The Near Past

The Siege of Ur lasted 12 years. During this time the city was defended by the Orders; it is from this defence they derive their claim to authority.

The Division came to an end when the Children of Marrius tried to summon their god into Ur.   No one is sure what happened for sure, but it is assumed the The Shrouded Queen intervened; whatever happened the Children of Marrius are no more and the remaining Orders were terrified enough to end hostilities.

Near the start of the Iron Rule the Knights of the Road demanded a seat at the council but were rebuffed.   Violence broke out in the streets, but in the end the Knights were driven underground and started their journey to become the modern criminal organisation.

The inciting incident of the First Republic was the storming of Fate's End by rebel forces, breaching its walls and freeing their leader and her co-conspirators.

During this era the Nest mostly occupied the space around The Maw. In an attempt to get rid of undesirables the Steel Rule Council surrounded the Nest and set it ablaze, driving the occupants into the Maw and oblivion.   The attempt was only partially successful, but was the bloodiest week of the whole bloody period.

The Carnival of Blades can refer to the mass executions of the Second Republic in general, but more specifically the term was coined for the moment the new government turned their attention from the old Houses and Orders and started to prey on their own people. For a full month Postov Square was devoted to a public spectacle of the executioner's axe, targeting any who disagreed with the new regime.

It is unknown where the Dimensional Blight came from, but it is known that it arrived in Ur in the year 282 and ravaged the city for 19 years.   The Blight used to affect everything, but the efforts of the Clock Tower allowed it to be mutated - making it less virulent and only affect the inanimate.   Confined to The Nest there has been little research into wiping it out completely, The Maw will get it in the end.

After the High Masks tried to set up a colony on Cintral, and it was destroyed by the Imperium, the Council of the Orders tried to place an embargo on Cintral.   After nearly two decades the cost of guarding the ley line portals was deemed too much and they reopened.