History of Alarien

Earliest known example of writing, in the far south of what is now the Anorene Empire.

Founding of the Anorene Empire in the far south-west of Alarien.

Founding of Valagonzori, the Anorene Empire's original capital.

Reign of Anorene Emperor Valekhna.

War of the Gods. Zorian imprisoned in one of His Temples.

Official date of the founding of Vannharial (widely believed to be at least ten years earlier than the real date, to allow it to claim to be the oldest known settlement in Salmar).

The main Salmarian islands agree to unite to form the Kingdom of Salmar.

Founding of Navarrath.

The islands of the Shofirrn Archipelago join the Kingdom of Salmar.

Melinanders discover the well now known as Shomnakh Enkhyar. Reign of Salmarian King Atharr.

Founding of Laskeron.

Founding of Tarn Adret.

Founding of Emidon.

Small deposits of gold and large deposits of Tanshalm's Dust discovered near the mouth of the River Fargelur, near the present-day site of Molkolin.

Birth of Talfaro.

Birth of Ashuri.

Vadukh becomes Anorene Emperor.

Defeat of Zorian. Founding of the Kingdom of Centador. Talfaro and Ashuri become King and Queen, ruling jointly.

Death of Emperor Vadukh.

Founding of Molkolin.

Death of King Talfaro. Queen Ashuri continues as sole monarch.

Death of Queen Ashuri. Her son Aglodar I becomes King.

Founding of the town of Belgrin.

Death of Aglodar I. Zemil I becomes King.

Zemil I founds Kyer Altamar and declares it to be Centador's new capital.

Centadorian settlers moving east reach Amagar, largely uninhabited since the War of the Gods. Birth of Princess Aladon.

Death of Zemil I. Enlorgar I becomes King.

Founding of wizards' school at Thuren. First contact between Centadorians and Salmarians.

Death of Enlorgar I. Mekrinom I becomes King.

Sakhrem becomes Anorene Emperor.

Founding of Salthes.

Oldest surviving manuscript of The Death of Zorian.

Anorenes begin building the city of Valagontazni.

Garil and Torilor conduct experiments regarding the nature and limits of wizards' magic.

Death of Mekrinom I. Aladon becomes Queen.

Emperor Sakhrem moves the capital of the Anorene Empire from Valagonzori to Valagontazni. The political upheaval almost causes a civil war.

First Centadorian settlement on Brothnir (largely uninhabited until then).

First Centadorian settlement on Laresar (largely uninhabited until then).

Salmar orders Centador to remove settlements on Brothnir and Laresar. Centador does not.

Death of Emperor Sakhrem.

Salmar attempts to tax settlers on Brothnir and Laresar. Most refuse to pay.

Centador continues settling the islands now known as Elekor's Isles.

Birth of Prince Sathim, later Sathim I.

Founding of bank of Drakhshaf and Speph.

Death of Queen Aladon. Enlorgar II becomes King.

Birth of Prince Sathim, later Sathim II.

First publication of The Titled Families.

Death of Enlorgar II. Sathim I becomes King.

Death of Sathim I. As Prince Sathim is too young to be King, Marik, head of the Church of Mathran, serves as regent.

Beginning of the Siege of the East. Salmar attacks Centadorian settlements on Elekor's Isles and claims those islands. Salmar captures the city of Salthes and lays claim to territory within two day's journey of it.

Prince Sathim comes of age and becomes King Sathim II.

Birth of Prince Mekrinom.

Centador recaptures Salthes and surrounding territory. Over the following decades, Centador makes several attempts to recapture Brothnir and Laresar.

Birth of Prince Sathim, later King Sathim III.

Death of Sathim II. Mekrinom II becomes King.

Death of Mekrinom II. Sathim III becomes King.

Birth of Prince Tolmeth, later Tolmeth I.

Oldest known script of The Ox of Kalkarak.

Birth of Prince Elekor, later King Elekor I.

Ulvarn of Amagar publishes On Spells and the Means of Conveying Them.

Death of Sathim III. Tolmeth I becomes King.

Birth of Prince Tolmeth, later Tolmeth II.

First Battle of Losfirn Gap.

Elekor I becomes King.

Battle of Laresar. Centador sinks or captures most of the Salmarian Navy in a surprise attack.

End of the Siege of the East. Signing of the First Treaty of Pethranarr. Salmar cedes the islands now known as Elekor's Isles to Centador.

Signing of the Second Treaty of Pethranarr.

Opening of Salmarian Embassy in Kyer Altamar.

Opening of Centadorian Embassy in Vannharial.

Death of Elekor I. Tolmeth II becomes King.

Birth of Prince Zemil (later King Zemil II).

Ranak of Salthes publishes The Elements of Commerce.

Birth of Prince Enlorgar (later King Zemil III).

Death of Tolmeth II. Zemil II becomes King.

Zemil II killed at the Second Battle of Losfirn Gap. Prince Enlorgar is too young to be King, so Lord Belgrin serves as regent.

Prince Enlorgar comes of age and becomes King, taking the regnal name Zemil III to emphasise the continuity with his father's legacy.

Birth of Prince Elekor (later King Elekor III).

Death of Zemil III. Elekor II becomes King.

Publication of A Natural History of the River Aglos.

Death of Elekor II. Elekor III becomes King.

Death of Aglodar II. Mekrinom III becomes King.

Birth of Morakh. Birth of Nevgalyn (Salmar).

Marriage of Alesin and Tarinsath.

Birth of Adramal.

Death of Alesin's Lelsarin.

Death of Tarinsath.

Lelsarin enters Adramal's mind.

Founding of wizards' school at Kyturil.

Adramal becomes an apprentice.

Events of Death & Magic, Plague & Poison, Dust & Water and most of Stone & Silence.

Rest of Stone & Silence. Events of The Shortest Distance Between Two Points.