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History of Endaraen

2020-03-27T13:22:26Z

Benethyarr:

A brief and incomplete history of [[Endaraen]], and certain nearby [[Plane|planes]], focusing principally on the events in the [[Ninth Age]].

* 657 EA
** During their invasion of southern [[Kul Raes Vae]], [[Andaen]] and [[Sildaen]] are unexpectedly swallowed by the [[Wild Sea]] – and their horrified armies are slaughtered to a man
* 1 NA
** [[Yniolecyr]] breaches the [[Seal of Law]] to enter the [[Condemned Planes]]
* 6 NA
** A [[Iasunti]] zealot hunting Yniolecyr finally catches up with him, and delivers a mortal wound
** Yniolecyr is reborn as a [[Jhalan]] woman
* 241 NA
** Yniolecyr arrives on the plane of [[Shalsayr]]
* 253 NA
** Yniolecyr forges an alliance with the moving city of [[Kalora]] and together they overthrow the sorcerer-king [[Narhyva Calsayr]]
* 285 NA
** Kalora carries Yniolecyr onward to the plane of [[Torcarwyn]]
* 299 NA
** Yniolecyr becomes too infirm to continue, and is reborn as a [[Sulaim]] man
* 454 NA
** Yniolecyr founds the [[Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding]], a [[Dunoln]]-worshipping cult in Kalora
* 462 NA
** [[Lussul Sullus]] are discovered by an [[Ildarine]] expedition searching the [[Dreaming Forest]] for signs of the lost Dunoln city of [[Olnaleas]], though the expedition itself seems doomed and none of its members leave the forest alive
* 487 NA
** Partly thanks to the subtle urging of Yniolecyr and the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding, Kalora adjusts its itinerary to include a return visit to the plane of Endaraen
*491 NA
** An alliance of rivals declare cult-war on the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding
** Yniolecyr is assassinated and is reborn
* 548 NA
** During the ritual of the [[Harrowing Dream]], an aspiring [[Azansakk Dreamer]] named [[Jyraz Sonne Jyrass]] finds the remains of a lost Ildarine expedition, and recovers Lussul Sullus from their belongings
* 559 NA
** Jyraz Sonne Jyrass begins his [[Walking Dream]], travelling beyond the Dreaming Forest in search of new knowledge
** Though he arrives in Ildarine, Jyraz Sonne Jyrass is never heard from again – and Lussul Sullus are sold at an auction house there for a princely sum
* 560 NA
** The [[Lesser Rift]] divides [[Jyrantaal]] from the [[Plains of Silver]]
* 579 NA
** A [[Yaraen]] trade-magnate named [[Falidar Jeroon]] buys Lussul Sullus from the estate of a ruined Ildarine merchant-prince and installs them over the gates of his [[Menagerie of Falidar Jeroon|menagerie]]
* 585 NA
** The [[Valdarine-Jyrankal War]] begins
** Many Yaraen flee south, across the [[Yaraen Sea]] and to [[Kyran]] and beyond – including Falidar Jeroon, who relocates the surviving members of his menagerie to the safety of the [[Kyran Spire]]
* 588 NA
** The Valdarine-Jyrankal war ends with the [[Kingdom of Jyrankal]] acceding the [[Felspire Mountains]] and East Yaraen to [[Valdarine]]
* 608 NA
** Valdarine builds the [[Eternal Bastion]] in the Felspire Mountains
* 611 NA
** The [[Republic of Oraea]] allies with Valdarine
** The Republic of Oraea invades and conquers West Yaraen
* 612 NA
** Valdarine forces take the [[Fortress of Red Salt]] in the Yaraen Sea
* 613 NA
** A combined Oraean-Valdarine force takes the Kyran Spire after a short siege, shocking the Jyrankal military who had believed it untakable
** The armies of Jyrankal counter-attack, and are decimated at the Second Battle of Kyran Spire
* 614 NA
** The Kingdom of Jyrankal collapses and splits into several smaller states
* 615 NA
** Oraea, Valdarine and the new [[Republic of South Jyrankal]] sign the [[Highroad Accords]], officially partitioning Yaraen between the three and pledging to build and maintain a system of heavily-patrolled roads and forts through the occupied territory
* 619 NA
** The [[First Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
** The enchanted highlands known to the [[Vandavayr]] as the [[Frozen Sky]] are consumed a piece at a time by the Wild Sea
** Shock and horror at this event reverberates through all the surviving Vandavayr clans and becomes strongly linked with the old beliefs that the Vandavayr are bonded inextricably with the land of Kul Raes Vae and risk disaster if they ever stray beyond it
* 624 NA
** Yaraen rises in rebellion against Oraea and Valdarine, allegedly with support from South Jyrankal and [[Kyran Vale]]
* 626 NA
** The Yaraen rebellion is crushed in the [[First Highroads War]]
* 629 NA
** In the eastern Vandavayr state of [[Kul Arae]], a great shamanic ritual designed to unlock the power of the land ends in disaster instead - engulfing the entire nation in a tide of all-consuming darkness, flowing out of the [[Shadow Spires]] to the north
** When the darkness recedes from Kul Arae, nothing is left except the dread Chaos of the Wild Sea
* 630 NA
** Kyran Vale is conquered by Valdarine
** The newly-installed [[Viceroy of Kyran Vale]] executes a number of wealthy citizens of Kyran Spire on charges of treason and takes ownership of their estates on behalf of Valdarine, amongst these holdings are the Menagerie of Falidar Jeroon and the beautiful, ancient statues that decorate its gate
** With both the Frozen Sky and Kul Arae gone, [[Laraen]] senses weakness in the Vandavayr and declares war on the [[Vae]] clan of northern Kul Raes Vae
* 632 NA
** Valdarine builds the [[Eastern Highroad]] along the [[Golden Coast]] from the Eternal Bastion to Ildarine
* 633 NA
** The [[Second Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
** [[Laraen Alliance]] forces shatter the great [[Vae]] stronghold of [[Aeth Tor Vae]], killing the Clandaughter [[Laeth-Vae]] and slaughtering most of her army
** Aeth Tor Vae is rebuilt as [[Frosthold]]
* 634 NA
** Kyran Vale rebels against Valdarine
** Vae forces retreat deeper into their own lands and the Laraen invaders cement their advance by building the fortress-town of [[Tyrn]]
* 635 NA
** Kyran rebels breach Kyran Spire and assassinate the Viceroy, but fail to take the stronghold itself
* 636 NA
** Valdarine finally quells the Kyran Vale Revolt by razing Lower Kyran and putting one fifth of its population to the sword
* 641 NA
** After decades of fractious in-fighting, the states of [[Jyran Vaar]] in the far south of the Jyrantaal are finally unified by the Sorceress-Queen [[Kal Yehen]]
* 642 NA
** Kal Yehen declares herself the heir to the ancient [[Jyrantaal Empire]], and begins an ambitious program of public works – reforging Jyran Vaar into a modern state
* 643 NA
** The Republic of Oraea sends a force of [[Valoor Rangers]] to negotiate with the weak king of [[Tal Vaar]] over the building of a Highroad to [[Bright Spire]]
** An argument during negotiations turns to bloodshed, and King [[Un Ryth]] of Tal Vaar is slain in the fighting, while the Valoor Rangers cut their way free and escape back to Oraea
** Oraea declares the incident a gross insult and proof that Tal Vaar’s rulers can no longer be trusted to govern its people
* 644 NA
** Oraea declares war on Tal Vaar and the young Queen [[Ola Ryth]] is forced to sign the Second Highroad Accords, granting Oraea the right to build and patrol a highroad through its territory, to Bright Spire and the [[Pearl Coast]]
* 648 NA
** Completion of the [[Pearl Highroad]] cuts off [[Kithrain]] and [[Urthrain]] from the rest of the Jyrantaal
* 649 NA
** Tal Vaar is conquered by Jyran Vaar, though Kal Yehen is careful to stop short of the Pearl Highroad
* 651 NA
** Prince [[Jan Kys]] of South Jyrankal marries Kal Yehen
** Tal Vaar, South Jyrankal and Jyran Vaar are officially reformed into the Jyrantaal Empire
* 652 NA
** Valdarine declares the formation of the Empire to be in breach of the original Highroad Accords and invades South Jyrankal
** Kyran Vale revolts against Valdarine and with the Spire Guard raiding to the south, rebels take the Kyran Spire and execute the Viceroy
** In the chaos of the rebellion, many of the riches of Kyran Spire are looted either by rebels or by fleeing Valdarine soldiers – Lussul Sullus are carried north, where they are claimed by the Governor-General of the Fortress of Red Salt
** The Valdarine army in South Jyrankal is crushed between the armies of the Jyrantaal Empire and the Kyran Spire and slaughtered almost to a man
* 654 NA
** Kyran Vale accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire
** Settlers from Tyrn, Laraen and Kylorn found the cities of [[Faelorn]] and [[Caelora]] on land conquered from the [[Vae]] clan in [[Kul Raes Vae]]
* 655 NA
** East Yaraen rises against Valdarine, and the local militia – weakened by sending reinforcements south to the Yaraen Sea are slaughtered
** With the Empire occupying Kyran Spire, and rebellion tearing through the lands to their rear, the Army of Red Salt abandons the fortress and attempts to fight its way back through Yaraen
** An injured officer of the Army of Red Salt carries Lussul Sullus with him back to Valdarine, where they are sold at the Grand Market in Valdarine City to pay his family debts
** The fighting in East Yaraen spreads to the rest of the nation, the Empire takes the Fortress of Red Salt and with it the Yaraen Sea
** Oraea sends the Valoor Rangers to put down the rebellion in East and West Yaraen and help its Valdarine allies stem the Imperial advance, in what becomes known as the [[Second Highroads War]]
* 659 NA
** The Jyrantaal Empire officially declares war on Oraea and Valdarine and invades East and West Yaraen, starting the [[Third Highroads War]]
** Settlers from [[Kylorn]] establish the city of [[Vyrith]] near [[Faelorn]]
* 660 NA
** The Golden Coast rebels against Valdarine and accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire with only minimal fighting, despite desperate urging from Valdarine, Ildarine declares itself neutral in the conflict
** Oraea asks its ancient ally [[Laraen]] for support in its faltering war with the Empire, but Laraen demures - its forces still heavily invested in the pacification of northern Kul Raes Vae.
* 661 NA
** Kithrain accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire and attacks forts all along the Pearl Highroad in a series of lightning raids, with its forces heavily engaged in Yaraen, Oraea is forced to concede the battle
** Bright Shard declares an alliance with the Jyrantaal Empire
** The Third Highroads War ends in humiliating defeat for Oraea and Valdarine, and all of Yaraen joins the Jyrantaal Empire
* 663 NA
** The Jyrantaal Empire marches up the Pearl Highroad, destroying the last remnants of the Valoor Rangers and besieging [[Valoor]]
** Valdarine reneges on its alliance with Oraea and sends no assistance, preferring to fortify its own borders instead
* 664 NA
** The [[First Battle of Valoor]] ends in a narrow victory for Oraea, and lifts the siege
* 665 NA
** [[Marquis Ardayne Valoor]] travels to [[Dusk]], [[Caelescyn]] and the [[Laraen Alliance]] seeking support from Oraea’s old allies
* 666 NA
** Marquis Ardayne Valoor returns to Valoor and declares the [[Convocation of Stars]] – a gathering of mages and wizards from all around the Sundered Sea, including even the [[Lan'kaloran]] sorcerers of shadowy [[Lan'sarith]]
* 667 NA
** [[Malora]], on the border between Oraea and Yaraen, falls to the Imperial advance and Oraea is forced to redeploy the bulk of its forces to the east – leaving Valoor vulnerable once more
** At the [[Second Battle of Valoor]], the Convocation of Stars unleashes the great ritual it has been working on and a tide of star-fire descends from the heavens to engulf the Imperial army – devastating it utterly
** [[Valoorian Starfire|Star-fire]] continues to burn all around Valoor and cannot be extinguished
* 668 NA
** The Valoorian Starfire spreads into both Jyrantaal and Oraea, destroying everything it touches and forcing both sides to agree to a hasty truce
* 669 NA
** The Starfire spreads into Tal Vaar and Kithrain and devastates them both, but eventually burns itself out
** The Starfire burns through Western Yaraen and reaches the Yaraen Sea – turning the shallow sea into a parched salt-flat, but is extinguished in the process
* 670 NA
** The Starfire reaches [[Oraan]] itself, and the capital of Oraea burns
** Panic and civil war engulf Oraea and all who can flee across the Sundered Sea to Dusk, Caelescyn and [[Laraen]]
* 671 NA
** Rather than dying away, the Starfire in Oraea grows ever more vicious – devouring much of the land and spawning terrible monsters that stalk the surviving people
** The last vestiges of Oraean government collapse completely, shattering the once-great nation into a scattering of desperate, fortified enclaves
* 674 NA
** The Empress Kal Yehen leads a great army in the Felspire Mountains, routing the Valdarine army and destroying every settlement short of the Eternal Bastion itself
* 675 NA
** Kal Yehen leads three assaults against the Eternal Bastion, each one rebuffed, and on the third attempt she herself is slain
* 676 NA
** Valdarine and the Jyrantaal Empire settle into an uncomfortable peace
* 678 NA
** The [[Third Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
* 682 NA
