Timeline

> "A man can spend the rest of his living, breathing moments pouring over the tomes of time and history, and he will never experience a fraction of what this world has underwent." — famed historian **Androdamos of Cyclio**, in his *Epocha Imperii*, c. 1397 LE
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The history of the world of Arka is, perhaps, the greatest mystery to all of living kind, superseding even that of the mysteries of the arcane and the magickal. Countless historians of all races and creeds have contributed to the combined knowledge of the world, and according to modern estimates, subsequently stretches for a timespan of over ten thousand years. Thus, the general timeline of the project has been comprehensively compiled below as a means of exploration of lore.

Most historians divide the history of the world into *ages*, which are conventionally timespans of hemi-millennia, or five hundred years. However, an anomaly to this convention is the Age of Sorrow, which lasted for a thousand years and encapsulates the world's reconstruction from the Age of Pain.

# Era of Antiquity

## Age of Glory (??? BLE - 501 BLE)

### 508 BLE

* The Caelian Empire is formed as a result of the reformation of the Kingdom of Caelia under the first *Imperator*, Spartacus I.

# Era of Life

## Age of Pain (0 LE — 499 LE)

### 39 LE

* The Caelian Empire finally ends as a result of the death of the last *Imperator*, Marcellus III. It subsequently fractures into a multitude of bickering, underpopulated warlord states, with the Caelian Potentate seizing power in the capital city under the Praetorian commander Gnaeus Papinius Ventor.

### 55 LE

* Roshan the Conqueror declared himself as the **Caesar of the Caelians** (Basanian: 𐎣𐎹𐎿𐎼𐎡𐏐𐎣𐎹𐎾 *Keysar-e Keyl*) after subjugating the largely rural and underpopulated Caelian eastern frontier. Roshan I subsequently founded the Caelo-Basanian Roshanid Empire.

### 200 LE

* The aftermath of Khavad's Rebellion saw the usurpation of the Caelo-Basanian Roshanid Empire and the foundation of the Basanian nativist Kurushid Empire. Khavad the Lawgiver popularized the native rhetoric of a **Land of the Basanians** (Basanian: 𐎲𐎠𐏁𐎠𐎴𐏁𐏂 *Bâšânšahr*) over being a Caelian successor state by giving precedence of the title of **King of Kings of Basan** over the title of *Caesar of the Caelians*.

## Age of Sorrow (500 LE — 1499 LE)

### 658 LE

* Ogulush, the Oghuz religious, social, and political figure considered to be the founder of Boyun Agma and the Agmaic doctrine, was born in present day Oghuzistan to a local Oghuz lord under the Kurushid Empire.

### 688 LE

* Oral sources claim that Ogulush secluded himself in his room at the age of 30, fasting and avoiding interaction, after a Zardustrian herbad declared him as the *One who brings benefit* and the destroyer of magic. This act was said to have led to Oghulush receiving the divine prophecies.
* Ogulush abandoned his claim to his father's lordship and began a series of holy pilgrimages, as well as public ministries of his newfound religion.

### 723 LE

* Oral sources claim that Ogulush wrote the Constitution of Ardakan in the Agmaic holy city of Ardakan, effectively paving way for the transformation of Ogulush's Agmaic community into the first Agmaic state.

### 733 LE

* Death of Ogulush.
* Dawajik-Ātā was named as the rightly-guided successor of Ogulush, leading to the establishment of the Tughri Artilate from the Agmaic state of Ardakan.

### 1044 LE

* The Grand Principality of Pirosaria is founded by the first Grand Prince, Apród I of the Apród Dynasty, in the Pirosar tribal unification wars.

### 1045 LE

* Under the leadership of commander Ertuğrul the Sword of God, the armies of the Tughri Artilate subjugated the politically unstable Kurushid Empire.

### 1252 LE

* The Battle of Mamilla occurs between the brothers Arijit and Sukriti over the fate of the Svarupan Empire. It is the largest open-field battle in the history of Isciterra during the Age of Sorrow.

### 1327 LE

* **3 Autumnfall** — Jutotzas is born en-caul as the issue of Apród IV, fulfilling the Prophecy of Fállau. As prophesized by the dryad Oracle of Kástynket, Jutotzas will later unite most of the "known world" under one banner.

### 1376 LE

* **9 Springtide** — The Battle of Hanzfal occurs between the Pirosar Empire and the Coalition of Balsatra.

### 1381 LE

* **2 Winterend** — The Battle of Saranthil ends in victory for the Pirosars, who route the Erilanthans to their capital city.

### 1382 LE

* **13 Springfall** — The Siege of Erilantha begins.
* **Autumnfall** — The Battle of the Viarmon Plain occurs; the Balsatrans are unable to relieve the city of Erilantha from Pirosar siege.

### 1383 LE

* **4 Springtide** — The Siege of Erilantha ends with a Pirosar victory. Emperor Jutotzas is crowned the Lord-King of Erilantha, and makes Empress Aryssare III a vassal.

## Age of Discovery (2001 LE — present)

### 2293 LE

* The United Republic of Siaca is formed.