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At a Glance
The following events in the history of Mulhorand, Unther, and Chessenta are significant.
| MC | DR | Events |
| -353 | -2488 | By now, everyone has heard the nigh-unbelievable tales; Raurin, the imperial province of Imaskar, has been devoured in a cataclysm of fire and melting earth which left the Raurin Desert. |
| 1 | -2135 | Re and his followers establish the city of Skuld and the nation of Mulhorand. |
| 49 | -2087 | Enlil and his followers establish the city of Unthalass and the nation of Unther. |
| 169 | -1967 | A territorial dispute erupts between Mulhorand and Unther. |
| 175 | -1961 | Re and Enlil reach an agreement that the River of Swords will be the boundary between their lands. This agreement is honored for more than three thousand years. |
| c. 650 | c. -1500 | Mulhorand and Unther expand. This marks the beginning of the First Empires. |
| c. 900 | c. -1250 | Unther wars against both the elves of the Yuirwood and the dwarves of the Great Rift, seeking to colonize these areas. Mulhorand, in contrast, works to control lands to the east which were historically dominated by Imaskar. |
| 1049 | -1087 | Thayd’s Rebellion. |
| 1055 | -1081 | Thayd is captured and executed. He prophecies that the priests’ persecution of wizards in Mulhorand and Unther will cost the empires much of their power and glory. Of course, the priests don’t see things that way, and his prophecy is discredited and ignored for two thousand years. |
| 1061 | -1075 | The Orcgate Wars begin. Hordes of orcs pour forth from the mountains, besieging the northern colonies. Estimates of the death toll climb into the tens of thousands within the first month. |
| 1065 | -1071 | The climactic Battle of the Gods, where Re is apparently slain by an avatar of Gruumsh. However, Horus becomes Horus-Re, and the Mulhorandi armies rally. |
| 1067 | -1069 | The Orcgate Wars end, as the avatars of the orc deities are defeated by the God-Kings of Mulhorand and Unther. The orcish armies are routed, and flee to the north. A “kill on sight” edict is enacted in Mulhorand and Unther, which prevents orcs from settling in those lands even to this day. The paladins of Osiris quietly stopped counting when they exceeded 100,000 dead, so no accurate record exists of how many lives were lost. Mulhorand is rocked to its core by the loss of Re. Unther is, if possible, even more disheartened; most of their pantheon was destroyed. |
| 1086 | -1050 | Set defies the authority of Horus-Re, and reportedly kills Osiris. Osiris, if he fell, was quickly resurrected. |
| 1088 | -1048 | Horus-Re publicly declares himself Pharaoh of Mulhorand and of the Gods. He exiles Set and condemns his church; from this day forward the worship of Set is punishable by death in Mulhorand. |
| c. 1250 | c. -900 | Narfell and Raumathar rise to power in the north. |
| 1402 | -734 | Enlil passes leadership of the Untheric pantheon (and his church) to Gilgeam and vanishes from the Realms. Gilgeam immediately declares this to be Year 1 of the new Untheric Calendar. The Untheric Calendar is grudgingly recognized in Unther’s vassal states, but remains ignored by all other nations. |
| 1513 | -623 | Narfell attempts an invasion of Mulhorand and Unther by sea. The northern armada is obliterated, and Narfell quickly turns its attention back to other interests. |
| 1986 | -150 | Narfell and Raumathar achieve mutual destruction. |
| 1988 | -148 | Predictably, a large number of demons and other creatures loosed in the final battle between the northern empires quickly leave the dead realms and enter the colonies of Mulhorand and Unther. The God-Kings defeat and banish as many of these creatures as they can find, determined to avoid another catastrophic loss of citizens. |
| 2001 | -135 | Mulhorand and Unther expand again, and the Second Empires begin. |
| 2136 | 1 | The Standing Stone is raised in the lands northwest of the Inner Sea — this event is ignored by most of the South, but is included for reference. |
| 2243 | 108 | The first Great Flood of the River Alamber nearly destroys Unthalass. |
| 2337 | 202 | Barbarians invade southern Unther and Mulhorand. |
| 2340 | 205 | The armies of Mulhorand and Unther chase the fleeing barbarians back to their settlements and exterminate them. |
