Timeline

The history of [WHAT] extends back over 5,000 years.

Historians have been recording history for about 1,500 years, dating back to when the Great King Colart Carney took over the lands of Peigos.

The dating system is based on the Age of Conquest. All dates are BA "Before Arrival" or AA "After Arrival."

## The Before

Before King Colart Carney first arrived in Peigos, there were people living there. However, about 300 years before 1 AA, they suffered a mass extinction event.

## The Age of Conquest

* **1 AA:** King Colart Carney and his army arrive in the lands of Peigos and believe that they are the first humans to ever step foot on the lands of Peigos. The first Historian, Gervas the Wise, records a statement made by King Colart upon their arrival: "*We will rule these lands for centuries to come*."
* **3 AA:** Windkeep is founded in Peigos.
* **14 AA:** King Colart's death. His son, Hubard, is crowned as the King of Peigos at 17.
* **16 AA:** King Hubard ventures south into Emera and discovers the People of the Expanse.
* **19 AA - 21 AA:** King Hubard wages war against the People of the Expanse in a 2-year war that is recorded as the War of the Expanse. He conquered the People of the Expanse and their lands, and takes it all under his rule. After the war, King Hubard is titled the King of Peigos, Master of the Borders, and Father of Men.
* **47 AA:** King Hubard ventures north into one of the Vichon islands and discovers that, once again, they are the first people to arrive on those shores.
* **48 AA:** The high houses of Whitgard, Inger, and Farnhall are sent to establish lands in the north. Whitgard establishes the central land mass, Inger establishes the land mass to the west, and Farnhall establishes the land mass to the east.
* **78 AA:** King Hubard's death. As he has no appointed heir, the title of King goes to Jon of high house Wersend. The People of the Expanse ignite a rebellion (the Expanse Rebellion), which lasts until 81 AA and results in the deaths of ~1,000 People of the Expanse.
* **79 AA - 126 AA:** The rule of King Jon proves to be mostly uneventful, with the exception of the Expanse Rebellion in 78 AA - 81 AA. 126 AA marks the end of King Jon's rule with his death. His heir, Jon II, becomes king.
* **132 AA:** The beginning of the Great Expansion. King Jon II's forces begin expanding into Emera, where they face resistance from the People of the Expanse. The high houses that were sent to Vichon in 48 AA begin expanding farther north with King Jon II's approval.
* **133 AA - 164 AA:** The First Expanse War takes place, in which ~20,000 People of the Expanse and ~12,000 of King Jon II's forces perish. The People of the Expanse lose the war, and harsher policies against them are soon implemented.
* **165 AA - 300 AA:** Kings continue to be from the high house Wersend. Many policies against the People of the Expanse continue to be implemented, such as the Expanse Serf act of 278 AA. Many of the Wersend's have uneventful reigns. 300 AA marks the beginning of King Elys Wersend's reign.

## Carney's War

* **301 AA:** King Elys' reign is challenged by Lord Jaspar of high house Carney. Lord Jaspar believes he has claim to the High Throne of Peigos because his ancestors originally founded Peigos.
* **302 AA:** Assault of Blackdown Fort. In the winter of 302 AA, King Elys' men attack one of the holdings of high house Carney. This assault results in the deaths of nearly all of the civilians living at Blackdown Fort, as well as the death of Lord Jaspar's niece, Tetty. This battle severely limits the people's support of King Elys, and raises their advocacy of Lord Jaspar.
* **302 AA:** Battle of the Bay. In the summer of 302 AA, Lord Jaspar and his army of peasant recruits, as well as his ally houses, run into one of King Elys' contingents near the Bay of Peigos. In a battle that lasts five days and five nights, Lord Jaspar comes out of the battle victorious and with even more support from the people of Peigos.
* **302 AA:** The Siege of Windkeep. In the early autumn of 302 AA, Lord Jaspar and his troops besiege Windkeep. It takes them three months to starve the civilians and the high court out. In an uprising with calls for food, the citizens of Windkeep open the gates to let Jaspar's troops in. In the end, King Elys is executed. His wife and children survive the siege, but are no longer royalty.
* **303 AA:** King Jaspar Carney marries the former queen's sister, Susanna (who is of high house Darenby).

