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The Third Age of Man began with the foundation of the city of [[Zeth]] almost six millennia after the foundation of [[Thenos]] in [[Aebasa]], over one thousand years after [[the Curse of Tongues]] was inflicted on humanity, leading to the | The Third Age of Man began with the foundation of the city of [[Zeth]] almost six millennia after the foundation of [[Thenos]] in [[Aebasa]], over one thousand years after [[the Curse of Tongues]] was inflicted on humanity, leading to [[the Long Night]]. The foundation of Zeth on [[Aurea]] coincided with the rise of the Kingdom, later Empire, of [[Balguran]] on [[Gallorea]]. [[The Old Gods]] had returned to their creation as the [[Tuatha de Dannan]] became less and less involved in the world, though this time they directed their faithful in portents and granted power indirectly to their priests, instead of directly influencing events as they had done in [[the First Age of Man]]. | ||
The Third Age of Man is dominated by the rise of [[the Great Empire]] on [[Aurea]] and its expansion into [[Duria]], as well as its slow contraction from the continent in the last half of the Age. The conquest of [[Koramia]] on Duria and the re-emergence of the dwarves after the recovery of [[the Goblet of Gundagor]] in the last century of the Age seemed to ensure that this would be the final, lasting Age of | The Third Age of Man is dominated by the rise of [[The Old Empire|the Great Empire]] on [[Aurea]] and its expansion into [[Duria]], as well as its slow contraction from the continent in the last half of the Age. The conquest of [[Koramia]] on Duria and the re-emergence of the dwarves after the recovery of [[the Goblet of Gundagor]] in the last century of the Age seemed to ensure that this would be the final, lasting Age of Man, but events conspired to bring humanity low once more. First, the Mage-King of [[Lun Dorak]], [[Lucasa]], gained the Imperial Throne in Zeth and set to conquer Koramia before being defeated by a combined army of humans, elves and orcs in [[the Mage War]]. Then a dark conqueror from another dimension arrived and attempted to destroy Creation in a bid for not only godhood, but to become the sole god of all universes. Though both conquerors were thwarted, the damage had been done. | ||
With another recession of [[the Elder Gods]], [[the Dark Times]] had begun.<noinclude> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 23 April 2015
The Third Age of Man began with the foundation of the city of Zeth almost six millennia after the foundation of Thenos in Aebasa, over one thousand years after the Curse of Tongues was inflicted on humanity, leading to the Long Night. The foundation of Zeth on Aurea coincided with the rise of the Kingdom, later Empire, of Balguran on Gallorea. The Old Gods had returned to their creation as the Tuatha de Dannan became less and less involved in the world, though this time they directed their faithful in portents and granted power indirectly to their priests, instead of directly influencing events as they had done in the First Age of Man.
The Third Age of Man is dominated by the rise of the Great Empire on Aurea and its expansion into Duria, as well as its slow contraction from the continent in the last half of the Age. The conquest of Koramia on Duria and the re-emergence of the dwarves after the recovery of the Goblet of Gundagor in the last century of the Age seemed to ensure that this would be the final, lasting Age of Man, but events conspired to bring humanity low once more. First, the Mage-King of Lun Dorak, Lucasa, gained the Imperial Throne in Zeth and set to conquer Koramia before being defeated by a combined army of humans, elves and orcs in the Mage War. Then a dark conqueror from another dimension arrived and attempted to destroy Creation in a bid for not only godhood, but to become the sole god of all universes. Though both conquerors were thwarted, the damage had been done.
With another recession of the Elder Gods, the Dark Times had begun.
