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Seraphine Calderis

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	\|overview= ~~The~~ [[Aureliad Consortium\|Aureliad Consortium's]] razor-minded factor in [[Mandrake Bay]], charged almost single-handedly with prising the [[Marosh\|Maroshan]] carrying-trade out of the [[Quartz Isle Company\|Quartz Isle Company's]] grip. She is the public face of the Consortium's push into [[Seahaven]]: a relentless dealmaker who undercuts, out-charms, and out-maneuvers her rivals, advancing Consortium coin to independent captains to peel them away from Quartz Isle one hull at a time. Her true weapon is not the poignard at her hip but her sharp mind and talent for diplomacy. She is the personal rival of the Quartz Isle Company's Factor-General, a contest that has already turned from undercut prices to burned warehouses. Win her favor and the Consortium's purse opens; cross her and you become a line item to be removed.		\|overview= [[The Aureliad Consortium\|The Aureliad Consortium's]] razor-minded factor in [[Mandrake Bay]], charged almost single-handedly with prising the [[Marosh\|Maroshan]] carrying-trade out of the [[Quartz Isle Company\|Quartz Isle Company's]] grip. She is the public face of the Consortium's push into [[Seahaven]]: a relentless dealmaker who undercuts, out-charms, and out-maneuvers her rivals, advancing Consortium coin to independent captains to peel them away from Quartz Isle one hull at a time. Her true weapon is not the poignard at her hip but her sharp mind and talent for diplomacy. She is the personal rival of the Quartz Isle Company's Factor-General, a contest that has already turned from undercut prices to burned warehouses. Win her favor and the Consortium's purse opens; cross her and you become a line item to be removed.
	\|description= A poised woman in her late thirties, dark-haired and sharp-featured, who wears the Consortium's gold-and-crimson with a restraint that reads as expensive rather than gaudy. The three-crown signet sits openly on her hand; the poignard is nowhere in evidence. Her stillness is the most striking thing about her: she watches a room the way an appraiser watches a coin set on the scale.		\|description= A poised woman in her late thirties, dark-haired and sharp-featured, who wears the Consortium's gold-and-crimson with a restraint that reads as expensive rather than gaudy. The three-crown signet sits openly on her hand; the poignard is nowhere in evidence. Her stillness is the most striking thing about her: she watches a room the way an appraiser watches a coin set on the scale.
	\|background= Seraphine Calderis came up through the trade-festival counting-houses of [[Grischamp]]: a [[Narbonne\|Narbonnais]] factor's clever daughter with no inheritance to wait on and a gift for reading a room and a ledger at equal speed. She caught the eye of the Consortium's Narbonnais bloc early, ran cargo-factoring in the Aurean ports, and made her name by quietly ruining a rival house that had underestimated her. When the Concord resolved to force its way into the Maroshan trade and break the Quartz Isle Company's hold on Seahaven, it handed the Seahaven posting (the title Cadre des Expéditions, roughly "Officer of Ventures") to Calderis precisely because the assignment was thought near-impossible. She has held it for two years, turning a foothold into a genuine threat, and she has no intention of returning to Grischamp as anything less than a Governor of the Concord.		\|background= Seraphine Calderis came up through the trade-festival counting-houses of [[Grischamp]]: a [[Narbonne\|Narbonnais]] factor's clever daughter with no inheritance to wait on and a gift for reading a room and a ledger at equal speed. She caught the eye of the Consortium's Narbonnais bloc early, ran cargo-factoring in the Aurean ports, and made her name by quietly ruining a rival house that had underestimated her. When the Concord resolved to force its way into the Maroshan trade and break the Quartz Isle Company's hold on Seahaven, it handed the Seahaven posting (the title Cadre des Expéditions, roughly "Officer of Ventures") to Calderis precisely because the assignment was thought near-impossible. She has held it for two years, turning a foothold into a genuine threat, and she has no intention of returning to Grischamp as anything less than a Governor of the Concord.

Seraphine Calderis

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Ambitious without illusion, charming without warmth, patient to a fault when patience pays. Seraphine Calderis treats the trade war as a problem to be solved rather than a grudge to be nursed, which makes her more dangerous than any hot-tempered rival: she will burn a warehouse only when the arithmetic favors it, and she keeps the outriders at so careful a distance that nothing they do can be laid at her door. She respects competence, despises bluster, and holds a merchant's true faith that everyone, in the end, has a price.
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|overview= The [[Aureliad Consortium|Aureliad Consortium's]] razor-minded factor in [[Mandrake Bay]], charged almost single-handedly with prising the [[Marosh|Maroshan]] carrying-trade out of the [[Quartz Isle Company|Quartz Isle Company's]] grip. She is the public face of the Consortium's push into [[Seahaven]]: a relentless dealmaker who undercuts, out-charms, and out-maneuvers her rivals, advancing Consortium coin to independent captains to peel them away from Quartz Isle one hull at a time. Her true weapon is not the poignard at her hip but her sharp mind and talent for diplomacy. She is the personal rival of the Quartz Isle Company's Factor-General, a contest that has already turned from undercut prices to burned warehouses. Win her favor and the Consortium's purse opens; cross her and you become a line item to be removed.
|description= A poised woman in her late thirties, dark-haired and sharp-featured, who wears the Consortium's gold-and-crimson with a restraint that reads as expensive rather than gaudy. The three-crown signet sits openly on her hand; the poignard is nowhere in evidence. Her stillness is the most striking thing about her: she watches a room the way an appraiser watches a coin set on the scale.
|background= Seraphine Calderis came up through the trade-festival counting-houses of [[Grischamp]]: a [[Narbonne|Narbonnais]] factor's clever daughter with no inheritance to wait on and a gift for reading a room and a ledger at equal speed. She caught the eye of the Consortium's Narbonnais bloc early, ran cargo-factoring in the Aurean ports, and made her name by quietly ruining a rival house that had underestimated her. When the Concord resolved to force its way into the Maroshan trade and break the Quartz Isle Company's hold on Seahaven, it handed the Seahaven posting (the title Cadre des Expéditions, roughly "Officer of Ventures") to Calderis precisely because the assignment was thought near-impossible. She has held it for two years, turning a foothold into a genuine threat, and she has no intention of returning to Grischamp as anything less than a Governor of the Concord.
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Seahaven

