Timeline

This is a **timeline of Pamant & Valencian history**—a chronological record of events relevant to the continent and Empire.

The unit of measurement used in reference to time is the Valencian calendar, which is based on the Arrival of Valencians to Pamant serving as the intermediate whereupon time before that pivotal moment is denoted as "BV" (an abbreviation of "before Valencia"), while dates following which are marked as "AV" (The Arrival of Valencia). The format of Standard year/BV and Standard year/AV is employed.

## THE GREAT LAPSE

* All history seems to simply disappear at this point. It’s as if everything simply appeared out of thin air, except that humans and horrors alike were fully formed and with knowledge of how to speak, live, and operate in the world, but no historical knowledge at all. Even certain technologies, like the Great Ships of Valencia, seemed to have popped into existence fully operational.
* There are some who claim to know what caused the Great Lapse and even what was before it, but all these claims contradict one another and there is simply no way any of it can be verified.

## The Vladacian Era (5450 BV - 25 BV)

### 5450 BV - 25 BV

**Vladacians** rule Pamant through families of related Vladacian that trace their lineage to their god-king, Vladislav.

**125 BV**

Vladislav is assassinated by 23 heads of families.

**75 BV**

The last Vladacian family struggles to control the vast continent of Elves, Dwarves, and horrors. The last string of control is snapped when Vladislav’s son goes missing.

**55 BV**

* The **First Valencians** awoke on **massive ships** (30 ships averaging 500 people each) in the middle of a vast ocean, no land in sight, but stores of food below deck, working knowledge of sailing in the heads, and faith in The Mother in the hearts.

* **Micah** is chosen by the people to lead their ships through the fog as Pope.
* Micah selects 30 **Kardinals** and 60 **Bishops** to lead the 30 ships (1 Kardinal and 2 Bishops each).

**55-1 BV**

* Valencians sailed, knowing nothing but the oceans and fog surrounding them.
* Of the original 30 ships, 7 go missing.

### The Empire Arrives

**1 AV**

* Arrival of the **Valencian Empire**.

**2-5 AV**

* Founding of the **Valencian Province**.
* Founding of **Cantari Province** by **Magnus Cantar**.

## The Valencian Empire Era (3 AV - Now)

### The Hand of Righteousness (3 AV - 84 AV)

**3 AV**

* **St. Freida** officially recognized by Pope Micah through her healing of Kardinal Jung from a moral wound.

**15 AV**

* **Stheno** killed by the **Valencian Paladin**, **Roland Hightower**.

**20 AV**

* Founding of the **City of Valencia**.
* St. Gregory officially recognized when he kills the Beast of St. Gregory through prayer.
* **Pope Micah The Merciful** declares the **Hand of Righteousness** (a continental purge of all evil creatures).

**33 AV**

* St Frieda dies at age 87 (since *Awakening*), although rumors circulate that she never actually died and instead wandered into the mountains (what would become Ifitious) and her feast day is established as February 17th.

**52 AV**

* Founding of **Nethari Province** by Karl Berkauf.
* The only Neftari seen alive is killed by Roland and his 14 year old son, Bertrand Hightower.
* St Gregory dies at age 112. While riding, he began laughing at his own joke and fell backward down a ravine. When his body was found, not one bone was broken nor any wound upon his body and a smile was upon his face. His body is laid to rest in Newfundown Church.

**69 AV**

* Roland Hightower dies defending his home from a pack of 30 werewolves, killing 22 of them, at the age of 82.

**84 AV**

* In honor of their revered namesake, the Hightower Knights eradicate all known non-human creatures within the Valencian province.

### The Pax Valencia (85 AV - 86 AV)

**85 AV**

* **Pope Peter the Just** declares the end of the **Hand of Righteousness**.
* Pope Peter declares the Pax Valencia.
* St. Alfonas is recognized after he resurrects three murdered brothers.
* The first monistary is established in Mountains of Frieda. These monks would eventually build other monasteries and keep loose ties to the empire.
* A radical preacher, simply known as **Brother Jonas**, begins preaching a new doctrine critical of the Holy Mother. His followers being known by Jonas' motto, "Gods don't change their minds, but men should" and "Follow the Son into a new Kingdom!" They use the name "**Keepers of the Forgotten Name**" claiming to know the name of the Son given to him by His mother, Valencia.