Timeline
Imperial Year | Aebasan Year | Neptaran Year | Event |
631 B.I. | 5995 A.C. | 120 N.C. | The Third Age of Man; The Foundation of Zeth, Rise of the Empire of Balguran |
458 | 6168 | 293 | The Republic, touted to be the first democracy, is founded in Zeth |
200 | 6426 | 551 | Aescalapean ships first arrive at Zeth to trade goods from the barbarian north. |
192 | 6434 | 559 | The War of the Golden Coast begins when an Aescalapean pirate vessel attacking Zetian merchant vessels is discovered to be lead by an Aescalapean nobleman. |
189 | 6437 | 562 | During the War of the Golden Coast, Zeth is blockaded by the powerful Aescalapean navy. The blockade is recalled as Zetian infantry arrive in Aescalapea via Ganesia. |
187 | 6439 | 564 | The War of the Golden Coast ends as the Aescalapean city of Dracar is sacked by Zetian troops. The Aescalapean royal palace in Dracar is dismantled and its stones used to build a temple to Galea. House Gabinius is given oversight of the newly-founded Zetian colony. |
123 | 6503 | 628 | Larstat II, a king of the northern barbarians who lived in present-day Koramia, sent a messenger to Zeth to purchase mercenaries to assist in his war against the Xaclos |
120 | 6506 | 631 | Marcus Argentis arrives with most of the Imperial fleet on the shores of present-day Koramia |
87 | 6539 | 664 | Septimius of House Varros defeats Aaronar VI, the last King of the Kamaros, in present-day Cambrecia |
80 | 6545 | 670 | 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. |
75 | 6551 | 676 | Marcus Argentis dies, having conquered the lands of present-day Koramia, Pelusia, Illyria, Nagos and Media for the Republic of Zeth. |
1 I.C. | 6626 | 751 | Octavius of House Zetar elected first Emperor of Zeth by the Senate, ending the Republic. Cambrecia is one of the last of the Outer Territories of the Republic to acknowledge his rulership, and rebellions will scar the nation for the next century and a half |
149 | 6774 | 899 | 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 |
186 IC | 6811 AT | 936 NC | Garimund of Ryard discovers the Galley of Destiny and the Koram, the holy book upon which the Koramian heresy is based |
312 | 6937 | 1062 | First Succession War in the Great Empire begins with the death of Emperor Antigonus Gabinius. |
318 | 6945 | 1068 | Antipater Varro becomes first Elected Emperor since Octavius. |
321 | 6948 | 1071 | Imperial forces defeat the last of the pretenders to the Imperial throne, ending the First Succession War. |
345 | 6972 | 1095 | Farmers, irritated with Imperial power in Cambrecia, migrate to present-day Enesia |
371 | 6998 | 1121 | Ditis Carnifex of House Gabinius murders ruling Emperor, ending the Time of Elected Emperors and starting the Second Succession War. |
376 | 7003 | 1126 | Octavius Augustus Zetar defeats Vitellis Gabinius, last of the pretenders, ending the Second Succession War. |
c. 431 | c. 7058 | c. 1181 | The Empire of Balguran crumbles; Adanar is founded by King Falgran |
526 | 7153 | 1276 | The School of St. Aurelius in Utherios, one of the oldest existing bardic colleges outside of the Empire, is established in Enesia |
628 | 7255 | 1378 | The last two Imperial garrisons in present-day Koramia proclaim their independence from the Empire, ending Imperial rule in the region |
645 | 7272 | 1395 | 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. |
715 | 7342 | 1465 | Simon of Gaut, a mercenary, is exiled from the Kingdom of Dregnost and uses his army to found Nadera. |
724 | 7351 | 1474 | 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 on the continent of Duria. |
754 | 7381 | 1504 | The city of Paladinium in present-day Koramia proclaims its independence from the local barbarian king, using Neptaris as a model for its government. |
762 | 7389 | 1512 | Jeremiah Tovex, last of the Cambrecian Kings, abdicates his power of rulership to the Pontifex of Zelos, making Geraldus the first Potentate of Cambrecia. |
804 | 7431 | 1554 | The Electorate in Paladinium decides to disband and elects Bernard Margwenth as its Lord Earl |
823 | 7450 | 1573 | A shipping accident sinks a Lagorkan merchant vessel belonging to the Vazdid family in Nadera, sparking the War of Flame. |
830 | 7457 | 1580 | The War of Flame ends with the capture of the Naderan King; The Vazdid Occupation begins in Nadera. The Saphracine Watch is founded to guard Vazdid interests there. |
894 | 7521 | 1644 | 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 |
900 | 7527 | 1650 | 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. |
c. 973 | c. 7600 | c. 1723 | After a crippling merchant war at home in Lagorka, the Vazdids leave Nadera, which is subsequently plundered by Vazdid's enemies. |
