Earthdawn Revisited - The Books of Harrow (A History of the World)

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To make life easier, I have colour-coded things. Red indicates events pertaining to the Theran Empire. Blue to the Dwarven Kingdom of Throal and Yellow to the Horrors.
*0 - The Founding of the mountain-city of Throal
*100 - The first appearance of the Horrors
*277 - The Therans invade Barsaive for the first time.
*300 - The Therans build the city of Vivane
*309 - The Therans start construction on the city of Sky-Point.
*346 The Rites of Protection and Passage are published by the Therans, laying down the techniques of building Kaers and surviving underground for protracted periods. (Without this book it is unlikely that civilisation would have survived the Scourge.)
*360 - Troll kingdom of Ustrect is founded with R’Gvaya Bash’ak as first King. 
*360 - Construction of Sky Point completed.
*405 - The Oricalcum wars begin between Throal and Thera, fought over valuable magical resources needed to build Kaers.
*443 - Battle of Sky Point. Theran behemoth destroys several Crystal Raider villages in the Twilight Peaks.
*493 - Construction begins on Parlainth, the Theran provincial capital in Barsaive.
*543 - Construction of the Theran city of Parlainth in Barsaive completed and the city is opened to residents.
*700 - The first true Horrors appear in Barsaive.
*960 - The Book of Tomorrow is published by Throalic scribes and widely distributed.
*1018 - The Therans retreat to their Kaers and citadels, leaving Barsaive unoccupied.
*1045 - The City of Parlainth disappears and all memory of it is wiped from the minds of those outside the city.
*1050 - The Scourge officially begins (Although it has no strict beginning or end, this is when the Dwarven city of Throal seals its gates after Flesh eating worms rain on Throal for 20 days and nights. This time is known as the Weeping.)
*1057 - Horrors manifest inside Kaer Throal, but are defeated.
*1270 - The Council Compact is published. It is a rigorously thought-out statement of principles. Its goal is to develop a fair, orderly society to aid the conduct of commerce. The Compact embodies common sense, and can serve as a shared belief among all people and it becomes the bedrock of Dwarven Law and culture. It enshrines the rights of individuals and the role of law and acts as a `Bill of Rights` for all name-givers outlawing such practices as Slavery and Torture among many other things. 
*1409 - The First Throalic scouting party heads outside for the first time and is destroyed utterly within minutes. Several more will follow over the next few years.
*1410 - Troll Crystal Raiders emerge from their kaers in the Twilight Peaks.
*1412 - Vaare Longfang returns from the first successful scouting mission outside Throal.
*1415 - The magic level of the world stabilizes for some unknown reason.
*1416 - The Scourge "Ends" with gradually diminishing Horror activity (some people believe that the scourge is ongoing and we have simply hit a lull in Horror activity.)
*1416 - The Kingdom of Throal sends out the airship Earthdawn to scout the world. It fins a world ravaged by the horrors, largely scorched wastes, but with some signs of life returning.
*1418 - The Earthdawn Captained by the now legendary Captain Vaara Longfang is sent out to contact Kaers and she persuade some of them to open their doors. Star-Forge is one of the first contacted. That same year the Earthdawn disappears with all hands.
*1420 - Throal opens its doors and begins constructing settlements on the surface again. In the following years several other Kaers in Barsaive also reopen.
*1430 - City of Urupa founded.
*1442 - 	Therans return to Vivane and reconquer it.
*1449 - The Theran Navy invades Barsaive.
*1452 - The City of Parlainth is rediscovered by J’role the Honorable Thief, having fallen to the Horrors it becomes a prime spot for treasure seekers.
*1458 - The Theran war ends with the Therans being driven out by a combined force of Barsaive forces, largely using guerrilla warfare tactics. Although they still hold cities in the South West like Vivaine and Skypoint of the area.
*1474 - Prince Neden, (only child of the Dwarven King of Throal) Varulus III, born.
*1484 - The Death Rebellion occurs in Throal. Prince Neden kidnapped by a Theran Nethermancer who attempts to infect him with a Horror.
*1485 - Torgak and his associates begin clearing south-eastern corner of Parlainth to establish a permanent base of operations.
*1500 - Present Day
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