Hnitlanna kills her master and frees herself and fellow slaves, sparking a century-long revolution. Brymtuscan slaves revolt against the dragonlords, Hnitlanna ascends to godhood after slaying the first dragonlord, further resulting in revolution across the continent to overthrow the greatwyrm tyrants. The last two dragonlords are defeated in battle by Armviðir and flee the continent.
Brymtusc
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120 PS
26 PS
6 /12
Brymtuscan Revolution
Revolution -
104 PS
15 /3
Day of the Broken Chain
Celestial / CosmicA nameless slave slays the greatwyrm Gullhyrndþjófr, the Golden-horned Thief, and ascends to godhood as Hnitlanna the Clasher of Chains, through the devotion of her followers whom she freed from draconic tyranny.
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25 PS
5 /6
Founding of Himinnsmund
FoundingArmviðir and his supporters establish the kingdom of Himinnsmund, with Armviðir crowned as high king of the new nation on June 5, 25 PS. The kingdom collapses due to the Sundering 25 years later.
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0 PS
8 /1
Sundering
Disaster / Destruction -
0 PS
1 /8
Goðvatn Flood
Disaster / DestructionGoðvatn, the capital of Himinnsmund, floods due to sea level rise resulting from the sinking of the Haugrmund, the Grave-Hand, a mountain range that made up the central regions of the kingdom. The lake that now engulfs the city is eulogistically named Goðvatn.
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0 PS
1 /820 AS
Himinnmund Collapses
DisbandmentFollowing the sinking of Haugrmund and the flooding of Goðvatn, the kingdom collapses into dozens of petty kingdoms as surviving rulers, leaders, warlords and city-states vie for control over the territories of Himinnsmund.
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154 AS
161 AS
First Goblin War
Military actionNewly formed city-state of Scopham expands out of Cape Wulftooth to the Hraburne River and northern Silfrenbeorg. This expansion leads to territorial disputes with native goblinoid tribes that soon escalate into full on war between the Scophamic colonists and an alliance of goblin settlements known as the "Host".
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167 AS
19 /6
Birth of Jaxi Delmirev
Life, BirthThe bronze dragon Jaxi Delmirev is born in the Wyrmfeoll Delta. Her parentage is unknown but she is rumored to be. She would later become the Earl of the Wyrm Coast of Ælnea for her part in the Third Goblin War.
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167 AS
5 /7167 AS
13 /8
Gunhild the Dragonslayer
Life, Achievement/ WinA huntress named Gunhild tracks and eventually slays an ancient green dragon named Veioselth the Quiet. Veioselth was a draconic survivor of the Brymtuscan Revolution, its parent one of two dragonlords that ruled over modern-day Ælnea.
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307 AS
313 AS
Second Goblin War
Military actionÆlneans expand south of the Hraburne River into goblin-controlled territory, sparking the formation of a goblin host and ensuring war. Ælneans conquer lands north and east of the Hwitholm River and push the goblins beyond the Silfrenbeorg
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571 AS
584 AS
Third Goblin War
Military actionA war sparked by the formation of a goblin host in the lands between the Greneburg and Silfrenbeorg. The host is defeated by the armies of Jaxi Delmirev and Kinleigh of Wyrmfenn. Ælnea expands to control everything from the east and south of the Greneburg to the coast while the goblins are pushed deep into the Greneburg mountain range.
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764 AS
14 /12
Suspected Goblin Host formation
Military actionA goblin fort is discovered in the Grene Hyllas in Ælnea on December 14th, an expansion by goblinoids not seen since the last Goblin War. On December 19th, a goblin messenger is intercepted by adventurers and the decoded message warns Baron of Lakemouth of an attempted underground invasion of his city set to take place on December 21st, the day of the Faecrossing Festival. The plot is thwarted thanks to the message being delivered on time.
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765 AS
14 /1
A Forest of Rumors
Life, BirthName-day of the daughter of King Glaumr of Ósnjallr Vitja, her name is Vænn. The druid Astra carries out the ceremony. This is the start of the campaign "A Forest of Rumors."
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766 AS
6
The Fourth Host
Military: WarIn June of 766, a goblinoid Host under the command of the hobgoblin general Myrddin invades Ælnea from the Greneboro mountain range, sweeping into the Grene Hyllas, razing several villages in or around the region. At the end of the month, the siege of Stanburg begins.
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766 AS
21 /6
Shield of the Land
Life, CareerThe village of Leáfscead in the kingdom of Ælnea is razed by a cohort of goblinoids led by hobgoblin general Myrddin. The village's survivors flee to the city of Kinsleigh. This is the start of the campaign "Shield of the Land."