Moon made habitable. Earth continents redesigned.
The World of the Long Sleep
In which many stories pass like dreams
The Deep Past
Before the Great Forgetting
The many ages of the Great Galactic Compact.
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The Deep Past
The First Reworking
Construction beginning/end -
Not long before the Great Forgetting
The Second Reworking
Construction beginning/end
The Season Of Innocence also called The Great Forgetting
Unknown Duration
Of unknown duration but at least a thousand years and possibly as much as fifty thousand. This is the time of the legends of Klane Kalonia.
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0 BF
First Parliament of the New Sophisticates at the Court of Sunrise at Aberstone
Political event
The Foundation
0 BF 1622 AF
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0 AF
First Parliament of the New Sophisticates at the Court of Sunrise at Aberstone
Political event -
12 AF
85 AF
Birth of the Foundation Cities
FoundingThe Foundation cities of Vesper, Freewater, Anoomenon, Modyran, Paratomb and Allport were all established between these dates.
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62 AF
6 Firstgreen
Publication of "A Catalog Of Losses Regained"
Cultural event -
310 AF
9 Firstgreen310 AF
13 Lightfade
The Paradam is built at Paratomb
Construction beginning/end -
438 AF
17 Lightgrow
City Charter granted to Keldramys
Founding -
501 AF
1 Lightgrow
City Charter granted to Blyperrin
Founding -
623 AF
17 Cooldark
Oxadamill is granted a city charter
Founding -
626 AF
Vesper Assassinations
Criminal Activity -
677 AF
17 Warmnight
The sack of Vesper
Disaster / Destruction -
763 AF
1 Warmnight
City Charter granted to Kingcardine
Founding -
888 AF
9 Lightfade
Bledlyme is granted a city charter
Founding -
943 AF
9 Lightfade
City Charter granted to Monrith
Founding -
1050 AF
Fusion taps reactivated.
Technological achievement -
1162 AF
11 Highyear
The Status Review Proposal is rejected by the parliament of the New Sophisticates
Political eventThe new cities had lesser voting rights in the parliament than the foundation cities. The Status Review Proposal was an attempt to amend the constitution to give them equal rights. Parliament rejected it in a hot session on the 11th of Highyear only two days after midsummer. It is thought that the timing was a bad fit with many Highyear holidays and it was not given the due consideration it deserved.
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1328 AF
1 Harvest
The Second Parliament of the New Sophisticates opens at Paratomb
Civil actionParatomb replaces Aberstone as the centre of administration and government for the New Sophisticates
Location
Paratomb -
1395 AF
9 Brightblossom
Niderrock is granted a city charter
Founding -
1433 AF
9 Whitestar
Dowth Docks is granted city status
Founding -
1446 AF
10 Brightblossom
Modyran declares independence from the New Sophisticates
Diplomatic actionModyran was the first of the Foundation cities to secede from the control of the parliament of the New Sophisticates.
Location
Modyran -
1511 AF
14 Firstgreen
Anoomenon declares independence from the New Sophisticates
Diplomatic action -
1580 AF
1 Newmothers
City Charter granted to Entessaminia
Founding -
1622 AF
14 Harvest
Space Elevator Reactivated
Technological achievement
The Succession Empires
1623 AF 1930 AF
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1632 AF
9 Harvest
Allport secedes from the parliament of the New Sophisticates
Diplomatic action -
1642 AF
10 Harvest
Keldramys is peacefully subsumed by Kingcardine
Political eventThe king of Keldramys marries the Queen Cousin of the ruling line of the House of Thorns at Kingcardine, uniting the two cities under the leadership of Kingcardine.
Location
Keldramys -
1650 AF
9 Lightgrow
Modyran re-establishes the Orbital Guardians
Political event -
1656 AF
The grand house of the Iron Sentinel is built at Anoomenon
Construction beginning/endThe Iron Sentinel was a grand house in the Merchants' View district of Anoomenon.
