Timeline of Duria
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Neptaran Year | Dwarven Year | Koramian Year | Event |
7776 | 1 | 8722 | Kalazar, first Dwarven nation, founded |
7207 | 570 | 8153 | The Earth-War: Dwarves fight over supremacy of Enosigaois (referred to by them as Enos) and Baelthor (Balthor to the dwarves) as patron deity. |
6770 | 1007 | 7716 | The Earth-War ends, with Balthor's followers as victors. The civil war, however, has taken its toll on the Dwarven population. |
5874 | 1903 | 6822 | Beginning of the First Age of Man |
4868 | 2909 | 5815 | First Age of Elvenkind: Danu and her disciples find the Elves, and teach them the secret; by this time, worship of the Tuatha de Dannan has spread amongst the humans |
3975 | 3802 | 4922 | Dwarves return to their above-ground homeland, only to discover it ruled by humans. The War of the Sun begins. |
3899 | 3878 | 4846 | Dwarves pushed back into mountain homes by humans during the War of the Sun, and the main thrust of the Dwarven attack is repulsed. Dwarves still make periodic raids on human settlements, but never again truly threaten human civilization. |
3375 | 4402 | 4296 | End of the First Age of Man |
2001 | 5776 | 2948 | Ogma becomes ruler of the Tuatha as Danu steps down |
1459 | 6318 | 2406 | Beginning of the Second Age of Man: Math Mathonwy withdraws from the Tuatha |
1399 | 6378 | 2346 | Peace between Dwarves and Humans founded at Gundagor |
1047 | 6730 | 1994 | End of the Second Age of Man: Cuchulainn defeats Math |
776 | 7001 | 1723 | Goblet of Gundagor stolen, peace between humans and dwarves is shattered. |
1 | 7778 | 946 | The town of Neptag (later Neptaris) is founded on Gryphon Hill along the wild shores of the Durian continent by the explorer Zarakos of Taranio. It is intended that the colony become a trade outpost for his sponsor city, Thene. |
120 | 7897 | 827 | Beginning of the Third Age of Man |
628 | 8405 | 319 | Larstat II, a king of the northern barbarians who lived in present-day Koramia, sends a messenger to Zeth to purchase mercenaries to assist in his war against the Xaclos |
631 | 8408 | 316 | Marcus Argentis arrives with most of the Imperial fleet on the shores of present-day Koramia |
664 | 8441 | 283 | Septimius of House Varros defeats Aaronar VI, the last King of the Kamaros, in present-day Cambrecia |
670 | 8447 | 276 | Valerius Marcosi establishes the Code of Urban Law in Neptaris, the legal document that would be used in the city for the next millennia and a half. |
676 | 8453 | 271 | Marcus Argentis dies, having conquered the lands of present-day Koramia, Pelusia, Illyria, Nagos and Media |
899 | 8676 | 47 | After a century and a half of endless rebellions, Emperor Metius the Elder of House Livius sends Ionnanes II, Pontifex of Zelos, to Septarium in an attempt to quell the rebels through conversion |
946 | 8723 | 1 | Garimund of Ryard discovers the Galley of Destiny and the Koram, the holy book upon which the Koramian heresy is based |
1095 | 8872 | 150 | Farmers, irritated with Imperial power in Cambrecia, migrate to present-day Enesia |
1208 | 8985 | 263 | The Magocracy of Lun Dorak is formally founded by Davalor the Mad |
1276 | 9053 | 331 | The School of St. Aurelius in Utherios, one of the oldest existing bardic colleges outside of the Empire, is established in Enesia |
1378 | 9155 | 433 | The last two Imperial garrisons in present-day Koramia proclaim their independence from the Empire, ending Imperial rule in the region |
1395 | 9172 | 450 | King Alexius Duros is quietly crowned in Enesia by the local Episcopus of Podalirius, establishing the nation as a monarchy. The Emperor of Zeth does not act to prevent this act of independence. |
1474 | 9251 | 529 | The Emperor Cecropius of House Gradivius pens a letter to the Pontifex of Zelos in Septarium informing him that Cambrecia will have to see to its own defenses, signaling the end of true Imperial power in the region. |
1504 | 9281 | 559 | The city of Paladinium in present-day Koramia proclaims its independence from the local barbarian king, using Neptaris as a model for its government. |
1512 | 9289 | 567 | Jeremiah Tovex, last of the Cambrecian Kings, abdicates his power of rulership to the Pontifex of Zelos, making Geraldus the first Potentate of Cambrecia. |
