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The Time before Time
- ? to ?: This is the time of the fabled Dragon Races, when many gods came to the consciousness of mortals, and many races still hid in caves. No mention can be found of humans and their empires in this time. Still, their absence on ancient cave paintings is hardly sufficient evidence to say that they did not exist in Judgral.
- ? to -5000: Dragons and giants rule Judgral at this time; humans settle in small but growing communities all over Judgral. Toward the end of this time, humans start to rebel against the dragon overlords of this era.
- -5000 to -2000: The Dragonplague strikes and cripples most of the dragon population, leading to the Uprising and the humans' rise to power. It is unknown whether or not dragonkind was completely destroyed by the mysterious plague, but the dragons do seem to disappear from the face of Judgral.
- -2000 to -100: Human tribes begin to war amongst each other and more plagues raze the land. About one fourth of the remaining human population perishes before famine and sickness is brought under control. Over time, humanity slowly builds in the clearings created by the dragon fires.
- -100 to Gran Year 1: Advanced sea exploration and hunting begin. First ships. Numerals introduced to Judgral.
The Founding Era
- Gran Year 1: Gran Kingdom formed west of Yun River, the first well-documented human empire. The domestication of animals begins.
- Gran Year 19: Tribal barbarian clans of humans roam Judgral, hiding and hunting in the great forests of what is now known as Verdane.
- Gran Year 230: Shift to republican government.
- Gran Year 310: Territory expansion: Era of Prosperity. First copper found in Manster - beginning of Copper Age.
- Gran Year 440: Dark Lord descends to Archbishop Galle; Loput Sect religious order is formed.
- Gran Year 447: War of the Twelve Dark Lords; fall of the Gran Republic.
- Gran Year 448: Archbishop Galle takes the throne, and the Loput Empire is formed.
- Gran Year 449: The Great Purge: Casualties exceed one hundred thousand.
- Gran Year 452: Sorrow of Miletos: Numerous human young are burned to death in sacrifice to the Dark Lord Loputousu.
- Gran Year 453: Atrocity at Edda: Casualties are in tens of thousands.
- Gran Year 535: Mutiny of Maira Imperial family.
- Gran Year 611: Liberation army disseminates across the Jugdral continent.
- Gran Year 632: Miracle at Darna Fortress: Gods descend to liberation army, and the Twelve Crusaders emerge.
- Gran Year 633: Beginning of Holy War.
- Gran Year 648: Fall of the Loput Empire: The Twelve Crusaders establish seven dukedoms in Grandbell and five regional kingdoms. Migration Period begins.
- Gran Year 649: Kingdom of Grandbell formed.
- Gran Year 654: Kingdom of Agustria formed.
- Gran Year 671: Kingdom of Isaac formed.
- Gran Year 679: Kingdom of Silesia formed.
- Gran Year 682: Kingdom of Thracia formed.
- Gran Year 684: Kingdom of Manster formed.
- Gran Year 686: Kingdom of Miletos formed.
- Gran Year 688: First skirmishes between Thracia and Manster begin, and continue off and on for several centuries.
- Gran Year 698: Kingdom of Verdane formed.
- Gran Year 703: Kingdom of Yied formed.
- Gran Year 716: Orgahil established.
- Gran 720: Probable date of the completion of the Blagi Tower.
- Gran Year 757: Isaac sends troops into Darna, Yied. Grandbell mobilizes for war, and Prince Cult leads Grandbell's army to battle.
The Era of Heroes (Game Era - RPG I Era)
- Gran Year 757:
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- As Grandbell invades Isaac, Verdane invades Grandbell, lead by Prince Gandolf. They capture Jungby, and drive all the way to Chalphy.
- Sigurd confronts the invaders, and his forces drive the invaders back. Sigurd joins forces with Cuan of Lenster.
- Sigurd ordained a Holy Knight.
- After capturing Evans Castle, Sigurd forms an alliance with Eltoshen of Nodion. Then he moves south and defeats a Verdane Army lead by Prince Kinbois. Sigurd captures Genoa.
- Prince Gandolf falls in battle against Sigurd's forces at Marphia.
