Timeline of Ermarian

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 — Pralgadian War of Succession
• 229 — Ironclad II becomes Emperor
• ~250 — Morog becomes a lich
• 259 — Ironclad III becomes Emperor
• 261 - 277 — Empire leads extermination campaign against giants
• 281 — Ironclad IV becomes Emperor
• 309 — Ironclad V becomes Emperor
• 322 - 342 — Empire leads extermination campaign against nephilim
• 357 — Ironclad VI becomes Emperor
• ~376 - 386 — Empire leads 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 — 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 — 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-Thsss makes pact with Grah-Hoth. Bahssikava destroyed by a cavequake; Nolagh-Kahv enslaves 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

• 877 — Mushroom Blight appears. Slith Horde invades Avernum.
• 878 — Great Portal malfuntions.
• ??? — Present Day