** The Emperor Jan Yehen dies, though accounts differ on whether the cause is grief, sickness or Valdarine poison
** The new Empress, [[Tyr Yehen]] is said to suffer from bouts of madness and horrifying visions and is driven by one such episode to take pilgrimage to the Lesser Rift – where she builds herself a strange palace known as [[Rysten Taar]]
* 683 NA
** With the Third Great Drought still stretching on, and the Empress sequestered at Rysten Taar, the Empire begins to unravel as its component states squabble amongst themselves and its people grow increasingly restless
* 689 NA
** The Empire disintegrates in an abortive civil war, called short by the endless drought rather than by anything more noble
* 694 NA
** The once-fertile soils of Jyrantaal blow away in great clouds of dust and its people flee, starve or descend in barbarism – many believe that the Empress will yet come to save them, but no-one has seen her for over a decade
* 698 NA
** After decades of feuding, the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding are finally exterminated by their rivals
** Yniolecyr is assassinated and is reborn as a [[Byentin]] man
* 705 NA
** Tyr Yehen rides forth from Rysten Taar at last, changed almost beyond recognition by her decades of solitude and communion with the Rift – she gathers an army of the desperate and ruthless to her banner, winning their loyalty with sorcerous acts of unthinkable power
* 706 NA
** Tyr Yehen’s horde fights its way through the Felspire Mountains to the Eternal Bastion, though most die along the way
** Tyr Yehen carries out a dreadful ritual at the site of her mother’s death, infesting her followers with a horrible, arcane plague
** Tyr Yehen rides back to Rysten Taar alone, leaving the remnants of her army to be slaughtered by the Bastion’s defenders
** The plague unleashed by Tyr Yehen spreads to the defenders of the Eternal Bastion, and from there into Valdarine itself – becoming known as the [[Rock Blight]]
** Kalora arrives on Endaraen, through the Enclave of [[Lan'karo]]
** Yniolecyr slips out of the city, and sets out on a journey to the [[Silver Citadel]]
* 707 NA
** Rock Blight sweeps with unthinkable speed through Valdarine, killing nine-in-ten of the population and reducing the survivors to a state of barbarism almost overnight, though for some reason it never spreads beyond the borders of the state
* 708 NA
** After a long, slow journey through the [[Glass Coast]] and [[Daemonspyre]], Yniolecyr is ambushed in the [[Emerald Vale]] and taken captive by the [[Chorus of Remembrance]]
** Yniolecyr is interred in the [[Vault of Curiosities]]
* 791 NA
** The [[Shym]]ite crusaders known as the [[Soldiers of the Brazen Blade]] attack the ancient [[Shrine of the Burning Eye]] in the [[Lymori Wastes]] and raise it entirely
** [[Saearra Aesta]], a devotee of the shrine, escapes alone into the deep wastes, where she wanders for years – tormented by visions
* 795 NA
** Saearra Aesta emerges, scarred and mad, from the depths of the Lymori Wastes and travels into Laraen
* 796 NA
** [[Tairath-Vae]], [[Clandaughter]] of [[Vae]], leads a contingent of [[Unbound]] raiders in a series of small battles against the human settlements of Faelorn, Caelora and Vyrith – all built on what was traditionally Vae land in Kul Raes Vae
** Saearra Aesta travels, mostly on foot, across the entire breadth of Laraen – doing whatever she must to survive and continue her journey, and allowing no-one to stop her
* 797 NA
** Tairath-Vae is ambushed by a patrol from the human city of [[Tyrn]] during a raid, and whilst badly injured manages to fight her way free
** One of her horns is broken during the fighting, and she refuses to have it healed – seeing it as a badge of honour
** Saearra Aesta arrives at the ruined citadel of [[Frosthold]] in Kul Raes Vae, and after communing with the land there, travels onward – out of the human settlements and towards the heart of Vae territory
* 798 NA
** Tairath-Vae leads a raid past the established human settlements in Kul Raes Vae, and all the way into the north-western edge of Laraen – where she slays several minor lords
** Though she is severely reprimanded by the [[Clanmother]] and [[Storm Council]], she gains great notoriety amongst the young Vae and particularly with the other Unbound
** Saearra Aesta fights her way to [[Naes Irvaer]] – led there by a series of visions – but the caves are holy to the Vandavayr and heavily guarded, and she is overwhelmed by warriors of the Storm Council
** The Storm Council, learning Saearra’s story through a mixture of interrogation and divination, come to believe that she is holy and imprison her rather than killing her – until a good use for her can be found
* 797 NA
** [[Ranyth-Vae]], Clanmother of Vae and mother to Tairath-Vae, dies suddenly from a sickness
** Tairath-Vae is summoned by the Storm Council to perform the rite of [[Homecoming]] – and is pitted against a mad human priestess, Saearra Aesta in a sacred duel
** Saearra and Tairath-Vae slay one another, and after a number of strange portents the Vae come to believe the two souls are intertwined – leading to both being buried with high honours in the sacred ice-caves of Naes Irvaer
** With the Vae line at an end, the shamans of the Storm Council assume leadership of the Vae clan
* 804 NA
** [[Eldora Dandaryne]], in his seminal work [[Tides of the Sundered Sea]], describes what was once Oraea as the [[Burning Hills]] and what was Valdarine as the [[Shard Lands]] and both names quickly gain acceptance through Anlaraes and [[Kelrithine]] and later the rest of Endaraen
* 816 NA
** Scavengers braving the Shard Lands find Lussul Sullus amongst the ruins of [[Valdarine City]] and carry them north into the [[Saltlands]] of southern Kelrithine
** Adventurous merchants from Ildarine and the [[Crescent States]] bring home stories of encountering Marquis Ardayne Valooor while travelling the [[Jyrantaal Highroads]] – surely a revenant most unholy
* 818 NA
** Lussul Sullus are bought by agents of the Chorus of Remembrance in a [[Keltan]] bazaar and delivered to [[Storm-Song Cathedral]] in the [[Lymori Gulf]]
* 819 NA
** Duchess [[Shyran Laroos]] of Dusk sends messengers to the Jyrantaal Highroads, inviting the spectre of the Marquis Valooor to the masked ball in honour of her coronation, creating much amusement in polite circles – followed by utter horror when the Marquis duly attends
** [[Gill Plague]] ravages the Saltlands and the Federation Army is forced to briefly quarantine the city of Keltan to prevent the disease spreading to the rest of Kelrithine
* 821 NA
** The Marquis Valoor, seemingly much charmed the Duchess Laroos, lingers on in Dusk – bringing macabre visitors from far and wide, including members of the Chorus of Remembrance who are only too glad to take the awkwardly undead noble off her hands
* 822 NA
** Marquis Ardayne Valooor is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
* 847 NA
** The Cathedral of Storm-Song is raised in the [[Second Battle of Lymori Gulf]], during the [[Laraen-Kelrithine War]]
** Seeing that the cathedral is no longer safe, the Chorus of Remembrance relocate the remaining relics of Storm-Song to the Vault of Curiosities – including Lussul Sullus
* 972 NA
** [[Seraza Sonne Serrain]], an Azansakk Dreamer, arrives in Ildarine – keen to learn the fate of his predecessor Jyraz Sonne Jyrass, who visited here centuries ago
** Instead he learns that, in his short absence, the Dreaming Forest has been swallowed by the Wild Sea
* 975 NA
** Wandering aimlessly on the Jyrantaal Highroads, Seraza Sonne Serrain stumbles onto a part of the [[Shadow Roads]] and vanishes inside
** Seraza Sonne Serrain arrives in [[Haze]], but stays only long enough to trade for supplies before returning to the Shadow Roads
* 976 NA
** Seraza Sonne Serrain makes three more journeys through the Shadow Roads, briefly visiting Rysten Taar, Bright Spire and Tal Vaar but never finding what he seeks
* 977 NA
** Seraza Sonne Serrain encounters wizards of the Chorus of Remembrance inside the Shadow Roads, and is captured after a short battle
** Seraza Sonne Serrain is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
* 1043 NA
** The [[Knights Sorcerous of the Spirit Awakening]] conduct a great ritual at the sacred caves of Naes Irvaer in Kul Raes Vae, and resurrect [[Kul-Vae]] – the founder of the Vae clan – and her entire line
** Bound together in the legends of the Vae for centuries, Saearra Aesta and Tairath-Vae are reborn as a single, combined soul capable of switching between two bodies. She takes the name [[Saearra Tairath-Vae]]
** Rather than dealing with the Awakeners, Kul-Vae exiles them – and slays those amongst the Storm Council who enabled their plans
* 1044 NA
** Kul-Vae declares herself Clanmother of Vae and sends her line – her [[Hundred Daughters of Kul-Vae|hundred daughters]], as they are known – out to secure the Vae lands and raise an army for the coming crusade
* 1045 NA
** Kul-Vae declares the [[War of Second Blood]] – a crusade to drive all outsiders from the northern part of Kul Raes Vae
** Kul-Vae marches on the Byentin colony of Faelorn in north-west Kul Raes Vae, and eradicates it almost overnight in a series of surprise attacks
** Survivors from Faelorn are systematically driven into the [[Blood Marsh]] and are never heard from again
* 1046 NA
** The city of Tyrn, the oldest and strongest of the Laraen settlements in Kul Raes Vae sends its army out to fight the Vae, and wins several decisive battles – killing three of the daughters of Vae
** The Vae counter-attack Tyrn, but are repelled with significant losses
** Kul-Vae leads an expedition into the southern edge of the [[Shadow Spires]], there several more of her daughters die – but she uses their cairns to forge an enchanted path through the spires, allowing the Vae to silently flank Tyrn forces
* 1047 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae leads a series of diversionary raids against the settlements of Caelora and Vyrith, drawing the Tyrn army away from home in a fruitless attempt to engage her
** Kul-Vae leads the main Vae force along the [[Daughters’ Path]] through the Shadow Spires, and attacks Tyrn by surprise – overwhelming the remaining defenders before they realise the threat
** Cut off from home, Tyrn’s army fights desperately to win through the to remaining settlements in north-eastern Kul Raes Vae, and despite heavy losses is successful in reinforcing the defenders there
** Tyrn is eradicated, and its people driven into the Shadow Spires
** Having taken heavy losses in the Tyrn campaign, the Vae pause to consolidate their holdings in northern-western Kul Raes Vae
* 1048 NA
** In response to the war in Kul Raes Vae, the Laraen Alliance raises the [[Army of the Western Reach]] – a strong and well-equipped force of veterans from previous campaigns there
** The Army of the Western Reach makes the ruined [[Anlaraes]] citadel of Frosthold its base, and sets about rebuilding it and transforming it into a modern fortress
* 1049 NA
** With Frosthold secure, the Army of the Western Reach joins up with the [[Tyrn Exiles]] and begins building up a network for strongholds all throughout the north-eastern part of Kul Raes Vae in order to defend the Laraen and Kylorn settlements there
* 1051 NA
** Though the Army of the Western Reach is better armed and has greater numbers and organisation, the Vae’s knowledge of the land allows them to fight a highly successful guerrilla war against them – inflicting significant losses on the outsiders for every Vandavayr that falls
* 1053 NA
** The Vae surround Frosthold and start to besiege it
** Seven of the daughters of Kul-Vae are slain while leading attacks against Frosthold, and Kul-Vae uses their cairns to build a spirit-wall around the fortress, preventing anyone from leaving and any relief from reaching it
* 1054 NA
** Frosthold finally falls to the daughters of Kul-Vae, though by the end of the great battle only Kul-Vae and Saearra Tairath-Vae remain of the hundred-and-one members of the Vae line
** The remaining Laraen Alliance forces withdraw permanently from Kul Raes Vae, concluding the War of Second Blood
* 1055 NA
** Kul-Vae sends Saearra Tairath-Vae on a quest to seek out and stop whatever is responsible for the deterioration of Kul Raes Vae and other lands throughout Endaraen
* 1056 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae travels into north-western Laraen with a small group of followers, and attacks the holdings of a number of local lords and merchants – freeing Vandavayr slaves and retrieving stolen artefacts
** After a fierce battle with a skilled Laraen knight, Saearra Tairath-Vae learns that some in north-western Laraen worship a spirit known as the [[Voice of the Golden Spire]], who they believe to be a divine agent of [[Schiraman]]
* 1057 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae attempts to infiltrate the [[Golden Spire]] in Laraen, hoping to learn more about the Voice that it said to inhabit it, but after a great battle she is captured by the [[Lords of the Golden Spire]], long-time allies of the Chorus of Remembrance
* 1058 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
* 1091 NA
** War erupts between the [[Regulators]] and the Chorus of Remembrance, dividing the Silver Citadel in two
** Yniolecyr, [[Tarelcyr]], Lussul Sullus, Seraza Sonne Serrain, Saearra Tairath-Vae and Marquis Ardayne Valooor escape from the Vault of Curiosities during the fighting

