Eighth Age

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**8A05**: Blackwall rebels against Maudet and gains the status of a free city.

**8A10**: In a grand gesture, Orcimar in Sudern welcome a group of Ghalleni diplomats. The visit dispels many myths about Orcimar society.

**8A21**: Emperor Eligius Pelleneur I passes away. His son, Guillaunt Pelleneur, is crowned Emperor.

**8A24**: The Maudesian Empire, under the direction of the "Mad Emperor" Guillaunt, launches the Second Maudesian Invasion of Nordain. Thanks to the clandestine support of several powerful thanes undermining Nordain's defense, Maudet quickly establishes a strong foothold.

* Vigil's Fort and the City of Coltherstone are taken by the Empire, as is Erencliffe. At the Battle of Rissing, King Arnedrin Kaulden is slain by the Maudesians.

**8A25**: Though Arnedrin is succeeded by his son, King Bersnal Kaulden, the youth is unable to unite the country beneath him, and for the next two decades, Nordain is mired in blood and battle.

**8A44**: The Maudesian Empire finally sacks the city of Dersoden, claiming victory in Nordain and driving King Bersnal into hiding.

* Though routed, the King and others among the true Nordish nobility continue to wage guerrilla war against their oppressors. When Bersnal finally dies, several years after the birth of his grandson Baylor Kaulden, Maudet crowns Alain Renauda as King of Nordain, though Bersnal's daughter, "the Rebel Queen" Naranna Kaulden - considerably more popular and charismatic than her father - keeps the resistance alive.

**8A46**: Anderlay begins the Perendell War with Maudet as belated payback for Princess Solara Pardasian's dismissal by Emperor Eligius I. However, Maudet proceeds to sow dissent and rebellion among the locals in Perendell, who resent Anderan rule.

**8A47**: Emperor Guillaunt, fearing the court turning favor toward toward his brother Grand Duke Euccenio, has Euccenio, his wife, three grown children, and all eight grandchildren murdered. The youngest, Camille, is only eight months old.

**8A51**: Emperor Guillaunt dies after spending more than a year locked in his room, fearing retribution for his assassination of his brother. His son, Emperor Eligius II, is crowned the Emperor.

**8A55**: War between the Orcimar and the Adamantium continues as the Orcimar land and conquer Verullus within three years. The Adamantium is left on its own to fight its war with the Orcimar, though the peace between the Orcimar and other lands is considered fragile.

* Several attempts by the Orcimar to land on the continent and attack the Adamantium directly are repulsed.
* Emperor Emperor Eligius II of Maudet is assassinated by dissatisfied nobles. His brother, Durante Pelleneur, is crowned the new Emperor.

**8A60**: Aurelian Pardasian, stepson of Princess Solara Pardasian, attempts to assume the Anderan throne before it is revealed he is not a Pardasian by blood. The disgraced Aurelian joins the dwarven Legion of the Dead; the only human ever to do so.

**8A70**: Emperor Durante I dies. His son, Durante II is crowned the Emperor.

**8A77**: The Hundred-Day Sickness epidemic begins in Maudet; it claims the lives of the twin sons of the Emperor Durante II and the infant daughter of his brother Maxence.

**8A78**: Baylor Kaulden is born and the bloodline of King Lontan is continued. Ornand of Croftdale is born around the same time.

**8A82**: Anderlay begins a bloody campaign of conquest within the Freemarks, encouraged by their taking of Perendell. They are stopped by Cade Darek, who is named Champion of Thredony for his deed.

**8A84**: After Emperor Durante II dies during a fox hunt, his brother Maxence Pelleneur ascends to the throne of Maudet; much to his displeasure.

* Ramund Argander, the future Baron of Erencliffe, is born.

**8A87**: Matron Florence III is made head of the Ministry.

**8A91**: Brice Argander, younger brother of Rowan and Ramund Argander, is born.

**8A96**: Naranna the Rebel Queen is assassinated by Thane Arnnolf and several other traitor nobles at the behest of the Maudesian King Alain.

* Radrin Grynar takes the throne of Ondrathum.

**8A98**: The Nordish rebels, led by the young Prince Baylor, take the isolated port town of Dhunne, their first major victory since the death of Queen Naranna.

**8A99**: At the Battle of South Hill, the Nordish rebel army is devastated by royalist forces. Survivors retreat to Dhunne, and Baylor is presumed dead.

* With the aid of the Legion of the Dead, Prince Baylor emerges from the Underways under Dhunne and wins an important battle, coming much closer in liberating Nordain than he or his mother ever did. Afterwards, he also kills Thane Arnnolf as well as the other three nobles who betrayed and killed his mother.
* Believed hunted to extinction, dragons re-emerge. First in Lysadore, then in rural Maudet and Anderlay. Another dragon is also sighted in the Maudesian side of the White Spine, just before the Battle of Tolamir River.
* At the Battle of Tolamir River, the last two legions of chevaliers that the Emperor sent to occupied Nordain are defeated by the rebels who are led by Ornand of Croftdale.

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