Third Age of Man Timeline

Imperial Year	Aebasan Year	Neptaran Year	Event
IC Year is -631 631 BI	Ae Year is 5995 5995 AT	120 NC	The Third Age of Man begins; The Foundation of Zeth Orris of House Ikthian is found in exile in the Arisian forest and is crowned King of Neptag, despite the fact that he had neither visited the city before nor spoke the language. the First Ecumenical Council is called to determine who should serve as Regent. Joandar, Rector of the House of the Quill and himself half-elven (though raised by his human family), was chosen to serve. Rise of the Empire of Balguran
IC Year is -630 630 BI	Ae Year is 5996 5996 AT	121 NC
IC Year is -627 627 BI	Ae Year is 5999 5999 AT	124 NC	The War of the Dark Rider escalates as the orcs of Karad-ul find a way into the royal court of Sverni VII, King of Derlos and massacre his entire court. A contingent of dwarven refugees flee to the surface and approach the elves of the Arisian forest to request assistance. The elves are at first resistant to the idea, but when the orcs of Karad-ul began to stream from the mountains to attack the elves, they quickly organize with the dwarven refugees to fight the orcs to a stand-still.
IC Year is -625 625 BI	Ae Year is 6001 6001 AT	126 NC	Neptag, under the young King Orris, formally enters the War of the Dark Rider in support of the dwarves of Derlos and the Arisian elves.
IC Year is -599 599 BI	Ae Year is 6027 6027 AT	152 NC	Meargagh, chieftain of the Kamaros, jealous of Neptag's wealth, besieges the city but fails to breach its walls.
IC Year is -596 596 BI	Ae Year is 6030 6030 AT	155 NC	Meargagh, chieftain of the Kamaros, still jealous of Neptag's wealth, besieges the city for a second time but again fails to breach its walls.
594 BI	6032 AT	157 NC	Formal peace is established between the Kamaros and Neptag with the Treaty of Tawn between Meargagh, chieftain of the Kamaros, and Regent Joandar of Neptag. As a promise of his good behavior, Meargagh offers his eldest son, Irgalach, as hostage to Neptag.
IC Year is -584 584 BI	Ae Year is 6042 6042 AT	167 NC	Meargagh, chieftain of the Kamaros, dies. Irgalach son of Meargagh, his eldest son who was kept hostage in Neptaris as a result of the Treaty of Tawn, is released to assume the Kamaran throne. 170 King Irgalach of Kamaros, former hostage of Regent Joandar, ruler of Neptaris arrives at the gates of Neptag with a Kamaran army trained in the Neptag battle tactics he learned growing up there. The city falls within a month, with Regent Joandar taken back to Kamaros to serve as tutor for Irgalach's children, leaving the young King Orris to rule Neptag as a dependent monarch. 180 King Orris, the young half-elven King of Neptag, allies with the nearby Arisan Elves and marches on Kamaros, capturing the tactically-critical Fort Tintagar. He would hold the Fort through five years of near constant warfare and sieges. 185 After five years of war, King Orris of Neptag achieves victory in the Last Battle of Kamaros when a stray arrow slays King Irgalach of the Kamarans. In the resulting treaty, Regent Joandar is released from his imprisonment and returns with King Orris to Neptag, where both receive a hero's welcome.
545 BI	6081 AT	206 NC	A drought strikes southern Duria and the last of the Arisan elves depart their forests to seek sanctuary in the city of Neptag. To commemorate the event, the half-elven King of Neptag, Orris, renames the city Neptaris.
541 BI	6085 AT	210 NC	At the age of 105, the half-elven King Orris of Neptaris abdicates his crown after failing to resolve a rebellion by Politos of House Rimman. As his last act of office, Orris designates his mentor, Regent Joandar, to select his successor. He then takes the cloth and becomes a monk of Clementia the Dove.
540 BI	6086 AT	211 NC	The Second Neptaran Ecumenical Council is held by the priests of Neptaris to revoke the trust King Orris had placed in Regent Joandar to select a new King. The people of Neptaris rise up against Joandar and he is stoned on the steps of the Temple of Clementia. Later that year, the Council selects Tivan Laes of House Kraegar to become the new ruler of the city. Furthermore, they issued the Rule of Neptaris, which renamed the royal ruler "Neptarch" and established the Church of Betshaba as the authority through which all nobles would be granted the right to rule.
