Exploration of Historical Learning

Here we have Exploration of Historical learning, written by lkren, Denn, and Tarrep, chief propagators of the Scholar's Calendar and publishers of the popular series of essays.

A condensed version of their recognized Scholar's Calendar follow, with the most important events of the timeline.

"Despite our best efforts, we do not know everything. How can we determine fact from fiction? Did Ker receive divine insight or was he a madman? Did the Thilassi really ride on the back of giants? We might not know. But we can draw conclusions, we can hypothesize, and we can use the mind that whatever God or Gods gave us."

Ikren of Duslo

* Lost Era **LE** 1-800
* Era of Empires **EE** 800-1300
* Age of Oneir **AO**  1300-1950
* Era of Peoples **EP** 1950-2032
* Red Era **RE** 2032-2078
* Era of Medit **EM** 2078-2924
* Age of Decline **AD** 2924-3502
* Era of Unrest **EU**- 3501-3615 / Present

## Lost Era (LE)

* **Circa. 1 LE:** Humans originating the Dalmari straits settle in Northeastern Ennebrin. Our few remaining pre-LE sources from Hill-folk and Keen Elves are almost all archaic and unreadable. Our only recounting is from a stone tablet in Old Lundish that recounts the human arrival, presumably Hill-folk from living along the Affren coast. "They came from the north on bulky ships of dark wood. They spoke an unfamiliar tongue. Their hair was black like ours, but they were weak looking and malnourished. Faces too thin, too tall and gaunt. Strange people. I hope the Elder sends them back to their demon lands.
* **Circa. 200 LE:** The Dalmari people thrive. After leaving the First Landing, first settle in what is now modern day Meditul and Inner Ennebrin, before expanding downwards.
* **Circa. 300 LE:** The Toth Empire rises to prominence in Inner Ennebrin, Rasa, and Kast, composed of a coalition of Dwarves, Elves, and Humans.
* **Circa. 700 LE:** The Elven population is decimated by a plague humans are carrying. They lack resistance to the disease. They die in droves.
* **Circa. 750 LE:** The Toth Empire falls to Hill-folk barbarians, the last Elven stronghold Ylve Ennore falls to the Great Blight.
* **Circa. 800 LE:** King Hawend, a warlord, establishes the city of Deter in the ruins of Ylve Ennore, founding the Deter Empire. Deter preaches the great name of Ishna.

## Era of Empires (EE)

* **Circa. 800 EE:** In what is now referred to as Inner Ennebrin, the Leer Empire is founded with the discovery of the Wrought Crown within the Emmercour Range. King Azed, a supposed descendant of the Lord of Toth, appoints nine viscounts to rule over his lands. As the legends say, the sight of the Wrought Crown, made of twisted spikes of Blacksteel struck fear into the other minor lords and chiefs of Inner Ennebrin, and they knelt. The Banner Houses of Lormeir resist fiercely, but are subdued after three years of war.
* **Circa. 900 EE:** Around this time, travelling priests and clergy originating from the Free Coast start preaching the name of Oneir. The Deter Empire denounces Ishna and King Alled creates the Holy Church of Oneir, with the assistance of his wife, Rasha the Printer, who is attributed to creating the first printing press.
* **Circa. 1000 EE:** The Thilass Empire is founded in the Hinterlands by King Rervor the Pious, a banished Prince of Deter. The Empire's capital is Mortimer, where Ennebrin's druids are trained and raised. In the Night Meeting, King Rervor and the Great Druids have a secret negotiation. The terms of the negotiation are a mystery, even today. As a result of the meeting, Mortimer becomes the capital for the Thilass Empire
* **Circa. 1200 EE:** Racial tensions in the First Landing boil over. The Massacre of Affre commences. We have few details, but at the end it is said that 2,000 Affren Humans and 5,000 Gall Dwarves are dead. For more information, read *The Massacre of Affre,* by Tarrep and Wesley.
* **Circa 1250 EE:** Due to internal conflict in the Deter aristocracy and the Church, the Holy Church of Oneir splits away from Deter, in what is known as the Oneir-Deter Rift.
* **Circa: 1270 EE:** Fandlow the Conqueror defeats the Phids, starting the chain of the events leading to the Proud Kingdoms as we know them today.
* **Circa 1300 EE:** Deter is peacefully annexed to Indrid, a shell of the former glorious nation it once was. Gasmand the Stout, last king of Deter retires to a spacious estate in Vinterr. The Church of Oneir takes hold of Western Ennebrin.