980 | 7607 | 1730 | The Gray Lord of Thet is defeated in the Battle of Bloodrust in Adanar by King Ilyard of Haleland |
989 | 7616 | 1739 | By this time, Queen Aishah "the Bloody" Izuel has taken effective control of Nadera. |
1002 | 7629 | 1752 | Death without issue of Emperor Orestes Sergius results in the Third Succession War. |
1028 | 7655 | 1778 | Queen Zebba of Nadera expands the powers of the Saphracine Watch to include spying upon and enforcing the Royal Will on the nobility. |
1029 | 7656 | 1779 | Gaius Aurelius Zetar defeats Manius Acilius Drusus, ending the Third Succession War in the Great Empire. |
1033 | 7660 | 1783 | The Fell King of Thet marches against Adanar, starting the Long War |
1053 | 7680 | 1803 | With the death of Queen Zebba in Nadera and the subsequent assassination of her successor by the Saphracine Watch, the Succession War begins. |
1073 | 7700 | 1823 | The Naderan Royal Code ends the Succession War, establishing the Council of Princes. |
1108 | 7735 | 1858 | The bloody War of Eagles begins in Adanar with the death of King Galen Tolgran without heir |
1129 | 7756 | 1879 | King Valmaar Vercimanon is victorious in the War of Eagles in Adanar, but the power of the crown is crushed; as a result, the Council of Lords is founded and gains the power to make laws |
c. 1155 | c. 7782 | c. 1905 | King Myrsus Varuna of Nadera, elected to his position by the Council of Princes, mandates that the Saphracine Watch be used to spy on its neighbors, instead of dealing with internal dissention. |
1180 | 7807 | 1930 | William V Greysword is elected Lord Earl of Paeldain, the youngest to hold that position |
1183 | 7810 | 1933 | 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 |
1197 | 7824 | 1947 | King William I of Paeldain receives a vision from Vortumnus, commanding him to re-unify the lands of present-day Koramia |
1198 | 7825 | 1948 | The Potentate of Cambrecia releases trade restrictions on Neptaris, resulting in increased trade and a strengthening of the merchant class in both regions. |
1201 | 7078 | 1951 | 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 |
1204 | 7081 | 1954 | Increased tension with Koramia results in the declaration of war by the Potentate, which is reciprocated by King William I. |
1210 | 7837 | 1960 | Koramia is reunified under King William Greysword I. |
1211 | 7838 | 1961 | William Greysword I, King of Koramia, dies in battle, but leaves a legacy of a relatively peaceful kingdom to his heir |
1247 | 7874 | 1997 | Kor'dal becomes Great Khan of the orcs of Tazgrat and begins to march his armies towards the Mabean Marches. |
1248 | 7875 | 1998 |
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1249 | 7876 | 1999 |
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1250 | 7877 | 2000 |
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1251 | 7878 | 2001 |
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1252 | 7879 | 2002 |
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1253 | 7880 | 2003 |
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1254 | 7881 | 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 Donnagh by the druids of Ywys. Ywys breaks its alliance with the Empire and allies with Donnagh. |
1255 | 7882 | 2005 |
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1256 | 7883 | 2006 | Mitaria is attacked by an armada of Valtang warships. Instead of merely raiding, the Valtang 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 Valtang invaders. King Tostig the Red of the Valtang arrives in Mitaria to lead the invasion. |
1257 | 7884 | 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. |
1259 | 7886 | 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. |
1261 | 7888 | 2011 | The Crimson Plague strikes in Lagorka and quickly spreads along trade routes westward. By the end of the year, the Plague has reached Aebasa, despite sometimes militant attempts to curb its spread. |
1262 | 7889 | 2012 |
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Introduction · Geography · History · Culture · Races · Magic · Religion · Rules | |
The History of Feyworld | |
General History Articles | |
Age of the Gods | |
The First Age of Man | |
The Great Darkness | |
The Second Age of Man | |
The Long Night |
The Adventures of Zarakos · The Battle of the Gareon Dales · The Foundation of Neptaris · The Foundation of Zeth · The Lineage of Ikthios · The Recession of the Tuatha · The Second Anchorage |
The Third Age of Man |
Overview of the Third Age of Man Druids in the Third Age of Man · History of the Great Empire · The History of Neptaris · The Mage War |
The Dark Times | |
The Fourth Age of Man |