| 2617 | 482 | Delthuntle and Laothkund declare their independence from Unther. |
| 2639 | 504 | Teth and Nethra declare their independence, provoking Unther into a long and bloody campaign against its northern colonies. |
| 2778 | 643 | Nezram leaves his tower on the shores of Azulduth, and is not seen in the Realms for several centuries. |
| 2814 | 679 | Unther is forced to recognize the independence of all the Coaster Cities. This marks the end of the Second Untheric Empire. |
| 2816 | 681 | Nezram’s tower is destroyed by Chathuulandroth; Nezram’s descendants found Nezras. |
| 2866 | 731 | The second Great Flood of the River Alamber devastates Unthalass. |
| 2958 | 823 | Mourktar declares its independence from Unther. |
| 3057 | 922 | The Battle of Thazalhar. The Red Wizards achieve a coup in Mulhorand’s northern province, and declare themselves the sovereign nation of Thay. This marks the end of the Second Mulhorandi Empire. |
| 3064 | 929 | A small army of dissidents, led by Tchazzar, puts Unther’s northern province to the sword and founds the Alliance of Chessenta. |
| 3111 | 976 | Mulhorand‘s first (and so far, the only) invasion of Thay is defeated at the River Thazarim. |
| 3153 | 1018 | King Tchazzar disappears during an attack against sahuagin. His body is never found, and some of his followers form a cult based on the belief that Tchazzar is now divine. |
| 3165 | 1030 | A small cabal within the Red Wizards declares itself to be the head of that organization, and the rulers of Thay. Much strife ensues. The eight wizards call themselves the Zulkirs. |
| 3209 | 1074 | The Zulkirs eradicate the last known resistance to their rule. |
| 3233 | 1098 | Thay‘s first invasion of Mulhorand is defeated at Sultim. |
| 3252 | 1117 | Mordulkin defies the King of Cimbar, fracturing the Alliance of Chessenta. |
| 3289 | 1154 | The armies of Akanax and Soorenar lay siege to Cimbar. The King of Cimbar is forced to sign a pact placing severe limits on his authority. The lord of Akanax refuses to sign, on the grounds that he himself would be a better leader of the alliance. This, of course, ensures that the squabbling between the city-states will escalate and continue in perpetuity. |
| 3296 | 1161 | The Karanok family rises to power in Luthcheq. |
| 3318 | 1183 | Paladins of Osiris exorcise the fortress of Sekras and make the entire length of the River of Swords safe for human habitation. Werecrocodiles vanish, but quietly settle in the Adder River Delta. |
| 3383 | 1248 | Rehorusteb II becomes Pharaoh of Mulhorand. |
| 3415 | 1280 | Thay‘s second invasion of Mulhorand overwhelms Sultim. The city very nearly falls before reinforcements arrive from Skuld. The church of Anhur is blamed for the debacle. |
| 3436 | 1301 | The cult of Tiamat, long-forgotten, abruptly comes back into public awareness in Unther. |
| 3446 | 1311 | Rezim becomes Vizier of Mulhorand, and dramatically broadens the persecution of Anhurites. Chessentan mercenaries replace Anhurites as the guards of Mulhorand’s cities. |
| 3452 | 1317 | The Great Plague of the Inner Sea begins. |
| 3455 | 1320 | Baphoseti becomes the incarnation of Set, and quickly galvanizes that cult. |
| 3458 | 1323 | The Great Plague fades away. Chessenta is devastated, having lost up to 40% of its population in coastal cities and towns. Chondath and the Coaster Cities suffer similar losses. Unther has also suffered — Messemprar and Unthalass in particular, where up to 20% of the population perished. Mulhorand, in contrast, is unaffected. Murghôm, Semphar, the Shaar, and other lands further away from the Inner Sea, are also spared. |
| 3459 | 1324 | Luthcheq invades Mordulkin, seeking to take advantage of the plague’s ravages. Luthcheq loses the war, and most of its army. House Karanok blames wizard-spy-infiltrators who warned Mordulkin’s leaders of the attack, and begin persecuting wizards. |
| 3481 | 1346 | The Cult of Tiamat summons The Dark Lady. |
| 3485 | 1350 | The Cult of Set gains control of Sampranasz, and successfully suppresses news of the event, thus gaining a base of operations close to Skuld. Baphoseti forms the Fangs of Set. |
| 3492 | 1357 | Fire elementals destroy the eastern Coaster Cities. Rioting in Messemprar threatens to destroy that city. |
Source
- Old Empires [FR10/9274]
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