Ancestral seat of the nae'cthosai.
Abovecloud: History of Icalar
Major foundings, discoveries, conflicts, and ecological events of the continent. All historical eras take place in the broader 'Abovecloud' era.
The Lost Era
1 AC 330 AC
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290 AC
315 AC
Sahle-ve'Ebaith Founded
Founding
Age of Discovery
330 AC 450 AC
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402 AC
Phaetun Creed Founded
Religious eventA mostly academic date taken from the first known writings, though elements of the practice existed long prior and the first Avatar had his vision in 400AC.
Location
Baon -
420 AC
Keismeb Founded
Founding -
450 AC
Korzhûn founded
Founding
The Almighty Shift
400 AC 600 AC
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402 AC
Phaetun Creed Founded
Religious eventA mostly academic date taken from the first known writings, though elements of the practice existed long prior and the first Avatar had his vision in 400AC.
Location
Baon -
420 AC
Keismeb Founded
Founding -
450 AC
Korzhûn founded
Founding -
465 AC
Accatren Founded
Founding -
513 AC
Ghûn Founded
Founding -
550 AC
Ustrarian Gild of Craftsmen founded
Founding -
579 AC
Hand of the Herald Press Founded
Cultural eventThe first and subsequently largest printing press in Icalar. The news sheet of the same name formally launched in the same year.
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587 AC
2
Seishmeb founded
Founding
Bloodwater Period
600 AC 778 AC
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603 AC
Itoqir established
Founding -
619 AC
Pel-dohest Founded
Founding
Age of Reformation
700 AC 860 AC
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842 AC
Veplesea Roor founds the 'House of the Great Ones'
FoundingFollowing her near-death experience in the Tubisqu.
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843 AC
Order of the Burning Crown founded
Religious event'House of the Great Ones' renamed to 'Order of the Burning Crown'; first recorded instance of the name and thus reluctantly accepted by Crownists as their formal founding date.
Age of Enlightenment
941 AC and beyond
Typified by rapid technological, philosophical, and cultural growth. (c.941)
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953 AC
Order of the Burning Crown becomes Ustrarian state religion
Religious event -
985 AC
6 /1
Inebi Grove discovered
Discovery, ScientificThe Inebi Grove was a couple of acres of ikam bushes located at Gell's Landing near the Veldu’nan Palace; they were a hitherto undiscovered species.
Location
Gell's LandingSpecies
Ikam -
985 AC
61 /2989 AC
43 /2
Violet Accord formed
Political eventThe political banner of the Host of Selephise. Its public agenda was further research into the ikam rather than military purposes. Led by Ouni Kujan.
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985 AC
2 /4989 AC
43 /2
Pact of the Blessèd formed
Political eventThe political banner of the Golden Itoqir. Its public agenda was quick acquisition of the ikam for eventual inclusion in military agendas. It was led by Prime Nettherose Altith.
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989 AC
33 /2
Plague of the Bitter Hand released
Plague / EpidemicAn unprecedented epidemic derived from the stones of the ikam fruit. Created and released by Aguthsha-Titan at the height of the Widow's Seige.
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989 AC
33 /2
The Long Wake begins
Cultural eventThe sheer number of deaths from the Plague of the Bitter Hand plunges nearly all countries into a constant state of mourning as all resources become focused on quarantining and treating the infected, comforting the dying, and tending to the dead.
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989 AC
40 /2
Inebi Treaty signed
Political eventSigned by the Violet Accord and the Pact of the Blessed in light of the Plague of the Bitter Hand taking greater importance.
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989 AC
43 /2
Inebi Armistice signed
Political eventThe Treaty having allowed quick and thorough assessment of the Plague of the Bitter Hand, all belligerents determine peace to be not only a preference but a necessity.
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989 AC
50 /2
The Banishing
Metaphysical / Paranormal eventThe precise date given to the return of many Azgorach Horde to their homeworld, though the period that they were given to do so was technically from the 43rd Day to the 75th Day of the Season of Ripening, 989AC. Most of the Horde were killed when they retaliated against the decree, or hunted over subsequent days. A small number escaped the Banishing, including Xa'aroch.
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