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Timeline
This is the timeline as presented to the PC's.
5910- (Emer) Vajaar declares sovereignty over Uj. Itanis, Kaitane, and the Rhiani are cut off from each other
5945- A man known only as The “Nameless One” arrives on the isle of Zinvar and predicts impending disaster to the thriving trade center.
5948- The people of Zinvar are overcome by a mysterious plague of madness. The fires burn for days. The isle is placed under strict quarantine.
5980- (Emer) The Kuluku suddenly disappear in to the jungles of Quon.
6000- (Jaiman) Empress Italana VI of Rakhaan declares herself Empress of Jaiman and annexes Meluria and Zor. Halek Ianis ascends the throne of Helyssa. The population of Sel Kai City exceeds 150,000.
6019- (Emer) The Nameless One enters the Palace of the Emperor of Nuyan Khom and warns of disaster. That night the Butterfly Scepter of Khom is stolen.
6020-22- Plague infiltrates Silaar, killing 35% of the population, including most of the Royal Family. The surviving members of the Royal Family disappear in 6021, throwing the realm into chaos.
6023- Skirmishes on the Pochanti-Lankan border. Piracy causes severe disruptions to the Lethys-Sel Kai trade. Plasidar is suspected.
6024- Unsubstantiated reports of a gleaming white dragon seen flying near Eidolon. Total eclipse of Sol by Orhan over central Emer. Minor earthquakes damage Lankani temples.
6026- Rumors of visits by the Nameless One in southern Haestra, Namar Tol, and a small town in southern Lankan Empire. Lankanok and the Lord of Ardania sign a non aggression treaty.
6027- Stroane begins a campaign of aggressive expansion
6031- An outbreak of Bahaar decimates Sel Kai City; more than 15,000 die.
6032- (jaiman)Prince Halek is slain while on a hunting trip; the realm is plunged into anarchy. Prince Halek's son Kier vanishes the same night and a search is begun. A Triumvirate is formed to govern in his absence.
6036- A party of adventurers known as the Velvet Glove begin investigating a prophecy concerning Helyssa. Lord Boshkar of Vorn makes claim to the throne of U-Lyshak. The triumvirate dissolves amongst internal dissension, the Priest of Yarthraak emerges as Regent. Order is established. Lord Boshkar's claims are rejected, his army decimated.
6038- The Priest Yarthraak declares Prince Kier, missing some 6 years, to be dead and claims the throne. Before he can consolidate his claim, The Velvet Glove returns with a man and woman they claim to be the prophesied King and Queen of Helyssa. Amongst increasing pressure from the Nobles, Yarthraak steps aside and Llewellyn and Ardel assume the throne of Helyssa.
6039- The Nameless One warns the Priest King of Pochantos of impending doom. He is ignored. Eight days later an earthquake levels the capital city. The Lankan Empire annexes Pochantos. There is little resistance.
(Jaiman) Italana, Empress of Rakhaan, dies. Her son succeeds her as Emperor Jerrin Arej Malvion Faslurin VII. Before he can be crowned, his younger cousin Frelik steals the crown and flees north into the southern Zorian wastes.
6040- The surviving members of the Royal Family of Nuyan Khom sail into Sel Kai and begin trade talks. A mysterious plague strikes the Warlocks of Itanis and renders them impotent, stripped of their Mentalist powers. The Merchant League of Sel Kai declares the government of Stroane to be bankrupt. Stroane erupts into civil war.
6043- A Herald of Darkness is repelled from the shores near Norek.
6047- A noble gogonaur is rooted out from the ruins of the Temple of Cay. The party which will be come to be known as the Pious Drake begins to form with Latunda, the Elf Laisha, and the Duranaki Arathfiel.
Brandir and Nymalless join them in destroying a slaver's base in Vog Mur. They meet the dragonlord Voriig Kye.