Valantia Timeline of Events



Valantian races use a calander exactly like ours, which was invented by the elves. Their year and calander is commonly used throughout the known world of Valantia.


Year Event
-15,000 Dragons rule the world. Their kind flourishes and number many. Lizardfolk race abundant as slaves to dragons.
-10,000 to -9,000 Dragons war worldwide. Much fighting between the chromatic and metallic races over territories thins their numbers as well as Lizardfolk. Overall climate change of world whipes out most prehistoric creatures.
-9,250 First elvish tribes appear in the forests.
-8,900 First gnomish tribes appear in heavily wooded hills.
-8,800 First dwarvish tribes appear in the mountains.
-8,700 Giant tribes beging to appear. Those in mountains have immediate conflict with dwarves over territory.
-8,550 First halfling tribes appear in hills.
-8,500 First human tribes appear in various territories.
-8,450 First of goblinoid tribes appear in mountains, causing conflict with dwarves very shortly after over same territories.
0 First elvish kingdom, Tallashi'fel, forms when Arondor unites all tribes in The Great Forest.
200 Elves of Tallashi'fel begin to have conflicts with a green dragon, named E'teranlyxx, as they expand throughout The Great Forest.
250 to 260 Elves have first war with human barbarian hordes invading The Great Forest. Humans are pushed out, but many elves perished against over-whelming odds.
300 First gnomish kingdom, Cvirheblen, forms when Mica unites all tribes in heavily wooded foothills of the Ironback mountains, north east of The Great Forest.
315 to 350 Elves again war with human barbarian hordes invading The Great Forest. This time elves have yet to replenish their numbers from previous war due to slow reproduction, and lose badly. Elves flee westward, deep into The Great Forest.
400 First dwarvish kingdom, Kordredon, forms when Dargath unites all the clans in the Ironback Mountains.
450 Halflings tribes unite and form The Shire in the hills south of The Great Forest, under the leadership of mayor Brandywine.
500 First human kingdom, Airitor, forms when Davion unites the barbarian tribes in eastern half of what used to be The Great Forest.
1190 Plague spreads across Airitor. Church of Mane saves many lives and is given land deep in the south eastern unsettled part of the kingdom as a reward. The church starts constuction on a citidel there named "Mane's Keep".
1193 Mane's Keep is finished.
1194 to 1205 War of Kordredon. Goblinoid forces led by a red dragon dubbed "Cruel Trick" by the dwarves, wage war deep in the mountains against the dwarves for their citidel. During this war, the dwarves forge a powerful weapon, "The Maelstrom", to use against the dragon who led the attack. The sword was named after the human knight commander Sir Ulric uth Maelstrom, of the Airtorian allies aiding the dwarves for which it was given too.. Ulric is killed in the siege and his famous great sword was given to his 10 year old son, Elric. After an 11 year war against the army of the red dragon,the dwarf kingdom fell. The surviving dwarves are scattered, with most fleeing to Airitor and Cvirheblen.
1225 Sir Elric Maelstrom after a long stint of service to the king, is given the title of Baron and granted land in the eastern, unsettled half of the kingdom of Airitor.
1230 Maelstrom Castle is finished and the settlements of Porland and Homested are booming.
1234 A wizard of some reknown, named Dracard, is granted land north of the Maelstrom Barony. Dracard names his land The Provence of Billington, and starts a small settlement there.
1245 Baron Elric Maelstrom and his knight retainers die defending the town of Homested against the red dragon dubbed "Cruel Trick". Elric's oldest son inherits his land and title.
1252 Current year.




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