537 BI	6089 AT	214 NC	Politos of House Rimman, a Neptaran noble and politician known for his repeated opposition to the selection of a new ruler of the city by Regent Joandar or the Second Ecumenical Council dies in ignominy at the age of 52 when his body is found in a ditch behind a less-than-reputable tavern in the city.
521 BI	6105 AT	230 NC	Tivan Laes of House Kraegar, first Neptarch of Neptaris, dies and the Church of Betshaba recognizes his eldest son, Iolomar as his successor to the Neptaran throne.
458 BI	6168 AT	293 NC	The Republic, touted to be the first democracy, is founded in Zeth
300 BI	6326 AT	451 NC	The semi-legendary King Velthur, called the Boar-Crowned, unites the hill-tribes and the plains-folk of Milosia into one kingdom after leading them to a great victory over a horde of raiding Antasian giants and goblins. He establishes his seat in the city of Tasca Obodos and founds the royal House Velthuri.
245 BI	6381 AT	506 NC	The Archmage Veseverus, an exile from the wizard community in Zeth, secretly unifies various human tribes to the west of Camaria under his banner as their ruler, founding the Kingdom of Medellis.
200 BI	6426 AT	551 NC	Aescalapean ships first arrive at Zeth to trade goods from the barbarian north.
192 BI	6434 AT	559 NC	The War of the Golden Coast begins when an Aescalapean pirate vessel attacking Zetian merchant vessels is discovered to be lead by an Aescalapean nobleman.
189 BI	6437 AT	562 NC	During the War of the Golden Coast, Zeth is blockaded by the powerful Aescalapean navy. The blockade is recalled as Zetian infantry arrive in Aescalapea via Ganesia.
187 BI	6439 AT	564 NC	The War of the Golden Coast ends as the Aescalapean city of Dracar is sacked by Zetian troops. The Aescalapean royal palace in Dracar is dismantled and its stones used to build a temple to Galea. House Gabinius is given oversight of the newly-founded Zetian colony.
123 BI	6503 AT	628 NC	Larstat II, a king of the northern barbarians who lived in present-day Koramia, sent a messenger to Zeth to purchase mercenaries to assist in his war against the Xaclos
120 BI	6506 AT	631 NC	Marcus Argentis arrives with most of the Imperial fleet on the shores of present-day Koramia
87 BI	6539 AT	664 NC	Septimius of House Varros defeats Aaronar VI, the last King of the Kamaros, in present-day Cambrecia
81 BI	6545 AT	670 NC	Valerius Marcosi establishes the Code of Urban Law in Neptaris, the legal document that would be used in the city for the next millennia and a half.
75 BI	6551 AT	676 NC	Marcus Argentis dies, having conquered the lands of present-day Koramia, Pelusia, Illyria, Nagos and Media for the Republic of Zeth.
-75 IC	6626 AT	751 NC	Octavius of House Zetar elected first Emperor of Zeth by the Senate, ending the Republic. Cambrecia is one of the last of the Outer Territories of the Republic to acknowledge his rulership, and rebellions will scar the nation for the next century and a half
-75 IC	6774 AT	899 NC	After a century and a half of endless rebellions, Emperor Metius the Elder of House Livius sends Ionnanes II, Pontifex of Zelos, to Septarium in an attempt to quell the rebels through conversion
-75 IC	6811 AT	936 NC	Garimund of Ryard discovers the Galley of Destiny and the Koram, the holy book upon which the Koramian heresy is based
-75 IC	6937 AT	1062 NC	First Succession War in the Great Empire begins with the death of Emperor Antigonus Gabinius.
-75 IC	6943 AT	1068 NC	Antipater Varro becomes first Elected Emperor since Octavius.
-75 IC	6946 AT	1071 NC	Imperial forces defeat the last of the pretenders to the Imperial throne, ending the First Succession War.
-75 IC	6970 AT	1095 NC	Farmers, irritated with Imperial power in Cambrecia, migrate to present-day Enesia
-75 IC	6996 AT	1121 NC	Ditis Carnifex of House Gabinius murders ruling Emperor, ending the Time of Elected Emperors and starting the Second Succession War.
