Ravenfell Historical Timeline

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This is an attempt to make sense of the order of events in the History of .
==Long Ago==
*The port of Shahar was pillaged by the Black Sail Pirates under Snow Blake the Pirate Queen. Afterwards, it became The Nameless Port.Quest: 
==One Generation Ago==
*A mysterious hero, known only as Black Swordsman appears, fighting the local pirates to protect the villagers and common people. He is never defeated, never exposed, and eventually retires vowing to return if he is ever needed.
*The parents of Rikon and die while fighting pirates, leaving the orphans in the care of their grandfather, , the Lord of .
*In a terrible storm, is distracted for a moment and the Black Mary strikes a reef. The infant child of and , , is thrown overboard. Ely dives in after her. By the time Huck reaches the railing both are gone.The Story of the Black Mary
*Elsbeth washes ashore on the , is found and taken in by s, is raised by them and grows up as , better known as the "Old Turtle Lady". Her only tie to her birth is a pocketwatch with a picture of her and her parents. She calls the watch her "Ely Nausicaa".
* washed ashore in the area of the . When found she lied about her name, saying it was . Not knowing she was a pirate and believing her to be a victim of pirates, took her into his household as a maid. She never stopped looking for her baby, but has never found her. She comes to care deeply for young .
==The Current Generation==
* leaves , vowing never to return. her maid and confidante, , disappears at about the same time.
* and are captured by pirates when Pannisa does not meet them.
* marries a pirate, , and changes her name to .
*Pannisa finally finds the girls, too late, and marries , who changes her name to .
*The Black Mary strikes it rich, discovering an incredible . There is a fight over the booty and leads a mutiny, killing Captain . He consolidates power ruthlessly and kills any who will not swear to follow him.
*Despite their oaths, , , Pannisa and , along with roughly half the pirate company, successfully leave and found their own company, discarding the name and calling themselves the .
*The remaining crew of the Black Mary finds a treasure cache but the coins are cursed! Many die but the raining company arrives at and moves in, changing their name to the . The curse slowly changes them all into s!Quest: The Story of the Black Mary
*Pannisa dies of an illness on a voyage.
* diappears. takes over the business.
* and , two of the Black Blood Caravan's lieutenants, make a secret side deal with an unknown shadowy organization (Zurhidon?). learns of it and is concerned that their actions could bring the full wrath of the and the down on their heads.
*Rikon Rhodes joins The 
==Current Events==
*Black Swordsman has returned as he promised! The pirates are very concerned.
*, the last surviving pirate of the crew of The Black Mary to remain unchanged by the Curse finds his way to the . He has located the remaining cursed gold coins but is too ill to get them so they can be destroyed.
*Rikon Rhodes is killed by the scum residents of .Quest: