Timeline

The timeline is an attempt to organize the most important events in history.

## Era of Myths & Legends

(Sometime before 10,000 BYZ)
 10,000 BYZ
(6,000-4,000 BYZ)
 Old Kingdoms
(approx. 4,000 BYZ-3,000 BYZ)
**The Raid of Sylarat:** Queen Skoga raids the city of Sylarat but her invasion is halted by the city's patron warrior, Ferdia. The wounded Ferdia escapes to the forest, where he encounters Edric, a deserter from Skoga's army. Edric tends to Ferdia's wounds and they have many more adventures together.
**Gwydion's Disappearance:** Gwydion, the most powerful mage ever to have lived, disappears without a trace. According to legend, his attempts to make himself into a god resulted in him becoming trapped in a Realm of his own making.

## Era of Empires

 Kluuda Year
(458 BYZ)
 Kluuda Year
(244 BYZ)
 76 BYZ
 Kluuda Year
(30 BYZ)
 5 BYZ
Word travels throughout the Empire, and an underground trade of guns and other weapons begins. Slaves use them to rebel against their Exekian masters and escape captivity. The Empire attempts to quell the revolts, but is largely unsuccessful.

## Stirling Dynasty

(0 BYZ)
 0-16 AYZ
 16-58 AYZ
 58-88 AYZ
**Third Exekian War** (63-69 AYZ): Crown Prince Erasmus Stirling II killed in battle.
 88-100 AYZ
 100-123 AYZ
**Year 119** - Birth of Marcus Roland.
 123-162 AYZ
**Year 127:** Livia Agravain is born.
***Year 142:*** **Luther Arimanes takes control of the city of Melekess.**
***Year 143:*** Marena Roland and Ardath Dastagir are born.
***Year 145:*** Leonard Gorrister is born.
***Year 149:* Zantium is conquered by Iskirra.** An attempt at providing aid to the Zantines by Amarna falls flat, as the knights sent to fight the Iskirrans never reach the battlefield.
**Year 155**: Errik Nimdok obtains the grimoire; Bithia Nimdok is killed; Miri Nimdok is abducted by Selca Dukani; Adrian Vandiir and Inanna Hoole kill Vanessa Molyneux; Adrian kills Inanna.
***Year 160:*** A plague epidemic in Melekess kills thousands.
***Year 161:*** **King** **Luther** **Arimanes is murdered.** The primary suspect, Adrian Vandiir, escapes custody and disappears.
 163-179
***Year 164:*** Laura Stirling is born.
***Year 165:***
* Lucan Zosimus becomes Lord of Tyr.
* Vormund and his adopted son Ethan are arrested. Ethan is hanged, but Vormund falls ill and dies in prison before he can be sentenced.
* Leonard Gorrister leaves Amarna, sailing to Melekess.
* Marcus Roland is freed from the galleys after he saves the life of an important official. He goes on to train Leonard Gorrister.

***Year 170:***
* Luther Arimanes is briefly resurrected, then killed for good by Cyrus Spyridon.

 Reign of King Aldous
(179-208 AYZ)
* In an attempt to gain more allies, Claudius declares that if he becomes king, he will end the persecution of the Vormundists and the Exekians. Lord Gavin Zosimus, who has kept his religion a secret for over fifteen years, joins Claudius.
* After a disastrous battle which results in the death of Gavin Zosimus, Claudius goes into hiding.
* Aldous takes the Zosimus family hostage and destroys their estate. Beatrice Zosimus is separated from her children.
* Vincent, Gavin's ward, escapes with the help of the family's falconer and a stable boy.
* Balian Zosimus is taken to a remote location where he is forcibly trained to become a knight.
* Laura and Melanie Zosimus are sent to Carthmere as hostages.

***Year 183:***
* Aldous arrests Helen, who is revealed to have been spying for Claudius. Under torture, she reveals he is living under the alias "William Harding" in a remote village.
* Claudius is captured and brought in chains before Aldous. Aldous tortures and humiliates Claudius before sentencing him to death.
* Returning to the capital, Aldous finds his sixteen year old cousin Frances has been declared queen in his absence. She willingly steps down and submits to imprisonment, pleading her innocence. Her father Sebastian however launches a failed attack in an attempt to free her, only to be captured himself. Sebastian, Frances, and her husband Zachary Guildford are all executed for treason on Aldous' orders.
* Helen becomes a permanent prisoner of the crown. She is prohibited from leaving Castle Vallon without special permission from the king, and he forbids her from marrying, making any children she might have automatically illegitimate.
* Aldous marries Laura Zosimus.

***Year 186:***
* Nechtan joins forces with Zimreon, officially forming the Clan.
* Kluuda year. John is born.
* The Fifth Exekian War is instigated by Aldous, who hopes to eradicate the Exekians once and for all. He brings the pregnant Queen Laura with him.
* With the human retreat, the New Exekian Empire turns its attention to other matters, namely the forces of outliers Nechtan and Zimreon.

***Year 187:***
* Richard is born.

***Year 190:*** Eleanor is born.
***Year 202:*** Laura dies. Aldous imprisons John in Castle Vallon.
***Year 202:***
* Eleanor marries Logan Brynner.
* Kai Brynner is born to Eleanor and Logan.

 208 AYZ -Present