The world of Golarion

King Taargick founds the dwarven kingdom of Tar Taargadth. Thus united, the dwarves abandon their civil war and continue the Quest for Sky.

Dwarves complete their legendary Quest for Sky, reaching the surface of Golarion for the first time and begin to establish their cities, the Sky Citadels.

The orc warlord Belkzen besieges and takes the dwarven Sky Citadel of Koldukar, later renaming it Urgir.

The kingdom of Osirion is founded in northern Garund around this year, an event which generally is accepted to be the beginning of the Age of Destiny.

Around this year the ancient empire of Osirion reaches its zenith in power under the rule of the God-Kings.

Pharaoh An-Hepsu II founds the city of Totra in Osirion.

Osirian crown regent Kemusar I is strangled in his sleep.[1] He is succeeded by the young pharaoh Sekhemib I.

In Osirion, the Four Pharaohs of Ascension consolidate their rule, bringing about the kingdom's second age,[1] also known as the Age of the Black Sphinx.

The power of the Four Pharaohs of Ascension in Osirion begins to decline, marking the beginning of the end of the second empire.

The magocracies of Nex and Geb are at war in this year, although it is not known when the conflict began.

The last Osiriani governor of Thuvia is assassinated. No replacement is sent from the capital of Sothis, effectively relinquishing control of the province.

Ulvass, an Ulfen Linnorm King from the north of Avistan discovers the distant continent of Arcadia and founds the colony of Valenhall. This begins the tradition of Linnorm Kings venturing to Valenhall as their last great journey.

Aroden founds the city of Absalom and places the Starstone at its center.

Merchants from the sub-continent of Vudra first introduce gunpowder to the Inner Sea.

The mighty wizard-king Nex disappears from the face of Golarion during an attack by the forces of Geb

Antoll founded in Iobaria.

Mishkar founded in lobaria.

Kirya founded in Iobaria.

Iobar, son of Kjell of Orlov, conquers all who challenge him, uniting all their territories under his banner, claiming all lands from the Icewall to the Castrovin Sea as Iobaria.

Death of Iobar I at the Battle of Kridorn.

The Tearplague scours Iobaria, effecting all settlements between the Norinor and Finadar.

Human settlers claim cyclops ruins in Caemorin in Iobaria, dubbing the settlement Mavradia.

Zradnirras founded in Iobaria.

Vurnirn founded in Iobaria after a 24-year struggle against Hoofwood natives.

The Taldan General Coren of the Third Army of Exploration founds the city of Corentyn near the future site of the Arch of Aroden.

Qadiran assassins murder the Pharaoh Menedes XXVI in Osirion, leading to the overthrow of the pharaonic dynasty. The country is then declared a Satrapy of the Keleshite Empire.

In the chaos following the collapse of the dwarven empire of Tar Taargadth, numerous smaller nations spring up in the Five Kings Mountains. The first of these is the Mighty Kingdom of Gardadth, founded in this year by baron-mayor Gardrick I, and centered around his city of Highhelm.

One of the successor states to the great dwarven Tar Taargadth Empire, the Impenetrable Kingdom of Doggath, is founded by Doggon Marrkedth in the Five Kings Mountains.

The dwarven Everlasting Kingdom of Taggoret is founded by Taggrick I in the Five Kings Mountains.

The first gorgas are brought through the otherworldly gates of the Seven Arches in the Wilewood of the River Kingdoms.

The province of Andoran is established around this time within the Empire of Taldor.

The red great wyrm Shrodniar and the blue great wyrm Voldmannasein clash over Fangard in eastern Iobaria. An unknown force from the forest's depths strike Voldmannasein dead, while Shrodnair crashes near Antoll. Strange glyphs are discovered, burnt into the blue dragon, scarring even his bones

The Andoran traveller Rikkan sketches what will later become known as the Rikkan's Falls for the first time, when his journals are published the falls become famous throughout Almas.

The city and country of Alkenstar founds the massive gunpowder weapons factory known as the Gunworks.

Ulfen raiders in longships conduct hit-and-run attacks against the western coasts of Avistan, advancing as far as the region now known as Cheliax.

