History of Taldor

The Tarrasque tears open the Porthmos Gap and destroys Oppara.

The Padishah Empire of Kelesh halts its southern conquests at the River Ladan. Padishah Emperor Adalan IV formally establishes the satrapy of Qadira and places it under the rule of the satrap Cerush.

The province of Galt is established.

Taldor’s Third Army of Exploration, led by General Coren, conquers the northern shore of the Inner Sea, founding Corentyn at its farthest edge. Coren also secures the western tip of Avistan and the neck of the Inner Sea for Taldor.

Grand Prince Urios III and Satrap Xerbystes I sign a formal peace agreement between their nations. The period of nonaggression known as the Urian Peace begins.

Andoran is officially founded as a province of Taldor when General Khastalus of Corentyn clears much of the Arthfell Forest and establishes the port city of Augustana.

The Fifth Army of Exploration employs a magical siege engine called the Worldbreaker to push north through the River Kingdoms and Brevoy to the Lake of Mists and Veils.

General Erestos Marburran and his Sixth Army of Exploration begin exploring northern Garund.

The Seventh Army of Exploration slaughters the Kellids of the fiercely independent Isger tribe and establishes the Protectorate of Isger (named in the tribe’s memory) to secure trade with Druma.

The disease known as the Choking Death spreads from Iobaria and devastates Taldor’s population, as well as that of the rest of Avistan.

The Whispering Tyrant slays Arazni, inspiring a huge wave of support from Absalom for the Shining Crusade.

The Knights of Ozem form Lastwall, a protectorate of Taldor, to watch over Gallowspire.

During ongoing succession conflicts in the Padishah Empire, Qadira invades Taldor, capturing Zimar. The war known in Taldor as the Grand Campaign begins.

The Taldan governor in charge of Cheliax, taking advantage of Taldor’s focus on its Qadiran border, declares the province independent from the empire and places himself upon the newly created Chelish throne as Aspex the Even-Tongued. Andoran, Galt, and Isger are annexed as part of Cheliax in the following years. This decade-long power grab becomes known as the Even-Tongued Conquest, and greatly undermines Taldan influence throughout western Avistan. Lastwall declares neutrality in the conflict, effectively becoming an independent nation.

The Yellowtongued Sickness ravages Taldor.

Taldor and Qadira declare peace after 5 centuries of war; trade between Avistan and Kelesh reopens. Worship of Sarenrae is declared legal again in Taldor.

Galt rises up against Chelish rule, resulting in the Red Revolution. Many nobles flee into Taldor with little but their titles, creating an underclass of penniless nobles in the north.

Grand Prince Stavian III of Taldor has half the Taldan senate murdered. The ensuing War for the Crown is dramatic and bloody, with Eutropia eventually claiming the throne as grand princess.