The Earthmasters
Harn - In Tuzyn Recogning (TR)
The time line for events on the Island of Harn
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The Earthmasters
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Arrival of the Sindarin
Era beginning/endThe Sindarin settled through out the island of Harn, but tended to concentrate in the Shava Forest. For 3000 years, the elves dwelt in solitude with their god, Siem. Siem left with most of the elves around 7,000 BT. Daelda, the wisest of the Sindarin to remain, became king and ruler of Harn.
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7000 BT
683 BT
Sindarin rule of Harn
FoundingFounding of the Kingdom of Harn under the rule of Daelda.
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7000 BT
Arrival of the Khuzdul
Era beginning/endThe Codominium Shortly after Siem's departure. the Khuzdul arrived on Harn. They too worshiped Siem and came from Midgaag. The dwarves say they were summoned by Siem to take care of the Sindarin who stayed behind; the elves grimace at their conceit. The two races certainly had very diffent world-views and preferred to live in separate communities. Each race possessed complimentary skills and the two peoples lived in perfect harmony for almost five millennia, and ara known to historians as the Condominium.
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6900 BT
Founding of the City and Kingdom of Kiraz
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6894 BT
Founding of the City and Kingdom of Azadmere
FoundingThe city and kingdom were founded by Ahzrdin, leader of the Thazhain Khuzdul and for the six millenia of the Codominium, only dwarves dwelt there.
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1200 BT
900 TR
The Coming of Men
Era beginning/endAround 1300 BT, the first humans arrived on Harn from western Lythia. These early Jarin tribes recognized the superior culture of the elder reaces. They swore fealty to King Daelda and settled the coastal regions of eastern Harn. The Jarin prospered and pushed inland. Within a few centuries, their communities spread throughout the Harnic Isles. The elves grew distressed at the newcomers' wasteful society and lack of respect for the forest.
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1200 BT
First Humans and the Elder Folk
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1150 BT
Jarin settled the upper Kald Valley
FoundingJarin settled the upper Kald Valley
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1000 BT
Jarin peoples arrive in Southwestern Harn
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900 BT
683 BT
The Atani Wars
Military actionAround 900BT, a second wave of human invaders from Lythia began to assault the shores of Harn. Initially the Lythians raided and sailed away with their booty. Daelda ordered many coastal settlements to be fortified and garrisoned. He commanded his own people to defend the most critical areas and supported Jarin troops with dwarven legions. The allied defenders successfully expelled the reaiders for many years, but the gradually conquered Solora and Hradir up to the Ulmerien River.
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685 BT
683 BT
Battle of Sorrows
Military: BattleBattle of Sorrows
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683 BT
Founding of the Kingdom of Evael
FoundingKingdom of Evael is founded by King Aranath, Daelda's nephew, within the Shava Forest.
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1 TR
The Kingdom of Melderyn
FoundingFounding of the Kingdom of Meldery by Erebir I when he united the Five Kingdoms under one banner.
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120 TR
Presumed death of Lothrim
Life, DeathLothrim buried alive with his "honor guard" in a sealed cave by vengeful Khuzdul of Kiraz - along with "precious book" the Penultimate Tome.
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120 TR
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Destruction of Kiraz
Disaster / DestructionThe Carnage and fall of Kiraz by Lothrim the Foulspawner.
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130 TR
Creation of Tuzyn Reckoning
Civil actionTuzyn Reconing devised by Tuzyn of Melderyn, a court astronomer in the reign of Erebir III but was backdated to the founding of the kingdom. Through out the last six centuries, this calendar has gradually been adopted by all Harnic states, replacing a multitude of calenders, most too inaccurate to be useful.
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155 TR
223 TR
Kingdom of Elorinar
FoundingThe founding of the Kingdom of Elorinar and the assimilation into the Kingdom of Melderyn.
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160 TR
Founding of the Kingdom of Chybisa
FoundingThe Mearkis Chronicles, which document the founding of Chybisa, say that Shobald of Shosel, A Melderyni knight, arrived in the Ulmerien Valley. The tome, written by an advisor to Shobald, recounts how he unified the tribes and petty kindomes of the region and established the Kingdom of Chybisa. Many of the Melderyni immigrants who accompanied Shobald became significant figures in his new realm.
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188 TR
Founding of the Kingdom of Kaldor
FoundingKingdom of Kaldor established by King Medrik I of the House of Tane
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520 TR
Birth of Balsha
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558 TR
Execution of Balsha
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564 TR
Balshan Jihad
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559 TR
561 TR
The Red Death
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568 TR
588 TR
Theocracy of Tekhos
RevolutionA Morgathian theocracy that resulted from the Balshan Jihad and ruled all of Tharda for 20 years. It was a repressive religious dictatorship ruled by Horahnam of Clan Tekhos from Shiran. Horahnam was assassinate in 588 and the Theocracy collapsed, to be followed by the years of chaos known as the Interregnum. In Rethem, a pale shadow of the Theocracy lingered on around the city of Golotha until its fall to Arlun of Peran in 635.
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569 TR
Founding of the Freetown of Thay
FoundingThey is a seaport at the mouth of the Horka River in the mainland part of the Kingdom of Melderyn. Thay is the most independent of Harn's three freetowns, as the hand of the Melderyni king has traditionally rested lightly on its affairs. Because of its origns, Thay has many similarities to Aleath.
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589 TR
Founding of the Kingdom of Kanday
FoundingFounded in 589 TR after the collapse of the Theocracy of Tekhos, Kanday is ruled by the House of Kand.
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675 TR
678 TR
The Treasure War
Military: WarKing Torastra of Kaldor invades Chybisa, and besieges Burzyn to regain the stolen sword.