Location
Anoomenon -
1667 AF
3 Redstar
Aberstone declares independence from the New Sophisticates
Diplomatic action -
1673 AF
Opening of the North Polar Channel
MiscellaneousA major alternative trade route between the great oceans which was first defined and defended in 1673 AF
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1701 AF
18 Oldorbit
City Charter granted to Ulkvass
FoundingThe charter was granted by the city of Kingcardine, being the first to operate directly outside the remit of the New Sophisticates from the beginning.
Location
Ulkvass -
1705 AF
9 Harvest
Freewater falls to the Low Armies
Military action -
1713 AF
6 Redstar
The Thin Princes inherit the crown of the House of Thorns
Political event -
1720 AF
9 Seventhheaven1720 AF
10 Redstar
Paratomb is overthrown and destroyed
Military actionThe Thin Princes conquered and destroyed Paratomb by flooding it. This was the final end of the last of the New Sophisticates.
Location
Paratomb -
1720 AF
12 Redstar1720 AF
24 Leafall
Exiles from Paratomb arrive at Anoomenon.
Population Migration / TravelHenceforth, Anoomenon in addition to its other names is also often called the City Of Exiles.
Location
Anoomenon -
1725 AF
6 Firstgreen
Aberstone accepts the protection of the Low Armies
Diplomatic action -
1734 AF
15 Redstar1734 AF
13 Warmnight
The Thin Princes lay seige to Anoomenon
Military action -
1859 AF
20 Oldorbit
The Orbital Guardians destroy comet Scythe
Celestial / CosmicComet Scythe entered the inner solar system at the start of 1859 and was discovered to be on a direct collision course with Earth. This was the most serious test of the Orbital Guardians which they passed in dramatic fashion when they were able to vaporise the comet before it struck, on the 20th day of the month of Oldorbit, reducing it to a shower of relatively harmless minor meteorites.
The Trade Wars
1931 AF 2208 AF
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1954 AF
2 Oldorbit
Green Atoll Station begins operations
Construction beginning/endThe spaceport at Green Atoll Station was constructed by the ambitious rulers of Allport to give them access to potential trade with the Galactic Compact which was otherwise under the control of Modyran.
Location
Allport -
1956 AF
21 Harvest
The arrival of the Geigamon
Population Migration / Travel -
1971 AF
2 Lightgrow
The first of the Friendship Missions is established on Tanhedron
Population Migration / TravelThe Friendship Missions were a first serious attempt to establish multiple human outposts within the worlds of the Galactic Compact on a carefully agreed and organised basis. Tanhedron, the first of these, was a small Suquedren colony moon.
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2002 AF
9 Lightgrow
City Charter granted to Gantranne
Founding -
2056 AF
9 Leafgrow
Vyronclarke is granted city status
Founding -
2087 AF
11 Firstgreen
The Helix Nebula Transit Agreement comes into effect in the Stained Worlds Sector
Population Migration / TravelThe culmination of a series of political initiatives in the Galactic Compact which opened the way for humans to emigrate from Earth into the Stained Worlds. This was the beginning of the Last Scattering.
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2112 AF
7 Highyear
The Great Puncture Disaster
Disaster / DestructionAn ill fated experiment which resulted in a weaking of the spaces around Perque Bay (both in and above the ocean) so that they became prone to expressing random short term gateways into other aqueous realms, a condition which persists to this day.
Location
Anoomenon -
2118 AF
2160 AF
The Grey Preregnum
Political eventIn these years, Anoomenon was governed by the Rationalist Council under the new second constitution, who prepared the way for the rule of the Grey Kings which followed.
Location
Anoomenon -
2118 AF
9 Brightblossom
The Second Constitution comes into effect at Anoomenon
Civil actionA wide ranging and deep reform of the systems of government and law at Anoomenon which brings into being the Grey Schools that will educate the Grey Kings.
Location
Anoomenon -
2127 AF
10 Redstar
St. Imylka's Cathedral is Hallowed
Construction beginning/end -
2144 AF
3 Neworbit
The first Solar Oven is successfully kindled at Anoomenon
Construction beginning/end -
2160 AF
23 Newmothers
The first of the Grey Kings assumes control over Anoomenon
Political event -
2206 AF
6 Lightgrow2208 AF
19 Whitestar
Mating Game
Military actionA two year war between Freewater and Allport using arcane technologies which culminated in the destruction of Allport.
