History of the Fey : Iteration 3

The current iteration of Fey history.

Dawn of The Fey

Multi million forgotten years

At the most ancient limits of thought, the era known as the Dawn of The Fey consists of fragmentary incidents in the deep past when the first Fey were born as archetypes around the camp fires of the first peoples in neighbouring evolutions, isolated in the Discontinuum with no realm to call their own.

  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The birth of Keiju
    Life, Birth

    The birth of Keiju, the First of the Fey, "the one who walked alone". Born from chaos and imagination.

  • The Dawn of the Fey
    Mam Gyntaf is born from chaos
    Life, Birth
  • The Dawn of the Fey
    Tad Cyntaf is born from chaos
    Life, Birth
  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The birth of Hannele Peli
    Life, Birth

    Hannele Peili is born from chaos and dreams

  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The birth of Batai Pollock
    Life, Birth
  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The birth of Telynor Melysaf
    Life, Birth
  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The birth of Karavas
    Life, Birth

    Karavas is born from chaos and dreams

  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The fey first begin to practice a private version of the rituals of Lost Memory
    Cultural event

    The origins of the ritual of Lost Memory are found somewhere in the Age of the Dawn of the Fey. They started from a psychological necessity for an immortal being to forget ancient memories to make room for new ones. The Unelmien Lapset had to devise their own conscious techniques for achieving this, inventing recorded history to hold on to the personal memories they needed to discard. Only much later in the Age of Lost Memory would these practices be ritualised in a communal form by the Veren Lapset.

  • The Dawn of the Fey
    The First Mother and First Father Unite
    Marriage

The Age of Wandering

When evolutions turned to writing

In which the coming together of a scattered people established the foundational culture of the Fey.

  • The Age of Wandering
    The birth of Merch Gyntaf
    Life, Birth

    Merch Gyntaf is the first daugher, the child of the first mother, Mam Gyntaf and first father Tad Cyntaf and the first of the Veren Lapset, the Children of Blood. After her birth there was a profound shift in the nature of the local Discontinuum and from that point forward there were no more direct creations of fey from chaos and the Unelmien Lapset began to die out, to be replaced by the Children of Blood

  • The Age of Wandering
    The First Festival of Song
    Cultural event

    Telynor Melysaf established the first festival of song, a tradition that became an important unifying focus for the scattered wanderers of the fey in this age.

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    The Festival of Song
  • The Age of Wandering
    Karavas wins his fifth competition at the Festival of Song
    Cultural event
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    The Festival of Song
  • The Age of Wandering
    The Claiming of the Fey Court
    Population Migration / Travel

    The fey begin to establish a settled culture in the realm they will later call the Fey Court and claim as their own.

The First Wars

Early conflicts in the Fey Court

How the Fey established their rule in the realm of the Fey Court in a number of early conflicts.

  • The First Wars
    The Union of Dovrim Lauram and Acynte Hequinidos
    Founding

    This is the start of the first Fey Royal Lineage. Dovrim Lauram declares himself the first King of the Fey with Acynte Hequindos as his queen.

  • The First Wars
    The Fortress of Läntinen Vartiotorni is established
    Construction beginning/end
  • The First Wars
    Marissa Moulin makes a remarkable debut at the Festival of Song
    Cultural event

    Marissa Moulin became a huge favourite after making a stunning debut at the Festival of Song.

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    The Festival of Song
  • The First Wars
    The First Frost War
    Military action

    The Frost Giants arrive in the realm of the Fey Court and there is an early conflict between the races, won decisively by the fey.

  • The First Wars
    The High Seat of the King is built on the Binding Rock
    Construction beginning/end

    The Binding Rock stands in the centre of the land of Tân y Gwanwyn and it was here that Dovrim Lauram ordered the building of the Seat of the King, the original capital city of the fey in the realm of the Fey Court.

  • The First Wars
    The building of Jäätynyt Ovi
    Construction beginning/end

    Jäätynyt Ovi is the fortress of the Frozen Door and was built to keep watch on the northern lands of the Frost Giants.

