Tale of the Years

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Dates are in the Cambrian system. Other kingdoms have a different year 0 although days and months are the same across Cambria, Reetland and Sankhar (but not Sambia)



c-1000 End of The Great Darkness
c-907 Merchants from Aratola found the city of Tammarik at the mouth of the River Kald
c-889 Saint Tadros crosses the Blue Sea to refound the Pelorean Church in Reetland
-876 Marwhini tribes start to drive Goblinoid and Gnoll tribes from the Northern Plains of Sankhar.
-838 With the aid of the Southern Elves Elorion Halfelven rebuilds the ancient port city of Ostelor on the shores of the Great Ocean.
-812 Bran slays Uluk the cold drake and briefly unites all Marwhini tribes.
c-800 Last Giants driven out of Reetland region
-800 The city of Alsarias is erected on the coast of Miredor.
-782 The Kenzin city of Shrel Kain is founded.
-774 The Drel leader Hembur Smep persuades the Elvenking Eluriel to allow him to establish the island port city of Ro-mollo.
-741 The Kenzin League unites all the human settlements around the Tangara Naji.
-736 Division of Miredor into seven dominions. Eluriel founds the Elven Forest kingdom in the northwest.
-733 Last Gnolls driven from the Northern Plains of Sankhar.
-711 Mablad Dwarves enter Pel and found Blackflame.
c-650 Desert tribes start testing the eastern borders of Pel.
-631 Kenzin merchants establish trade links with Kadia.
-626 Led by Imrazor II a combined army from Pel, Maldor and Miredor score a decisive victory over the desert tribes in the hills of Emyn Din.
-624 The tragic assassination of Imrazor II by agents of his own mother prevents Dominion expansion into the Lost Lands.
-617 The Pel establish the city of Arpel in Miredor on the river Usira.
-585 Tammarik declares its independence from Aratola.
-577 Kenzin merchants returning from Kadia bring with them a party of Kadian monks who establish a temple in Shrel Kain.
-510 Kingdom of Reetland founded
-452 Reet farmers in the Kald valley acknowledge the Reetland king
-297 Reetland fights off the Eastern Horde and establishes eastern and western borders
-286 Sankhar is established as a province of the Great Khanate
-264 The defeat of the Eastern Horde at the battle of Al Kabuk marks the end of the southern expansion of the Great Khanate
-192 The Southern Khanate is dissolved into minor provinces.
-79 The Demon Queen takes the throne of Fenghast
-73 Aratola becomes the last southern kingdom to secure independence from the Great Khanate.
-63 Northern territories incorporated into Reetland
-11 A rebellion by the Sagath is brutally out down in Sankhar.
-5 St. James leads settlers into Cambrian region seeking religious freedom and founds Pell's Hold
0 St. James becomes first King of Cambria
50 St. Olwyn becomes first ruling Queen of Cambria
56 St. Olwyn repels Reaver invasion
57 Sankhar becomes an independent kingdom after rebellion against the Great Khan
67 Reetland troops invade Cambria but are roundly defeated
80 St. Erin becomes ruler of Cambria
98 Death of St. Erin in First Northern War
103 King Egbert resigns as head of Church of Pelor and divides Church and State.
152 Church of Pelor becomes official state religion of Reetland
176 Ragenport becomes part of Cambria
201 An Ulbarian fleet captures the strategic city of Dolsir slaughtering or enslaving much of the population. For the next decade the Ulbarians use the city as a base for river piracy along the great river Sirdin.
212 A combined land and sea operation expels the Ulbarians fron Dolsir.
313 Church of Pelor divides into three branches in Cambria. Only Church of St. James is recognised as the state religion
328 An Ulbarian attack on the city of Caras Metharn is beaten off although the lower level of the city is left in flames.
351 Learning that Ulbarian corsairs are planning another major attack on the Drel coast a combined Dominions navy captures and sacks Castle Caldur the supposedly impregnable fortress of the Ulbarian Admiral Isdeath.
442 Sankhar conquered by Western Khanate
483 Sankhat rebellion restores independence. Sankhar becomes a republic.
511 Second Northern War. Fall of Dwarven city of Ironhold boosts the population of Mountain Hall
514 Reetland conquers Sankhar and installs puppet kings
572 Reetland kings expelled from Sankhar
596 The Great Dwarven Road extended from Pell's Hold to the Reetland border
621 A concerted effort by the leaders of Pel, Maldor and Miredor sees the Cult of the Long Night driven out of the Seven Dominions.
622 Gnoll Horde destroys Western Khanate. Cambria and Reetland send troops to expel Gnolls from Sankhar.
746 Second Reetland invasion of Cambria
810 Third Northern War
819-830 Second Gnoll War
837 Magical catastrophe forms the Rift. Cambria abandons border region which becomes The Waste
862 Cambria completes The Wall
891 King Carlos becomes first human king of Sambia
1043 Araphor, current ruler of the Dominion of Miredor, is born.
1056 Third Reetland Invasion of Cambria
1063 The Reetland navy blockades the city of Tranzine in a bid to stop it harbouring Ulbarian pirates.
1066 Araphor leads a daring raid on the harbour of Ulbar, setting fire to many ships and personally slaying the harbourmaster in a battle on the quays.
1105 'Count Neelaf' (aka Count Draku) purchases a farm in Malor (one of the Seven Dominions) with money illegal siphoned off from the Servants of the Real Fire.
1114 King Burdred crowned King of Cambria
1123 King Sigor crowned King of Sankhar
1134 Present Day