Jorathine 1st Age

1ST AGE BEGINS THE AGE OF CHITIN Færinár occurs The Gods descend on the Island of Dachestrichon Jorathines around the Crystal Lake and Uedatera form organised kingdoms and city-states Most pre- Artokian 1st Age history was lost in the destruction of many city-states during the Great Migrations Sources on events are sparse, most historical knowledge comes from Artokian and Cenáric historians, whose accounts on past events often conflict 175 SÁRIX OF ACHÁNN Sárix conquers Beothéria's Jassid cities and founds the Achánnian Empire, his heirs would go on to defeat the Buídhar K'ánnate in 3 wars for dominance over the southern Crystal Lake, ending with the K'ánnate's dissolution in the year 291 2ND AGE THE AGE OF OIRÁN The Great Migrations collapse most organised Jorathine states The Cenáric Empire conquers Uedatera and preserves Jorathine civilisation, ruling through brutality and fear imposed by military might The High Kingdom of Artokia survives and prospers in the east, being the only state that can rival and stand against the Cenáric Empire 612 FALL OF ACHÁNN Achánn falls to Gordynn after 2 wars 1658 ANTICATRIX SENOVAROS I Anticatrix slays the Vatérnakor after receiving a blessed sword and helmet from Cernnuna Founding Piktavia in the Vatér Marshes, he receives a seed of the Golden Flower from Færin, unifies the Beetle tribes at the age of 32 after 7 years of struggle and founds the High Kingdom of Artokia 345 SERICÁNNA K'ERMANA I founds the Caoridian Kingdom, unifying the Caoridian Bees 1518 MARCETIOS AEDIOBRIX I restores the Caoridian Kingdom after centuries of Sorathír and Gwyneric subjugation 1130 Caoridia is conquered by Berothén and the Sorathír Confederation TALÚRNIX SERNATOS Talúrnix, the first demigod, is said to have been born 20 years before the start of the Jorathine calendar At the age of 27 he slays the Black Serpent with a shield given to him by Cernnuna and rips one of its fangs out, fashioning it into a weapon that serves both as a sword and a bow At the age of 58 he teaches Vespids how to use bows, then leads them to settle in eastern Ardasepa At the age of 100 he disappears from myth and recorded history 340~ B.F THE BLACK SERPENT According to Jorathine myth, the Black Serpent drove the Spiders from the eastern steppes and into the mountains over the course of several centuries 552 THERDANNIX AND ERÓDH found the Kingdoms of Berothén and Carciáter, unifying the Gwyneric Bees Berothén and Carciáter fall to fleeing Ulaidine Bees, invading Hæcian Mossbugs and migrating Jassids 1994 Neo-Caoridian Kingdoms falls to fleeing Oranian and Búllanic Bees, chased westwards by fleeing Jassids 467 SEGOMAROS TAMARIX I conquers the Ak'imonian cities and proclaims the Kingdom of Gordynn 847~ Gordynn begins to decline 1011 Gordynn is sacked by the armies of rebelling Ak'imonian tributaries 1742~ Mossbugs migrate into Moth and Butterfly territory 1757~ Moths and Butterflies flee into Béotheria and being toppling Jassid city-states 1785~ Vespids begin migrating westwards into Mantis lands in the steppe, causing Mantis migrations into Êiratera 1815~ All eastern Jassid cities have fallen to the Moths and Butterflies 1833~ The Boudhánnic Vespids migrate into Élia, Élian Endemons flee westwards into the Ak'imonian city-states 1838~ Ak'imonian Endemons flee into Cenáric city-states 1855~ Cenáric Endemons flee into Tebanio-Jonian city-states, Manna-Nánix is taken by the Cenárics 1900~ Most western Jassid cities have fallen 1929~ All western Jassid cities have fallen, Jassids begin fleeing en masse into Bee lands, Endemons settle in abandoned Jassid territory along the Beothérian coast 1944~ Ulaidine Bees fleeing from Jassids flood into the Gwyneric Kingdoms, Hæcian Mossbugs being migrating south 1873 ARÓDH NINNÁRIX I founds the Cenáric Empire after halting a Mossbug invasion into Uedatera Thulin gifts Aródh with an extended lifespan, and Aródh begins rapidly expanding Cenária into surrounding lands 