1554 | 9331 | 609 | The Electorate in Paladinium decides to disband and elects Bernard Margwenth as its Lord Earl |
1644 | 9421 | 699 | A bloody civil war in the Earldom of Margwenth in present-day Koramia ends in the re-establishment of the Electorate by followers of Vortumnus under the banner of Tristan Greysword I and the city of Paladinium is renamed Paeldain in defiance to its Imperial roots |
1650 | 9427 | 705 | After centuries of denying power to the nobility and, eventually, inheritance by primogeniture, the Potentate of Zelos convinces the Emperor Metaurus of House Drusus to grant the nation of Cambrecia to the Church of Zelos, thus establishing the Holy See of Cambrecia and permanently destroying the power of the noble families. The capital city of Septarium is renamed Zelosia City. |
1930 | 9707 | 985 | William V Greysword is elected Lord Earl of Paeldain, the youngest to hold that position |
1933 | 9710 | 988 | In a narrow election by the Electorate in Paeldain, William V Greysword is crowned King William I of Paeldain and Lord Protector of the Koramic Code |
1947 | 9724 | 1002 | King William I of Paeldain receives a vision from Vortumnus, commanding him to re-unify the lands of present-day Koramia |
1948 | 9725 | 1003 | The Potentate of Cambrecia releases trade restrictions on Neptaris, resulting in increased trade and a strengthening of the merchant class in both regions. |
1951 | 9728 | 1006 | King William I of Paeldain is proclaimed King of Koramia. The Potentate of Cambrecia issues a strong message of condemnation for the Heretic-King and breaks off trade relations with Paeldain and any who flocked to the Greysword’s banner |
1954 | 9731 | 1009 | Increased tension with Koramia results in the declaration of war by the Potentate of Cambrecia, which is reciprocated by King William I. |
1960 | 9737 | 1015 | Koramia is reunified under King William Greysword I. |
1961 | 9738 | 1016 | William Greysword I, King of Koramia, dies in battle, but leaves a legacy of a relatively peaceful kingdom to his heir |
1998 | 9775 | 1053 | Lucasa becomes Mage-King of Lun Dorak. |
2000 | 9777 | 1055 | The Goblet of Gundagor is discovered in Koramia and returned to the dwarves under the Divian Mountains, ending the Second War of the Sun. Baron Algernon Marn of Koramia becomes first human ambassador to the dwarves in millennia. |
2000 | 9777 | 1055 | The Imperial fleet sets sail for Koramia in planned surprise attack on the nation. Later that year, William Greysword I, First King of Koramia, returns to lead his country against the Imperial invasion. |
2001 | 9778 | 1056 | The assembled Imperial army, allied with Illyria and Cambrecia, attacks Koramia. By the end of the season, Illyria betrays the Empire and allies Koramia, who grants her independence. An orcish army, led by a former prisoner of Illyria known as Gar'dun, joins Koramian effort. Later that year, Civil war erupts in Illyria between those loyal to the crown and those who support the Empire. |
2001 | 9778 | 1056 | Imperial forces are dealt harsh defeat at the First Battle of Paeldain in Koramia when the Glorious Galley, of Vortumnian legend, appears with a Dragonknight at the helm. |
2001 | 9778 | 1056 | In Lun Dorak, the Mage-King Lucasa discovers the Magesword. |
2001 | 9778 | 1056 | Near Webwood Forest, Math Mathowny, villain of the Tuatha de Dannan, is slain by Cuchulain. |
2003 | 9780 | 1058 | Gar'dun becomes Great Khan, uniting the orcish tribes of Vor Midal and attacks Lun Dorak. |
2003 | 9780 | 1058 | 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. |
2012 | 9789 | 1067 | The Crimson Plague strikes in Neptaris, likely brought by traders from the south. From Neptaris, the Plague spreads quickly to Koramia, Tamerynd and Zeth. |
2020 | 9797 | 1075 | End of the Third Age of Man |
2099 | 9876 | 1154 | Present Day |
This article is part of the Player's Guide to Duria | |
Introduction · Economics and Trade · Legends and History · Religion · Regions and Realms | |
Legends and History of Duria | |
Forgotten Empires · The Third Age of Man · The Dark Times · The Fourth Age of Man |
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