History of the Societarians in the Archipelago

The main dominant species of the Haan Archipelago, the societarians, has a rich cultural and political history in each of the many islands they built their nations on.  

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Era of Writing

1 E.Wr > 1709 E.Wr

  • Circa 1280 E.Wr
    First records of the settlement of Spire
    Founding

    Location
    City of Spire

Era of Alzufhars

1 E.Alz > 3014 E.Alz

  • 1 E.Alz


    The first pact with the Alzufhars is signed
    Diplomatic action

    The start of the Era of Alzufhars is marked by the first pact made between these creatures and the societarians. This is said to have happened in the island of Dhalmain, where it perdures nowadays as one the most complex pacts made by societarians.

  • 1356 E.Alz

    13 Birthing
    1357 E.Alz

    Harvesting

    Glorious Vulkenar (The Vulkenar supernova is visible in Vhas)
    Celestial / Cosmic

    The explosion of the star Vulkenar was visible from Vhas through 11 months and gave birth to the theory of magnetars and the myth of the Glorious Vulkenar's Telescope.   This event also lifechanging for those who followed the Cult to the Stars, and started the tradition of the Mourning of Vulkenar in the island of Ruh.

    Location
    Vulkenar
    More reading
    Mourning of Vulkenar
    Additional timelines
  • 2502 E.Alz


    Birth of Spire of Merthiorn
    Life, Birth
  • 2524 E.Alz


    The city of Spire receives its current name
    Political event
    Location
    City of Spire
  • 2586 E.Alz


    Stunveldt opens its culture and starts exporting
    Cultural event

    As the only producers of Teobrew, products such as coffee, cacao and chocolate were unknown to the rest of the archipelago up to this point save for their only allies, the nation of Ruh.   The arrival of coffee to the islands caused a cultural and productivity explosion without precedent.

    Location
    Stunveldt Island
    More reading
    Teobrew
  • 2596 E.Alz


    The Knowledgeholders are founded
    Founding
    Location
    City of Spire
    Additional timelines
  • 2770 E.Alz


    Founding of the town of Primarin
    Founding

    Located on the northeast coast of the Dhalmain Island, The City of Primarin was devised as a means to honour Primarite, the Law of Space in the Dhalmanite religion of Autonomism.   The town was founded in 2779 E.Alz by priests of Primarite with the purpose of honouring the Law of Space by expanding the physical space dedicated to her.
    The priests chose a promising spot in the mostly uninhabited north end of the island, generally ignored by the rest of the population due to the threat of tetsus in the area, and erected the first areas of the temple in a high spot with a view of the river and coast.   These settlers brought their families and preached to Primarite's followers back in the rest of the country to follow them in their goal, offering lands, loans and help from the Temple to build and settle in the area.

    Location
    Primarin
  • 2784 E.Alz


    The duel of the Eaten Orchard
    Sporting Event / Competition
  • Circa 2810 E.Alz
    The palace of taxes is built
    Construction beginning/end
  • 2822 E.Alz

    15 Celebrating
    3022 E.Alz

    30 Preparing

    The Royal Stags take control of Karte
    Military action
    Location
    Karte Island
    More reading
    Regal Stag Family
  • 2904 E.Alz

    15 Harvesting

    Birth of Onnamar of Merthiorn
    Life, Birth
  • 2918 E.Alz

    12 Swimming

    Queen Honye is assasinated
    Criminal Activity
  • 2926 E.Alz

    2961 E.Alz


    Goldwaste City is built
    Construction beginning/end
  • 2936 E.Alz

    15 Preparing

    Birth of Queen Tesel
    Life, Birth
  • 2938 E.Alz

    3 Sowing
    3015 E.Alz

    6 Sowing

    Birth of Velegrim of Merthiorn
    Life, Birth
  • 2939 E.Alz

    25 Burning
    3015 E.Alz

    23 Sowing

    Birth of Nicola
    Life, Birth

    A victim of The High Rust, Nicola died at 76 years old of a rare case of rust developing mostly internally.   She was greatly mourned by the people of the city of Birdland.

    Location
    City of Birdland
  • 2950 E.Alz

    9 Planting

    Birth of King Rastapuj
    Life, Birth
  • 2960 E.Alz


    Death of Queen Onnamar
    Life, Death

    With the death of her mother, Tesel is crowned as Queen of Merthiorn at 24 years old

    Location
    Thaur Island
  • 2960 E.Alz

    9 Burning

    Birth of Hylmer
    Life, Birth

    During the Irate assault on the city of Dia, Hylmer would be the person to carry out the kidnapping of prince Kuja, turning into one of the most wanted criminals of Karte.