-75 IC	7001 AT	1126 NC	Octavius Augustus Zetar defeats Vitellis Gabinius, last of the pretenders, ending the Second Succession War.
c. -75 IC	c. 7056 AT	c. 1181 NC	The Empire of Balguran crumbles; Adanar is founded by King Falgran
-75 IC	7151 AT	1276 NC	The School of St. Aurelius in Utherios, one of the oldest existing bardic colleges outside of the Empire, is established in Enesia
-75 IC	7253 AT	1378 NC	The last two Imperial garrisons in present-day Koramia proclaim their independence from the Empire, ending Imperial rule in the region
-75 IC	7270 AT	1395 NC	King Alexius Duros is quietly crowned in Enesia by the local Episcopus of Podalirius, establishing the nation as a monarchy. The Emperor of Zeth does not act to prevent this act of independence.
-75 IC	7342 AT	1467 NC	Simão Gautaz, a mercenary captain, is exiled from the Kingdom of Dregnost and uses his army to conquer the Naderan peninsula, founding the Kingdom of Nadera.
-75 IC	7349 AT	1474 NC	The Emperor Cecropius of House Gradivius pens a letter to the Pontifex of Zelos in Septarium informing him that Cambrecia will have to see to its own defenses, signaling the end of true Imperial power on the continent of Duria.
-75 IC	7379 AT	1504 NC	The city of Paladinium in present-day Koramia proclaims its independence from the local barbarian king, using Neptaris as a model for its government.
-75 IC	7387 AT	1512 NC	Jeremiah Tovex, last of the Cambrecian Kings, abdicates his power of rulership to the Pontifex of Zelos, making Geraldus the first Potentate of Cambrecia.
-75 IC	7429 AT	1554 NC	The Electorate in Paladinium decides to disband and elects Bernard Margwenth as its Lord Earl
-75 IC	7450 AT	1575 NC	The War of Flame begins between Berig of House Gautaz of Nadera and House Vazdid of Lagorka due to a series of misunderstandings over a shipping accident in Lagorkan waters. Nadera finds itself unprepared for the onslaught and many Naderan cities are burned.
-75 IC	7457 AT	1582 NC	King Berig of House Gautaz of Nadera is captured at the Battle of the Dusk Hills by the Lagorkan forces of House Vazdid, ending the War of the Flame. Nadera becomes a colony of Lagorka under the patronage/ownership of House Vazdid. The Saphracine Watch is founded to guard Vazdid interests there.
-75 IC	7519 AT	1644 NC	A bloody civil war in the Earldom of Margwenth in present-day Koramia ends in the re-establishment of the Electorate by followers of Vortumnus under the banner of Tristan Greysword I and the city of Paladinium is renamed Paeldain in defiance to its Imperial roots
-75 IC	7525 AT	1650 NC	After centuries of denying power to the nobility and, eventually, inheritance by primogeniture, the Potentate of Zelos convinces the Emperor Metaurus of House Drusus to grant the nation of Cambrecia to the Church of Zelos, thus establishing the Holy See of Cambrecia and permanently destroying the power of the noble families. The capital city of Septarium is renamed Zelosia City.
c. -75 IC	c. 7598 AT	c. 1723 NC	After a crippling merchant war at home in Lagorka, the Vazdids leave Nadera, which is subsequently plundered by Vazdid's enemies.
-75 IC	7605 AT	1730 NC	The Gray Lord of Thet is defeated in the Battle of Bloodrust in Adanar by King Ilyard of Haleland
-75 IC	7614 AT	1739 NC	Aishah of House Izuel of Trevena, Nadera swears to bring order to the nation and begins her violent two-year rise to the crown, eventually becoming Queen Aishah "the Bloody."
-75 IC	7616 AT	1741 NC	By this time, Aishah "the Bloody" has taken effective control of Nadera and is crowned Sovereign Queen.
-75 IC	7627 AT	1752 NC	Death without issue of Emperor Orestes Sergius results in the Third Succession War.
-75 IC	7655 AT	1780 NC	Queen Zebba of House Izuel of Nadera expands the powers of the Saphracine Watch to include spying upon and enforcing the Royal Will on the nobility.
-75 IC	7654 AT	1779 NC	Gaius Aurelius Zetar defeats Manius Acilius Drusus, ending the Third Succession War in the Great Empire.
-75 IC	7658 AT	1783 NC	The Fell King of Thet marches against Adanar, starting the Long War
-75 IC	7680 AT	1805 NC	With the death of Queen Zebba in Nadera and the subsequent assassination of her successor by the Saphracine Watch, the Succession War begins.
