| Before
Time |
Votank leads his people from
the darkness and teaches them his way. (Balazaring
belief). |
| At the
Dawning |
"The region was dotted with clumps of gaunt
trees where lonely elves huddled in bitter defense. Human families
skulked in the shadows, seeking stark fare to eke out their
miserable lives. Dwarves were buttressed in Greatway, but their
interests had been in Dragon Pass and they sent few patrols to
this region. Only troll warparties stalked the land in strength,
crossing the cold mountains from Dagori Ingarth to fulfill their
pledge to fight and destroy chaos everyplace." [GM p. 6] |
| After the
Dawning |
"The ascent of the sun and the passage of
the Lightbringers quickly brought back the old life to the land,
and the ancient scrub woods blossemed into lush forests nearly as
rich as the virgin woods which had once been there. Elves even
planted some Great Trees of Shanassee in their strongholds. Game
returned too, and the human hunters grew stronger." [GM p. 6]
"During that time there was no fight between ancient races, for
they still remembered their mutual struggle against chaos. [GM p.
6] Ambassadors from the First Council entered the region and were
quickly accepted. "... for generations the region lived in peace
and grew to health. The elves sailed their lake and rivers,
carrying dwarf goods northward after being boated down the Dwerrow
River. Trolls continued their gustatory control of the dinosaurs
and dragonewts settled several colonies. Humans hunted to their
bellies' delight as animal herds grew, engaging in a silent
struggle with trees for the good of the plains." [GM p. 6] |
| 78 |
The Council of All Races in the Elder Wilds
joins the World Council of Friends [Broken Council Guidebook] |
| 178 |
An otherwise unknown Votanki was famous
enough to participate in the Contest for Uleria's Necklace. |
| 200 |
Many Balazarings move to Dorastor to be
with the World Council.of Friends. The region continues its long
period of peace. |
| 375-450 |
Elves and humans war on the trolls. With
Broken Council aid the trolls are expelled from the Elder Wilds.
Elves and humans join in the fight against Arkat. Trolls raid from
Dagori Inkarth. |
| ??? |
Battle of Travelling Stone. Elder Wild
elves almost wiped out in battle. |
| 450- ??? |
Arkat aids trolls in Elder Wilds. Elves on
defensive. |
| 450-700 |
Non-humans (trolls, dwarves, elves and
dragonewts) war in Elder Wilds. Humans gain by carefully playing
one side off against the other. |
| 717 |
Redlands army moves through
Elder Wilds on its way to plunder Dragon Pass, disrupting the
herds and causing great hunger among the tribes, stealing and
killing as they went. (This is one of the reasons for the
traditional Votanki dislike of the north). |
| 718 |
Westernmost Votanki clans spotted the
returning army and the chiefs quickly gathered the clans at
Highbridge. A few dragonwets and trolls joined them in order to
recapture their ancestral treasures stolen by the army from Dragon
Pass. The Votanki and their allied attacked the army while it was
split in two by Highbridge and killed many of the invaders. The
survivors fled without their plunder. The non-humans took their
treasures and goods back, the rest was divided among the victors
and items of great note were set aside to be returned to Dragon
Pass. |
| 720 |
King Hargaard Silverfist returns some of
the plunder stolen by the Pentans from Dragon Pass to the Empire
of the Wyrms Friends. This leads to growing relations between the
Votanki and the EWF. |
| 721 |
Envoys from the EWF travelled to the Elder
Wilds to solicit support. EWF lends Imperial dragonewt forces to
drive trolls and dwarves from Votankiland. Just another example of
Votanki wishy-washiness when it comes to non-humans. |
| 747 |
Uz invade Greatway, the dwarven citadel
achieving great success. They also burn the forests in the area
now known as Dangerground. [GM p. 7] |
| Late
eight hundreds |
Votanki play non-humans off
against each other by making rotating alliances of convenience. (This
is part of the origin of the traditional antipathy between the
Votanki and their non-human neighbours). |
| 890 |
Elves of the Elder Wilds withdraw from EWF.
They raid the EWF with a large force which escapes unharmed. |
| 10th and
11th centuries |
Votanki struggle to free
themselves from domination by the Empire of the Wyrms Friends.
