| -700Y |
Hydreahan's Walls |
Emperor Hydreahan orders the construction of massive walls to surround the World's Gate. His original plans call for walls 40ft tall and 20ft thick at the base. |
| -600Y |
Hydreahan's Walls Complete |
Nearly a century after construction began, the final capstone is laid on Hydreahan's Walls. The final dimensions are 60ft tall and 40ft thick at the crown. |
| -2Y |
Auramport Sacked |
Taking advantage of the overcrowding within the port, Baltatrax's forces scuttle several ships at the harbor mouth, trapping the hundreds of ships within. |
| -1Y |
Nonewallow Created |
Accounts from refugees fleeing beleagered Southern settlements indicates that the Nonewallow was created days before the fall of The Gate. The appearance is sudden, and no surviving records indicate how the region came to be. |
| 0Y |
The Fall of Baltatrax |
The surviving Dohlaran Army traps and defeats Baltatrax the Ravager and his army of fiendish abominations, putting an end to the Great Sack. Although Blackpoint emerged victorious, the battle took a heavy toll on the city, destroying not only the outer enclaves, but most importantly, breaking the line of Dohlaran succession when the heirless Haarahld I succumbed to his wounds. |
| 0Y |
The Great Sack |
Thousands of people were displaced to the uninhabited regions of the Northeast, eventually founding and settling the towns and cities that comprise the Republic and it's allies today. |
| 0Y 7M |
Arrival at Siddar Bay |
After two grueling months, the refugee caravan from The Gate arrives at Siddar Bay. With summer quickly receeding, the refugees set up a makeshift encampment and begin preparing for an arduous winter. |
| 2Y 11M |
Siddar Sends Relief |
Donated fuel and foodstuffs from the encampment at Siddar's Bay arrives in time for Tallowburn to survive a grueling winter. The gesture of generosity effectively buys Siddar the undying loyalty of Tallowburn. |
| 11Y 1M KAL |
Siddar Gendarmerie Founded |
In an effort to streamline the administration of the city, Urwyn Ludovyc splits the city's civic services from the army, founding the Gendarmerie of Siddar City. |
| 12Y |
Siddar City Officially Founded |
Under the direction of Urwyn Ludovic, the makeshift wooden structures would be rebuilt out of more permanent materials starting with the harbour, the lifeblood of the burgeoning city. |
| 25Y |
Founding of the Republic |
Ludovyc officially founds the Republic by becoming the first Lord Protector. His protectorship sets the standard to which all future Lord Protectors are bound. |
| 27Y |
Tallowburn Joins the Republic |
Tallowburn and Siddar sign a series of trade and defense treaties that lay the groundwork for future admittance into the Republic. |
| 50Y 1M KAL |
Pyrael Reveals Herself |
On the 50th anniversay of the Great Sack, Ysabahl Stywyrt, a rather unknown and inconsequential apothecary in Siddar City, is shocked to discover a fierce woman in resplendent armor watching over a dying soldier within her ward, only for the figure to disappear as the soldier died. The figure would re-appear in Ysabahl's ward throughout her life, always watching over a soldier on the verge of death. |
| 57Y |
The Divine Restoration |
Tasar Thexysis, a minor noble in Blackpoint, makes a claim on the vacant Dohlaran throne, presenting a letter from his mother alleging that he is the result of a secret love affair with Haarahld I. The Regency Council backs Tasar's claim, who is then crowned Maximillien III. |
| 92Y 9M IDE |
High Court of Inquiry Tries Wyndhymn |
The High Court tries and convicts MEP Lyhs Wyndhymn, the first Parliamentarian to be brought before the Court, on charges of corruption. The trial draws massive popular attention, and leads to weeks of riots between supporters and opponents after the guilty verdict is handed down. |
| 113Y |
Glacierheart Founded |
Glacierheart is founded by the Republic to take advantage of the natural coal and iron ore deposits under the frozen tundra. |
| 161Y |
Shay's Rebellion |
Shay Cowen leads a popular uprising of peasants and serfs against the Dohlaran feudal system. The rebellion is brutally put down by the Dusk Templars at the direction of the Crown. The nascent Republic is suspected of inciting the rebellion by the nobility in Blackpoint, leading to a rapid deterioration of relations between the two cities. |
