Timeline of Ispar

Before the Roulean Calendar
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Roulean Calendar (RC)
0 RC	Roulea marks the beginning of its calendar with the founding of the capital by offspring of the gods.
	Long after the Rouleans had brought imperial order to the lands around the Ironsea, the tribes that would become the nations of Viamont and Aluvia remain chaotic and disorganized.
787 RC	Beginning of the reign of Pwyll II in Aluvia.
804 RC	Year of the Comet. The dust-light of the Comet of 804 glowers over the land of Aluvia - the harbinger of the Grand Armada of Viamont. Viamont Invades Aluvia. 4th of Solclaim - Defending army of Aluvia is defeated at the Plain of Ayrifal. High King Pwyll II is slain, marking the end of his reign in Aluvia. All the sons and male cousins of the High King are slain in battle at his side. Beginning of the reign of Alfric, Overlord of Viamont, in Aluvia. Immediately after his victory, Alfric rounds up and executes all that remain of Pwyll II's bloodline, fearing a descendant who could unite the Aluvians and challenge his own offspring for the throne. This is done in secret, and neither Theolaud nor Alfrega would later have knowledge of this.
810 RC	The traditional highland fortress of the Aluvian Kings, Thrushhaven, is deemed too old and remote for Alfric's purposes, so he establishes a castle in Celdon. On an island on the Canfeld River in the center of Celdon, the island marketplace is razed, and construction begins on a magnificent, airy white marble palace in the Viamontian style, known simply as the Tower of Alfric.
824 RC	End of the reign of Alfric, Overlord of Viamont, in Aluvia. Beginning of the reign of King Theolaud, son of Viamont Royal Governor Alfric, in Aluvia.
854 RC	End of the reign of Theolaud in Aluvia. The details of his death are unclear. Some claim assassination, others claim he died in a "king's Duel" against King Elous VIII of Viamont. The death of Theolaud marks the beginning of the reign of his daughter, Alfrega the Mad in Aluvia.
	Alfrega marries Kirne, a royal son of Milantos. Alfrega maintains sole control over Aluvia.
	Alfrega blames the Aluvian peasantry for the death of her father.
	The publication of Sanxeth of Celdon's voluminous work of philosophy, The Common-Wealth, also increases Alfrega's suspicions. This hefty tome repudiates the notion of monarchy, and calls for the peasantry to unite in communities run by group consensus. Sanxeth's anarchic principles are vigorously opposed in all civilized lands.
	Each week, suspected spies are publicly put to death as a warning to all who would oppose Alfrega. Alfrega spends a great deal of time trying to wipe out the remnants of the Orts, fearing that some legitimate descendant of Pwyll II might be hidden among them. Alfrega enlarges her household army to an unprecedented size. Mercenaries flock to Aluvia from as far as the peaks of distant Silvera, and become the scourge of the peasantry. Homes are burnt, land was salted, and dozens are executed in hideous fashion.
860 RC	The open rebellion of the Orts begins. A farmer, Dunol, and his three children are to be executed on a Leafcull morning. The previous night, Harlune of Feirgard had smuggled out Dunol's three children. Harlune had to rest and was not able to save Dunol. On the day of the execution, the crowd had expected four executions but witness only that of Dunol. As Dunol lay dying, a cry comes out from the balcony on the Tower of Alfric where Alfrega witnesses executions. There is a struggle with an assailant, who leaps off the balcony after guards come to the defense of the Queen. The assailant, Harlune, lands on execution platform, where the remains of Dunol lay strewn about, throws back his hood and proclaims, "The time has come for the Mad Queen to be thrown down!" then disappears into the crowd.
860 RC	After Harlune's act in Celdon, the elder warrior Hendac Tharesun, the firstborn of Pwyll II's seneschal and effective leader of the Orts for several years, seeks out Harlune and becomes his mentor. The two travel throughout Aluvia finding those who mutter quietly against the Throne, urging them to go into hiding in the Luparvium Mountains. Many do, establishing camps there.
861 RC	Tharesun and Harlune seek out the hidden mountain camps of Orts throughout the year. The castle of Holdfast is established at one of those camps.
	Harlune and Urbex the Venerable enchant a rosequartz ring Harlune had taken from the body of Dunol. It is named the Rose of Celdon. The ring is used by many agents of the Orts.
	Colrim, an agent of the Orts, betrays the group while rescuing prisoners from the Tower of Alfric.
868 RC	In the foredawn of 23rd Wintersebb mercenary soldiers of the Queen descende upon the safe havens of the Orts in all quarters of Celdon. 83 are seized and brought into the courtyard of the Tower. They are all slain. The body of Colrim is later found, his throat slashed by a dagger of exquisite craftsmanship. The Rose of Celdon is lost on this day. Alfrega dies, due to accidental poisoning after eating improperly prepared Tian fish. She is succeeded by her son Osric.
899 RC	End of the reign of Osric the Wise in Aluvia. Beginning of the reign of Pwyll III in Aluvia.
924 RC	End of the reign of Pwyll III in Aluvia. Beginning of the reign of Cellric II in Aluvia.
1086 RC	Emperor Kou rises to power in Ryujii at the age of 15. Kou unites the Sho people under his banner. Iiwah he takes by force, invading with a massive fleet; Chiran-tou he takes by peace, marrying the daughter of its ruler and moving his throne there.
1261 RC	Portals to Dereth begin to appear on Ispar. At first, they only appear in Aluvian lands.
1272 RC	King Varicci di Corcosi launches simultaneous attacks on Roulea and Aluvia. After early victories in Aluvia, the Aluvians put up a resistance, and the war falls into a stalemate. The Roulean Empire collapses, its imperial army annihilated and its Emperor murdered in his palace. The Viamontian army presses on to Gharu'n.
1274 RC	Tirethas falls to the Viamontians. Viamontian army marches east along the northern edge of the Naqut pushing back the Gharu'ndim army. Gharu'ndim resistance solidifies around the city of Shiryaz. Viamontians are fought to a standstill there, and Shiryaz remains free.
1276 RC 0 PY	On the far away planet of Auberean, the Olthoi Queen of Dereth is defeated.
1284 RC	The Viamontian army camped outside Shiryaz is recalled back to Viamont, to deal with a crisis in their homeland. The royal army of Viamont, lead by prince Varicci di Corcosi II, enter the lands of Bellenesse and lay siege to the Duke's fortress. The rebels, lead by Eleonora du Bellenesse and the Duke of Bellenesse, flee through a mysterious portal. Varicci and his army follow them.
1286 RC	After a long lull in Isparian arrivals, a great surge of new Aluvian, Gharu'ndim, and Sho adventurers are called from Ispar to Dereth by mysterious portals in their homelands.
1292 RC	The war in Aluvia between the invading Viamontians and defending Aluvians is still at a stalemate at this point.
1311 RC	Beginning of the reign of Cedraic III in Aluvia. [Editor's Note: If the date given is correct, this event has not occurred yet, and will not occur until PY 35 (2024 Earth). It is more likely that, since the years of the Aluvian rulers were written in Beta and the Ages of the Empyreans (from which we derive the PY to RC conversion) were created post-release, that the date is incorrect.]

Key

• If an entry has no source listed at the end of the line, its source is the next one listed.
• Before the Roulean Calendar is abbreviated as BRC.
• Roulean Calendar is abbreviated as RC.
• Portal Year is abbreviated as PY.
• Dates in normal text are confirmed.
• Dates in italics are a best estimate based on the available information.
• Entries with no date are placed where they are only as a best estimate based on the available information, and may have occured at another time.
• When further clarification for the placement of an event is needed, the maintainer(s) of the timeline will place an editor's note.