[[Category: Relics of the Silver Citadel]][[Category:Ninth Age]][[Category:Endaraen]]

History of Endaraen

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Benethyarr:

A brief and incomplete history of [[Endaraen]], and certain nearby [[Plane|planes]], focusing principally on the events in the [[Ninth Age]].

* 657 EA
** During their invasion of southern [[Kul Raes Vae]], [[Andaen]] and [[Sildaen]] are unexpectedly swallowed by the [[Wild Sea]] – and their horrified armies are slaughtered to a man
* 1 NA
** [[Yniolecyr]] breaches the [[Seal of Law]] to enter the [[Condemned Planes]]
* 6 NA
** A [[Iasunti]] zealot hunting Yniolecyr finally catches up with him, and delivers a mortal wound
** Yniolecyr is reborn as a [[Jhalan]] woman
* 241 NA
** Yniolecyr arrives on the plane of [[Shalsayr]]
* 253 NA
** Yniolecyr forges an alliance with the moving city of [[Kalora]] and together they overthrow the sorcerer-king [[Narhyva Calsayr]]
* 285 NA
** Kalora carries Yniolecyr onward to the plane of [[Torcarwyn]]
* 299 NA
** Yniolecyr becomes too infirm to continue, and is reborn as a [[Sulaim]] man
* 454 NA
** Yniolecyr founds the [[Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding]], a [[Dunoln]]-worshipping cult in Kalora
* 462 NA
** [[Lussul Sullus]] are discovered by an [[Ildarine]] expedition searching the [[Dreaming Forest]] for signs of the lost Dunoln city of [[Olnaleas]], though the expedition itself seems doomed and none of its members leave the forest alive
* 487 NA
** Partly thanks to the subtle urging of Yniolecyr and the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding, Kalora adjusts its itinerary to include a return visit to the plane of Endaraen
*491 NA
** An alliance of rivals declare cult-war on the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding
** Yniolecyr is assassinated and is reborn
* 548 NA
** During the ritual of the [[Harrowing Dream]], an aspiring [[Azansakk Dreamer]] named [[Jyraz Sonne Jyrass]] finds the remains of a lost Ildarine expedition, and recovers Lussul Sullus from their belongings
* 559 NA
** Jyraz Sonne Jyrass begins his [[Walking Dream]], travelling beyond the Dreaming Forest in search of new knowledge
** Though he arrives in Ildarine, Jyraz Sonne Jyrass is never heard from again – and Lussul Sullus are sold at an auction house there for a princely sum
* 560 NA
** The [[Lesser Rift]] divides [[Jyrantaal]] from the [[Plains of Silver]]
* 579 NA
** A [[Yaraen]] trade-magnate named [[Falidar Jeroon]] buys Lussul Sullus from the estate of a ruined Ildarine merchant-prince and installs them over the gates of his [[Menagerie of Falidar Jeroon|menagerie]]
* 585 NA
** The [[Valdarine-Jyrankal War]] begins
** Many Yaraen flee south, across the [[Yaraen Sea]] and to [[Kyran]] and beyond – including Falidar Jeroon, who relocates the surviving members of his menagerie to the safety of the [[Kyran Spire]]
* 588 NA
** The Valdarine-Jyrankal war ends with the [[Kingdom of Jyrankal]] acceding the [[Felspire Mountains]] and East Yaraen to [[Valdarine]]
* 608 NA
** Valdarine builds the [[Eternal Bastion]] in the Felspire Mountains
* 611 NA
** The [[Republic of Oraea]] allies with Valdarine
** The Republic of Oraea invades and conquers West Yaraen
* 612 NA
** Valdarine forces take the [[Fortress of Red Salt]] in the Yaraen Sea
* 613 NA
** A combined Oraean-Valdarine force takes the Kyran Spire after a short siege, shocking the Jyrankal military who had believed it untakable
** The armies of Jyrankal counter-attack, and are decimated at the Second Battle of Kyran Spire
* 614 NA
** The Kingdom of Jyrankal collapses and splits into several smaller states
* 615 NA
** Oraea, Valdarine and the new [[Republic of South Jyrankal]] sign the [[Highroad Accords]], officially partitioning Yaraen between the three and pledging to build and maintain a system of heavily-patrolled roads and forts through the occupied territory
* 619 NA
** The [[First Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
** The enchanted highlands known to the [[Vandavayr]] as the [[Frozen Sky]] are consumed a piece at a time by the Wild Sea
** Shock and horror at this event reverberates through all the surviving Vandavayr clans and becomes strongly linked with the old beliefs that the Vandavayr are bonded inextricably with the land of Kul Raes Vae and risk disaster if they ever stray beyond it
* 624 NA
** Yaraen rises in rebellion against Oraea and Valdarine, allegedly with support from South Jyrankal and [[Kyran Vale]]
* 626 NA
** The Yaraen rebellion is crushed in the [[First Highroads War]]
* 630 NA
** Kyran Vale is conquered by Valdarine
** The newly-installed [[Viceroy of Kyran Vale]] executes a number of wealthy citizens of Kyran Spire on charges of treason and takes ownership of their estates on behalf of Valdarine, amongst these holdings are the Menagerie of Falidar Jeroon and the beautiful, ancient statues that decorate its gate
* 632 NA
** Valdarine builds the [[Eastern Highroad]] along the [[Golden Coast]] from the Eternal Bastion to Ildarine
* 633 NA
** The [[Second Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
* 634 NA
** Kyran Vale rebels against Valdarine
* 635 NA
** Kyran rebels breach Kyran Spire and assassinate the Viceroy, but fail to take the stronghold itself
* 636 NA
** Valdarine finally quells the Kyran Vale Revolt by razing Lower Kyran and putting one fifth of its population to the sword
* 641 NA
** After decades of fractious in-fighting, the states of [[Jyran Vaar]] in the far south of the Jyrantaal are finally unified by the Sorceress-Queen [[Kal Yehen]]
* 642 NA
** Kal Yehen declares herself the heir to the ancient [[Jyrantaal Empire]], and begins an ambitious program of public works – reforging Jyran Vaar into a modern state
* 643 NA
** The Republic of Oraea sends a force of [[Valoor Rangers]] to negotiate with the weak king of [[Tal Vaar]] over the building of a Highroad to [[Bright Spire]]
** An argument during negotiations turns to bloodshed, and King [[Un Ryth]] of Tal Vaar is slain in the fighting, while the Valoor Rangers cut their way free and escape back to Oraea
** Oraea declares the incident a gross insult and proof that Tal Vaar’s rulers can no longer be trusted to govern its people
* 644 NA
** Oraea declares war on Tal Vaar and the young Queen [[Ola Ryth]] is forced to sign the Second Highroad Accords, granting Oraea the right to build and patrol a highroad through its territory, to Bright Spire and the [[Pearl Coast]]
* 648 NA
** Completion of the [[Pearl Highroad]] cuts off [[Kithrain]] and [[Urthrain]] from the rest of the Jyrantaal
* 649 NA
** Tal Vaar is conquered by Jyran Vaar, though Kal Yehen is careful to stop short of the Pearl Highroad
* 651 NA
** Prince [[Jan Kys]] of South Jyrankal marries Kal Yehen
** Tal Vaar, South Jyrankal and Jyran Vaar are officially reformed into the Jyrantaal Empire
* 652 NA
** Valdarine declares the formation of the Empire to be in breach of the original Highroad Accords and invades South Jyrankal
** Kyran Vale revolts against Valdarine and with the Spire Guard raiding to the south, rebels take the Kyran Spire and execute the Viceroy
** In the chaos of the rebellion, many of the riches of Kyran Spire are looted either by rebels or by fleeing Valdarine soldiers – Lussul Sullus are carried north, where they are claimed by the Governor-General of the Fortress of Red Salt
** The Valdarine army in South Jyrankal is crushed between the armies of the Jyrantaal Empire and the Kyran Spire and slaughtered almost to a man
* 654 NA
** Kyran Vale accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire
* 655 NA
** East Yaraen rises against Valdarine, and the local militia – weakened by sending reinforcements south to the Yaraen Sea are slaughtered
** With the Empire occupying Kyran Spire, and rebellion tearing through the lands to their rear, the Army of Red Salt abandons the fortress and attempts to fight its way back through Yaraen
** An injured officer of the Army of Red Salt carries Lussul Sullus with him back to Valdarine, where they are sold at the Grand Market in Valdarine City to pay his family debts
** The fighting in East Yaraen spreads to the rest of the nation, the Empire takes the Fortress of Red Salt and with it the Yaraen Sea
** Oraea sends the Valoor Rangers to put down the rebellion in East and West Yaraen and help its Valdarine allies stem the Imperial advance, in what becomes known as the [[Second Highroads War]]
* 659 NA
** The Jyrantaal Empire officially declares war on Oraea and Valdarine and invades East and West Yaraen, starting the [[Third Highroads War]]
* 660 NA
** The Golden Coast rebels against Valdarine and accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire with only minimal fighting, despite desperate urging from Valdarine, Ildarine declares itself neutral in the conflict
* 661 NA
** Kithrain accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire and attacks forts all along the Pearl Highroad in a series of lightning raids, with its forces heavily engaged in Yaraen, Oraea is forced to concede the battle
** Bright Shard declares an alliance with the Jyrantaal Empire
** The Third Highroads War ends in humiliating defeat for Oraea and Valdarine, and all of Yaraen joins the Jyrantaal Empire
* 663 NA
** The Jyrantaal Empire marches up the Pearl Highroad, destroying the last remnants of the Valoor Rangers and besieging [[Valoor]]
** Valdarine reneges on its alliance with Oraea and sends no assistance, preferring to fortify its own borders instead
* 664 NA
** The [[First Battle of Valoor]] ends in a narrow victory for Oraea, and lifts the siege
* 665 NA
** [[Marquis Ardayne Valoor]] travels to [[Dusk]], [[Caelescyn]] and the [[Laraen Alliance]] seeking support from Oraea’s old allies
* 666 NA
** Marquis Ardayne Valoor returns to Valoor and declares the [[Convocation of Stars]] – a gathering of mages and wizards from all around the Sundered Sea, including even the [[Lan'kaloran]] sorcerers of shadowy [[Lan'sarith]]
* 667 NA
** [[Malora]], on the border between Oraea and Yaraen, falls to the Imperial advance and Oraea is forced to redeploy the bulk of its forces to the east – leaving Valoor vulnerable once more
** At the [[Second Battle of Valoor]], the Convocation of Stars unleashes the great ritual it has been working on and a tide of star-fire descends from the heavens to engulf the Imperial army – devastating it utterly
** [[Valoorian Starfire|Star-fire]] continues to burn all around Valoor and cannot be extinguished
* 668 NA
** The Valoorian Starfire spreads into both Jyrantaal and Oraea, destroying everything it touches and forcing both sides to agree to a hasty truce
* 669 NA
** The Starfire spreads into Tal Vaar and Kithrain and devastates them both, but eventually burns itself out
** The Starfire burns through Western Yaraen and reaches the Yaraen Sea – turning the shallow sea into a parched salt-flat, but is extinguished in the process
* 670 NA
** The Starfire reaches [[Oraan]] itself, and the capital of Oraea burns
** Panic and civil war engulf Oraea and all who can flee across the Sundered Sea to Dusk, Caelescyn and [[Laraen]]
* 671 NA
** Rather than dying away, the Starfire in Oraea grows ever more vicious – devouring much of the land and spawning terrible monsters that stalk the surviving people
** The last vestiges of Oraean government collapse completely, shattering the once-great nation into a scattering of desperate, fortified enclaves
* 674 NA
** The Empress Kal Yehen leads a great army in the Felspire Mountains, routing the Valdarine army and destroying every settlement short of the Eternal Bastion itself
* 675 NA
** Kal Yehen leads three assaults against the Eternal Bastion, each one rebuffed, and on the third attempt she herself is slain
* 676 NA
** Valdarine and the Jyrantaal Empire settle into an uncomfortable peace
* 678 NA
** The [[Third Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
* 682 NA
** The Emperor Jan Yehen dies, though accounts differ on whether the cause is grief, sickness or Valdarine poison
** The new Empress, [[Tyr Yehen]] is said to suffer from bouts of madness and horrifying visions and is driven by one such episode to take pilgrimage to the Lesser Rift – where she builds herself a strange palace known as [[Rysten Taar]]
* 683 NA
** With the Third Great Drought still stretching on, and the Empress sequestered at Rysten Taar, the Empire begins to unravel as its component states squabble amongst themselves and its people grow increasingly restless
* 689 NA
** The Empire disintegrates in an abortive civil war, called short by the endless drought rather than by anything more noble
* 694 NA
** The once-fertile soils of Jyrantaal blow away in great clouds of dust and its people flee, starve or descend in barbarism – many believe that the Empress will yet come to save them, but no-one has seen her for over a decade
* 698 NA
** After decades of feuding, the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding are finally exterminated by their rivals
** Yniolecyr is assassinated and is reborn as a [[Byentin]] man
* 705 NA
** Tyr Yehen rides forth from Rysten Taar at last, changed almost beyond recognition by her decades of solitude and communion with the Rift – she gathers an army of the desperate and ruthless to her banner, winning their loyalty with sorcerous acts of unthinkable power
* 706 NA
** Tyr Yehen’s horde fights its way through the Felspire Mountains to the Eternal Bastion, though most die along the way
** Tyr Yehen carries out a dreadful ritual at the site of her mother’s death, infesting her followers with a horrible, arcane plague
** Tyr Yehen rides back to Rysten Taar alone, leaving the remnants of her army to be slaughtered by the Bastion’s defenders
** The plague unleashed by Tyr Yehen spreads to the defenders of the Eternal Bastion, and from there into Valdarine itself – becoming known as the [[Rock Blight]]
** Kalora arrives on Endaraen, through the Enclave of [[Lan'karo]]
** Yniolecyr slips out of the city, and sets out on a journey to the [[Silver Citadel]]
* 707 NA
** Rock Blight sweeps with unthinkable speed through Valdarine, killing nine-in-ten of the population and reducing the survivors to a state of barbarism almost overnight, though for some reason it never spreads beyond the borders of the state
* 708 NA
** After a long, slow journey through the [[Glass Coast]] and [[Daemonspyre]], Yniolecyr is ambushed in the [[Emerald Vale]] and taken captive by the [[Chorus of Remembrance]]
** Yniolecyr is interred in the [[Vault of Curiosities]]
* 791 NA
** The [[Shym]]ite crusaders known as the [[Soldiers of the Brazen Blade]] attack the ancient [[Shrine of the Burning Eye]] in the [[Lymori Wastes]] and raise it entirely
** [[Saearra Aesta]], a devotee of the shrine, escapes alone into the deep wastes, where she wanders for years – tormented by visions
* 795 NA
** Saearra Aesta emerges, scarred and mad, from the depths of the Lymori Wastes and travels into Laraen
* 796 NA
** [[Tairath-Vae]], [[Clandaughter]] of [[Vae]], leads a contingent of [[Unbound]] raiders in a series of small battles against the human settlements of [[Faelorn]], [[Caelora]] and [[Vyrith]] – all built on what was traditionally Vae land in Kul Raes Vae
** Saearra Aesta travels, mostly on foot, across the entire breadth of Laraen – doing whatever she must to survive and continue her journey, and allowing no-one to stop her
* 797 NA
** Tairath-Vae is ambushed by a patrol from the human city of [[Tyrn]] during a raid, and whilst badly injured manages to fight her way free
** One of her horns is broken during the fighting, and she refuses to have it healed – seeing it as a badge of honour
** Saearra Aesta arrives at the ruined citadel of [[Frosthold]] in Kul Raes Vae, and after communing with the land there, travels onward – out of the human settlements and towards the heart of Vae territory
* 798 NA
** Tairath-Vae leads a raid past the established human settlements in Kul Raes Vae, and all the way into the north-western edge of Laraen – where she slays several minor lords
** Though she is severely reprimanded by the [[Clanmother]] and [[Storm Council]], she gains great notoriety amongst the young Vae and particularly with the other Unbound
** Saearra Aesta fights her way to [[Naes Irvaer]] – led there by a series of visions – but the caves are holy to the Vandavayr and heavily guarded, and she is overwhelmed by warriors of the Storm Council
** The Storm Council, learning Saearra’s story through a mixture of interrogation and divination, come to believe that she is holy and imprison her rather than killing her – until a good use for her can be found
* 797 NA
** [[Ranyth-Vae]], Clanmother of Vae and mother to Tairath-Vae, dies suddenly from a sickness
** Tairath-Vae is summoned by the Storm Council to perform the rite of [[Homecoming]] – and is pitted against a mad human priestess, Saearra Aesta in a sacred duel
** Saearra and Tairath-Vae slay one another, and after a number of strange portents the Vae come to believe the two souls are intertwined – leading to both being buried with high honours in the sacred ice-caves of Naes Irvaer
** With the Vae line at an end, the shamans of the Storm Council assume leadership of the Vae clan
* 804 NA
** [[Eldora Dandaryne]], in his seminal work [[Tides of the Sundered Sea]], describes what was once Oraea as the [[Burning Hills]] and what was Valdarine as the [[Shard Lands]] and both names quickly gain acceptance through Anlaraes and [[Kelrithine]] and later the rest of Endaraen
* 816 NA
** Scavengers braving the Shard Lands find Lussul Sullus amongst the ruins of [[Valdarine City]] and carry them north into the [[Saltlands]] of southern Kelrithine
** Adventurous merchants from Ildarine and the [[Crescent States]] bring home stories of encountering Marquis Ardayne Valooor while travelling the [[Jyrantaal Highroads]] – surely a revenant most unholy
* 818 NA
** Lussul Sullus are bought by agents of the Chorus of Remembrance in a [[Keltan]] bazaar and delivered to [[Storm-Song Cathedral]] in the [[Lymori Gulf]]
* 819 NA
** Duchess [[Shyran Laroos]] of Dusk sends messengers to the Jyrantaal Highroads, inviting the spectre of the Marquis Valooor to the masked ball in honour of her coronation, creating much amusement in polite circles – followed by utter horror when the Marquis duly attends
** [[Gill Plague]] ravages the Saltlands and the Federation Army is forced to briefly quarantine the city of Keltan to prevent the disease spreading to the rest of Kelrithine
* 821 NA
** The Marquis Valoor, seemingly much charmed the Duchess Laroos, lingers on in Dusk – bringing macabre visitors from far and wide, including members of the Chorus of Remembrance who are only too glad to take the awkwardly undead noble off her hands
* 822 NA
** Marquis Ardayne Valooor is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
* 847 NA
** The Cathedral of Storm-Song is raised in the [[Second Battle of Lymori Gulf]], during the [[Laraen-Kelrithine War]]
** Seeing that the cathedral is no longer safe, the Chorus of Remembrance relocate the remaining relics of Storm-Song to the Vault of Curiosities – including Lussul Sullus
* 972 NA
** [[Seraza Sonne Serrain]], an Azansakk Dreamer, arrives in Ildarine – keen to learn the fate of his predecessor Jyraz Sonne Jyrass, who visited here centuries ago
** Instead he learns that, in his short absence, the Dreaming Forest has been swallowed by the Wild Sea
* 975 NA
** Wandering aimlessly on the Jyrantaal Highroads, Seraza Sonne Serrain stumbles onto a part of the [[Shadow Roads]] and vanishes inside
** Seraza Sonne Serrain arrives in [[Haze]], but stays only long enough to trade for supplies before returning to the Shadow Roads
* 976 NA
** Seraza Sonne Serrain makes three more journeys through the Shadow Roads, briefly visiting Rysten Taar, Bright Spire and Tal Vaar but never finding what he seeks
* 977 NA
** Seraza Sonne Serrain encounters wizards of the Chorus of Remembrance inside the Shadow Roads, and is captured after a short battle
** Seraza Sonne Serrain is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
* 1043 NA
** The [[Knights Sorcerous of the Spirit Awakening]] conduct a great ritual at the sacred caves of Naes Irvaer in Kul Raes Vae, and resurrect [[Kul-Vae]] – the founder of the Vae clan – and her entire line
** Bound together in the legends of the Vae for centuries, Saearra Aesta and Tairath-Vae are reborn as a single, combined soul capable of switching between two bodies. She takes the name [[Saearra Tairath-Vae]]
** Rather than dealing with the Awakeners, Kul-Vae exiles them – and slays those amongst the Storm Council who enabled their plans
* 1044 NA
** Kul-Vae declares herself Clanmother of Vae and sends her line – her [[Hundred Daughters of Kul-Vae|hundred daughters]], as they are known – out to secure the Vae lands and raise an army for the coming crusade
* 1045 NA
** Kul-Vae declares the [[War of Second Blood]] – a crusade to drive all outsiders from the northern part of Kul Raes Vae
** Kul-Vae marches on the Byentin colony of Faelorn in north-west Kul Raes Vae, and eradicates it almost overnight in a series of surprise attacks
** Survivors from Faelorn are systematically driven into the [[Blood Marsh]] and are never heard from again
* 1046 NA
** The city of Tyrn, the oldest and strongest of the Laraen settlements in Kul Raes Vae sends its army out to fight the Vae, and wins several decisive battles – killing three of the daughters of Vae
** The Vae counter-attack Tyrn, but are repelled with significant losses
** Kul-Vae leads an expedition into the southern edge of the [[Shadow Spires]], there several more of her daughters die – but she uses their cairns to forge an enchanted path through the spires, allowing the Vae to silently flank Tyrn forces
* 1047 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae leads a series of diversionary raids against the settlements of Caelora and Vyrith, drawing the Tyrn army away from home in a fruitless attempt to engage her
** Kul-Vae leads the main Vae force along the [[Daughters’ Path]] through the Shadow Spires, and attacks Tyrn by surprise – overwhelming the remaining defenders before they realise the threat
** Cut off from home, Tyrn’s army fights desperately to win through the to remaining settlements in north-eastern Kul Raes Vae, and despite heavy losses is successful in reinforcing the defenders there
** Tyrn is eradicated, and its people driven into the Shadow Spires
** Having taken heavy losses in the Tyrn campaign, the Vae pause to consolidate their holdings in northern-western Kul Raes Vae
* 1048 NA
** In response to the war in Kul Raes Vae, the Laraen Alliance raises the [[Army of the Western Reach]] – a strong and well-equipped force of veterans from previous campaigns there
** The Army of the Western Reach makes the ruined [[Anlaraes]] citadel of Frosthold its base, and sets about rebuilding it and transforming it into a modern fortress
* 1049 NA
** With Frosthold secure, the Army of the Western Reach joins up with the [[Tyrn Exiles]] and begins building up a network for strongholds all throughout the north-eastern part of Kul Raes Vae in order to defend the Laraen and Kylorn settlements there
* 1051 NA
** Though the Army of the Western Reach is better armed and has greater numbers and organisation, the Vae’s knowledge of the land allows them to fight a highly successful guerrilla war against them – inflicting significant losses on the outsiders for every Vandavayr that falls
* 1053 NA
** The Vae surround Frosthold and start to besiege it
** Seven of the daughters of Kul-Vae are slain while leading attacks against Frosthold, and Kul-Vae uses their cairns to build a spirit-wall around the fortress, preventing anyone from leaving and any relief from reaching it
* 1054 NA
** Frosthold finally falls to the daughters of Kul-Vae, though by the end of the great battle only Kul-Vae and Saearra Tairath-Vae remain of the hundred-and-one members of the Vae line
** The remaining Laraen Alliance forces withdraw permanently from Kul Raes Vae, concluding the War of Second Blood
* 1055 NA
** Kul-Vae sends Saearra Tairath-Vae on a quest to seek out and stop whatever is responsible for the deterioration of Kul Raes Vae and other lands throughout Endaraen
* 1056 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae travels into north-western Laraen with a small group of followers, and attacks the holdings of a number of local lords and merchants – freeing Vandavayr slaves and retrieving stolen artefacts
** After a fierce battle with a skilled Laraen knight, Saearra Tairath-Vae learns that some in north-western Laraen worship a spirit known as the [[Voice of the Golden Spire]], who they believe to be a divine agent of [[Schiraman]]
* 1057 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae attempts to infiltrate the [[Golden Spire]] in Laraen, hoping to learn more about the Voice that it said to inhabit it, but after a great battle she is captured by the [[Lords of the Golden Spire]], long-time allies of the Chorus of Remembrance
* 1058 NA
** Saearra Tairath-Vae is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
* 1091 NA
** War erupts between the [[Regulators]] and the Chorus of Remembrance, dividing the Silver Citadel in two
** Yniolecyr, [[Tarelcyr]], Lussul Sullus, Seraza Sonne Serrain, Saearra Tairath-Vae and Marquis Ardayne Valooor escape from the Vault of Curiosities during the fighting