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	* '''[[Petronax Virelios Kharzen\|Master of Ledgers Petronax Virelios Kharzen]]:''' Chief accountant within the Chrysophylaxion, a gaunt and relentless auditor who tracks every coin entering or leaving Seahaven’s trade networks and quietly ruins those who fall into debt or dishonor their contracts.		* '''[[Petronax Virelios Kharzen\|Master of Ledgers Petronax Virelios Kharzen]]:''' Chief accountant within the Chrysophylaxion, a gaunt and relentless auditor who tracks every coin entering or leaving Seahaven’s trade networks and quietly ruins those who fall into debt or dishonor their contracts.
	* '''[[Rourke Halgren\|Captain Rourke “Blackwake” Halgren]]:''' A former pirate lord turned privateer, he commands a small but effective fleet and walks the line between legitimacy and outlawry, feared and respected in equal measure.		* '''[[Rourke Halgren\|Captain Rourke “Blackwake” Halgren]]:''' A former pirate lord turned privateer, he commands a small but effective fleet and walks the line between legitimacy and outlawry, feared and respected in equal measure.
			* '''[[Seraphine Calderis]]:''' Cadre des Expéditions of Seahaven: The ambitious and razor-minded face of the Consortium in Mandrake Bay, charged with prising the Maroshan trade from the Quartz Isle Company's grip and personal rival of that company's Factor-General.
	* '''[[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos]]:''' Commander of the Mandrake Bay fleet, a stern and disciplined naval officer who views Seahaven primarily as a military asset and resents interference from civilian governance.		* '''[[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos]]:''' Commander of the Mandrake Bay fleet, a stern and disciplined naval officer who views Seahaven primarily as a military asset and resents interference from civilian governance.
	* '''[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of the Tidemother’s Embrace]]:''' High priestess of [[Betshaba]], serene yet commanding, she holds immense influence among sailors and quietly mediates disputes that threaten the stability of the port.		* '''[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of the Tidemother’s Embrace]]:''' High priestess of [[Betshaba]], serene yet commanding, she holds immense influence among sailors and quietly mediates disputes that threaten the stability of the port.

Helena Draeven Varn

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	Pragmatic, evidence-driven, intolerant of equivocation. Will give a person one chance to make a coherent argument; will not give a second. Respects competence above virtually all other virtues. Distrusts both the [[Children of St. Chlodomer]] (whom she considers theological zealots making her city harder to police) and the Salt-Drowned Choir (whom she does not yet fully understand but whose effects on the missing-persons rolls have grown undeniable)~~. Her distrust of the Choir grows with each new piece of evidence the HPs can present~~. She is capable of warmth and even of friendship, but she does not offer either to people she has not yet professionally evaluated.		Pragmatic, evidence-driven, intolerant of equivocation. Will give a person one chance to make a coherent argument; will not give a second. Respects competence above virtually all other virtues. Distrusts both the [[Children of St. Chlodomer]] (whom she considers theological zealots making her city harder to police) and the Salt-Drowned Choir (whom she does not yet fully understand but whose effects on the missing-persons rolls have grown undeniable). She is capable of warmth and even of friendship, but she does not offer either to people she has not yet professionally evaluated.
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	\|overview= Marshal of the Harbor Watch and one of the three authorities of [[Seahaven]], a career Neptaran marine officer in her sixth year of civil command. She is competent, disciplined, obsessed with the safety of the city, and currently in open political conflict with both the Eparch ([[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Varro]]) and the Citadel Commander ([[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Komnenos]]) over jurisdiction during the developing crisis. Helena is ~~the HPs' strongest~~ potential ~~institutional~~ ally — but only if ~~they treat the Watch~~ with respect ~~and recognize her authority~~. Cross her and she will move against the ~~HPs~~ as quickly as she would move against ~~the Choir~~.		\|overview= Marshal of the Harbor Watch and one of the three authorities of [[Seahaven]], a career Neptaran marine officer in her sixth year of civil command. She is competent, disciplined, obsessed with the safety of the city, and currently in open political conflict with both the Eparch ([[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Varro]]) and the Citadel Commander ([[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Komnenos]]) over jurisdiction during the developing crisis. Helena is a strong potential ally, but only if treated with respect. Cross her and she will move against the anyone as quickly as she would move against any enemy of Seahaven.
	\|description= Tall and lean, with the weathered skin of fifteen years at sea. Her hair is iron-grey, cut short, never longer than the regulation field length she set herself a decade ago. She has a long pale scar running from her left temple to her jaw: the legacy of a boarding action against pirates in {{NCYear\|2098}}, which she does not discuss. She moves with the controlled economy of someone who has been a soldier long enough that it has become her natural posture. Her eyes are pale grey and watchful. Her uniform is always immaculate; her hands are not, because she works.		\|description= Tall and lean, with the weathered skin of fifteen years at sea. Her hair is iron-grey, cut short, never longer than the regulation field length she set herself a decade ago. She has a long pale scar running from her left temple to her jaw: the legacy of a boarding action against pirates in {{NCYear\|2098}}, which she does not discuss. She moves with the controlled economy of someone who has been a soldier long enough that it has become her natural posture. Her eyes are pale grey and watchful. Her uniform is always immaculate; her hands are not, because she works.
	\|background= Helena Varn was born to a middle-class merchant family in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] and joined the marines at seventeen against her father's wishes. She served fifteen years at sea, including the {{NCYear\|2098 }} anti-piracy actions in the [[Maroshan Sea]] where she earned both her facial scar and her first command. Reassigned to [[Seahaven\|Seahaven's]] nascent Harbor Watch in {{NCYear\|2106}}, she has held the office of Marshal for six years. Her marriage ended in {{NCYear\|2104}}; she has not spoken of it. She has one adult son, a Guild of Navigators apprentice currently serving a posting in distant [[Aescalapea]]. Her three known obsessions are the safety of the city, the integrity of her command, and the proper subordination of civilian authority to military necessity in time of crisis. The third has put her into open conflict with both [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Eparch Varro]] (whose civilian instincts she finds dangerously slow) and [[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Komnenos]] (whose preference for the open sea over street security she finds dangerously narrow). The current power struggle among the three authorities is, from her perspective, primarily a problem of two men who have not yet realized they are working for her, and the day they do realize will not be a pleasant one for them.		\|background= Helena Varn was born to a middle-class merchant family in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] and joined the marines at seventeen against her father's wishes. She served fifteen years at sea, including the {{NCYear\|2098 }} anti-piracy actions in the [[Maroshan Sea]] where she earned both her facial scar and her first command. Reassigned to [[Seahaven\|Seahaven's]] nascent Harbor Watch in {{NCYear\|2106}}, she has held the office of Marshal for six years. Her marriage ended in {{NCYear\|2104}}; she has not spoken of it. She has one adult son, a Guild of Navigators apprentice currently serving a posting in distant [[Aescalapea]]. Her three known obsessions are the safety of the city, the integrity of her command, and the proper subordination of civilian authority to military necessity in time of crisis. The third has put her into open conflict with both [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Eparch Varro]] (whose civilian instincts she finds dangerously slow) and [[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Komnenos]] (whose preference for the open sea over street security she finds dangerously narrow). The current power struggle among the three authorities is, from her perspective, primarily a problem of two men who have not yet realized they are working for her, and the day they do realize will not be a pleasant one for them.

