TIMELINE
Note
BE = Before the Empire
IA = Imperial Age
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350 BE: The dwarves of Dwarvenhearth observe that someone has moved onto the Spire near their city and has begun building a fortress. Their spies reveal it to be Ghul the Half God, the Skull King who claims to be the son of Eslathagos Malkith, an evil lord from the distant past. Ghul calls his fortress Goth Gulgamel and builds it by the labor of orcs he created (the Toruk-Rul tribe, whose name means “closing fist”).
319 BE: Ghul’s forces drive the dwarves from Dwarvenhearth.
292 BE: The Skull-King begins the Ghulwar, an invasion to conquer the surrounding lands. His forces include Toruk-Rul orcs, dark elves, tribes of evil men and dwarves, and monsters.
291 BE: Western Empire falls to Ghul.
290 BE: The Phi & Lopan fall to Ghul.
289 BE: Much of the Old Kingdom and Timro falls to Ghul, cutting Eradaedal in half seperating the North from the South of the continent.
288 BE: Ghul conjures forth a vast magical darkness called the Utterdark, which covers the lands he has conquered.
285 BE: The elves of the northern Vequerrel Woodlands Forest fall to Ghul. They are taken to Goth Gulgamel and filter out again slowly as the Harrow elves—the blighted ones.
282 BE: The Elder Elves of the Eastern Wilderlands stop the advance of Ghul’s armies near the Stattered Mountains.
281 BE: The Cold Quiet begins. Few pass into or out of the Utterdark.
152 BE: The Cold Quiet ends. The armies of Ghul issue forth from the Utterdark, composed of Toruk-Rul orcs, the even mightier Sorn-Ulth orcs (whose name means “bleeding breath”), ogres, trolls, giants, undead, and other monsters.
150 BE: The Elder Elves, now allied with the Stonelost dwarves (descended from those who fled Dwarvenhearth), drive back Ghul’s armies.
87 BE: The elven wizard Khelaeson banishes the Utterdark.
86 BE: The elves and dwarves invade the realm of Ghul.
85 BE: The invaders take back the disputed Forests, Phi, Lopan, and most of the Western Empire from Ghul.
84 BE: Ghul calls forth the Squirming Horde, also known as the Shrieking Horde, and defeats the elves and dwarves. The horde, composed mainly of minor demons, lycanthropes, fiendish monsters, and incorporeal undead, follows the Elder Elves back to their homeland in the Eastern Wilderlands and razes it.
71 BE: The Stonelost dwarves, Shoal elves, Old Kingdom Dwarves, remnants of the Timro kingdom, several fledgling Wolfen Tribes, halflings, and gnomes forge the Pact of Brightfather’s Day with Western Empire forces (the Grailwarden dwarves and humans to ally against Ghul. They also gain allies from among the aram (centaur) and the forest elves from the south, as well as a few select individuals: giants, unicorns, lammasu, and others.
61 BE: The dark hordes of Ghul, weakened from a battle with an unknown foe, fall to the combined forces of the Brightfather Pact, bringing an end to the Ghul Wars.
59 BE: Goth Gulgamel falls in the harrying that follows the war. Ghul flees to a mysterious place known only as “The Great Rift”.
55 BE: The Great Seven—Uthegos (a dwarf war priest of Trudd), Saerth (an elf wizard-rogue), Runshallot (a human fighter), Yllistro (a half-elf sorcerer-ranger), Kam (a halfling monk), Dionys (a human fighter-druid), and Eriskal (an elf rogue)—hunt down Ghul and destroy him in near The Great Rift.
50 BE: Many in the West unite. The people of the once dark lands begin to rebuild.
43 BE: Construction of Dalenguard, a fortress the dwarves built for the Western Empire, begins near the Spire.
41 BE: Imperial outposts and garrisons dot the landscape, providing security and maintenance on the roads.
40 BE: Construction of Dalenguard is complete.
9 BE: Delian Von Tessel becomes ruler of what is now the Western Empire. He christens his seat of power “the Lion-Guarded Throne” after his family symbol.
Tip
1 IA: The Lion-Guarded Throne proclaims Imperial control over the lands around the Western Empire. The Age of the Imperial Order begins.
See Western Empire to continue timeline.