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Path of Silver

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The Path of Silver is a long and winding road through the [[Solsheim Deeps]], beginning in the [[Stone Gates]] region and ending in the [[Forest of Blades]]. Since the appearance of the forest in the [[Seventh Age]], the Path of Silver has been the principle route for reaching the [[Silver Citadel]] and has been used by countless pilgrims over the centuries.

The original discoverers of the path, and its current guardians, are the [[Solsheim Wardens]] - who maintain a number of small rest-stops along its route, as well as controlling the [[Sinking Tower]] - which serves as the final gate between the path and the Citadel.

[[Category: Relics of the Silver Citadel]][[Category:Endaraen]]

Lords of the Golden Spire

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The Lords of the Golden Spire are an order of [[Laraen]] knights who worship a powerful spirit of [[Law]] known as the [[Voice of the Golden Lord]], who they believe embodies the will of [[Schiraman]] on [[Endaraen]]. This spirit is reputed to bring visions and quests to those it finds worthy, particularly within the ancient stronghold known as the [[Golden Spire]], where the order is based.

The order are long-time allies of the [[Chorus of Remembrance]], and sometimes serve as a martial counterpart to the Chorus' wizards.

[[Category: Relics of the Silver Citadel]][[Category:Endaraen]][[Category:Endaraen Factions]][[Category:Followers of Law]][[Category:Ninth Age]]

Endaraen

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Endaraen is a unusually large and varied [[Plane]] on the [[Fringes]]. Sometimes called 'the patchwork plane', Endaraen is known for its compact yet highly diverse landscapes and cultures - with borders often defined by a sudden transition from one biome to another.

Many attribute its strange nature to the warping effects of the [[Great Breach]], which struck the plane during the [[Fifth Age]], although others assert that it has always been this way and that the breach had little, if any impact. What is certainly true is that the wars between [[Law]] and [[Chaos]] that followed the breach did reach Endaraen, though the battles bought there were relatively minor and peripheral to the main campaigns.

After [[Schiraman]] returned and order was restored, life on Endaraen returned to something like normal - but during the [[Sixth Age]] [[Jurakell]] unexpectedly visited the plane in person and pronounced it to be irrevocably tainted by the effects of the [[Wild Sea]]. At that time the plane was partially sealed away from the rest of [[Reshomme]], meaning that travel off-plane is limited to a group of similarly condemned fringe-planes.

