Maps & Factions of the 2nd Heroic Age

## Timeline

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Beginning of the 2nd Heroic Age aka the Messianic Era (Years: -3767 E.C to 3336 E.C)

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-3767 E.C Warned by God, the surviving prophet and his family, which were only his eight sons built a large ship, taking with them many land animals. As they left, Arthandiel, the Celestial Father, the One True God, flooded Baal-Bylon, cleansing the globe of it's wickedness.

-3535 A.E - The Great Divide within the Ancient Kingdom of Valanor into three consolidated Kingdoms; Greater Valanor, Cadurin and Babylnor.

-3480 A.E - The time of Arthonidas and the formationo of the Khersian Empire from the collapse of Babylnor after the assassination of the former King.
-3473 A.E - Rise of the Romalanii Tribe, which started off as a sun worshiping cult within the Khersian Empire. Gradually, the Romalanii gain military influence and cause the Khersian Empire to fall in just two years. The Romalan Empire then became a powerful southern faction, rivaling that of the Ancient Kingdom of Valanor. The Romalan Empire follows the ancient traditions of Sun & Moloch-Baal Worship which also meant they claimed to be descedants of the Old Baal-Bylonic Empire. This would later cause war between the two great nations.

-3412 to -3278 A.E - (Ancient Era of Heroes) In the year -3412 of the Ancient Era of Heroes, it was during the reign of Empeor Tiberio Augustus of the Tiberii Dynasty of the Romalan Empire. Ambitious to conquer Valanor, Tiberio sent his legions deep into Valanor territory. At first, the tribesmen were defenseless and were enslaved by the Romanlan Legions. Amongst the enslaved was a boy named Arminus Greifonbergen, born in the year -3316 A.E, who was raised in the Romanlan capital city of Romus after being taken from his hearth and home at the age of 15 in the year -3301, watching his parents beg for mercy as they were also sold off to other slavers. They were never seen again. Before he was taken, his mother and father made him swear an oath to never bow down to the Romalan Empire, no matter what. Arminus promised this but in the years had forgotten his purpose during servitude to the Romalans. For five years, Arminus endured Romalan tactics, commands, orders etc. He initially didn't understand but learnt the Romalan way. When he became a well renowned general, he persecuted his own people, betraying everything his family taught him. Until, he was reminded by a simple woman and a prophet, who both knew his parents well. When Arminus found out the truth of his true origins, he wanted to redeem himself. Uniting the tribes, he told them he got them into this mess, he will get them out of it. Initially, they refused, pointing out his mistakes and imperfection. However, they knew he was correct and forgave him as long as he held to his promise to liberate them from the Romalan Empire's tyranny. Arminus Greifonbergen was chosen by seven tribal nobles of Valanor, whose descendants will eventually become the Elector Dukes of future Valorya, to be elected as the first King of a united ancient Valanor nation. There is a total of nine tribes not including the two ruling tribes of the Greifonbergens and the Castelgoths. The seven tribes includes the Weisenbergens, the Rossamids, the Gotthenbergens, the Merinkovites, the Östengoths, the Rheingoths, and the Küstenvals. Later, one of the adopted Rossamid noblewomen, named Elliena, whose father is from the Weisenbergen clan, marries Leothar von Greifondom of the Greifonbergen clan,securing the Rossamid clan's connection to the Greifonbergens as well as having connections with the Weisenbergens by blood relation and the Castelgoths. Leothar's grandfather, Maximilius von Magnardom marries a noblewoman from Bergandi, which became a Dukedom of Britonnia after the Britonnii clan left the empire.The marriage between Maximilius von Magnardom of the Greifonbergens and the Bergandi Duchess, Maria will be for the purpose to secure an alliance for eternity between the Britonnians and the Imperials.  Leothar's father, Leupold, marries Eleanora, who hails from the Östengoth clan, which further secured the loyalty of them, along with the rest of the tribes who had connections with the Castelgoths, the Küstenvals, the Östengoths, the Rheingoths and the Gotthenbergens. Just as he was elected as the first ruling King, riders from Romus entered the regional settlement and informed Arminus of the Emperor expecting to see him, to reward him for his loyalty. Required to keep a face in order to trick the Romalans, he told the tribal lords to act loyal and devoted. The ruse worked. Arminus returned to Romus and was rewarded a new rank amongst the Romalan military. When Tiberio got word of rebellion brewing amongst the Valanor tribes, he didn't realize who put them up to it. The Romalan Emperor sent four of his legions, commanded by Varo. But the Emperor didn't trust Varo that much and so, Arminus, who was picked without volunteering and was given co-command over the same legions. Varo had a bad feeling about this decision and unquestionably obeyed anyway. The Greifonbergen Rebellion, led by Arminus Greifonbergen unleashed within the forests of Teulonberg, where the tribesmen ambushed forty thousand legionaries, decimating most of their forces. The campaign, which failed ultimately led to economic collapse for the Romalan Empire while the tribes of Valanor believed they won their independence. The War was far from over. In the remaining years of Arminus's reign, he faced adversity and was martyred for wanting to further build his new dream of becoming Emperor. His descendants such as Gustaf von Greifonbergen later on, would continue his legacy. But none would become the first Sacred Emperor until the time of Magnar the Pious, Champion-Priest of the Celestial Valanar, first rightful dual-wielder of the sacredly blessed Äldenhammer & Äldensword and Maximilius von Magnardom, who achieved the greatest accomplishment of building a massive city Magnardom to honor Magnar the Pious, wielder of the Flaming Äldensword of Justice, Gryphonheart & the Pureflame Aldenhammer, Archlen's Truth, patron-hero of the Pandemonian Great War. Magnardom would later become the capital city, Greifondom.