## The Indigent Era

* **321 AA:** King Jaspar Carney dies and his son, Gyrard, becomes king.
* **321 AA - 357 AA:** Under King Gyrard's rule, the lands of Peigos, Emera, and Vichon suffer a famine caused by a strange insect infestation of crops. This is later decreed the Famine of King Gyrard. With King Gyrard's death in 357 AA, the insect infestation mysteriously stops, and crops begin to grow in extreme abundance. This leads many to believe that King Gyrard was cursed. After his death, his son, Tobin, receives the mantle of king.
* **364 AA:** King Tobin instates a new act that requires the high houses of Vichon to send the majority of their iron to Peigos, particularly Windkeep.
* **367 AA:** King Foulk Whitgard of Vichon begins to rebel against the Iron for Windkeep Act of 364 AA.
* **371 AA:** King Foulk's rebellion that began in 367 AA develops into a war when King Tobin begins sending troops to Vichon to forcibly take iron from the city of Calewick.
* **371 AA - 401 AA:** The Iron War lasts thirty years and causes ~23,000 deaths on King Foulk's side and ~41,000 deaths on King Tobin's side. Feeling defeat, King Tobin comes to an agreement with King Foulk to return the iron trade to how it was before.
* **415 AA:** After a long series of uprisings by the People of the Expanse, as well as further complaints about the iron trade in Vichon, King Tobin is tired of dealing with them and calls for a meeting that involves King Foulk of Vichon and King Rowan Suldel of Emera. Eventually, they come to an agreement that suits all parties.
* **418 AA:** The Iron Treaty passes, calling for an age of accord between Vichon, Emera, and Peigos.

## The Age of Accord

* **419 AA:** The Age of Accord between Peigos, Vichon, and Emera begins.
* **419 AA - 1,308 AA:** The Age of Accord lasts for an amazing 889 years, due to each region mostly keeping to themselves. Every 20 years, they renew the Iron Treaty of 418 AA.
* **1,308 AA:** King Isout Carney comes into power in Peigos, and effectively refuses to renew the Iron Treaty of 418 AA.

## Bosrath's Insurgence

* **1,326 AA:** King Lannard Bosrath of Vichon begins to rebel against the control of the High Court of Peigos.

* **1,327 AA:** King Bosrath speaks out against the Expanse Expulsion Act of 1,327 AA, for which he gains followers across Emera and some in Peigos.

* **1,328 AA:** The Expanse Expulsion Act is not passed, much due to King Bosrath's efforts. King Isout Carney of Peigos begins to plot an assassination attempt on King Bosrath's life.

* **1,329 AA:** King Bosrath gains information of the assassination plot against him and announces Vichon's separation from Peigos. Later in the year, an assault is made on the city of Bosrath by King Isout's army. Many of King Bosrath's followers die and he is taken prisoner. His wife and two of their children also die in the assault, but it is unconfirmed whether their eldest died as well.

* **1,352 AA:** After 23 years of being King Isout's prisoner, King Bosrath is finally executed on the steps of Windkeep Palace.

## The Campaign for Impiety

* **1,354 AA:** King Isout Carney dies and his son, Otis, becomes king. As king, Otis begins to deconstruct all religious structures in Peigos, Vichon, and Emera. As Historian Missa the Young records, King Otis had developed a major distrust of all religions during his childhood because of his father. In Emera, the religious groups of Worona's Children and the Disciples of Talis begin to wreak havoc in the cities. In Vichon, the believers of the Ancient Gods stage uprisings in Calewick and some travel down to Windkeep to protest. In Peigos, the Rogues, who believe in the Soothsayer, and the followers of the Order of the Sword, also incite riots in Windkeep and other Peigosi cities. The Rogues begin planning King Otis' assassination.
* **1,355 AA:** Riots, uprisings, and protests continue in the major cities of the north, south, and central regions. Several of King Otis' infantry divisions have been sent to Emera, particularly Klukos and Ortysia. In the north, the high houses have regained most of their control over their people. The Rogues of Peigos continue working towards the assassination of King Otis.
* **1,357 AA:** The Rogues make an assassination attempt on King Otis and members of his court. They fail to kill the king, but manage to kill his military advisor. The Rogues face no disciplinary action for this attempt on King Otis' life. Until the beginning of the Divine King's reign, no one knows that they committed the murder of the king's military advisor.
* **1,358 AA:** Working secretly with other members of high house Carney, the Rogues make a second assassination attempt on King Otis. This time, they succeed, and King Otis' younger brother, Ansell, becomes king.
* **1,358 AA:** A short while after becoming king, King Ansell gives the order to all religious structures in every region. He renames a city in the east of Peigos to Roguemont, in honor of the Rogues that assisted him in the assassination of his brother. He begins to call himself the Divine King.

