Terminus Timeline

"[[toc]]\n\nThe credits for the base work (Consolidated Timeline of Terminus) of the following summery goes to **Jimmayus** from the Pantheon forum from back in the old days of 2017. He did an amazing work and its been tuned and tweaked to make it here accessible and more easier to comprehand the overall picture of all the ages, eras and major events on Terminus and beyond.\n\n*\"Terminus has not always been Terminus, at least by name. For most of its existence, this world went by the name of **Nhystyrrok** and was ruled by an order of Dragonkind known as the **Reignborn**. At the time prior to the arrival of the \"**Sacred Six**\" (actually more) races, the Reignborn and all Dragonkind submitted to the one **Dragon King, Rok'Nhilthamos**.\"*\n\n\n## Overview of the Ages\n\n- Before the Ages - The millenniums of the Reignborn \n- 0 IH: The Creation of the Dragon Accord also known as the Celestial Boundary \n- 0 - 22 IH: Age of Isolation (Dwarves, Elves, Ogres)\n- 23 - 457 IH: The Age of Seclusion (Ginto)\n- 458 - 485 IH: The Age of Chaos (Dark Myr, Archai, Humans)\n- 486 - 987 IH: The Frail Age (Halflings, Skar, Gnomes)\n\n\n\n## Before the Ages\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003eBeginning of Time -1000 IH**: \n- Establishment of the Air and Sea Dragon Kingdoms, named respectively the **Rhy'Vulrene** and the **Sol'Kromane**\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. -1000 IH**: \n- Usurpation of the Dragon Kingdoms and crowning of **\u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eRok'Nhilthamos**\u003c/span\u003e as King of Dragons following the slaying of the leader of the Sol'Kromane (Sea Dragons) and Rok'Tsolfyensire, Rol'Nhilthamos' father\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e0 IH**\n- The dragons retreat into seclusion, leaving the terrestrial realms of Aevozul or also known Rhystyrrok to the native mortal races\n- Aevozul or Rhystyrrok is renamed **Terminus** \n- The **Tholen of Itholis** create the **Ithosbrun Hjilen** calendar, abbreviated \"IH\", to mark the passing of the dragons from the mortal lands \n- Ostensibly the **Dragon Accord** is created shortly before the First Collisions, a mystical agreement was struck by **\u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eRok'Nhilthamos**\u003c/span\u003e and another power of unknown origin\n- The Dragon Accord is a **Celestial Boundary** between the celestial realm of Terminus and the mortal realm. It defines the rules and boundaries how the celestial deities can interact with the beings in the mortal realm.\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e7 IH** \n- Beginning of the **\u003cspan style=\"color:cyan\"\u003eFirst Collision Era**\n- **Dwarves** arrive on Terminus **from Oldassa** and establish their city Khadassa on the continent of Whitethaw \n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eKhazas\u003c/span\u003e Descends and teaches his people the art of forging Coldark Steel\n\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e9 IH** \n\n- The **Elves of Si'olaen** arrive, establishing a home \"on the clefts of the \nRoan mountains\" \n- The sacred tree Lucent, the Third Light is replanted in their city of Faerthal\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e12 IH** \n- Ending of the First Collision Era with the arrival of the **Ogres of Ghorrok**\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 13 IH** \n- **Rothuk**, Clan Lord of the Black Moon Ogres rises to prominence after unlocking the power of the Black Moon clan's \"Tome of War\"\n- In the subsequent decade Rothuk subjugates the remaining Ogre clans and acquires their 6 Tomes\n- The **Ogre capital of Broken Maw** is founded around this time\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e23 IH**\n- Rothuk the Black Moon King, increasingly corrupted by the powers of the tomes, abdicates his throne and disappears\n\n## The Age of Seclusion \n\n\n\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 23-423 IH**\n- The first four wars between the Ogres and the Wos Che, a people native to Reignfall are waged. The Ogres lose the Third and Fourth Wos Che wars\n- The Elves begin their creation of the mysterious **Seven Locked Door**\n- The Dwarven kingdom of Amberfaet suffers a catastrophic failure resulting in the Dwarves abandoning the territory\n- The Dwarven godhead Lockehnhammur forcibly Descends and imprisons Rhazik, the Dwarven antagonistic deity in an event called the **Imprisonment of Rhazik**\n- The Zealots of Rha are founded as a cult to the imprisoned dark High Mortal\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e423-450 IH**\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e450 IH**\n- The **\u003cspan style=\"color:cyan\"\u003eSecond Era of Collisions** begins with the arrival of the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinto\n- **Ittero**, the Ginto god, is mortally wounded by the Eyeless Eclipse and begins to die, forcing his God-Bride **Ginavi** to Descend him in an attempt to preserve his existence\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 450-455 IH**\n\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eThe fallen Ittero\u003c/span\u003e (now the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e) begins to corrupt the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinto\u003c/span\u003e into the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e, \"a craven, vicious people, uncharacteristically violent, senseless and wild\"\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinavi\u003c/span\u003e senses the corruption of her people and confronts the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e, who reveals his plans for a **\u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eWar of Endless Night** to her\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinavi\u003c/span\u003e sacrifices herself in Descension to instill the remaining \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinto\u003c/span\u003e with protection from the corruption. These \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinto\u003c/span\u003e become known as the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRemnant\u003c/span\u003e.