Many outsiders enter Votanki lands during this century trying to
carve out kingdoms for themselves but fail until Balazar arrives
with his followers. |
| 1042 |
EWF destroyed. |
| 1040's |
Humans hard pressed in Votankiland by
non-human raids. |
| 1080's |
Balazar enters Votanki lands
(1082). Within five years he has become leader of all the tribes
(1087). After two years he is proclaimed king of all the region
which is renamed in his honour (1089). Balazar attempts to impose
many changes on the traditional Votanki lifestyle (especially the
construction of the citadels and the introductions of animal
husbandry and the worship of Yemalio). This
results in a conservative backlash by elements (especially among
some of the traditional religious leaders, the sinwists) who
proclaim a return to "traditional" Votanki beliefs and refuse to
join Balazar's kingdom. Balazar decides to allow them to leave the
area rather than forcing intercine warfare. He persuades the
Aldryami of the Elder Wilds to allow the Votanki to settle on the
north shore of the Elf Sea. Balazar's diplomatic skills and his
membership in the cult of Yemalio helps persuade the Votanki as
does their agreement to swear the Big Vow. Balazar lends the elves
his military strength on a season of raiding as well to help
weaken the trolls. With this the Votanki pass out of mainstream
Balazaring history. |
| 1120
Dragonkill War. |
Balazar and all of followers
who joined the True Golden Horde are killed. His sons (and
daughter if the Dykenee are to be believed) once they reach their
majority argue and divide the kingdom between themselves. |
| 1250 |
Trio of giants begin ravaging
travelers near Dykene. The king of Dykene is slain in combat with
them and the citadel itself is destroyed. |
| 1300's |
Refugees from the expansion of
the Lunar Empire begin entering Balazar. Many of these just pass
through, though many others raise bands of hunters as raiders for
more civilized lands. |
| 1362 |
Battle of the Falling Hills
results in Tarshite victory over the Lunar Empire. Balazarings
make up a large part of Tarshite army. This cuts off the flow of
refugees into Balazar as they go to Tarsh instead. [GM and King of
Sartar (KoS] |
| ~1374? |
Remnants of the Opili and allied nations of
horse nomads ambushed by united Balazaring Kings. |
| 15th and
first half of the 16th centuries |
Balazarings keep to themselves
mostly. The odd restless tribesman (or woman) leaves home to fight
as a skirmisher for foreign rulers but most tribal leaders keep
their warriors close to home. |
| 1440-1490 |
Balazarings raid Tarsh during this period
of great unrest there. |
|
1526-1564 |
Vizkinni clan rule Elkoi. Last
and greatest of the Vizkinni clan, Partobas the Bold is very
successful in raids on Lunar Tarsh and the other neighbouring
Lunar provinces. |
| Between
1555-1564 |
King Iertand Vizkinni of Elkoi slain by
Phargentes, King of Tarsh. [KoS] (My
guess at a date would be 1560, halfway through the period. This
gives Partobas time to be the "greatest of the line." Peter
suggested that he was either Partobas' father or uncle. I like
uncle so I'm going with that one). |
| 1564 |
Small Lunar forces captures
Elkoi, kills Partobas, stick his head on a spike and sells his
relatives into slavery. Bykotus, a loyal hunter is installed by
the the Lunars as the new king and a small garrison is established
there. |
| 1580 |
Grandfather of Skilfil
Heartpiercer starts rebuilding Dykene with dwarven help. |
| 1603? |
Nobody-won-war between Trilus and Dykene. (Said
to have occured a generation before the present date under King
Skilfil's father. Since I've arbitrarily set the campaign start
date as 1618, using a generation of 15 years 1603 works for me). |
| 1607 |
Praxians raid Balazar. (My
take on this is that they attacked Elkoi and were easily repulsed
despite the relatively small garrison. After that they wandered
around a bit in Balazar raiding but eventually tired of the poor
pickings and left). [Different Worlds #28] |
| 1608 |
Yalaring Monsterslayer
conquers Trilus, killing Feobald the Cleanser last of the
Gadaringer dynasty. (The name of the last Gadaringer is from
Troll Gods thanks to Peter). |
| 1615 |
Red and white boars uncovered near Trilus. |
| 1616 |
Boars captured by Yalaring
Monsterslayer and Skilfil Heartpiercer. |
| 1617 |
First of the Boar Wars. |
| 1618 |
The present. |
| 1618 |
Earth Season : a party of
adventurers foils Lunar
attempts to further
introduce agriculture into Balazar.
Tusk Riders destroy Tak's Mound, tribal
hearth allied to Dykene. Party
of adventurers wipes Tusk Riders out.
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