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	\|overview= Marshal of the Harbor Watch and one of the ~~Three Authorities~~ of Seahaven, a career Neptaran marine officer in her sixth year of civil command. She is competent, disciplined, obsessed with the safety of the city, and currently in open political conflict with both the Eparch ([[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Varro]]) and the Citadel Commander ([[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Komnenos]]) over jurisdiction during the developing crisis. Helena is the HPs' strongest potential institutional ally — but only if they treat the Watch with respect and recognize her authority. Cross her and she will move against the HPs as quickly as she would move against the Choir.		\|overview= Marshal of the Harbor Watch and one of the three authorities of [[Seahaven]], a career Neptaran marine officer in her sixth year of civil command. She is competent, disciplined, obsessed with the safety of the city, and currently in open political conflict with both the Eparch ([[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Varro]]) and the Citadel Commander ([[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Komnenos]]) over jurisdiction during the developing crisis. Helena is the HPs' strongest potential institutional ally — but only if they treat the Watch with respect and recognize her authority. Cross her and she will move against the HPs as quickly as she would move against the Choir.
	\|description= Tall and lean, with the weathered skin of fifteen years at sea. Her hair is iron-grey, cut short, never longer than the regulation field length she set herself a decade ago. She has a long pale scar running from her left temple to her jaw: the legacy of a boarding action against pirates in 2098 NC, which she does not discuss. She moves with the controlled economy of someone who has been a soldier long enough that it has become her natural posture. Her eyes are pale grey and watchful. Her uniform is always immaculate; her hands are not, because she works.		\|description= Tall and lean, with the weathered skin of fifteen years at sea. Her hair is iron-grey, cut short, never longer than the regulation field length she set herself a decade ago. She has a long pale scar running from her left temple to her jaw: the legacy of a boarding action against pirates in {{NCYear\|2098}}, which she does not discuss. She moves with the controlled economy of someone who has been a soldier long enough that it has become her natural posture. Her eyes are pale grey and watchful. Her uniform is always immaculate; her hands are not, because she works.
	\|background= Helena Varn was born to a middle-class merchant family in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] and joined the marines at seventeen against her father's wishes. She served fifteen years at sea, including the {{NCYear\|2098 }} anti-piracy actions in the [[Maroshan Sea]] where she earned both her facial scar and her first command. Reassigned to [[Seahaven\|Seahaven's]] nascent Harbor Watch in {{NCYear\|2106}}, she has held the office of Marshal for six years. Her marriage ended in {{NCYear\|2104}}; she has not spoken of it. She has one adult son, a Guild of Navigators apprentice currently serving a posting in distant [[Aescalapea]]. Her three known obsessions are the safety of the city, the integrity of her command, and the proper subordination of civilian authority to military necessity in time of crisis. The third has put her into open conflict with both [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Eparch Varro]] (whose civilian instincts she finds dangerously slow) and [[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Komnenos]] (whose preference for the open sea over street security she finds dangerously narrow). The current power struggle among the three authorities is, from her perspective, primarily a problem of two men who have not yet realized they are working for her, and the day they do realize will not be a pleasant one for them.		\|background= Helena Varn was born to a middle-class merchant family in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] and joined the marines at seventeen against her father's wishes. She served fifteen years at sea, including the {{NCYear\|2098 }} anti-piracy actions in the [[Maroshan Sea]] where she earned both her facial scar and her first command. Reassigned to [[Seahaven\|Seahaven's]] nascent Harbor Watch in {{NCYear\|2106}}, she has held the office of Marshal for six years. Her marriage ended in {{NCYear\|2104}}; she has not spoken of it. She has one adult son, a Guild of Navigators apprentice currently serving a posting in distant [[Aescalapea]]. Her three known obsessions are the safety of the city, the integrity of her command, and the proper subordination of civilian authority to military necessity in time of crisis. The third has put her into open conflict with both [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro\|Eparch Varro]] (whose civilian instincts she finds dangerously slow) and [[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Komnenos]] (whose preference for the open sea over street security she finds dangerously narrow). The current power struggle among the three authorities is, from her perspective, primarily a problem of two men who have not yet realized they are working for her, and the day they do realize will not be a pleasant one for them.
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Helena Draeven Varn