The city of Alkenstar in Garund completes the manufacture for Taldor's Fifth Army of Exploration of the largest gunpowder cannon in all Golarion. They name it Worldbreaker .

Taldor grants land to the Opparan gladiator Maldar Tymon in what will later become known as the River Kingdoms. He founds a small settlement near the Exalted Wood and names it Tymon.

Taldor's Sixth Army of Exploration loses the massive cannon Worldbreaker to the Gorilla King in the Battle of Nagisa.

The Iobarian city of Mirnbay is refounded and its defenses are significantly reinforced. Centaurs are barred from the city for more than 400 years.

The philosophy and teachings of the god Irori are first introduced into mainland Tian Xia by Vudran missionaries.

Fleeing pogroms in Osirion instigated by the Qadiri satrap, followers of Sarenrae flee into the desert. They are lead by a priestess named Vedie, who instructs them to build a settlement named Sarenrae's Bastion. Some disagree and leave to find a "golden land".

The dwarf wizards Gezbria and Tralvar arrive in the Golden City where they find a powerful confluence of ley lines and later construct the Glass Pyramids.

The dwarven kingdoms of the Five Kings Mountains put aside their differences and sign the Kerse Accord, creating peace and granting autonomy to the humans living in what will one day become Druma

Varisians start settling in the Principality of Ustalav.

Orcs attack the dwarven city of Highhelm in the Five Kings Mountains.

The demon lord Cyth-V'sug grows dissatisfied with the work of his spawn, and exiles Treerazer to the material plane.

The Oath Wars begin in northwestern Garund as the churches of Nethys, Norgorber and Sarenrae vie for dominance. The bloody civil wars will continue for almost 60 years, devastating the region.

The Sklar-Quah tribe of the Shoanti begin to inhabit the land around the delta of what will later be named the Jeggare River

Ohjar's Plague kills a third of all male centaurs, orcs, and humans across Iobaria in a mere eight months.

Tired of the bloody, decades-long Oath Wars, the militia of the city state of Azir in what is now Rahadoum sets fire to the temples and bans all religions. This movement is lead by the philiosopher Kalim Onaku who establishes what will later be come to known as the Laws of Man, the first of which is "Let no man be beholden to a god"

In the Year of Scouring Winds, a sandstorm lasting 33 days destroys almost all plant life in the Golden City's valley, kills hundreds, and nearly buries the city. Some survivors flee to Sarenrae's Bastion, where priests proclaim the sandstorm a "judgment" against the city's evil populace.

Construction is finished on the Arch of Aroden by the Taldan city of Corentyn. It connects the continents of Garund and Avistan and is dedicated to the god Aroden.

In Tian Xia, courtiers from the ancient empire of Yixing first attempt to formalize the drinking of tea, or cha in their language. These customs eventually grow into the highly ritualized chadao, or tea ceremony.

The breakaway realm of Zastel in eastern Iobaria is reconquered and returned to Iobarian rule.

A group of elves tries to re-enter their ancient settlement of Sevenarches in the River Kingdoms, but are rebuffed by treants.

Founding of the country of Sevenarches in the River Kingdoms, and the establishment of the druidic organization known as the Oakstewards.

Elves of Kyonin establish the settlement of Hymbria in the River Kingdoms as a launching point for retaking their ancestral location of Sevenarches.

Princess Carmina Ustav splits Ustalav into 16 separate counties in order to prevent a civil war amongst the noble families. Each county is given significant autonomy and organized under the crown in a feudal system.

The priesthood of Pharasma reconsecrate the city of Wati in Osirion in memory of the murdered dead, beginning the process of reinhabiting it.

Cheliax is founded as a western frontier province of the Taldan Empire.

The Pestilentropy infects many nomads and settlers in central Iobaria, causing fevers and madness, ultimately leading to death by overexertion or by the blades of those its victims imagine to be their foes. The disease, or its manic side effects, destroy more than half of Iobaria's farms, villages, crops, and cattle, leading to a decade of lean harvests and starvation for the region. This devastation and the lack of support for the people leads to the final dissolution of Old Iobarian rule

Three warlords (one of Issian descent) and their allies band together to restore the nation of Iobaria. Rallying to banners and flags of Old Iobaria, support for New Iobaria rises quickly with their reclamation of Orlov from foreign factions and their local pawns. The Restoration War lasts for nearly a century before New Iobaria officially exists and rules its lands.