| 162Y |
Shay Cowen Hung |
Shay Cowen, upstart rebel leader, is put to death by hanging at the Kilmainham Gaol courtyard by order of the Crown. |
| 186Y 1M IDE |
Tallowburn MEP Sits in Parliament |
After being granted a voting seat in Parliament, Awbrai Yair, age 68, becomes the first sitting Member Elector of Parliament for a non-Siddar District. |
| 393Y |
Treaty of Ravenhelm |
The Republic signs a treaty of non-aggression with the Crown of Blackpoint, stabilizing and formalizing relations with the kingdom. |
| 477Y |
Noxwall Founded |
The Halcom family leads a group of settlers Eastward from Ravenhelm, seeking a simpler life in the recently pacified wilderness. |
| 570Y |
Eternal Flame Cult Presence in Terraworth |
The Eternal Flame Cult takes over many of the ruins of Terraworth's Imperial District. They manage to resurrect Krutoq, a First Age lich, before abandoning the city ruins altogether. |
| 570Y 1M |
Cantfall Falls |
Cantfall is destroyed by a Gnoll War Band. Only about a third of the town survives thanks to the REF, and is resettled to Noxwall. |
| 570Y 3M |
Siege, Epidemic, and Annexation |
A Gnoll Warband lays siege to the City. Following an outbreak of Mormal Marrasmus and the exodus of Templars and nobles from the city, the REF liberates the city and formally annexes it for the Republic. |
| 570Y 3M 8IDE |
Gnoll Teleportation Ritual |
The Eternal Flame Cult cooperates with a Gnoll War Band attacking Noxwall. |
| 570Y 3M 10KAL |
Noxwall Joins the Republic |
The Alderman of Noxwall, Mylz Halcom, signs a treaty pleding Noxwall's allegiance to the Republic, reversing a decades-long stance in the face of the gnoll threat. |
| 570Y 4M IDE |
Brigadier Stonhyr Arraigned |
Following the annexation of Ravenhelm by the Expedition, and the subsequent souring of relations between the Republic and Blackpoint, Brigadier Greghor Stonhyr was arraigned by the High Court of Inquiry on charges of official corruption and abuse of power. |
| 570Y 6M |
Coup Against the Republic |
With several high ranking officials secretly replaced by simulacra, the Eternal Flame Cult attempted to incite a civil war within the Republic by pitching the Army and the Expedition against one another while setting the city's poorer districts ablaze. The plot was unraveled as the simulacra were exposed, rallying the citizenry behind the exonerated Commander of the Expedition, Greghor Stonhyr. |
| 570Y 7M 19KAL |
Vidarok the Red Dies |
Vidarok, the leader of the Rufous Wings Orcs, dies unexpectedly. His last act directs blame at Cyton, the Green Dragon that inhabits the Northeastern portion of the city. |
| 570Y 8M 2NON |
Templars Attempted Coup |
The Dusk Templar order launches a coup against the Dohlaran Crown. The King and his Ministers manage to escape to the Outer Enclaves, where popular sentiment crystalizes against the Templars and the Noble Houses that backed them. The disorganized resistance succeeds in stalling the Templar takeover of the city and forcing a costly stalemate for both sides. The Uprising fails when the Royal Enclave catches fire, and various Templar fortifications are destroyed. The remaining Templars flee the city. |
| 570Y 8M 6IDE |
Fires Destroy the Royal Enclave |
Mysterious explosions rock the city, causing widespread fires and building collapses throughout varios disjoint enclaves. The Royal Enclave is particularly hard hit, with various historical landmarks damaged or destroyed, including the Rock of Cashel and the Caherminnaun Dunn. The devastation forces the surviving Templar forces to flee the city. |
| 570Y 9M 3IDE |
Blackpoint Incorporated into the Republic |
Following a second attempted coup by the remaining nobility, Thamior XII receives Lord Protector Stonhyr at the An Raith Ringfort ruins, where he recites the Republic's Oath on behalf of the Dohlaran Crown. |
| 570Y 9M 3IDE |
Dohlaran Kingdom Absorbed into the Republic |
With the Dohlaran King and the remaining Crown Ministers swearing allegiance to the Republic, the Kingdom of Dohlar ceases to exist as an independent nation state. The city of Blackpoint remains a token Dohlaran holding, but all other crown subjects are released from their respective feudal obligations and are temporarily placed into the newly formed South March Special Administrative District, pending further negotiations. |