|
History of the Land of Five Cities
|
| 100 g.d. |
Leader brings small group from Northlands out of reach
of Tarantin and Attrice. |
| 700 |
Rise of the Empire of Sand. |
| 1600 |
Raskha Kuul leads army against giants. |
| 1630 |
Majority of giants gone, rest scattered. Fighting with
giants continues to small degree for several centuries. |
| 2600 |
Internal struggles lead to fall of the Empire of Sand. |
| 3100 |
Prosperity without emperor. Free market system. |
| 3600 |
Re-emergence of emperor. Second Empire controls all
areas south of the Great Desert. |
| 4300 |
Villagers migrate into five central locations during
lean times. Cities are walled for protection from bandit raids. |
| 4800 |
Magical discovery that greens desert plains. Time of
rich and plenty for all. Banditry all but stops. Giants tolerated more. |
| 5700 |
Overuse of magic causes magical instability, causing
dead rift to form. |
| 5760 |
People start moving into mountain villages for greener
hillsides, more water and less banditry. |
| 5830 |
Time of decadence. No trade. Famine. |
| 5920 |
Plague sweeps entire land killing large percentage
of people. |
| 6010 |
Raids from barbarian hordes of Tokiwa-Dai and the Southlands. |
| 6070 |
Tornados destroy Daghab. Rebuilt into modern trade
center. Large population growth from migrations. |
| 6160 |
Movement into giantish lands. |
| 6240 |
Skirmishes with giants over Lowland Hills and plains
continue. |
| 6330 |
Slave revolt. Many slaves killed. Harsher punishments
placed on rebellious slaves. |
| 6390 |
Magical discovery causes Great Sandstorm. Permanent,
magical barrier thought impossible to traverse. |
| 6440 |
Last great union of Walled Cities corrupted, falls. |
| 6530 |
Yak Men migrate from the Southlands into mountains.
Stake claim and gain reputation as evil and unreasonable. Take those who they don't kill as slaves. |
| 6630 |
Seer of Waru - united five cities with religion. |
| 6720 |
Holy war begins between cities. Ideological differences
between religious leaders lead to break up of the one major of Waru. |
| 6727 |
Coming of the Prophet. Prophet recognized as the true
voice of Waru on earth. |
| 6733 |
Rebellion by followers of old religions. All but defeated,
they are forced to worship in remote areas. Waru becomes one and only god of the Walled Cities and most villages
and nomadic tribes. |
| 6736 |
Thri-Kreen invasion. Number of thri-kreen match number
of human nomads in desert. Vying for power. |
| 6738 |
The Darkening. Tornados, earthquakes and great tidal
waves batter all the land. |