1306 M.E (Messianic Era) - About 106 years after the disaster in Teulonberg Forest, Jesus Christ is sent by God to save the world from sin. He is born in this year as the Son of God. Surprisingly, it's like time was going backwards, however, it was going fowards in negative time. When the Messiah arrived, time switched positively, symbolizing hope.

1306 M.E to 1336 E.C (Empirica Calendar) - Jesus lives His life as God intended. He gathers many followers, heals the sick and shows the wicked that love is better than hate etc etc.

"There will be peace when the Messiah returns again and War is only one of the many events to come to pass that we must endure through by keeping our faith strong in Him and the Celestial Father. We must let God triumph. It has been written by the ancient prophets that brother will fight against brother, father against son, kin against kin, as prophesied by the Messiah Himself." - Recorded by a Wise Prophet & devout follower of Christomar

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The End of the Second Heroic Age.

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## The Great Battle of the Last Call; The Final Stand of the Free League of City-States (Freehold and Vineyard Confederacy)

### The Great Battle of the Last Call; The Final Stand of the Freehold City-States against the Ancient Khersian Empire (The Years -3600 A.E to -3480 A.E)

**Key Values:** Sun Worship of the unholy trinity; Acdarroth(Lucidion in his form which is Acdarroth) (Inspired from the Sumerian god Ishtar), Solaroth (Nimrod) & Lilithana aka Ashyrath and the world. It's either conform to the ideals of it or be enslaved

The Rise of the "God" King Xherxhalis was no easy task. He had to be chosen by an ancient sorceress named Medusa. She seduced him into believing he is to be a "God" King of the World. Taken by the dark powers, he grew to like this idea. One by one, the Parliament of the Blades became a powerful Empire in the desert. This led towards the Battle at the Pass of the Last Call, Theomopylea. The Parliament of Blades was involved in this which included the treacherous Sandpit Council. Their desire was to expand as large as the Baal-Bylonic Empire and achieve even greater atrocities than Nimrod ever did. However, within the Freehold City-States, there was a King named Arthonidas who did not want to be part of it. The Freehold Hoplites are Sol Eldium's most renowned warriors of the ancient times. They are the Spartans of my world. The most interesting truth is that the Sandpit Council were the ones behind the great fall of the Baal-Bylonic Empire because they believed Nimrod had exceeded his power limits. Their plot only backfires on them when the Romalanii Sola Invictus Purifiers of Byore did the same thing to them.......and so the wheel spun around in circles....causing history to repeat itself over and over again. The hoplites were winning for many days as they had over 300K fighting millions of slave soldiers. But finally, a sorceress from the Vineyard Confederacy named Medusa turned many of the brave Agleothan hoplites into stone. All of the Freehold hoplites lost morale and then, they were undone. The last of them fought to the last man as the Khersians released deadly volleys of arrows upon them.

## The Agleothanian Empire aka the Agleothan League

The Freehold City-State of Agleotha is governed over by King Arthonidas, inspired from Leonidas. There are a total of three City-States known as separate leagues that stretches from the Freehold to the Vineyard Confederacy, including one full of Amazon warriors, who hate no man and would prefer to fight like them in order to bring stability to the world of men. Since there are eight leagues, Agleotha takes command over the alliance alongside the Princess of the Amazonian City-State. The Hippolytan City-State of the Freehold is ruled over by Queen Hippolyta, whose resourceful ally, Arthonidas is her husband. The Agleothanian Hoplites worship Ares. However, they find out Zeus is better, after being enlightened by their new Queen. The Hippolytan Sister-Hoplites, Sister-Chariots and Sister-Huntresses worship Hera . The Agleothan Hoplites are the superior fighting force within the Agleothan City-State. The third City-State is Agathos of the Apollonesian League ruled over by King Agathacles. Their fleet is the strongest. This city state is heavily drawn from Athenian navy style inspiration and combines itself with the military might of the Agleothan City-State, which is based on real life Spartans.

