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Bretself the Translator
tells you,
"Well, this may be of use in our researches. This is a sort of record
or timeline, detailing the major events in the history of the Aerlinthe
port and island."
Being the Tale of Years for
the Island and Port of Aerlinthe, which kneel before the Cerulean Throne
of the Ancient and Glorious Seaborne Empire of Yalain.
RE 208: Shimena Keep
constructed on the northeast islet. Shimena guarded the northern
approaches to Ireth Lassel research colony from Pelagian sea-nomads.
RE 213: A larchess tree is
planted within the walls of Shimena Keep.
RE 221: Hearing from former
Shimena garrison troops of great riches on this island, Lord Gevran
Loritane of Elancia visits aboard his sailing skyship Tinoriel. He
discovers great mineral wealth, and magma flows of sufficient temperature
to permit the forging of mana-alloy. The enchanters Eosonn and Auriam are
crushed by a magma tube cave-in when the land quakes. Without the ability
to levitate Tinoriel, the ship returns to Glystenae over sea.
RE 222: Loritane sends
sixteen great ocean-galleons and two skyships to the island, carrying the
supplies necessary to build a mining outpost. Lord Loritane and Lady Raina
accompany the vessels in Tinoriel.
The navigation channel into
the lagoon is dredged.
Reservoir dug to collect
rainwater. All local water sources tainted with sulphur and ash. An Old
Ring, buried under ash and ejecta, is found during the digging. It is left
undisturbed, but considered a good omen.
The island is titled
Aerlinthe by Lord Loritane, a name which came to him in a dream. The
central volcano is known of old to be called Tenkarrdun, Dericost for
"Stoic Blood." The smaller peaks to the northwest and northeast
are found to have been named Cunara ("Steaming Heights") and
Ernassen ("Land Reflected"), respectively. The lagoon is dubbed
Raina's Harbor.
RE 223: Completion of the
light-towers of Weretirae and Eretirae, on either side of the navigation
channel.
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RE 225: Tenkarrdun's forges
return their first profit. Loritane and Raina return to Elancia. Lady
Raina convinces Loritane to appoint master smith Hare Aralea as governor
of Aerlinthe.
RE 230: His Most Dignified
and Serene Majesty Emperor Kellin, seventh in the Line of Alaidain, dies.
His son Delophon takes the Cerulean Throne, assuming the Imperial Name of
Caerlin ("Lord of the Deep Waters").
RE 274: The Blessing of
Aerlinthe. A gromnatross makes her aerie on the peaks of Cunara. She is
named Aurlanaa by the people of the port.
RE 313: Expansion of the
foundry; two new forges added.
RE 317: The outgassing of
noxious fumes from Ernassen forces a two-month evacuation to Ireth Lassel.
RE 323: Battle of Shimena.
Twenty Imperial chevairds and forty-four household troops of Loritane
perish while holding at bay a raiding force of five hundred Pelagic
sea-nomads, embarked in two dozen sailing vessels of war.
Battle of the Towers.
Seeking revenge for the defeat at Shimena, the Pelagian band returns and
attacks from the south. Mages under the direction of Aralea ascend the
light-towers and pour fire down upon the decks of their ships. The Coral
Golems used to keep the navigation channel clear rip the keels from their
ships. The southern attack is repulsed, though sunken vessels block the
channel for a month. A second landing to the west, near the reservoir,
results in the looting and partial razing of the port. Over one hundred
die, and many are taken captive by the sea-nomads.
RE 324: In response to the
raids, Emperor Caerlin declares the port of Aerlinthe an Imperial
anchorage and treasure port. Four war galleons and seven fast skysloops,
for scouting and messenger duty, drop anchor in Raina's Harbor. They bring
with them an additional hundred chevairds to garrison the island.
Aerlinthe is acknowledged as one of the most important sources of pyreal
in the Empire.
RE 329: The sailing
platform-city of the sea-nomads that raided Aerlinthe in 323 is tracked
and taken by the Imperial naval force. Most of the Aerlinthe captives are
found enslaved in galley oarlocks.
RE 331: The Eaulinthe
("Star-Stone") is found in the deepest crevasses of Tenkarrdun.
This large diamond contains a small amount of liquid magma, kept hot and
brightly shining through unknown magical means.
RE 340: Raina's Harbor
boils. A new fumarole opens at the bottom, heating the water to scalding
temperatures. The Imperial ships are anchored at Shimena while golems dig
a new land outlet for the gasses, then seal the fumarole.
RE 349: Memorial Stone
erected in Shimena Keep, inscribed with the names of all who died in the
Pelagic raids of 323.
