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The History of Thah

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convenience.
366: The Novgorov found the city of Ektar (later Ekaternava)

AUC (Ab Urbe Condita)

as a bulwark against future Eisen invasions.

After the Founding of The City

~375: Founding of the kingdoms of Rurik and Somojez.

1: The city of Numa is founded near the mouth of the Tigres

river in what would later become Vodacce.

424: General Julius Caius conquers Avalon. Numancontrolled territory now covers almost half of the known
world, with millions of people under its rule.

102228: Numa expands her borders, conquering or

absorbing her neighbors. The Old Republic begins in earnest.

425: Caius declares himself Imperator, seizing power from

the Numan Senate. The act marks the beginning of the Age

213: Outnumbered Numan soldiers defeat a superior

of Imperators, transforming the Republic into an Empire.

Crescent army at the Battle of Pulo di Olimpia

502-508: A series of huge barbarian raids destroy the

228: Numa and Acraga (located in what would eventually

Republic colonies in Eisen.

become Castille) sign a mutual trade treaty, intended to

strengthen ties between the two powers. Their relations

573: Contact with Avalon is suddenly lost and the island

slowly sour over time.

nation seemingly vanishes amid a hail of storms and fog

banks. The Numan Imperator declares the nation cursed and

236255: Numa launches a series of campaigns against the

refuses to endorse another invasion

Eisen barbarian tribes. They are ultimately turned back.

~250: Several primitive Vestenmannavjnar tribes fight a war

581: The Age of Imperators ends with the rule of Clementes

the Mad. A popular uprising restores the Senate to power.

for dominance on the eastern Vesten isles. The losers a

tribe known as the Novgod are exiled to the northern coast
of Ussura.

623: The storms around Avalon cease. The inhabitants have

not aged a day and are unaware that anything has happened.

255: The Republic constructs a huge wall on the southern

698: General Gaius Philippus Macer declares himself

bank of the great River to keep the Eisen hordes at bay.

Imperator and seizes power from a corrupt Numan Senate

268: Precious metals are discovered in the Acragan mountain

ranges. Numa launches an attack to seize the resources,

following an extensive campaign in Eisen.

724: The Bargain. In an effort to regain power, a small group

beginning the Acragan Wars.

of senators makes contact with an unknown supernatural

entity. They bargain for magical powers, forming the

344: Acraga suffers its final defeat and becomes a Numan

foundation of Thahs modern sorcerous bloodlines. With

colony for the next seven hundred years.

their newfound abilities, the Senators force Gaius to give up

365: The Novgod tribe, with the support of primitive

his authority, and rule with absolute power for another fifty

Ussurans, fight a massive battle against invading Eisen

years.

barbarians on the fields west of modern Donskoy. The

724: Matushka awakens from her slumber. According to
Ussuran Orthodoxy, she has a conversation with the First

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Prophet (The True Prophet) some fifty years before his

~100: The kingdoms of Rurik and Somojez embrace the

arrival in Numa.

teachings of the Prophet. Pagan dissenters, led by Vladimir

Aryov, emigrate to the lands around the Azov forest, where

734: Senator Edwardus Ajax Gallen flees Numa in an effort

they found the kingdom of Veche.

to escape his sorcerous peers. He and his followers found the

kingdom of Gallenia near the distant land of Cathay.

105: The Eastern Imperator recognizes the legitimacy of the

Prophets faith. The Western Imperator soon follows suit.

735: The Firewall rises on the eastern Gallenia border,

apparently the result of Cathayan sorcery. The towering

130: Most noble families in Numa now practice some form

barrier traps numerous savage Cathayan tribes known

of sorcery and magic has become genetic, passing from

collectively as the Tumens on the western side.

parent to child with each successive generation.

736740: The Tumens commence a brutal invasion of

203: Eastern Imperator Danatius announces his conversion to

primitive Molhyna, conquering it and driving the native

the Prophets faith. Sorcerous nobles are forced to flee or face

Zakut tribes into the far north.

the wrath of an entire religion.

~740765: With Molhyna as a base, the Tumens launch a

297: The Fall of the Numan Empire: Eisen hordes sack

series of attacks against the newfound Gallenia. Bolstered

Numa and burn it to the ground. The kingdom of Rurik takes

by Numan tactics, the Gallenians defeat the Tumens at every

up some of the slack in the east, absorbing Somojez and parts

turn.

of upper Vodacce, and forming a bulwark of civilization

between the Eisen hordes to the waest and the Tumen raiders

774: The arrival of the First Prophet in Numa. Marked as AV

to the east.

1 in the Than calendar.

299: Josmaria de Castillo is crowned the first King of a

AV (Anno Veritas)

united Castille.

The Year of Truth

305: The Second Prophet appears from the Crescent Empire,
preaching a message of piety and departure.

1: The First Prophet appears on the floor of the Senate,

advocating an end to sorcery and the worship of a single
deity called Theus. The Senate arrests and executes him, but
word of his teachings spreads, forming the beginnings of the

306: The Second Prophet gathers large flock and leads them
on a pilgrimage to the Crescent Empire. They are slaughtered
by marauding tribesmen, and the Imperator orders a crusade

Vaticine Church.

against the infidel murderers.