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2208 AF
19 Whitestar
The defeat of Allport
Military action
The Golden Age Of Anoomenon
2209 AF 2530 AF
A time embedded within the greater period known as the Long Northern Peace, this is the age when the city of Anoomenon reached the peak of its power.
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2230 AF
First observations of long term decline in human fertility
Miscellaneous -
2325 AF
2460 AF
The Western Rot
Geological / environmental eventA pervasive and dangerous fungal infection which spread from the western coasts and blighted agriculture for more than a century until a cure was found. Fortunately it seemed to have some dependency on the salty air and soil chemistry of the west and was never as potent in the east or far from the sea.
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2333 AF
17 Newmothers
City Charter granted to Sonnring
Founding -
2349 AF
6 Stormwind
The Incineration
Disaster / Destruction -
2352 AF
16 Harvest
Veranyn's Lament is published.
Artistic creation -
2357 AF
13 Stormwind
Inception of the Anoomenon Council AI
Technological achievementThe Kindling of the Anoomenon Council AI represented a significant scientific and technical break through. Thereafter it would play an important role in the government of the city if not beyond, advising the Grey Kings and their allies. This is also the birth date of the QLogic Banks avatars, including Communicator Dewy.
Location
Anoomenon -
2370 AF
2388 AF
The stories of Tumbalo Bailey
Cultural eventTumbalo Bailey is said to have lived at this time.
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2413 AF
21 Cooldark
Expansion of the Helix Nebula Transit Agreement
Population Migration / TravelThe Meta Gradient and Old Wave Sectors are added to the terms of the Transit Agreement.
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2488 AF
20 Brightblossom
Start of the Helsporan Project
FoundingThe Grey Kings of Anoomenon establish an experimental station at Helsporan to investigate the possibilty of creating a second space elevator.
Location
Helsporan -
2512 AF
6 Newmothers
The Dry Slip
Geological / environmental eventAn earthquake which badlly damaged the aquifer feeding Freewater. Over the next five years the oasis dried out and the city had to be abandoned.
Location
Freewater -
2522 AF
1 Redstar
City Charter granted to Helsporan
Founding -
2530 AF
7 Leafall
The passing of the last of the Grey Kings
Era beginning/endThe dynasty of the Grey Kings comes to an end at Anoomenon after the death of Berick Manderson. This is considered to mark the end of the Golden Age of Anoomenon. They were succeeded by the Great Impartial Court, an organisation which was neither great nor impartial.
Location
Anoomenon
The Long Northern Peace
2209 AF 2617 AF
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2230 AF
First observations of long term decline in human fertility
Miscellaneous -
2325 AF
2460 AF
The Western Rot
Geological / environmental eventA pervasive and dangerous fungal infection which spread from the western coasts and blighted agriculture for more than a century until a cure was found. Fortunately it seemed to have some dependency on the salty air and soil chemistry of the west and was never as potent in the east or far from the sea.
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2333 AF
17 Newmothers
City Charter granted to Sonnring
Founding -
2349 AF
6 Stormwind
The Incineration
Disaster / Destruction -
2352 AF
16 Harvest
Veranyn's Lament is published.
Artistic creation -
2357 AF
13 Stormwind
Inception of the Anoomenon Council AI
Technological achievementThe Kindling of the Anoomenon Council AI represented a significant scientific and technical break through. Thereafter it would play an important role in the government of the city if not beyond, advising the Grey Kings and their allies. This is also the birth date of the QLogic Banks avatars, including Communicator Dewy.
Location
Anoomenon -
2370 AF
2388 AF
The stories of Tumbalo Bailey
Cultural eventTumbalo Bailey is said to have lived at this time.
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2413 AF
21 Cooldark
Expansion of the Helix Nebula Transit Agreement
Population Migration / TravelThe Meta Gradient and Old Wave Sectors are added to the terms of the Transit Agreement.