    Location
    Jäätynyt Ovi
  • The First Wars
    The First Rift War Begins
    Military action

    The first Rift War began when an opening was accidentally created which established a long lasting link between the Fey Court and a chaotic realm within the Fever Dream. This led to a confrontation with a terrifying foe known as the Glass Monsters.

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    The First Rift War
  • The First Wars
    Marissa Moulin is slain by a surprise incursion of Glass Monsters
    Life, Death

    Marissa Moulin was caught unawares when she was travelling through the Wood of Old Desires and slain by an oubreak of Glass Monsters during the First Rift War.

  • The First Wars
    The fall of Läntinen Vartiotorni
    Military action

    A disaster for the fey, when the fortress of Läntinen Vartiotorni was destroyed in an infamous battle from the First Rift War, which also resulted in the death of the First King of the Fey Dovrim Lauram.

  • The First Wars
    The White Tomb is built
    Construction beginning/end

    Acynte Hequindos orders the construction of the White Tomb in the far north of the Fey Court to be the burial site of her consort the first King of the Fey, Dovrim Lauram.

    Location
    The White Tomb
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    The White Tomb
  • The First Wars
    The end of the First Rift War
    Military action

    The First Rift War concludes with the successful defence of the realm of the Fey Court, due to the exceptional bravery of Batai Pollock who was able to close the rift with the aid of his partner Telynor Melysaf and the power of song magic.

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    The First Rift War
  • The First Wars
    The murder of Acynte Hequindos
    Life, Death

    Acynte Hequindos was slain by a jealous former lover who had thought to rule beside her until she rejected him. She was buried in the White Tomb and her son Cenwyn Drach, became king thereafter.

  • The First Wars
    The fortress of Caer Cathasach is built
    Construction beginning/end

    Caer Cathasach, which some call the New Castle was build to replace the lost fortress of Läntinen Vartiotorni and strengthen the western defences of the heartlands of the Fey Court.

    Location
    Caer Cathasach
  • The First Wars
    Shaldarenen is built
    Construction beginning/end

    The palace of Shaldarenen is constructed on the river Shall in the Great Circle Woods to be used initially as a woodland summer home for fey royalty away from the Seat of the King.

    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The First Wars
    The Second Frost War
    Military action

    The second Frost War is the last of the First Wars and the last conflict to be fought against the cold foes of the far north. In many ways it was a defeat for the Fey since much of the land they had formerly considered their own, including the site of the White Tomb ended under the control of the Frost Giants. But there were limits to the extent that the Frost Giants could progress in the south and the signing of the Isotherm Treaty brought an end to the fighting between the races which has lasted to the present day.

  • The First Wars
    Isotherm Treaty
    Era beginning/end

    The Isotherm Treaty with the Frost Giants and Ice Sprites marks the end of the age of the First Wars. The Treaty ceded substantial lands in the north to the Frost Giants, including the site of the White Tomb which they promised to respect as a sacred site for the Fey. The fortress of Jäätynyt Ovi was designated as marking the border line and both sides agreed that they would not seek to cross this line, save only on those rare occasions when the fey went north to bury their kings and queens at the White Tomb.

The Age of Lost Memory

A long relative peace that followed the end of the First Wars

  • The Age of Lost Memory
    Castell y Blodau is constructed
    Construction beginning/end

    The Castle of Flowers was built to defend the south of the realm against a threat that never materialised.

    Location
    Castell y Blodau
  • The Age of Lost Memory
    The ritual of Lost Memory is first practiced in its current form.
    Religious event

    Ogidigbo Arthoom was the seventh ruler of the fey and when he died near the beginning of the Age of Lost Memory, the fey sought a new way to combine the expression of collective grief with the periodic need to clean old memories and they held the first of the rituals of Lost Memory that would become a standard part of their traditions.

    Location
    The White Tomb
    More reading
    Lost Memory
  • The Age of Lost Memory
    Laulun Liekki makes her first appearance at the Festival of Song
    Cultural event

    Laulun makes a new style of more dance oriented music popular with the fey.