32: The Empire of the Crescent Moon ejects Numa from its
306: A coup within the Crescent Empire claims the life of the

territory.

ruling Caliph.
98: Legio II stops a barbarian invasion from Ussura just short
306: Warlord Jaala Khan of the Kosar tribe unites the Tumen

of Numan territory.

raiders beneath his rule and launches a war of conquest. He

98: The Numan Empire is divided in two: the Eastern Empire

quickly take Molhyna and upper Gallenia, and prepares to

(governed in Numa) and the Western Empire (governed by

move against the passes in the Bolshoi mountains.

what will become San Cristobal.) Twin Imperators head each

306: Jaala Khans advance is halted at the Battle of

Empire, although the senate still has nominal power over

Demetrians past. The Tumens as a people gradually become

both. The date is generally considered the beginning of the

known as the Kosar, a name which has remained to the

end of the Old Empire.

present day.

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312: Imperator Corantine comes to power, conquering most

a viable political entity.

of western Thah. He declares the Faith of the Prophets to be

his Empires official religion.

520: Koshchei Pietrov becomes ruler of Molhyna.

313: King Alonzo Al-Mahmud de Josmaria is named ruler

522: Matushka confronts the incestuous Saska Tomiech

of both Castille and the Crescent Empire, marking seven

ruler of Veche in an epic battle of dark sorcery. The Little

centuries of cooperation between the two nations. Imperator

Grandmother defeats Saska, imprisoning her and her infant

Corantine severely limits his power, however, and the

son in a coffin of ice beneath the Tomiech palace.

Crusades bitterly divide his subjects.

523: An Eisen warlord named Johann von der Velde launches
325: The Corantine Convention presents the Vaticine Credo

an invasion of Ussura. His army is buried by an ice storm

to Corantine, which effectively unifies the bickering cults

that strikes in the middle of summer.

of the First and Second Prophets into a single entity: the

525: By command of Matushka, the five kingdoms of

Reformed Vaticine Church.

Gallenia, Molhyna, Rurik, Somjez, and Veche unite as a

325: Rurik Knias Oscor Pavtlavich Nikolai Novgorov travels

single political entity: Ussura. Matushka chooses a ruling

1800 miles to the Corantine Convention, only to spit at the

Gaius Baveroc Fyodovich from the peasant class, and

Imperators feet and renounce the teachings o the Second

a council of ruling kings the Knias Douma to advise

Prophet. He is executed, but his scribe escapes with the

him. This system of government has existed essentially

coded transcript of the proceedings. The incident marks the

unchanged for over a thousand years.

beginning of the Ussuran Orthodox Church.

600: The rise of Imperator Carleman. Carleman conquers
326: Grand Duke Vsevolod of the city of Sousdal declares

most of Western Thah, forming the foundation of several

his city safe haven against the newly founded Vaticine

modern nations.

Church. The Church sends an armed force to take the city,

but Vsevolod defeats them in a vicious battle which lasts for

609: Carleman is declared High Imperator of Thah by the

Vaticine Church, legitimizing his rule.

two days.

654: Carleman dies, leaving his Empire to three sons:

~327: Formal founding of the Ussuran Orthodox Church,

Charles, Stefan and Iago.

with Sousdal as its capital.

659: Charles dies, leaving his kingdom in the hands of his

347: The Vaticine Church founds the holy order of the

wife, Isabeau. She marries her cousin, Lon Montanus, and

Knights of the Cross (die Kreuzritter).

renames her newly-claimed nation Montaigne.

376: Corantine dies. His three sons divide the Empire
686: Dracheneisen is first discovered in the Eisen mountains.

between them; their lesser kingdoms quickly fall apart.

691: Stefan officially founds the nation of Eisen.

~400: First appearance of the White Plague.

782: Eisen Imperator Gottschalk I conquers much of

446: Following a period of slow decline, the Komnenian

Vodacce, including Numa.

family seizes control of Rurik.

818: The fierce barbarian tribes of the northern oceans

452: The Molhyni tribe ferments a revolt against the ruling

Kosars. They usurp power following a fierce battle at the city

unite under Gunnef the Ravenhaired. She gives them the

title Vestenmannavnjar, and launches an attack against

of Goroduk, and establish the nation of Molhyna.

the Avalon Isles. Their coastal raids will plague Thah for
492: Ruriks peasantry revolts against its ruler and Somojez
declares independence, effectively destroying the kingdom as

centuries.

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818: Construction of Thngvallavatn in Vestenmannavnjar.

1014: Roman Sandoval is crowned High King of Castille, the

first in a long dynasty of Sandoval rulers.

~900: Death of Gunnef the Ravenhaired. She is replaced as

Vestens High King by Ash Dagfinnrson.

1014: Mad Jack OBannon returns to Inismore and drives

the Vestenmannajvnar invaders away from its shores.

~900-1300: The White Plague runs rampant throughout

Thah. It spreads for centuries and ultimately claims one-

1019: Vodacce forces are decisively defeated by a defending

third of the population; Castille is spared the worst effects,

Castillian army, ending the Hieros Wars. The capital of the

due to its connections with the Vaticine Church.

Vaticine Church moves from Numa to the newly-founded

Vaticine City.

918: The inbred von Drachen family is destroyed by a

popular uprising. Their sorcerous line is wiped out and their

1021: Jack OBannon abdicates the Inish throne and wanders

kingdom ultimately absorbed into Eisen.

away. Infighting erupts over his successor.

~1000: Highlander Leila MacDonald travels to the Vesten

1028: Henri du Montaigne invades Avalon, Inismore, and

Isles. Legends hold that the transcribed the Vestens

the Highland Marches. He defeats the army of King Herygh

Grumfather Cycle into Than a text which might explain

at the Battle of Three Roads, and annexes the three nations.

countless aspects of the nations past. No copy of her

The Sidhe flee Avalon, taking the powerful Graal with the.

trnaslation is ever fond, however.

Glamour ceases to function and Montaigne begins a lengthy

occupation of the country.