A bandit named Jade-Eye slaughters Nimhar and takes control of the city of Sandstar. Nimhar's body is never found. Jade-Eye renames the city Katapesh, and the region soon adopts that name.

Gnoll slavers begin raiding Sarenrae's Bastion. For 2 years the gnolls relentlessly sell slaves from Sarenrae's Bastion to Katapesh before their tribes break apart.

In the Casmaronian land of Iobaria, House Arjal and House Korya betray allied House Narkys, sacrificing its leaders and troops to dragons of the mountains and wilds, their newer allies.

In the space of less than a month, the witch Baba Yaga invades the eastern portion of the Lands of the Linnorm Kings from the Crown of the World with her army of ice trolls, winter wolves, and other arctic creatures. Within 23 days the so called Winter War is over, and the Witch Queen creates the realm of Irrisen.

A little-known creature known as the Slohr manages to trample much of the Arthfell Forest in Andoran.

In the land of Tian Xia, the Minkai armies are led by the Perfect Swordswoman, Setsuna Kuga. In the battle of Eight Bridges, she thoroughly defeats the forces of the Teikoku Shogunate and then goes to raze the old capitol of Uddo.

The Great Horde: a collection of ogre, giant, and cyclops tribes rampage across Iobaria under the command of Burlor, a cyclops wearing the Crown of Mirim and wielding the Perobov Maul. These monsters remain a threat long after the death of Burlor beneath the hooves of more than 25 tribes of centaurs.

The Pactmasters (secretly a small cabal of plane- and planet-traveling witchwyrd merchants)[1] take over the city of Katapesh, and begin construction on the city's new palace and outer walls.

The Empire of Taldor calls soldiers from all over their realm and marches against the Whispering Tyrant of Ustalav, in a war known as the Shining Crusade.

After years of hard fighting, soldiers of the Shining Crusade establish a forward position in Ustalav on the shores of Lake Encarthan.

Fort Lorrin is founded near the ruins of the village of Rookmin as a supply depot during the Shining Crusade. After the end of the war, this site is choses as the location for Vigil, the new capital of Lastwall.

The mortal Iomedae retreats to Fort Lorrin and rallies the Knights of Ozem. From there she launches her counterstrike and breaks the enemy's advance at Vaishali Pass.

Near the conclusion of the Shining Crusade, the Whispering Tyrant is sealed within his own fortress of Gallowspire in Ustalav.

The kingdom of Lastwall is established to ensure the Whispering Tyrant never returns from his imprisonment.

The main dome of the Sancta Iomedaea, still under construction, collapses in the city of Vigil. Donations pour in from across the Taldoran Empire for it to be quickly rebuilt.

The body of Arazni is stolen from the Knights of Ozem in Lastwall by the undead ruler Geb and reanimated as his Harlot Queen.

Touched off by powerful earthquakes, the volcano known as Droskar's Crag erupts in northern Andoran in an event known to history as the Rending.

King Korrado II moves Cheliax's capital from its former home, the port city of Ostenso, to the burgeoning city of Westcrown. The capital does not move again until the rise of House Thrune.

he armies of Qadira invade southern Taldor, beginning the 524 year Grand Campaign.

King Aspex the Even-Tongued declares Cheliax as independent from its founding nation of Taldor. In the ensuing decade, in what would become known as the Even-Tongued Conquest, Aspex succeeds in claiming the territories of Andoran as part of the new Chelaxian empire through diplomacy. He also manages to claim Isger and Galt as part of his burgeoning new empire through military force. While Taldor objects, it lacks the military power to resist due to its conflict with its southern neighbor Qadira.

With assistance from the Chelish military, Karas "the Falcon" Novotnian and several friends establish a fort in Darkmoon Vale in northern Andoran and begins to take control of the region in the name of Empire of Cheliax.

• Emperor Haliad I of Cheliax orders the foundation of the colony of Sargava on the southwestern coast of Garund. Baron Praetorius is appointed governor of the colony.