Although once known as a great stronghold of the [[Dunoln]], the [[Dunoln Empire|empire]] withdrew shortly before Jurakell's pronouncement - leaving the cities and artefacts that remained in the hands of a rear-guard of servitors. Legends refer to a number of Dunoln cities, including [[Yanlyrleas]], [[Nayrilleas]] and [[Olnaleas]], though all have either been lost or destroyed in the centuries since their abandonment.

During the [[Seventh Age]] the plane suffered from a series of devastating wars and natural disasters and ever since, it has been common for cultures on the plane to adopt a bleak and fatalistic tone - with the plane's likely dissolution into the raw Chaos of the Wild Sea a popular theme. Though this process is a slow one, the plane remains in constant flux and few doubt that its final end must be soon. Apocalyptic cults, such as the [[Chorus of Remembrance]] are widespread and powerful - as are sects dedicated specifically to Law or Chaos - such as the [[Lords of the Golden Spire]] or [[Fate's Welcome Embrace]].

[[Category:Relics of the Silver Citadel]][[Category:Endaraen]][[Category:Planes]][[Category:Fringes]]

Hellani

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"''But when the child was born, her eyes held compassion that the father had never known. Though she grew to be as great a warrior as he, she would never wield a weapon, save in the defence of others.''"

Hellani is the [[God]]dess of Protection, Healing and Compassion.

The daughter of [[Schiraman]] and [[Leyanna]], an [[Amma]] woman killed during the rage of [[Alas]]. Although her father sought to confront Alas over the death of his lover, Hellani persuaded him that enough blood had been spilt already that day. This decision, to embrace forgiveness over vengeance - even in the face of such a loss - is considered a basic foundation of the worship of Hellani and is something that her followers do their best to emulate.

Hellani tries to remain neutral in the affairs of gods and men, preferring to stop wars rather than start them. Although she has fought in several campaigns in her long lifetime she has never taken a life and has always fought to defend those weaker than herself.

She appears as an attractive woman with copper-coloured hair, bearing a great bronze shield. Her shield is said to have been forged for her as gift by [[Yndataraen]], and the fact that she continues to bear it despite his subsequent betrayal of her father is a sign of her forgiveness. Her symbol is the Healing Hand; a hand held palm-outwards with fingers spread wide. Her followers adhere to the [[Code of Hellani]].

Hellani is a powerful and widely worshipped god; notable followers include the [[Royal Order of the Hawk]] in [[Mantoni]], The [[Church of the Guardians]] in [[Marland]] and the [[High Temple of Hellani]] in [[Thalas]].

[[Category:Gods]][[Category:Hellani]]

Royal Order of the Lion

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Perhaps the most powerful of the twelve [[Mantoni]]an [[Royal Orders]]; the Lion follow [[Schiraman]], the [[God]] of Law. As befits their patron deity, the Lion place special emphasis on efforts to combat crime and treachery within Mantoni. They are strongly allied with [[Royal Order of the Hawk|Hawk]] and the [[Royal Order of the Unicorn|Unicorn]], but are often at odds with those orders who prefer to employ stealth and subtlety - such as the [[Royal Order of the Viper|Viper]].

Unlike many other orders, the Lion maintain extremely strong ties with followers of their God throughout [[Amethgare]], and often dispatch their [[Warrior Adventurer|warriors]] to assist in law-enforcement in allied nations; especially [[Antalon]], [[Berellion]] and the [[Fortress States]]. Not only does this system help to strengthen ties between Mantoni and its allies, this also gives the Lion a great deal of information and influence that it can use to its advantage - and helps ensure that the Lion is perceived as the leading order by other nations.

In wartime the Lion specialises in heavy infantry and its troops often form the heart of Mantonian assaults against enemy strongholds. In addition they are sometimes able to call in favours with their brethren orders in allied nations and field other Schiraman-worshipping troops alongside their own - such as the Antalonian [[Lawkeepers]] or the [[Avatar]] of Schiraman, [[Lady Faelenkeen]].

[[Category:Mantonian Royal Orders|Lion, Royal Order of]]
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[[Category:Followers of Schiraman]]
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Iasunti

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An order of warrior-priests who worship the [[Angel]] [[Iasakell]]. The Iasunti are dedicated to cleansing [[Reshomme]] of [[Chaos]] and are renowned for their ruthless pursuit of this goal. Although the main Iasunti monasteries are located on the [[Plane|plane]]s of [[Jhustusan]] and [[Dijhal]], they maintain smaller holdings on many planes in the [[Fringes]].

The order is famous for its skill in tracking and slaying those who have been tainted by Chaos and is also notable for its considerable knowledge of [[Divination]] as well as the elemental magics of [[Light Magic|Light]] and [[Dark Magic|Darkness]]. They follow a strict [[Code of the Iasunti|code of honour]].

The Iasunti wear a symbol known as The Third Eye: a black circlet emblazoned with a single, golden eye.

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Iasakell

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"''Then her gaze fell upon him, bright and terrible, and he found that he could speak falsehood no longer.''"

Fate of the Azure Order, from the Books of Shadow's Fall

The [[Angel]] of the Third Eye, also known as the Bright Huntress: Iasakell served as a trusted agent of [[Schiraman]] before their arrival at [[Reshomme]]. However, after the destruction of [[Sas'Trankha]] towards the end of the [[Sixth Age]] she partially abandoned his teachings - coming to believe that upholding truth and destroying those tainted by [[Chaos]] was more important than the principle of Law.

Although she typically keeps a low profile, Iasakell is active throughout the [[Fringes]] hunting those who are corrupted by Chaos or who thrive by concealing the truth. Unlike Schiraman himself, she is not always concerned with upholding or even obeying the law of the lands that she visits, instead doing what she believes she must to eliminate Chaos and corruption. As a result she occasionally finds herself in conflict with her former master or his servants and has fought with [[Jurakell]] on more than one occasion.

Iasakell has little following on the [[Core Plane|Core]] or [[Central Planes]], though several planes of the Fringes, most notably her old home of [[Jhustusan]], owe her allegiance. Her most active followers are known as the [[Iasunti]], a small but fairly widespread order of chaos-hunting warrior-priests.

She most often manifests as a winged [[Suthyar]] [[Humanity|human]] with long white hair and golden eyes, armed with a golden spear or bow. Some stories of her say that she can open a third eye, located in her forehead, that lets her unfailingly sense the truth - as a result many of her followers wear a symbol they call The Third Eye, consisting of a circlet decorated with a symbolic eye.

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Yndataraen

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Known as the [[Dragon]] of the Sun, Yndataraen was a hugely powerful Dragon and, unusually for one of his breed, a follower of [[Schiraman]].

During the [[Fourth Age]] he settled on [[YllnDeraSah]] in the [[Central Planes]] and together with the native [[Hanaen]] he build the gigantic city of [[DanTarAen]]. There he bred his own race of [[Golden Dragons]] to serve him, eventually using this mighty army to conquer much of the [[Plane]] in the name of Law.

When [[Jurakell]] tracked the chaos-demon [[Taikala]] to DanTarAen in the [[Fifth Age]] his investigations accidentally uncovered the true scope of Yndataraen's ambitions and revealed that he had been corrupted by the will of [[Draxos]].

Both [[Schiraman]] and [[Mithrilanda]] sent armies against Yndataraen, one led by Jurakell and the other by [[Astenoreth]], and against such might the Dragon's [[Empire of the Sun]] soon fell.

Yndataraen himself was slain by Jurakell in single combat, although the fact that the powerful [[Angel]] was forced to make use of Schiraman's [[Golden Sword]] gives an idea of how strong the great dragon had truly become.

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Jurakell

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“<i>Sometimes I hear the lost spirits calling out in anguish, ‘Why have I no home; I have done no wrong!’ and I reply ‘Yet also you have done no right; and what greater crime is there than that?’ They will not hear me though, and so they find no rest.</i>”

Jurakell, Angel of The Black Gate, Broken Path

The [[Angel]] of the [[Black Gate]]. Jurakell served as trusted lieutenant to [[Schiraman]] long before they arrived at [[Reshomme]] and remains his most loyal and powerful servant.

When the Black Gate was discovered during the [[Fourth Age]], Schiraman tasked Jurakell with guarding it - a duty that he carries out to this day. Although most of his time is spent at the gate, he has been known to entrust the task for short periods to his own servants while he performs errands elsewhere.

During the [[Fifth Age]] Jurakell led an army to assault [[DanTarAen]], stronghold of the corrupt [[Dragon]] of the Sun [[Yndataraen]]. As his troops, and [[Mithrilanda]]'s loyal dragons, battled Yndataraen's forces it was Jurakell himself who slew the Dragon of the Sun in single combat - bearing Schiraman's [[Golden Sword]].

Worshippers of Jurakell swear to follow his [[Code of Jurakell|code]].

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Category:Followers of Law

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Factions and notable individuals who consider themselves servants of [[Law]].

Solsheim Wardens

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The Solsheim Wardens are a secretive order of mystic knights dedicated to serving and defending the land and people of the [[Forest of Blades]], particularly (though not exclusively) from those aligned with [[Chaos]]. The wardens have long been allied with a variety of other factions associated with [[Law]], and have traditionally served as guardians of the [[Path of Silver]] - the subterranean road that travels beneath the [[Solsgard Mountains]] and through the [[Solsheim Deeps]] to link the [[Stone Gates]] with the [[Silver Citadel]].

The Wardens worship [[Taramis]], in his aspect as the guide of [[Schiraman]], and [[Jurakell]] - the Angel of the Black Gate.

Many of the order's recruits are drawn from the reclusive local people of the Forest of Blades, and the order is said to have unparalleled knowledge of the forest's scattered settlements and secret paths as a result.

The only known stronghold of the Wardens is the ancient fortress known as the [[Sinking Tower]], though they are rumoured to have other holdings, hidden deeper in the forest or the surrounding mountains.

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Forest of Blades

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The Forest of Blades is the name given to the dense forest of [[Bronzewood]] trees that grows all around the [[Silver Citadel]], covering the whole of what was once known as the [[Solshaem Plains]] - a hundred miles in every direction from the citadel. The tangled growth of the trees, combined with their razor-sharp thorns and leaves and the difficulty of clearing a path due to their metal-hard bark makes the forest almost impassable - especially to larger groups - and this is compounded by the relative lack of undergrowth or animal life - meaning there is little for a traveller to eat.

The origin of the forest is unclear, though it seems to have sprung up fairly suddenly during the [[Seventh Age]], and many speculate that the power of the Citadel was somehow used to deliberately foster its growth - thus providing an additional layer of defence for the arcane stronghold.

Although it is harsh and unforgiving land, there are a few settlements scattered here and there in the forest - survivors of the culture that once occupied the fertile plains. Though these people are generally secretive and retiring, it is said that the mystical warrior-order known as the [[Solsheim Wardens]] draws a significant number of its recruits from their villages.

The forest is surrounded on all sides by the [[Solsgard Mountains]], and lies atop the vast, labyrinthine caverns known as the [[Solsheim Deeps]].

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Laeanna Mantynar

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Laeanna Mantynar is a young [[Jhantyn]] woman, from the [[Crescent States|Crescent State]] of [[Vala Mantyn]]. She is the current head of the [[Mantynar]] family, and thus also the [[First Captain of Vala Mantyn]] and bearer of the [[Sword of Glass]].

Laeanna has a reputation for being flighty and troubled, and often the victim of strange coincidences and twists of fate. These are not unexpected characteristics in a Mantynar heir, however, and she is generally popular with the people of [[Mantynae]] despite (or perhaps even because of) her tendency to wander far and wide - rather than spending much time on her island home.

Like many Jhantyn from the Crescent States, Laeanna has caramel skin - though her golden-brown hair and eyes are evidence of the considerable [[Lehenyar]] influence on the Mantynar line. She is tall and well-built for a woman, and typically wears the relatively light form of mail-and-plate common to most of the Crescent States.

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Sword of Glass

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The Sword of Glass is an enchanted greatsword, seemingly forged from a single piece of highly reflective silver-brown crystal. The sword's many facets often show images of strange people, objects and places and it is said that the blade speaks to the one who wields it. Since well before the founding of [[Vala Mantyn]], the sword has been handed down through the [[Mantynar]] family line and is often thought of as a kind of badge-of-office for the [[First Captain of Vala Mantyn]].

Legend says that only a true Mantynar may wield the sword, and that it cannot be parted from its wielder either in life or death. Since the blade has been handed down for many generations, some scholars of the arcane take this to mean that the blade absorbs the spirit of its wielder when they die, thus allowing the current head of the family to carry the spirits of their ancestors with them at all times.

Although said to be powerful in battle, the Sword of Glass also has a reputation for causing its wielder to become involved in strange and often horrific events. Perhaps because of this, it is sometimes said to be a curse laid on the Mantynar family for having ventured into forbidden and enchanted lands - or perhaps even the [[Netherworld]].

The sword's current wielder is [[Laeanna Mantynar]].

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Laeanna Mantynar

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First Captain of Vala Mantyn

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The First Captain of [[Vala Mantyn]] is the nominal leader of the [[Captains of Mantynae]], the council of merchant families that rules the [[Crescent States|Crescent State]] of [[Vala Mantyn]]. The First Captain is almost always the current head of [[Mantynar]] family - and thus also the bearer of the [[Sword of Glass]].

The present First Captain is [[Laeanna Mantynar]], a young woman with a reputation for being rather flighty and peculiar - though also an accomplished adventurer - who is currently on an extended sabbatical, travelling the [[Kelrithine Federation]] and beyond.