1000: The Third Prophet arrives in Castille. Preaching words

of bloodshed and zeal, he deposes Castilles sorcerous kings

1030: The Third Prophet dies.

and receives the blessings of the Vaticine Church.

1034: The Eisen launch an invasion of Ussura. A series of
1002: A Vaticine bishop is murdered by a mob of Crescents

freakish earthquakes and blizzards forces the army to retreat

in the Castillian city of Malaca. The Third Prophet declares

before it is destroyed

a new crusade against the Crescent Empire. Civil war erupts

in Castille, as the Prophets forces battle with pro-Crescent

1088: The five Vodacce cardinals place the libraries of Alexia

loyalists.

books and scrolls stolen from the Crescent Empire in

Numa as a gift to the Hierophant. The move consolidates

1009: The pro-Crescent High King Garcia is defeated in El

Vodacces power base within the Church.

Fin del Ciclo. His death marks the end of sorcerous power in
1118: Hughes Allais du Crieux establishes the Poor Knights

Castille.

of the Prophet to protect lands captured from the Crescents

1011: Vodacces Mad Queen Marrietta Lorenzo attempts to

during the Crusades.

end the Crusades by using Sorte to wipe the Crescents from

existence. The result destroys her family, her servants, and

1153: Queen Eleanor of Montagine has her husband declared

the island fortress from which they rule.

dead while he is fighting the Crusades and marries the King

of Avalon.

1011: The Crusades sputter to a halt, with Vodacce in

1157: Robin Goodfellow is born.

disarray and the Vaticine forces too exhausted to continue

the attack. Fighting will continue for another three centuries

1175: Eleanors brother-in-law Charles arrests and executes

however, waxing and waning according to the current

her on charges of treason.

Hierophants zeal.
1012-1019: The Hieros Wars. The Third Prophet moves the
seat of the Vaticine Church from Vodacce to Castille, starting

1175: The last public member of the Serrano family falls into
financial ruin, effectively ending the sinister Lorenzo line of
Vodacce.

a new war between those two countries.

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1177: Robin Goodfellow returns from the Crusades and

Eisen Imperator issues an edict forbidding further invasions

launches a guerilla war against King Charles.

of Ussura.

1199: Goodfellow is killed during a skirmish with King

1355: The notorious pirate Justice Rogers disappears while

Charles men, but legends of his deeds grow. Avalons

being pursued by Montaigne warships.

continue to report sightings of Robin Goodfellow for another

1386: The Castillian capital of San Cristobal is struck by an

twenty years.

outbreak of the White Plague. It kills the entire royal family,

1207: Eisen launches a third invasion of Ussura. As before,

launching a flurry of political infighting for the throne.

disasterous weather inflicts heavy casualties and forces the

1394: Cristoforo Scarovese publishes Means to Ends , which

army to retreat.

becomes a pillar of Vodacce political thought.

1215: King Charles of Avalon is defeated by a Montaigne
1398: The Vestini family of Vodacce receives permission to

army, losing Eleanors claims to Montaigne lands.

destroy the infernal Bianco family. The Biancos use strange

1215: The rise of Robert the Dark in the Highland Marches.

powers to defend themselves, however, and manage to stave

off all direct attacks on their territory.

1216: Charles nephew, the true King of Avalon, returns from

the Crusades and deposes his uncle.

1400: After nearly two years of fending off Vestini assaults,

the Bianco family is finally wiped out with the aid of a young

1218: Robert the Dark defeats the Avalons at the Battle of

Vodacce knight named Andare del Casigula Rosa.

Dun Vahl.
1402: Cristobal Gallegos leaves San Cristobal in an effort to
1219: Robert is declared High King of the Highland

sail around the world. He is never seen again.

Marches.
1411: The holy order of die Kreuzritter is wiped out at the
1267: Eisen Imperator Stefan III orders the construction of a

Battle of Tannen in Eisen.

military base on the Rotstrom River. The base, known as the

Stein, serves as the heart of Eisens defense for three hundred

1413: David III assumes the throne of Avalon.

years.
1418: David invades Montaigne, defeating a superior army
~1300: The Vodacce renaissance begins, forming the

and laying claim to several western provinces.

foundation of a great mercantile empire. Vodacce traders

dominate Thahs economy until the rise of the Vendel

1422: David dies, leaving his ten-year-old son, David IV, on

League in the sixteenth century.

the throne. The younger David soon falls victim to political

infighting.

1308: The Poor Knights of the Prophet are condemned as

heretics. The Knights are executed and the Church declares

1425: Avalon relinquishes its claim to Montaigne territory.

the Crescent borders closed to all faithful, effectively ending

1501: A small Vesten villages starves to death because

the Second Crusades.

their jarl (warlord) took their grain to feed his warriors.

1347: Another rash of the White Plague breaks out across

In response to the incident, a Vesten trader named Inger

Thah. It lasts only a few months, but still has an effect.

Holmstrom calls a great gathering of the Vesten underclass.

Avalon is particularly hard-hit.

They agree to travel forth from Vesten and learn about

trading in an effort to better their lot.

1348: Eisen launches an invasion against Ussura. The army,

lead by General Ernst Heilgrund, advances to the Ekaterina

1513: Through the machinations of the Villanova clan, Aldo

river before a massive flood destroys the entire force. The

Caligara is forced to renounce his familys heritage and

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change his name to Caligari. The two families become bitter

1570: The Firework Dam incident. A huge Montaigne

rivals.

dam, constructed to provide the King with a fishing lake, is

destroyed in a massive explosion. A group calling itself the

1516: Inger Holmstrom forms a de facto council consisting

Rilasciare (Free Thinkers) takes credit for the incident.

of the Vestenmannavjnar farming class (carl) and serfs

(thrall) . The act effectively seizes political power from the

1571: Cardinal Orduez builds walls around his island prison

Vesten warrior kings (most of whom are away on raids).

to keep civilization out.

