Timeline of Ptolus
BE = Before the Empire of Tarsis
IA = Imperial Age
- 350 BE The dwarves of Dwarvenhearth observe that someone has moved onto the Spire near their city and has begun building a fortress. Their spies reveal it to be Ghul—the Half God, the Skull-King—who claims to be the son of Eslathagos Malkith, an evil lord from the distant past. Ghul calls his fortress Goth Gulgamel and builds it by the labor of orcs he created (the Toruk-Rul tribe, whose name means “closing fist”).
- 319 BE Ghul’s forces drive the dwarves from Dwarvenhearth.
- 292 BE The Skull-King begins the Ghulwar, an invasion to conquer the surrounding lands. His forces include Toruk-Rul orcs, dark elves, tribes of evil men and dwarves, and monsters.
- 291 BE Palastan falls to Ghul.
- 290 BE The Sea Kingdoms fall to Ghul.
- 289 BE Eastern Rhoth falls to Ghul, cutting off Cherubar to the far west from the rest of the continent.
- 288 BE Ghul conjures forth a vast magical darkness called the Utterdark, which covers the lands he has conquered.
- 285 BE The elves of the northern Moonsilver Forest fall to Ghul. They are taken to Goth Gulgamel and filter out again slowly as the Harrow elves—the blighted ones.
- 282 BE The Elder Elves of Theridae stop the advance of Ghul’s armies near the River Tonam.
- 281 BE The Cold Quiet begins. Few pass into or out of the Utterdark.
- 152 BE The Cold Quiet ends. The armies of Ghul issue forth from the Utterdark, composed of Toruk-Rul orcs, the even mightier Sorn-Ulth orcs (whose name means “bleeding breath”), ogres, trolls, giants, undead, and other monsters.
- 150 BE The Elder Elves, now allied with the Stonelost dwarves (descended from those who fled Dwarvenhearth), drive back Ghul’s armies.
- 87 BE The elven wizard Khelaeson banishes the Utterdark.
- 86 BE The elves and dwarves invade the realm of Ghul.
- 85 BE The invaders take back the Moonsilver Forest and most of Palastan from Ghul.
- 84 BE Ghul calls forth the Squirming Horde, also known as the Shrieking Horde, and defeats the elves and dwarves. The horde, composed mainly of minor demons, lycanthropes, fiendish monsters, and incorporeal undead, follows the Elder Elves back to their homeland of Theridae and razes it.
- 71 BE The Stonelost dwarves, Shoal elves, halflings, and gnomes forge the Pact of Brightfather’s Day with eastern forces— the Grailwarden dwarves and the Prustan humans of Tarsis—to ally against Ghul. They also gain allies from among the aram and the Cherubim elves, as well as a few select individuals - giants, unicorns, lammasu, and others.
- 61 BE The dark hordes of Ghul, weakened from a battle with an unknown foe, fall to the combined forces of the Brightfather Pact, bringing an end to the Ghulwar.
- 59 BE Goth Gulgamel falls in the harrying that follows the war. Ghul flees to a mysterious place known only as Orr.
- 55 BE The Great Seven—Uthegos (a dwarf fighter), Saerth (an elf wizard-rogue), Runshallot (a human cleric), Yllistro (a half-elf sorcerer-ranger), Kam (a halfling monk), Dionys (a human fighter-druid), and Eriskal (an elf rogue)—hunt down Ghul and destroy him in Orr.
- 50 BE With help from Tarsis, the people of the once dark lands begin to rebuild.
- 43 BE Construction of Dalenguard, a fortress the dwarves built for the Tarsisans, begins near the Spire.
- 41 BE Tarsisan outposts and garrisons dot the landscape, providing security and maintenance on the roads.
- 40 BE Construction of Dalenguard completed.
- 9 BE Delian Von Tessel becomes ruler of Tarsis. He christens his seat of power “the Lion-Guarded Throne” after his family symbol.
- 1 IA The Lion-Guarded Throne proclaims Imperial control over the lands around it. The Age of the Empire of Tarsis begins.
- 110 IA Despite magical aids, Delian Von Tessel, first Emperor of the Lion-Guarded Throne, dies.
- 386 IA Following the assassination of her husband, Empress Addares (Von Tessel) X makes it illegal to own a firearm without an official Imperial dispensation.
- 413 IA Ptolus—named after fragmentary facts from the distant past discovered by the loremaster Gerris Hin—is founded as asmall port city on the edge of a large bay off the Whitewind Sea. It is built near the fortress of Dalenguard and eventually will encompass it.
- c. 500 IA The demigod Raguel arrives in the world with a demonic host, seeking his divine parents. They find a home with the undead-loving Forsaken in the Dark Reliquary.
- 560 IA The Edict of Deviltry is issued, adding strict laws prohibiting arcane magic to the Vast Codex.
- 562 IA The First Inquisition terrorizes the Empire. The “Days of Blood” begin.
- 564 IA The First Inquisition ends.
- 598 IA The Second Inquisition begins, in particular looking for a group of arcanists called the Inverted Pyramid.
- 609 IA Despite tortures and horrible massacres, the Second Inquisition ends in failure. The Edict of Deviltry falls into disfavor. The “Days of Blood” end.
- 615 IA The leadership of Ptolus declares the city a safe haven for arcane spellcasters.
- 641 IA The Edict of Deviltry is officially overturned.
- 657 IA In a surprising move by the Church of Lothian, the Prince of the Church takes up permanent residence in the fairly remote city of Ptolus.
- 706 IA The Empire is in chaos, with three different people claiming the Lion-Guarded Throne. Empress Addares (Von Tessel) XXXIV attempts to move the capital to Dohrinthas, her longtime home.
- 708 IA The mysterious and ornately armored Urthon Aedar begin to appear in Ptolus, prophesying doom.
- 710 IA Tarsis is overrun by barbarians from the Eastern Hordes. Holy Emperor Rehoboth of the Church of Lothian flees to Ptolus to stay with the Prince of the Church, his son Kirian.
- 713 IA Explorers plumbing down into ancient Dwarvenhearth discover great treasures and begin bringing them to the surface.
- 714 IA The barbarians leave Tarsis. “Emperor” Segaci attempts to re-establish the Empire from its traditional capital.
- 717 IA Ptolus becomes the center of much attention as more and more would-be treasure-seekers plumb the depths below the city. Activities of so-called “chaos cults” increase. The potential for both greatness and danger has never been as intense.
- 721 IA Today. See Diario de Campanha de Ptolus
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