## The Reigns of the Divine Kings

* **1,361 AA:** Divine King Ansell Carney implements policies to protect the People of the Expanse. He believes that this is the divine thing to do, and is ashamed of his ancestors for doing things differently.
* **1,365 AA:** The discovery of oskium. King Salamon Rosen of Emera has finally expanded to the archipelago east of the continent, and discovers the extremely durable element of oskium. Divine King Ansell Carney sends his approval for King Salamon to begin mining the metal. The city Qaekos is also founded during this time.
* **1,366 AA - 1,392 AA:** Small amounts of oskium are imported to Peigos every year, and Divine King Ansell Carney does not pay much mind to it. The rest of the Divine King Ansell's reign proves to be uneventful, and he dies in 1,392 AA. The mantel of Divine King is passed on to his third born, Petyr.
* **1,392 AA:** As the second Divine King, Petyr Carney focuses more on the oskium production than his father did.
* **1,393 AA:** Divine King Petyr Carney begins asking real questions to King Bardol Rosen of Emera about the oskium business. After his questions were deflected multiple times, Divine King Petyr calls a meeting of the High Court. In a meeting that lasts several days, they decide to travel to the Suncier Archipelago and investigate for themselves.
* **1,393 AA:** In the summer, Divine King Petyr and members of his High Court travel to Suncier Archipelago to investigate the oskium production status. There, the Murders of Suncier is instigated when King Bardol discovers what they're doing. King Bardol, in a quest to keep the majority of the oskium for the high house Rosen, goes into a rage and executes most of King Petyr's court. King Petyr and the remainder of his court temporarily retreat back to Peigos.
* **1,394 AA:** In the winter of the next year, Divine King Petyr returns to Suncier Archipelago with an army, inciting the Battle of Greed. During the battle, King Bardol is killed. After, King Petyr posts his troops around the oskium mines and goes back to Peigos. With King Bardol's death, his younger brother, Iamys, becomes king of Emera and vows to get revenge against King Petyr.
* **1,401 AA:** Five years after the Battle of Greed, King Iamys decides it's time to get revenge. He heads over to Suncier Archipelago with an army and slaughters nearly every person that King Petyr has stationed there in the Suncier Slaughter. After King Iamys takes back the archipelago, King Petyr reserves himself to Peigos.
* **1,408 AA:** King Iamys eventually sends an assassin to Windkeep to murder Divine King Petyr Carney. The assassin succeeds, and King Iamys finally fulfills the revenge he sought against King Petyr. King Petyr's son, Samson, becomes the third Divine King.
* **1,408 AA - 1,472 AA:** Divine King Samson Carney, in an effort to not anger anyone like his father did, has a mostly uneventful reign and dies in 1,472 AA. His son, Baynard, becomes king. Baynard, however, does not take the title of Divine King, instead taking on the title of High King.
* **1,474 AA:** King Oton Rosen, the new king of Emera, is challenged by a competing house. Aleyne Suldel easily takes over Suncier Archipelago with his army of Expanse Mercenaries and also claims the city of Qaekos in the Battle of Suncier and the Battle of Qaekos. During this, High King Baynard Carney keeps a close eye on everything, but never makes a move.

## The Damned Age

### Births

* **1,458 AA:** High Prince Robert Carney is born. Lady Nymeria Rosen is born.
* **1,461 AA:** High Princess Anya Carney is born. Lady Isoldea Rosen is born. Lord Vasan Oduya is born.
* **1,463 AA:** Lady Safira Ibara is born. Lady Tarina Whitgard is born.
* **1,464 AA:** High Prince Willem Carney is born. Lady Tephna Rosen is born.
* **1,466 AA:** Lord Elias Rosen and Lord Milos Rosen are born.
* **1,468 AA:** Lord Godfrey Whitgard is born. Lady Clarina Rosen is born.
* **1,473 AA:** Lady Ellenor Whitgard is born. Lord Jakor Rosen is born.
* **1,475 AA:** High Prince Derric Carney and High Princess Simona Carney are born. Lady Liana Rosen is born.