• Construction begins by Chelish colonists on a temporary stockade on the future site of Eleder.

• Sargavan colonists encounter members of the Ijo, Ombo, and Mulaa tribes for the first time.

Chelish colonists in Sargava first stumble across a tribe of Mwangi living in a crumbling, ruin of a city on the River of Lost Tears. These people call themselves the Kalabuta, and the colonists name the city after them.

In Tian Xia, Imperial Lung Wa is founded when it unites 16 of the Kingdoms of Shu

Ranchers on the eastern plains of Sargava come into conflict with the local Bas'O tribes over the hunting of antelope, leading to the brief Plains War. Hostilities cease when the Chelaxian colonists back down, instead focusing on the breeding of horses and cattle.

Members of the Kalabuta tribe in eastern Sargava revolt against imperial Chelish rule. The insurrection is quickly and forcefully put down by colonial troops.

Dwarves prospecting in the Bandu Hills of Sargava discover a gold vein in Mount Nakyuk. The Farsouth Mine is established there, and Fort Bandu is constructed to protect it.

Orcs of the Hold of Belkzen begin expanding their borders, pushing further south into the nation of Lastwall. Most humans flee in the face of the unstoppable horde save the Council of Thorns who remain and martyr themselves to protect what is now Ghostlight Marsh.

The River Kingdom of Sevenarches is successfully invaded by the Intilporium, a family of Taldan wizards. The Oakstewards are able to eventually roust them after nine weeks of occupation. This marks the only interruption of the druids' control over Sevenarches in over 2,000 years.

As a result of a brutal underworld war, the seven largest criminal gangs in the Chelish city of Westcrown unite to form the Council of Thieves.

The inhabitants of the settlement of Mivon in the River Kingdoms flee or die, claiming that they are attacked by trees and plants, by the dead rising from the river, and wizards who call the moon from the sky. Mivon remains abandoned for 20 years.

The Grand Lodge of the Pathfinder Society is founded in the city of Absalom and becomes the organization's home base. The building is a repossessed manor house given by the city as thanks for the opening of the Vudran spice trade to the merchant fleets of Absalom, made possible by the exploration and diplomacy of Pathfinder Selmius Foster.

The Pathfinder Durvin Gest explores and catalogs the 31 Siege Castles in the Cairnlands outside the gates of the city of Absalom. Thanks to this, the Pathfinder Society is able to draw enough funds from these ruins to help support their rapidly growing organization and expand their Grand Lodge.

The Pathfinder Selmius Foster is killed during the exploration of the distant island of Bhopan. Being one of the original three Pathfinders recorded in the first Pathfinder Chronicles, his passing is mourned by many.

The Pathfinder Durvin Gest tosses the Lens of Galundari into the Nemesis Well of Osibu in the Mwangi Expanse.

As the Everwar rages on, Cheliax finally gains full control over its neighbor to the north, Nidal, much to the chagrin of the Umbral Court and the other worshipers of Zon-Kuthon.

It is rumored that by this year over half of the nobles in the Chelish capital of Westcrown have ties to the criminal meta-organization known as the Council of Thieves.

The Cullerton family founds the city-state of Maashinelle at the confluence of the Sellen and Tolemaida Rivers. It will later be incorporated into the River Kingdom of Lambreth.

In the nation of Katapesh, the slave markets known as the Fleshfairs open in the town of Okeno.

The Pathfinder Society begins construction of Skyreach, the central tower-library which becomes the center point to Absalom's Grand Lodge.

The Angelidis family destroys the hovels of the village of Traxell in the River Kingdoms, and rebuilds houses and wharves, founding the city-state of Lockridge.

The so called Immortal Lord of House Ornelos, Volshyenek Ornelos, is born into an ancient and wealthy Chelaxian noble family.

A clan of assassins from distant Yenchabur in Casmaron arrives in the River Kingdoms. Led by His Supreme Highness Afanasy Athanasius, they easily invade the village of Rivermark, forcing its residents to flee or submit to their rule. It is subsequently renamed Daggermark.

• Field Marshall Jakthion Korvosa rescues a stranded group of Chelish marines trapped on Endrin Isle in Varisia.

• The city of Korvosa in Varisia, then known as Fort Korvosa, is founded by Chelish forces.