- Prince Jamuka of Verdane joins up with Sigurd, and Verdane is subdued.
- Gran Year 758:
- King Imuka of Agustria is assassinated, and Prince Shagall assumes the throne. War between Grandbell and Agustria breaks out.
- Prince Elliot of Heirhein attempts to invade Grandbell, but is defeated by Eltoshen.
- Eltoshen is imprisoned by Shagall. He then ordered that Heirhein subdue Nodion, then attack Celice at Evans. Sigurd moves into Agustria, to defend Nodion. Grandbell-Agustria War Begins.
- Prince Elliot dies while besieging Nodion, and Sigurd's counter offensive captured Heirheim Castle. General Philip and Lord Boldo of Heirhein fall in battle.
- Macbeth of Anphony hires a Mercenary Troop to defeat Sigurd. However, they are defeated, and Anphony falls. Macbeth falls in battle. The Wandering Prince of Silesia, Levin, joins Sigurd's army.
- Sigurd defeats an army from Agusty Castle, and then captures Mackily Castle.
- General Zain of Agusty is defeated, and Shagall is driven out of Agusty. Negotiations begin, and peace reigns for 6 months.
- Gran Year 759:
- Corrupt officials from Grandbell antagonize the situation, and wars break out again.
- Celice Baldos Chalphy is born in Agusty.
- Sigurd attacks Shagall at Madino, and captures the city. However Shagall fled to Eltoshen, who was currently occupying Silvail.
- Prince Cult is murdered by Duke Reptor and Duke Langobalt of Grandbell.
- Sigurd's army is branded as traitors by Grandbell, and is forced to fell to Silesia.
- Shagall orders Eltoshen and his Cross Knights to move on Sigurd. In battle, Eltoshen is convinced to withdraw by his sister, Lachesis. Eltoshen is executed for his failure by Shagall.
- Shagall hires King Trabant of Thracia to deal with Sigurd as a last ditch effort. After suffering initial defeats, Trabant decides to abandon Shagall. Silvail is then captured by Sigurd, and Shagall is killed.
- Sigurd subdues the Pirates of Orgahil.
- An Army from Grandbell, led by Duke Reptor and Langobalt arrives in Agustria, and declare Sigurd and his army traitors. Sigurd flees to Silesia.
- Gran Year 760:
- Civil war of Silesia begins. Sigurd offers to help subdue the rebels. Cuan returns to Lenster to gather reinforcements.
- Leaf Faris Claus is born in Lenster
- Sigurd marches to Throve, defeating Duke Maios, one of the Late King's rebelling brothers.
- Manyha, General of Silesia's Pegasus Knights, advances on Saxon. However, Duke Daccar had secretly made an alliance with Grandbell. Andre of Jungby arrived, leading the Beiger Ritter, the elite bow knights of Jungby. Manyha's army is crushed, and Silesia's capitol is conquered. Andre then returns to Grandbell.
- Sigurd defeats Daccar's Pegasus Knight Army lead by Pamela. Sigurd marches his army south, across the mountains, and liberates Silesia city.
- Sigurd attacks Saxon, and captures the city. Duke Daccar falls in battle. Silesian Civil War ends.
- A Grandbell Army captures Lubeck Castle, and Sigurd moves to confront them, rather than draw Silesia into a war against Grandbell.
- Langobalt and Andre are killed in combat, Sigurd pushes all the way to Velthomer. Reptor is betrayed by Prince Alvis, and falls in battle.
- Cuan leads the Lanzenritter, Lenster's elite lance knights, north through the Yied desert to assist Sigurd, but King Trabant of Thracia descends upon the army, and wipes them out en route. Cuan's Daughter, Alteena, is taken prisoner by Trabant, but is raised as his own daughter.
- Sigurd is lured into a trap at Barhara, and is killed by Alvis.
- Sigurd's army is decimated.
- The Thracian army invades Manster.
- Empire of Grandbell formed by Alvis.
- Grandbell invades Silesia.