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Pragmatic, evidence-driven, intolerant of equivocation. Will give a person one chance to make a coherent argument; will not give a second. Respects competence above virtually all other virtues. Distrusts both the [[Children of St. Chlodomer]] (whom she considers theological zealots making her city harder to police) and the Salt-Drowned Choir (whom she does not yet fully understand but whose effects on the missing-persons rolls have grown undeniable). Her distrust of the Choir grows with each new piece of evidence the HPs can present. She is capable of warmth and even of friendship, but she does not offer either to people she has not yet professionally evaluated.
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Fourth Age of Man Timeline

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	{{EventRow\|2074\|even\| The [[Quartz Isle Company]] is founded by a conglomerate of wealthy families in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] with the express purpose of establishing trade envoys with re-emerging nation-states and colonies in regions left "unclaimed" in the wake of [[the Dark Times]]. Operating under charter from Neptaris, they rapidly become a extra-national means to exert growing Neptaran economic and military power across the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}		{{EventRow\|2074\|even\| The [[Quartz Isle Company]] is founded by a conglomerate of wealthy families in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] with the express purpose of establishing trade envoys with re-emerging nation-states and colonies in regions left "unclaimed" in the wake of [[the Dark Times]]. Operating under charter from Neptaris, they rapidly become a extra-national means to exert growing Neptaran economic and military power across the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2075\|odd\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Princess Anborxe Etxeleku]] is elected by the [[Chamber or Princes]] to the royal seat of [[Nadera]]. As Queen, Anborxe proves to be successful in expanding Nadera's economic influence by establishing counting houses in neighboring countries and improving their rising maritime power by establishing the [[Maritime Academy of Garza]]. She was so popular that she was elected to an unprecedented second term in {{AeYear\|7960}}.}}		{{EventRow\|2075\|odd\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Princess Anborxe Etxeleku]] is elected by the [[Chamber or Princes]] to the royal seat of [[Nadera]]. As Queen, Anborxe proves to be successful in expanding Nadera's economic influence by establishing counting houses in neighboring countries and improving their rising maritime power by establishing the [[Maritime Academy of Garza]]. She was so popular that she was elected to an unprecedented second term in {{AeYear\|7960}}.}}
	{{EventRow\|2083\|~~even~~\|The [[Maritime Academy of Garza]] is established by [[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] in the [[Nadera\|Naderan]] capital city of [[Garza]]. The Academy trained navigators, mapmakers and shipwrights, most of whom were then funneled into work for the Neptaran Merchant houses and growing expeditionary fleet.}}		{{EventRow\|2082\|even\|At the relatively young age of 39, [[Malach Virex]] becomes [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2085\|~~odd~~\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] becomes the first elected monarch of [[Nadera]] to be re-elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}		{{EventRow\|2083\|odd\|The [[Maritime Academy of Garza]] is established by [[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] in the [[Nadera\|Naderan]] capital city of [[Garza]]. The Academy trained navigators, mapmakers and shipwrights, most of whom were then funneled into work for the Neptaran Merchant houses and growing expeditionary fleet.}}
	{{EventRow\|2095\|~~even~~\|[[Goren II Orzaiz\|Prince Goren II of House Orzaiz]] grandson of the [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren]] that maintained relative stability in [[Nadera]] during [[the Dark Times]], is elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]]. his rule is marked by an expansion of Nadera's expeditionary fleet and institution of licensed privateers that preyed on Nadera's enemies (which included any peoples that didn't have a trade agreement with the country).}}		{{EventRow\|2085\|even\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] becomes the first elected monarch of [[Nadera]] to be re-elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2099\|~~odd~~\|After years of slowly gaining economic and social control over the town, the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares [[Seahaven]] a colonial possession and assigns [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro]] as Eparch.}}		{{EventRow\|2095\|odd\|[[Goren II Orzaiz\|Prince Goren II of House Orzaiz]] grandson of the [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren]] that maintained relative stability in [[Nadera]] during [[the Dark Times]], is elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]]. his rule is marked by an expansion of Nadera's expeditionary fleet and institution of licensed privateers that preyed on Nadera's enemies (which included any peoples that didn't have a trade agreement with the country).}}