### Rise of the Jaegers (87 AV - 200 AV)

**87 AV**

* June 13—**Massacre of Junco** by a pack of 50 lycans. 112 women and children, 53 soldiers and 10 priests were killed.
* The first confirmed necromancy ritual (raising 75 Junco victims) by an occult group called **Thule Society**. Only 5 members are confirmed, although many believe there were many more. Many believe the lycans were also tied to occultists.
* Bertrand Hightower leads a party of 30 Paladin Knights to track and destroy both the Occultists and the lycans, ultimately failing with 21 Knights perishing.
* Pope Peter then decrees that men of noteworthy skill in destroying dark creature would be paid to hunt them for the Empire. 23 Men and women successfully capture 2 Occultists and kill 7 lycans who were responsible for the Junco Massacre.
* The Cultic Keepers of the Forgotten Name leave the continent on a reconstructed Valencian Ship.

**88 AV**

* **Jaeger** becomes a fully recognized profession. Jaeger Hauses in Valencia, Nethari, Cantari, and what would soon be Marris are established independently.
* **St. Elisabeth** is recognized when she is found in prayer amongst the burning corpses of 75 ghouls, bite marks upon her body but not in any pain. It's believed her holy blood caused the ghouls to burn from the inside out.

**92 AV**

* **St. Alfonas** dies from natural causes. His body is laid to rest in a glass casket in the Basilica of Valencia.

**98 AV**

* Valencia installs its first **Imperial Hunters**.
* After 6 years, St. Alfonas body has shown no signs of decay and Pope Peter declares his body the Proof of Valencia's Blessing.
* Rumors of ghostly ships raiding the coast of Nethari and Salvaya spread and the name "Keepers" begins to be whispered

**108 AV**

* **The Brotherhood of Jaegers** is formed, connecting the formerly unconnected Hauses.

**119-124 AV**

* Jaegers build Alt Festung in the Deep Forest.

**145 AV**

* The first Jaeger to be labeled a heretic (aka **Ophites**) for use of dark magics.
* St Alfonas body shows its first signs of decay, causing the Church to remove it from public view.

**153 AV**

* **Ophites** are captured and tried. Many Imperial Hunters are implicated in Heresy as well.

**167 AV**

* St Alfonas body is either stolen or lost.

**172 AV**

* **Silas Adler**, the legendary Brotherhood Jaeger, is born.
* Monks develop the basics of Vier Monastery teachings.

**186 AV**

* **Gregor Anderson**, destined to be the first *Eminenz* Heilig Priest, is born.
* Monks develop the basics of Offen and Shatten Monastery teachings.

**189 AV**

* **First Council of Aigios** (concerning the origins of **Holy Power**)

**190 AV**

* **Draven Heimsberg**, Alpha Lycan of the Strendale Lycan pack, begins his assaults on Valencian Outposts. Imperial Hunters are dispatched to deal with him, but ultimately fail.

**191 AV**

* At the end of Council of Aigios, **Father Alexander Luthen** voices concern over the use of **Holy Power** by exorcists.

**192 AV**

* 23 total Valencian outposts come under the control of Draven. Imperial Hunters continue to loose their luster in the eyes of the empire.

**195 AV**

* The Brotherhood of Jaegers is contracted to kill Draven after the military and Imperial Hunters fail.

**196 AV**

* The first *Eminenz* Heilig Priest, known as **Father G. Anderson**, is consecrated and ordered to help the Brotherhood.

**198 AV**

* After protesting the **Pope Marcus’** authority, the use of Holy power and much more, Father Luthen leads his now considerably large following of 3,200 people to the northern edge of Valencia to practice their faith. It was after their last gathering outside the Holy Palace, they earned the nickname Protestants.

**199 AV**

* Pope Marcus sends a delegation to the Protestants, consisting of **Cardinal Merris** and **Bishop Greaves**, to discuss a return of the now more than 5,000 Protestants to the church and empire. The meeting nearly ended in violence.

