2000s NC

Events

Aurea

2002

• The only son of Emperor Publius Antonius dies. The Emperor's closest advisor, Lucius, is named heir.

2004

• The Imperial Governor of the [[Mabean Marches] dies and civil war erupts between loyalists to the Empire and local forces. By the end of the year, Tancorix, a Mabean member of the Imperial forces in the Mabean Marches, betrays and defeats Imperial forces. He is crowned King of Donnegal by the druids of Powys. Powys breaks its alliance with the Empire and allies with Donnegal.

2005

• Dracia declares independence from the Empire and Vladimir Vtalasav is crowned King.
• King Clovar V Tuepierre declares independence from the Empire and officially converts to the Koramian Heresy, wherein Vortumnus is viewed as King of the Gods. Civil war immediately erupts.

2006

• Mitaria is attacked by an armada of Valtanni warships. Instead of merely raiding, the Valtanni barbarians begin building forts and seem intent on taking the country. Mitaria requests assistance from the Empire. Still without an Emperor, the Empire sends no troops to Mitaria to defend it from the Valtanni invaders. King Tostig the Red of the Valtanni arrives in Mitaria to lead the invasion.

2007

• With most of the Imperial troops in Mitaria defeated, King Tostig the Red names his son, Aelfric the Bold, King of Mitaria and returns to Valtaan.

2009

• King Clovar V Tuepierre of Narbonne is slain in battle and his son, Dagaric, is crowned King by the Bishop of Grischamp. By the end of the season, Dagaric has quelled most of the fighting in the nation with the assistance of the Order of the Red Band, an order of Koramian Paladins.

Duria

2001

• The assembled Imperial army, allied with Illyria and Cambrecia, attacks Koramia. By the end of the season, Illyria betrays the Empire and allies with 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.
• In Lun Dorak, the Mageking Lucasa discovers the Magesword.
• Near Webwood Forest, Math Mathowny, villain of the Tuatha de Dannan, is slain by Cuchulain.

2002

• Lucius, now of House Zetar, leads the armies in Koramia and succeeds in taking Paeldain. King William Greysword I and his family are slain defending Paeldain. The Greysword's son-in-law, Gawyn Asheva, is crowned King and flees to a hidden stronghold in the Divian Mountains.
• Late in the year, the Emperor of Zeth dies and is succeeded by Lucius, who reveals himself to be the Mageking, Lucasa of Lun Dorak. The Imperial capital is moved to the Sapphire City in Lun Dorak.

2003

• 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 Mageking, who soon dies of an unknown illness. Without its Mageking, the Dorakian Empire immediately crumbles.

Gallorea

2001

• In the Dragonlands, the Order of the Brilliant Lance, the Dragonknights, are reformed. Later in the year, 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.
• King Rudolf III Vercimanon of Adanar grants territory along his eastern border with Thet to the newly arrived dwarven traders there, founding the nation of Valduran.

2002

• In Adanar, the dwarves of the Janos mountains open an embassy and begin trade negotiations with humans in the region.