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Amachtera creates the Tlaroi. |
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The Tlaroi spread across Jhendor. |
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Many wars between Humans and Tlaroi |
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The Cold King stirs again. The Second Coming begins. |
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The Tlaroi hide before the encroaching ice in their subterranean
hives. |
| -450 |
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End of the Second Coming |
| -400 |
-370 |
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The Tlaroi emerge from their subterranean hiding places. |
| -370 |
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Begin of recorded Tlaroi history |
| -300 |
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Tlaroi Wars. Tlaroi states begin to clash for land and
resources. |
| -280 |
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Bjalukar is founded by a renegade queen. |
| -160 |
-140 |
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Bjalukar becomes a major power in the Tlaroi wars. |
| -124 |
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The female who will become the First Chélek is born in
Bjalukar. |
| -100 |
-80 |
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By forming several alliances Bjalukar enlarges its influence. |
| -88 |
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The First Chélek becomes queen of Bjalukar. |
| -82 |
-73 |
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The First Chélek develops a ritual to take over other Tlaroi
states. |
| -71 |
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Bjalukar conquers its chief rival Torropan. The First Chélek adds its
people to her own, using her ritual for the first time. |
| -71 |
-4 |
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Unification Wars. Through continuous warfare, excellent diplomacy,
and with the help of her ritual, the First Chélek manages to bring all
Tlaroi under her rule. |
| -4 |
-1 |
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The First Chélek creates the "Bluestones", magical communication
devices, to help administer her realm centrally. |
| 0 |
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Founding of the Tlaroian Empire (Chelekantar Tlaroi). The
Chélek proclaims the empire and divides it into 27 provinces. Each is
ruled by a female governor with a "Bluestone", but all Tlaroi are children of
the Empress (Chélek). Bjalukar is renamed Chélekar. The Empire
stretches from the Great Dust Desert to the Sea of Cold and from the Star Sea
to the Belvor Mountains. |
| 3 |
34 |
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Uritian Campaigns. After consolidating the Empire the First
Chélek embarks on a thirty year campaign to subjugate the Uritian tribes
on the Sea of Storms. Resistance is fierce but eventually all have to bow to
the Chélek. |
| 34 |
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In the Battle of Shadows' Peakthe last defiant Uritians
led by their shamans are defeated. |
| 38 |
59 |
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In a series of reforms the Chélek rearranges the provinces to
accomodate the new territories. She produces enough offspring to populate the
enlarged Empire. |
| 60 |
121 |
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Tlaroi population stabilizes. Uritians are encouraged to build their own
cities under Tlaroian rule. The "Golden Rule" of the First Chélek. |
| 114 |
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The first humans are allowed to settle around Chélekar. |
| 121 |
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Deification of the First Chélek. She ascends to the realm of the
gods to sit beside Amachtera and leaves the Empire to one of her daughters.
From here on all Chélek are considered avatars of the sun goddess. |
| 130 |
360 |
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Rimward colonization. The Empire's human population swells and many
Uritians settle rimward of their old lands, founding new cities. Tlaroian
armies follow this expansion and claim the new cities for the
Empire. |
| 362 |
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The Uritian city Tellur rebels and defeats its undermanned Tlaroi garrison.
All Tlaroi are massacred. |
| 362 |
385 |
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The Uritian rebellion. Following the example of Tellur, many human
cities rebel against Tlaroian rule. Overstretched Tlaroi legions cannot quell
the unrest and suffer many defeats. |
| 367 |
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An alliance of three rebelllious cities takes and razes the provincial
capital at Garrakan. The first Bluestone is destroyed. |
| 385 |
392 |
Pacification Campaign. The fourth Chélek embarks on a bloody
campaign to suppress all human uprisings. Disunity among the Uritian cities
prevents a human alliance and the rebels are defeated one after another.
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| 392 |
421 |
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The Great Reform. Seeing that she alone cannot breed enough Tlaroi to
populate the empire, the Fourth Chélek institutes six fertile governors
who create their own people. The Tlaroi population rises sharply and the Empire
tightens its control of its lands. |
| 423 |
426 |
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First Errudan War. Border disputes with the League of Errudan erupt
into a local war. Tlaroi involvement remains restricted to a provincial
level. |
| 426 |
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The Chélek makes peace with Errudan. |
| 430 |
480 |
The fourth Chélek implements a slow but steady expansion program ro
rimward and trailing. She creates several new fertile governors. |
| 480 |
484 |
Second Errudan War. The Empire clashes with the expanding League of
Errudan. Tlaroi legions gain the upper hand, but the death of the Empress and a
provincial rebellion brings the Tlaroian advance to a halt. |
| 484 |
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Death of the fourth Chelek |
| 484 |
491 |
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The Provincial Rebellion. The governor of Kjarnur declares
independence from the Empire, executing all imperial servants at her court. The
huge distance from Chélekar and fear of other provincial rebellions slow
Imperial reactions. |
| 492 |
499 |
The Sorceress' Crusade. While many of the fertile governors watch
from the sidelines, the fifth Chélek attacks the province of Kjarnur,
teleporting two elite legions right into the heartland of the rebels. Fighting
is hard and bitter and many destructive magics are released. In the end the
rebel governor is defeated and killed. The Chélek demonstrates that she
still knows how to perform the First Chélek's ritual and binds the rebel
Tlaroi to herself. |
| 500 |
502 |
The Chélek tours the Empire, demonstrating her power and exacting
new oaths of loyalty from the governors. |
| 502 |
505 |
Third Errudan War. Thinking the Empire weakened by the provincial
rebellion the Errudan League attacks. One army attacks the rimward provinces,
while another crosses the Belvor Mountains (with the help of the Belvor) and
lays siege to Chélekar itself. |
| 503 |
505 |
Siege of Chélekar. Against the hopes of Errudan, most humans
remain loyal to the Empire and fight on the side of the Tlaroi. Chélekar
remains undefeated. |
| 505 |
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After defeating the rimward Errudan army the Chélek reliefs the
capital, routing the besieging forces completely. The Third Errudan War ends
with the pre-war borders restored. |
| 505 |
582 |
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The Uneasy Peace. Errudan and the empire watch each other closely,
all the while building up their armies for the inevitable next war.
