Verdant Kingdoms Timeline

Date Event
Sixth Day, First Ride, Autumn Twilight, 1262 Xarrombus, the once guardian of the Newport vault, is defeated by the Heroes of the White Eye, sending a shockwave throughout Kingsport and its environs. Many people are reported to have died in the night, while even more reported terrifying nightmares.

Epidemius the Cataloguer appeared in Kingsport through a rift, demanding his Book of Woe be returned to him. He promised to return at a full cycle of the Darkmoon and visit decay upon the city should the artefact not be returned to him.

Seventh Day, Third Ride, Autumn Red, 1262 Queen Isabella Valois was revived by the Heroes of the White Eye. Her aunt, princess Mildred was killed in the process as she was trying to stop the queen’s revival, outing her as an agent of Takhisis. The princess’ husband, lord Gabriel was also killed.
Third Day, Third Ride, Autumn Red, 1262 Kalauranthalasis and Azsharastrasza died in the fight against Xamael the Dreadlord, who in turn was defeated by the Heroes of the White Eye, banished back to the Nine Hells.
Tenth Day, First Ride, Autumn Red, 1262 The living saint, prior Benedict McAllister, delivered a sermon at the Cathedral of the Platinum Father which shocked the foundation of the church.
Ninth Day, First Ride, Autumn Red, 1262 After days of rioting in the Carceratum, the rebel lords broke out of the prison and escaped from custody.
First ride of Autumn Red, 1262 A riot broke out in the Carceratum and several crownsguard were held hostage. The crownsguard is blocking the entrance, while the rioters are threatening to kill the hostages. Lord Gabriel assumed command of the crownsguard and temporarily relieved Lady Commander Miranda Ravensbourne of her command.
Third ride, Autumn Harvest, 1262 The queen found a box in her ante-chamber. When she opened it, it had a head of a goat man in it with nails stuck in its eyes and strange symbols carved on its horns. The queen immediately sounded the alarm and the grounds were thoroughly searched. No intruders were found and the morbid package was taken away. The next morning, the queen fell to illness, slipping into a torpor from which she has not awakened.

Accusations of dark sorcery were levelled at House Radowan, claiming that the rebels were in league with demon worshippers and had made pacts with warlocks. This has mostly been lead by Lord Gabriel Valois-Antille, who has used his connections in the capital city to spread rumours of dark sorcery by leaking propaganda to Goodman, the Kingsport crier and Prem Shakeslock, trying to shape public opinion

 Autumn Harvest, 1262 Regular emissaries were sent back and forth between Kingsport and Farcorner. Things got heated, hostages were taken, but it did not come to open warfare yet. Houses began to speculate on the queen’s inaction, and the divide between support and opposition to the rebels grew even wider.
Third Ride, Summer End, 1262 A cart filled with tarred heads of goat men was delivered to Kingsport by an armed escort of House Fetterling, Mazurek and Longstrider guards. It was meant as proof of the invasion of savages into Farcorner. It was decried by the noble houses of the westerlands as a crude gesture.

Every ride for the next month, carts of body parts were delivered by the rebels. At first they were sent to the Circle for examination. Later they were immediately destroyed.

Second Ride, Summer Flame, 1262 Lord Royce Grey of House Grey, escorted by crownsguard and knights of the Order of the Lance, was dispatched to Farcorner to parlay for a solution. Upon arrival, they were taken hostage with a few casualties. Lord Royce was separated from the guards and knights and moved around from location to location to prevent his rescue.

When news returned back to Kingsport, House Grey was outraged and called for the crown to field troops to bring down House Radowan. The queen refused to wage war against the rebellious houses without exhausting diplomatic options first, but refused to blindly give in to house Radowan’s demands. It was the crown’s opinion that it was up to House Radowan to secure the eastern border as they had for generations.

First Ride, Summer Flame, 1262 Lord Szymon Radowan, younger brother to Lord Mirek, was sent as an emissary to Kingsport to once again plead for the crown’s help. He was detained in the Kingsport Carceratum on orders of the Steward of Kingsport for treason in a move that was meant to pull house Radowan back in line.
Summer Light, 1262 House Radowan and its banners moved to stand in open rebellion to the crown, withholding its dues and refusing to levy taxes from their people until the crown commited aid to protecting the kingdom’s eastern border from the encroaching threat of the savage races coming from Silesia.
1258 Brief rebellion of House Courtenay
1258 Queen Isabella takes the throne. Age 12.

King Augustine is assassinated by foreigners. Age 41.

1256 Queen Consort Luciana dies from winter fever.
1246 Crown princess Isabella born.
1238 First Royal master angler competition
1237 Prince consort Amrand dies.
1221 House Sheridan was lifted into nobility for their actions in defeating the dreaded Admiral Dapperfang.
1217 Royal armada sunk at the Lyrian Tooth by Admiral Dapperfang, who was eventually brought to heel by House Grey with the help of merchant vessels from the Sheridan Trading Company.
1217 Crown prince Augustine born.
Summer End, 1069 Negotiations between King Phillip Valois II and Pinrce Guillaume de Launfal were finalised under the arbitration of the Daerlan kingdom and the Beauclair troops withdrew from Lyria.
First Day, Third Ride, Winter Eve, 1068 On Midinváerne, King Phillip Valois II narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by five szygani while at Gryphon’s Roost.
Eighth Day, Second Ride, Spring Blossom, 1064 Kingsport captured by Prince Guillaume de Launfal. King Phillip Valois II fled Kingsport and Prince Guillaume was declared regent of Lyria.
Greengras, 1064 Invasion of Lyria by Prince Guillaume de Launfal
Autumn Twilight, 941 King Phillip d’Aragon III decrees the emancipation of women.
917 Declan of Ioun, a Lyrian scholar, finishes his Treatise on Bloodlines of Beauclair Nobility.
Second Day, First Ride, Spring Storm, 872 Defeat of the Càrcerian armada at the Lyrian Tooth.
730 Càrceres makes a breakthrough in irrigation technology, allowing them produce fresh fruits quick and in abundance. Especially citrus and cinnas fruits.
0, 2500th Year of the Crusade Start of the new calendar, the start of the Age of Peace
1250th Year of the Crusade End of the Age of Fear, the end of the crusade, the start of The Great Waning
2nd Day, 3rd Wik, Æftera Līþa, 736th Year of the Crusade Defeat of the 17th Gryphon’s Roost Expedition to Atilesceon’s Tower
620th Year of the Crusade Founding of Lyria, crowning Sir William of Garamond as the first king of Lyria
600th Year of the Crusade Founding of the Order of the Gryphon by Sir William of Garamond
300th Year of the Crusade Founding of the Knights of the Silver Crusade by Sir Marcus Garamond.
0: Year of the Crusade Start of the old calendar, start of the crusade, start of the Age of Fear
1250th Year Before the Crusade The start of the Age of Arcanum

Cycles and Ages

Every cycle lasts for five millenia. Like the cycles of the moon, it follows the phases of low sanction, waxing, high sanction and waning. Each phase takes 1250 years. The phases of the last cycle are referred to, in modern parlance, as an Age.

Date Cycles and Ages
1250th Year of the New Calendar The New Age: strength of magic is waxing, the tide of magic is rising
2500th Year of the Crusade, Start of the New Calendar Age of Peace: strength of magic is at low sanction, low tide of magic
1250th Year of the Crusade The Great Waning: strength of magic is waning, the tide of magic is lowering
The Year of the Crusade The Age of Fear: strength of magic is at high sanction, high tide of magic
1250th Year Before the Crusade The Age of Arcanum: strength of magic is waxing, the tide of magic is rising