Copyright c1997 Peter Metcalfe, save for the copyright bits quoted from other credited sources which is (ha ha) at least 90% of the document. But then that's them Great Poets for ya... Written 29 Jan 1998
Commentary: This chronology contains events limited to the lands which it describes. For instance, the fact that EWF was founded in 575 ST is common knowledge yet it is not recorded here due to it having occurred outside the area. I have stuck mainly to published material and have shied away from interpretations and interpolations. If you have any questions, corrections and/or mindless trivia that you feel compelled to share with me upon reading this, then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Revisions: Given the scanty knowledge about some periods in history, this document will almost certainly be revised. For example, the Book of Belintar (an forthcoming work and an ideal Xmas present for your gloranthan scholar!) has heaps of material concerning the Holy Country. I have not access to this work so its dates has not been incorporated into the timeline. If I do get hold of it, then I will add the dates in. In such a case, this section will contain a brief precis of the revisions to date.
-200 ST Formation of the Unity Council in Kerofinela at the behest of the Only Old One [BCG]
0 ST The Dawn [G:CotHW#1].
94 ST Entruliland joins the World Council of Friends [BCG].
97 ST Arstola Forest joins the World Council of Friends [BCG].
115 ST The World Council of Friends helps to free Slontos from the Pralorelan Oppression. Slontos joins the World Council of Friends [BCG].
123 ST Gemborg withdraws from the World Council of Friends after the Only Old One wars against Martaler of the Blazing Forge [BCG].
130 ST Tarinwood joins the World Council of Friends [BCG]
167 ST Varzor Kitor becomes Warlord of the World Council [BCG].
150 ST The Kingdom of Ramalia is founded [BCG].
197 ST The Kingdom of Herolal is founded [BCG].
206 ST The Kingdom of Ramalia falls [BCG].
320 ST The Kingdom of Herolal falls following the destruction of the City [BCG].
365 ST Trolls, Dragonewts and Heortlings break away from the World Council [G:CotHW#1].
375 ST The Sun Stops [G:CotHW#1]. The Uz leave Dragon Pass [UL].
393 ST Harmast is born in among the Stravuli refugees in Hendrikiland [ToTRM#7].
440 ST Arkat lands in Kethaela [G:CotHW#1]. Comment: The best date that could be obtained - PHM.
619 ST Geolgin Askarios visits the City of Black Glass [TGPH].
620 ST Geolgin Askarios witnesses a sacrifice to Annilla at Arkat's Hold [TGPH].
623 ST Geolgin Askarios visits a Temple to Zorak Zoran [TGPH].
624 ST Maranus Persistus of the Jadnor Temple describes the Ritual of Kyger Litor for Geolgin Askarios [TGPH].
700 ST Hrestol Argentis visits the Shadowlands [KoS]
780 ST Scholarly riots instigated by God Learners are suppressed in Nochet [G:CotHW#1].
782 ST The Shadowlands begin to pay tribute to the EWF after losing a few engagements [UL].
805 ST Emperor Svagard defeats the Zaranistangi at the Battle of the Lopers in Slontos. Thereafter they disappear from history [TC].
812 ST Kajak-ab Brain-eater utters a disquieting word on Time at Whitewall [UL].
818 ST The Hurricane Years Campaign begins against the Archduchy of Slontos [G:CotHW#1].
825 ST The end of the Hurricane Years Campaign [G:CotHW#1].
826 ST Scholarly riots instigated by God Learners are suppressed in Nochet [G:CotHW#1].
827 ST Urios the Seer, a Lyleket Grey Sage, performs an experiment in Uz Food Preferences and dies shortly afterwards [UL].
842 ST The God Learners conquer Esrolia [G:CotHW#1, KoS].
853 ST Thorloss the Scribbler, a Jadnor Grey Sage, pens an essay on Annilla [TC].
857 ST Colnar the Learner, a Jadnor Grey Sage, publishes an essay on Troll Eating Habits and another on Troll Ecology a Lhankor Mhy apprisal [UL].