1517: Matthias Lieber, an Eisen monk nails a series of

1587: Weiss III becomes Imperator of Eisen. He forbids the

questions to his superiors door in Heilgrund. The act marks

persecution of Objectionists in his realm, easing tensions

the beginning of the Objectionist movement. Lieber is

between Objectionism and the Vaticine faith.

arrested for heresy, but is rescued from Castille just before

his execution and returned to Eisen.

1598: Cameron McCormick founds the Explorers Society.

1527: Henri IV, The Bloody Boar of Avalon attempts to

~1600: By now, Vendel has established a guild of merchants

assassinate his rival to the throne, Richard Lovaine. The plot

which effectively forms their national government. Vendel

is exposed and civil war ensues.

trade continues to flourish throughout northern Thah,

challenging Vodacces traditional economic power.

1528: Vestenmannavjnar officially changes its name to

1600: A revolt on la Palabra de Dios now known as la

Vendel, over the protests of many of its militant tribes.

Bucca kills ninety percent of the inmates and a third of

1531: Henri IV is defeated at the Battle of Bedgrane by

the guards.

Richard, who assumes the throne as Richard II.

1608: An anonymous Vendel scholar invents the microscope.
1531: Richard II launches an invasion of Inismore.
1610: Church scholars led by Caspar Gallus complete
1535: An anonymous Avalon monk publishes an illegal book

the first map of the human body.

of traditional stories entitled The Graal.

1610: Birth of Lon XIV of Montaigne.
1541: Avalon crushes the last elements of Inish resistance,
annexing the entire island.

1614: Richard IV ascends the throne of Avalon.

1546: Birth of Vincenzo Caligari.

1615: Founding of the Knights of the Rose and Cross.

1547: High King Eindridi Utterstrom dies to be replaced

1617: The Hierophant gives the Rose and Cross the official

by the intolerant Ulf Hvsgaard. Hvsgaard challenges the

blessing of the Church.

Vendel council, questioning their actions at every turn

1620: Avalon scientist Jeremy Cook founds the Royal
1552: Cardinal Alfonso Orduez proposes building a massive

Fraternity for Scientific Minds in the Avalon capital of

prison on the island of la Palabra de Dios.

Luthon.

1563: Cardinal Orduezs prison is completed and begins

1622: Richard IV asks the Hierophant for permission to

accepting inmates.

divorce his wife. The Hierophant refuses and Richard passes

the Act of Supremacy in retaliation. The act creates the new

~1565: High King Hvsgaard disappears after an argument

Church of Avalon, with the Avalon king at its head.

with the Vendel merchant Leagues. He is the last Vesten King

1622: Death of King Lon XIII of Montaigne. His wife and

to publicly proclaim his crown.

her lover, the Cardinal Maurice dArgeneau, govern the

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nation for six years until Lon XIV comes of age. The young

1647: King Lon marries his third wife Morella du

king is cruelly mistreated under their ministrations.

Montaigne.

1628: Leon XIV turns eighteen. He immediately banishes his

1648: The Crescent corsair Kheired-Din makes his first raid

mother to country exile and dramatically reduces Cardinal

on western shores, attacking a coastal town and taking many

dArgeneaus influence in court.

citizens as slaves.

1631: King Leon marries his first wife, Estelle.

1648 (Fall): Birth of Dominique du Montaigne.

1632: Birth of Faulk Fischler.

1649: Eisen fisherman Faulk Fischler discovers a

dracheneisen mine near the Sudlache. Reifenstahl gives him

1636: Imperator Weiss III dies, to be succeeded by

a new barony, formed from parts of other baronies. The act

Imperator Reifenstahl. A strict Vaticine, Reifenstahl resumes

further destabilizes Eisen.

persecution of the Objectionists

1649: Birth of Ilya Nikolovich, son of Gaius Nikolai
1636-1666: The War of the Cross. Reifenstahls oppressive

Nikolovich. At the childs birth, the Gaius tricks Matushka

policies ferment an open revolt in southern Eisen. The

into promising that Ilya will become the next Gaius not a

conflict would quickly spread across the entire nation.

member of the peasantry as has been the case for centuries.

1636Present: Vendel uses the Eisen conflict to vastly expand

1650: The Inish revolt against Avalons Iron Queen

its economic power. The Vodacce princes finally realizes the

Margaret, in an attempt to establish an independent nation.

threat to their power, and launches a quiet economic war.

1651: Mad Jack OBannon returns to Inismore, leading his
1637: Vendel Objectionists, led by General Stefano Wulf,

people to war against the Avalons.

overrun the Vaticine forces at the Stein. The loss ends the
Vaticines absolute hold over northern Eisen.

1652: Birth of Good King Sandoval.

1638: Gentleman Pirate Philip Gosse retires to a hidden

1654: Iron Queen Margaret of Avalon dies, leaving no

island paradise.

heir. Civil war ensues. The Highland Marches declares

independence from Avalon.

1639: General Wulf retreats from the Stein, leaving the oncemighty fortress in ruins.

1656: Margarets half-sister Elaine appears with the Graal.

Glamour returns to Avalon.

1639: Birth of Fauner Psen.

1656: Jack OBannon calls for a cease-fire in the war against
1639: Queen Estelle of Montaigne dies, having borne Lon

Avalon.

five daughters and no sons.