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Category:Crescent States

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Island states that are members of the loose [[Crescent States]] alliances.

Vala Mantyn

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Vala Mantyn is a minor city-state occupying most of habitable land on the island of [[Mantynae]], and is a member of the loose local alliance known as the [[Crescent States]].

Like most of the Crescent States, the culture of Vala Mantyn is dominated by sea-trade - and its government is a republican oligarchy, ruled by a council of merchant families known as the [[Captains of Mantynae]]. For most of its history, the founding family of [[Mantynar]] has chaired this council, with the head of the house taking on the, largely honorary, position of [[First Captain of Vala Mantyn|First Captain]]. Since Mantynae is sparsely populated and relatively poor compared to its larger neighbours, the majority of the city's trade is consolidated under the [[Mantyn Trading Company]] and managed directly by the Captains.

Thanks to its mountainous terrain and treacherous coastline, Vala Mantyn has never been successfully invaded and its adventurous sailors are regarded with respect throughout the Crescent, despite the state itself being fairly insignificant.

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Mantynae

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Mantynae is the northernmost island of the extensive [[Kelva Archipelago]], and home to the [[Crescent States|Crescent State]] of [[Vala Mantyn]].

One of the smallest islands of the archipelago, extremely mountainous and known for its severe weather, Mantynae is sparsely populated and famous for its natural beauty. Though resources on the island are quite limited, its proximity to the [[Glass Coast]] provides it a steady, if unspectacular, trade in rare minerals and animal products harvested there. Thanks to frequent forays into this dangerous and unstable region, and the difficulty of navigating the wild seas around the island itself, the people of Mantynae have a reputation for being daring and hardy adventurers.

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Kelva Archipelago

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Mantynae

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Mantynae is the northernmost island of the extensive [[Kelva Archipelago]], and home to the [[Crescent States|Crescent State]] of [[Vala Mantyn]].

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Crescent States

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The Crescent States is the collective name given to the island nations of the Kelva Archipelago. The archipelago is extensive and quite widely-spaced, with the northernmost island of [[Mantynae]] close to the [[Glass Coast]], while the chain's southern extreme of [[Tamrinae]] lies close to the centre of the [[Atrakel Sea]]. Although relatively small, and often subject to severe storms, the Kelva islands are fertile and rich with life and are net exporters of food.

Cultures around the sea have long considered the islands to be key to both trade and warfare, and they have been incorporated into many different nations and alliances over their long history of settlement. Most recently, they were a key element of the old [[Atrakel Empire]], along with much of modern [[Kelrithine]], and they still have strong cultural ties to the mainland and are on friendly terms with the [[Kelrithine Federation]].

The Crescent's people are principally [[Jhantyn]] and [[Byentin]], though [[Lehenyar]] from the [[Golden Coast]] region make up a significant majority on the more southern islands.

Each island is governed as an independent state, with a variety of different systems of government - though most are some form of republic. Trade is generally considered to be the ultimate source of both money and power in the Crescent, and rich or famous merchants and explorers often serve as electors or senators.

Tensions are currently high between the Crescent and the travelling city of [[Kalora]], despite their ancient cultural ties. Kalora is presently located to the east of the islands, and has been slowly but steadily making its way across the sea for much of the last two centuries - leading to new opportunities for trade and cultural exchange, but also increased competition over valuable resources and trade routes.

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Category:Fallen States

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States that, for one reason or another, no longer exist.

Kyran Vale

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Kyran Vale was a state that briefly existed in the [[Jyrantaal]] between the fall of the [[Kingdom of Jyrankal]] and the rise of the [[Second Empire of Jyrantaal]]. As the name suggests, Kyran Vale was located in the now-dry river valley of Kyran - not far from the [[Yaraen Sea]]. The capital of Kyran Vale was [[Kyran Spire]].

Kyran Vale became an independent state when Jyrankal collapsed and split into several smaller nations after its humiliating defeat in the [[Valdarine-Jyrankal War]], but was subsequently conquered by [[Valdarine]] itself. After achieving independence once more, it voluntarily acceded to the Second Empire of Jyrantaal.

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Kyran Vale

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Kyran Vale was a state that briefly existed in the [[Jyrantaal]] between the fall of the [[Kingdom of Jyrankal]] and the rise of the [[Second Empire of Jyrantaal]]. As the name suggests, Kyran Vale was located in the now-dry river valley of Kyran - not far from the [[Yaraen Sea]]. The capital of Kyran Vale was [[Kyran Spire]].

Kyran Vale became an independent state when Jyrankal collapsed and split into several smaller nations after its humiliating defeat in the [[Valdarine-Jyrankal War]], but was subsequently conquered by [[Valdarine]] itself. After achieving independence once more, it voluntarily acceded to the [[Second Empire of Jyrantaal]].

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History of Endaraen

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A brief and incomplete history of [[Endaraen]], and certain nearby [[Plane|planes]], focusing principally on the events in the [[Ninth Age]].