- Gran Year 762:
- Battle of Noba River
- Fall of Lenster
- Prince Leaf escapes to Alster
- Grandbell defeats Thracia and a peace treaty is signed
- North Thracia under the rule of Grandbell/Freege
- Former Lenster nobles plan to assassinate King Blume
- Beginning of the Great Cleanup
- Gran Year 776:
- Leaf leads the Fiana militia
- Start of the liberation war of Thracia
- Gran Year 778:
- Celice, Son of Sigurd, begins a Revolution against the Empire in Isaac. The Dozel Nobility in charge of the country is overthrown.
- Celice decides to march to Manster, and assist Prince Leaf. He defeats the Lopt Sect members stationed in Yied, and then defeats the treacherous Bramsel of Darna.
- Leaf wages a guerilla war against King Blume.
- Celice captures Melgen. Prince Ishtor and Princess Liza, children of Blume, fall in battle.
- Celice defeats Blume, and his forces retreat to Conote. Celice and Leaf join forces.
- Gran Year 779:
- King Blume launchers a counter offensive at both Lenster and Alster. However both offensives are defeated, and Celice captures Conote. Blume falls in battle, but Ishtar is summoned to Barhara by Imperial Prince Julius of Grandbell.
- Upon hearing of Conote's fall, Thracia invades Manster, but are defeated by Sety of Silesia.
- The Liberation Army, under Celice's command, moves into Thracia. Celice drives deep into Thracia, defeating both the Thracian Forces, and reinforcements from the Empire. King Trabant falls in combat. Princess Alteena of Thracia, and Leaf's Sister, learns the truth of her birth, and joins the Liberation Army.
- Prince Arion begins his "Three-Headed Dragon Offensive", to retake each city that Celice captured. Each assault is repelled, and Prince Arion is summoned to Barhara by Prince Julius. Without Prince Arion, Thracia City falls.
- Gran Year 780:
- Celice passes through Miletos on his way to Grandbell. Celice moves to stop the Lopt Sect's Child Hunts. Queen Hilda of Freege is driven out of Miletos.
- Celice invades Grandbell, and engages Emperor Alvis at Chalphy. Alvis falls in battle, and Prince Julius assumes the crown.
- Wide spread rebellion breaks out all over the Empire on news of Celice invading Grandbell. Silesia earns its independence, followed by Agustria.
- Gran Year 781:
- War in Grandbell begins in full. Celice captures Edda Castle.
- Lord Brian of Dozel marches the Grauer Ritter, Dozel's Elite Forces, to march on Chalphy, and another force towards Edda. Both are defeated, and Dozel falls.
- Queen Hilda works with Scorpio in Jungby to catch the Liberation Army in a Pincer Operation. However, Scorpio's Beiger Ritter is caught trying to flank, and is defeated. Hilda is then defeated, and Freege falls to Celice.
- Ishtar leads the Weisser Ritter against Celice, and Julius orders Prince Arion lead his Thracian Troops to assist her. Arion switches sides after meeting with his sister, Altenna. Ishtar is defeated.
- The Final Battle against Julius and his 12 Dark Warlords occurs. Both Barhara and Velthomer fall, and Emperor Julius is killed in battle.
- Gran Year 782:
- Celice crowned King of Grandbell.
- The Liberation army disbands, each member returning to their own countries, to rebuild.
Era of Upheaval (RPG I Era)
- Gran Year 975-985: Rise of the Guilds. A prominent thieves' guild in Isaac begin to attack the royal family, resulting in the murder of a beloved princess, and sparking a civil war between factions within the kingdom. Within a year, the guild manages to involve powerful rival guilds from other countries, leading way to giving said guilds considerable influence and power over their respective countries.
- Gran Year 987: The First Royal Battalion of Thracia (RBT) is established.
- Gran Year 989: The Libertine of Verdane is established.
- Gran Year 990: The Children of the Frozen Twilight (CoFT) of Grandbell are established.
- Gran Year 992: The October Knights of Agustria are established.
- Gran Year 993: The Sol Clan of Silesia is established.
- Gran Year 996: The Ronin Revolutionists are established.
- Gran Year 1000:
- Battle between the Libertine and Jiang, marking a period in which the above guilds are in constant conflict, commonly refered to as the Guild Wars. Jiang disbands midway through the battle.
