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Timeline of Ermarian

2011-07-14T15:47:54Z

Slartucker: Changed unsubstantiated dates to question marks, fixed incorrect dates back to correct original, removed bogus edits

{{apocrypha|source=[[Ermarian canon]]}}
This article provides a general timeline of historical events in [[Ermarian]]. This timeline refers mainly to events relevant to [[humans]] and human nations.

For information on the measurement of time in Ermarian, see [[Pralgadian Calendar]], [[Before Pralgad]], and [[Imperial Era]].

==Before Pralgad==
*250 BP — [[Zion I]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Aizoan Empire]]
*~100 BP — [[Aizoan Empire]] collapses
*~25 BP — [[Motrax]] born

==House Sol==
*0 IE — [[Empire]] declared on [[Pralgad]] by [[Sol I]]
*48 IE — [[Sol II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*102 IE — [[Sol III]] becomes [[Emperor]]

==House Ironclad==
*132 — [[Ironclad I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*201 — [[Viceroy I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*204 — [[Viceroy I]] assassinated
*206 — Imperial Council disbanded; [[Empire]] provinces ruled by royal houses
*209 — [[Dorian Kylen]] declares himself Emperor and seizes [[Imperius]]
*211 - 229 — [[The Ascent of Ironclad II|Pralgadian War of Succession]]
*229 — [[Ironclad II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~250 — [[Morog]] becomes a [[liches|lich]]
*259 — [[Ironclad III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*261 - 277 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[giants]]
*281 — [[Ironclad IV]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*309 — [[Ironclad V]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*322 - 342 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[nephilim]]
*357 — [[Ironclad VI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~376 - 386 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[troglodytes]]
*379 — [[Anama]] Church founded
*~390 — [[Imperial Navy]] created
*405 — [[Ironclad VII]] becomes [[Emperor]] and issues decree against the [[Anama]]
*406 — [[Ironclad VII]] rounds up and jails [[Anama]]
*406 - 437 — [[Anama War]]
*~422 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] begins
*437 — [[Vantanas]] discovered by [[Imperial Navy]]
*441 - 535 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Vantanas|Vantanas explored and conquered]]
*450 — [[Ironclad VIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*467 — [[Ironclad IX]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*499 — [[Ironclad X]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*530 — [[Ironclad XI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*535 — [[Ironclad XII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*587 — [[Ironclad XIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~600 — [[Valorim]] discovered by [[Empire]]

==House Strongarm==
*608 - 647 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Valorim|Northern reaches of Valorim conquered and settled]] and [[Ratbane Clan]] destroyed.
*615 — [[Strongarm I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~617 — [[Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[slithzerikai homeland]]; [[Bahssikava]] settled
*640 — [[Morrow's Isle]] settled
*658 — [[Strongarm II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*672 — [[Stewart I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*681 — [[Empire]] capital moved from [[Imperius]] to [[Solaria]]
*722 — [[Stewart II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*727 — First [[Sss-Thsss]] killed by Calindor
*740 — [[Empire]] establishes feudal state on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*~747 — The disastrous [[First Expedition]] to [[Exile]]
*~755 — [[Chimney]] settled by [[Harfloot]]
*762 — [[Skylark School of Magery]] closed, leaving poisons behind

==House Hawthorne==
*763 — [[Hawthorne II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*767 — [[Exile]] used as prison by [[Empire]]
*776 — The first members of [[the Five]] are [[exiled]]; [[Tower of Magi]] built with first [[Triad]] of [[Erika]], [[Patrick]], and [[Solberg]]
*777 —
**[[Kingdom of Avernum]] founded by [[Micah]]
**[[Sss-Thoss]] makes pact with [[Grah-Hoth]]. [[Bahssikava]] destroyed by a [[cavequake]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] enslaves [[Demon#Types_of_Demons|imps]] and dead Bahssikavans there; [[Lost Bahssikava]] founded; [[Vasskolis]] refounded.
*777 - 817 — [[First Slith War]]
*779 — [[The Five]] lead [[Avernum]] in an attack on [[Akhronath]] and seal [[Grah-Hoth]] in [[Skarragath]]
*780 [[Avernum]] takes the [[Great Cave]] and founds the [[Castle]]
*783 — [[Anama]] Church refounded by [[Ahonar]] on newly settled [[Isle of Bigail]]
*791 — [[Hawthorne III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*810 — [[Linda]] and [[X]] replace [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]] on the [[Triad]]
*~813 — [[Krizsan Province]] settled
*816 — [[Anastasia]]'s [[nephilim]] steal the [[gold necklace]] from [[Formello]]; [[Solberg]] flees [[Tower of Magi]]

==Interregnum==
*817 —
**[[Linda]] summons [[Adze]].
**Second [[Sss-Thsss]] slain and [[Grah-Hoth]] defeated by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Lost Bahssikava]]'s failed expedition to the [[slithzerikai homeland]].
**[[Hawthorne III]] assassinated by [[Erika Redmark]] and [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Prazac I]] becomes [[Empress]]; [[Garzahd]] acts as regent.
*818 — [[Mahdavi]] replaces [[Linda]] on the [[Triad]]
*820 - 821 — Exploratory [[Empire]] forces steal [[Crystal Souls]], destroy [[Lost Bahssikava]], build [[Kothtar]], etc.
*822 - 824 — [[Empire-Avernum War]]
*822 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] ends; [[Empire]] conquers [[Abyss]]
*823 — Barriers afflict [[Exile]]; [[Cotra]] and [[mass teleporter]] destroyed; [[Crystal Souls]] rescued; [[Garzahd]] assassinated by [[Empire War Heroes]]
*824 — [[Vahnatai]] reinforce [[Avernum]]; [[Empire]] withdraws

==Prazac I==
*825 — [[Athron]]'s brood hatches
*826 - 827 — [[Chimney]] civil war
*827 — [[Galthrax]] begins attacks on [[Vasskolis]]
*831 — [[Upper Avernum]] settled by [[Avernites]]
*832 —
**[[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]] set loose by [[Rentar-Ihrno]]; [[Keep of Tinraya]] destroyed
**First party of [[Surface Explorers]] recruited by [[Unspecified Services]]
*833 —
**[[Tower of Magi disaster]].
**[[Surface Explorers]] destroy [[Plagues]] of [[Rentar-Ihrno]], who kills [[Erika Redmark]]; [[Reconciliation]] between the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]]
*834 — [[Kelner]] and [[Seletine]] replace [[Mahdavi]] and [[Solberg]] on the [[Triad]]
*835 — Lord [[Volpe]] takes over [[Morrow's Isle]]
*836 —
**[[Yvoss-Tai]] uprising; [[Groul]]'s coup in [[Chimney]] fails.
**[[King Micah]] dies and the [[Council of Avernum]] assumes control.
*837 — [[Temple of the Goddess]] built; [[Gnass]] attacks [[Lost Bahssikava]]; [[Legare]] leads [[sliths]] to [[Bahssikava]] and [[Vasskolis]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] and [[Galthrax]] defeated.
*838 - 848 — [[Second Slith War]]
*838 - present — [[Hill Runners]] revolt; civil war on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*839 — [[Redmark College]] founded
*842 — [[Skylark Vale]] poisons purged by [[adventurers]].
*843 — [[Encyclopedia Ermariana]] first published
*844 — Lord [[Volpe]] assassinated on [[Morrow's Isle]].
*846 — [[Starrus]] becomes [[King of Avernum]]
*855 — [[Rentar-Ihrno]] enacts [[retribution]] against [[Avernum]] and is defeated by the [[Shade-Killers]]
*859 — [[Northern Frontier]] discovered.
*870 — [[Darkside Loyalists]] assassinate [[Prazac I]]. [[Dorikas]] assassinated by [[Prazac Avengers]]. General [[Manfred Redmark]] becomes [[Emperor]].

==Redmark Era==
*8?? — [[Mushroom Blight]] appears.
*8?? — [[Slith Horde]] invades [[Avernum]].
*8?? — [[Great Portal]] malfuntions.
*8?? — [[Present Day]]

[[Category:History]]

MediaWiki talk:Sidebar

2008-04-21T14:57:05Z

Slartucker: Link problems

Found it. Ha! [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 06:47, 27 September 2006 (PDT)

None of the links here are parsed correctly. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:57, 21 April 2008 (PDT)

Talk:Ptolm

2008-02-04T04:33:09Z

Slartucker: this did not require an article!

== Canon ==

How come I don't remember Ptolm from either BoE or BoA? Did I just miss an obscure mention in dialog somewhere? -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 18:00, 3 February 2008 (PST)

::Yes, just an obscure mention or two. This is a perfect example of a factoid that is worth a mention in, say, the Skylark Vale article or the article on the curse -- but not an entire article about it! -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:33, 3 February 2008 (PST)

Amulet of Returning

2008-02-02T23:50:22Z

Slartucker: tone + scope

The [[Amulet of Returning]] was an amulet of [[teleportation]] once dispensed by [[Avernum]]'s Office of [[Unspecified Services]] as an aid to travel on the [[surface]]. It had the power to teleport its user to a point near [[Fort Emergence]].