	{{EventRow\|2100\|~~even~~\|[[The Aureliad Consortium]], a coalition of [[Narbonne\|Narbonnais]] financiers, [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] mining interests, and [[Milosia\|Milosian]] shipping magnates, is formed in the northern ports of the [[Aurean Sea]]. Within a decade, the Consortium begins to expand its economic influence well beyond their native waters, establishing trading houses in major ports around the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}		{{EventRow\|2099\|even\|After years of slowly gaining economic and social control over the town, the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares [[Seahaven]] a colonial possession and assigns [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro]] as Eparch.}}
	{{EventRow\|2102\|~~odd~~\|[[The Neptaran War]] begins as the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares war on [[Daredonia]].}}		{{EventRow\|2100\|odd\|[[The Aureliad Consortium]], a coalition of [[Narbonne\|Narbonnais]] financiers, [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] mining interests, and [[Milosia\|Milosian]] shipping magnates, is formed in the northern ports of the [[Aurean Sea]]. Within a decade, the Consortium begins to expand its economic influence well beyond their native waters, establishing trading houses in major ports around the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2104\|~~even~~\|[[The Dracian Civil War]] rages across [[Dracia]] in central Aurea as several key factions form a loose alliance against [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the "Ivory Queen," Magdalena I]].		{{EventRow\|2102\|even\|[[The Neptaran War]] begins as the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares war on [[Daredonia]].}}
			{{EventRow\|2104\|odd\|[[The Dracian Civil War]] rages across [[Dracia]] in central Aurea as several key factions form a loose alliance against [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the "Ivory Queen," Magdalena I]].
	[[Eko Elizondo\|Captain Eko Elizondo]] of [[Nadera]] reaches the legendary island of [[Kesh]] and returns home with silks, gold-threaded brocades, new spices and other goods from unknown lands across the Endless Ocean. He is celebrated as a national hero.}}		[[Eko Elizondo\|Captain Eko Elizondo]] of [[Nadera]] reaches the legendary island of [[Kesh]] and returns home with silks, gold-threaded brocades, new spices and other goods from unknown lands across the Endless Ocean. He is celebrated as a national hero.}}
	{{EventRow\|2105\|~~odd~~\|[[The Battle of Kzerna]] ends with the defeat of [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the Ivory Queen]], ending [[The Dracian Civil War]] in [[Dracia]]. [[Cyril Zabšinac\|Cyril of House Zabšinac]], formerly Lord High Marshal of Dracia, is crowned King Cyril II. The Ivory Queen herself commits suicide rather than face the ignominy of defeat. She is still granted a royal burial by order of King Cyril, marking a reign focused on reconciliation and a return to a profitable Dracia.}}		{{EventRow\|2105\|even\|[[The Battle of Kzerna]] ends with the defeat of [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the Ivory Queen]], ending [[The Dracian Civil War]] in [[Dracia]]. [[Cyril Zabšinac\|Cyril of House Zabšinac]], formerly Lord High Marshal of Dracia, is crowned King Cyril II. The Ivory Queen herself commits suicide rather than face the ignominy of defeat. She is still granted a royal burial by order of King Cyril, marking a reign focused on reconciliation and a return to a profitable Dracia.}}
	{{EventRow\|2108\|~~even~~\|[[Eko Elizondo\|Royal Admiral Elizondo]], the lauded heroic explorer, departs eastward from [[Nadera]] with a large fleet of heavy galleons dedicated to reaching the mysterious lands beyond [[Kesh]].}}		{{EventRow\|2108\|odd\|[[Eko Elizondo\|Royal Admiral Elizondo]], the lauded heroic explorer, departs eastward from [[Nadera]] with a large fleet of heavy galleons dedicated to reaching the mysterious lands beyond [[Kesh]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2109\|~~odd~~\|Present year.}}		{{EventRow\|2109\|even\|Present year.}}
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	* Potentate [[Gabriel I]] announces the [[Edict of One State]], which embraces those worshipers of [[Zelos]] following the [[Koramian Heresy]], the [[Aebasan Orthodoxy]] and the [[Imperial Ecclesia]], with preference for none.		* Potentate [[Gabriel I]] announces the [[Edict of One State]], which embraces those worshipers of [[Zelos]] following the [[Koramian Heresy]], the [[Aebasan Orthodoxy]] and the [[Imperial Ecclesia]], with preference for none.
			===[[2082]]===
			* At the relatively young age of 39, [[Malach Virex]] becomes [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]].
	===[[2099]]===		===[[2099]]===
	* After years of slowly gaining economic and social control over the town, the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares [[Seahaven]] a colonial possession and assigns [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro]] as Eparch.		* After years of slowly gaining economic and social control over the town, the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares [[Seahaven]] a colonial possession and assigns [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro]] as Eparch.