Admiral Kiameleu returns from Varisia to Cheliax and attempts to have Keyra Palin court-martialed, but Field-Marshall Korvosa and Waylon Endrin intervene on her behalf. Emperor Halleck IV demotes Kiameleu as a result of the affair, giving his command to his first mate, Veldraine.

Waydon Endrin forms the Sable Company to launch strikes against the Shoanti in the ongoing war for control of Korvosa and southern Varisia.

The settlement of Kiameleu in Varisia is attacked by Shoanti and burnt to the ground.

Field Marshall Jakthion Korvosa, founder of the city of Korvosa in Varisia, dies.

After a bloody internal struggle, the Decemvirate of the Pathfinder Society decide that the body should become anonymous in order to discourage intrigue and cults of personality. They elect their successors in secret and step down. The Decemvirate remain masked to the present day.

The death of Aroden is followed by tremendous storms across the face of Golarion. At the very moment of Aroden's death, the most powerful hurricane the world has ever known forms off the western coast of Garund. It is known as the Eye of Abendego and has yet to die down. The Eye of Abendego leads to massive storm surges which flood the low-lying land along the western coast of Garund leading to the death of thousands. This destroyed Lirgen and Yamasa, creating the Sodden Lands.

Following the death of Aroden, and the loss of the Chelish Emperor's divine mandate, certain noble houses begin to compete for the crown. This leads to a civil war in Cheliax.

Imperial Lung Wa falls apart in Tian Xia. Lord Arbust Arbasti begins his rule of the Varisiann city of Korvosa.

• Mount Kuvetheir in Taldor's section of the World's Edge Mountains unexpectedly erupts in a fiery convulsion that buries the two nearby mining towns of Milon's Wait and Voredding. The destructive nature of this event causes many of the victims to rise as blast shadows.

• Weather changes in the area open a sinkhole at Crowhollow, exposing alien technology; the Mountain Crows Kellid tribe hides the sinkhole from the Technic League.

The great wyrm gold dragon Aostralya calls a Convocation of Dragons to discuss the subject of the god Aroden's apparent death. All dragonkind sends representatives (except for the black dragons), but there is little agreement. No consensus is ever reached, with the chromatic dragons arguing that human matters are below their concern. Unusually, however, the red dragon Grathalax supports the pan-draconic goal of eventually destroying Dahak.[13]  

• With the fall of the empire of Lung Wa, the former province of Shenmen comes under the control of Lady Lang Loi, a sadistic jorogumo. Thus begins the kingdom's new reputation as "the cursed land of spiders and ghosts". 
• Celebrations for the bicentennial celebration of the founding of the city of Korvosa in Varisia are canceled.

• The town of Nystra is founded in the River Kingdoms by Galtan silk merchants.

• In Calistril of this year, King Gaspodar of Cheliax sends Hellknights to the rebellious provinces of Andoran and Molthune to maintain order.

The "Immortal" Lord Volshyenek Ornelos finally passes away during a summoning ritual in Korvosa's Hall of Summoning

• General Orphyrea Amanandar conquers the city of Kamikobu in what is now Amanandar. She renames the city New Oppara in honour of Taldor's national capital.

• Demons from the Worldwound first launch attacks against Mendev and the Sarkorian lowlands.

• After rapidly escalating tensions, the Chelish Civil War officially ignites during the month of Arodus.

• House Thrune begins to fight over land with another noble house of Cheliax, whose name has since been erased from history by the Chelish government, thus beginning the Chelish Civil War.

• Nidal immediately supports Hell-backed House Thrune in the Chelish Civil War, sending it companies of shadowcallers with velstracs in addition to the Adamant Company. Chelish diplomats and dignitaries living in Nidal without ties to Thrune are quietly assassinated.

• Taldor's Eighth Army of Exploration arrives to Shenmen in Tian Xia, conquers Kamikobu, renames it New Oppara, and founds the colony of Amanandar.

• The Temple of Asmodeus is built in Korvosa.
• The Tinwound Hydroplant is constructed in Alkenstar over an ancient Nexian mage tower.