[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Piercing Crystals

2008-02-02T23:48:09Z

Slartucker:

[[Piercing crystals]] are [[magic]]al [[crystals]] that, when thrown, can dispel weaker [[magic barriers]]. They were not common or well understood until sometime into the [[Empire-Avernum War]], when, through contact with the [[Olgai Tribe]], much more was learned about [[crystallomancy]] as a whole by both the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] and the [[Empire]].

{{Stub}}
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Piercing Crystals

2008-02-02T23:47:34Z

Slartucker: Piercing Crystals moved to Piercing crystals: Capitalization policy

[[Piercing Crystals]] are [[magic]]al [[crystals]] that, when thrown, can dispel weaker [[magic barriers]]. They were not common or well understood until sometime into the [[Empire-Avernum War]], when, through contact with the [[Olgai Tribe]], much more was learned about [[crystallomancy]] as a whole by both the [[Kingdom of Avernum]] and the [[Empire]].

{{Stub}}
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Magic]]

Arbuckle

2008-02-02T23:42:39Z

Slartucker: encyclopedia tone + style, removed from Valorim category, destubbed

[[Arbuckle]] was the mayor of [[Krizsan]] during the [[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]]. He was the first [[Empire]] official to deal with the [[Avernite]] [[Surface Explorers]].

[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:Persons]]

User talk:Goldenking

2008-02-02T23:40:56Z

Slartucker: Learning from mistakes

==From Slarty==
Hey Goldenking, make sure you fill in the "summary" field when you make an edit. It's very helpful to others. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 22:34, 11 January 2008 (PST)

===Vahnatai lands===
I don't want to discourage you, because you have made some good edits. But try to fact check before you edit.
#[[Delrin-Bok]] is not [[Dahris-Bok]].
#First you say the lands are southeast of Formello, then that they are directly under the Eastern Gallery: two contradictory statements, a bit ambiguous on their own anyway.
#The history of Vahnatai lands is not the history of Vahnatai lands from 822-824, and the Empire War Heroes are definitely not the only source of information about them. See Aran's note about gratuitous remarks about the PCs.

-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 22:29, 18 January 2008 (PST)

===Article titles in articles===
...are properly formatted with double brackets for a link, and not bold formatting. The wiki automatically parses them into unlinked bold print. This is useful in case the text is transplanted elsewhere.
-- Slarty

===Leader titles in settlement info boxes===
Typically, the title goes in the place you have put "Adjunct" and not as part of the name. For example, "Empress" on the left and "Prazac I" on the right (though that particular one is actually incorrect as of EE's Present Day, as she is dead). For some of your articles you have put "Mayor" on the left and for others you put "Adjunct" on the left and "Mayor X" on the right; the former group is the preferred format. What's with the Adjunct thing anyway?
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:56, 30 January 2008 (PST)

====Re:Leader titles in settlement info boxes====
Yeah. I get the template from Harston, and I didn't realize that Adjunct wasn't part of the code until yesterday. I'll stop doing that. Thanks. --[[User:Goldenking|Goldenking]] 14:02, 31 January 2008 (PST)

=== Asking Questions is Your Friend ===
Goldenking, you are contributing many valuable edits to EE, but you are also doing some very irritating things.

# Many of the links you are fixing, are reasonable links that would be better served by the creation of a redirect than manually editing every occurance. While there is nothing wrong with changing an individual link, it does mean that said redirect is less likely to be made as the missing link does not appear in the relevant Special pages.
# Some of your changes are simply, factually, WRONG. Bahssikava is not synonymous with the slithzerikai homeland in every context! This is an understandable and reasonable assumption to make -- but it's still wrong. '''Edits should not be based on assumptions.''' You obviously haven't looked at Nephil's Gambit, so editing articles about it would be like correcting a fact about Dorikas without consulting A5 first.

What I would really like to ask is as follows: don't make assumptions, and if that means you are only 80% sure about an edit, ask about it on the article's talk page first! I have a thorough grasp of game canon and I rarely make edits without first batch searching my game dumps -- but I still put proposed changes on the talk page first unless I'm absolutely, 100% sure about them.
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 21:24, 31 January 2008 (PST)

=== More standards ===
If you use a word many times in a single article (for example, "vahnatai") it is normally only linked the first time it is used. Exceptions might be made if a subsequent use appears very far below the first use.

Also, please remember that the standard for inclusion in EE is either '''explicit statement''' in one of the games, or '''reasonable inference''' based on explicit statements. Something you make up that seems quite believable does '''not''' fit this criteria. I mention this again because I keep finding lots of fabrications in your edits.
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 15:36, 2 February 2008 (PST)

== Nephilim ==

Goldenking, the proper plural of Nephil is Nephilim. I'm bringing this to attention in a message because you've repeated the error after I corrected it in another article. Thanks. :) -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 05:05, 18 January 2008 (PST)

Addendum: Although colloquial usage is "Nephils" (probably on the same level as "Octopuses" vs. the strictly correct "Octopodes"), "Nephil" is always and definitely the singular form, not the plural. They are not interchangeable. -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 05:09, 18 January 2008 (PST)

== Feedback on Edits ==
Please refrain from making any more edits until you look at how your past edits have been corrected, and read the feedback you have gotten. You are making a lot of valuable contributions to EE, but as Aran mentions above, it is very annoying to correct a mistake, only to have you do it again in another article.
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 15:40, 2 February 2008 (PST)

Mayor Arbuckle

2008-02-02T23:36:33Z

Slartucker: Mayor Arbuckle moved to Arbuckle: Titles/ranks do not go in article titles!

#REDIRECT [[Arbuckle]]

Arbuckle

2008-02-02T23:36:33Z

Slartucker: Mayor Arbuckle moved to Arbuckle: Titles/ranks do not go in article titles!

[[Mayor Arbuckle]] was the mayor of [[Krizsan]], and by extension [[Krizsan Province]], during the [[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]]. He was the first [[Empire]] official to make a deal with the [[Avernite]] [[Surface Explorers]], a story he eagerly told to all who inquired it of him.

[[Category:Empire]]
[[Category:Persons]]
{{Stub}}
[[Category:Valorim]]

User talk:Goldenking

2008-02-02T23:36:03Z

Slartucker: /* From Slarty */ EE is not an RP

Ponders

2008-02-02T23:34:33Z

Slartucker: More accurate job description, and not a recently created occupation

[[Ponders]] are vahnatai thinkers who guide others of their tribe from a detached and impartial standpoint.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Vahnatai]]

Talk:Spell canon

2008-02-02T23:21:08Z

Slartucker: Needs major rewrite

Oy. A couple problems.

1) First, some of this information is conjecture that definitely does not follow from the games, such as the [[apocrypha]]l bit on Soruharva, and the nonsensical assumption about Aizoan Empire mages.

2) Second, while spell canon was indeed linked to elsewhere and needed an article written about it, this article provides no verifiable information about it that isn't obvious from the one sentence that links to it -- so it doesn't add anything to EE.

3) Third, and I am bolding this because I just corrected you on it yesterday, '''races are not capitalized!'''

--- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 15:21, 2 February 2008 (PST)

Father Caius

2008-02-02T17:42:27Z

Slartucker: Father Caius moved to Caius: Titles/ranks do not go in article titles

#REDIRECT [[Caius]]

Caius

2008-02-02T17:42:27Z

Slartucker: Father Caius moved to Caius: Titles/ranks do not go in article titles

[[Father Caius]] was a devoutely religious man in [[Avernum]]. In 781 [[IE]], he helped [[Mother Claudette]] in establishing the [[Temple of the Good Spirit]] in [[Formello]]. However, he did not stay long, and during the [[First Slith War]], he fled for safer territory. Later, shortly before the onset of the [[Empire-Avernum War]], he heard of her [[death]]. Mournful, somewhat guilty, and determined to continue the Church, he travelled to Formello to continue the religion, renaming it the [[Church of the Bright Star]].

[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Priests]]
[[Category:Religion]]
{{Stub}}

Mother Claudette

2008-02-02T17:42:17Z

Slartucker: Mother Claudette moved to Claudette: Titles/ranks do not go in article titles

#REDIRECT [[Claudette]]

Claudette

2008-02-02T17:42:17Z

Slartucker: Mother Claudette moved to Claudette: Titles/ranks do not go in article titles

[[Mother Claudette]] was the founder of the [[Temple of the Good Spirit]] in 781 [[IE]] at [[Formello]], though it was later renamed to the [[Church of the Bright Star]] after her [[death]]. She maintained the Temple for thirty-seven years, with the help of [[Father Caius]] for a time, until she died in the year 818 IE. Father Caius had fled during the [[First Slith War]], but later returned upon hearing of Claudette's death to continue the Church.

[[Category:Avernum]]
[[Category:Persons]]
[[Category:Priests]]
[[Category:Religion]]
{{Stub}}

User talk:Goldenking

2008-02-01T05:24:38Z

Slartucker: /* From Slarty */ ask questions, please :)

==From Slarty==
Hey Goldenking, make sure you fill in the "summary" field when you make an edit. It's very helpful to others. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 22:34, 11 January 2008 (PST)

===Vahnatai lands===
I don't want to discourage you, because you have made some good edits. But try to fact check before you edit.
#[[Delrin-Bok]] is not [[Dahris-Bok]].
#First you say the lands are southeast of Formello, then that they are directly under the Eastern Gallery: two contradictory statements, a bit ambiguous on their own anyway.
#The history of Vahnatai lands is not the history of Vahnatai lands from 822-824, and the Empire War Heroes are definitely not the only source of information about them. See Aran's note about gratuitous remarks about the PCs.