-75 IC	7700 AT	1825 NC	The signing of the Naderan Royal Code ends the Naderan Civil War after twenty long years, establishing the Council of Princes.
-75 IC	7710 AT	1835 NC	King Cyrus of House Etxeleku of Bastida, first elected King of Nadera, abdicates as required by the Naderan Royal Code. By the end of the year, Prince Salabus of House Arostegi of Talergo is elected to the Royal Seat and immediately begins to reform the Saphracine Watch into an organization focused on information gathering outside Nadera's borders.
-75 IC	7733 AT	1858 NC	The bloody War of Eagles begins in Adanar with the death of King Galen Tolgran without heir
-75 IC	7754 AT	1879 NC	King Valmaar Vercimanon is victorious in the War of Eagles in Adanar, but the power of the crown is crushed; as a result, the Council of Lords is founded and gains the power to make laws
-75 IC	7780 AT	1905 NC	King Myrsus Varuna of Nadera, elected to his position by the Council of Princes, mandates that the Saphracine Watch be used to spy on its neighbors, instead of dealing with internal dissention.
-75 IC	7782 AT	1907 NC	In a successful bid to stabilize the struggling Naderan economy, King Myrsus Varuna establishes several key trade agreements with neighboring states, promising intelligence gathered by the Saphracine Watch. This expanded Nadera's ability to gather intelligence abroad, establishing the Watch as an international spy organization.
-75 IC	7805 AT	1930 NC	William V Greysword is elected Lord Earl of Paeldain, the youngest to hold that position
-75 IC	7808 AT	1933 NC	In a narrow election by the Electorate in Paeldain, William V Greysword is crowned King William I of Paeldain and Lord Protector of the Koramic Code
-75 IC	7822 AT	1947 NC	King William I of Paeldain receives a vision from Vortumnus, commanding him to re-unify the lands of present-day Koramia
-75 IC	7823 AT	1948 NC	The Potentate of Cambrecia releases trade restrictions on Neptaris, resulting in increased trade and a strengthening of the merchant class in both regions.
-75 IC	7826 AT	1951 NC	King William I of Paeldain is proclaimed King of Koramia. The Potentate of Cambrecia issues a strong message of condemnation for the Heretic-King and breaks off trade relations with Paeldain and any who flocked to the Greysword’s banner
-75 IC	7829 AT	1954 NC	Increased tension with Koramia results in the declaration of war by the Potentate of Cambrecia, which is reciprocated by King William I.
-75 IC	7835 AT	1960 NC	Koramia is reunified under King William Greysword I.
-75 IC	7836 AT	1961 NC	William Greysword I, King of Koramia, dies in battle, but leaves a legacy of a relatively peaceful kingdom to his heir
-75 IC	7872 AT	1997 NC	Kor'dal becomes Great Khan of the orcs of Tazgrat and begins to march his armies towards the Mabean Marches.
-75 IC	7873 AT	1998 NC	In the Mabean Marches, an orcish horde led by the Khan Kor'dal takes the Twin Towers. Peace is established between the Great Empire and Ywys and an alliance is formed against the orcish horde. Imperial law is re-written to allow the existence of Allied States. Lucasa becomes Mage-King of Lun Dorak.
-75 IC	7874 AT	1999 NC	As Lucius, Mage-King Lucasa secretly becomes advisor to Emperor Publius Antonius of House Zetar. Kor'dal is defeated by a combined Imperial and Powean army in the Battle of Two Kings in the Mabean Marches. His horde quickly disperses, but continues to trouble the Marches.
-75 IC	7875 AT	2000 NC	The Goblet of Gundagor is discovered in Koramia and returned to the dwarves under the Divian Mountains; end of the Second War of the Sun. Baron Algernon Marn of Koramia becomes first human ambassador to the dwarves in millennia. The Imperial fleet sets sail for Koramia in a planned surprise attack on the nation. Later that year, William Greysword I, First King of Koramia, returns to lead his country against the Imperial invasion. The dwarves of the Janos Mountains, having received word about the return of the Goblet of Gundagore, arrive in Adanar to establish trade relations with humans. The Adan, having never ever heard of the Goblet, are confused, but eagerly begin trading with the metal-rich dwarves.