  • 2961 E.Alz

    12 Celebrating

    The snowstorm of 2961
    Geological / environmental event

  • 2962 E.Alz

    1 Birthing

    Virgilim of Merthiorn is born
    Life, Birth
  • 2965 E.Alz


    The leader of the Temple of Rheshnaghty is murdered
    Life, Death

    Lush Enis was captured by the Dhalmanite guard and executed in front of her townspeople in the middle of protests, being the first and only person sentenced for practicing network weaving

    Location
    Dhalmain Island
  • 2972 E.Alz


    Rastapuj is crowned as King of Karte
    Political event
  • 2976 E.Alz

    1 Birthing
    2985 E.Alz

    1 Birthing

    Virgilim is designated as Red Crest's viceroy
    Political event
  • 2981 E.Alz

    18 Harvesting
    2983 E.Alz

    10 Singing

    Rosscot Camp is set, then dissapears
    Discovery, Exploration

    Rosscot Nouverre, a Dhalmanite explorer, was founded by her government to set a camp on an uninhabited area of the southern islands to gather information, resources, and hopefully expand the Dhalmanite control through the archipelago.   Rosscot set out south on 18th of Harvesting of 2981 E.Alz leading a team of 54 people and 18 alzufhar to set up a camp in the north area of the closest island.   The camp operated for two years bringing important information and resources back to Dhalmain, but then suddenly stopped communicating, and all attempts to reach them ended with the sailors never being seen again.

    Location
    Rosscot Camp
    Additional timelines
  • 2981 E.Alz

    14 Burning
    2981 E.Alz

    3 Sheltering

    Four peaks war
    Military action

    After four months of tensions between tetsus and societarians for territory, the tetsu that came to be known as Tetramerge united all tetsus in Dhalmain to retaliate against the Dhalmanite advance in the southern mountains.
    In a matter of days, the tetsus pushed the societarians back to the coasts in a terrible massacre.

    Location
    Dhalmain Island
    More reading
    Four Peaks War
  • 2985 E.Alz

    1 Birthing

    Red Crest becomes a Principality
    Political event

    Tesel, queen of Merthiorn and mother of prince Virgilim (whom was, until then, viceroy of Red Crest) decides to give the control of the islands to her son, granting independency to the region and turning it into a principality.

  • 2986 E.Alz

    18 Preparing

    Sidrar is born
    Life, Birth
  • 2987 E.Alz


    The Circlecrats are created
    Life, Organisation Association

    As the Honourable Prince of Red Crest Virgilim strenghtened his hold surveillance on the "morals" of the population the big but informal circle of philosophers from theCity of Vythlan took, at the same time, a more serious and more irreverent stance, becoming louder, bigger and more noticeable, and adopting the name of Circlecrats once their fame set in as a group of self-indulging good-for-nothings.

  • 2992 E.Alz

    16 Planting

    Birth of Prince Kuja
    Life, Birth
    Location
    City of Dia
  • 2998 E.Alz

    16 Harvesting
    2998 E.Alz

    25 Harvesting

    Deep Cue Garn floods completely
    Disaster / Destruction
  • 2999 E.Alz

    17 Planting

    Captain Vertixico drowns with The Maned
    Life, Death

    Location
    Tantalej
    More reading
    The Great Vertixico
  • 3000 E.Alz

    Celebrating
    3002 E.Alz

    23 Reaping

    Epidemy of Blackout in Ruh and Stunveldt
    Scientific achievement

    The epidemy of blackout affected the populations of Stunveldt and Ruh greatly during the years of 3000 to 3002 E.Alz.   In Reaping 23rd, 3004 E.Alz, the plant thorn child was found to be useful in the making of a medicinal beverage against it, which stopped the disease and its spread almost instantly, controlling the spread of it and giving the epidemy an end.
    This cure has, however, a small chance of producing thorns, a short term disease characterized by a blind rage. No cure or preventive measures have been found against thorns, though the creation of thorn cells have helped the control and treatment of the affected people.

    Location
    Stunveldt Island
    More reading
    Blackout
    Additional timelines
  • 3003 E.Alz

    23 Resting
    3006 E.Alz

    3 Swimming

    Kartian War on Pirates
    Military action
  • 3005 E.Alz

    31 Birthing
    3017 E.Alz

    3 Birthing

    The first edition of the Books of Habits and Beasts is published
    Cultural event

    The most important and complete encyclopedia about the life and history of the Haan Archipelago is completed, several small editions and additions were done through the years. The book was updated after the High Rust and published again on year 3 E.Ru

    Additional timelines
  • 3006 E.Alz

    18 Burning
    3006 E.Alz

    3 Swimming

    The Irates assault the city of Dia
    Military action

    In order to retaliate against King Rastapuj's War on Pirates, the pirate Heliom united several other pirate crews to invade the City of Dia.   In a matter of days they infiltrated the king's palace, kidnapped his son and publicily beheaded him.   The prince's head was kept by the pirates as a trophy and turned into the symbol of power of the new alliance that named themselves Irates.