## Age of Oneir (AO)

* **Circa 1301 AO:** The Holy Kingdom of Indrid, spearheaded by the Church of Oneir, establishes itself. Two great nations of Oneir worshipers are on Ennebrin, the Holy Kingdom of Indrid, and the Empire of Thilass. The capital of Indrid, Haverin City, develops into a great center of culture and learning. Mortimer, the capital of the Thilass Empire, unfortunately does not.
* **Circa 1400 AO:** The Nine Knights of Cloister lead an excursion into Ehm Zanel, the Devillands. Only one of the knights return. Yarl the Survivor never speaks of what happens.
* **Circa 1600 AO:** The Church of Kothir is established in the Leer Empire by the Three Patriarchs. The Church quickly outlaws slavery and pushes for moral reform across the Leer Empire. The success rate varies from viscounty to viscounty.
* **1649 AO:** Fandlow IV establishes the University of Phidar in the City of Phidar. At this point, history begins to be recorded. At the same time in the Proud Kingdoms, the Small Kingdoms clash.
* **1700 AO:** The Sonsof Teir establish themselves in what is now known as the Free Coast. Meditul, a large stretch of land populated by humans, begin to worship dead Heroes, known as "Saints." The first of these, Saint Cyrir, is crucified around this time by the Legate of Bolopani.
* **1750 AO:** 19 Heretics are burned in Haverin City. In the same year, the current King of Thilass, Bungart the Drunk, rides a sow naked down the Main Street of Mortimer.
* **1839 AO:** Indrid annexes the Kingdom of Colindorn. The Holy Kingdom of Indrid is now the largest nation in Ennebrin.
* **1840 AO:** Indrid suppresses a rebellion in the Kingdom of Colindorn. During the rebellion, King Phillipe III is killed. Indrid puts the King's cousin, the Grand Duke Martine Au Le Robiquet, on the throne.
* **1873 AO:** Leer declares war on Thilass as an attempt to "Purge the False God of the West from Inner Ennebrin." Leeric mercenaries far outclass the peasant militias the Thilassians can muster. The current King of Leer, Avaz the Unbroken is a master tactician. The current King of Thilass, Habbershan the Clubfoot, continues to drain the treasury on whores and wine.
* **1874 AO:** In the Kingdom of Indrid, The Bishop of Hindholms is declared a heretic by the Archbishop of Haverin City. All of his property, lands, and titles are seized by the Church. The Bishop of Hindholms is tied to a broken mast and thrown into a the Sea of Indrid. The people of Hinholms are outraged, but remain silent. Their rebellion is not for another three hundred years.
* **1876 AO:** After only three years of fighting, Leeric forces approach the gates of Mortimer. The Leeric forces have burned every church and destroyed every shrine of Oneir on their violent crusade. The Leeric forces are bloody and tired, but it is not looking good for Mortimer. The Leeric forces begin the siege. It seems all is lost for Mortimer, but during the season of Deepeld, the Archdruids suddenly rise up. The Great Boar, The Great Serpent, The Great Fish, the Great Dog, and the Great Owlbear. Supposedly, nature itself rises to the defense of Mortimer. The tens of thousands of Leeric troops are decimated. They attempt to retreat. Suddenly, Indridian Calvary cuts them off and begins to cut down the remaining ranks. As it turns out, Indrid has sent two Battalions of Calvary when they heard that another nation of Oneir was being attacked, but the Calvary was delayed by bad weather. Leeric forces are crushed. Thilass is saved. But it will not last. The next threat to Thilass is from the Druids themselves, and there are no Indridian Calvary to save them.
* **1879 AO:** King Avaz's son, King Avan, is a useless and cowardly man. The new King cannot hold his viscounts together. At this point, the treasury had been drained by the war. King Avan orders thousands of new Platinum Coins to be minted as a desperate bid to save Leer's once flourishing economy. It does nothing but increase inflation. At the same time, a famine ravishes Inner Ennebrin. Some historians say the Druids sent a plague of plantrot and locust, but true scholars know that blaming magic for everything is poppycock.
* **1881 AO:** Fandlow X, King of Phidar, conquers Braowin and the Small Reld. After a thousand years of fighting and small squabbles in the Proud Kingdoms, a major nation emerges.
* **1880 AO:** The Leer Empire approaches its downfall. Brenhalt the Brave, Viscount of Lormeir claims the possession of a magical artifact given to him by the Kothiri god of Order. Using the "Mace of Fodes," he liberates Lormeir. Meanwhile, the Viscount of Brosa is emasculated, beheaded, and thrown out a window. The men of Brosa elect one of their own, the Black Duke.
* **1891 AO:** King Avan manages to hold onto power for 9 more years. During the nine years, the other seven Viscounts, afraid of what happened to the Viscount of Brosa, and inspired by Brenhalt, revolt or are overthrown. Only Pyrth, a minor swampland ruled by the Great Stag remains untouched.
* **1900 AO:** In honor of the new century, the Church of Indrid orders the death of 983 heretics by burning. Meditul celebrates by drawing new land borders on the Day of Partitions. South Meditul will continue to be ruled by various "Legates," each in control of a province. North Meditul will continue to be ruled by the Grand Ducs.
* **1930 AO:** The Great Stag, Druid of Pyrth, goes on a `spiritual journey` and leaves his nation.
* **1941 AO:** A baby is born in Mortimer. His name is Ker. His father is a candlestick maker, and his mother is a washerwoman. This boy, Ker, will cause the greatest religious schism in a thousand years, and establish an entire new city, Ker's Edge. This boy, Ker, will make a religion, and will make the Free Coast.
* **1949 AO:** For the first time since the arrival of humans from the Dalmari straits, foreign sails are spotted in the North. There are a hundred ships, as the record says. The Kin Folk have arrived, known now as the Mountain Dwarves or the Clan Dwarves, and the Era of Peoples begins