-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 22:29, 18 January 2008 (PST)

===Article titles in articles===
...are properly formatted with double brackets for a link, and not bold formatting. The wiki automatically parses them into unlinked bold print. This is useful in case the text is transplanted elsewhere.
-- Slarty

===Leader titles in settlement info boxes===
Typically, the title goes in the place you have put "Adjunct" and not as part of the name. For example, "Empress" on the left and "Prazac I" on the right (though that particular one is actually incorrect as of EE's Present Day, as she is dead). For some of your articles you have put "Mayor" on the left and for others you put "Adjunct" on the left and "Mayor X" on the right; the former group is the preferred format. What's with the Adjunct thing anyway?
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:56, 30 January 2008 (PST)

====Re:Leader titles in settlement info boxes====
Yeah. I get the template from Harston, and I didn't realize that Adjunct wasn't part of the code until yesterday. I'll stop doing that. Thanks. --[[User:Goldenking|Goldenking]] 14:02, 31 January 2008 (PST)

=== Asking Questions is Your Friend ===
Goldenking, you are contributing many valuable edits to EE, but you are also doing some very irritating things.

# Many of the links you are fixing, are reasonable links that would be better served by the creation of a redirect than manually editing every occurance. While there is nothing wrong with changing an individual link, it does mean that said redirect is less likely to be made as the missing link does not appear in the relevant Special pages.
# Some of your changes are simply, factually, WRONG. Bahssikava is not synonymous with the slithzerikai homeland in every context! This is an understandable and reasonable assumption to make -- but it's still wrong. '''Edits should not be based on assumptions.''' You obviously haven't looked at Nephil's Gambit, so editing articles about it would be like correcting a fact about Dorikas without consulting A5 first.

What I would really like to ask is as follows: don't make assumptions, and if that means you are only 80% sure about an edit, ask about it on the article's talk page first! I have a thorough grasp of game canon and I rarely make edits without first batch searching my game dumps -- but I still put proposed changes on the talk page first unless I'm absolutely, 100% sure about them.
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 21:24, 31 January 2008 (PST)

== Nephilim ==

Goldenking, the proper plural of Nephil is Nephilim. I'm bringing this to attention in a message because you've repeated the error after I corrected it in another article. Thanks. :) -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 05:05, 18 January 2008 (PST)

Addendum: Although colloquial usage is "Nephils" (probably on the same level as "Octopuses" vs. the strictly correct "Octopodes"), "Nephil" is always and definitely the singular form, not the plural. They are not interchangeable. -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 05:09, 18 January 2008 (PST)

Cotra

2008-02-01T05:17:53Z

Slartucker: Undo revision 5924 by Goldenking (Talk) vahnatai is not capitalized, and the barriers deserve their own article

{{city|name=City of Cotra|continent=[[Exile]]|region=[[Eastern Gallery]]|nation=[[Kingdom of Avernum]]|title=Mayor|leader=Falko|industries=[[Trading]], [[Fishing]]}}
 
[[Cotra]] is one of the [[Six Cities]] of [[Exile]]. It was destroyed by a [[gazers|gazer]] raid during the [[Empire-Avernum War]], and has subsequently been partially rebuilt.

==History==
Cotra was one of the first settlements made by the [[exiled]] folk, after [[Silvar]]. The mouth of the tiny river that pours out of the [[crystal cave]] made it a prime location for [[fishing]]. In its early days, Cotra was heavily guarded due to the presence of hostile [[slithzerikai]] in the waters south and west. However, because it relied on fishing for its food, rather than expansive [[farming]], it was much easier to defend. As [[Avernum]] began to take over the caves and the slith threat diminished, Cotra's waterfront location made it a center of trade as well, with the river leading east to Silvar, north to [[Fort Draco]], and south to [[Almaria]].

In 823 [[IE]], during the [[Empire-Avernum War]], Cotra was assaulted and destroyed in the span of a few minutes by a lightning [[gazers|gazer]] raid. The [[Empire]] troops took advantage of the [[vahnatai barriers]], conducting the raid when few [[Avernite]] troops could reach Cotra to help defend it. The Empire had intended to seize Cotra's bellows to help arm their troops, but disagreements with the gazers prevented them from doing this right away. Before they were able to, the gazers were wiped out by several operatives, including [[Yong-Mi]] and the [[Empire War Heroes]]. Meanwhile, refugees from Cotra fled to Silvar. The slaughter of Cotra was the greatest loss Avernum sustained during the war.

For many years after the war Cotra lay in ruins. Plans to rebuild it were scrapped when [[Upper Avernum]] was colonized in 831 [[IE]], and many of its survivors went there, founding [[New Cotra]]. Many years after the [[Reconciliation]], once Avernum had bounced back from its initial population loss and the threat of the [[Second Slith War]] had subsided, the Avernites finally began to rebuild Cotra.

==Government==
Mayor sat on [[Council of Avernum]].

===Mayors===
* Steele
* Falko

[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Avernum]]

Dryads

2008-02-01T05:16:50Z

Slartucker: Undo revision 5922 by Goldenking (Talk) -- hill giant is the proper link

[[Dryads]] are mysterious female [[humanoids]] with a special connection to trees. They are extremely secretive creatures, and little is known about their origin and their life.

Every dryad is linked to a particular area of the woods, generally to a grove or a glade. They feel the lives (and deaths) of every tree and every animal in their woods as if it is part of their own body. If they are away from their forest for long, they will die. As part of this connection, they are gifted with certain magical powers tied to the protection of the grove.

There is an ancient enmity between dryads and [[hill giants]]. [[Ogres]] have also been known to harass the creatures. Although they are not overtly hostile to others, dryads consort with few intelligent races. Generally, the only ones allowed into their groves are [[gremlins]].

==Dryad names==
*Esselarea
*Illyree

[[Category:Bestiary]]
[[Category:Races]]
[[Category:Humanoids]]

Chimney

2008-02-01T05:08:24Z

Slartucker: Undo revision 5937 by Goldenking (Talk) -- "slithzerikai homeland" does not equal Bahssikava!

{{apocrypha|source=[[Nephil's Gambit]]}}
Deep down in the [[lower caves]], on the very rim of the [[slithzerikai homeland]], the province of [[Chimney]] is largely unknown to the world. Its unique climate supports trade in metal and herbs amid squabbling city-states.

==Climate and Geography==
A textbook on cave geography describes the area as follows:
:::''The lands of Chimney give an interesting lesson on meteorology. The [[human]] settlements are actually placed on a ledge high up on the wall of the [[slithzerikai homeland]]. These caves provide just the warm, damp environment that cold blooded lizards enjoy, considerably warmer than the caves of central Exile, high above.''

:::''At a point in the cave ceiling above the Chimney ledge, there is a wide opening. This tunnel connects to the caves above, forming a vertical chute, two thousand meters high. The warm air that rises from the slith jungles is sucked into the chute, causing a continuous breeze through the human lands. The draft functions like a pipe, thus giving Chimney its name. Moreover, when the damp airstream encounters the cold air of [[Exile]], it often releases its watery content, producing a peculiar effect: Indoor rain. This makes the soil of Chimney very fertile.'' <ref>Nephil's Gambit</ref>

At the north end of Chimney, the [[Howling Gap]] is a juncture between Chimney and [[Brattaskar]], the long, narrow tunnel that leads to [[Northeastern Exile]]. There are also tunnels near the Howling Gap leading to nearby [[nephilim]] lands, and to the slithzerikai homeland below Chimney. Several rivers run through Chimney proper, and roughly divide it into four regions.

'''Myld Isle''', also known as the Rainlands, is in the center of Chimney. It is not an island, but is so named for the river Myld which bounds it. The Rainlands are home to what is probably the largest forest in all of Exile; they are unruly lands. [[Myldres]], capital of Chimney, is located on the west edge of the isle. The former capital, [[Lushwater Toll]], is located at the north end, along the road that connects to the Howling Gap and Brattaskar.

To the east lie the lands of '''Milestone''', rich in metals. Milestone is a heavy mining area, characterized by twisting tunnels and poor mining towns. It is also the location of the famous [[Milestone Casino]].

To the west lie the lands of '''Whitstone''', rich in marble. These lands have been abandoned since the destruction of the town of [[Whitstone]]. The town is located in the middle of what is now called the Marble Lake.

Finally, in the south lie the '''Shadowlands'''. The few southern settlements all cluster around [[Flickering Keep]], which itself sits on the edge of the [[Dividing Wall]] that separates Chimney from the slith lands. Elsewhere along the wall, Fort Outlook sits at the top of the [[Long Stairs]] that provide a hazardous road between the two lands.