## The Hippolytan City-State of the Freehold aka the Heranesian League

The Greco inspired City-State ruled by Hippolyta, who will only recruit the women into her army, while the men fight for the King, Arthonidas. They worship Hera above all other Olympian deities in Greco culture.

## The Agathos City-State of the Freehold aka the Apollonesian League

The Greco inspired City-State is ruled by King Agathocles, who is fascinated with music that he devotes himself to Apollo every time. His military force consists of musicians who are very well-trained Apollonian hoplites. Agathocles is considered a brother in arms with Arthonidas, King of Agleotha, the Leonidas inspired character I have created.

## The Khersian Empire

The Khersian Empire is ruled by the self-proclaimed "God King" Xerxhalis. His ambition for power and control over the world has extended to the point of exalting himself above all mortal beings.

## The Rise of the Romalan Empire, Arminus & the Valanor Uprising

### The Ancient Romalan Empire (The Years -3373 A.E to 3368 A.E)

**Key Values:** Sun Worship of Ishtaryth as well as Solakith (Nimrod's "unconquered sun" name) and the world. It's either "join or die"

The Romalanii Purifiers of Byore, whom served the "Sun God" Nimrod, calling him the "Unconquered Sun" aka Sola Invictus believed the Sandpit Council had outstayed their welcome when they plotted to overthrow their own King, Nimrod. The Romalanii slaughtered the entire council for speaking again him. The Romalanii came closer than ever to restoring Nimrod's "Baal-Bylonic Empire". However, uprisings still occurred because heroes knew they were the evil and the cause of so much blood to be spilt. Their armor was gilded in gold and their helmets were masked with a sun emblem at the top along with their golden eagle standards, symbolizing their unconquered Empire. Rebellion doesn't start with Arminus right away. It starts again from the Khlummeddar Desert where a new cultist leader rises up to put down the Romalans forever. This was the start of the Khazlarian Uprising first hand. The Sandpit Council was seemingly reinstated after the Romalan Empire fell to the hands of the undead, caused by their own Emperor, Nero Augustus.

-3473 A.E - (Ancient Era of Heroes) Rise of the Romalanii Tribe, which started off as a sun worshiping cult within the Khersian Empire. Gradually, the Romalanii gain military influence and cause the Khersian Empire to fall in just two years. The Romalan Empire then became a powerful southern faction, rivaling that of the Ancient Kingdom of Valanor. The Romalan Empire follows the ancient traditions of Sun & Moloch-Baal Worship which also meant they claimed to be descedants of the Old Baal-Bylonic Empire. This would later cause war between the two great nations.

