Aralana heir was of a cadet branch and was barely old enough to hold the title.

Citing a need for strong Eorls at this time, the Queen named the Lord Inaline to the lands and title of the Eorl of Sea-and-Stone.

After an entire autumn of pursuing the Resolute Banner and their warlord, Queen Moralei and her fledgling sororitas, the sister-knights of the Raven Circle, faced them across the frozen shallows at the base of Icewind Falls in the Giantspine Mountains.

Heavily outnumbered, the Raven Knights and their Queen held their lines for an entire day before seizing the initiative and wiping out the Banner and their followers.

With the Raven Circle growing in numbers and the Queen seeking to maintain their position in the Upper Sword Coast she cast about for locations for a hall. The ruined keep of the , itself built upon an even older foundation from the days of the Dark Elder was vacant and crumbling since they had removed the renegade band, the Resolute Banner from it.

Once the Raven-Knights had moved in, it gained a new name which it is called to this day-Ravenscrag.

King Adaul meets Inenya Araeris, a beauty at 19 years old, and takes her as his bride by the end of the year. The Araeris family is overjoyed to have found such favor with the Throne.

The GIANTSWAR was fought between Rhone and surrounding lands against an incursion of Giants from the mountains. Leading the most barbaric of mountain clans against the lands of men, the devastation was nearly overwhelming. The War finally ended at the Battle of Turgas Rock wherein the Giant-King was slain.

The Giantswar ends at the Battle of TURGAS ROCK where the KRAL of the Giants is slain. The great warleader is slain by Medevir Varandus, a Companion of the Crown, who sought vengeance for the death of King Adaul.

Prior to doing so though, the King carved out a new Eorldom from portions of SWANS and virgin land to ensure that the northern border would have enough protectors: the Eorldom Between-The-Waters. This honor was given to the Aenari clan that had shown such honor in the struggle to end the War: Areia Kathaer.

Lord_A and Lord_B, both powerful nobles, begin fighting amongst each other over something. The Regent attempts to stop it with correspondence, then emissaries etc. They refuse. The fighting progresses from small raiding to larger skirmishes, causes a drain on countryside and a bit of chaos begins to seep in.

A phenomenon lasts too long to be considered natural and many see it as a sign that the Hero-King's line has ended and the Last Queen's Crusade failed. A horde of cicadas comes from (direction of Crusade) so thick it blots out the sky and the swarm devours crops and causes famine.
Combination of omen and weakened population/forces through attrition warfare results in an end to the fighting. Nobles and forces hunker down in their holds and a time of hardship begins with no authority.

Several power-hungry Families near the Capital decide to seize power in Rhuvael. They invade the capital city and claim control over the Royal Domain and its attendant vassals.

Continuing his struggle to retake Swans, the Blackswan leads his forces against his neighbors. The northern Eorls send what help they can. During the battle, the Eorl of Thorns is slain by a stray arrow. The Blackswan himself crosses swords with the heir of the Eorl Between-The-Waters and slays him.

The Battle of the Brothers Approach was a conflict between the Vammar heirs and the usurper of Rhaemor, the High Lord Cales Drevhedir. Though outnumbered by Rhaemor, the Vammar forces boast of twice as many knights and the proficiency of the mercenary companies Ser Arol had retained for the campaign. The two armies had camped a mile apart across a green, sandy field and awaited what today would bring.

The battle lasted over four hours when it was suddenly ended in favor of the Rhonish troops. Lady Catriona, leader of a banner containing her friends, was one of two leader-knights who managed to push an opening into the Rhaemorrian defense line and shattered their lines. The other banner leader, Ser Olorin Noramyr, was injured grievously but triumphant in the maneuver.

With a non-existent flank, the entire Rhaemorrian army turned their backs and ran east as fast as they deemed possible. It was a very decisive victory with Rhaemor losing one out of every three professional combatants. In addition, over two hundred armed serfs were decimated and the remaining survivors never returned to the army.

The majority of the Rhaemorrian forces followed the HIGH LORD to seek shelter behind the walls of SCARDANCE KEEP. Another force, unidentified in name, fled to the southwest and were later discovered to have occupied the town of DOSA.