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			* At the relatively young age of 39, [[Malach Virex]] becomes [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]].
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==Events==
===Duria===
* At the relatively young age of 39, [[Malach Virex]] becomes [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]].

The Dark Times Timeline

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	{{EventRow\|2012\|odd\|On Midsummer day of this year, priests of the Old Gods across the world wake to discover their connection to their deities severed, marking the end of [[the Third Age of Man]] and beginning of [[the Dark Times]].}}		{{EventRow\|2012\|odd\|On Midsummer day of this year, priests of the Old Gods across the world wake to discover their connection to their deities severed, marking the end of [[the Third Age of Man]] and beginning of [[the Dark Times]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2015\|even\|[[Goren Orzaiz\|Goren of House Orzaiz]], remains monarch of [[Nadera]] despite the legally-required conclusion of his ten-year reign. Because of the turmoil and chaos ongoing in neighboring nations, the Naderan [[Chamber of Princes]] does not oppose him.}}		{{EventRow\|2015\|even\|[[Goren Orzaiz\|Goren of House Orzaiz]], remains monarch of [[Nadera]] despite the legally-required conclusion of his ten-year reign. Because of the turmoil and chaos ongoing in neighboring nations, the Naderan [[Chamber of Princes]] does not oppose him.}}
	{{EventRow\|2046\|~~odd~~\|[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].}}		{{EventRow\|2043\|odd\|[[Malach Virex]], future [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]], is born on the island of Marosh.}}
	{{EventRow\|2059\|~~even~~\|The [[Nadera\|Naderan]] [[Chamber of Princes]] meets in a closed session to depose the aging [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]], but a fire breaks out in the Chamber, disrupting the proceedings and leaving five of the Princes dead. The secretive [[Saphracine Watch]] is generally believed to have been behind the attack.}}		{{EventRow\|2046\|even\|[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2061\|~~odd~~\|The elderly [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]] of [[Nadera]] finally abdicates and [[Axil Varuna\|Axil of House Varuna]] is elected monarch by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}		{{EventRow\|2059\|odd\|The [[Nadera\|Naderan]] [[Chamber of Princes]] meets in a closed session to depose the aging [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]], but a fire breaks out in the Chamber, disrupting the proceedings and leaving five of the Princes dead. The secretive [[Saphracine Watch]] is generally believed to have been behind the attack.}}
	{{EventRow\|2062\|~~even~~\|[[The Dark Times]] abruptly end with the return of the Old Gods.}}		{{EventRow\|2061\|even\|The elderly [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]] of [[Nadera]] finally abdicates and [[Axil Varuna\|Axil of House Varuna]] is elected monarch by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}
			{{EventRow\|2062\|odd\|[[The Dark Times]] abruptly end with the return of the Old Gods.}}
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	* [[Gar'dun]] becomes [[Great Khan]], uniting the orcish tribes of [[Vor Midal]] and attacks [[Lun Dorak]].		* [[Gar'dun]] becomes [[Great Khan]], uniting the orcish tribes of [[Vor Midal]] and attacks [[Lun Dorak]].
	* With the assistance of Gar'dun, the Dragonknights attack the [[Sapphire City]] and defeat the ailing [[Mage-King]], who soon dies of an unknown illness. Without its Mage-King, the [[Dorakian Empire]] immediately crumbles.		* With the assistance of Gar'dun, the Dragonknights attack the [[Sapphire City]] and defeat the ailing [[Mage-King]], who soon dies of an unknown illness. Without its Mage-King, the [[Dorakian Empire]] immediately crumbles.
			===[[2043]]===
			* [[Malach Virex]], future [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]], is born on the island of Marosh.
	===[[2046]]===		===[[2046]]===
	* [[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].		* [[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].

2040s NC

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			====[[2043]]===
			* [[Malach Virex]], future [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]], is born on the island of Marosh.
	====[[2046]]====		====[[2046]]====
	* [[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].		* [[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].

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* [[Malach Virex]], future [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]], is born on the island of Marosh.

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Created page with "<includeonly>{{Article_Reference|article=Malach Virex}}</includeonly> Sombre, exacting, and unmoved. Virex is a professional in the way his faith demands: above vengeance and hatred, beyond the petty concerns of the living, devoted to the proper order of death and the keeping of its records. He is not warm and he is not cruel; he is just, in the cold Cthosian sense, and he holds the impure and the heretical in quiet contempt. He says far less than he knows, alw..."

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Sombre, exacting, and unmoved. Virex is a professional in the way his faith demands: above vengeance and hatred, beyond the petty concerns of the living, devoted to the proper order of death and the keeping of its records. He is not warm and he is not cruel; he is just, in the cold [[Cthos|Cthosian]] sense, and he holds the impure and the heretical in quiet contempt. He says far less than he knows, always, and he has made an art of the silence.
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|overview= Archdeacon Malach Virex keeps the dead of [[Mandrake Bay]]. To the people of [[Seahaven]] he is the sombre, unsettling old cleric of [[the Sepulchral Lantern]], the city’s most ancient temple, who records the names of the drowned and sets their lanterns adrift each winter; that is all most of them will ever know of him. In truth he is one of the quiet powers of the [[Cthos|Church of Cthos]]. He watches, he records, and he waits... for when a decision is reached, it is final.
|description= A gaunt, gray man of sixty-six, tall and stooped, wrapped in the black, white, and gray robes of his Church, the yew-carved symbol of his Order worn where few could name it. His face is a careful blank and his eyes are cold and patient and very old. He moves slowly, for his body is failing him, but no one who has met that gaze mistakes the frailty for weakness. He carries a reaper’s scythe, the symbol of [[Cthos|Cthos the Doomsayer]], and he carries it as a man who knows how to use it.
|background= Virex came up through the ascending Orders of [[Cthos|Cthos the Doomsayer]], the silent Lord of the Underworld who judges the dead from the [[Palace of Nugarath]]. For decades he has tended the Sepulchral Lantern, a temple older than Mandrake’s church-in-exile, older than Neptaran rule, founded when Marosh was a different shape; and in its catacomb-archives he has read things that would unmake a lesser faith.
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	* '''[[Petronax Virelios Kharzen\|Master of Ledgers Petronax Virelios Kharzen]]:''' Chief accountant within the Chrysophylaxion, a gaunt and relentless auditor who tracks every coin entering or leaving Seahaven’s trade networks and quietly ruins those who fall into debt or dishonor their contracts.		* '''[[Petronax Virelios Kharzen\|Master of Ledgers Petronax Virelios Kharzen]]:''' Chief accountant within the Chrysophylaxion, a gaunt and relentless auditor who tracks every coin entering or leaving Seahaven’s trade networks and quietly ruins those who fall into debt or dishonor their contracts.
	* '''[[Rourke Halgren\|Captain Rourke “Blackwake” Halgren]]:''' A former pirate lord turned privateer, he commands a small but effective fleet and walks the line between legitimacy and outlawry, feared and respected in equal measure.		* '''[[Rourke Halgren\|Captain Rourke “Blackwake” Halgren]]:''' A former pirate lord turned privateer, he commands a small but effective fleet and walks the line between legitimacy and outlawry, feared and respected in equal measure.
			* '''[[Seraphine Calderis]]:''' Cadre des Expéditions of Seahaven: The ambitious and razor-minded face of the Consortium in Mandrake Bay, charged with prising the Maroshan trade from the Quartz Isle Company's grip and personal rival of that company's Factor-General.
	* '''[[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos]]:''' Commander of the Mandrake Bay fleet, a stern and disciplined naval officer who views Seahaven primarily as a military asset and resents interference from civilian governance.		* '''[[Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos\|Navarch Leontios Kallistrate Komnenos]]:''' Commander of the Mandrake Bay fleet, a stern and disciplined naval officer who views Seahaven primarily as a military asset and resents interference from civilian governance.
	* '''[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of the Tidemother’s Embrace]]:''' High priestess of [[Betshaba]], serene yet commanding, she holds immense influence among sailors and quietly mediates disputes that threaten the stability of the port.		* '''[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of the Tidemother’s Embrace]]:''' High priestess of [[Betshaba]], serene yet commanding, she holds immense influence among sailors and quietly mediates disputes that threaten the stability of the port.

