Timeline of the Ranic Regions

-800,000 SE: Earliest known signs of mortals living in Kerrem and Fraxan

-500,000 SE: Earliest known signs of mortals living in what is now Idangar and Aeslaw

-250,000 SE: Earliest known signs of mortals living in Dulocha

-125,000 SE: The strange movement of the spiraling region now known as Virpristat begins

-90,000 SE: Estimated time of Baba Yaga's birth

-41,000 SE: The Flute of Dulocha was crafted from the bone of an elemental

-30,000 SE: Modern metahumans known in what is now Idangar

-19,036 SE: Ogromnakrila hatched

-16,000 SE: The Great Ice Lake off the coast of Kardis is formed

-10,000 SE: The earliest known signs of mortals living in Paurek and signs of early culture in Aeslaw

-9000 SE: The earliest known signs of mortals living in Kardis and Surva

-8500 SE: The earliest known signs of mortals living in Murja and Ollygrus; some signs of a permanent settlement in Surva

-6000 SE: The earliest known signs of mortals living in Shar

-5500 SE: The earliest ceramics used in Kerrem

-5000 SE: The estimated founding of Tridesy

-4900 SE: An ancient seafaring culture was known in Surva

-4800 SE: Estimated time of the Great Green Supernova

-4200 SE: Estimated time of the Fall

-4100 SE: The Kardisian nomads begin to settle

-3600 SE: Estimated time of the Great Yellow Supernova; estimated time of earliest permanent settlements in Kerrem

-2500 SE: Earliest records of permanent settlement in Shar

-2400 SE: Aeslans begin using iron

-2200 SE: Earliest records of settlements in Rendru, which had been home to nomadic tribes for tens of thousands of years before then; Survan tribes begin developing special ships

-2000 SE: Trade between peoples as far south as Talune and as far north as Paurek occurs across the Path of Exchange

-1800 SE: Early use of bronze in Surva

-1600 SE: Estimated time of the Great Brown Supernova

-1564 SE: First recorded witnessing of the Returning Comet over the region, then called the Great Astral Fish; it returns every 75 years

-1508 SE: The formation of the Talunese Republic

-1501 SE: Ancient Stayflian peoples settle in the area of Burev

-1204 SE: The Great White Supernova is witnessed over the region

-1200 SE: Estimated time of the Maraddonian-held Murjan cities and the Odrekeans living in Ollygrus; Odrekeans and Faerie immigrants settle in Dulocha

-1139 SE: The Talunese Republic is overthrown and the Talunese Empire is formed

-1100 SE: Idangar arises as a cultural crossroads

-1099 SE: The Collapse (massive, sprawling imperial world war) begins

-1066 SE: The Collapse ends

-1009 SE: First records of settlements in Paurek

-1002 SE: Vesturia founded by Deserians and Vesturians

-951 SE: Endruinite-Soldrathian War

-872 SE: The Talunese Empire expands to cover many colonies throughout the northern edges of several of southern continents, the Island Bridge, and much of the local region of Ansulym

-869 SE: War of the Missing Eye (war over a statue's eye between 40 countries, including Burev and Vesturia)

-812 SE: The Great Orange Supernova is witnessed over the region

-770 SE: First Endruinite-Vesturian War

-765 SE: The Odrekeans find permanent settlement in Spokojno

-755 SE: Second Endruinite-Vesturian War

-743 SE: Invasion of the Falling Stars (invasion by alien beings all over the world)

-730 SE: Kerremian tribes start to unite

-671 SE: A meteorite lands in Surva, creating massive craters in the isles there

-640 SE: The Ansulymic Contention, aka the 500-Years War (an imperial war of varying opponents that lasts until the White Crown Accordance, 640 years later, which all subsequent wars are included until the Concordance)

-624 SE: The first Stayflians settle in Shar

-501 SE: Odrekeans settled in what is now Ottavia

-507 SE: The Kardisians master the use of cold iron

-512 SE: The Empire of Jenil conquers Stayflies and parts of Ranu, including what will one day be Burev, by invading from the Island Bridge

-490 SE: Iron use begins in Surva

-480 SE: The Jenilese are forced to retreat from the region

-450 SE: Survans and Talunese begin trading

-420 SE: The Talunese Empire conquers parts of Dulocha

-401 SE: Arrival of Faerie settlers in Fraxan

-400 SE: Arrival of Faerie settlers in Belasar

-399 SE: Northern tribes arrive in Surva

-370 SE: Faerie settlers establish a place in Idangar

-366 SE: Stayflians colonize southern parts of Murja

-355 SE: Odrekeans in Ottavia establish a small kingdom

-339 SE: The earliest Rendruan kingdoms form

-325 SE: Stayflians visit Surva

-308 SE: Records of Odrekeans in Shar

-298 SE: Raiders from Faerie bring waves of war and immigration to the region

-279 SE: Faerie occupies Murja

-255 SE: Aeslaw's earliest cultures solidify

-229 SE: The Talunese Empire conquers Ollygrus

-208 SE: The Great Red Supernova is witnessed over the region

-191 SE: The Talunese Empire conquers parts of Murja

-188 SE: The Talunese Empire conquers parts of Burev

-168 SE: The Talunese Empire conquers Shar and what is now Ottavia

-78 SE: The Talunese Empire loses many southern colonies during a series of rebellions and civil wars

