The Axe Age (for the Trow this was called the Golden Age): Pre-History all the way up to 570 HC
-the Trow ruled the world
-the dwarves and the ghôls started their war
-the Callieach fought the Trow and created the Great Devoid
-Yer-Ks was founded and flooded
-The Free Cities of the North were founded
-At some point Faceless, the Watcher and Culwyeh/Shiver #1 were all born and rose to power, of the three you believe the Faceless Man is the oldest by far (from what Finn said)
-Tireces is born
The Age of Reason: 570 HC to 430 AE
-Tireces rises and beheads the first known Leveller
-The Old Cath Bruig is founded in Ancient Llancarfan
-Moagim rises and unleashes the Myrkridia ending this age in victory for the Dark
The Wind Age: 431 to 1430 AE
-Moagim marches forth with the Myrkridia and the Watcher's undead legions
-Moagim is drawn and quartered by the Hero of the Light
-The Myrkridia overpower the hero and devour him, the Light loses the war
-Mazzarin is born
-Mazzarin founds an order of archmages to fight the Dark, he names them after an ancient order of mages, the Avatara
-Mazzarin falls to the Watcher and disappears from history
-Connacht is born
-It is likely that at some point Ravanna and Dumas are born, possibly also the Deceiver if he is not from the Wolf Age
-Connacht creates the Tain
-Connacht seals away the Myrkridia
-The Trow Empire collapses into war as the slaves rebel with covert human aid
-Connacht breaks the Trow Empire, sealing the Trow under their own melted temples
-The Leveller (called Moagim Reborn) rises to destroy the Light
-Connacht slays the Leveller and becomes Emperor of the Cath Bruig, he leads the world into a golden age
The Wolf Age: (Also known as the Age of Light): 1431 to 2430 AE
- Connacht begins this Age by destroying the Leveller with arcane fire and mixes his ashes with salt (see above)
- Myrdred joins the Avatara
- Connacht walks into the East, searching for a way to permanently break the cycles of Light and Dark
- The Lurker and Bonesplitter are born at some point in this age
- The name Balor is first whispered in the East in 2181 AE
- Balor strikes a deal with the Myrmidons, granting them immortality in twisted forms, they serve as his shock troops in the war that comes
- Balor recruits the Fallen Lords
- The Twenty Years War: The Empire splits as the Province declares independence in 2330 AE
- The Avatara split in the civil war, some supporting the King and others backing the Emperor
- A treaty is signed, the Kings of the Province swear loyalty to the Emperors of the Cath Bruig but they are also granted autonomy and full recognition by the Empire.
- Sages claim that in 2422 AE a darkness was called into the world by the Leveller, some speculate that it was in this year that Balor trapped and bound the Fetch to his cause
- Alric is born
- Alric surrenders his crown to his younger brother and walks into the East, pursuing ancient knowledge
- Balor provides support for the invasion of the Dwarven Kingdom, solidifying his alliance with the ghôls
- Balor declares war on the Cath Bruig, to ensure his success he frees the Trow and they swear fealty to him
- Balor burns Muirthemne with magical fire, the magical vapors poison the heartland of the Empire creating the Barrier
- Balor kills the Emperor and ends the Cath Bruig in 2431 AE
- The Heron Guard throw down their swords and march into exile, taking on the robes of the Journeymen as punishment for their failure
- Culwyeh and Ravanna are destroyed by Myrdred's ploy, Shiver #2 and Nine are the result
- Balor orders the Fallen Lords over the Cloudspine, they are to destroy the Province within the year
- The Forest Giants send support to the King of the Province.
- The Fallen Lords are pushed back by this coalition of men and giants and for three years (2465-67) the armies of the Province hold the Dark at bay along the Cloudspine.
- On the fourth year the Forest Giants disappear and the Dark pushes into the Province, Shiver leading them, terrible in her full power.
- Ou'Kahn and the fir'Bolg ally with King Caliban of the Province, they come too late to save the King.
- The King of the Province and his nobility ride out to meet the Fallen Lord's armies, outside of Covenant. Hundreds of heavy cavalry churn up the earth as they ride
- The Fallen Lords destroy the Royal Army and shatter the only organized military force in the Province
- Soulblighter famously declares victory, "The Light will be extinguished within the year!"
- The Dark sweeps through the south, sacking Scales (Shiver: 2467), Covenant (Soulblighter: 2468) and Tyr (The Watcher: 2471), only the capital of Madrigal remains
- The Avatara take control of what is left of the Province's military. The remaining conscript armies of the Light are not deemed enough to stop the Fallen Lords, the Nine, on Alric's advice, decide that a different approach is needed. They gather together every veteran, mercenary, poacher, trapper, smuggler and farmer they can find. These recruits are trained to operate in small numbers for deep insertion into enemy territory, they become the new fighting force of the Light, the Legion.