864 ST Thorloss the Scribbler, a Jadnor Grey Sage, appends an addendum to Colnar's essay of Troll Eating Habits [UL].
886 ST Scholarly riots are reported in Nochet which spread to the Dragon's Eye [G:CotHW#1].
907 ST The Machine City War begin [KoS]
917 ST Zistor is killed and the Machine City is defeated by a combined army of Elder Races [KoS].
935 ST The Closing strikes Mirrorsea [G:CotHW#1]
1050 ST Slontos sinks beneath the waves despite the construction of a massive wall [G:CotHW#1, Postcards from Glorantha]
1120 ST The Dragonkill War. Dragon Pass is abandoned by humans [G:CotHW#1] An army 40,000 strong marches from the south. The Only Old One sent an army of 20,000 uz and 45,000 humans to aid the Dragonewts against the True Golden Horde. The Dragonkill War wipes out more than nineteen in every twenty men in the invading forces. The Deathline and Crossline are erected to keep humans out of Dragon Pass [KoS]. Comment: The source of the southern army in the True Golden Horde is not stated. I believe it to be the People whom God Forgot - PHM.
1203 ST Baranwolf the Imposter describes 'an Analysis of the Crystals of the Gods' [ES]. Comment: Baranwolf works in Slontos and his work contains slontan references. Ergo Frithorf the Magnificient is a Slontan King - PHM.
1213 ST Orangins Whitefeather of the Nochet Lhankor Mhy Temple records a song of Swems [TGPH].
1223 ST Gorlock the Voyager records an explaination about Arkat by a Priest of Arkat of the Yolp Mountains [TGPH]. Comment: It's not clear whether Gorlock visited the Yolps (which means that he has to cross the Rockwoods) or the Troll came to Slontos - PHM
1230 ST Gorlock the Voyager, an initiate of the Lyleket Lhankor Mhy Temple, records the Birth of Arkat Kingtroll [TGPH]. Comment: A mention of Lyleket which was allegedly destroyed by the Only Old One after the God Learners fell - PHM.
1247 ST Red Moon rises into the Sky [G:CotHW#1].
1300 ST Colymar leaves Esrolia for Dragon Pass [KoS]. Comment: The Colymarbook claims Colymar to have come from the Orshanti clan but curiously enough Sartar also came from there -PHM.
1313 ST Belintar swims ashore at the Rightarm Isle of Sindpiper. He begins a war to liberate Kethaela from Darkness [G:CotHW#2]
1318 ST Belintar kills the Only Old One and become Pharaoh of the Holy Country [G:CotHW#2].
1325 ST Pharaonic Scouts discover the presence of the Grazers [RQC].
1336 ST Belintar uses up his body for the first time and the first of the Tournaments of Luck and Death was held [G:CotHW#2].
1470 ST Sartar enters Dragon Pass [KoS].
1580 ST In Sea Season, Dormal the Sailor sets sail to the Three Step Isles and returned to Kethaela thus beginning the Opening of the Oceans [G:CotHW#1].
1582 ST The Holy Country fleet is sunk in the Mournsea against a larger Alatan fleet [RQC]
1585 ST The Holy Country destroys the Alatan Fleet in the Mournsea. They then conclude a treaty with the Duke of Pasos to suppress Piracy between the Holy Country and Pasos [RQC].
1587 ST A Holy Country fleet sets out eastwards and reaches Teshnos, establishing the port of Dosakayo [RQC]. Comment: Dosakayo, I believe, is on the Isle of Melib - PHM
1588 ST After receiving word of the Kralori destruction of his fleet, the Pharaoh declares that his navy will conquer no more [G:CotHW#2]
1591 ST The Lunar Empire invades Sartar but is repulsed with aid from the Pharaoh [G:CotHW#1]
1589 ST Neasha of Rhigos sets out for Skyfall Lake to seek the Thog-don. The expedition is not a success [TGPH].
1602 ST Unrest is reported among the Ditali. Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands [DW#28]. The Pharaoh dies and the Masters of Luck and Death tournament is held [DP]. Two Pharaonic armies are destroyed in Dragon Pass, attempting to aid Sartar [KoS].
1603 ST Unrest is reported among the Ditali which spreads to raiding Caladraland. Grazers raid Esrolia. Praxians raid Heortland. Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands [DW#28].
1604 ST Civil strife is reported among the Ditali. Grazers raid Esrolia. Praxians raid Heortland. Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands [DW#28].