**200 AV**

* Draven is killed by **Father Anderson** and **Silas Adler**, the highest ranking Jaeger in the Brotherhood.
* The **Scourge of Salvaya** - a plague of unknown origin that began and ended within 1 month, yet killed 7,052 Salvayans in Rhylsgate.
* Rheta Meuller writes "*Keep Us on Safe Shores,*" a children's book that becomes well known in spreading the legends of the Keepers and originating the phrase "May the Keepers never find you."

### Era of Dissent (201 AV - 251 AV)

**201-207 AV**

* **The First War of Protest**
	+ 11,001 Protestant Soldiers / 39,305 Valencian Soldiers are killed. The war ends with 3,000 Protestants returning to the empire out of fear and only 1,233 were able to flee to the Illdris Range where the Empire believed they could do not harm to the Empire.
	+ **Father Luthen** is burned at the stake.
	+ **Silas Adler** disappears.

**215 AV**

* The Protestants re-emerge and attack the cities of Styrah, Heimsdale, and Ser, sparking the **Second War of Protest**.
* Rumors spread that Protestants have the body of St Alfonas and the signs of decay have begun to reverse.
* St Gregory's bones are put on public display in Newfundown Church.

**216 AV**

* **The Three Day War**. Signing of the **Böser Treaty** and the forming of the **Thardhir Territory,** in North East Nethari.

**234 AV**

* High Paladin Felix Gauss captures **Mircea, the Last Vladacian,** imprisoning him in the dungeon of **Dorngolir**.

**241 AV**

* The Bishop of Nethari imposes a special tax upon his province to supports his effort in restoring the Ruins of Ninduhr.

**245-249 AV**

* **The Four Year Ruin,** a peasant rebellion in Nethari, errupts after four years of heavy taxation.

**247-251 AV**

* **The Second War of Protest**
	+ **Jon Kelvan**, lsecretly leads three groups of nearly 10,000 Protestants to simultaneously siege Vidigoia, Wütend, and Charvin to help the Nethari Peasants rebellion.

### The Elves Awaken (252 AV - 263 AV)

**252 AV**

* Discovery of the **Lost Elvish Clan of** **Ra’nash** in the **Deep Forest**. **Father Anderson** dies.

**260 - 263 AV**

* Ra’nashian Warriors carry out a guerrilla war against the Empire.

**263 AV**

* **Treaty of Ra’nashst** signed allowing the Ra’nash control of the Deep Forest in exchange for yearly tributes of **Deep Wood**.

### Expanding the Empire (264 AV - 473 AV)

**325 AV**

* The Monks of the Mountains pilgrimage to speak with Pope Jahnn I of what they have discovered in their monesrtaries.
* **First Council of Trempe** (in Canteri, concerning the use of **Holy Power**).
* Founding of **Marris Province** by Sinclair Marris.

**381 AV**

* **First Council of Stremdar** (in Salvaya, concerning salvation of the souls of those turned into creatures and Protestants).

**390 AV**

* Founding of **Fredure Province** by Anders Fredure.

**397 AV**

* **The Last Vladacian, Mircea**, crumbles to dust in the dungeons of Dorngolir thereby convincing the Rmpire that Vladacians were truly extinct.
* The Great Shakening - Earthquake in Marris region. Kills 317 in Grerault, 35 in Aldersberg, 90 in Avrsellen, and 42 in Emmelren.

**451 AV**

* **Second Council of Stremdar** (concerning the **Pope's Holy Army**).
* The Kardinals decided to remove Pope Alexander II during he counsel and replace him with Pope Jahnn II. The official position is that Alexander II was simply following the will of Valencia after much prayer, but rumor spread he had lost his mind while investigating occult objects.

**452 AV**

* Hand Cannons begin being developed and used in a peasant rebellion called the **Adya** **Uprising** (in the Ifritus Province).

**468 AV**

* Founding of **Salvaya Province**.

### The Strigoi Terror (474 AV - 710 AV)

**474 AV**

* **Matthew Stark,** claiming to be a Vladacian resurrected**,** terrorizes the city of **Bredea** in **Netharia**.

**501 AV**

* **Strigoi**, led by **Matthew Stark**, take over the **Melburne Region** in the province of Marris.