-3412 to -3278 A.E - (Ancient Era of Heroes) In the year -3412 of the Ancient Era of Heroes, it was during the reign of Empeor Tiberio Augustus of the Tiberii Dynasty of the Romalan Empire. Ambitious to conquer Valanor, Tiberio sent his legions deep into Valanor territory. At first, the tribesmen were defenseless and were enslaved by the Romanlan Legions. Amongst the enslaved was a boy named Arminus Greifonbergen, born in the year -3316 A.E, who was raised in the Romanlan capital city of Romus after being taken from his hearth and home at the age of 15 in the year -3301, watching his parents beg for mercy as they were also sold off to other slavers. They were never seen again. Before he was taken, his mother and father made him swear an oath to never bow down to the Romalan Empire, no matter what. Arminus promised this but in the years had forgotten his purpose during servitude to the Romalans. For five years, Arminus endured Romalan tactics, commands, orders etc. He initially didn't understand but learnt the Romalan way. When he became a well renowned general, he persecuted his own people, betraying everything his family taught him. Until, he was reminded by a simple woman and a prophet, who both knew his parents well. When Arminus found out the truth of his true origins, he wanted to redeem himself. Uniting the tribes, he told them he got them into this mess, he will get them out of it. Initially, they refused, pointing out his mistakes and imperfection. However, they knew he was correct and forgave him as long as he held to his promise to liberate them from the Romalan Empire's tyranny. Arminus Greifonbergen was chosen by seven tribal nobles of Valanor, whose descendants will eventually become the Elector Dukes of future Valorya, to be elected as the first King of a united ancient Valanor nation. There is a total of nine tribes not including the two ruling tribes of the Greifonbergens and the Castelgoths. The seven tribes includes the Weisenbergens, the Rossemnids, the Gotthenbergens, the Merinkovites, the Östengoths, the Rheingoths, and the Küstenvals. Later, one of the adopted Rossemnid noblewomen, named Elliena, whose father is from the Weisenbergen clan, marries Leothar von Greifondom of the Greifonbergen clan,securing the Rossemnid clan's connection to the Greifonbergens as well as having connections with the Weisenbergens by blood relation and the Castelgoths. Leothar's grandfather, Maximilius von Magnardom marries a noblewoman from Bergandi, which became a Dukedom of Britonnia after the Britonnii clan left the empire.The marriage between Maximilius von Magnardom of the Greifonbergens and the Bergandi Duchess, Maria will be for the purpose to secure an alliance for eternity between the Britonnians and the Imperials. Leothar's father, Leupold, marries Eleanora, who hails from the Östengoth clan, which further secured the loyalty of them, along with the rest of the tribes who had connections with the Castelgoths, the Küstenvals, the Östengoths, the Rheingoths and the Gotthenbergens. Just as he was elected as the first ruling King, riders from Romus entered the regional settlement and informed Arminus of the Emperor expecting to see him, to reward him for his loyalty. Required to keep a face in order to trick the Romalans, he told the tribal lords to act loyal and devoted. The ruse worked. Arminus returned to Romus and was rewarded a new rank amongst the Romalan military. When Tiberio got word of rebellion brewing amongst the Valanor tribes, he didn't realize who put them up to it. The Romalan Emperor sent four of his legions, commanded by Varo. But the Emperor didn't trust Varo that much and so, Arminus, who was picked without volunteering and was given co-command over the same legions. Varo had a bad feeling about this decision and unquestionably obeyed anyway. The Greifonbergen Rebellion, led by Arminus Greifonbergen unleashed within the forests of Teulonberg, where the tribesmen ambushed forty thousand legionaries, decimating most of their forces. The campaign, which failed ultimately led to economic collapse for the Romalan Empire while the tribes of Valanor believed they won their independence. The War was far from over. In the remaining years of Arminus's reign, he faced adversity and was martyred for wanting to further build his new dream of becoming Emperor. His descendants such as Gustaf von Greifonbergen later on, would continue his legacy. But none would become the first Sacred Emperor until the time of Magnar the Pious, Champion-Priest of the Celestial Valanar, the first rightful dual wielder of the sacredly blessed flaming Aldenhammer, Archlen's Justice and the blessed flaming Aldensword, Archlen's Truth and Maximilius von Magnardom, who achieved the greatest accomplishment of building a massive city Magnardom to honor Magnar the Pious, wielder of the Flaming Aldensword of Justice, Gryphonheart & the Pureflame Aldenhammer, Archlen's Truth, patron-hero of the Pandemonian Great War. Magnardom would later become the capital city, Greifondom.

3306 M.E (Messianic Era) - About 106 years after the disaster in Teulonberg Forest, Jesus Christ is sent by God to save the world from sin. He is born in this year as the Son of God. Surprisingly, it's like time was going backwards, however, it was going fowards in negative time. When the Messiah arrived, time switched positively, symbolizing hope.

3306 M.E to 3336 E.C (Empirica Calendar) - Jesus lives His life as God intended. He gathers many followers, heals the sick and shows the wicked that love is better than hate etc etc.

"There will be peace when the Messiah returns again and War is only one of the many events to come to pass that we must endure through by keeping our faith strong in Him and the Celestial Father. We must let God triumph. It has been written by the ancient prophets that brother will fight against brother, father against son, kin against kin, as prophesied by the Messiah Himself." - Recorded by a Wise Prophet & devout follower of Christomar.

3337 E.C to 3368 E.C (Empirica Calendar) - Declination of the Romalan Empire because the undead take over and death is swept across the lowlands, creating space for new races to appear such as orcs, goblins, trolls, ogres, gnomes etc etc. 3368 E.C (Elder's Calendar) - The Romalan Empire which was narcisstically renamed as the Nerolan dynasty falls ultimately. Nero even took up the title of "Nero Augustus". More undead invade the world of Arcinia, after the after the defeat of Arthonidas and his brave Hero-Hoplites at Theomopylea. As more of Nero's failures were displayed, Nero Augustus got the name "Nero the Mad Emperor". The Romalan Empire is slowly overtaken by the Risen Drauguran Horde, thanks to Nero the Mad Emperor's ambition for power to become a god, he uses a book called the Necrodex. Nero's accomplishment of ambition backfires, opening a Rifting Abyss Portal between the living & the dead, causing a wave of a fatal cursed plague upon everyone to be turned into the mindless Risen horde of the Arch-Lich Emperor. Nero is killed due to his own narcisstic foolishness. This ultimately created the undead isles called Zor'Gol of which the undead slowly migrated there. The Locrium Necrogon Empire formed up. All matter of evil creatures also appear such as orcs, goblins, gnomes, trolls, ogres etc from these portals from the Rifting Abyss and took over what remains a wasteland in the lowlands of the once great ancient Kingdom of Valanor and the former Romalan Empire.