==Economy==
Chimney's economy consists of mining and selling metal to the the [[slithzerikai]], in exchange for herbs from the lizard jungles. This sustains a modest trade with [[Formello]], the nearest town in [[Exile]]. The main trade route stretches from the [[Long Stairs]], and goes up rivers to the [[Milestone]] mines. It continues northwest, past [[Lushwater Toll]] and the [[Howling Gap]], and along [[Brattaskar]] road, eventually reaching Exile proper.

==History==
:''Main article: [[History of Chimney]]''

Chimney was originally claimed as a hideout by the bandit [[Harfloot]]. Years later, miners settled in Chimney, and Harfloot and his descendants moved from robbery to extortion to taxation and government. Different settlements sprang up with their own local lords, and shortly after the [[Empire-Avernum War]] a civil war erupted. The war was eventually squashed by the cunning [[nephil]] [[Groul]]. A decade later, Groul attempted to seize total control of Chimney in a complicated strategem that relied on provoking an uprising among the [[sliths]]. After stirring up turmoil throughout Chimney and the [[slithzerikai homeland]], Groul failed, and the priestess Karolynna was installed as Chimney's ruler.

===References===
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===External links===
* [http://es.geocities.com/falcata2/maps/Chimney.html Maps - Chimney]

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[[Category:Caves]]
[[Category:Provinces]]
[[Category:Avernum]]

History of Chimney

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===Settlement by Harfloot===
A few years after the failure of the [[First Expedition]], when the [[Empire]] had abandoned its plans to utilize the newly discovered caves, a small-time bandit leader named [[Harfloot]] decided that the caves would make a great hideout. He took his band into the caves, and went as far away from the Empire as he could get, which brought them to [[Chimney]]. The bandits found easy plunder in the nearby [[nephilim]] lands, and they settled down in a fortress on a hill, sometimes called Harfloot Castle.

After [[Exile]] was settled, a few other humans trickled into Chimney, mostly to open mines. Harfloot became quite wealthy by preying on trade routes. The merchants soon got used to paying taxes for unfettered passage. Meanwhile, Harfloot's men cleared out the monsters who inhabited the area. Myld Isle in particular became much more inhabitable.

After Harfloot died, his son took over. Harfloot the Younger was less inclined to banditry, but was a cunning businessman. He built up roads and bridges, and established guardposts along [[Brattaskar]] Road. Soon, instead of receiving tribute under threat, he received tolls to protect travellers from other bandits. A trading post sprang up around the hilltop fortress, called [[Lushwater Toll]].

===Civil war===
As Exile's population grew, so did Chimney's. Clusters of villages in the east, west, and south gave rise to local lords. Rodovan Zerr built the [[Milestone Casino]]. Trade developed with the [[slithzerikai]], and Lushwater Toll, too, grew into a real town. Control of the area passed on to Yim Harfloot, grandson of the original Harfloot, an ineffective leader who seemed to have lost all traces of his opportunistic, bandit heritage.

When the [[Empire-Avernum War]] ended, Chimney was a prosperous and unthreatened land. The other lords grew tired of the profit that Lushwater Toll extracted from them, and in 826 [[IE]], Chimney collapsed into a heap of bickering city-states. While town militias fought, trade and food became uncertain, general unrest spread quickly, and bandits once again had free reign of the land.

In 827 [[IE]], a band of nephilim known as the Cat Paws, led by a nephil known as [[Groul]], made a pact with a fraction of the nobles of [[Myldres]]. With their backing, he led a stunning series of conquests. Lushwater Toll was ashamed to be the first to fall, to a sudden, wild attack by nephilim. With Harfloot out of the picture, Groul's noble allies seized control of the north end of Chimney's trade routes. They then threatened [[Milestone]] was a trade blockade, refusing its merchants passage across the river Myld. The town, ruled more by money than by any lord, was quick to surrender.

Armed with supplies from the mines, the nephilim marched south. They laid siege to [[Flickering Keep]] in the Shadowlands. Mysteriously backed by the power of a [[drake]] lord, the Cat Paws were able to climb along the abyss at the back of the keep and storm it most unexpectedly from behind. Its ruler, [[Lord Fray]], was killed.

The Cat Paws then marched on [[Whitstone]], the last free city. Before they could attack, however, the cave ceiling over Whitstone collapsed. Half the people of the town were killed, including its master, Lord White. The cave-in caused the river to flood, and the rest of the town was abandoned in ruins.

Myldres emerged as the undisputed ruler of Chimney. Commander Groul shared power there with one of his noble allies, Ottar, who became the Mayor of Myldres and the official ruler of Chimney. For another nine years, peace reigned.

===Groul's coup and the Yvoss-tai uprising===
Inspired by the gains that [[Avernum]] was able to secure in the wake of the Empire-Avernum War and especially the [[Reconciliation]], despite being far weaker than the other nations it fought, Commander Groul devised an elaborate scheme to seize power in Chimney. He contracted with a vahnatai businessman, [[Verundis]], to obtain a magical [[portal]], as well as a powerful bomb, [[Thunder Rock]].

In 836 [[IE]], Groul used the portal to travel to the [[slithzerikai homeland]]. Posing as a mysterious divinity called the Masked Aide (later "revealed" to be Zahr, the god of true warriors), Groul egged a discontent [[Yvoss-tai]] worker, [[Sss-Chross]], into staging a revolution against the dominant [[Ssara-tai]] warrior caste. The Yvoss-tai, unlike the Ssara-tai, were not allowed to touch [[iron]]. Groul used this taboo to manipulate Sss-Chross into attacking Chimney, convincing him that he would need to secure Chimney's [[bronze]] mines in order to supply his forces with weapons.

Groul used the threat of invasion as an excuse to quarrel with Mayor Ottar over the right course of action. He baited Ottar into throwing him and his Cat Paws out of Myldres. Groul's plan was to have the Cat Paws swoop in at the last moment, using his secret power over Sss-Chross to make it appear as if the Cat Paws single-handedly saved Chimney from the invasion.

To ensure his plan's success, he needed to prevent any [[Avernite]] reinforcements from pre-empting his role as savior. For that purpose, he told Sss-Chross that he would provide a powerful artifact -- the Thunder Rock -- for the Yvoss-tai forces to find, at the [[Howling Gap]]. The detonation of Thunder Rock would seal the area with rubble, preventing any support from Exile. But first, slith troops would destroy the human outposts than lined Brattaskar Road, to prevent news from leaking too soon to Avernum.

Unfortunately for Groul, a small group of soldiers from one of these outposts escaped the sliths who attacked them, and made their way to the Howling Gap. With help from [[Karolynna]], a priestess who had been captured by the Yvoss-tai, the soldiers stole Thunder Rock before it could be detonated, and fled south. News of their deed spread and they quickly gained fame as the [[Heroes of Brattaskar]].

Groul tried to turn this setback into an advantage, and manipulated the soldiers into participating in the assassinations of both Sss-Chross (via Groul's own portal) and the Yvoss-tai ambassador to Myldres, Sss-Varbas. He then incited the Yvoss-tai into making an ambitious and risky offense against Myld Isle, from their position at the Howling Gap. The Chimney army met the sliths and, just as Groul had planned, the Cat Paws outflanked the sliths after the battle had already begun, turning the tides and ending the invasion. The Yvoss-tai suffered heavy casualties, and without Sss-Chross and Zahr, the entire revolt fell apart.

Myldres celebrated the victory, which was once again attributed to the Cat Paws. With the Chimney army decimated, Groul stood poised to take over Chimney. His plans were undone, however, by the Heroes of Brattaskar. While employed by Groul, they had discovered evidence of his dealings with Verundis and Sss-Chross. Working with Karolynna, they had also defeated and captured [[Rashtarra]], a [[haakai]] who Groul had used to destroy [[Whitstone]] (with the cave-in) and [[Flickering Keep]] (as the [[drake]] lord) during the civil war. When they released Rashtarra to tell his story, he went after Groul and sucked him into the [[demons|demon]] realm.

At the suggesiton of the Heroes of Brattaskar, a very surprised Karolynna was named Mayor of Chimney -- an uncharacteristically selfless and honest one.

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[[Category:Avernum]]

Timeline of Ermarian

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{{apocrypha|source=[[Ermarian canon]]}}
This article provides a general timeline of historical events in [[Ermarian]]. This timeline refers mainly to events relevant to [[humans]] and human nations.

For information on the measurement of time in Ermarian, see [[Pralgadian Calendar]], [[Before Pralgad]], and [[Imperial Era]].

