Timeline

Until the start of the New Standard Era, years on Vandal were most commonly measured in eras designated by the Emari church. They are named for the lives of especially notable saints, rather than any other major events. The beginning of St. Delores's Testament (SDT) coincided with the death of Saint Delores, and so on.

## Eras Unsung

'Eras unsung' refers to the period before the Emari church started its official timekeeping.

## Saint Aubad's Testament (SAT)

Lasted 396 years. Saint Aubad's Testament saw the proliferation of Emari religion throughout the known world. Naturally, a very turbulent time of missions and crusades.

## Saint Edmont's Testament (SET)

Lasted 264 years. The final era for which Emari recordkeepers were responsible before the start of the New Standard Era. Saint Edmont's Testament saw the widespread adoption of whale oil as a fuel source, spurring a sort of industrial revolution around much of the known world.

* 61 ET - Armada Cemerlang sets sail as a vast fleet of ships independent from any nation.
* 86 ET - The God of the Sea, Thala, vanishes from the Bastion of Light in Vyssica. Vyssa takes over his duties, herself becoming the god of sea, navigation, and light in the Imperial Cult.
* 121 ET - Hiram Void takes office as High Chancellor in the Republic of Cortazar. Many see this as the true fall of the Republic of Cortazar to the 'Bloodless' faction.
* 138 ET - The Vyssican Empire fully annexes the Kingdom of Komos, becoming the only sovereign nation remaining on the entire Anaxian continent.
* 170 ET - Vyssican settlers make landfall on Durias, establishing the colony of Noxica.
* 171 ET - The Noxican Revolution begins.
* 171 ET - The Goddess of Night, Nox, gives the revolutionaries her blessing, and makes her allegiance with them known. This causes a schism in the Vyssican Imperial Cult. The Empire outlaws the worship of Nox, calls it treasonous.
* 173 ET - After a very brief but very bloody conflict, the Noxican settlers agree to a ceasefire with Vyssica. The Noxicans celebrate independence from the Empire. With this apparent victory, Nox takes her leave, walking alone into the mountains of the Post-North. This is the last her people ever see of the Goddess of Night.
* 196 ET - Emperor Reno deploys a pair of Vyssican spies to the Verbenan capital city of Solanum, the start of the Verbenan Affair.

## New Standard Era (NSE)

Lasted 301 years, and ongoing. The New Standard Era was proposed by more secular-minded people as a way to separate the Emari church from common recordkeeping methods. Still this initiative received valid criticism, as it is still fundamentally tied to the Emari calendar. The New Standard Era sees magic become far less common, as traditional non-daimonic technology is simply more reliable and accessible.

* 281 SE - The Veer Corporation's 'Heart' irillium reactor mysteriously melts down, destroying or contaminating a huge area around it in the city-state of Helvetica.
* 283 SE - With the affected area fully excluded to the public, the Helvetican city authority uses heavy-lifting helicopters to carefully place massive concrete slabs around the 'Villa Umbra' exclusion zone, physically cordoning the area off to the public. Nobody is allowed inside without the proper paperwork and clearance.
* 297 SE - King Morgiis, ruler of Rubysidia, declares war on the nearby nation of Ventusia. Such is life in Veridis.
* 301 SE - Bastard son of King Morgiis, Prince Cyrus, volunteers to venture into the Villa Umbra to seek the legendary Heart of Helvetica to turn the tide of the war in Rubysidia's favor.