-65 SE: Cesti peoples settle down in Murja after millennia of being nomadic there

-35 SE: The Talunese Empire takes control of Idangar

-30 SE: The Maraddonian Empire takes control of parts of Ranu, including Burev

-28 SE: The Rendruan kingdoms are overtaken by the Talunese Empire

-6 SE: The Odrekean Uprising against the Talunese Empire occurs and is put down

1 SE: White Crown Concordance

6 SE: Talunese and Kerupene forces make war within Belasar

49 SE: Surva begins to develop more complex governments

105 SE: The Talunese Empire falls into a massive and bloody civil war and loses the last of its intercontinental colonies

106 SE: The Rendruan kingdoms and the rest of Murja become part of the Talunese Empire

122 SE: Talunese imperials have records of using the term "Surva" to descrbe the seafaring cultures

169 SE: Earliest known Imperial Faith missionaries in Ollygrus

184 SE: The Great Silver Supernova is witnessed over the region

202 SE: Waves of immigrants from the west and east come to the region, settling throughout and mixing with the existing peoples; this period is a mix of war and migration

271 SE: The Talunese Empire is forced to retreat from Idangar

308 SE: The Talunese Empire is invaded by Kerupene tribes, Galdish tribes, Benhoran imperials, Terreblantian imperials, and Vesturian imperials

317 SE: The Talunese Empire collapses; much of their territory in Ranu becomes part of Omaev

318 SE: The Rendruan kingdoms fall under tribal occupations from western and eastern nations

323 SE: Ottavia is occupied by tribes from the north

374 SE: The last remnants of Talunese forces leave Belasar

380 SE: The Great Golden Supernova is witnessed over the region

394 SE: Dulocha sees Omaevi and Talunese forces at war within their (loose) borders

395 SE: Imperial faith missionaries convert many Sharians

400 SE: The Kardisians start to form their principalities

401 SE: The Idangarian Empire rises under the rule of Kisapa the Idan

409 SE: Idangar conquers Belasar

412 SE: The Plague Epidemic of 412

453 SE: Kisapa the Idan dies and his empire crumbles as Kerupene tribes conquer the area

455 SE: Ollygrus conquered by eastern tribes

464 SE: The Plague Epidemic of 464

500 SE: Fraxan and Belasar merge for the first time and take control of Virpristat

535 SE: Omaev conquers Ottavia

553 SE: Omaev conquers Ollygrus

568 SE: The Kerupenes are driven out of Idangar by eastern tribes; Cesti tribes find homes in Dulocha; Belasar is conquered by eastern tribes

605 SE: Great Burev rises

617 SE: Kerrem falls under sway of eastern tribes

623 SE: Dulocha repels Kerupene and eastern tribes after uniting their peoples; Fraxan conquered by Cesti tribes as they repulse eastern and western tribes

650 SE: Ottavia becomes a Galdish duchy; Kardis becomes a hub of travel and trade between the state powers around them

657 SE: Imperial Church missionaries enter Ottavia

663 SE: The first missionaries of the Imperial Faith reach Murja

670 SE: Belasar begins to emerge as a distinct culture

681 SE: Burev becomes an Empire, overtaking Rendru

683 SE: Libuše makes her prophecies about Fraxan and the Ranic regions

733 SE: The Plague Epidemic of 733

745 SE: Kerupenes exert control of Dulocha

780 SE: Murja becomes an independent principality

788 SE: Galdish forces drive eastern tribes out of Belasar

791 SE: Idangar becomes a battleground for Galdish and eastern forces

795 SE: The Long Winter

800 SE: The tribes of Paurek are subject to constant raiding from Jorgendheim; Kardisians expand trade around the world

813 SE: The Ottavians rebel against Galdish rule

830 SE: Belasar recognized as an independent principality

849 SE: Shar was conquered by Burev

855 SE: Belasari forces drive out the remaining Galdish forces

862 SE: A group of Kordonians and Vesturians form the first distinct Cesti country, called Korvestra; the seven Idangarian tribes rise up and drive out all outsiders, claiming the region for themselves and calling it a Grand Principality

863 SE: Imperial Faith missionaries arrive in Fraxan

871 SE: Ottavia and Ollygrus go to war

877 SE: Ollygrus invaded by Galdish forces

879 SE: The Imperial Church recognizes Ottavia as an independent state in a political move to protect from Omaevi expansion