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	{{EventRow\|2074\|even\| The [[Quartz Isle Company]] is founded by a conglomerate of wealthy families in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] with the express purpose of establishing trade envoys with re-emerging nation-states and colonies in regions left "unclaimed" in the wake of [[the Dark Times]]. Operating under charter from Neptaris, they rapidly become a extra-national means to exert growing Neptaran economic and military power across the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}		{{EventRow\|2074\|even\| The [[Quartz Isle Company]] is founded by a conglomerate of wealthy families in the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] with the express purpose of establishing trade envoys with re-emerging nation-states and colonies in regions left "unclaimed" in the wake of [[the Dark Times]]. Operating under charter from Neptaris, they rapidly become a extra-national means to exert growing Neptaran economic and military power across the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2075\|odd\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Princess Anborxe Etxeleku]] is elected by the [[Chamber or Princes]] to the royal seat of [[Nadera]]. As Queen, Anborxe proves to be successful in expanding Nadera's economic influence by establishing counting houses in neighboring countries and improving their rising maritime power by establishing the [[Maritime Academy of Garza]]. She was so popular that she was elected to an unprecedented second term in {{AeYear\|7960}}.}}		{{EventRow\|2075\|odd\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Princess Anborxe Etxeleku]] is elected by the [[Chamber or Princes]] to the royal seat of [[Nadera]]. As Queen, Anborxe proves to be successful in expanding Nadera's economic influence by establishing counting houses in neighboring countries and improving their rising maritime power by establishing the [[Maritime Academy of Garza]]. She was so popular that she was elected to an unprecedented second term in {{AeYear\|7960}}.}}
	{{EventRow\|2083\|~~even~~\|The [[Maritime Academy of Garza]] is established by [[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] in the [[Nadera\|Naderan]] capital city of [[Garza]]. The Academy trained navigators, mapmakers and shipwrights, most of whom were then funneled into work for the Neptaran Merchant houses and growing expeditionary fleet.}}		{{EventRow\|2082\|even\|At the relatively young age of 39, [[Malach Virex]] becomes [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2085\|~~odd~~\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] becomes the first elected monarch of [[Nadera]] to be re-elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}		{{EventRow\|2083\|odd\|The [[Maritime Academy of Garza]] is established by [[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] in the [[Nadera\|Naderan]] capital city of [[Garza]]. The Academy trained navigators, mapmakers and shipwrights, most of whom were then funneled into work for the Neptaran Merchant houses and growing expeditionary fleet.}}
	{{EventRow\|2095\|~~even~~\|[[Goren II Orzaiz\|Prince Goren II of House Orzaiz]] grandson of the [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren]] that maintained relative stability in [[Nadera]] during [[the Dark Times]], is elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]]. his rule is marked by an expansion of Nadera's expeditionary fleet and institution of licensed privateers that preyed on Nadera's enemies (which included any peoples that didn't have a trade agreement with the country).}}		{{EventRow\|2085\|even\|[[Anborxe Etxeleku\|Queen Anborxe Etxeleku]] becomes the first elected monarch of [[Nadera]] to be re-elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2099\|~~odd~~\|After years of slowly gaining economic and social control over the town, the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares [[Seahaven]] a colonial possession and assigns [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro]] as Eparch.}}		{{EventRow\|2095\|odd\|[[Goren II Orzaiz\|Prince Goren II of House Orzaiz]] grandson of the [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren]] that maintained relative stability in [[Nadera]] during [[the Dark Times]], is elected to the royal seat by the [[Chamber of Princes]]. his rule is marked by an expansion of Nadera's expeditionary fleet and institution of licensed privateers that preyed on Nadera's enemies (which included any peoples that didn't have a trade agreement with the country).}}
	{{EventRow\|2100\|~~even~~\|[[The Aureliad Consortium]], a coalition of [[Narbonne\|Narbonnais]] financiers, [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] mining interests, and [[Milosia\|Milosian]] shipping magnates, is formed in the northern ports of the [[Aurean Sea]]. Within a decade, the Consortium begins to expand its economic influence well beyond their native waters, establishing trading houses in major ports around the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}		{{EventRow\|2099\|even\|After years of slowly gaining economic and social control over the town, the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares [[Seahaven]] a colonial possession and assigns [[Iskandros Melanthios Varro]] as Eparch.}}
	{{EventRow\|2102\|~~odd~~\|[[The Neptaran War]] begins as the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares war on [[Daredonia]].}}		{{EventRow\|2100\|odd\|[[The Aureliad Consortium]], a coalition of [[Narbonne\|Narbonnais]] financiers, [[Vistria\|Vistrian]] mining interests, and [[Milosia\|Milosian]] shipping magnates, is formed in the northern ports of the [[Aurean Sea]]. Within a decade, the Consortium begins to expand its economic influence well beyond their native waters, establishing trading houses in major ports around the [[Betshaban Ocean]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2104\|~~even~~\|[[The Dracian Civil War]] rages across [[Dracia]] in central Aurea as several key factions form a loose alliance against [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the "Ivory Queen," Magdalena I]].		{{EventRow\|2102\|even\|[[The Neptaran War]] begins as the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]] declares war on [[Daredonia]].}}