1656: Thahs first newspaper, the Steinhalt Gazette, is
1640: King Lon marries his second wife, princess Rosa

founded. With the coming of Niklaus Trgue in 1664, it

Velasquez de Sandoval of Castille

changes its name to the Freiburg Gazette.

1643: Birth of Katerina Fischler

1656: Ilya Nikolovich sees a portrait of Katerina Fischler and

is instantly smitten. Katerina travels to Ussura and agrees to

Nonus, 1644: The Swordsmans Guild is founded.

marry the young boy when he comes of age. In exchange,

1645: Queen Rosa Velasquez of Castille dies, having borne

Lon three daughters and no sons. Relations between
Montaigne and Castille sour considerably.

her brother receives a lucrative food-for-arms deals with the

Ussurans.

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1657: The Royal Fraternity for Scientific Minds admits its

1664: King Lon of Montaigne openly declares that he is a

first female member, Ravenild Hibbot. The organization

sorcerer, and that all sorcerers will have a safe haven within

changes its name to the Royal Association for Scientific

his borders.

Minds.
1664: Crown Prince Javier of Castille disappears from his
1658: Elaine succeeds in reuniting Avalon under her rule.

rooms without a trace.

Inismore and the Highland Marches swear allegiance to her,

creating a Triple Kingdom of linked-yet-autonomous nations.

1664: Gaius Ilya of Ussura escapes his captors into the frozen
wilderness around the city of Sladivgorod. He receives a

1658: First reported appearance of the Crimson Rogers.

visit from the legendary Firebird, who shields him from the
elements and allows him to survive.

1658: Gaius Nikolai of Ussura dies under mysterious

circumstances. His son Ilya becomes the new Gaius

1664: High King Salvador Aldana de Sandoval of Catille

the first time in history that that the title has passed along

dies.

hereditary lines. The boyars take the boy and torture him
mercilessly for the next seven years, in an effort to break his

1665: After months of debate, the Church crowns the

will.

thirteen-year-old Salvador Bejarano de Sandoval King of

Castille. His Church advisors deny him the due title Rex

1659: Nicklaus Trgue discovers a dracheneisen mine in the

Castillium, severely hampering his power.

mountains of Eisen. He asks for the ruins of the Stein as his

1665: First appearance of El Vago. He rescues as peasant girl

barony.

named Lucinda Garcia from being burned at the stake.

1659: The king of Castille raises a mighty armada to destroy
Queen Elaine. Privateer ships under the command of

1665: El Vago joins Don Andrs Aldana in defending Good

Jeremiah Berek sink the armada off the Coast of Avalon.

King Sandoval from an assassination attempt.

1661: Avalon scholar Jeremy Cook publishes The Rational

1665: Gaius Ilya comes of age and takes formal control of

Chemist, denouncing alchemy and advocating Empiricism.

Ussura. He has the men who tortured him put to death and

The book causes a huge controversy, and the Vaticine

his chief persecutor fed to his own hounds.

Inquisition demands his death as a heretic.

1665: The Crimson Rogers sink the Highland Piper, an
1661: Franze Delefoe publishes a new map of the human

Avalon mercenary ship, near the Midnight Archipelago. The

body and denounces the humor theory of medicine. He is

Pipers captain, Bonnie McGee, escapes the destruction and

burned at the stake by the Inquisition, though they do not

returns to port in a lifeboat. She is the only known survivor

take credit for it until 1668.

of an attack by the Rogers.

1662: Jeremy Cook invents the air pump, but is executed

1665-1666: Another outbreak of the White Plague appears

by the Inquisition before he can reveal it to the public. A

in Avalon, Castille, and parts of Montaigne. Before Church

group of scholars calling themselves The Invisible College

scholars can diagnose the cause, it vanishes as quickly as it

manage to save his notes and recreate his lost invention.

came.

1664: The Vendel introduce the guilder as a way of

1666: Castille and Montaigne invade a war-torn Eisen.

dominating Than currency. The act escalates the unspoken

Reifenstahl is forced to cede vast tracts of territory to them

trade war between Vendel and its longtime rival, Vodacce.

at the Treaty of Weissburg, effectively ending the War of the

Cross.

1664: Nicklaus Trgue completes repairs on the Stein. He

renames his barony Freiburg (Free City) in hopes of

1666: Castillian cardinal Esteban Verdugo raises an army

attracting new trade.

to arrest the heretical King Lon, but they are defeated at

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the battle known as Montegues Stand. Lon proclaims

1667 (Late Fall): Castilles General Montoya stops the

himself Empereur, raises corporal Montegue to the rank

Montaigne advance at La Muralla al Ultimo.

of High General and marries him to his youngest daughter

1668 (Secundus): Alvara Arciniega invents the reflecting

Dominique.

telescope from exile.

1666: The Vaticine Hierophant dies under mysterious
circumstances while on a trip to Montaigne. Montaignes

Secundus 2, 1668: The city of Fornuft is founded on the

Cardinal dArgeneau disappears soon thereafter. The

Vesten Island of Viddenheim.

Inquisition, under control of Cardinal Verdugo, now has

Secundus 29, 1668: an earthquake off the coast of Vodacce

unchecked power to enforce its edicts. Scholarly learning

uncovers an abandoned keep, built into the shoreline cliff of

within the Church which had been under quiet siege for

Falisci territory.

years grinds to a halt.

1666: Castillian scholar Alvara Arciniega discovers the light
spectrum with a series of homemade prisms. The Inquisition

Tertius 3, 1668: After months of heated fighting, the

Castillian army is forced to retreat from San Augustin. The
Montaigne seize control of the city, using its naval facilities

attempts to hang him, but he is a skilled swordsman,

as a marshalling ground for the navy. Without San Augustin

defeating his would-be assassins and escaping to the

as an anchor, General Montoya is forced to abandon plans

countryside.

for a counterattack. The Castillian army on the peninsula

prepares for a Montaigne assault.