880 SE: Fraxan becomes an independent duchy; Belasar is subject to missionaries from the Imperial Faith

886 SE: Burev sees a massive conversion from the top down to their new faith

894 SE: The Burevi-Idangarian War

895 SE: The Idangarians take parts of Belasar

910 SE: Korvestra conquers Paurek

912 SE: The rise of Skupabogism in Burev

920 SE: The Kardisians create a formal alliance amongst their own seven principalities

924 SE: Burevi-Murjan war ends with Murja being conquered

925 SE: The establishment of the independent Kingdom of Ottavia and their Doctrine of Religious Freedom, a political move to bring balance between Imperial and Omaevi forces on either side

931 SE: Idangarians leave Belasar

944 SE: Aeslan tribes unify and form the first

960 SE: Ollygrus gains independence

963 SE: Earliest Aeslan kings take control

1000 SE: Idangar is recognized by the Imperial Faith as a kingdom; Kherephuv founded

1002 SE: Heligwald begins a war with Fraxan

1015 SE: Parts of Belasar taken by Aeslaw

1018 SE: The first Burevi Empire declines and they fall under Stayflian rule

1025 SE: The Imperial Church takes hold in Aeslaw

1030 SE: The Soldrathian-Idangarian War

1047 SE: Survans engage in naval war with the Jorgendish

1054 SE: End of Omaevi political influence in Ottavia

1056 SE: The Supernova of 1056 is witnessed over the region

1070 SE: Murja rules over Ollygrus

1185 SE: The second Burevi Empire rises

1091 SE: Murja becomes an independent grand principality; Ottavia Civil War begins and ends with Idangar conquering the region

1116 SE: Kerrem ruled by Cesti tribes

1126 SE: The rise of Koschei the Deathless

1136 SE: Smeshan founded as their prince was ousted and a new prince elected

1138 SE: The fragmentation of Aeslaw

1154 SE: Ollygrus contested between Omaev and Idangar becomes a neutral territory ruled by an appointed "ban"

1183 SE: The Paureki peoples coalesce into a formidable military force, raiding Smeshan and other regions nearby

1186 SE: The dragon Ogromnakrila conquers Spokojno

1190 SE: Shar becomes an independent principality

1193 SE: The Imperial Church declares a crusade against the Survans

1202 SE: The Imperial Church sent Kerupene forces to try to subjugate Kardis

1211 SE: The burnings of the leadership of the Skupabogists sees their sect nearly wiped out

1212 SE: Fraxan is recognized as a duchy by Heligwald

1217 SE: Idangarian nobilty agree to join an Imperial Church crusade as a political move to prevent them from attacking Idangar

1219 SE: The Empire of Paurek is established; the Feldish occupy Surva

1223 SE: The Ladryan Invasion begins, with the Ladryans crossing the island bridge and conquering a massive portion of Ranu, dissolving Korvestra, conquering Kerrem, Omaev, Burev, and more

1227 SE: Kerupenes conquer some outer Survan islands

1236 SE: The Imperial Church declares a crusade against Paurek

1241 SE: The Ladryans reach Idangar and conquer Kerrem, invade Belasar

1250 SE: The Paurek Empire converts to the Imperial Faith, ending the crusade and suppressing its "heretical roots"

1272 SE: Shar becomes a kingdom after a war destroys the principality

1275 SE: The Ladryans raid Paurek

1283 SE: Vesturia repulses the Ladryans

1290 SE: The oligarchs take control of Belasar

1291 SE: Sava Najstariji born

1294 SE: Hynofians start settlements in Surva

1295 SE: The last Aeslan kings rule

1297 SE: Rendru, Affaria, Gradina, and Campurile become independent of Burev; a Kerupene Civil War ends their attempted occupation of Kardis

1300 SE: Idangar falls into civil war and Ottavia gains its independence

1301 SE: Idangar stabilizes under a powerful single ruler

1309 SE: Fraxan gains independence

1315 SE: Paurek greatly expands, taking territory in Kordonia and Aeslaw

1322 SE: Ollygrus became a fully independent state and took territory from Ottavia

1328 SE: Belasar occupied by Idangar

1329 SE: Kerupenes retreat from Dulocha out of fear of an Idangarian offensive

1331 SE: Murja engages in a war of conquest, taking parts of Omaev; Jedinstven is formed after a war with Ollygrus, Ottavia, Murja, and Dulocha

1337 SE: Fraxan takes back over Belasar; Fraxan and Belasar give up trying to control Virpristat

1342 SE: The discovery of deep gold mines in Idangar gives them the financial stability to reclaim full autonomy as a Grand Principality once more

1343 SE: The twin princes Marko and Lazar of Murja are born; the Survan Uprising kicks out the Feldish

1346 SE: The Great Plague Epidemic begins

1350 SE: Fraxan rebels against Faerie's influence, Belasar gains independence

1351 SE: The shadow regions formed, the first centering on Castle Blana, owned by Sava Najstariji

1353 SE: The Great Plague Epidemic ends

1354 SE: Burev falls into war with Omaev, sparking their interest in allying with the White Crown Concordance

1359 SE: Kerrem becomes an independent principality

1360 SE: The twin princes Marko and Lazar inherit Murja and split it between themselves; the Vsemy Rebellion takes territory in southern Vesturia

1361 SE: Our campaign begins