RE 371: The forges begin to
produce weapons designed by Lord Atlan of Knorr. Lord Loritane takes the
finest axe, and has the Eaulinthe fixed upon its blade. With this weapon
he joins the northern army at Planae.
Loritane disappears in the
Dericost Marches, along with most of Atlan's army. Lady Raina assumes
control of Loritane's house and holdings. Hare Aralea renews his oaths of
fealty to the Lady in person, traveling to her castle in Glystenae via
fast skyship.
Lady Raina announces she
carries a child of Loritane.
RE 372: Raina gives birth
to a daughter, whom she names Clari.
RE 388: Nesortania Province
overrun by the forces of the Hopeslayer. Lady Raina takes Clari and her
household, and flees to the Imperial Archipelago.
RE 392: The city of Elancia
in Glystenae falls under shadow.
RE 426: Caerlin replaces
the galleon Minaera, last of the original Imperial patrol squadron, with
the new sailing frigate Reithyis.
RE 502: Prince Durglen
Realaidain, son of the Emperor, announces that he will take the hand of
Clari Loritane, Mistress of Aerlinthe, and walk by her side into darkness
or dawn.
RE 507 Prince Durglen joins
hands with Mistress Clari in the Iphvircae Cliffs Cathedral.
RE 567: A large colony of
mulardil are discovered in the Naarcaerel Reef by the fisher-woman
Julitaen, a poor resident of the harbor tempest floats. She is titled
mistress of the mular-pearl harvest by Hare Aralea, and hires all the
other residents of the floats.
RE 886: Ejan Aralae, son of
Hare, succeeds his father as master smith and governor of Aerlinthe.
RE 893: Emperor Caerlin is
brushed by Black Madness in battle, and becomes leprous with Ayai Heauviri.*
(* Translators note: Ayai
is Empyrean for "burning." Heauviri, literally means
"high-thought-wind." This may be the Yalain equivalent of
"soul." Based on context, which suggest disease and decay, I
would judge our closest translation of Ayai Heauviri to be "the
Soulburn Plague." - Bretslef)
RE 895: Aurlanaa leaves her
aerie on the peak of Cunara. She meets several other gromnatross south of
Aerlinthe, and they ascend, disappearing into the heavens. No gromnatross
are seen on Auberean for twenty-two years.
Severe lightning-storms and
strange glows come over the southeast waters. The population is evacuated
to the west.
Darkness falls upon the
shores of Ireth Lassel. A vast reach of Black Madness and fifteen Thorns
accompany the Hopeslayer, his generals, and their army.
Darkness defeated. The
Hopeslayer is entrapped in the mage council's array. The explosive power
released destroys the Jailne Lyceum, kills the entire council, and
shatters the array into pieces. One piece lands on Aerlinthe, but is
recovered before it can dig itself into the ground.
With the defeat of the
Hopeslayer, the Rhethis Eipoth (Era of Lore) is concluded by decree of
Emperor Caerlin. The Torethis Eipoth (Second Era of Lore) is declared.
TE 1: The population
returns to Aerlinthe, and the forges are reopened. Raina returns to
Elancia.
Elders from Ithaenc arrive
to care for Aurlanaa's abandoned childer.
Hare Aralea and his wife
Malestra return to their homeland of Elancia. Hare becomes one of Lady
Raina's counselors.
TE 2: His Most Dignified
and Serene Majesty Emperor Caerlin, eighth in the Line of Alaidain, dies
from the Soulburn Plague after six months of insanity. He is 773 years
old. His son Caerlin II ascends to the Cerulaean Throne, and Clari,
Mistress of Elancia and Aerlinthe, becomes Empress of the Thousand Seas.
Raina remains the Dowager Lady of Elancia and Aerlinthe.
TE 8: The older forges are
replaced.
TE 11: A daughter, Alhallie,
is born to Caerlin and Clari. A Festival Year is declared in Elancia and
Aerlinthe.
TE 17: The Return of Grace.
The gromnatross come down from the stars. Aurlanaa alights upon her aerie
at Cunara. She looks into the eye of Kelderam, a ward of Ithaenc since her
early 100's, and considered hopelessly mad. Kelderam is jauniril*, and
lapses into unconsciousness. When she awakens, she weeps for a full day,
and is afterwards restored in mind and spirit. In her waning years,
Kelderam led the Adjanite Order, and was renowned for her wisdom and
serenity.
(*Translator's note: By
context, "jauniril" would seem to be a verb. I have never
encountered this word before, however, and know not what it means. -
Bretslef)
TE 101: A landquake blocks
the navigation channel.