1666: Prisoners on La Bucca stage a massive revolt,

overthrowing their guards and taking control of the island.
Their leader, Captain Allende, establishes the Brotherhood of

Tertius 1030, 1668: El Vago strikes at numerous locations

along the Montaigne front: disrupting supply lines,

the Coast, a new nation conceived on democratic ideals.

sabotaging cannon emplacements, and attacking squads of

soldiers.

1667: Imperator Reifenstahl hangs himself, leaving his

nation divided among seven Eisenfrsten (Iron Princes).

Tertius 16, 1668: A Vendel League vessel scuttles a merchant

1667: A Castillian bureaucrat named Diego Torres de Zepeda

ship belonging to Prince Giovanni Villanova.

del Castillo debunks medicinal quack Jasper Wellfellow in a

Tertius 23, 1668: Vincenzo Caligari dines with Cardinal

sharply-worded letter to a series of periodicals.

Beppo Mueso, asking for permission to trade with the

Crescent Empire.

1667: Gjving Asbjornsson stumbles into a mystic

cave, which marks him as the new High King of

Quartus 1, 1668: Montaignes General Du Toille launches an

Vestenmannavnjar. He refuses to acknowledge his position

attack on La Muralla al Ultimo. A stirring defense by General

and tells no one what has happened.

Montoya, plus the Vagabonds guerrilla activities, spell

1667: Jyrgal Timurbek establishes a quasi-independent nation

defeat for the Montaigne.

Kosara in the heart of Ussura.

Quartus 14, 1668: Castilles Admiral Orduo launches an
1667 (Spring): General Montegue launches an invasion of

assault against the Montaigne fleet. His superior tactics allow

Castille.

him to shatter their blockade of the western peninsula. The

Montaigne fleet is scattered across La Boca, and supplies can

1667 (Late Summer): Montegue is recalled from Castille

once more be shipped to General Montoyas army.

and ordered to begin an invasion of Ussura. He seizes the

port city of Odyesse and marches slowly towards Pavtlow

Quartus 21, 1668: Admiral Alazais Valoix takes command of

moving forward despite Matushkas supernatural efforts to

the Montaigne Navy. He promises a swift resolution to the

stop him.

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Quartus 26, 1668: After receiving a letter from his wife (see

of San Felipe by agents belonging to Vincenzo Caligari.

The Ladys Favor in the 7th Sea GMs Screen), General

Montegue orders a retreat from Ussura. His forces march

Sextus 15, 1668: The Single Shot. Admiral Orduo refuses to

straight towards Odyesse, where ship wait to take his army

board a vessel belonging to the General, an Eisen mercenary

home.

working for Montaigne. He is arrested by the Inquisition and

charged with heresy.

Quartus 2930, 1668: Dominique du Montaigne goes into

labor. She and her Fate Witch Anna conduct the secret ritual

Sextus 21, 1668: Without Orduo to oppose him, Admiral

required to transfer the babys sorcerous power into her. The

Valoix launches a devastating series of attacks against the

ritual succeeds, but the baby is stillborn and Dominique is

Gallegos peninsula. He inflicts heavy damage upon the

left barren.

Castillian infrastructure in Avila, San Felipe, San Gustavo

and elsewhere.

Quartus 30, 1668: Captain Jeremiah Berek of Avalon is lost

Sextus 23, 1668: Castillian troops turn back an attempted

at sea.

crossing of El Rio de Delia by the Montaigne army.

Quintus 210, 1668: LEmpereur commissions the raising of
new taxes and instigates a series of laws designed to punish

Sextus 24, 1668: The Battle of Ekaternava. Montegue

the Vaticine Church. Oppression in Montaigne reaches an

arrives at the Ussuran city of Ekaternava, just as partisans

all-time high.

are engaging the Montaigne forces there. Montegues quick

action allows the Montaigne army to escape the island and

Quintus 8, 1668: Beatrice Caligari arrives in Charouse to

continue their retreat.

comfort her sister, the Imperatrice Morella.

Late Sextus (2130), 1668: The Siege of Freiburg. A vein
Quintus 10, 1668: Beatrice Caligari is slain while conspiring

of drachenesien possibly the largest ever recorded is

with her sister. Morella is placed under heavy guard and

found beneath the city of Freiburg. Two armies, one from

forbidden to leave the Chteau du Soleil.

Fauner Psen and one from Stefan Heilgrund, soon lay siege
to the city in an effort to claim the mine for themselves. The

Quintus 15, 1668: The Battle of Derevyanniy. By feinting

citys defenders eventually fight off the armies, and Niklaus

towards the city of St. Tremult, Montegue draws away the

Trgue takes control of the mine. (See the Freiburg boxed set

Ussuran army waiting for him in the Derevyanniy forest.

for more information.)

The Montaigne army slips safely through the lines, and

casualties on both sides are limited. However, subsequent

Julius 6, 1668: Admiral Orduo is tried by the Inquisition

Ussuran partisan attacks slow the Montaigne progress toward

and found guilty of heresy. He is moved to the fortress of El

Odyesse.

Morro, there to await execution. Julius 7, 1668: Montegues

army reaches the city of Odyesse. Saboteurs in the pay of

Quintus 23, 1668: The Battle of San Felipe. Admiral Valoix

lEmpereur have burned his ships to the ground. Exhausted

attempts to launch a counterattack against the Castillian

and bereft of supplies, the army has no choice but to head

Armada, targeting various ports along the Gallegos

west into Eisen.

peninsula. Enrique Orduo anticipates the move and engages

the Montaigne fleet off of the coast of San Felipe.