-75 IC	7875 AT	2001 NC	The assembled Imperial army, allied with Illyria and Cambrecia, attacks Koramia. By the end of the season, Illyria betrays the Empire and allies with Koramia, who grants her independence. An orcish army, led by a former prisoner of Illyria known as Gar'dun, joins Koramian effort. Later that year, civil war erupts in Illyria between those loyal to the crown and those who support the Empire. In the Dragonlands, the Order of the Brilliant Lance, the Dragonknights, are reformed. Later in the year, Imperial forces are dealt harsh defeat at the First Battle of Paeldain in Koramia when the Glorious Galley, of Vortumnian legend, appears with a Dragonknight at the helm. In Lun Dorak, the Mage-King Lucasa discovers the Magesword. Near Webwood Forest, Math Mathowny, villain of the Tuatha de Dannan, is slain by Cuchulain. King Rudolf III Vercimanon of Adanar grants territory along his eastern border with Thet to the newly arrived dwarven traders there, founding the nation of Valduran.
-75 IC	7877 AT	2002 NC	The only son of Emperor Publius Antonius dies. The Emperor's closest advisor, Lucius, is named heir. Lucius, now of House Zetar, leads the armies in Koramia and succeeds in taking Paeldain. King William Greysword I and his family are slain defending Paeldain. The Greysword's son-in-law, Gawyn Asheva, is crowned King and flees to a hidden stronghold in the Divian Mountains. Late in the year, the Emperor of Zeth dies and is succeeded by Lucius, who reveals himself to be the Mage-King, Lucasa of Lun Dorak. The Imperial capital is moved to the Sapphire City in Lun Dorak. In Adanar, the dwarves of the Janos mountains open an embassy and begin trade negotiations with humans in the region.
-75 IC	7878 AT	2003 NC	Gar'dun becomes Great Khan, uniting the orcish tribes of Vor Midal and attacks Lun Dorak. With the assistance of Gar'dun, the Dragonknights attack the Sapphire City and defeat the ailing Mage-King, who soon dies of an unknown illness. Without its Mage-King, the Dorakian Empire immediately crumbles.
-75 IC	7879 AT	2004 NC	The Imperial Governor of the Mabean Marches dies and civil war erupts between loyalists to the Empire and local forces. By the end of the year, Tancorix, a Mabean member of the Imperial forces in the Mabean Marches, betrays and defeats Imperial forces. He is crowned King of Donnagh by the druids of Ywys. Ywys breaks its alliance with the Empire and allies with Donnagh.
-75 IC	7880 AT	2005 NC	Dracia declares independence from the Empire and Vladimir Vtalasav is crowned King. King Clovar V Tuepierre declares independence from the Empire and officially converts to the Koramian Heresy, wherein Vortumnus is viewed as King of the Gods. Civil war immediately erupts.
-75 IC	7881 AT	2006 NC	Mitaria is attacked by an armada of Valtang warships. Instead of merely raiding, the Valtang barbarians begin building forts and seem intent on taking the country. Mitaria requests assistance from the Empire. Still without an Emperor, the Empire sends no troops to Mitaria to defend it from the Valtang invaders. King Tostig the Red of the Valtang arrives in Mitaria to lead the invasion.
-75 IC	7882 AT	2007 NC	With most of the Imperial troops in Mitaria defeated, King Tostig the Red names his son, Aelfric the Bold, King of Mitaria and returns to Valtaan. After a year of sporadic incursions, the orcs of Vor Midal, under the leadership of Gar'dun, attack their former elven allies of the Webwood en masse. Over the next two years, most of the southern Webwood is burned to ash and well over three-fifths of the survivors departed the Webwood as refugees in nearby human lands.
-75 IC	7884 AT	2009 NC	King Clovar V Tuepierre of Narbonne is slain in battle and his son, Dagaric, is crowned King by the Bishop of Grischamp. By the end of the season, Dagaric has quelled most of the fighting in the nation with the assistance of the Order of the Red Band, an order of Koramian Paladins.
-75 IC	7886 AT	2011 NC	The Crimson Plague strikes in Lagorka and quickly spreads along trade routes westward. By the end of the year, the Plague has reached Aebasa, despite sometimes militant attempts to curb its spread.
-75 IC	7887 AT	2012 NC	The Crimson Plague strikes in Neptaris, likely brought by traders from the east. From Neptaris, the Plague spreads quickly to Koramia, Tamerynd and Zeth. The Fourth Succession War grinds to a stalemate as the Crimson Plague takes several prominent leaders and decimates the population. The Valtang barbarians of Mitaria march on Narbonne.