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2488 AF
20 Brightblossom
Start of the Helsporan Project
FoundingThe Grey Kings of Anoomenon establish an experimental station at Helsporan to investigate the possibilty of creating a second space elevator.
Location
Helsporan -
2512 AF
6 Newmothers
The Dry Slip
Geological / environmental eventAn earthquake which badlly damaged the aquifer feeding Freewater. Over the next five years the oasis dried out and the city had to be abandoned.
Location
Freewater -
2522 AF
1 Redstar
City Charter granted to Helsporan
Founding -
2530 AF
7 Leafall
The passing of the last of the Grey Kings
Era beginning/endThe dynasty of the Grey Kings comes to an end at Anoomenon after the death of Berick Manderson. This is considered to mark the end of the Golden Age of Anoomenon. They were succeeded by the Great Impartial Court, an organisation which was neither great nor impartial.
Location
Anoomenon -
2564 AF
12 Redstar
Publication of the collected works of Zinthrano
Cultural event -
2617 AF
5 Highyear
The Breaching Of The Peace
Era beginning/end
The Role Disputes
2619 AF 2940 AF
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2645 AF
Likely date of peak human population on the Awakened Earth
Miscellaneous -
2646 AF
2670 AF
The Listlessness
Plague / EpidemicAn infectious fungal disease characterised by some fatigue and a variety of other mainly mental symptoms which included confusion, depression, loss of drive and purpose and in the more serious cases a form of hebephrenia. Long term fatalities were significant and it was only when Dr. Satya Pell developed a cure in 2668 AF that its insidious effects began to recede.
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2721 AF
6 Newmothers
The Codex of Yoth-Sathlyu is brought to Earth
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventA book written in nineteen languages but none of them properly understood on Earth. The translation of the Codex became an imperative for the "anointed partners".
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2731 AF
15 Highyear2734 AF
10 Harvest
The Grammar Wars
Military actionA series of religious and military disputes between factions of the anointed partners, triggered by differences in the provisional interpretation of the Codex of Yoth-Sathlyu.
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2735 AF
The Bad Theologists arrive at Anoomenon
Population Migration / TravelRefugees from the Grammar Wars, the Bad Theologists were a losing faction within the anointed partners who found a way to escape persecution in Anoomenon, the City of Exiles, which once again proved its reputation for tolerance.
Location
Anoomenon -
2851 AF
1 Highyear
The Helsporan Elevator is commissioned
Construction beginning/endA second space elevator begins operations on Earth. Joelle Midheart becomes the first, First Envoy to the Galactic Compact, a role assigned to her by the Helsporan Council.
Location
Helsporan -
2855 AF
The last Solar Oven at Anoomenon is decommissioned.
Disbandment -
2940 AF
6 Newmothers2940 AF
1 Leafgrow
Monrith and Kingcardine begin a short conflict. Helsporan imposes peace.
Military actionThe decisive actions of the First Envoy to the Compact at Helsporan, Jacques Garindon brought the conflict to an end and began the age of the Pax Helsporan.
The Pax Helsporan
2940 AF and beyond
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2940 AF
6 Newmothers2940 AF
1 Leafgrow
Monrith and Kingcardine begin a short conflict. Helsporan imposes peace.
Military actionThe decisive actions of the First Envoy to the Compact at Helsporan, Jacques Garindon brought the conflict to an end and began the age of the Pax Helsporan.
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2945 AF
Abandonment of Ulkvass
Population Migration / Travel -
2968 AF
Abandonment of Keldramys
Population Migration / Travel -
2973 AF
17 Harvest
City Charter granted to Tree'skivo
Founding -
3000 AF
The arrival of the Thister-Arcs
Population Migration / Travel -
3092 AF
6 Neworbit 11:00
The Fall of the Modyran Elevator
Disaster / Destruction -
3155 AF
3162 AF
Eyeling Plague at Anoomemon
Plague / Epidemic -
3159 AF
The Countess of Gess assumes power at Anoomenon
Political event -
3160 AF
Anoomenon joins the Protectorate of Tree'skivo
Political event -
3180 AF
A Gift from the Sea
Artistic creation