Julius 20, 1668: Eisenfrst Reinhard von Wische reawakens

from his lengthy coma. He immediately reassumes rulership

Sextus 2, 1668: Fearful of possible Vendel encroachments

of his kingdom with Gisela Inselhoffer, whom he believes to

into the Crescent Empire, Prince Gespucci Bernoulli orders

be his dead wife.

his ships to attack and sink any Vendel merchant vessel they
might encounter.

Corantine 1, 1668: Thahs mystics all simultaneously

awaken with a terrible vision of the Island of the Sunken

Sextus 5, 1668: Captain Allende is captured in the port town

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Corantine 15, 1668: The Battle of Salzsumpf. Montegues

Alberto Lucani is struck down, leaving no clear heir to his

army is met in eastern Eisen by an army lead by Fauner

title.

Psen Despite a valiant defense, Montegues forces are

defeated. Karl Steiner flees in terror and Psen takes

Septimus 20, 1668: In a lightning-quick move, forces

Montegue hostage; The general is left a comfortable prisoner

belonging to Vodacce Prince Alcide Mondavi invade territory

in a fortress/estate on the Psen frontier.

belonging to the Lucanis, Villanovas, and Caligaris. Mondavi

is aided by Eisen mercenaries under the command of Erich

Corantine 22, 1668: On the day of Orduos execution,

Sieger.

the General arranges a daring rescue of the condemned

Castillian. He and his crew use Port magic to breach El

Septimus 22, 1668: Rilasciare member Arnaud du Charouse

Morros defenses, then avoid Castillian reprisals by pulling

makes an effort to present the Commoners Cause to

their ship into a gigantic Port hole, the largest ever created.

lEmpereur. The document pleads for an end to many

oppressive taxes, an easing of sanctions against the church,

Corantine 25, 1668: Admiral Valoix strikes for the heart

and the formation of a national assembly to advise His

of Castille: San Cristobal itself. By destroying it, he hopes

Majesty on matters of the state. Leon refuses to allow

to paralyze the Castillian armies and allow Montaigne to

Arnaud past the gates.

complete its conquest of Castille.

Septimus 24, 1668: Pvt. Jerome arrives in Charouse, to be
Corantine 30, 1668: A band of escaped prisoners steals a

held before his execution. The spectacle of a loyal soldier

Syrneth water vessel from the heart of Vincenzo Caligaris

being led in chains to his doom sparks a riot, which quickly

island. The act triggers a cataclysmic reaction and the island

spreads to all corners of the city. With the army occupied

sinks beneath the sea.

in Castille, lEmpereur lacks the forces to quell such

widespread unrest.

Septimus 1, 1668: Triggered by the combined efforts of a

renegade Explorer and the Corsair Kheired-Din, an ancient

Septimus 25Octavus 15, 1668: The Charouse rioting soon

Syrneth island Cabora rises from the depths of the

escalates into a full-blown revolution. Nobles are attacked,

Mirror.

government offices looted, and royalist sympathizers jailed.

Many nobles flee the country. Others are caught and either

Septimus 4, 1668: LEmpereur refuses to pay the ransom for

imprisoned or flat-out executed.

the release of General Montegue, who remains the unwilling

guest of Fauner Psen.

Septimus 25, 1668: LEmpereur announces the dissolution of

the Musketeers.

Septimus 5, 1668: Admiral Valoix is thwarted in his bid

to capture San Cristobal by the timely efforts of Admiral

Septimus 25, 1668: Dominique du Montaigne disappears

Orduos wife, Margaretta.

from her rooms.

Septimus 8, 1668: Valoix kills the Port messenger sent

Septimus 27, 1668: LEmpereur flees Charouse, and boards a

to bring him back to lEmpereur. He is now considered a

ship bound for safe harbor. The ship vanishes at sea.

renegade.
Septimus 27, 1668: Miriam du Montaigne is caught and
Septimus 13, 1668: Private Jerome of Montaigne returns

executed by rioting mobs.

home from the Castillian front. After finding bruises on his

lovers wrists, he kills the womans husband in a fit of rage

Octavus 3-4, 1668: Evelyn du Montaigne is arrested and

and is arrested for murder.

executed after trying to board a ship for Avalon.

Septimus 19, 1668: Assassins strike at five of the remaining

Octavus 4, 1668: Rosamonde du Montaigne is arrested after

six Vodacce Princes. Four of them are thwarted, but Prince

trying to save her twin sister.

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Ocatvus 5, 1668: Rosamonde du Montaigne is rescued by

Nonus 18, 1668: The Council of Eight successfully

her sister Ysabette as she is lead to the executioners block.

negotiates the return of the Ussuran army from Eisen. They

The two retreat to the open seas, becoming Montaignes most

cannot meet Fauner Psens ransom demands for Montegue,

wanted criminals.
however, and maintain lEmpereurs lie that he was killed
Octavus 10-11, 1668: Nicolette du Montaigne is caught as

while returning to Montaigne.

she tries to flee to Eisen. She is tried by a kangaroo court and

Nonus 19, 1668: Admiral Valoix is reinstated as head of

executed by hanging.

the new Montaigne navy. His first mission is to hunt down

Octavus 10, 1668: Jacobs Political Society calls for the

renegade nobles who threaten the security of the new

formation of a new government.

Republic.