==Before Pralgad==
*250 BP — [[Zion I]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Aizoan Empire]]
*~100 BP — [[Aizoan Empire]] collapses
*~25 BP — [[Motrax]] born

==House Sol==
*0 IE — [[Empire]] declared on [[Pralgad]] by [[Sol I]]
*48 IE — [[Sol II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*102 IE — [[Sol III]] becomes [[Emperor]]

==House Ironclad==
*132 — [[Ironclad I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*201 — [[Viceroy I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*204 — [[Viceroy I]] assassinated
*206 — Imperial Council disbanded; [[Empire]] provinces ruled by royal houses
*209 — [[Dorian Kylen]] declares himself Emperor and seizes [[Imperius]]
*211 - 229 — [[The Ascent of Ironclad II|Pralgadian War of Succession]]
*229 — [[Ironclad II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~250 — [[Morog]] becomes a [[liches|lich]]
*259 — [[Ironclad III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*261 - 277 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[giants]]
*281 — [[Ironclad IV]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*309 — [[Ironclad V]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*322 - 342 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[nephilim]]
*357 — [[Ironclad VI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~376 - 386 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[troglodytes]]
*379 — [[Anama]] Church founded
*~390 — [[Imperial Navy]] created
*405 — [[Ironclad VII]] becomes [[Emperor]] and issues decree against the [[Anama]]
*406 — [[Ironclad VII]] rounds up and jails [[Anama]]
*406 - 437 — [[Anama War]]
*~422 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] begins
*437 — [[Vantanas]] discovered by [[Imperial Navy]]
*441 - 535 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Vantanas|Vantanas explored and conquered]]
*450 — [[Ironclad VIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*467 — [[Ironclad IX]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*499 — [[Ironclad X]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*530 — [[Ironclad XI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*535 — [[Ironclad XII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*587 — [[Ironclad XIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~600 — [[Valorim]] discovered by [[Empire]]

==House Strongarm==
*608 - 647 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Valorim|Northern reaches of Valorim conquered and settled]] and [[Ratbane Clan]] destroyed.
*615 — [[Strongarm I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~617 — [[Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[slithzerikai homeland]]; [[Bahssikava]] settled
*640 — [[Morrow's Isle]] settled
*658 — [[Strongarm II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*672 — [[Stewart I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*681 — [[Empire]] capital moved from [[Imperius]] to [[Solaria]]
*722 — [[Stewart II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*727 — First [[Sss-Thsss]] killed by Calindor
*740 — [[Empire]] establishes feudal state on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*~747 — The disastrous [[First Expedition]] to [[Exile]]
*~755 — [[Chimney]] settled by [[Harfloot]]
*762 — [[Skylark School of Magery]] closed, leaving poisons behind

==House Hawthorne==
*763 — [[Hawthorne II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*767 — [[Exile]] used as prison by [[Empire]]
*776 — The first members of [[the Five]] are [[exiled]]; [[Tower of Magi]] built with first [[Triad]] of [[Erika]], [[Patrick]], and [[Solberg]]
*777 —
**[[Kingdom of Avernum]] founded by [[Micah]]
**[[Sss-Thoss]] makes pact with [[Grah-Hoth]]. [[Bahssikava]] destroyed by a [[cavequake]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] enslaves [[Demon#Types_of_Demons|imps]] and dead Bahssikavans there; [[Lost Bahssikava]] founded; [[Vasskolis]] refounded.
*777 - 817 — [[First Slith War]]
*779 — [[The Five]] lead [[Avernum]] in an attack on [[Akhronath]] and seal [[Grah-Hoth]] in [[Skarragath]]
*780 [[Avernum]] takes the [[Great Cave]] and founds the [[Castle]]
*783 — [[Anama]] Church refounded by [[Ahonar]] on newly settled [[Isle of Bigail]]
*791 — [[Hawthorne III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*810 — [[Linda]] and [[X]] replace [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]] on the [[Triad]]
*~813 — [[Krizsan Province]] settled
*816 — [[Anastasia]]'s [[nephilim]] steal the [[gold necklace]] from [[Formello]]; [[Solberg]] flees [[Tower of Magi]]

==Interregnum==
*817 —
**[[Linda]] summons [[Adze]].
**Second [[Sss-Thsss]] slain and [[Grah-Hoth]] defeated by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Lost Bahssikava]]'s failed expedition to the [[slithzerikai homeland]].
**[[Hawthorne III]] assassinated by [[Erika Redmark]] and [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Prazac I]] becomes [[Empress]]; [[Garzahd]] acts as regent.
*818 — [[Mahdavi]] replaces [[Linda]] on the [[Triad]]
*820 - 821 — Exploratory [[Empire]] forces steal [[Crystal Souls]], destroy [[Lost Bahssikava]], build [[Kothtar]], etc.
*822 - 824 — [[Empire-Avernum War]]
*822 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] ends; [[Empire]] conquers [[Abyss]]
*823 — Barriers afflict [[Exile]]; [[Cotra]] and [[mass teleporter]] destroyed; [[Crystal Souls]] rescued; [[Garzahd]] assassinated by [[Empire War Heroes]]
*824 — [[Vahnatai]] reinforce [[Avernum]]; [[Empire]] withdraws

==Prazac I==
*825 — [[Athron]]'s brood hatches
*826 - 827 — [[Chimney]] civil war
*827 — [[Galthrax]] begins attacks on [[Vasskolis]]
*831 — [[Upper Avernum]] settled by [[Avernites]]
*832 —
**[[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]] set loose by [[Rentar-Ihrno]]; [[Keep of Tinraya]] destroyed
**First party of [[Surface Explorers]] recruited by [[Unspecified Services]]
*833 —
**[[Tower of Magi disaster]].
**[[Surface Explorers]] destroy [[Plagues]] of [[Rentar-Ihrno]], who kills [[Erika Redmark]]; [[Reconciliation]] between the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]]
*834 — [[Kelner]] and [[Seletine]] replace [[Mahdavi]] and [[Solberg]] on the [[Triad]]
*835 — Lord [[Volpe]] takes over [[Morrow's Isle]]
*836 —
**[[Yvoss-Tai]] uprising; [[Groul]]'s coup in [[Chimney]] fails.
**[[King Micah]] dies and the [[Council of Avernum]] assumes control.
*837 — [[Temple of the Goddess]] built; [[Gnass]] attacks [[Lost Bahssikava]]; [[Legare]] leads [[sliths]] to [[Bahssikava]] and [[Vasskolis]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] and [[Galthrax]] defeated
*838 - 848 — [[Second Slith War]]
*838 - present — [[Hill Runners]] revolt; civil war on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*839 — [[Redmark College]] founded
*842 — [[Skylark Vale]] poisons purged by [[adventurers]].
*843 — [[Encyclopedia Ermariana]] first published
*844 — Lord [[Volpe]] assassinated on [[Morrow's Isle]].
*846 — [[Starrus]] becomes [[King of Avernum]]
*855 — [[Rentar-Ihrno]] enacts [[retribution]] against [[Avernum]] and is defeated by the [[Shade-Killers]]
*870 — [[Darkside Loyalists]] assassinate [[Prazac I]].

==Interregnum==
*875 — [[Present Day]]

[[Category:History]]

Timeline of Ermarian

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{{apocrypha|source=[[Ermarian canon]]}}
This article provides a general timeline of historical events in [[Ermarian]]. This timeline refers mainly to events relevant to [[humans]] and human nations.

For information on the measurement of time in Ermarian, see [[Pralgadian Calendar]], [[Before Pralgad]], and [[Imperial Era]].

==Before Pralgad==
*250 BP — [[Zion I]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Aizoan Empire]]
*~100 BP — [[Aizoan Empire]] collapses
*~25 BP — [[Motrax]] born

==House Sol==
*0 IE — [[Empire]] declared on [[Pralgad]] by [[Sol I]]
*48 IE — [[Sol II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*102 IE — [[Sol III]] becomes [[Emperor]]

==House Ironclad==
*132 — [[Ironclad I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*201 — [[Viceroy I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*204 — [[Viceroy I]] assassinated
*206 — Imperial Council disbanded; [[Empire]] provinces ruled by royal houses
*209 — [[Dorian Kylen]] declares himself Emperor and seizes [[Imperius]]
*211 - 229 — [[The Ascent of Ironclad II|Pralgadian War of Succession]]
*229 — [[Ironclad II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~250 — [[Morog]] becomes a [[liches|lich]]
*259 — [[Ironclad III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*261 - 277 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[giants]]
*281 — [[Ironclad IV]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*309 — [[Ironclad V]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*322 - 342 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[nephilim]]
*357 — [[Ironclad VI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~376 - 386 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[troglodytes]]
*379 — [[Anama]] Church founded
*~390 — [[Imperial Navy]] created
*405 — [[Ironclad VII]] becomes [[Emperor]] and issues decree against the [[Anama]]
*406 — [[Ironclad VII]] rounds up and jails [[Anama]]
*406 - 437 — [[Anama War]]
*~422 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] begins
*437 — [[Vantanas]] discovered by [[Imperial Navy]]
*441 - 535 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Vantanas|Vantanas explored and conquered]]
*450 — [[Ironclad VIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*467 — [[Ironclad IX]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*499 — [[Ironclad X]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*530 — [[Ironclad XI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*535 — [[Ironclad XII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*587 — [[Ironclad XIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~600 — [[Valorim]] discovered by [[Empire]]

==House Strongarm==
*608 - 647 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Valorim|Northern reaches of Valorim conquered and settled]] and [[Ratbane Clan]] destroyed.
*615 — [[Strongarm I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~617 — [[Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[slithzerikai homeland]]; [[Bahssikava]] settled
*640 — [[Morrow's Isle]] settled
*658 — [[Strongarm II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*672 — [[Stewart I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*681 — [[Empire]] capital moved from [[Imperius]] to [[Solaria]]
*722 — [[Stewart II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*727 — First [[Sss-Thsss]] killed by Calindor
*740 — [[Empire]] establishes feudal state on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*~747 — The disastrous [[First Expedition]] to [[Exile]]
*~755 — [[Chimney]] settled by [[Harfloot]]
*762 — [[Skylark School of Magery]] closed, leaving poisons behind

