Timeline of Cheliax

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.

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.

• The Taldan governor of the province of Cheliax declares independence, and puts himself on the throne of the new nation, calling himself King Aspex the Even-Tongued. 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 oppose him, due to its conflict with its southern neighbor Qadira.
• According only to contemporary and often unreliable Chelish sources, Alivia Thrune is granted in this year the title Duchess of Central Cheliax by Aspex the Even-Tongued for being his most loyal and capable general.
• Lastwall declares independence from Taldor, claiming it needs to maintain political neutrality in order to continue guarding Tar-Baphon within his prison of Gallowspire. The newly formed government of Lastwall states that it does not wish to get involved in the growing feud between Cheliax and Taldor. Cheliax supports Lastwall's independence while Taldor objects, but is unable to send its military to intervene.

The Chelaxian army lays siege to Absalom for the first time and, like all before, fail to breach the city walls. Undeterred, the army heads southwest, making gains in Garund, and takes control of the Arch of Aroden. This gives Cheliax unprecedented control over the Inner Sea region, as it controls access to it from the west. Cheliax holds the Arch to this day.

• In Tian Xia, Imperial Lung Wa is founded when it unites 10 of the 16 Kingdoms of Shu
• Prince Haliad I visits Eleder to check the new colony. He names the colony "Sargava" after his favorite horse.

• As the Everwar rages on, Cheliax finally gains full control over Nidal through diplomacy when the Black Triune surrenders, much to the chagrin of the Umbral Court and the other worshipers of Zon-Kuthon. The alliance between the two nations lasts until the present day, although since the end of the Chelish Civil War, Nidal has once again assumed full control of its own populace.
• The Nidalese surrender ushers in a period of relative cultural openness in that country known as the Shadowbreak. It will last until 4634 AR.

• Cheliax finally abandons its attempted conquests within Varisia and the Hold of Belkzen, bringing an end to the Everwar that had lasted over a hundred years.
• The settlement of Kiameleu in Varisia is attacked by Shoanti and burnt to the ground.

• Alivia Thrune is one of many officers promoted to the nobility of Cheliax after the conclusion of the Everwar.
• Montlarion Jeggare is named second lord magistrate of Korvosa.
• The town of Veldraine is founded in Varisia.
• Field Marshall Jakthion Korvosa, founder of the city of Korvosa in Varisia, dies

Daidian Ruel and his group of former soldiers and friends become very effective in hunting down Path of Grace cultists in the Chelish capital of Westcrown, but the cult's influence within the city results in many being quickly released from custody. In response, Ruel and his group resort to vigilante justice and more extreme methods. Widely praised by average citizens, they earn the wrath of the Westcrown Dottari and Ruel is arrested in Sarenith. Freed by his followers, Ruel flees the city only to return to plead his case before King Gaspodar in an impassioned speech. The king recognizes the necessity of setting the city to order before the prophesied coming of Aroden, and pardons Ruel before commissioning him to establish a new knightly order. Ruel accepts the king's commission, but refuses to allow consecration by the church of Aroden. The faithful of Aroden denounce his order and name them the "Hellknights", and the order's legacy would later be revived as the Order of the Rack.