			{{EventRow\|2104\|odd\|[[The Dracian Civil War]] rages across [[Dracia]] in central Aurea as several key factions form a loose alliance against [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the "Ivory Queen," Magdalena I]].
	[[Eko Elizondo\|Captain Eko Elizondo]] of [[Nadera]] reaches the legendary island of [[Kesh]] and returns home with silks, gold-threaded brocades, new spices and other goods from unknown lands across the Endless Ocean. He is celebrated as a national hero.}}		[[Eko Elizondo\|Captain Eko Elizondo]] of [[Nadera]] reaches the legendary island of [[Kesh]] and returns home with silks, gold-threaded brocades, new spices and other goods from unknown lands across the Endless Ocean. He is celebrated as a national hero.}}
	{{EventRow\|2105\|~~odd~~\|[[The Battle of Kzerna]] ends with the defeat of [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the Ivory Queen]], ending [[The Dracian Civil War]] in [[Dracia]]. [[Cyril Zabšinac\|Cyril of House Zabšinac]], formerly Lord High Marshal of Dracia, is crowned King Cyril II. The Ivory Queen herself commits suicide rather than face the ignominy of defeat. She is still granted a royal burial by order of King Cyril, marking a reign focused on reconciliation and a return to a profitable Dracia.}}		{{EventRow\|2105\|even\|[[The Battle of Kzerna]] ends with the defeat of [[Magdalena Vtalasav\|the Ivory Queen]], ending [[The Dracian Civil War]] in [[Dracia]]. [[Cyril Zabšinac\|Cyril of House Zabšinac]], formerly Lord High Marshal of Dracia, is crowned King Cyril II. The Ivory Queen herself commits suicide rather than face the ignominy of defeat. She is still granted a royal burial by order of King Cyril, marking a reign focused on reconciliation and a return to a profitable Dracia.}}
	{{EventRow\|2108\|~~even~~\|[[Eko Elizondo\|Royal Admiral Elizondo]], the lauded heroic explorer, departs eastward from [[Nadera]] with a large fleet of heavy galleons dedicated to reaching the mysterious lands beyond [[Kesh]].}}		{{EventRow\|2108\|odd\|[[Eko Elizondo\|Royal Admiral Elizondo]], the lauded heroic explorer, departs eastward from [[Nadera]] with a large fleet of heavy galleons dedicated to reaching the mysterious lands beyond [[Kesh]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2109\|~~odd~~\|Present year.}}		{{EventRow\|2109\|even\|Present year.}}
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	{{EventRow\|2012\|odd\|On Midsummer day of this year, priests of the Old Gods across the world wake to discover their connection to their deities severed, marking the end of [[the Third Age of Man]] and beginning of [[the Dark Times]].}}		{{EventRow\|2012\|odd\|On Midsummer day of this year, priests of the Old Gods across the world wake to discover their connection to their deities severed, marking the end of [[the Third Age of Man]] and beginning of [[the Dark Times]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2015\|even\|[[Goren Orzaiz\|Goren of House Orzaiz]], remains monarch of [[Nadera]] despite the legally-required conclusion of his ten-year reign. Because of the turmoil and chaos ongoing in neighboring nations, the Naderan [[Chamber of Princes]] does not oppose him.}}		{{EventRow\|2015\|even\|[[Goren Orzaiz\|Goren of House Orzaiz]], remains monarch of [[Nadera]] despite the legally-required conclusion of his ten-year reign. Because of the turmoil and chaos ongoing in neighboring nations, the Naderan [[Chamber of Princes]] does not oppose him.}}
	{{EventRow\|2046\|~~odd~~\|[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].}}		{{EventRow\|2043\|odd\|[[Malach Virex]], future [[Archdeacon]] of [[Cthos\|Cthos the Doomsayer]] at the [[Sepulchral Lantern]] in [[Seahaven]], [[Marosh]], is born on the island of Marosh.}}
	{{EventRow\|2059\|~~even~~\|The [[Nadera\|Naderan]] [[Chamber of Princes]] meets in a closed session to depose the aging [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]], but a fire breaks out in the Chamber, disrupting the proceedings and leaving five of the Princes dead. The secretive [[Saphracine Watch]] is generally believed to have been behind the attack.}}		{{EventRow\|2046\|even\|[[Ysabet\|Mother Ysabet of Betshaba]], future Wavemother of [[Marosh]], is born into the seaborne of the [[Neptaris\|Freecity of Neptaris]].}}
	{{EventRow\|2061\|~~odd~~\|The elderly [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]] of [[Nadera]] finally abdicates and [[Axil Varuna\|Axil of House Varuna]] is elected monarch by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}		{{EventRow\|2059\|odd\|The [[Nadera\|Naderan]] [[Chamber of Princes]] meets in a closed session to depose the aging [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]], but a fire breaks out in the Chamber, disrupting the proceedings and leaving five of the Princes dead. The secretive [[Saphracine Watch]] is generally believed to have been behind the attack.}}
	{{EventRow\|2062\|~~even~~\|[[The Dark Times]] abruptly end with the return of the Old Gods.}}		{{EventRow\|2061\|even\|The elderly [[Goren Orzaiz\|King Goren of House Orzaiz]] of [[Nadera]] finally abdicates and [[Axil Varuna\|Axil of House Varuna]] is elected monarch by the [[Chamber of Princes]].}}
			{{EventRow\|2062\|odd\|[[The Dark Times]] abruptly end with the return of the Old Gods.}}
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