• 657 EA
◦ During their invasion of southern [[Kul Raes Vae]], [[Andaen]] and [[Sildaen]] are unexpectedly swallowed by the [[Wild Sea]] – and their horrified armies are slaughtered to a man
• 1 NA
◦ [[Yniolecyr]] breaches the [[Seal of Law]] to enter the [[Condemned Planes]]
• 6 NA
◦ A [[Iasunti]] zealot hunting Yniolecyr finally catches up with him, and delivers a mortal wound
◦ Yniolecyr is reborn as a [[Jhalan]] woman
• 241 NA
◦ Yniolecyr arrives on the plane of [[Shalsayr]]
• 253 NA
◦ Yniolecyr forges an alliance with the moving city of [[Kalora]] and together they overthrow the sorcerer-king [[Narhyva Calsayr]]
• 285 NA
◦ Kalora carries Yniolecyr onward to the plane of [[Torcarwyn]]
• 299 NA
◦ Yniolecyr becomes too infirm to continue, and is reborn as a [[Sulaim]] man
• 454 NA
◦ Yniolecyr founds the [[Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding]], a [[Dunoln]]-worshipping cult in Kalora
• 462 NA
◦ [[Lussul Sullus]] are discovered by an [[Ildarine]] expedition searching the [[Dreaming Forest]] for signs of the lost Dunoln city of [[Olnaleas]], though the expedition itself seems doomed and none of its members leave the forest alive
• 487 NA
◦ Partly thanks to the subtle urging of Yniolecyr and the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding, Kalora adjusts its itinerary to include a return visit to the plane of Endaraen
• 491 NA
◦ An alliance of rivals declare cult-war on the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding
◦ Yniolecyr is assassinated and is reborn
• 548 NA
◦ During the ritual of the [[Harrowing Dream]], an aspiring [[Azansakk Dreamer]] named [[Jyraz Sonne Jyrass]] finds the remains of a lost Ildarine expedition, and recovers Lussul Sullus from their belongings
• 559 NA
◦ Jyraz Sonne Jyrass begins his [[Walking Dream]], travelling beyond the Dreaming Forest in search of new knowledge
◦ Though he arrives in Ildarine, Jyraz Sonne Jyrass is never heard from again – and Lussul Sullus are sold at an auction house there for a princely sum
• 560 NA
◦ The [[Lesser Rift]] divides [[Jyrantaal]] from the [[Plains of Silver]]
• 579 NA
◦ A [[Yaraen]] trade-magnate named [[Falidar Jeroon]] buys Lussul Sullus from the estate of a ruined Ildarine merchant-prince and installs them over the gates of his [[Menagerie of Falidar Jeroon|menagerie]]
• 585 NA
◦ The [[Valdarine-Jyrankal War]] begins
◦ Many Yaraen flee south, across the [[Yaraen Sea]] and to [[Kyran]] and beyond – including Falidar Jeroon, who relocates the surviving members of his menagerie to the safety of the [[Kyran Spire]]
• 588 NA
◦ The Valdarine-Jyrankal war ends with the [[Kingdom of Jyrankal]] acceding the [[Felspire Mountains]] and East Yaraen to [[Valdarine]]
• 608 NA
◦ Valdarine builds the [[Eternal Bastion]] in the Felspire Mountains
• 611 NA
◦ The [[Republic of Oraea]] allies with Valdarine
◦ The Republic of Oraea invades and conquers West Yaraen
• 612 NA
◦ Valdarine forces take the [[Fortress of Red Salt]] in the Yaraen Sea
• 613 NA
◦ A combined Oraean-Valdarine force takes the Kyran Spire after a short siege, shocking the Jyrankal military who had believed it untakable
◦ The armies of Jyrankal counter-attack, and are decimated at the Second Battle of Kyran Spire
• 614 NA
◦ The Kingdom of Jyrankal collapses and splits into several smaller states
• 615 NA
◦ Oraea, Valdarine and the new [[Republic of South Jyrankal]] sign the [[Highroad Accords]], officially partitioning Yaraen between the three and pledging to build and maintain a system of heavily-patrolled roads and forts through the occupied territory
• 619 NA
◦ The [[First Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
◦ The enchanted highlands known to the [[Vandavayr]] as the [[Frozen Sky]] are consumed a piece at a time by the Wild Sea
◦ Shock and horror at this event reverberates through all the surviving Vandavayr clans and becomes strongly linked with the old beliefs that the Vandavayr are bonded inextricably with the land of Kul Raes Vae and risk disaster if they ever stray beyond it
• 624 NA
◦ Yaraen rises in rebellion against Oraea and Valdarine, allegedly with support from South Jyrankal and [[Kyran Vale]]
• 626 NA
◦ The Yaraen rebellion is crushed in the [[First Highroads War]]
• 630 NA
◦ Kyran Vale is conquered by Valdarine
◦ The newly-installed [[Viceroy of Kyran Vale]] executes a number of wealthy citizens of Kyran Spire on charges of treason and takes ownership of their estates on behalf of Valdarine, amongst these holdings are the Menagerie of Falidar Jeroon and the beautiful, ancient statues that decorate its gate
• 632 NA
◦ Valdarine builds the [[Eastern Highroad]] along the [[Golden Coast]] from the Eternal Bastion to Ildarine
• 633 NA
◦ The [[Second Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
• 634 NA
◦ Kyran Vale rebels against Valdarine
• 635 NA
◦ Kyran rebels breach Kyran Spire and assassinate the Viceroy, but fail to take the stronghold itself
• 636 NA
◦ Valdarine finally quells the Kyran Vale Revolt by razing Lower Kyran and putting one fifth of its population to the sword
• 641 NA
◦ After decades of fractious in-fighting, the states of [[Jyran Vaar]] in the far south of the Jyrantaal are finally unified by the Sorceress-Queen [[Kal Yehen]]
• 642 NA
◦ Kal Yehen declares herself the heir to the ancient [[Jyrantaal Empire]], and begins an ambitious program of public works – reforging Jyran Vaar into a modern state
• 643 NA
◦ The Republic of Oraea sends a force of [[Valoor Rangers]] to negotiate with the weak king of [[Tal Vaar]] over the building of a Highroad to [[Bright Spire]]
◦ An argument during negotiations turns to bloodshed, and King [[Un Ryth]] of Tal Vaar is slain in the fighting, while the Valoor Rangers cut their way free and escape back to Oraea
◦ Oraea declares the incident a gross insult and proof that Tal Vaar’s rulers can no longer be trusted to govern its people
• 644 NA
◦ Oraea declares war on Tal Vaar and the young Queen [[Ola Ryth]] is forced to sign the Second Highroad Accords, granting Oraea the right to build and patrol a highroad through its territory, to Bright Spire and the [[Pearl Coast]]
• 648 NA
◦ Completion of the [[Pearl Highroad]] cuts off [[Kithrain]] and [[Urthrain]] from the rest of the Jyrantaal
• 649 NA
◦ Tal Vaar is conquered by Jyran Vaar, though Kal Yehen is careful to stop short of the Pearl Highroad
• 651 NA
◦ Prince [[Jan Kys]] of South Jyrankal marries Kal Yehen
◦ Tal Vaar, South Jyrankal and Jyran Vaar are officially reformed into the Jyrantaal Empire
• 652 NA
◦ Valdarine declares the formation of the Empire to be in breach of the original Highroad Accords and invades South Jyrankal
◦ Kyran Vale revolts against Valdarine and with the Spire Guard raiding to the south, rebels take the Kyran Spire and execute the Viceroy
◦ In the chaos of the rebellion, many of the riches of Kyran Spire are looted either by rebels or by fleeing Valdarine soldiers – Lussul Sullus are carried north, where they are claimed by the Governor-General of the Fortress of Red Salt
◦ The Valdarine army in South Jyrankal is crushed between the armies of the Jyrantaal Empire and the Kyran Spire and slaughtered almost to a man
• 654 NA
◦ Kyran Vale accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire
• 655 NA
◦ East Yaraen rises against Valdarine, and the local militia – weakened by sending reinforcements south to the Yaraen Sea are slaughtered
◦ With the Empire occupying Kyran Spire, and rebellion tearing through the lands to their rear, the Army of Red Salt abandons the fortress and attempts to fight its way back through Yaraen
◦ An injured officer of the Army of Red Salt carries Lussul Sullus with him back to Valdarine, where they are sold at the Grand Market in Valdarine City to pay his family debts
◦ The fighting in East Yaraen spreads to the rest of the nation, the Empire takes the Fortress of Red Salt and with it the Yaraen Sea
◦ Oraea sends the Valoor Rangers to put down the rebellion in East and West Yaraen and help its Valdarine allies stem the Imperial advance, in what becomes known as the [[Second Highroads War]]
• 659 NA
◦ The Jyrantaal Empire officially declares war on Oraea and Valdarine and invades East and West Yaraen, starting the [[Third Highroads War]]
• 660 NA
◦ The Golden Coast rebels against Valdarine and accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire with only minimal fighting, despite desperate urging from Valdarine, Ildarine declares itself neutral in the conflict
• 661 NA
◦ Kithrain accedes to the Jyrantaal Empire and attacks forts all along the Pearl Highroad in a series of lightning raids, with its forces heavily engaged in Yaraen, Oraea is forced to concede the battle
◦ Bright Shard declares an alliance with the Jyrantaal Empire
◦ The Third Highroads War ends in humiliating defeat for Oraea and Valdarine, and all of Yaraen joins the Jyrantaal Empire
• 663 NA
◦ The Jyrantaal Empire marches up the Pearl Highroad, destroying the last remnants of the Valoor Rangers and besieging [[Valoor]]
◦ Valdarine reneges on its alliance with Oraea and sends no assistance, preferring to fortify its own borders instead
• 664 NA
◦ The [[First Battle of Valoor]] ends in a narrow victory for Oraea, and lifts the siege
• 665 NA
◦ [[Marquis Ardayne Valoor]] travels to [[Dusk]], [[Caelescyn]] and the [[Laraen Alliance]] seeking support from Oraea’s old allies
• 666 NA
◦ Marquis Ardayne Valoor returns to Valoor and declares the [[Convocation of Stars]] – a gathering of mages and wizards from all around the Sundered Sea, including even the [[Lan'kaloran]] sorcerers of shadowy [[Lan'sarith]]
• 667 NA
◦ [[Malora]], on the border between Oraea and Yaraen, falls to the Imperial advance and Oraea is forced to redeploy the bulk of its forces to the east – leaving Valoor vulnerable once more
◦ At the [[Second Battle of Valoor]], the Convocation of Stars unleashes the great ritual it has been working on and a tide of star-fire descends from the heavens to engulf the Imperial army – devastating it utterly
◦ [[Valoorian Starfire|Star-fire]] continues to burn all around Valoor and cannot be extinguished
• 668 NA
◦ The Valoorian Starfire spreads into both Jyrantaal and Oraea, destroying everything it touches and forcing both sides to agree to a hasty truce
• 669 NA
◦ The Starfire spreads into Tal Vaar and Kithrain and devastates them both, but eventually burns itself out
◦ The Starfire burns through Western Yaraen and reaches the Yaraen Sea – turning the shallow sea into a parched salt-flat, but is extinguished in the process
• 670 NA
◦ The Starfire reaches [[Oraan]] itself, and the capital of Oraea burns
◦ Panic and civil war engulf Oraea and all who can flee across the Sundered Sea to Dusk, Caelescyn and [[Laraen]]
• 671 NA
◦ Rather than dying away, the Starfire in Oraea grows ever more vicious – devouring much of the land and spawning terrible monsters that stalk the surviving people
◦ The last vestiges of Oraean government collapse completely, shattering the once-great nation into a scattering of desperate, fortified enclaves
• 674 NA
◦ The Empress Kal Yehen leads a great army in the Felspire Mountains, routing the Valdarine army and destroying every settlement short of the Eternal Bastion itself
• 675 NA
◦ Kal Yehen leads three assaults against the Eternal Bastion, each one rebuffed, and on the third attempt she herself is slain
• 676 NA
◦ Valdarine and the Jyrantaal Empire settle into an uncomfortable peace
• 678 NA
◦ The [[Third Great Drought]] strikes Jyrantaal
• 682 NA
◦ The Emperor Jan Yehen dies, though accounts differ on whether the cause is grief, sickness or Valdarine poison
◦ The new Empress, [[Tyr Yehen]] is said to suffer from bouts of madness and horrifying visions and is driven by one such episode to take pilgrimage to the Lesser Rift – where she builds herself a strange palace known as [[Rysten Taar]]
• 683 NA
◦ With the Third Great Drought still stretching on, and the Empress sequestered at Rysten Taar, the Empire begins to unravel as its component states squabble amongst themselves and its people grow increasingly restless
• 689 NA
◦ The Empire disintegrates in an abortive civil war, called short by the endless drought rather than by anything more noble
• 694 NA
◦ The once-fertile soils of Jyrantaal blow away in great clouds of dust and its people flee, starve or descend in barbarism – many believe that the Empress will yet come to save them, but no-one has seen her for over a decade
• 698 NA
◦ After decades of feuding, the Knights Masonic of the Relic Guiding are finally exterminated by their rivals
◦ Yniolecyr is assassinated and is reborn as a [[Byentin]] man
• 705 NA
◦ Tyr Yehen rides forth from Rysten Taar at last, changed almost beyond recognition by her decades of solitude and communion with the Rift – she gathers an army of the desperate and ruthless to her banner, winning their loyalty with sorcerous acts of unthinkable power
• 706 NA
◦ Tyr Yehen’s horde fights its way through the Felspire Mountains to the Eternal Bastion, though most die along the way
◦ Tyr Yehen carries out a dreadful ritual at the site of her mother’s death, infesting her followers with a horrible, arcane plague
◦ Tyr Yehen rides back to Rysten Taar alone, leaving the remnants of her army to be slaughtered by the Bastion’s defenders
◦ The plague unleashed by Tyr Yehen spreads to the defenders of the Eternal Bastion, and from there into Valdarine itself – becoming known as the [[Rock Blight]]
◦ Kalora arrives on Endaraen, through the Enclave of [[Lan'karo]]
◦ Yniolecyr slips out of the city, and sets out on a journey to the [[Silver Citadel]]
• 707 NA
◦ Rock Blight sweeps with unthinkable speed through Valdarine, killing nine-in-ten of the population and reducing the survivors to a state of barbarism almost overnight, though for some reason it never spreads beyond the borders of the state
• 708 NA
◦ After a long, slow journey through the [[Glass Coast]] and [[Daemonspyre]], Yniolecyr is ambushed in the [[Emerald Vale]] and taken captive by the [[Chorus of Remembrance]]
◦ Yniolecyr is interred in the [[Vault of Curiosities]]
• 791 NA
◦ The [[Shym]]ite crusaders known as the [[Soldiers of the Brazen Blade]] attack the ancient [[Shrine of the Burning Eye]] in the [[Lymori Wastes]] and raise it entirely
◦ [[Saearra Aesta]], a devotee of the shrine, escapes alone into the deep wastes, where she wanders for years – tormented by visions
• 795 NA
◦ Saearra Aesta emerges, scarred and mad, from the depths of the Lymori Wastes and travels into Laraen
• 796 NA
◦ [[Tairath-Vae]], [[Clandaughter]] of [[Vae]], leads a contingent of [[Unbound]] raiders in a series of small battles against the human settlements of [[Faelorn]], [[Caelora]] and [[Vyrith]] – all built on what was traditionally Vae land in Kul Raes Vae
◦ Saearra Aesta travels, mostly on foot, across the entire breadth of Laraen – doing whatever she must to survive and continue her journey, and allowing no-one to stop her
• 797 NA
◦ Tairath-Vae is ambushed by a patrol from the human city of [[Tyrn]] during a raid, and whilst badly injured manages to fight her way free
◦ One of her horns is broken during the fighting, and she refuses to have it healed – seeing it as a badge of honour
◦ Saearra Aesta arrives at the ruined citadel of [[Frosthold]] in Kul Raes Vae, and after communing with the land there, travels onward – out of the human settlements and towards the heart of Vae territory
• 798 NA
◦ Tairath-Vae leads a raid past the established human settlements in Kul Raes Vae, and all the way into the north-western edge of Laraen – where she slays several minor lords
◦ Though she is severely reprimanded by the [[Clanmother]] and [[Storm Council]], she gains great notoriety amongst the young Vae and particularly with the other Unbound
◦ Saearra Aesta fights her way to [[Naes Irvaer]] – led there by a series of visions – but the caves are holy to the Vandavayr and heavily guarded, and she is overwhelmed by warriors of the Storm Council
◦ The Storm Council, learning Saearra’s story through a mixture of interrogation and divination, come to believe that she is holy and imprison her rather than killing her – until a good use for her can be found
• 797 NA
◦ [[Ranyth-Vae]], Clanmother of Vae and mother to Tairath-Vae, dies suddenly from a sickness
◦ Tairath-Vae is summoned by the Storm Council to perform the rite of [[Homecoming]] – and is pitted against a mad human priestess, Saearra Aesta in a sacred duel
◦ Saearra and Tairath-Vae slay one another, and after a number of strange portents the Vae come to believe the two souls are intertwined – leading to both being buried with high honours in the sacred ice-caves of Naes Irvaer
◦ With the Vae line at an end, the shamans of the Storm Council assume leadership of the Vae clan
• 804 NA
◦ [[Eldora Dandaryne]], in his seminal work [[Tides of the Sundered Sea]], describes what was once Oraea as the [[Burning Hills]] and what was Valdarine as the [[Shard Lands]] and both names quickly gain acceptance through Anlaraes and [[Kelrithine]] and later the rest of Endaraen
• 816 NA
◦ Scavengers braving the Shard Lands find Lussul Sullus amongst the ruins of [[Valdarine City]] and carry them north into the [[Saltlands]] of southern Kelrithine
◦ Adventurous merchants from Ildarine and the [[Crescent States]] bring home stories of encountering Marquis Ardayne Valooor while travelling the [[Jyrantaal Highroads]] – surely a revenant most unholy
• 818 NA
◦ Lussul Sullus are bought by agents of the Chorus of Remembrance in a [[Keltan]] bazaar and delivered to [[Storm-Song Cathedral]] in the [[Lymori Gulf]]
• 819 NA
◦ Duchess [[Shyran Laroos]] of Dusk sends messengers to the Jyrantaal Highroads, inviting the spectre of the Marquis Valooor to the masked ball in honour of her coronation, creating much amusement in polite circles – followed by utter horror when the Marquis duly attends
◦ [[Gill Plague]] ravages the Saltlands and the Federation Army is forced to briefly quarantine the city of Keltan to prevent the disease spreading to the rest of Kelrithine
• 821 NA
◦ The Marquis Valoor, seemingly much charmed the Duchess Laroos, lingers on in Dusk – bringing macabre visitors from far and wide, including members of the Chorus of Remembrance who are only too glad to take the awkwardly undead noble off her hands
• 822 NA
◦ Marquis Ardayne Valooor is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
• 847 NA
◦ The Cathedral of Storm-Song is raised in the [[Second Battle of Lymori Gulf]], during the [[Laraen-Kelrithine War]]
◦ Seeing that the cathedral is no longer safe, the Chorus of Remembrance relocate the remaining relics of Storm-Song to the Vault of Curiosities – including Lussul Sullus
• 972 NA
◦ [[Seraza Sonne Serrain]], an Azansakk Dreamer, arrives in Ildarine – keen to learn the fate of his predecessor Jyraz Sonne Jyrass, who visited here centuries ago
◦ Instead he learns that, in his short absence, the Dreaming Forest has been swallowed by the Wild Sea
• 975 NA
◦ Wandering aimlessly on the Jyrantaal Highroads, Seraza Sonne Serrain stumbles onto a part of the [[Shadow Roads]] and vanishes inside
◦ Seraza Sonne Serrain arrives in [[Haze]], but stays only long enough to trade for supplies before returning to the Shadow Roads
• 976 NA
◦ Seraza Sonne Serrain makes three more journeys through the Shadow Roads, briefly visiting Rysten Taar, Bright Spire and Tal Vaar but never finding what he seeks
• 977 NA
◦ Seraza Sonne Serrain encounters wizards of the Chorus of Remembrance inside the Shadow Roads, and is captured after a short battle
◦ Seraza Sonne Serrain is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
• 1043 NA
◦ The [[Knights Sorcerous of the Spirit Awakening]] conduct a great ritual at the sacred caves of Naes Irvaer in Kul Raes Vae, and resurrect [[Kul-Vae]] – the founder of the Vae clan – and her entire line
◦ Bound together in the legends of the Vae for centuries, Saearra Aesta and Tairath-Vae are reborn as a single, combined soul capable of switching between two bodies. She takes the name [[Saearra Tairath-Vae]]
◦ Rather than dealing with the Awakeners, Kul-Vae exiles them – and slays those amongst the Storm Council who enabled their plans
• 1044 NA
◦ Kul-Vae declares herself Clanmother of Vae and sends her line – her [[Hundred Daughters of Kul-Vae|hundred daughters]], as they are known – out to secure the Vae lands and raise an army for the coming crusade
• 1045 NA
◦ Kul-Vae declares the [[War of Second Blood]] – a crusade to drive all outsiders from the northern part of Kul Raes Vae
◦ Kul-Vae marches on the Byentin colony of Faelorn in north-west Kul Raes Vae, and eradicates it almost overnight in a series of surprise attacks
◦ Survivors from Faelorn are systematically driven into the [[Blood Marsh]] and are never heard from again
• 1046 NA
◦ The city of Tyrn, the oldest and strongest of the Laraen settlements in Kul Raes Vae sends its army out to fight the Vae, and wins several decisive battles – killing three of the daughters of Vae
◦ The Vae counter-attack Tyrn, but are repelled with significant losses
◦ Kul-Vae leads an expedition into the southern edge of the [[Shadow Spires]], there several more of her daughters die – but she uses their cairns to forge an enchanted path through the spires, allowing the Vae to silently flank Tyrn forces
• 1047 NA
◦ Saearra Tairath-Vae leads a series of diversionary raids against the settlements of Caelora and Vyrith, drawing the Tyrn army away from home in a fruitless attempt to engage her
◦ Kul-Vae leads the main Vae force along the [[Daughters’ Path]] through the Shadow Spires, and attacks Tyrn by surprise – overwhelming the remaining defenders before they realise the threat
◦ Cut off from home, Tyrn’s army fights desperately to win through the to remaining settlements in north-eastern Kul Raes Vae, and despite heavy losses is successful in reinforcing the defenders there
◦ Tyrn is eradicated, and its people driven into the Shadow Spires
◦ Having taken heavy losses in the Tyrn campaign, the Vae pause to consolidate their holdings in northern-western Kul Raes Vae
• 1048 NA
◦ In response to the war in Kul Raes Vae, the Laraen Alliance raises the [[Army of the Western Reach]] – a strong and well-equipped force of veterans from previous campaigns there
◦ The Army of the Western Reach makes the ruined [[Anlaraes]] citadel of Frosthold its base, and sets about rebuilding it and transforming it into a modern fortress
• 1049 NA
◦ With Frosthold secure, the Army of the Western Reach joins up with the [[Tyrn Exiles]] and begins building up a network for strongholds all throughout the north-eastern part of Kul Raes Vae in order to defend the Laraen and Kylorn settlements there
• 1051 NA
◦ Though the Army of the Western Reach is better armed and has greater numbers and organisation, the Vae’s knowledge of the land allows them to fight a highly successful guerrilla war against them – inflicting significant losses on the outsiders for every Vandavayr that falls
• 1053 NA
◦ The Vae surround Frosthold and start to besiege it
◦ Seven of the daughters of Kul-Vae are slain while leading attacks against Frosthold, and Kul-Vae uses their cairns to build a spirit-wall around the fortress, preventing anyone from leaving and any relief from reaching it
• 1054 NA
◦ Frosthold finally falls to the daughters of Kul-Vae, though by the end of the great battle only Kul-Vae and Saearra Tairath-Vae remain of the hundred-and-one members of the Vae line
◦ The remaining Laraen Alliance forces withdraw permanently from Kul Raes Vae, concluding the War of Second Blood
• 1055 NA
◦ Kul-Vae sends Saearra Tairath-Vae on a quest to seek out and stop whatever is responsible for the deterioration of Kul Raes Vae and other lands throughout Endaraen
• 1056 NA
◦ Saearra Tairath-Vae travels into north-western Laraen with a small group of followers, and attacks the holdings of a number of local lords and merchants – freeing Vandavayr slaves and retrieving stolen artefacts
◦ After a fierce battle with a skilled Laraen knight, Saearra Tairath-Vae learns that some in north-western Laraen worship a spirit known as the [[Voice of the Golden Spire]], who they believe to be a divine agent of [[Schiraman]]
• 1057 NA
◦ Saearra Tairath-Vae attempts to infiltrate the [[Golden Spire]] in Laraen, hoping to learn more about the Voice that it said to inhabit it, but after a great battle she is captured by the [[Lords of the Golden Spire]], long-time allies of the Chorus of Remembrance
• 1058 NA
◦ Saearra Tairath-Vae is interred at the Vault of Curiosities
• 1091 NA
◦ War erupts between the [[Regulators]] and the Chorus of Remembrance, dividing the Silver Citadel in two
◦ Yniolecyr, [[Tarelcyr]], Lussul Sullus, Seraza Sonne Serrain, Saearra Tairath-Vae and Marquis Ardayne Valooor escape from the Vault of Curiosities during the fighting