\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e455 IH**\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e attack the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRemnant\u003c/span\u003e\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e, still unrecovered from his wounds, is unable to lead his army to victory against a united \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRemnant\u003c/span\u003e and retreats to Mount Hulthrr in the East of Reignfall; The remaining \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRemnant\u003c/span\u003e eastablish an outpost at nearby Olem's Hill to watch for his return.\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e458 IH**\n- The **Dark Myr of Issul** and the **Archai of Roa** arrive at roughly the same time, the Myr near the Ogres on Reignfall and the Archai on Whitethaw near the Dwarves\n- Nythir and Syronai, Myr deities, sacrifice their godhood and subsequently their existence to keep their people from succumbing to the hostile environment of Terminus' ocean\n- The Nythirian Red (Nythir's vanguard) slay Syronai for transforming them and disappear into the deep ocean\n- The Archai settle on the island of Su'Roa; the Dark Myr (so named for their slaying of their goddess) found the city of Syronai's Rest\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e459 IH**\n- Humans arrive from Vas Demith following the \"Cursed Frost\" winter\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eHuman King Amensol\u003c/span\u003e founds the city of Havensong in the Spring\n- Crown \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003ePrince Avendyr\u003c/span\u003e is born\n\n\n\n\n## The Age of Chaos\n\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e470 IH**\n- The 'Year of Outbreak'\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord's\u003c/span\u003e forces overwhelm the watch at Olem's Hill, renaming it Baaka'rrn\n- The remaining \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRemnant\u003c/span\u003e harry their conquerors for the next few years during the prelude to the **Deicide War**\n- Ittero solicits the help of gods antagonistic to the mortal races of Terminus, allying with the newly descended \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eOssari\u003c/span\u003e of the Humans and \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eHaethus-Kevgrejl\u003c/span\u003e of the Archai\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e471-473 IH**\n- Kinosai (471) and Lost Sidryth (472) fall to the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord's\u003c/span\u003e forces\n- The Sidryth Vespers (472) and the earth mages of the Madjen Kii (473) ally with the horde\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e473 IH**\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eNarian Castigue\u003c/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eKaolyen Greyborne\u003c/span\u003e engage in a series of correspondences that collectively are known as the \"Keepings of Castigue\", which recount their attempts to decipher the terms of the Dragon Accord\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eNarian Castigue\u003c/span\u003e encounters \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eKhazas\u003c/span\u003e of the Dwarves, \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRel-Cirin\u003c/span\u003e of the Archai, the dragon **Tel'Nharssis** and the **\"Ill Watcher\"**\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 474 IH**\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eThe Ravaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e splits his army in thirds, with \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eOssari\u003c/span\u003e assaulting Kingsreach and \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eHaethus-Krevgejl\u003c/span\u003e besieging Whitethaw. The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eLord\u003c/span\u003e himself occupies the races of Reignfall\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e475 IH**\n- The guerrila \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRemnant\u003c/span\u003e forces strike a major blow against the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e, stalling his forces\n- The Summit at the island of Vesu ends in the Sanctum Edict, a pact between the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eSacred Six races of the Collisions\u003c/span\u003e and the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinto\u003c/span\u003e, as well as other native peoples\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eGinto\u003c/span\u003e reveal their conviction in the prophecy that the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e \"would break beneath the Suns of Terminus\"\n- Construction begins on the **Sanctums on Reignfall, Kingsreach and Whitethaw**\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e481-483 IH**\n- War breaks out in earnest between the major nations and the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eHaethus-Krevgejl\u003c/span\u003e forces the Archai and Dwarves into the **Frozen Sanctum** on Whitethaw\n- The combined Ogre and Dark Myr forces score a total victory over the initial assault of the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e unleashes \"ancient monsters of the deep\" to combat the Dark Myr, while the Ogres are pincered by the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eWos Che\u003c/span\u003e in the North and the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e in the South\n- The Ogres are forced into the **Burning Sanctum** at Ka'Kelhar\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e484 IH**\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eKing