History of Calda

After a five year war, the city of Rumah conquers its two closest neighbours. The Sable Queen declares this to be the start of the Sable Hegemony, which will last for all time.

An explorer discovers the Singhan Roots, which allow travel to a number of terminals spread throughout Calda. Using this technology, the Sable Queen is able to extend the reach of the Hegemony until it covers an area almost as large as the Steadfast.

Known as the "Era of Expansion", the Sable Hegemony grows and expands its borders. Many towns join the Hegemony willingly, not that they really had a choice. Some still put up a fight, although all were defeated in the end. The well trained Royal Army and the Singhan Roots gave the Hegemony an incredible advantage.   Eventually, every city with or near the Singhan Roots was part of the Hegemony. While there are kingdoms to the south and east that lay unconquered, no path through the Singhan Roots led to a terminal within those kingdoms. Unwilling to part with the great advantage given to them by the Roots, the Queen eventually ordered the army to stop expanding and consolidate the borders of their empire.   Now, with the Undying War over with the signing of the truce, Calda mostly knows peace. The scattered villages still must deal with the hardships imposed upon them by the land, but life is stable for the citizens of the Hegemony.

The outriders of the Voz Dynasty begin raiding villages in Eastern Calda. In response, the Queen sends several companies of the Royal Army to drive off the invaders. These border skirmishes errupt into a war that blankets the region for centuries.   Over time, as numenera are used the land is completly destroyed. Areas where no life can grow or survive, pockets of instability where the rules of physics are weak or compltely broken, towns where time is frozen.   Eventually, the Sable Hegemony and the Voz Dynasty sign a truce. The truce names the war-torn region as "No-Man's Land", an area neither side will allow their armies to enter.

North of the Kashin Baya, the mists of Maka-Tho receed. Word quickly spreads from the Grey Sea into Calda, reaching the ears of the Sable Queen within weeks.   People are hesitant to explore the area revealed by the departure of the mists. They have been an immovable barrier for so long, most fear they will soon return -- killing or trapping any in the region.