==House Hawthorne==
*763 — [[Hawthorne II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*767 — [[Exile]] used as prison by [[Empire]]
*776 — The first members of [[the Five]] are [[exiled]]; [[Tower of Magi]] built with first [[Triad]] of [[Erika]], [[Patrick]], and [[Solberg]]
*777 —
**[[Kingdom of Avernum]] founded by [[Micah]]
**[[Sss-Thoss]] makes pact with [[Grah-Hoth]]. [[Bahssikava]] destroyed by a [[cavequake]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] enslaves [[Demon#Types_of_Demons|imps]] and dead Bahssikavans there; [[Lost Bahssikava]] founded; [[Vasskolis]] refounded.
*777 - 817 — [[First Slith War]]
*779 — [[The Five]] lead [[Avernum]] in an attack on [[Akhronath]] and seal [[Grah-Hoth]] in [[Skarragath]]
*780 [[Avernum]] takes the [[Great Cave]] and founds the [[Castle]]
*783 — [[Anama]] Church refounded by [[Ahonar]] on newly settled [[Isle of Bigail]]
*791 — [[Hawthorne III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*810 — [[Linda]] and [[X]] replace [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]] on the [[Triad]]
*~813 — [[Krizsan Province]] settled
*816 — [[Anastasia]]'s [[nephilim]] steal the [[gold necklace]] from [[Formello]]; [[Solberg]] flees [[Tower of Magi]]

==Interregnum==
*817 —
**[[Linda]] summons [[Adze]].
**Second [[Sss-Thsss]] slain and [[Grah-Hoth]] defeated by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Lost Bahssikava]]'s failed expedition to the [[slithzerikai]] [[Bahssikava|homeland]].
**[[Hawthorne III]] assassinated by [[Erika Redmark]] and [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Prazac I]] becomes [[Empress]]; [[Garzahd]] acts as regent.
*818 — [[Mahdavi]] replaces [[Linda]] on the [[Triad]]
*820 - 821 — Exploratory [[Empire]] forces steal [[Crystal Souls]], destroy [[Lost Bahssikava]], build [[Kothtar]], etc.
*822 - 824 — [[Empire-Avernum War]]
*822 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] ends; [[Empire]] conquers [[Abyss]]
*823 — Barriers afflict [[Exile]]; [[Cotra]] and [[mass teleporter]] destroyed; [[Crystal Souls]] rescued; [[Garzahd]] assassinated by [[Empire War Heroes]]
*824 — [[Vahnatai]] reinforce [[Avernum]]; [[Empire]] withdraws

==Prazac I==
*825 — [[Athron]]'s brood hatches
*826 - 827 — [[Chimney]] civil war
*827 — [[Galthrax]] begins attacks on [[Vasskolis]]
*831 — [[Upper Avernum]] settled by [[Avernites]]
*832 —
**[[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]] set loose by [[Rentar-Ihrno]]; [[Keep of Tinraya]] destroyed
**First party of [[Surface Explorers]] recruited by [[Unspecified Services]]
*833 —
**[[Tower of Magi disaster]].
**[[Surface Explorers]] destroy [[Plagues]] of [[Rentar-Ihrno]], who kills [[Erika Redmark]]; [[Reconciliation]] between the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]]
*834 — [[Kelner]] and [[Seletine]] replace [[Mahdavi]] and [[Solberg]] on the [[Triad]]
*835 — Lord [[Volpe]] takes over [[Morrow's Isle]]
*836 —
**[[Yvoss-Tai]] uprising; [[Groul]]'s coup in [[Chimney]] fails.
**[[King Micah]] dies and the [[Council of Avernum]] assumes control.
*837 — [[Temple of the Goddess]] built; [[Gnass]] attacks [[Lost Bahssikava]]; [[Legare]] leads [[sliths]] to [[Bahssikava]] and [[Vasskolis]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] and [[Galthrax]] defeated
*838 - 848 — [[Second Slith War]]
*838 - present — [[Hill Runners]] revolt; civil war on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*839 — [[Redmark College]] founded
*842 — [[Skylark Vale]] poisons purged by [[adventurers]].
*843 — [[Encyclopedia Ermariana]] first published
*844 — Lord [[Volpe]] assassinated on [[Morrow's Isle]].
*846 — [[Starrus]] becomes [[King of Avernum]]
*855 — [[Rentar-Ihrno]] enacts [[retribution]] against [[Avernum]] and is defeated by the [[Shade-Killers]]
*870 — [[Darkside Loyalists]] assassinate [[Prazac I]].

==Interregnum==
*875 — [[Present Day]]

[[Category:History]]

User talk:Goldenking

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Slartucker: /* From Slarty */ Adjuncts vs Leaders

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Blosk

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{{city|name=City of Blosk|continent=[[Exile]]|region=[[Great Cave]]|nation=[[Kingdom of Avernum]]|title=Mayor|leader=Vicky|industries=[[Farming]]}}
 
[[Blosk]] is one of the [[Six Cities]] of [[Exile]], located on the northern section of the [[Great Cave]].

==History==
During the [[Time of Shades]], the [[Greater Shades#Red Shade of Hatred|Red Shade]] alternated occupying Blosk and [[Dharmon]]. After [[Vicky]] tried to organize an attack to destroy it, the Shade destroyed most of the city.

==Government==
Mayor sat on [[Council of Avernum]].

===Mayors===
* Vicky

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2008-01-28T04:37:53Z

Slartucker: not a giant fort?

I'm pretty sure the Ziggurat was a new construction and not a renovated giant fort -- the giant castles were always east of Bargha, while the Ziggurat was in the area east of Spire IIRC -- with the Barrier Cave from E1. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:37, 27 January 2008 (PST)

Blosk

2008-01-28T04:36:14Z

Slartucker: minor geography fix

{{city|name=City of Blosk|continent=[[Exile]]|region=[[Great Cave]]|nation=[[Kingdom of Avernum]]|title=Mayor|leader=Vicky|industries=[[Farming]]}}
 
'''Blosk''' is one of the [[Six Cities]] of [[Exile]], located on the northern section of the [[Great Cave]].

==History==
During the '''Time of Shades''', the [[Greater Shades#Red Shade of Hatred|Red Shade]] alternated occupying Blosk and [[Dharmon]]. After [[Vicky]] tried to organize an attack to destroy it, the Shade destroyed most of the city.

==Government==
Mayor sat on [[Council of Avernum]].

===Mayors===
* Vicky

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Category talk:Religions

2008-01-28T04:35:29Z

Slartucker: Nope, separate

Shoudn't this be fused with the Religion Category? --[[User:Goldenking|Goldenking]] 12:52, 27 January 2008 (PST)

No. Religions is a subcategory of Religion. Religion has articles related to all aspects of religions: priests, temples, the faiths themselves. Religions is just things that are themselves religions. The article text of Religions is misleading and probably archaic. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 20:35, 27 January 2008 (PST)

Bogdan Kesh

2008-01-27T14:22:05Z

Slartucker: marked as ironclad canon

{{apocrypha|source=[[Ironclad canon]]}}
'''Bogdan Kesh''' was a general in the [[Imperial Army]] and a cousin of [[Viceroy I]]. Although [[Ironclad I]] had named Viceroy I as his successor to the throne, Viceroy I's rule was met with much resentment, as he was born a commoner.In 204 [[IE]], only three years after Viceroy I became [[Emperor]], Bogdan Kesh paid a disaffected guardsman to assassinate the Emperor, leading to the civil war resulting in the [[Ascent of Ironclad II]], 25 years later. Both Bogdan Kesh and the guardsman were detained and executed by [[Dorian Kylen]].

Talk:Teleportation

2008-01-26T23:02:40Z

Slartucker: relevancy: mass teleporter and onyx scepter

== Novah Coordinates ==
: It is thought that the coordinates are [[Vahnatai]] in origin, since some resemble words in [[Novah]].

I looked them up, and less than a third of the coordinates are the same as or similar to words in Novah. However, they all look just like the four-part password the Empire used to guard the last remaining exit to the surface, suggesting a much more common magi-related origin. In any case, the Novah origin seems questionable enough to move it to the talk page, so here it is. --- [[User:Slartucker|Slartucker]] 03:42, 2 February 2006 (CST)

== Two Questions==
Isn't the [[Onyx scepter]] capable of closing unfinished portals? Also, what about the [[Mass teleporter]] the Empire was building? Are those two subjects inappropriate for the general nature of the article, or is it just that no one has gotten around to adding information on them yet?