**612 AV**

* **Father Drego Thelis**, the *Eminenz* Heilig Priest, defeats and destabilized Stark's control in Marris.

**710 AV**

* **Hightower Paladin Sigurd Turmhohen** decapitates Matthew Stark.
* The Canteri Flood drowns the plains from Heilwig to Frelun, killing 390 and displacing 12,700.

### A Technological Expansion (710AV - 988 AV)

**712 AV**

* **Electric current** harnessed. .

**840 AV**

* **The First Council Of Valencia**
* Radio is developed.

**865 AV**

* Steamboats and engines invented.

**869 AV**

* The first rail train is attempted around Lake Emden.

**872 AV**

* **The Verkehrte sisters** develop the first Airships, but very few people see much advantage in their slow moving capabilities.

**880 AV**

* Rails from Lubek to Viertenberg and Perez to Wütend are completed.

**892 AV**

* The first leg of a continental railroad, from Newfundown to Anfängenberg (called the Newfundängenberg Rail), is started.

**903 AV**

* **The Second Council of Valencia**

**910 AV**

* **Ifritous Province** Established through various outposts, but very few people settle in few areas, leaving it mostly a military region.

**915 AV**

* **The Five Day FIre** - A fire breaks out in Vidigoia, Protestants are blamed but most believe it was caused by reckless experimentation by the wealthy scientist Gregor Kempel, brother of Kardinal Albus Kempel.

**928 AV**

* The first steam engines are developed giving rise to a multitude of different machines for travel and industry.

**930 AV**

* Discovery of the Ruins of Hulgrim in Fredure unleashes a plague causing the Kiebe to begin murdering each other in crazed rage. The Knights of Roland are dispatched along with several specialized military units to contain the plague.

**939 AV**

* The first arm of the **Pamant Rail** is completed.

**944 AV**

* The **Pamant Rail** is expanded from Anfängenberg to Grerult.

**947 AV**

* **The Dry Year** - a severe drought kills nearly 75,000 Valencians over the year, about 1.5% of the population at the time.

**952 AV**

* The **Pamant Rail** is expanded from Grerault to Halenburg.

**960 AV**

* St Gregory's bones are reported missing from their public crypt in Newfundown Church.

978 AV

* The **Pamant Rail** is given a final explanation to from Halenburg to Vidigoia and Newfundown to Vidigoia.

### The Canteri Civli War (988 AV - 989 AV)

* After the death of Nomarche Muller, Arch-Bishop Alden dies before he can confirm the new Nomarche. The son (Harris) and daughter (Elma) of Nomarche Muller both claim a right to the title, raising support throughout the province and from other Nomarches. The conflict ends after Elma is able to convince the Nomarche's supporting her brother to support her. Harris is imprisoned in Dorngolir. 4,500 Canterese die in the conflict.

### Modern Era (990 AV - Present)

**992 AV**

* **The Great Snow** freezes the city Ravenborg, killing 400.
* Reports of a raid along the southern coast of Marris by legendary Keepers terrorizes the provinces for three months. The Military, believing the reports to be tall tales, is nevertheless sent to investigate and sure up the coastal defenses.

**993 AV**

* Very real Keepers engage with the Valencian Military stationed at Erbon, Vazon, and Lissale for several weeks.

**998 AV**

* **Nethari Imperial Outpost** (NIO) Captain **Bernhardt Alvers** and several Protestant leaders have a disagreement about who owns what land, leading to several small skirmishes. Three NIO soldiers and 13 Protestants die in the fights.
* **Pope Benadictus II** orders Captain Alvers to hand over the disputed land to keep the peace.

**1008** AV

* Occult activity outside Grerault leaves a trail of 13 women dead and far more questions than answers. A local newspaper accuses the Bishop of foul play then suddenly retracts and declares their investigations falsified.
* 18 Jaegers are reported murdered throughout the empire. Many believe there is a connection but the Empire remains quiet.

**1013 AV**

* **Heinrich Frank** leads an expedition in the Hand of Salvaya and establishes **Gotthafen** and **Haven**.

**1014 AV**

* The assassination attempt of **Pope Benadictus II.**

             — Jaegers are hired by **Kardinal Franken** to capture or kill all assassination conspirators.