Time Line of Karameikos

Karameikos is part of a larger
world, a world of lost empires
and crusading armies, of sweeping
change and great mysteries.
This timeline serves in part to
integrate the information of the
official histories into this longer
skein. There are hints of greater
things beyond the borders of
Karameikos here – this is intended,
so feel free to take advantage
of any “lost empires”
and information presented in
creating adventures.

All dates are given in the
Thyatian calendar, which is the
(generally) universally accepted
calendar of the Known World.
Thyatian years date from the
crowning of the first Thyatian
emperor slightly over 1,000
years ago. Dates before that time
are considered B.C. (Before
Crowning or Before Coronation)
and those after that date A.C.
(After Crowning or After Coronation).
A c. before the date stands
for circa, meaning “about this
time”; it discusses major trends
and long-time empires.

c. B.C. 5000: Oldest known civilization
appears on Mystara –
great elven empires in the distant
south.

c. B.C. 4000: Oldest known human
civilization appears – the
Oltecs far to the east.

c. B.C. 3000: Rise of Blackmoor
civilization to far north. Blackmoor
wizards use highly advanced
science beyond the capability
of modern Mystarans. The
area that will become Karameikos
is gripped in an ice age.

c. B.C. 2900: Gnomes claim their
race was created by the Immortal
Garal Glitterlode.

c. B.C. 2500: Great Cataclysm,
also known as the Rain of Fire.
Major planetary disaster brought
about by Blackmoor magical
technology destroys Blackmoor
and alters planetary climate.
Oltecs and great southern elven
civilizations destroyed. Elves migrate
north. The Broken Lands
are created at this time.

c. B.C. 2100: First elves reach
Karameikos. Nithian civilization
arises.

c. B.C. 1800: Dwarves claim
their race was created by the Immortal
Kagyar the Artisan.

c. B.C. 1700: The Local Cataclysm.
Elves living in what is
now Glantri discover a Blackmoor
device and accidentally
detonate it. Resulting earthquakes
and upheavals form the
current shoreline of Karameikos
and the Five Shires and create
the islands that will become
Minrothad and Ierendi.
Glantrian elves flee Glantri.

c. B.C. 1500: Nithians arrive in
Karameikos. These people become
the Traldar. Other clans
spread into what is now Darokin.
The jackal-headed Immortal
Pflarr creates the Hutaakans.

c. B.C. 1400: Within five generations
of their arrival, the Traldar
settlers have suffered enormous
population losses and have reverted
to a pre-agricultural lifestyle.
They are contacted by and
fall under the control of the Hutaakans.

c. B.C. 1000: Western gnoll
tribes invade Traldar territory.
This is the time of Halav, Petra,
and Zirchev. The Hutaakans retreat
to their valley while the
Traldar and gnolls practically
annihilate one another. Alphatians
create a magical islandkingdom
to the far east.

c. B.C. 800: Permanent settlements
appear in Darokin. The
Callarii elves settle in Karameikos.
The elven nation of Alfheim
is founded.

c. B.C. 500: The Nithian Empire
mysteriously vanishes – Immortals
are held responsible. The
Traldar people (now the Traladarans)
are in the midst of their
Dark Age. Communications between
communities is infrequent,
and the national epic of
King Halav is the only thing that
gives the people a sense of unity.

B.C. 190: Alphatian Wizards conquer
Thyatis. Within 200 years
Thyatis grows in military power
to overthrow Alphatians and establish
their own empire.

A.C. 0: The first Emperor of
Thyatis, Zendrolion I, is
crowned. The Traladarans begin
a period of regrowth as trade is
slowly established with southern
peoples. Peaceable demihumans
(the Callarii elves and the Highforge
gnomes) continue to settle
in Traladaran territories.

c. A.C. 200: Dwarves from Rockhome
arrive in Karameikos.

c. A.C. 400: Village of Marilenev
begins trading and enjoys slow,
gradual growth. Thyatian clerics
learn the “Song of King Halav”
and commit it to writing for the
first time. Traders bearing the
curses of vampirism and lycanthropy
settle in Traladara’s deep
woods and flourish there.

A.C. 488: Minrothad Guilds, a
mercantile island nation south of
Karameikos, is founded.

A.C. 802: Plague year in the
Known World, starting in
Glantri.

A.C. 830: neighboring Ylaruam
drives out Thyatian Invaders.

A.C. 858: Principalities of
Glantri established.

A.C. 900: Marilenev is a flourishing
trade village of 500. Gabronionus
IV, emperor of Thyatis,
claims all of the Traladaran region
as a Thyatian protectorate,
conquers Marilenev, and renames
it Specularum.

A.C. 948: Stefan Karameikos III
born.

A.C. 970: Stefan Karameikos III
exchanges ancestral lands with
Thincol I, Emperor of Thyatis,
for rulership of the Traladaran
region. Begins building roads
across the duchy and a military
to protect it.

A.C. 971: Marilenev Rebellion
crushed.

A.C. 979: Duke Stefan marries
Lady Olivia Prothemian.

A.C. 980: Adriana Karameikos
born.

A.C. 982: Justin Karameikos
born.
A.C. 986: Valen Karameikos
born.

A.C. 989: Baron von Hendriks
invades the Five Shires, is repulsed.