:The [[mass teleporter]] is mentioned, but it has its own article, so details belong there unless they are essential to a section of this article. The [[onyx scepter]] is a poorly understood artifact. What we know that's relevant to portals is that (1) according to Linda, it "heals space"; and that (2) the Empire War Heroes used it to contain the rift caused by their sabotage of the mass teleporter. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 15:02, 26 January 2008 (PST)

Talk:Nephilim Castle

2008-01-26T22:56:11Z

Slartucker: No, no, and Kelda. :)

Wait a minute. Anastasia may not have been queen, but she was still a prominent figure. And the only one we know of by name, so she at least deserves mention. They also did pose a threat to Avernum do to their location. That is to say, they were messing with Formello, one of the Six, and had Fort Duvno been overrun the Portal could have been taken. The cultists may not have been nephil, my memory was rather hazy, so thanks for catching that. Was there anything happening at the Nephilim Castle during Avernum 4? Yours, --[[User:Goldenking|Goldenking]] 11:05, 26 January 2008 (PST)

:She's not the only one we know of by name. There is also Thinshadow. Regardless, we know she didn't lead the whole clan in any way. She was one of the leaders of the warrior faction, which at the time of E1 was in conflict with the priest faction (presumably led by Thinshadow). Mentioning the competition and leaders makes sense; mentioning Anastasia alone is misleading.

:They did not pose a serious threat to Avernum. They posed a ''minor'' threat. Remember, people died to random monsters, nephils and sliths all the time in the early days, so the fact that they killed a few citizens in raids doesn't really make them special. They weren't capable of "taking" Formello. As far as Fort Duvno goes, they didn't attack it and there were other nephil forts that were closer to Duvno (well, one at least).

:In A4 I believe Kelda made her lair in its (rebuilt?) ruins, not sure though. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 14:56, 26 January 2008 (PST)

Nephilim Castle

2008-01-26T06:09:17Z

Slartucker: Anastasia was neither queen nor primary leader, the nephilim were not a serious threat to the kingdom of Avernum, and the undead cult was not nephil. And the nephilim category is only for persons.

The '''Nephilim Castle''' is a castle southwest of [[Formello]].

==Founding and Early Years==

It was originally inhabited by [[Nephilim]] who were [[Exiled]] by sympathetic [[Empire]] officials. There, the Nephilim fought against the [[Avernites]] at [[Fort Duvno]] and [[Formello]]. Eventually, the [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] killed most of the nephil army, causing enough chaos to level the castle.

==Undead Cult==

Years later, during the [[Empire-Avernum War]], the blasted ruins of the Nephilim Castle were inhabited by cultists. These cultists, using the sheer amount of corpses left over from [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]' destruction of the complex years earlier, made an army of [[undead]]. The [[necromancer|necromantic]] cultists thrived for a time, due to the [[Avernite Army]] being occupied by the [[Empire]], until the undead were destroyed and the complex [[Ritual of Sanctification|sanctified]] by the [[Empire War Heroes]].

[[Category:Geography]]
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[[Category:Caves]]

Mercenaries

2008-01-26T06:05:45Z

Slartucker: This is not Encyclopedia style! Also, mercenary is an English word with no special meaning, history or information in Avernum. Motion for deletion.

'''Mercenaries''' are warriors who fight for a commission.

[[Category:Persons]]

Talk:Race

2008-01-21T18:40:26Z

Slartucker: Debunking the lack of racism

Slarty... I disagree. Under the law, the Nephil and Sliths are on the Friendly Species list, and are equal in Present Day. The Nephilim can start a business in Formello as easily as a human. A Slith bandit gets hung just the same as a human one. Sure, there's residual racism from humans, but on the whole part the Nephilim, Slithzerikai, and Humans are seen as equal. So, basically, I don't see what you complain of as untrue.
-- Goldenking

:Please sign your posts. :) Also, please put a *summary* of your edit in the summary box, not the entire edit.

:First, where are your assertions above coming from? As far as I can tell, the comments about businesses and hanging don't come from the games. They sound like assertions based on your own conclusions about how things are.

:Second, being equal "under the law" is not the same as being "generally... seen as equal", which is what you wrote. There is PLENTY of evidence of widespread racism in every single Avernum game. Obviously, it has subsided a bit over time, but it's in A5, too.

:Third, we know that Prazac made efforts to recognize Nephils and Sliths. But we have absolutely no evidence that they are in fact equal under the law. Given that Jeff has consistently represented the Empire as being bureaucratic, slow to change, and stubborn, and given how many people -- Empire officials most of all! -- continue to express negativity towards demihumans, it seems unlikely that they would have achieved total equality.

:The fact is that many people do see them as equals: and many people don't.
---[[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 10:40, 21 January 2008 (PST)

User talk:Goldenking

2008-01-19T06:29:31Z

Slartucker: /* From Slarty */ Vahnatai lands

Vahnatai lands

2008-01-19T06:23:10Z

Slartucker: Removed gratuitous references to E2 heroes & storyline, and incorrect geographical asides

The [[Vahnatai lands]] are the home of the [[Olgai]] clan of [[Vahnatai]]. Among the highest of the [[lower caves]], they are connected to [[Exile]] by the [[Black Waters]] and the [[Barrier Cave]].

==Size==
==Location==
The Olgai Tribe's lands are located far below and roughly southeast of [[Formello]].

==Population==
==History==
==Geography==
* [[Avit]]
* [[Egli]]
* [[Fort Haledon]]
* The [[Lava Dome]]
* [[Mancuso]]
* [[Olgai]]
* The [[Olgai Tests]] of Mind, Speed, and Strength
* The [[Tomb of Delrin-Bok]]
* The [[Shrine of Crystals]]

==Other Sources==
* [http://es.geocities.com/falcata2/maps/VahnCav.html Maps - Vahnatai Caves]

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[[Category:Caves]]
[[Category:Vahnatai]]
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Talk:Surface

2008-01-18T15:57:01Z

Slartucker: See Canon.

"known" is sometimes used to grandfather in Doston (the fifth continent) from [[Arena canon]] into accepted canon. However, if we decide that Doston does not exist, has never existed and will never exist (which we may have done already; I do not know where), we can get away with mapping the entire surface. -- [[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 05:03, 18 January 2008 (PST)

Arena canon is listed as one of the "alternate continuities generally deprecated for EE purposes" on [[Canon]]. I mean, even the RPs where a lot of our fancruft came from don't include Doston. Maybe the Empire could somehow miss a small island, but an entire continent is pretty doubtful. Unless a nation of rakshasi are involved, and once again we are now departing from the realm of canon... :) --- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 07:57, 18 January 2008 (PST)

Talk:Surface

2008-01-18T15:55:33Z

Slartucker: See Canon.

Cecile Vidican

2008-01-17T04:36:47Z

Slartucker: Edited for clarity, scope

[[Cecile Vidican]] was a captain in the [[Avernum|Avernite]] army, in charge of [[Fort Ganrick]] during the [[Empire-Avernum War]]. In that post she fought [[Nephilim]] after the [[Empire-Avernum_War#The_Barriers|barriers]] were brought up, and enlisted the help of the [[Empire War Heroes]] to purge the [[Fort Draco]] mines of hostile Nephilim.

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Surface

2008-01-17T04:35:00Z

Slartucker: What, the Empire hasn't mapped the world? Unlikely...

The surface of [[Ermarian]] is ruled by the [[Empire]], with the exception of [[Provincial Avernum]]. Only recently, since the discovery of [[Exile]] in 741 IE, has a distinction been made between Ermarian and the surface. There are four [[continents]] on the surface: [[Aizo]], [[Pralgad]], [[Vantanas]], and [[Valorim]].

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[[Category:Geography]]
[[Category:Empire]]

Race

2008-01-17T04:34:17Z

Slartucker: Undo revision 5791 by Goldenking (Talk) -- This is not true at all!

There are many different races in Avernum and on the surface, such as the [[Nephilim]] (commonly known as Nephils), the [[Slithzerikai]] (commonly known as Sliths) and others.

User talk:Goldenking

2008-01-12T06:34:45Z

Slartucker: summary field

==From Slarty==
Hey Goldenking, make sure you fill in the "summary" field when you make an edit. It's very helpful to others. -- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 22:34, 11 January 2008 (PST)

Talk:Hate language

2008-01-12T05:35:55Z

Slartucker: darkling not hate language?

== Vole ==

Exclusively Abyss vs. Non-Abyss, if I remember correctly. Where does the Empire use it for Avernum?

Also, this needs to be a real article.

[[User:Arancaytar|Arancaytar]] | [[User talk:Arancaytar|Send Reply!]] --- That is not dead which can eternal lie... 08:45, 1 October 2006 (PDT)

== Darkling ==

Is this a derogatory term? I'm not sure it would seem derogatory to people who gleefully contract with demons for the purpose of killing other people. And it certainly ''sounds'' less offensive than other hate language in the games, which are all animalizing. (Troglo is the exception, as it's specifically labelled as derogatory.)
-- [[User:Slartucker|Slarty]] 21:35, 11 January 2008 (PST)

Sss-Thsss

2007-12-31T13:41:53Z

Slartucker: Undo revision 5759 by Jerry bush (Talk) -- change conflicted with canon, didn't make sense, and wasn't explained.

Grandson of [[Sss-Thoss]]. Made pact with [[Grah-Hoth]] to help fight the humans in exchange for power in 777 [[IE]]. He was assassinated by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]] in 817 [[IE]].

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Dorikas

2007-12-31T13:39:36Z

Slartucker: made stub with dates

Born in 805 [[IE]], joined the [[Empire]] army and was at [[Ornotha Ziggurat]] in 823 [[IE]], hated the reign of [[Prazac I]] and founded the [[Darkside Loyalists]], eventually assassinating her in 870 [[IE]].