- the Berserks, dwarves and Skrael all reach agreements with the new leadership in the Province and commit resources toward the creation of the Legion
- 2476, the fir'Bolg King Ou'Kahn formally allies with the Nine (through Alric) and lends them the full strength of the fir'Bolg armies, fir'Bolg archers join dwarven grenadiers, Berserk and Bruig warriors and the Journeymen within the Legion. They quickly prove their worth.
- The Berserk Truan under the command of Alric raids Muirthemne and recovers some sort of 'wonder weapon' from the ruins, rumour is that it will win the war
- Rabican, one of the Nine, kills Shiver in single combat outside the walls of Madrigal
- The Legion raids Covenant to recover the Total Codex, they claim it mere hours before the Watcher arrives to secure it
- The combined 'Armies of the North' (the fir'Bolg and men of the Free Cities) cut across the north of the Province to prevent the Deceiver from crossing the Cloudspine. They are joined by Rabican and his army from Madrigal while Maeldun's army moves up from the ruins of Scales to support
- Rabican and Maeldun stop the Deceiver's massive host at Seven Gates and Bagrada respectively. The snow comes on thick and many believe that the archmages have bought the Light time to deal with the isolated Watcher, the sole Fallen Lord trapped in the West. This victory is soured by Alric's failure to return west with his soldiers, none know what has happened to the former King of the Province.
- Rumours spread that Alric has been captured by the Deceiver. A secret misson to free the avatara is undertaken by a select force of champions (from what Albrecht tells you something strange happened in the desert east of the Cloudspine but only Alric knows the full truth of it).
- The Nine order the Legion to recover the Watcher's arm at Silvermines. The Watcher marshals his host to stop the Legion as the Deceiver attempts to claim his rival's arm as well. The Legion wins out, spiriting away the arm from a pair of enraged Fallen Lords.
- Tharsis erupts and melts the snow holding back the Deciever's armies.
- The Watcher attacks Rabican, he destroys the Avatara's army and slays Rabican.
- The Watcher catches the Deceiver working against him, the two come to blows as Maeldun moves to try and defeat the Watcher
- The Legionaries carrying the Watcher's arm flee southward
- The Watcher defeats the Deceiver in single combat but Myrdred's escapes the battle, his army broken
- Maeldun secures Seven Gates, pushing the Watcher's forces to the east of the Cloudspine as the seventeenth year of the war comes to a close.
- Cu Roi and Murgen lead the Legion across the mountains, first thing in the spring. They camp at Forest Heart, hoping to entice the Forest Giants to rejoin their cause.
- They are attacked by Soulblighter and his army, currently scouring the forest for a powerful artefact.
- It is said that Soulblighter found the Tain in Forest Heart and imprisoned the Legion within it.
- Cu Roi and Murgen shatter the Tain, dying in the process
- Soulblighter (despite being the only archmage in the area and clearly outclassing his opponents) decides to flee...
...loser...
- Civil War breaks out in the west, there are many theories as to why. Henry believed (and wrote in his book) that the Nine recovered an ancient enemy of Balor's from under the ruins of Muirthemne. Henry believed (and Derry believes) that it was this archmage, known only as 'the Head' that betrayed the Nine and began the civil war. Two of the Nine fall fighting the Head and it disappears from history.
-The Deceiver regroups and attacks Maeldun at Seven Gates, the Avatara loses, suffering mortal wounds as his army is broken.
-The Watcher, still enraged, pursues Myrdred all the way to the Stair of Grief. There the Deceiver is ambushed by the remnants of Meadun's army and they cast him into the churning waters of the Dramus River. His scepter sinks to the bottom of the river and he is carried, alone, deep into the mountains.
-The Dark pours into the weakened west and Alric slips into the east to lead the Legion. The remaining two Avatara vow to buy him as much time as they can.
-A dwarven strike-force parachutes into the ruins of Myrgard and proceeds to slaughter the ghôl occupiers. They destroy Crom Cruach the physical representation of one of the great ghôlish gods. With their god 'dead' the ghôls flee and the commandos seize the capital.
- Alric leads the remaining Legionaries north in the summer of 2481.