1605 ST The Lunar Provincial Army with Grazer mercenaries invade Esrolia. They are repelled by the Holy Country at the Building Wall Battle. A side force of Lunars with Praxian and Tarshite backup besieges Karse but withdraws. Long standing unrest erupts into Civil War among the Ditali. Heortlanders raid Dagori Inkarth. Wolf Pirates raid Caladraland and the Rightarm Islands [DW#28]
1606 ST Esrolia raids the Grazelands [DW#28]. Wolf Pirates settle in the Threestep Isles and raid the Rightarm Islands in force [G:CotHW#2]. Lunar assasins begin infiltrating the Holy Country to kill the remaining members of the House of Sartar [WF].
1607 ST Esrolians raid the Grazelands. Wolf Pirates raid the Ditali [DW#28].
1608 ST Esrolians raid the Grazelands [DW#28].
1609 ST Intermittent war between the Holy Country and the Ditali Tribe, formented and encouraged by Lunar agents, begins. Grazers raid Esrolia. The Ditali raid Esrolia and Caladraland. The Lunar Provincial Army raids Heortland [DW#28].
1610 ST Sartarite clans raid Heortland. A Pharaonic army invades Ditaliland. [DW#28].
1611 ST A Pharonic Army invades Ditaliland to punish them for persistant raiding. Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands [DW#28].
1613 ST Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands. The Solanthi raid Ditaliland [DW#28].
1614 ST Greymane leads the Ditali and Solanthi to raid Caladraland. The Pharaonic navy raids Ditaliland [DW#28].
1615 ST Heortlanders raid Sartar. Wolf Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands [DW#28].
1616 ST The Pharoah is dismembered by Jar eel the Razoress [G:CotHW#2]. Lunars raid Heortland. Heortlanders raid Sartar [DW#28]. The Rightarm Isles are sacked by Harrek the Berserk. The Ditali destroys a Pharaonic army in the Lion Kings Feast [G:CotHW#2].
1617 ST The King of Heortland dies heirless. Malkioni adventurers under Richard the Tiger hearted seize control of the Hendreiki lands. Broyan, Chief of Whitewall, is made king of the Volsaxi [G:CotHW#2] Civil unrest is reported among the Ditali and the Heortlanders [DW#28].
1618 ST Greymane mounts a massive raid against Esrolia taking great plunder and avoiding decisive battle. Civil War breaks out in Heortland as King Richard suppresses the Aeolian Church. Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands [DW#28]
1619 ST Karse is taken by Lunars in a suprise Naval assault mounted from Corfu [G:CotHW#1]. The Volsaxi lands are conquered by the Lunar Army after driving the army of Volsaxiland into Whitewall and neutralising Praxian mercenaries and Holy Country allies. Pirates raid the Rightarm Islands. The Ditali raid Caladraland [DW#28]. The Crimson Bat assaults Whitewall but is repelled [KoS]. Taticus the Bright becomes in charge of the Whitewall siege. [G:CotHW#2]. The Kultain tribe is broken up by the Lunar authorities and given to other Tribes [QL].
1620 ST The Lunars invade and conquer the Heortlands with the help of Praxian and Sartarite mercenaries. They capture King Richard the Tiger Hearted and offer him the crown. He refuses and is sent to the Lunar Heartlands [G:CotHW#2]. The Ditali invade Caladraland. Grazers raid Esrolia. Wolf Pirates invade the Rightarm Islands [DW#28].
1621 ST Whitewall falls after heavy fighting. Twenty one Orlanthi corpses are found inside the Walls. The Red Emeror declares 1621 the Extra Full Moon Year. King Brian appears in the city of Bullflood. General Fazzur is sacked from the Lunar Army and is given a post as General of Tarsh. Tatius the Bright is named as his successor [KoS]. Grazers raid Esrolia [DW#28].
BCG: Broken Council Guidebook.
DW#28: Different Worlds
#28.
DP: Dragon Pass.
G:CotHW#1: The Glorantha Book of the
Genertela: Crucible of the Hero Wars boxed set.
G:CotHW#2: The
Genertela Book of the Genertela: Crucible of the Hero Wars boxed
set.
KoS: King of Sartar.
QL: Questlines.
TC:
Troll Cults Book of the Troll Gods boxed set.
TGPH The Paper
Handout of the Troll Gods boxed set.
ToTRM#7: Tales of the
Reaching Moon issue #7
UL: The Uz Lore Book of the Trollpak
boxed set.
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