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 25 Jan 1998
Commentary:: This chronology contains events limited to the lands which it describes. For instance, the fact that the EWF dsintegrated in 1042 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, a battle called Lost Hope Won is mentioned in ToTRM#15 but no year is given. If I find out then I will add the dates in. In such a case, this section will contain a brief precis of the revisions to date.
14/2 Following comments by MOB and Jane Williams, I have revised the wording in the succession of Counts and added a small note of how Counts might be replaced. Entries for 1610 ST and 1621 ST have been revised.
0 ST The Dawn [G:CotHW#1].
35 ST Prax joins the World Council of Friends [BCG].
375 ST The Sunstop [G:CotHW#1].
620 ST The Battle of Necklace Horse is fought. The United Praxian Tribes are defeated in an attempt to oust the Pure Horse People from Prax [RoC].
720 ST The Port of Feroda is founded by the Jrusteli [RoC].
740 ST The Battle of the Third Wing is fought between the Golden Horse Tribe and the EWF on one side and the Praxians on the other. The Praxians lose the battle and migrate out into the Wastes [KoS].
780 ST Robcradle is founded by the Jrusteli Thantax the Fair in alliance with the Pure Horse People under King Firegleam [RoC]. Caylash Rhino begins his raids against Dagori Inkarth [UL].
800 ST Paragua destroys Robcradle with the assistance of Waha. Paragua and Waha then erect the gigantic walls for their own defense [RoC].
809 ST Waha the Butcher sacks Adari. Pavis flees to Dragon Pass [RoC].
810 ST Caylash Rhino ends his raids against Dagori Inkarth [RoC].
830 ST Pavis completes his studies and goes to the Faceless Statue in Shadows Dance and animates it. With allies, he attacks the animal nomads at Paragua's Walls while the Statue attacks the giants at the Too Tall Battle. Paragua is killed, Waha is wounded and the nomads flee. Later the EWF send out another force under Varajiia Nopor who wounds Waha again [RoC].
831 ST Pavis travels to the Paps and cures Waha of his wounds. The Two agree to be friends and thus peace is made [RoC].
850 ST Pavis declares the city finished enough for his immediate approval. He dismisses the dwarves from his employ and the portion completed up to this time is called the Real City [RoC].
860 ST Pavis calls his family, friends and people together for one final lesson and then retires. Joraz Kyrem is named first King of Pavis, thus founding the Arrowsmith dynasty [RoC].
870 ST Thog the giant attacks Pavis with a small army and is replused [RoC].
875 ST Thog the giant attacks Pavis with a larger army composed of trolls, giants and nomads and conquers it [RoC]. Comment: There are two different dates for Thog's two attacks on Pavis. Uz Lore has Thog attacking in 838 ST and 852 ST and remaining there for 25 years. I have taken the dates in RIver of Cradles as being correct - PHM
877 ST King Joraz returns with Pure Horse allies and friends from the EWF especially the Sun Dome Templars. Thog is defeated and his allies destroyed [RoC]. Arinsor Clearmind becomes Count of Sun County [SC].
942 ST Jaldon Goldtooth, unknown before this time, leads a motley band of nomads in an attack on Pavis. He is defeated in a pincer movement and dismissed as a barbarian opportunist [RoC]. Jaldon was aparently a hero of bygone ages who was awakened by the Sable Tribe [KoS].
927 ST Jaldon Goldtooth leads a huge army of nomads against Pavis. After defeating the army on the field, Jaldon lays siege to the City while his herds graze the Zola Fel [RoC].
940 ST Jaldon Goldtooth eats a hole in the Wall and leads his army in to plunder Pavis [RoC].
976 ST Redstone Uz wars against the EWF after the Queen ate the ambassadors. The caverns are sacked by flamebreathing wyrms and dragonewts [UL].
1004 ST Kolyth the Horn succeeds Arinsor Clearmind as Count of Sun County [SC].
1093 ST Zebrokith the Bow succeeds Kolyth as Count of Sun County [SC].
1120 ST Jaldon Goldtooth leads an army of 50,000 strong into Dragon Pass, including Praxians, Pure Horse People and Sun Dome Templars. The Dragonkill War wipes out more than nineteen in every twenty men in the invading forces [KoS]. The Sun Dome Temple is abandoned after a mysterious catastrophe [SC].
1140 ST Zolan the Cruel succeeds Zebrokith as Count of Sun County [SC].
1150 ST Toras Joran breaks through the Walls of Pavis and sacks it [SC].
1195 ST Toras Joran slays many leaders in another invasion of Pavis before being driven of by Balastor the Axe. Jokat Pulos sends for aid from Dagori Inkarth before he is killed [SC].
1224 ST Palishon the Clever succeeds his father, Zolan, as Count of Sun County [SC].
1237 ST Gerak Kag leads an army from Dagori Inkarth to Pavis. He defeats a nomad army . Golden Bow is wounded and the Pure Horse People are chewed up by Hell Hounds. Gerak then enters the city. Balastor the Axe is slain. The Walls of Pavis are sealed and Uz dominance of Pavis begins [RoC].