- RBT drives terrorists out of Thracia.
- CoFT and Sol battle over Barhara. CoFT wins the battle, but allows Sol to escape.
- RBT drives bandits out of Melgen, establishing foothold in Manster.
- The Libertine and CoFT get into a skirmish in Velthomer. The Libertine are soundly defeated and forced to retreat.
- Noddy's tavern is destroyed for the first time.
- Disgruntled commander Hyak attempts to rid Silesia of the Sol Clan, but fails and gives the Sol Clan fresh territory.
- Bandits reorganize and attempt to capture Verdane, but are foiled by the Libertine.
- CoFT helps Kambei's mercenaries scare off pirates in Madino.
- The Coliseum Battles are held in Grandbell, but the final event is ruined by unusually severe thunderstorms destroying said coliseum and many of the officials.
- Three guilds come into conflict in Isaac. RBT and Sol face off, and the October Knights wait for them to defeat each other. RBT and Sol form a truce, and defeat the OK. RBT and Sol fight to a stalemate.
- The tavern is rebuilt. Then destroyed again.
- The Seasonal Tournament is held in Grandbell, in part to make up for the lost Coliseum battles. It is won handily by Lunesta of the Libertine.
- A tournament in Verdane is organized by Andras of the Libertine. Gold went to Lunesta, silver went to Andras himself, and bronze went to Zidane.
- Linoud attempts to hold his own tournament until he drinks himself under the table.
- Manster attempts to reclaim Melgen from Thracia, with the RBT defending. Thracian Reinforcements breaks the siege, and Manster forces retreat.
- The Terrorists establish a camp in Darna.
- The Libertine bring order to the unruly Orgahil settlement.
- The RBT defeat the Crimson Eagles in a smaller skirmish in Edda.
- The October Knights are cruelly outnumbered and massacred by a much stronger CoFT force when they were caught smoking indoors in Grandbell.
- RBT moves to attempt to claim Evans, but are confronted by a joint alliance of Neratyrael and the Terrorist. RBT Lance Armor, Windsword, single handedly crushes the alliance.
- The Tactician's Tournament is held, but too many of the tacticians got lost on their way to the arenas.
- The Libertine begins to hold holiday events to raise money and goodwill competition between the guilds.
- The Terrorists fight the Crimson Eagles for Nodion. The Terrorists finally win something.
- The October Knights and Sol Clan fight over control of Yied, a capital no one really wants. The October Knights claim the desert.
- The October Knights defeat the mercenary Gyak for claim of Castle Anphony.
- The newly formed Chaos Legion claims Gansire as their home base.
- Lunesta of the Libertine pursues an old relic in Chronos, but is sidetracked by an old rival. The Libertine come to his rescue, joined by the bow knight Jia, and defeat Father Gabriel and his goons. Chronos is brought under their control as a prize.
- The RBT confronts CoFT in an epic battle in Edda. They lose the ensuing battle. Largest guild confrontation to date.
- The Crimson Eagles finally manage to claim Rado, destroying the Black Cloud guild for good in the meantime.
- Gran Year 1001:
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- Everyone gang rapes Drake for stealing the apple pie during a picnic. Chaos Legion ends up with the kill and most of the loot.
- The OKs pull of a strategic win over the Chaos Legion for control of Kapathogia.
- Da' Niggaz stage a surprise raid on Lenster. The city is unsure of what to think of it.
- The Sol Clan attempt to take refuge in Sophara, but run into a crazy cult. They eradicate the crazies promptly.
- The CoFT and the Libertine forge an alliance, as does the Chaos Legion and the RBT, later known as the Vantage Alliance. The line between two mind sets was drawn. The other guilds fell in between.
- The Chaos Legion expands its influence into Miletos.
- Da' Niggaz raid a church in Sailane. The priests are no match.
- Sargon decides Mackily belongs to him and claims it by murdering most of the population and ruling through fear.
- Crimson Eagles and Khelek'corm (formerly Nera) fight in Lubeck. Under Jehaine's wise strategic sense, the Crimson Eagles come out on top.
