Friday, May 9, 2008

Timeline of the Edgelands Updated

I am detailing a region of the Lands of the Diamond Throne to use in the Adventure Path Rituals of Choice: this is the area known in ancient times as the Duchy of Nem, in current year it is called The Edgelands. What follows is an updated timeline: the update for those who have followed it previous begins at the common year 1688 and covers and additonal 15 yers till 1703.

180 The dramojh begin their war against the lands east of the Bitter Peaks

181 The destruction of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (hence forth known as the Trinity Ruins)

547 The dramojh Fangmaster Sylythyss takes control of the area now know as the edgelands,
1102 Fangmaster Sylythyss creates the Curse of the Stromvale and begins the creation of the savage human tribe as the Khanish.
1103 Birth of the sibeccai
1228 Giants land at Khorl; the first giant is sited, first sibeccai is sited
1407 The Battle of the Serpent’s Heart, final defeat of the dramojh, dramojh refugess
1420 Council of Magisters formed; a member of the council from the region
1451 Order of the Axe founded: a chapterhouse of order is found in the region

1452 A secret monestary of Giant and Sibbeccai ritual warriors is hidden by magic, upon a strange island in middle of an unnamed river of snowmelt from the bitter peaks. It is named Ta-Irkethas or in Common The Sanctuary of Forms

1658 a ishon infestation comes spilling out of the floating forest, overrunning the native trolls and goblins, the khanish come spilling out of the stormvale and hunt the ishon to extinction in the forest.
1659 A gathering of dire boars are discovered in the floating forest, and become a massive food source
1660: a flight of strange tiger striped griffins decend upon the domestic and wild Rodant heards this year,
1661: a unique clan of intelligent water elementals is discovered to be traveling about the lakes, waterfalls and rainstorms of the floating forest.
1662: a tribe of satyrs lead by a charismatic leader found he high isle of music and wine in the floating forest
1663: A family of magically gifted sphinxes begins to lair within one of the anctient nem strongholds waylaying travelers eating those who cannot answer their riddles.
1668 Council of Magisters disbands; a former member of the council settles in a ancient dragon’s lair in the region
1669 A single unicorn of unique power and abilities destroys a band of trolls who attempt to raid the town of far-rough
1670 a group of brigands and graverobbers while rading a former dramojh cache release a large number of lamia of various unique forms that were held in stasis, only a lone female of the group was left to tell the tale.
1671 a group traveling to the dragon’s lair to seek the magisters help are attacked by flights of gargoyles who guard the entrance a single gargyle brings a message to the Giant Steward saying to send no other inquires.
1672: The Taskclaw Litorian Tribe are infected with a ghoulish plague, most are hunted down but rumors persist that members of the tribe escaped, and roam the plains still
1673: after helping hunt down the taskclaw tribe, the blacksky centaur tribe make a formal pledge to the giant steward of far-rough.
1674: after a hard winter, the trolls and goblin slaves led by a covey of hags raid the town of far rough, the raid is quite successful do to blade trolls joining the assault but the steward is able to have aid brought from the capital.
1675: the satyrs of the high isle of music and wine are slaughtered and their abodes left in ruin by the retreating tolls.
1676: The Knights of the Diamond called by the Steward, send the sphinxes fleeing to the cloudlands, on their return to De-Shammod.
1678: The X brothel is founded and open for business, its owned and operated openly by doppelgangers.


1679: A deranged escapee of the houses of the damned founds the Theorem Institute.

1680: Khanish raid and nearly eradicate the blacksky centaur tribe, the leave exactly 500 of the tribe alive stating they wish to leave a minimum viable population for the future.
1681: A vampire hunter from Khorl revels that Rarina the Invidious of the steward’s personal guard (The Steward’s Shield) is a vampire lord in service to the nightwalkers, she is destroyed but her coffin is never located.
1682: The Tower of Scion appears just south of the plain of eyes on midwinter night, a mojh runelord named Kargoth declares in the start of a new movement the Scion Foundation
1683: The Khanish decimate and plunder a six rhodin tribes including one formed entirely of Skurg this year, it takes four decades for the rhodin population to recover.