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Category:Jyrantaal States

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States that once existed within the region known as the [[Jyrantaal]] in southern [[Endaraen]].

Jyrantaal

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Jyrantaal, or The Jyrantaal, is a large area of southern [[Endaraen]] that was once home to a number of [[:Category:Jyrantaal States|states]], but is now notable for being the largest desert on the [[Plane|plane]].

Earlier in the [[Ninth Age]], Jyrantaal was struck by three [[Great Droughts|devastating droughts]] which transformed what was once a landscape of rich grasslands into a dusty and almost lifeless land of salt-pans, dunes and arid hills.

In modern times the Jyrantaal can be broadly divided into two regions - the [[Jyrantaal Highroads]] and the [[Deep Jyrantaal]].

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Category:Lands of Endaraen

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Jyrantaal

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Jyrantaal, or The Jyrantaal, is a large area of southern [[Endaraen]] that was once home to a number of [[Jyrantaal States|states]], but is now notable for being the largest desert on the [[Plane|plane]].

Earlier in the [[Ninth Age]], Jyrantaal was struck by three [[Great Droughts|devastating droughts]] which transformed what was once a landscape of rich grasslands into a dusty and almost lifeless land of salt-pans, dunes and arid hills.

In modern times the Jyrantaal can be broadly divided into two regions - the [[Jyrantaal Highroads]] and the [[Deep Jyrantaal]].

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Valdarite

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'''Valdarite''' may refer to:

==Culture==
[[Valdarite (culture)]]

==Language==
[[Valdarite (language)]]

Valdarite (culture)

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A culture of [[Lehenyar]] [[Humanity|humans]] that originated in the city of [[Valdarine City|Valdarine]] on the [[Plane|plane]] of [[Endaraen]]. Although originally an offshoot of the [[Jyrantaal]] states of [[Yaraen]] and [[Jyrankal]], the early Valdarites adopted many aspects of [[Anlaraes]] and [[Oraea]]n culture and have traditionally been known as a dynamic, ambitious and often warlike people.

With the fall of the [[Valdarine|Valdarine state]] after the [[Rock Blight]], the principle example of true Valdarite culture is now the Golden City of [[Ildarine]]. Though most of those who still eek out a living in the unforgiving [[Shard Lands]] are also of Valdarite descent.

The principal language of Valdarite culture is known simply as [[Valdarite Language|Valdarite]], although [[Yaraen Common]] sees frequent use amongst the less educated or when dealing with outsiders.

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Valdarite

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Valdarite (language)

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Valdarite is a sophisticated and expressive language, used principally by the [[Valdarite|culture of the same name]]. It has its roots in a fusion of [[Imperial Jyrantaal]] and [[High Oraean]], and as such is also closely related to [[Yaraen Common]].

Though more than capable in other arenas, it is often said that Valdarite is a language uniquely equipped to discuss subtle gradations of power and allegiance - making it well-suited to planning military campaigns, political manoeuvring or even trade rivalries.

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Valdarite (language)

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Valdarite is a sophisticated and expressive language, used principally by the [[culture of the same name|Valdarite]]. It has its roots in a fusion of [[Imperial Jyrantaal]] and [[High Oraean]], and as such is also closely related to [[Yaraen Common]].

Though more than capable in other arenas, it is often said that Valdarite is a language uniquely equipped to discuss subtle gradations of power and allegiance - making it well-suited to planning military campaigns, political manoeuvring or even trade rivalries.

[[Category: Relics of the Silver Citadel]][[Category:Endaraen]][[Category:Endaraen Languages]]

Valdarite Language

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Valdarite (language)

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Valdarite is a sophisticated and expressive language, used principally by the culture of the same name. It has its roots in a fusion of [[Imperial Jyrantaal]] and [[High Oraean]], and as such is also closely related to [[Yaraen Common]].

Though more than capable in other arenas, it is often said that Valdarite is a language uniquely equipped to discuss subtle gradations of power and allegiance - making it well-suited to planning military campaigns, political manoeuvring or even trade rivalries.

[[Category: Relics of the Silver Citadel]][[Category:Endaraen]][[Category:Endaraen Languages]]

Valdarite (language)

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Valdarite (culture)

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Valdarite (culture)

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A culture of [[Lehenyar]] [[Humanity|humans]] that originated in the city of [[Valdarine City|Valdarine]] on the [[Plane|plane]] of [[Endaraen]]. Although originally an offshoot of the [[Jyrantaal]] states of [[Yaraen]] and [[Jyrankal]], the early Valdarites adopted many aspects of [[Anlaraes]] and [[Oraea]]n culture and have traditionally been known as a dynamic, ambitious and often warlike people.

With the fall of the [[Valdarine|Valdarine state]] after the [[Rock Blight]], the principle example of true Valdarite culture is now the Golden City of [[Ildarine]]. Though most of those who still eek out a living in the unforgiving [[Shard Lands]] are also of Valdarite descent.

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Category:Endaraen Culture

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Articles related to the various cultures common to [[Endaraen]].

Valdarite (culture)

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A culture of [[Lehenyar]] [[Humanity|humans]] that originated in the city of [[Valdarine|Valdarine City]] on the [[Plane|plane]] of [[Endaraen]]. Although originally an offshoot of the [[Jyrantaal]] states of [[Yaraen]] and [[Jyrankal]], the early Valdarites adopted many aspects of [[Anlaraes]] and [[Oraea]]n culture and have traditionally been known as a dynamic, ambitious and often warlike people.

With the fall of the [[Valdarine state|Valdarine]] after the [[Rock Blight]], the principle example of true Valdarite culture is now the Golden City of [[Ildarine]]. Though most of those who still eek out a living in the unforgiving [[Shard Lands]] are also of Valdarite descent.

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Category:Valdarite

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Articles related to the [[Valdarite]] culture of [[Endaraen]].

Category:Lehenyar

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Articles related to [[Lehenyar]] [[Humanity|humans]].

Ildarine

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Known as the Golden City, Ildarine is a large and prosperous [[Valdarite]] city at the eastern edge of the [[Golden Coast]], just to the north of the [[Plains of Silver]].

Though originally an offshoot of the warlike nation of [[Valdarine]], Ildarine has a long history of careful diplomacy - taking great pains to remain at peace with its neighbours, and relying on commerce rather than conquest to bring it wealth and power. Having remained neutral in the many wars that consumed the states of [[Jyrantaal]], [[Oraea]] and Valdarine, Ildarine has outlived them all - and thanks to the continued prosperity of the Plains of Silver it is a significant exporter of food to both the [[Crescent States]] and the [[Kelrithine Federation]] through its ports on the Golden Coast.

Ildarine's peace, stability and fabled wealth have conspired to make the city a beautiful but decadent place - noted for its ever-shifting fashions and taste in exotic arts. Its social structures are complex and shifting also, and though outright warfare is unheard of, political intrigue, organised crime and even assassination are considered simply parts of everyday life.

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Saearra Tairath-Vae

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A single soul somehow bound to two distinct bodies and able to swap between the two. [[Tairath-Vae]] is a huge, bestial [[Vandavayr]] warrior from the [[Vae]] clan of [[Kul Raes Vae]] while [[Saearra Aesta]] is a tall and striking-looking [[Jhantyn]] priestess from the [[Lymori Wastes]]. In both forms, her allegiance to [[Vellamni]] – the goddess of passion, fire and valour, is plain.

Before they were joined, her two bodies were pitted against one another in ritual combat - and during that trial both were killed. Centuries later they were resurrected by necromancers of the [[Knights Sorcerous of the Spirit Awakening]], but the spirits of the two women had become so intertwined that it was not two beings who returned from death, but a single, combined soul.

As a Jhantyn human, she has common colouration – deep brown skin and blazing red hair and eyes, but she is extremely tall and strong, especially for a woman, and looks as if she has seen her share of adventure.

As a Vandavayr, she is distinctly unusual – her long fur being deep crimson in colour instead of the normal grey or white and her eyes a matching shade. Her great horns are notched from battle, and one is broken – a mark of honour among her kind.

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Saearra Tairath-Vae

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A single soul somehow bound to two distinct bodies and able to swap between the two. [[Tairath-Vae]] is a huge, bestial [[Vandavayr]] warrior while [[Saearra Aesta]] is a tall and striking-looking [[Jhantyn]] priestess. In both forms, her allegiance to [[Vellamni]] – the goddess of passion, fire and valour, is plain.

Before they were joined, her two bodies were pitted against one another in ritual combat - and during that trial both were killed. Centuries later they were resurrected by necromancers of the [[Knights Sorcerous of the Spirit Awakening]], but the spirits of the two women had become so intertwined that it was not two beings who returned from death, but a single, combined soul.

As a Jhantyn human, she has common colouration – deep brown skin and blazing red hair and eyes, but she is extremely tall and strong, especially for a woman, and looks as if she has seen her share of adventure.

As a Vandavayr, she is distinctly unusual – her long fur being deep crimson in colour instead of the normal grey or white and her eyes a matching shade. Her great horns are notched from battle, and one is broken – a mark of honour among her kind.

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Vae

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The Vae are one of the two major [[Vandavayr]] clans that divide the huge nation of [[Kul Raes Vae]] between them.

The founder of the Vae dynasty is [[Kul-Vae]], whose twin sister [[Kul-Raes]] founded the rival [[Raes]] clan. Thanks to the necromantic interventions of the [[Knights Sorcerous of the Spirit Awakening]] the entire line of Vae matriarchs from Kul-Vae herself through the [[Hundred Daughters of Kul-Vae|hundred descendants]] of her lineage were resurrected around fifty years ago, allowing Kul-Vae to take on the role of [[Clanmother]] once more.

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