- War befalls the Thracian Peninsula once. Manster's attack on RBT held Melgen started a war between Thracia and the city-states of Manster. RBT leads an attack against Alster. The Lanzenritter of Lenster, and a Legion from Conote arrive to confront the Thracia Army, but are all defeated. Alster falls to the RBT. Largest battle fought in the Guild Wars.
- Silesia is torn between two royal factions, once again leading to a civil war. Princess Atarah beseeches the Libertine for help after receiving a dream regarding the assassination of her brother. The Libertine kidnap Prince Stephen during his coronation ceremony to stop the impending attack. King Ulric sends the CoFT to retrieve his son. The two guilds come to an understanding on the battlefield, and join forces to take out Lord Arnold and the House of Aquila. Lord Arnold puts up a valiant fight for his lost siblings, but is ultimately slain in battle. Refuge in Silesia and Saxon is offered to both the guilds as a reward for their bravery.
- Arkdain of the Unforgiven uses the Chaos Legion to acquire the Fire Key. He dupes them and flees from the Cave of Fire with the artifact in hand.
- The October Knights, in pursuit of a similar artifact, stumble into the cave of a dragon named Pandemona. They slay her and her minions for the Key of Wind.
- Arkdain attempts to coax Da' Niggaz to his side, but they spurn him. Insulted, he attempts to exterminate them, but fails. They receive control of Silvail.
- An old traveler manages to fool Tiara, and consequently the Sol Clan, that she is the virgin fated to hold the Key of Light. They are led to Rigouva, where they are ambushed by the Lopt Sect. The Sol Clan readily defeats them.
- The Terrorists agree to join the Unforgiven because they seemed to have more success at the whole terror thing. They declare war on the rival Lopt Sect in Yied. They successfully decimate most of the Lopt Sect, but are forced to leave the country shortly afterward lest they risk attack by the OKs.
- The Crimson Eagles and Clan Khelek'corm, despite strained relations between their leadership, team up to chase the Merchants out of Heirhein.
- Sentenal's forces march upon the capital of Manster, only to discover that Arkdain had since turned it into a ghost town for an unholy ritual of insane power. The Key of Darkness was forged. The RBT left for the Thracian capital once more, where they defeated Arkdain's lieutenant Taliesin Coriander and lost the key.
- The Ronin Revolutionists pop up in Peruluke and defeat the corrupt mayor Shanghai Samson.
- The first worldwide lottery is established in Judgral.
- Gran Year 1002:
- The OKs, RRs, and Khelek'corm get into a skirmish over Conote. Khelek'corm flees. The OKs claim the territory.
- The Sol Clan wrests Rado away from the Crimson Eagles.
- The Terrorist and Da' Niggaz do battle in Dozel. Da' Niggaz busts a cap in their asses.
- RBT and CoFT have yet another skirmish in Calphy. CoFT wins.
- In an attempt to curb RBT's growing power in Thracia, Lunesta leads the Libertine into Manster in an attempt to establish a base there. The Chaos Legion didn't take kindly to this, resulting in a tumultuous battle between the two guilds. It ultimately boiled down to a long showdown between Erina of the Chaos Legion and Nimix of the Libertine, with the latter achieving the spectacular win. Libertine set up shop in the Manster capital, and the Chaos Legion slowly fades into obscurity.
- Sargon and Nimix marry.
- The RBT sets its sights on Kapathogia, controlled by the OKs. The OKs righteously defend their turf.
- After fleeing the 3-way battle in Conote, Khelek'corm found themselves in Isaac. They come across a strange fort and decide to investigate, but the search is unexpectedly cut short by stray CoFT forces. They join forces in order to defeat Kirakaas's evil brother.
- The Chaos Legion's fortified base had been assaulted unexpectedly by the Unforgiven, and Arkdain's forces - led by the evil one himself - had smashed their way brutally through the gates and massacred those inside. Only a few escaped with their lives, and of those only the fates of Justus and Aya are known (Justus went to RBT, Aya went to Libbies). After taking the souls of those he slew, Arkdain set a few troops to watch and see if anyone else turned up, and then departed. The rival guilds rushed to the scene and learned from Aya that there was a chamber far inside where the ever-suspicious Will had hidden the treasure, and had told only Aya of it. The guilds eventually construct the the Great Horse of Miletos and manage to sneak by the guards, only to do battle inside the horse over the loot taken from CL corpses.