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[[Category:Military]]
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Present Day

2007-12-31T13:37:05Z

Slartucker: Set to 875

{{ooc}}

What is considered Present Day in the context of the Encyclopedia varies, since the timeline of Ermarian is in no way synchronized with real-life history.

The most usually assumed "current date" is the time of the most recent publication of the [[Encylopedia Ermariana]] in [[Redmark College]], [[City of Dawn]]. This is the year 875 [[IE]]. As information cannot be gathered overnight, it is reasonable to assume that the accuracy of some information can only be guaranteed going back several years in time, but in no cases earlier than 871 [[IE]].

Where another time is considered to be the present, this will be indicated either in a footnote or in the header of the article.

[[Category:Time]]
[[Category:Cosmology]]

Timeline of Ermarian

2007-12-31T13:36:06Z

Slartucker: Updated for A5, present day set at 875

{{apocrypha|source=[[Ermarian canon]]}}
This article provides a general timeline of historical events in [[Ermarian]]. This timeline refers mainly to events relevant to [[humans]] and human nations.

For information on the measurement of time in Ermarian, see [[Pralgadian Calendar]], [[Before Pralgad]], and [[Imperial Era]].

==Before Pralgad==
*250 BP — [[Zion I]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Aizoan Empire]]
*~100 BP — [[Aizoan Empire]] collapses
*~25 BP — [[Motrax]] born

==House Sol==
*0 IE — [[Empire]] declared on [[Pralgad]] by [[Sol I]]
*48 IE — [[Sol II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*102 IE — [[Sol III]] becomes [[Emperor]]

==House Ironclad==
*132 — [[Ironclad I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*201 — [[Viceroy I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*204 — [[Viceroy I]] assassinated
*206 — Imperial Council disbanded; [[Empire]] provinces ruled by royal houses
*209 — [[Dorian Kylen]] declares himself Emperor and seizes [[Imperius]]
*211 - 229 — [[The Ascent of Ironclad II|Pralgadian War of Succession]]
*229 — [[Ironclad II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~250 — [[Morog]] becomes a [[liches|lich]]
*259 — [[Ironclad III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*261 - 277 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[giants]]
*281 — [[Ironclad IV]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*309 — [[Ironclad V]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*322 - 342 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[nephilim]]
*357 — [[Ironclad VI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~376 - 386 — [[Empire]] leads [[Extermination of Non-Humans|extermination campaign]] against [[troglodytes]]
*379 — [[Anama]] Church founded
*~390 — [[Imperial Navy]] created
*405 — [[Ironclad VII]] becomes [[Emperor]] and issues decree against the [[Anama]]
*406 — [[Ironclad VII]] rounds up and jails [[Anama]]
*406 - 437 — [[Anama War]]
*~422 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] begins
*437 — [[Vantanas]] discovered by [[Imperial Navy]]
*441 - 535 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Vantanas|Vantanas explored and conquered]]
*450 — [[Ironclad VIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*467 — [[Ironclad IX]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*499 — [[Ironclad X]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*530 — [[Ironclad XI]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*535 — [[Ironclad XII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*587 — [[Ironclad XIII]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~600 — [[Valorim]] discovered by [[Empire]]

==House Strongarm==
*608 - 647 — [[Discovery and Conquest of Valorim|Northern reaches of Valorim conquered and settled]] and [[Ratbane Clan]] destroyed.
*615 — [[Strongarm I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*~617 — [[Darkling]] [[sliths]] banished from the [[slithzerikai homeland]]; [[Bahssikava]] settled
*640 — [[Morrow's Isle]] settled
*658 — [[Strongarm II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*672 — [[Stewart I]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*681 — [[Empire]] capital moved from [[Imperius]] to [[Solaria]]
*722 — [[Stewart II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*727 — First [[Sss-Thsss]] killed by Calindor
*740 — [[Empire]] establishes feudal state on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*~747 — The disastrous [[First Expedition]] to [[Exile]]
*~755 — [[Chimney]] settled by [[Harfloot]]
*762 — [[Skylark School of Magery]] closed, leaving poisons behind

==House Hawthorne==
*763 — [[Hawthorne II]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*767 — [[Exile]] used as prison by [[Empire]]
*776 — The first members of [[the Five]] are [[exiled]]; [[Tower of Magi]] built with first [[Triad]] of [[Erika]], [[Patrick]], and [[Solberg]]
*777 —
**[[Kingdom of Avernum]] founded by [[Micah]]
**[[Sss-Thoss]] makes pact with [[Grah-Hoth]]. [[Bahssikava]] destroyed by a [[cavequake]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] enslaves [[Demon#Types_of_Demons|imps]] and dead Bahssikavans there; [[Lost Bahssikava]] founded; [[Vasskolis]] refounded.
*777 - 817 — [[First Slith War]]
*779 — [[The Five]] lead [[Avernum]] in an attack on [[Akhronath]] and seal [[Grah-Hoth]] in [[Skarragath]]
*780 [[Avernum]] takes the [[Great Cave]] and founds the [[Castle]]
*783 — [[Anama]] Church refounded by [[Ahonar]] on newly settled [[Isle of Bigail]]
*791 — [[Hawthorne III]] becomes [[Emperor]]
*810 — [[Linda]] and [[X]] replace [[Erika]] and [[Patrick]] on the [[Triad]]
*~813 — [[Krizsan Province]] settled
*816 — [[Anastasia]]'s [[nephilim]] steal the [[gold necklace]] from [[Formello]]; [[Solberg]] flees [[Tower of Magi]]

==Interregnum==
*817 —
**[[Linda]] summons [[Adze]].
**Second [[Sss-Thsss]] slain and [[Grah-Hoth]] defeated by [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Lost Bahssikava]]'s failed expedition to the [[slithzerikai homeland]].
**[[Hawthorne III]] assassinated by [[Erika Redmark]] and [[Hawthorne's Assassins]]. [[Prazac I]] becomes [[Empress]]; [[Garzahd]] acts as regent.
*818 — [[Mahdavi]] replaces [[Linda]] on the [[Triad]]
*820 - 821 — Exploratory [[Empire]] forces steal [[Crystal Souls]], destroy [[Lost Bahssikava]], build [[Kothtar]], etc.
*822 - 824 — [[Empire-Avernum War]]
*822 — [[Vahnatai]] [[Resting]] ends; [[Empire]] conquers [[Abyss]]
*823 — Barriers afflict [[Exile]]; [[Cotra]] and [[mass teleporter]] destroyed; [[Crystal Souls]] rescued; [[Garzahd]] assassinated by [[Empire War Heroes]]
*824 — [[Vahnatai]] reinforce [[Avernum]]; [[Empire]] withdraws

==Prazac I==
*825 — [[Athron]]'s brood hatches
*826 - 827 — [[Chimney]] civil war
*827 — [[Galthrax]] begins attacks on [[Vasskolis]]
*831 — [[Upper Avernum]] settled by [[Avernites]]
*832 —
**[[Plagues]] of [[Valorim]] set loose by [[Rentar-Ihrno]]; [[Keep of Tinraya]] destroyed
**First party of [[Surface Explorers]] recruited by [[Unspecified Services]]
*833 —
**[[Tower of Magi disaster]].
**[[Surface Explorers]] destroy [[Plagues]] of [[Rentar-Ihrno]], who kills [[Erika Redmark]]; [[Reconciliation]] between the [[Empire]] and [[Avernum]]
*834 — [[Kelner]] and [[Seletine]] replace [[Mahdavi]] and [[Solberg]] on the [[Triad]]
*835 — Lord [[Volpe]] takes over [[Morrow's Isle]]
*836 —
**[[Yvoss-Tai]] uprising; [[Groul]]'s coup in [[Chimney]] fails.
**[[King Micah]] dies and the [[Council of Avernum]] assumes control.
*837 — [[Temple of the Goddess]] built; [[Gnass]] attacks [[Lost Bahssikava]]; [[Legare]] leads [[sliths]] to [[Bahssikava]] and [[Vasskolis]]; [[Nolagh-Kahv]] and [[Galthrax]] defeated
*838 - 848 — [[Second Slith War]]
*838 - present — [[Hill Runners]] revolt; civil war on [[Morrow's Isle]]
*839 — [[Redmark College]] founded
*842 — [[Skylark Vale]] poisons purged by [[adventurers]].
*843 — [[Encyclopedia Ermariana]] first published
*844 — Lord [[Volpe]] assassinated on [[Morrow's Isle]].
*846 — [[Starrus]] becomes [[King of Avernum]]
*855 — [[Rentar-Ihrno]] enacts [[retribution]] against [[Avernum]] and is defeated by the [[Shade-Killers]]
*870 — [[Darkside Loyalists]] assassinate [[Prazac I]].

==Interregnum==
*875 — [[Present Day]]

[[Category:History]]

City of Dawn

2007-12-27T22:44:08Z

Slartucker: Urermarianified

{{apocrypha|source=[[Urermariana]]}}

The City of Dawn is the capital of [[Provincial Avernum]], the first city established in the land ceded to the [[Avernites]] by the [[Empire]]. It is also the home of [[Redmark College]], whose campus adjoins the city.

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