TE 218: Lady Raina dies in
her sleep, at the age of 1013. Clari becomes Lady of Elancia and Aerlinthe,
making her family's lands Imperial Provinces.
TE 275: The legendary
traveling entertainer Surinna Thrasyl stops at Aerlinthe.
TE 333: The mutilated
corpse of the missionary Lady Galaeral of Ithaenc is found off the north
shore.
TE 334: Imperial Inquisitor
Lady Alibec arrives to investigate the murder of Galaeral. She uncovers a
small group of undead hiding in the bowels of the reservoir, and destroys
them. The chamber in which they performed the deed is sealed. The origin
and motives of the undead remain unresolved.
TE 413: Empress Clari dies
in a boating accident at the age of 937. Princess Alhallie becomes Lady of
Elancia and Aerlinthe.
TE 416: Catriae Tamanea's
rogue fleet defeats the flotilla at Aerlinthe, and pillages the port. Over
twelve million pyreal coins are looted.
TE 422: Piteous screams are
heard from behind the door Inquisitor Alibec sealed in 334. It is forced
open, but the room is empty, and the scene of Galaeral's murder remains as
it was when the door was erected. Shrieks of pain and incomprehensible,
mumbling chants are occasionally heard from the room, leading workers to
whisper that the missionary's soul remains in torment at the place of her
death.
TE: 428: Princess Alhallie
visits Aerlinthe, while on her tour of the provinces. She gathers research
for a planned travelogue.
TE 450: After the census,
Emperor Caerlin announces that Tentael has a population of over one
million, most under the age of 400. Aerlinthe's population is less than
100, but nearly 1000 golems work the forges at any time.
TE 463: Massive collapse of
the Tenkarrdun forge tunnels during a landquake. Four workers are crushed,
another sixteen trapped and suffocated. The entire lower quarter of the
foundry is cut off. Shifting rock makes reopening the tunnels too risky,
and Ejan decides to build a new forge works further up the mountain.
TE 464: The new forges are
completed. Due to the distance between them and the magma flows,
production is less than half of that before the collapse.
TE 477: Princess Alhallie
joins hands with Lord Cashtal Ronain of Haebrous. Lord Cashtal's last name
is changed to Realaidain.
TE 504: His Most Dignified
and Serene Majesty Emperor Caerlin II, ninth in the Line of Alaidain, dies
at the age of 1022 years. Alhallie ascends to the Cerulean Throne, and
takes the Imperial Name of Cellaurai ("Consecrated by
Starlight").
TE 513: The Great Northern
Tempest. Mages hold off the worst of the storm for three days. The
Naarcaerel Reef is ripped apart by storm-tides.
TE 622: A Skytower arrives
at Shimena, and is used to patrol the northeast waters.
TE 664: Isin Aemil, child
of Aerlinthe, becomes an admiral of the Imperial fleet.
TE 761: With the
development of practical portal travel by Asheron, Empress Cellaurai
declares a new Era has begun. The Torethis Eipoth is concluded, and the
Hyrethis Eipoth (Third Era of Lore) begins.
HE 95: Adept Delacim
arrives at Aerlinthe and opens fixed portals to Ithaenc, Haelan, Knorr,
Nesortania, Elancia, Jalis, Aribel, Alastinae, Dernehale, Larchess, and
the works at Seral Ipharsis and Lamihaar.
HE 142: Nali Athanas
reforms the northern church.
HE 145: A new temple is
built in Aerlinthe.
HE 232: Empress Cellauri
disappears while on a tour of Haebrous, with the ultimate intention of
holding a moot with the Nali and other high dignitaries of the reformed
northern church at Aventin. The Haebrous report that her party attempted
to ascend the peaks of the Venalben Range, where gromnatross are known to
reside.
HE 233: After eighteen
months of fruitless searching for Empress Cellauri, Cashtal Realaidain is
declared Emperor. He takes the name Kellin II ("Righteous
Lord").
HE 239: The Nali relocates
from Aventin to Tentael at the invitation of Emperor Kellin.
HE 347: Fifty-six people of
Aerlinthe answer the call of Nali Valind, and participate in the
extirpation of the Adjanite heretics.
HE 348: The Rejection.
Troops returning from Valind's desecration and sack of Ithaenc climb
Cunara to seek Aurlanaa's blessing. The gromnatross slays them all on
sight, and departs Aerlinthe, never to be seen again.
HE 459: Severe landquakes
cause magma flows in the upper forge tunnels. Smiths remove to the port
while golems effect repairs. |