- Sol Clan takes Darna from da' Niggaz.
- After consuming copious amounts of alcohol and other various drugs, the OKs and Libbies stumbled across each other and decided to get into a bar fight. The OKs came out victorious and the Libertine had to give up their keg.
- Khelek'corm is absorbed by CoFT.
- Lunesta Iorwerth and Emis Eastwind are married.
- The Ronin Revolutionists destroy the cult of Scientology in Judgral.
- The holiday events are discontinued due to the Fourth of July event's bloodshed, wherein Lunesta nearly vaporized Dorg.
- RBT leads a raid upon the city of Jungby, Grandbell. The matter was complicated by a bandit raid happening at the same time. Jungby was sacked, and the RBT returned home with acquired loot.
- Gran Year 1003-1025:
- Arkdain raises a massive undead army in an attempt to lay siege to Judgral and the Emblem Keys and destroy every prominent guild liable to stand in his way. The guilds are initially caught off-guard, resulting in early losses and squabbling, until they finally sign a peace treaty and organize. They manage to defeat Arkdain, but fail to realize that he is not truly dead.
- The guilds decide to put their differences aside for the time being, believing they are more powerful together than against one another. A brief period of peace follows.
- Gran Year 1025-1033: The Warlock Wars
- Sargon’s son, Wendel, discovers the magical tiara that once belonged to Arkdain and had remnants of his soul still held in the jewel within. Over a year the tiara slowly corrupts Wendel, eventually coming to a head when he murders his father (finally). Nimix manages to whisk her daughter away to Verdane before she herself is slain, and Wendel puts the entirety of Agustria under his rule.
- The guilds are rustled from their slumber and unite to confront the threat, but Wendel concocts a powerful magical storm which lays waste to at least half of their forces. It also renders Anima briefly unusable.
- An unusually intelligent dragon named Solange arrives from the parted clouds and descends on Wendel’s army during a painfully one-sided battle, saving what remained of the guilds. Though she remained enigmatic and refused to answer questions about her origins, she agrees to help Judgral against Wendel. She blesses the weapons of several heroes she grows to trust.
- The guilds regain some of their ground and retrieve half of the Emblem Keys they had lost. The final battle between the guilds and Wendel-Arkdain’s forces takes place in Phinora, as Arkdain is performing a powerful demonic ritual. He manages to summon several of his own undead dragons, drastically changing the odds against the guilds. Several heroes are slain at the claws of these dragons, before Solange sacrifices herself to defeat them. Sentenal, Dorg, Zidane, Emis and Lunesta defeat Wendel-Arkdain himself shortly afterward – but among them only Emis manages to survive as her berserker rage helps her land the final blow.
- Manster regains independence from Thracia.
- Gran Year 1033-1048: Reconstruction
- The survivors help rebuild many of the cities decimated by Wendel. The era of the guilds slowly fades as the guild members build families and age. The heroes who fell during the Warlock Wars are immortalized through statues and books in their respective kingdoms. Kingdom rule begins to take charge again. The Emblem Keys are split evenly between the countries as an act of goodwill.
- The holy weapons are passed through the heroes’ descendents.
- Emis founds the Luna Abbey for good-aligned druids, who then begin to combat the evil-aligned druids of the Lopt Sect and protect the holy ground of Phinora.
The Crown Era (RPG II Era)
- Gran Year 1098: In less than a ten-day, the Scylla Plague claims the lives of almost everyone in Orgahil, including more than half the ruling family. Orgahil lies empty for nearly twenty years, as many are afraid of the plague.
- Gran Year 1123: The Luna Abbey burns in a fire. It becomes haunted by powerful apparitions who destroy all who enter.
- Gran Year 1125: The present year. 125 years have passed since the beginning of RPG 1, and with it six generations of descendents. Peace is beginning to wane once more…
Edited by Crysta, Oct 5 2009, 07:02 PM.
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