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| 583 |
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Death of the fifth Chélek |
| 583 |
591 |
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Fourth Errudan War. The League attacks the empire in the hope of
using the death of the Chélek to their advantage. Errudan armies score
some early victories, but eventually Tlaroian numbers and military strength
rule the war. The league is invaded und largely subjugated. The rest splits up
into minor city states. |
| 590 |
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The Sack of Errudan. The city of Errudan is captured and razed. No
stone is left standing and no inhabitant left alive. |
| 591 |
598 |
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Construction of the Tlaroian fortress at Errudan. The Tlaroi built a mighty
fortress on the site of the razed city. The Chélek herself oversees the
construction. |
| 600 |
960 |
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The Tlaroian Peace. The Tlaroi slowly and cautiously consolidate
their empire. Since the provincial rebellion the Chélek are always wary
of their governors and keep close tabs on them. Humans prosper and their
numbers swell. |
| 650 |
800 |
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Tlaroi and humans slowly settle the Gronea Peninsula. |
| 676 |
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A Tlaroi expedition into the Jeratea peninsula vanishes without trace. |
| 681 |
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Tlaroi establish a fortified outpost on Jeratea. |
| 682 |
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Any contact to the Jeratea outpost is lost. A further expedition finds the
fort empty without any trace of the garrison. The Tlaroi abandon any attempts
to settle Jeratea. |
| 683 |
720 |
Humans from the Empire establish a few fishing villages on the coast of
Jeratea. Imperial authority is formally acknowldeged, but Tlaroian rule remains
tenous. |
| 960 |
989 |
The Belvor War. The ambitious ninth Chélek tries to bring the
subterranean Belvor under her control. The legions are repulsed in a series of
bloody battles fought deep beneath the earth. The Chélek turns to human
auxiliary troops to fight her war. Countless humans perish beneath the Belvor
mountains. |
| 989 |
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Death of the ninth Chélek. |
| 990 |
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The tenth Chélek negotiates a peace treaty with the Belvor. The
mountains are to be the Belvor's property "for all time". |
| 1027 |
1030 |
A series of extremely hard winters kills coreward Tlaroi garrisons. The
Chélek decides to abandon some of the coldest regions. |
| 1030 |
1490 |
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| 1490 |
1502 |
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The Spinward Campaigns. The Tlaroi push spinward across the Cold
River towards the Garwant Doriennar and Gontar's Bay. |
| 1490 |
1492 |
A federation of human kingdoms under the leadership of Donar Swordbearer
wins several battles against the Tlaroi. |
| 1493 |
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The Battle of Faelgan's Gap. The Chélek takes the field and
defeats Donar's army. The Barbarian kingdoms on the Sea of Cold are integrated
into the Empire. |
| 1495 |
1502 |
The Tlaroi clash several times with Shirurshad armies. The Shirurshad are
pushed back. |
| 1502 |
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The Tlaroian armies reach Gontar's Bay and stop their advance. |
| 1504 |
1522 |
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The Trailing Campaigns. In a two-pronged move the Tlaroi advance
trailing through the Great Dust Desert and coreward from Errudan towards
Lharach and the Bay of Dreaming. |
| 1504 |
1507 |
The Tlaroi subjugate the Ssiss tribes of the desert, but never achieve
complete control. |
| 1508 |
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The Battle of Mar'lian. Mar'lian falls before the Tlaroi
armies. |
| 1522 |
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The combined Tlaroian armies reach Lharach. Begin of the Siege of
Lharach. |
| 1522 |
1732 |
The Siege of Lharach. The Tlaroi fail to storm the supremely
defensible city of Lharach. The siege remains inconclusive because the Tlaroi
cannot cut off Lharach's harbour. |
| 1563 |
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First Tlaroi intervention in the conflict between Gwynneth and Langein |
| 1564 |
1571 |
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Construction of Tlaroi fortress near Gwynnin |
| 1621 |
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Annihilation of the Karmaar tribes by Tlaroi forces. |
| 1624 |
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Short human uprising in Gwynneth under Bean the Ugly |
| 1645 |
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Second Tlaroi intervention in Gwynneth and Langein |
| 1681 |
1682 |
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Human uprising under Tornig "Blood-King" in Gwynneth against the
Tlaroi. |
| 1683 |
1687 |
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Construction of Tlaroi fortress near Llannaid |
| 1687 |
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Third Tlaroi intervention in Gwynneth and Langein |
| 1732 |
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Peace Treaty between Lharach and the Tlaroi. The siege of Lharach is
finally lifted. |
