Khevoran Timeline

(P.K. = Pre-Kisharan Invasion)

-220 PK: The Elves of the Ar’Marinwe Forest convene a Grand Council and order a census of the Elven people.

-215 PK: The Elven census is concluded, proving unequivocally that the race is in a steady decline. The Council agrees to build Tir’Asa’Demit – the Great Vault – in an attempt to preserve the race’s knowledge, lore, and culture.

-10PK: King Thane Ironfist of the Dwarves begins the great quest to find Karak’Mithril. Vast resources are dedicated to discovering the proper location to dig for the ancient city and to the excavators themselves.

An ancient and long-forgotten ruin comes to life northwest of Penshin and within hours five separate armies numbering in the tens of thousands have appeared and are mobilizing to march. High Lord Altair mobilizes his troops in Penshin and has them on the move three days later. He arrives to find the Kisharan forces still mobilizing and manages to do substantial damage to Cyan Marinetta’s army before the massive armies can react. Penshin’s army is slaughtered to a man and Altair is missing, presumed dead.

Thane Ironfist’s expedition breaks into the old tunnels, unleashing an unparalleled horde of Druegar dwarves and goblins into the higher and more populous tunnels.

2: Ari Stonehand’s army arrives at the Masaan Mountains and encounters no resistance from the dwarves. He deploys his forces throughout the mountains to begin garrisoning any entrances to the Dwarven strongholds large enough to pass a sizable force. Stonehand takes possession of High-Guard Fortress, effectively cutting off all communication and trade between the Northlands and the Southlands.

3: Tor’Ellian Tahl’Mearis begins the siege of Evereach. The siege lasts nearly three years until Cyan Marinetta can secure, staff, and mobilize Penshin’s navy to complete the blockade.

4: Whisper splits his forces leaving the bulk constructing a fortress around the Waygate and takes the remainder to Lachtanburg. The people of the city, largely descended from the vicious and deadly native inhabitants of the jungles to the south, provide fierce resistance. A small band of Gnomes makes contact with Whisper’s force and in exchange for the safety of themselves and their families, directs the Kisharan Lord to a vulnerability in the city’s defenses. After a two-month siege, Whisper’s army breaches the city proper and slaughters every man, woman and child of the city not of Gnomish descent.

5: The Dark Times begin. The social backlash to the new order imposed by Kishara’s Lords and priests and the decimation of Lachtanburg is fierce. Rioting is commonplace. The Kisharan Lords reinforce their control, establish enough of a foothold to maintain their authority and a fully-staffed military. They form the Peacekeepers from the elite companies of Marinetta and Flambeau’s armies and charter them with nearly carte blanche authority to restore and maintain order. It takes nearly two decades for the iron fists of the Ringwielders to suppress the populace into relative quiet.

20: Tahl’Mearis and Whisper begin retraining and restaffing their armies in Evereach and Teribain.

21: Tahl’Mearis and Whisper’s armies march into the Northlands. Tahl’Mearis begins the systematic capture and control of any town and village he comes across, while Whisper makes a forced march to Harfoot Downs.

21: The Extermination. Whisper’s army flattens Harfoot Downs, slaughtering thousands of Halflings. At the same time, Halflings are rounded up and slaughtered in all Kishara-controlled lands.

21-22: Tahl’Mearis’ march across the sparsely populated Northlands proceeds unhindered. Hillcrest and Clearwater fall with only token resistance. Whisper’s force secures Mountainwatch and marches to Karak’Tem. The Ringwielder of Air and the men who marched into the mountains with him have not been seen nor heard from since.

23: Tahl’Mearis’ army meets Stephen Tyr’s force at Harrowburg and sweeps them aside suffering moderate losses due largely to their commander’s overconfidence. Kironius Mengst, a local sheriff acting as captain of a company of local conscripts, is captured and enslaved. The army marches on Westergarde and lays siege.

24: Mengst coordinates an insurrection amongst the Southland troops and between them and the remains of Lord Tyr’s forces, break Tahl’Mearis’ army and slay the Lord.

25: Mengst forms the Black Rose Society and begins a quick march across the Northlands, getting recruits as he goes and liberating the populaces of the cities and their undersized garrisons.

26: Mengt’s army arrives at High-Guard Fortress and are repelled – suffering incalculable losses to Ari Stonehand’s troops and artillery.

28: (Khevoran I: The Cult of Riverton) The city of Riverton, the major inland trade hub of the Southlands, is quietly liberated from its civilian government and Peacekeeper garrison by members of the Halfling resistance movement led by Harfur Stoutfoot and Peruppi Dentkettle. They manage to cover up the entire coup from the local populace, who continue to believe that nothing has changed.