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4,997     Dwarven Settlement

A balloon carrying dwarves on an exploration trip crash lands on Teras Isle. The dwarves form the settlement known as Kharam Dzu.

4,992    Forest Gnomes

A compound of Wendwillow gnomes camping on an island at the confluence of three rivers in the lake country northwest of Ta'Nalfein is lost to a rushing deluge. The few survivors who make their way back upriver vow never to place themselves at the mercy of more powerful forces again. They name the island (and, later, their bloodline) Angstholm, fortify it with a wondrous array of traps and other mechanisms of defense, and disappear from history. It is rumored that Angstholm gnomes have built fortress compounds on other similarly located islands.

4,953     Turamzzyrian Empire

The Horned Cabal appears in the Southron Wastes.

4,941     Half-Krolvin

More adventurous half-krolvin, ranging further and further a field, discover the raids the Krolvin of Glaeveln have staged on the Empire and the existence of the few half-krolvin from that encounter. The half-krolvin scouts retreat and advise their fellows not to venture out of the mountains because those with krolvin blood are greeted with violence.

4,926     Turamzzyrian Empire

The Krolvin first attack the Human Empire. The brunt of the attack is borne at Wehnimer's Landing.

4,892     Turamzzyrian Empire

Kezmon Isle is lost

4,873     Turamzzyrian Empire

The outpost of Wehnimer's Landing is established by Rone Wehnimer

4,841     Turamzzyrian Empire

Third Elven War between the Turamzzyrian Empire and the Faendryl nation.

4,771     Turamzzyrian Empire

Second Elven War between the Turamzzyrian Empire and the Nalfein nation.

4,709     Erithian Empire

Temple of Wisdom in Eloth-Ra completed and dedicated in a millennial celebration of the arrival of the Erithi race on Elanthia. [Year 1000 Erithian]

4,694     Turamzzyrian Empire

Completion of the Rysus Codex, heralding the beginning of the Turamzzyrian Empire's transformation into a feudalistic society.

4,634     Burghal Gnomes

A secret cult of Eorgina arises within the Nylem, their worship of the dark queen at odds with the neutral trickster-ism of the bloodline. A brief but bloody struggle for power ends with the Eorgina faction separating from the rest. They adopt the mocking nickname bestowed by their cousins-Vylem-as sign of the purity of their devotion.

4,605 to 4,610     Turamzzyrian Empire

First Elven War between the Turamzzyrian Empire and the Nalfein nation.

4,565     Turamzzyrian Empire

Toullaire is destroyed in a great catastrophe, creating the Wizardwaste.

4,467     Forest Gnomes

A group of Wendwillows living in the forests outside of Ta'Vaalor, admiring the warrior tradition of the elves and resentful of their own weakness, turns to the worship of V'Tull. Under these twin influences they develop the first (and only) warrior tradition among the gnomes, often engaging in gladiatorial combat with fearsome beasts of the forest. This group rejects their origins in the "spineless" Wendwillow line to form Bloodline Felcour.

4,408     Half-Krolvin

The beginning of the half-krolvin population has outgrown the space available on Krint. They sail from the island and establish an outpost in the glacial mountains north of Icemule Trace.

4,278     Turamzzyrian Empire

Coronation of Selantha Anodheles as the first Empress of the Turamzzyrian Empire.

4,2097     Erithian Empire

System of matriarchal town government standardized and officially established in Erithian lands.

4,120     Burghal Gnomes

Danail Nylem is exiled from the Withycombe for violating -- and mocking -- the now centuries-old period of official mourning for the collapse of the Kannalan Empire. More than a quarter of the bloodline admires Nylem's transgressive humor, and they accompany his departure to form a new bloodline.

4,081     Half-Krolvin

Krintaur's half-krolvin breeding program is discovered and he and his household are forced to flee the Isle of Glaeveln. They escape by water and establish a new home to the southeast on a small island they called Krint.

4,045     Human Settlement

Founding of Voln’s first monastery by Manor Lord Fasthr K’Tafali near Kedshold, a surviving city of the former Kannalan Empire.