## Era of Peoples (EP)

* **1950 AO:** The strangers arrive in droves. They speak of escaping an evil tyrant. They speak of a continent far to the North, Rengaard, and a kingdom, Khal Belgar. The strangers look similar to Hill Dwarves, yet are taller, paler, and worship entirely different Gods. The King of Affre allows these hundred ships into port.
* **1951 AO:** Rasa and Kast fade away into obscurity, with the last contact with the Sister Nations finally stopping around this time. Ishni is never worshipped again. The lands of Rasa and Kast are now wilderness, comprised of the the Greentreks and Aman, an early example of the "Return to Wilderness."
* **1953 AO:** The borders of Thilass begin to shrink, pushed back by wilderness. King Garagan does not care about his shrinking Kingdom, and marries his daughter.
* **1954 AO:** King Brenhalt of Lormeir dies at the age of 98, with the Mace of Fodes in his hands. Power is peacefully passed to his eldest son, Llarwen.
* **1959 AO:** In Meditul, Saint Tregereth dies after supposedly stopping a hurricane from destroying the City of Trillian. He is the last Saint out of twelve to be canonized by the Saintists, and worshipped as a god.
* **1967 AO:** King Yulf of Indrid sends a small naval expeditions to "explore southern coasts," and "spread the good name of Oneir."
* **1968 AO:** Captain Yarlson's fleet travels down the free coast. They come across Sonsof-Teir, a Hill Dwarven port, descended from the dwarven hero, Teir. The Indridian's stop for a while, distribute a few pamphlets of Oneir, take on some Dwarven crewman, and move on.
* **1969 AO:**
* **2032 AO:** Meditul declares war on Indird. The Red Era begins.