1250 ST Bimabwe Bigger-than-Life and Goran Tar lead the nomads to destroy the Pure Horse tribe at the battle of Alavan Argay. Goran Tar imprisons prisoners of war within the Black Net. Half of them vanish and the other half chose death. The children, maimed warriors, women and aged of the Pure Horse Tribe flee into Dragon Pass [KoS, RoC].
1252 ST Solinthur is born [SC].
1270 ST Unamed Hero killed by Uz when trying to break into Pavis [RoC].
1273 ST Zolan succeeds Palishon to become Count of Sun County and the second to bear that name [SC].
1301 ST Zolan succeeds his father, Zolan II, to become Count of Sun County and the third to bear that name [SC].
1324 ST Zolan succeeds his father, Zolan III, to become Count of Sun County and the fourth to bear that name [SC].
1328 ST Count Zolan IV is assasinated by bowshot. His successor is Lorango [SC].
1335 ST Dagori Inkarth declares war against the Lunar Empire and place themselves at the service of Tarsh [UL]. Commentary: The source give 1435 but the dates in the passage are munged - PHM.
1343 ST Golungan, a Sable Rider, is elected to succeed Lorango as Count of Sun County [SC].
1352 ST Kokostang succeeds Golungan as Count of Sun County [SC].
1358 ST Belonni succeeds Kokostang as Count of Sun County [SC].
1370 ST Count Belonni of Sun County is murdered by Zeoluz who then usurps the title of Count [SC].
1375 ST Salostrong the Literate succeeds Count Zeoluz as Count of Sun County. Solinthur the High Priest retires [SC].
1376 ST Tarshite envoys enter Prax to hire nomads as mercenaries [SC].
1378 ST Kollen, Kistang's son, forcibly succeeds Salostrong to become Count of Sun County [SC].
1379 ST Count Kollen is murdered by Bitchelli who then becomes the new Count of Sun County [SC].
1380 ST Count Bitchelli is slain by an iron dart thrown by Monallyn the Calm. For his deeds, Monallyn becomes the new Count [SC].
1383 ST Cruk succeeds Monallyn as Count of Sun County [SC].
1384 ST Count Cruk refuses to perform the River Ritual and is deposed [SC].
1385 ST Blame and Shame become joint Counts of Sun County. At the year's end, they kill each other over who would perform the River Ritual [SC].
1386 ST Ogurri the Bison becomes the Count of Sun County [SC].
1387 ST After Ogurri refuses to perform the River Ritual, he is deposed and Pistolli becomes the New Count of Sun County. He is severely wounded during his failure in the River Ritual [SC].
1388 ST Count Pistolli dies of his wounds [SC].
1389 ST The year of the Three Counts. Kujubbi the Impala, Elasto the Worthy and Daga the Cruel all slay each other in civil strife. Boburto the pygmy becomes the new Count [SC].
1401 ST Balablor succeeds Boburto as the Count of Sun County [SC].
1412 ST Melenst the Poem-lover succeeds Balablor as the Count of Sun County [SC].
1420 ST Oloros the Blind succeeds Melenst, last of the pygmy counts, as Count of Sun County [SC]. The Poljoni enter Prax [RoC].
1432 ST Bina Bang confronts the Dagori Inkarth Uz at the Castle of Lead. She defeats Lord Lurker in Shadows. Nine days later Pikat Yaraboom is born [UL].
1439 ST Skindilli Longlegs succeeds Oloros the Blind as Count of Sun County. He performs the River Ritual successfully for the first time in fifty six years [SC].
1458 ST Narokoris succeeds Skindilli Longlegs as Count of Sun County [SC].
1487 ST The Poljoni defeat the nomads at the battle of Denzi's Water [KoS]. Sartar appears and makes an honorable compromise for all [RoC].
1490 ST The City of Thieves is established [RoC].
1498 ST Kirtsen the Good killer succeeds Narokoris as Count of Sun County [SC].
1509 ST Tol the Peasant succeeds Kirsten as Count of Sun County [SC].
1512 ST Dadelin the Shaggy succeeds Tol as Count of Sun County [SC].
1515 ST Dadelin the Shaggy's reign as Count of Sun County ends [SC].
1516 ST Tol the Just becomes the new Count of Sun County [SC].
1519 ST Tol the Just's reign as Count of Sun County ends [SC]
1520 ST Banashi Gold becomes the new Count of Sun County [SC].
1525 ST Tol the Generous succeeds Banashi as Count of Sun County [SC]
1532 ST Count Tol the Generous is brutally murdered by Killosi Banishison who then becomes the new Count of Sun County [SC].