    Location
    City of Dia
    More reading
    Irate assault of Karte
  • 3010 E.Alz

    5 Swimming

    The Civil War on Karte starts
    Revolution
  • 3014 E.Alz

    3 Reaping

    Start of the High Rust: The air starts turning orange in elevated areas
    Geological / environmental event

    Location
    Haan Archipelago
    More reading
    The High Rust
    Additional timelines
  • 3014 E.Alz

    20 Celebrating 17:00

    The High Rust kills its first governor
    Era beginning/end

    Queen Tesel of Merthiorn succumbs to the rust after a short agony. Her family would follow her shortly thereafter.

    More reading
    The High Rust
    Additional timelines
  • 3014 E.Alz

    21 Celebrating
    3015 E.Alz

    19 Sowing

    Goldwaste is abandoned
    Disbandment
    Additional timelines

Era of Rust

1 E.Ru and beyond

  • 1 E.Ru

    6 Harvesting

    Dinner arrives in Merthiorn
    Life, Relocation
  • 1 E.Ru

    25 Harvesting
    1 E.Ru

    3 Burning

    Fall of Merthiorn
    Disbandment
    Location
    Thaur Island
    Additional timelines
  • 1 E.Ru

    9 Burning

    Bregos is declared a ruin
    Disbandment

    Due to the altitude of its buildings, the totality of the city-state of Bregos was affected by the The High Rust. Eventually, almost all of its inhabitants fled or died, and most of its buildings were left abandoned and ruined.

    Location
    Bregos
    More reading
    Bregos
    Additional timelines
  • 1 E.Ru

    28 Burning
    1 E.Ru

    6 Swimming

    End of the High Rust: The orange air dissipates and goes away
    Geological / environmental event

    More reading
    The High Rust
    Additional timelines
  • 1 E.Ru

    3 Swimming

    Naelin is crowned as the first king of Thaur
    Political event

    Seeing this taming of Dinner the tetsu just after the fall of Merthiorn as a sign, the Merthiornites sought Naelin's and the tetsu's protection and crowned him the king of their new country, the Kingdom of Thaur.   With this, Dinner becomes the Symbol of Power of the island.

    Location
    Thaur Island
    More reading
    The Crown of Thaur
  • 1 E.Ru

    24 Planting 03:00

    The last death of the High Rust
    Life, Death

    On this day a 35 year old Kartian farmer called Kej died of Rust becoming the last casualty of the The High Rust.   The Kingdom of Karte received a very low impact of the High Rust due to having most of its population on plains and close to coasts, but the unfortunate farmer lived close to the mountains and took his livestock to graze upstream.
    He was slowly affected and by the point he stopped going up the mountains it was too late, as he died due to complications of the organs that were already affected by thr rust.

    Location
    Karte Island
    More reading
    The High Rust
    Additional timelines
  • 2 E.Ru

    1 Burning

    The Manifesto for the Burning of Morals is published
    Civil action

    The Honourable Prince of Red Crest, Virgilim, received the control of the island when his mother, queen of the Kingdom of Merthiorn, gave them "independency" by ascending his son from viceroy to prince.
    Virgilim made several changes to laws in the areas of taxation and morality, slowly but steadily forcing Red Crest to become a prudish, distrustful nation. When Merthiorn fell during the High Rust, the prince had to rule by himself having never really learned to do so. Tensions raised, and The Circlecrats, an organization of rowdy, heavily political philosophers, took the opportunity to get into action, releasing the Manifesto for the burning of morals   The Manifesto was a short pamphlet calling to oppose the prince and erase his rule and his mark in their culture as to liberate the people from the weight of the principality's abusive taxation and allow them to enjoy their life and intimacy freely.

  • 3 E.Ru

    3 Birthing

    Second edition of the Book of Habits and Beasts
    Cultural event

    Veld and their team started working on the new compilation of the Books of Habits and Beasts around 3012 E.Alz.   As the High Rust hit the archipelago and impacted most things in it, it required intense updating and rewriting for a team that was as hit by the consequences of the High Rust as anybody else.   Though many of the collaborators and consulted professionals were lost to the rust, Veld and their closer circle considered the situation to require a second edition even more urgently, as many were using the periodic magazines to get accurate information on the situation of other islands, and sending their own news to Veld's team to research on.   In an incommensurate team effort, the second edition of The Book of the Habits and Beasts was released on 03/03/03 of the new Era of Rust, and the team continued ever since writing, updating and researching, preparing for a widely requested 3rd edition.

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  • 8 E.Ru

    9 Singing

    Third Edition of the Book Of Habits And Beasts
    Cultural event

    As the second edition of the book was a work focused on gathering the most comprehensive information possible on the Rust and its effects and to make it available as quickly as possible, many on the team felt it to be a rushed work. Immediately after release, they focused on polishing the encyclopaedia and revamping the design, making it a more enjoyable and attractive read. Other areas of the encyclopaedia were reworked on their entirety, such as its timelines.
    Welkinal prominently reworked the zoology articles and polished the artworks, bringing both astounding reference pictures and decorative illustrations. Their advertising pamphlet was reworked in time for the release of the brand new edition.

    Additional timelines