The history of the quarrelsome city states of Tilea is recorded in many separate chronicles, compiled over the centuries since the distant past. Such are the ancient feuds and rivalries between cities that the various chronicles freaquently contradict each other, with both sides often claiming victory in the same battle! Sometimes, when a tyrannical Prince was overthrown and a republic declared in his place, or when a mercenary warlord seized power and made himself Prince of a city, the chronicles would be 'amended' in favour of the new regime. For these reasons, Tilean history is a complicated and confusing subject to say the least. All dates are given in the Sigmarite Calendar of the Empire as is usual amongst Old World historians.
Date | Events (c -1780 to c -700) |
c -1780 | Tilean legends give this date for the destruction of the ancient city Tylos in the Blighted Marshes. |
c -1500 | The Elves abandon their colonies around the Tilean Sea and return to Ulthuan. |
Archaic Age (c -700 to 1) | |
c -700 | Elf Seafarers report Tilean shepherds grazing their flocks amid the tumbled colonnades of former Elf cities. |
Classical Age (1 to 475) | |
1 | According to legend, Tilean twins Lucan and Luccini found Luccini among the ruins of an ancient Elf city. In the following centuries, Remas, Sartosa and Tobaro arise on the ruins of former Elf colonies. |
451 | The shores of the Tilean Sea are ravaged by the combined fleets of Settra and the Dark Elves. Sartosa is destroyed. |
Tilean Dark Ages (475 to 1240) | |
475 | Orc horde invades Tilea. Many cities are sacked. |
491-978 | Tileans gradually drive the Orcs back over the Apuccini Mountains. |
1017 | Norse raiders establish a stronghold on Sartosa. |
Era of Araby Wars (1240 to 1492) | |
1240 | Sartosa invaded by Corsairs of Araby. |
1366 | Tilean mercenaries fight on both sides in the civil wars that ravage the Empire. |
1425 | Tournament of Ravola. Flower of Bretonnian chivalry beaten by Tilean knights, ending Bretonnian pretensions to domains in Tilea. |
1448 | Tilean mercenaries take part in wars to free Estalia from Sultan Jaffar. Tobaro holds out against the Sultan's army. |
1487 | Dark Elf raid on Remas. |
Age of Exploration (1492 to 2000) | |
1492 | Marco Colombo 'discovers' Lustria. |
1501 | Sartosa recaptured from Corsairs of Araby by mercenary army of Luciano Catena. |
1563-5 | Tobaro is overrun by Skaven breaking in through the catacombs. Later recaptured by the mercenary army of Meldo Marcelli. |
1699 | Ricco and Robbio trek east along the silk road and are received at the court of Emperor Wu of Cathay. |
1757 | Sartosa becomes lair of pirates. |
1812 | The Red Pox ravages Tilea. |
1877 | A pig is elected Prince of Tobaro and retains the throne for 12 years. |
1948 | Year of the Four Tyrannies of Tilea. |
Era of Enlightenment (2000 to Present) | |
2000 | A new age of art, culture and prosperity flourishes throughout Tilea. |
2012 | The inventive genius Leonardo da Miragliano enters the Emperor's service. |
2236 | Grottio paints two thousand naked nymphs on the celing of the palazzo Verezzo instead of a battle scene and is exiled to the island of Nonucci as punishment. |
2321-99 | Tilea is gripped by recurrent famines caused by plagues of mice eating the grain. Revolts result in the proclamation of republics in Remas and Verezzon. |
2401 | At the siege of Monte Castello 500 mercenaries hold out against 10,000 Orcs. |
2485 | Borgio makes himself Prince of Miragliano. |
2489 | Battle of Villa Vennia, Miragliano defeats Remas. |
2495 | Battle of Via Veddia, Miragliano defeats Verezzo. |
2497 | Battle of Vittoria Viccia, Miragliano defeats Trantio. |
2503 | Borgio of Miragliano known as 'The Besieger' murdered in his bath with a toasting fork. |
2505 | Lorenzo Lupo becomes Prince of Luccini. |
2513 | Lucretia Belladonna poisons her seventh husband, the Prince of Pavona. |
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