- The Watcher and Soulblighter move to intercept, leaving Balor's other generals to finish off the Province
- The Watcher attempts to ambush the Legion in the Dire Marsh but Alric turns the Fallen Lord's trap back on him. Using arrows tipped with the Watcher's own bones the Legion petrifies him and cuts him down, breaking his power.
- July 21, 2481: Madrigal falls and the last two Avatara aside from Alric perish. The Free Cities brace themselves as Balor's armies roll, almost unopposed, into the North. Kings Albrecht and Ou'Kahn lead what is left of their people to aid Tandem. The city falls all the same and the Kings along with what is left of the human armies flee to the Ermine.
- Alric confronts Balor at the Trow fortress of Rhi'anon, 2,200 Legionaires stare down an enemy force numbering over 500,000. Mauriac commands the battle for Alric as the Avatara personally challenges the Leveller
- Alric tricks Balor, instead of dueling the Leveler, a fight the Avatara was certain to lose, Alric instead immobilizes him with an Eblis Stone and allows the Legionaries to cut him down.
- Alric sends a small party of Legionaries through a world knot to near the Great Devoid. Their mission is to cast Balor's head into the chasm and dispose of it that way.
- The Legion succeeds in disposing of Balor though they all die to do so.
- Soulblighter (despite outnumbering Alric's survivors over ten to one) decides to flee...
...LOSER...
- With the defeat of the Leveller Alric technically breaks the cycle and ushers in the next age.
The Sword Age?: 2431 to present
- Alric becomes King of the Province and starts rebuilding
- The Legion forms the basis for the Province's military
- Albrecht returns eastward with most of his people and starts to rebuild the Kingdom
- The fir'Bolg, 'Blue Caps' and other allies help purge the remaining undead in the west over the course of decades
- Pockets of undead survive in the wild areas of the West and in the ruins of the Cath Bruig to the north east
- The dwarves develop mortars
- Over the next sixty years Soulblighter builds his forces, he resurrects Shiver or at least something like her (Shiver #3), he locates and enlists the Summoner and he undermines the nobility of the southeast, teaching them the secrets of necromancy.
- In 2540 AE he makes his move... or rather he is discovered by a handful of Legionaries and forced into action before they can warn Alric... They still warn Alric....
...LOS- well, you get the idea...
- Shiver leads Soulblighter's armies across the Cloudspine and she sacks Scales, Covenant, Tyr. The Legion seems powerless to stop her.
- Alric, suitably warned, sends his remaining forces north to Tandem, he stays with his rearguard while Madrigal evacuates.
- Shiver attacks Madrigal with an army of Myrkridia, the King of the Province nearly dies in the fighting
- Alric and the army regroup north of the river Meander and stop Shiver from crossing into the lands of the Free Cities.
- Alric sends the Legion to the Stair of Grief and manages to recruit the Deceiver
- The Deceiver, in turn, recruits the Warlocks
- Shiver's army is broken attempting to force a crossing at White Falls, she returns with a new army of Myrkridia mere weeks later
- The Deceiver meets with Trow representatives in the Twelve Duns and wins their service for one year
- Alric, with his new army, storms the city of Muirthemne, reclaiming it from Soulblighter's minions and traitor lords.
- Alric founds the New Cath Bruig Empire
- The journeymen throw down their burdens and once more pick up their swords as the Heron Guard
- The Deceiver leads an expedition into the Tain to find the Summoner and kill him, cutting off Soulblighter's source of soldiers
- The Deceiver succeeds and launches an impromptu attack on Soulblighter, but Soulblighter summons up some sort of giant elemental beast and defeats Myrdred, capturing him.
- Soulblighter then decides to leave one of his most cunning enemies alive and in a poorly defended cell... yeah... don't even have to say it.
- Mydred is freed by the Legion and manages to cripple Soulblighter who, in turn, flees.
- Shiver, meanwhile, crushes all resistance in the west and returns east to help Soulblighter deal with Alric and Myrdred.
- Shiver, with the Myrkridia, and Alric, with the Legion, fight in the shadow of the dammed river Ire. Soulblighter attempts to breach the dam as they battle, no doubt realizing that Alric, the Deceiver and Shiver are all much more competent than he is and must be removed... he fails...
- Shiver and Myrdred duel one another and it is commonly believed that both died in the confrontation. Most mages however are unconvinced. The way they see it, when one of the combatants has already died twice and the other is the Deceiver you can not take anything for granted.
- Alric corners Soulblighter on the slopes of Tharsis, breaks the Fallen Lord's army and then takes his life, casting him into the magma at the heart of the volcano.
A year passed, with Emperor Alric rebuilding the world and that brings us to the start of the CYOA and all the events that have happened within it.