1534 ST Banalli Banishison murders his brother Count Killosi and becomes the Count of Sun County [SC].
1536 ST Count Banalli is murdered by his brother Korogi who then seizes the title of Count of Sun County [SC].
1537 ST Civil strife reigns once more in Sun County. Count Korogi is slain by his brother Nashalta. Nashalta's reign as Count is short lived as he is murdered in turn by another brother Fankarios who then becomes the new Count. Count Fankarios is slain by Poskuturri Criminal Slayer who brings stability to Sun County [SC].
1539 ST The Dragonewt Dream begins. Uz dominance over Pavis is broken [RoC].
1550 ST Duke Dorasar founds the City of New Pavis [RoC].
1554 ST Dragonewts found a Temple in the Rubble [RoC].
1556 ST Zentakos succeeds Poskuturri as new Count of Sun County [SC].
1567 ST Count Zentakos the Blind dies after a fall. Varthanis Brighthelm becomes the new Count of Sun County [SC].
1572 ST Nomad revolt in Pavis defeated by Dorasar [RoC].
1579 ST Dorasar dies and Pavis becomes a republic [RoC].
1593 ST Varthanis succeeds his father Varthanis Brighthelm as Count of Sun County [SC].
1599 ST The winner of Garhound contest, Squatbrow Broo-bane, was found to have taken three wives. A terrible blight in Garhound occurs [SC].
1602 ST Clan raiding is reported among the Praxians [DW#28].
1603 ST Clan raiding is reported among the Praxians. Tusk Riders raid Dagori Inkarth [DW#28].
1604 ST Garreth Sharpsword wins the Garhound Contest. The Harvest that year is marvellous [SC]. Clan raiding is reported among the Praxians [DW#28]
1605 ST Clan raiding is reported among the Praxians. Heortlanders raid Dagori Inkarth [DW#28].
1606 ST Wolf Pirate raids begin [RoC]. Clan raiding is reported among the Praxians [DW#28]
1607 ST Clan raiding is reported among the Praxians [DW#28] Poljoni are mauled by Praxians? [KoS].
7/37 1608 ST Sor eel the Short marches with an army against the nomads of Prax after fears that Waha would return again. The army drives off a nomad army near Tourney Altar and reaches the Paps. Sor eel the Short makes peace with the Paps and prevents the rebirth of Waha [KoS].
7/38 1609 ST The Lunar provincial army raids Prax. Unrest in Dagori Inkarth [DW#28].
7/39 1610 ST The nomads are defeated by the Lunar army at the Battle of Moonbroth. Pavis surrenders after a day of resistance. Sor-eel the Short is installed as governer of Prax [RoC]. Dronold Orvost, the High Priest of Orlanth in New Pavis, flees to the Rubble but is killed by Lunar Sendings. His son, Orvost Tintalker decalres himself High Priest-in-exile [SiP].
7/40 1611 ST The Sable Tribe uses force to evict most of the other Tribes from Prax [DW#28].
7/41 1612 ST Tolkazzi establishes the City of Corflu [RoC].
7/42 1613 ST Solanthos Ironpike becomes the Count of Sun County after Varthanis II is desposed in a coup. General Etrius Armemnon is slain by Solanthos in a duel [SC].
7/44 1615 ST Duke Raus of Rone establishes Ronegarth in the Grantlands. Gharan Falabdur disappears into the Wastes after recieving a hyena skin [RoC].
7/45 1616 ST Rabbit Hat farm is sacked [SC].
7/46 1617 ST Jaxarte Whyded visits Sun County [SC]. Clan raiding reported in Prax [DW#28].
7/48 1619 ST Lunars invade Karse from Corflu [SC].
7/50 1621 ST A Cradle floats down the River [RoC]. Garreth Sharpsword vanishes [SC]. The Coders arrive in Pavis on a Moonboat [SiP].
BCG Broken Council Guidebook.
DW#28 Different Worlds
#28.
G:CotHW#1 The Glorantha Book in the Genertela: Crucible of the
Hero Wars boxed set.
KoS King of Sartar.
RoC River of
Cradles.
SC Sun County.
SiP Strangers in Prax.
UL
Uz Lore.
Replacement of Counts:
It was pointed out that the assumption of Counts dying at the end of their reign was unsustainable. MOB suggests the standard ways in which Counts can be replaced (with italicized comments from Jane Williams):
I think forceable retirement and immurement in a retirement tower would be the main way to dispose of a former count (blinding is optional). One or two may have disappeared on the Hero Plane, or died in rituals that have gone wrong. And, perhaps, reappeared in other rituals, later, to cause major embarrasment all round - Jane Williams. I like to think at least one was vaporised by Yelm when calling upon the god to test his moral rectitude when accussed of some indiscretion. One may have done the Arkat thing and voluntarily retired and gone back to the farm. During the bad times several counts are likely to have been taken prisoner by the nomads, or killed by them (do the Praxians make drinking vessels out of trepanned skulls I wonder?, cf. Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus who suffered this fate). Perhaps one was revealed to be a woman (was Shame a Pope Joan type?), or is that too silly? At the River Ritual, surely? - Jane Williams.
Jane Williams does have the sneaking suspicion that the various Tol's are in fact one person.
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