1684: The Bitter War (Slassan vs. Chorrim) starts this year ranging from the roof of the world to the dark depths, the fortress of Edgehold is built to protect the Chorrim from an attack by the Diamond Throne.

1685: The Clandestine War begins this year between the Vallorian and the hyplonox in the wake of the bitter war,as the hyplonox support the chorrim and the vallorian support the chorrim.
1686: Based on a pledge to the Harrowdeep Court Faen arrive and start a village a sky-isle away from Satyr-island, in order to “commune with the green of the floating forest”

1687: A band of alabast proform a ritual of creation for a week straight in the shadow of a bitter peak tor and create Ginnesh Minos the Ivory Enclave.

1688: The mystical site to the west of Far-rough known as Tesham’s Landing is rediscovered by verrik akashics researching the witches who banished Xyphon; the learn that Virdella Tesham destroyed them all

1689: this year ILL-GRASS is reclaimed as a garden by the giants, that which was desecrated by the dramojh has been healed. Henceforth it is called Ci-Othorus (The Meadowhome)

1690: The mojh known as Zarwrath of the Seven, discovers the seven of Nexin Soulslayer’s Stone Kejn and transforms himself in the most powerful magister of his day.
1691: Sickened by her plans to destroy this universe to gain the Hadath , a loresong runethane by the name of Laeli Sigilheart attempts to user her ultimate rune to create a ritual of binding to trap Virdella Tesham after learning what she believed to be the goddess’ truename and is instead Laeli is herself trapped.
1692: Atadan a shuyarn binds herself to the Rune of World’s Ending down below Far-Rough, beyond the Dark Depths, to stave off a cataclysm, leaving her human husband behind, along with her seven runechildren. She speaks blessings to her sister shuyarn Ezrekaelia.
1693: the rune that trapped Laeli Sigilheart evolves into a rune manifest of binding and captures the three most powerful and dangerous beings, Ko-Arren a spirit of sorrow, Rapshir, possessing fiend of Tharlathon, and Soth'lkos, dramojh of mist,
1694: humans bearing contracts with the diamond throne start logging the floating forest for timber, the Steward of Far-Rough steps down, and perform the Ritual of the dark Warden, and begins a guerilla war to stop the violation of the Floating Forest
1695: the humans with the assistance of various greenbonds begain to harvest the floating forest in a more balanced fashion, and begin their own “farms” for the gassar trees
1696: The Slassan as part of “The Clandestine War” release the Sigilheart Bound though the rune manifest attempts to pursue them;
1697: The Slassan discover a dramojh cache, which turns out to be a breeding pit for their twisted creations, the Bitter Peaks and dark Depths populations explode with Legacies of the Dramojh.
1698: The chorrim soldier known as Rasham (who will eventually become War Marshall) raises to prominence at this time without his brilliant military leadership the chorrim would be decimated.
1699: Xevquar the Albino, a powerful and manipulative verrik akashic, learns of the clandestine war and begins his own subtle manipulations to keep the war from spilling into Far-Rough and the surrounding Edgelands.
1700: due to Xevquar’s manipulations a battle along a fault line results in a massive earthquake and flows of magma flood many tunnels in the dark depths, the resulting destruction is devastating to the Slassan forces, the hypnolox and the vallorians, due to General Rasham’s leadership his forces are saved. The clandestine war enters a period of détente’
1701: Zarwrath of the Seven enters the floating forest and returns with staff of unknown wood, he hides the seven Kejn and casts magical fortress inside the walls of Far-Rough and is never seen again
1702: General Rasham discovers the Lightless Labrynith of the Taurians (see mythical monstrosities), and begins to trade with them and through them the blade trolls of the floating forest. The Chorrim begin to use the blade trolls weapons of spellreaving
1703: General Rasham grants the taurian Council of Fathers a valley under their control, the taurian Clan Bittertrap transform the whole of the vale into a magical hedge maze.


1758 The dragons return from the Mysterious West; the young dragon Amoncirith and the ancient Malganvorung arrive in the Edgelands together but go their separate ways.
1759 Today

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