Amensol\u003c/span\u003e is slain by \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eOssari\u003c/span\u003e during the three week siege of Havensong\n- Havensong itself is burned to the ground and tossed into the ocean\n- The Humans and Elves are forced into the **Silent Sanctum** in the Roan mountains on Kingsreach\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eRel-Cirin\u003c/span\u003e of the Archai is slain outside the **Frozen Sanctum**\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e successfully spans the magma moat of the **Burning Sanctum**\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eSix Suns\u003c/span\u003e of Terminus (or the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003e\"War Wizards\u003c/span\u003e\") arrive and rout the 3 dark armies, dramatically turning the tide of the war\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eHaethus-Krevgejl\u003c/span\u003e retreats into permanent exile\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eOssari\u003c/span\u003e is slain at the ruins of Havensong after wounding one \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eWizard\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eAvendyr\u003c/span\u003e, the First King Out of the Sanctum gives his famous \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003e\"Speech of Souls\"\u003c/span\u003e address to the united armies\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e retreats to Mount Ka'Druhorr, leaving the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e leaderless\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eAvendyr\u003c/span\u003e of the Humans and \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eKhazas\u003c/span\u003e of the Dwarves lead the combined armies of the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eSacred Six\u003c/span\u003e in a united siege upon Ka'Druhorr\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e slays one \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eWar Wizard\u003c/span\u003e in combat and then Rhy'Khafiros, dragon regent of Reignfall\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRavaging Lord\u003c/span\u003e is extinguished by **\u003cspan style=\"color:yellow\"\u003eRok'Nhilthamos**, ending his sinister reign\n\n\n\n## The Frail Age\n\n\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e486 IH**\n- Beginning of the Frail Age\n- The **Deicide War** officially ends after 16 year\n- Another Summit is called at Vesu, which the Ogres and Dark Myr do not attend\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eWar Wizards\u003c/span\u003e vanish\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 486-525 IH**\n- The human city of Thronefast is built on the northern coast of the Bethrale Sea\n- Avendyr secures peaceable relations with most of the \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eSacred Six\u003c/span\u003e\n- Two arches are constructed from the ruins of Havensong symbolizing Life and Death\n- The remaning scattered \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eRevenant\u003c/span\u003e forces take up residence at Mount Hulthrr, Baaka'rrn and Ka'Druhorr\n- The Zealots of Rha, defunct some time before the Deicide War, reform as the \u003cspan style=\"color:red\"\u003eUnion of Shadow\n\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 486-present IH**\n- The Fifth through Twelfth Wos Che Wars are fought between the Ogres and their long time enemies\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e525 IH**\n- \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eAvendyr\u003c/span\u003e dies at Thronefast\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e568 IH**\n- The Khagans, a desert people of Reignfall split from the Khaga Sands Orphans\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e620 IH**\n- The **\u003cspan style=\"color:cyan\"\u003eThird Era of Collisions** begins\n- The **Halflings of Hiryth** arrive and found Wild's End on Kingsreach\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 621 IH**\n- The **Skar of D'shoth** arrive and found Skargol on Reignfall\n- In their arrival their previous den mother (of sorts) was killed, but not before birthing 7 fertile females\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e621 IH**\n- The Skar first instigate a war with the nearby Khagans and, having razed their population, conduct a short and brutal civil war\n- The Khagans flee their ancestral home\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e622 IH**\n- The **Gnomes of Stormona** arrive in their floating fortress of Skyhold, situated near Whitethaw\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 672 IH**\n- Skyhold opens its doors to the world, conservatively allowing outsiders ingress to trade\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e972 IH**\n- **E'mani Karos**, celebrated captain of Thronefast flees the capitol for unclear reasons (the official reason is treason)\n- **Karos** founds the Black Daggers at Keep Leon in Avendyr's Pass as a band of brigands antagonistic to Thronefast\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003ec. 975-987 IH**\n- **The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eAmenthiel\u003c/span\u003e** (current sovereign of Thronefast) loses her husband in the Catastrophe at Azeris\n- **The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eAmenthiel\u003c/span\u003e** rises to the throne after the same incident claims the previous King\n- **The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eAmenthiel\u003c/span\u003e** delivers a successor to the \"Speech of Souls\" to set the course of her nation\n\n**\u003cspan style=\"color:gold\"\u003e987 IH**\n- The \u003cspan style=\"color:lightgreen\"\u003eKeeper\u003c/span\u003e submits his brief history of our world\n- The current year. Welcome Adventurer! This is where your personal story in the history of Terminus starts to take shapes...\n\n"