Timeline of Adylheim

The world is made from the bodies of dead gods destroyed in a giant battle which brought the current gods to the forefront. (Dragonkin lore says the only reason the Gods won was because the Dragons chose their side to help.)

The Gods populate the world while the Dragons find their place. The first Dragon War is an immense cataclysm rending the world to pieces causing continents to shift and tear. The Gods understand the true burden of their power as they look on the world around them. They help rebuild the world, but have since stopped directly manifesting as it may tear the webs of reality itself. Items from before the first Dragon War are generally referred to as Prelapsarian.

The second Dragon War is much more of a cold war than the first one and is defined by short, intense clashes, often causing mountain chains to rise and similar. Following the second Dragon War the dragons mainly leave the world.

The humans on the continent of Adylheim start banding together, creating the Arameian Empire, the culmination of which is found in the crowning of Alexandrios in the capitol city. This is considered to be Year 0. Despite repeated attempts, Alexandrios’ armies never manage to penetrate the Eastern Wetlands nor the Northern Mountains.

2109. Emperor Symon IX is throned in Aram.

2112. Emperor Symon IX commands the construction of the city of Kaldheim, intended to be a gathering ground for the more experimental of his court mages and alchemists.

2120. Construction on Kaldheim reaches its conclusion and the first mages move in there. Symon IX gives its inhabitants the tough task of reinventing magic to make it serve the Empire.

2123. The city of Kaldheim disappears, Symon IX never again tries to pursue his dream of an Empire run on magic.

2947. The Boy Emperor Arion II is throned Emperor at nine years of age. His mother and the mistress of the former Emperor, Anna the Coarse is considered to be the true power behind the throne and is greatly disliked.

2948. In opposition to the Boy Emperor Arion II, the dread Wizard Robin the Black and a sizeable amount of wizards following him declare themselves in rebellion and attempt to topple the Empire to create for themselves a Mageocracy. Supporters of the Empire and loyal mages rally to his cause.

2949. Hostilities break out and the mage wars officially begin.

2952. Anna the Coarse is assassinated in her sleep, history books blame Robin the Black but evidence favours imperial loyalists who could no longer stomach her presence.

2953. After four years of fighting Robin the Black now commands a third of the Imperial lands, in desperation Arion II "the Short" commands the creation of the Imperial Witchfinders who are trained specifically to deal with and kill traitorous wizards.

2955. The Mage Wars end as the much feared Robin the Black is struck down in the Eiderdown Campaign. With her followers dissipating into the midst of other mages the powerful Witchfinders kill a great deal of the Empire's wizards in order to get their hands on the traitors.

3349. The Eastern campaign fails to create any permanent settlements in the Eastern Wetlands, but does manage to decimate the ogre settlements there. The Eastern Campaign is forever after called the Time of the Harrowing by the Ogres and is displayed as a text book military campaign by the Empire.

3517. The Great Snake War. Naga from an alternate reality attempt to annex the world as part of their cosmarchy. The Emperor halts their assault at great cost to the Empire. With the coffers of the Empire emptied he must turn to the nobles for increased funds.

The Empire starts to decay as positions slowly become hereditary and the power of the Emperor begins to crumble. The army moves from a conscription system to a feudal system.

As the last Emperors watch helplessly from their luxurious castles, the nobles start declaring their independence.

3689. In the early months of the year, the Archduchy of Starkwater separates itself the Empire after a disagreement over taxes almost turns to open warfare.

3689. Four months after the Archduchy, the Principality of Nevros declares its independence.

3689. As the year draws to a close, the efforts of Emperor Armand VI to raise an army to bring the separatist nobles to heel fails. The Kingdom of Nerin and the Kingdom of Andragoria both separate and cut off a large part of the Imperial bankroll. Faced with imminent bankruptcy, the Emperor locks himself in his castle with his best courtesans and is not heard from again.

3703. Word from the imperial palace has it that Emperor Armand VI is dead and his nephew, Alexandrios, is crowned emperor.

3705. Alexandrios XIV’s attempts at bringing the separatist nobles back to the Empire through negotiation fails utterly. War begins.

3712. As the war drags on the Empire is betrayed by the Principality of Nevros, who has made an alliance with the Archduchy of Starkwater. The Imperial army is ambushed and the Emperor killed. In the wake of the defeat, the Barony of Longmoor also separates from an Empire it feels can no longer protect its boundaries.

3713. The nine year old Theodorian III is made Emperor.

3751. With its soldiers sent to protect what is now considered Arameian interests and leaving them no protection from the Archduchy of Starkwater, the Grand Barony of Teslan separates from the Empire, leaving it with only half of what is now the Arameian Heartlands.

3896. The Great Winter Fire rages through Aram, many buildings are forever destroyed. The Great Winter Fire is considered the last, dying gasp of the Empire as the final vestiges of its administration died with it. Following the Great Winter Fire, the Priesthood of Luxor takes control of Aram and slowly spreads its influence out to the surrounding areas and its nobles, forming the basis for the current Arameia. By 3970 Arameia covered what is the Arameian Heartlands today.

4031. Arameia seizes what becomes known as the Arameian Highlands from the Duchy of Starkwater in what is known as the Highlands Acquisition in Arameia and the Silver Theft in the Archduchy of Starkwater.

4220. The Flight of the Falcons. The Skylords stage a rebellion in Starkwater over a taxation dispute. The Archduke retaliates by all but wiping out the line of the Skylords and distributing their lands between his allies.