Baron Grallus, governor of newly sovereign Sargava, pledges naval support for House Davian in the Chelish Civil War. Its ships depart for Cheliax but do not arrive until 4610 AR.

• Sargavan merchants successfully bargain with the Free Captains of the Shackles to allow them safe passage and escort around the western edge of the Eye of Abendego.

• The Sarkorian floating pleasure palace known as the House of Reflections sinks to the bottom of the First Rains. The accident occurs when its imprisoned guests launch an unsuccessful escape.

• Ulizmila, supposedly the grandchild of the witch Baba Yaga, journeys to Darkmoon Wood.

• Several embittered captains from the navy of the recently fallen Imperial Lung Wa band together and begin construction on the floating pirate city of Zo Piaobo amongst the Wandering Isles of Minata.

• The witch Areelu Vorlesh attacks and captures the Widowknife Clanhold near the city of Undarin in Sarkoris and uncovers the last few rituals needed to transform herself into a half-succubus.

• The Chelish army leaves Sargava in order to return to the homeland and aid House Davian in the Chelish Civil War.

• Walkena incinerates a Sargavan invasion force as it attempts to march on Mzali.

• 7110 IC: Hobgoblin warlords, led by Moyoshi Shoda, conquer six nations between Jinin and Lingshen, consolidate their power, and form Kaoling. They immediately begin fortifying their new nation, starting with walls around Dhucharg.

• The Keleshite sultan of Osirion is overthrown by the people of Osirion in a nearly bloodless coup. He is replaced by Prince Khemet I, a Garundi cleric of Abadar whose ancestry dates back to Azghaad and the pharaohs of Ancient Osirion, and so he becomes the first Osirian pharaoh in over 3,000 years. His accession ends the Keleshite Interregnum and initiates the Third Age of Osirion and inspires nostalgic nationalism and the rebuilding of pharonic monuments destroyed under Kelesh rule.

• Sargava breaks away from Cheliax and becomes a sovereign nation, the first Chelish territory to do so.

• The five Great Houses of Korvosa, with the cooperation of Lord Arbust, form the Peerage Review, a council consisting of members of each house to advise the city's ruler.

• The Varisian town of Wartle falls under the control of the recently established city of Magnimar.

Technic League agents reach the new village of Torch, reaching a deal where the village's residents pay a monthly tribute in exchange for the League leaving the settlement alone.

A civil war erupts in the River Kingdom of Pitax between the Cattanei and Liacenza families, dividing it into the kingdoms of Corvenn and Pitax.

The black coach leaves Bastardhall in Ustalav. A peasant mob attempts to torch the castle and is massacred.

Fiendish marsh giants capture the Sarkorian settlement of Dyinglight.

In Gozran of this year, King Gaspodar of Cheliax mandates the creation of several new orders of Hellknights without consulting existing lictors; they include the Order of the Scar and the Order of the Coil. These orders operate largely outside of Cheliax, and are not nearly as disciplined or well-organized as the original five orders.

• The Chelish Count Ambras Imre founds the Daggermark Poisoners's Guild.
• Devotees of Sarenrae and other deities begin construction on the Bridge of the Gods in Alkenstar City.

The Varisian city-state of Korvosa claims the small village of Sirathu, formerly under the nominal control of the city-state of Kaer Maga.

The rule of Traskind Elf-Eye as Black Sovereign of Numeria begins.

Solismina Venacdahlia is born.

Varnagan Draston-Meir becomes the second lord-mayor of the Varisian city of Magnimar.

His Supreme Highness Athanasius XIII, the last king of the River Kingdom of Daggermark, chokes during dinner and dies. He cannot be resurrected, and chaos breaks out in the city.

• Azghaad's Spire, the obelisk honoring Osirion's legendary first pharaoh, is rebuilt by High Theurgist Malika Azdari in Sothis.

• The Gunworks of Alkenstar are completed and begin to manufacture the first firearms. These earliest models are bought by curious collectors and scholars.

• Fort Estazano is built near the Chelish town of Longacre to quell the local bandit problem.

Halamendi Orrus, the first customer of Alkenstar's Gunworks, is assassinated by agents of the Red Mantis assassins. Contessa's Sting, the prototype magical firearm he had purchased, is lost and never recovered.