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    The Festival of Song
  • The Age of Lost Memory
    The death of Sendraya
    Life, Death

    Sendraya Santess drowns herself in the lake thereafter called Sendraya's Fate

  • The Age of Lost Memory
    The reforms of Queen Efeomo
    Civil action

    The rules of royal succession are changed to favour queens over kings. Shaldarenen becomes the new fey capital and the High Seat of the King is abandoned.

    Location
    Shaldarenen
    More reading
    Kings and Queens
  • The Age of Lost Memory
    The Iceholt Betrayal
    Military action

    The fey broke off their formal alliance with the kingdom of Snowbourne in the realm of Magicians' End in spectacular fashion, bringing the mortal magicians and their allies to ruin.

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    The Iceholt Betrayal
  • The Age of Lost Memory
    Tal Zachron performs to the largest ever crowd at the Festival of Song
    Cultural event

    This festival drew a bigger audience than any other in history.

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    The Festival of Song

The Steps in the Dance

The Steps in the Dance

From the start of the reign of Akasuki Ellethra to the present day

  • The Steps in the Dance
    Akasuki Ellethra is crowned as queen of the fey
    Political event

    This is the current marker of the start of the Age of the Steps in the Dance

    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Aeronwen Gweledydd's mission to the deep Discontinuum
    Expedition

    The intent was to find out more about disturbing information arising from the scrying of seers in the Fey Court.

  • The Steps in the Dance
    Bronwyn Glathkind is crowned queen of the fey
    Political event
    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Karack and Callyope Separate
    Life, Failure / Mishap

    The tragedy of their separation remains a mystery because their love remains true and neither have taken any lover since.

  • The Steps in the Dance
    Sinrhyme Maddon returns alone from Aeronwen Gweledydd's lost mission
    Life, Relocation

    Sinrhyme Maddon is the sole survivor of the expedition led by Aeronwen Gweledydd and his return in the reign of Bronwyn Glathkind is not enlightening since he has lost his reason and commits suicide shortly after returning to the Fey Court alone.

  • The Steps in the Dance
    Iceina Lanti is crowned as the queen of the fey
    Political event
    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Cyllell Cariad makes her debut at the Festival of Song
    Cultural event

    Cyllell was the best known exponent of a melancholic style of introspective music which she made popular during the reign of Iceina Lanti.

    More reading
    The Festival of Song
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Quathooma Xinva is crowned as Queen of the Fey
    Political event

    Quathooma Xinva succeeds her mother as Queen following Iceina Lanti's relatively sudden death from rapid onset Fade

    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Vilandiss Kanlaw becomes King of the Fey
    Political event
    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Telberon becomes King of the Fey
    Political event

    Telberon assumes the kingship when his father goes missing.

    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    The Dangerous Magic Indictment
    Political event

    Telberon is deposed and imprisoned in Hen Tŵr Gwyn in the aftermath of an infamous trial in which it emerges that he was responsible for his father's disappearance.

  • The Steps in the Dance
    Oberon is declared King of the Fey
    Political event

    Following the disgrace and imprisonment of his brother, Telberon, Oberon is aclaimed as King of the Fey. This is a controversial action, since some Fey hold that the line of royal descent should not have been broken and that Lathkelle ought to have been appointed as a regent for Jassindra.

    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    The Second Rift War Begins
    Military action

    The Second Rift War is the most serious invasion of the Fey Court since the First Rift War back in the Age of the First Wars and it is an existential threat to the realm.

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    The Second Rift War
  • The Steps in the Dance
    The Second Rift War Ends
    Military action

    Oberon and Titania closed the Rift in a titanic battle at Caer Cathasach. Oberon was killed and Titania went missing, possibly killed or possibly lost in the deep Discontinuum.

    Location
    Caer Cathasach
    More reading
    The Second Rift War
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Queen Mab is crowned as Queen of the Fey
    Political event
    Location
    Shaldarenen
  • The Steps in the Dance
    The Rift War Crimes Trial
    Political event
  • The Steps in the Dance
    Ehinosen and Klara Shall create a sensation at the most recent Festival of Song
    Cultural event

    Wild enthusiasm with a dash of scandal greets their surprise duet.

    More reading
    The Festival of Song