Octavus 12, 1668: LEmpereurs body is found hanging from

Nonus 21, 1668: Jacob Faust briefs the Explorers Society

a tree near the Montaigne shoreline.

on the disposition of Cabora. Based on his testimony, the

Explorers Society agrees to finance new expeditions into the

Octavus 14, 1668: Eisenfrst Georg Hanizl defeats an

western ocean.

attempted coup by one of his advisors, Philip Knef. The

mad ruler takes on the personality of a great conqueror, and

Nonus 28, 1668: Amnesty is offered to all Montaigne

launches plans to invade a neighboring knigreich.

nobles who will renounce the use of sorcery. The surviving

members of the royal family will be allowed back into the

Octavus 17, 1668: Vincenzo Caligari is forced from his

country provided they renounce all ties to the throne. None

hiding spot within his former territory.

of them do. Practicing Port is punishable by the loss of the

offenders left hand. The wearing of gloves is outlawed in

Octavus 18, 1668: The Treaty of Cabora is signed by

Montaigne.

all major Than powers. Ussurans refuse to allow any

expeditions heading to the island of Cabora to dock in

Decimus 7, 1668: The Council of Eight sells off lEmpereurs

their ports, and the Church fortresses in the Forbidden Sea

possessions in an effort to finance their debts.

redouble their efforts to stop interlopers.

Decimus 30, 1668: Valentina Villanova murders her own
Octavus 30, 1668: Eisenfrst Georg Hainzl launches an

children.

attack against his neighbor Faulk Fischler. The invading

force disappears without a trace.

Prophets Mass 3, 1668: In an effort to escape the wrath of

the Prince, Valentina Villanova and Juliette board a ship

Nonus 7, 1668: The Montaigne Parlement is assembled,

bound for Vendel.

consisting of elected representatives from every province.

They are lead by the Council of Eight, elected by their

Prophets Mass 6, 1668: On the eve of the new year,

peers, who dictate the Parlements agenda and hold its most

Eisenfrst Niklaus Trgue commits suicide. The Wachtturm

important posts.

collapses soon thereafter.

Nonus 8, 1668: A group of Montaigne nobles announces

Primus 13, 1669: Logan Sieger becomes the Eisenfrst of

the creation of the government in exile in the Eisen city of

Freiburg. He vows to rebuild the city, founded on the noblest

Siegsburg. They are lead by the Empereurs daughter Anne

ideals of Eisenfrst Trgue.

and her husband, Jean-Marie Rois et Reines.

Primus 30, 1669: The Vaticine Church tells Alcide Mondavi
Nonus 14, 1668: Peace talks between Castille and Montaigne

to end his invasion or face excommunication.

conclude. Montaigne agrees to a peaceable withdrawal

in exchange for reparations and the ability to maintain a

Secundus 2, 1669: Alcide Mondavi halts his advance and

garrison in Barcino. Castille reluctantly agrees to their terms.

makes peace with the four remaining Vodacce Princes.

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Secundus 17, 1669: Stefan Heilgrund launches a secret

Julius 24, 1669: The Council assassins are captured in an

expedition into the Schwarzen Walden.

abandoned estate outside of Paix.

Tertius 13, 1669: Margaretta Orduo successfully petitions

Julius 2527, 1669: The assassins trial. Arnaud du Charouse

the King of Castille for a new expedition into the western

attends the proceedings, though he does not participate in the

ocean.

prosecution. The evidence against them is overwhelming and

they are sentenced to death.

Tertius 29, 1669: New Explorers expeditions depart from

Carleon to points west.

Julius 28, 1669: The assassins are executed in front of the

Chateau dSoleil. The last to go hints at a wider conspiracy

Quartus 12, 1669: An emissary from the state of Kosara

and further acts of violence.

arrives to negotiate with Gaius Ilya. He is killed before he

can deliver his greeting.

Corantine 4, 1669: In a law dubbed Statement 15, Arnaud

du Charouse creates the Commttiee of National Welfare to

Quintus 3, 1669: Pro-royalist politicians attempt to seize

pursue enemies of the state.

control of the Montaigne Parlement. They fail. The

ringleaders are arrested and laws are enacted to prevent a

Corantine 10, 1669: The Frenzy begins. Amnesty for

potential coup from taking place again.

Montaigne nobles is revoked. Practicing sorcery is now

punishable by death. A new exodus of Montaigne migrs

Quintus 23, 1669: Jyrgal Timurbek declares Kosaras

escapes the country.

independence from Ussura.

Corantine 16, 1669: Arnaud has fellow Council member
Sextus 6, 1669: Thieves in the pay of Sarah MacDonald

Madeleine du Chatelaine tried and executed for treason,

steal the Faery flag from MacLeod territory in the Highland

claiming that she orchestrated Bloody Feast Day.

Marches.
Corantine 19, 1669: Moderates are removed from the
Sextus 2530, 1669: The Vestens annual althing is held in

National Parlement and executed.

the High Kings court of Thingvallvatn. For the first time, a

member of the Vendel Guilds George Skard attends the
proceedings.

Credits
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Julius 15, 1669: Bloody Feast Day. Aristide Baveux and

Mark Stanton Woodward

Eugene Suchet du Crieux are assassinated by a band of

pro-royalist sympathizers. A third assassination attempt
against Council member Jean-Marc Navarre is thwarted

7th Sea System Creation

John Wick, Jennifer Wick and Kevin Wilson

in the nick of time. Leadership in the Council of Eight suffers

a terrible blow, and de facto power falls into the hands of

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Arnaud du Charouse, the only man with the organizational

skills to handle it.
Julius 16, 1669: Hubert du Gloyure arranges a spectacular
funeral for the slain leaders. The display whips the citizens of
Charouse into a frenzy of violence.
Julius 19, 1669: Master Val Mokk and Mistress Sela Cole of
the Vendel League appear together in public.

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