1925 Cenária conquers the Ak'imonian Endemons and stops Vespid migration attempts into the southern Crystal Lake entirely 2025 Aródh subjugates the Moths, securing all of Beothéria except Chathair Tributary Mossbug tribes are established along the forest border to serve as buffers against any future Mossbug threats 2186~ Mossbugs have settled across all of Esperia Jassids have settled in Sarinia and Bartannia Endemons have settled in western Beothéria Moths and Butterflies have settled in eastern Béotheria Boudhánnic Vespids have settled in eastern Élia Bees have settled in the Honey Isles Mantises have settled in Êiratera The Great Migrations end 1988 Aródh conquers the Tebanio-Jonian Endemons in Beothéria and stops Mossbug migration attempts into Uedatera entirely At the age of 713 Talúrnix reappears into myth and recorded history, arguing with the Gods to create separate afterlives for evil souls and good souls Thulin fights him until they reach Artokia and Thulin breaks his shield, creating the Azure Valley with his blows Talúrnix lures Thulin into a sinkhole he made with his own blows, the Gods catch up to them and punish Thulin The Gods accept Talúrnix's request and allow him to use Pithera's trident once in the future as compensation for his shield Talúrnix reappears for the third time, now over 2000 years old, this time in Bee folklore and ancient honeycomb tablets He helps the Bees flee by boat to the Honey Isles by using Pithera's trident to calm the Emerald Sea, then carries the gold and ancient tomes of twelve Bee cities over to the Isles by himself so they won't be taken by the Jassids and Mossbugs He gives to each of the new Bee cities a portion of the gathered treasure and tomes before departing to the south Talúrnix arrives in Êiratera, both Mantis and Uesilic Spider folklore recount him teaching the Mantises how to forge heavy armour and put it on their stag beetles, creating the code of honour which Mantis knights abide by, and mending relations between Bees & Mantises by leading them to fight an invading Jassid army together He then travels east and disappears from history again 2031 Aródh dies at the age of 158 Height of Artokian power under Anticatrix At 65 years of age, Anticatrix has conquered eastern Ïdirnia and extended Artokian influence into eastern Ardasepa Beetle settlers begin arriving in Boudhánn and intermingling with Élian locals, Artokian-Élian relations are improved Anticatrix dies at the age of 102 ACHÁNNIAN EMPIRE - JASSIDS 175 to 612 | 437 years CAORIDIAN KINGDOM - BEES 345 to 1130 | 792 years NEO-CAORIDIAN KINGDOM - BEES Aediobrix dynasty 1518 to 1994 | 476 years HIGH KINGDOM OF ARTOKIA - BEETLES 1658 to 6912 (Present day) | 5854 years ERATHÁR CONFEDERATION - BEES 603~ to 942~ | 339~ years THE GREAT MIGRATIONS - 444 years 1742~ to 2186~ Successive mass migrations of Vespids, Mantises, Mossbugs, Moths and Butterflies cause a domino effect that dislodges the Jassids, Bees and Endemons, though Endemons are able to retain control of their homelads due to the rise of the Cenáric Empire Most Jorathine states are toppled in the centuries-long instability as the chitin-iron trade that sustained most of Jorathine civilisation collapses and is replaced by the oirán trade BUÍDHAR ĈÁNNATE 100~ to 291| 163 years Exact date of founding unknown Exact founder unknown Vespid folklore commonly lists Talúrnix as the founder of the Ĉánnate before disappearing for the first time in recorded myth 3 Buídhar-Achánnian Wars end with the dissolution of the Buídhar K'ánnate 183 - 291 Caoridian Golden Age 645 - 862 KINGDOMS OF BEROTHÉN AND CARCIÁTER - BEES 552 to 1966 | 1414 years 4 Achánnian-Gordynnite Wars end with the Gordynnite conquest of Achánn 497 - 612 KINGDOM OF GORDYNN - Endemons 467 to 1011 | 544 years War of Ak'imonian Rebellion 1003 - 1011 SORATHÍR CONFEDERATION - MANTISES 1091~ to 1521~ | 430~ years Berothénnic-Erathárric Invasions of Caoridia 1084 - 1130 CENÁRIC EMPIRE / CENÁRIA 1873 to 3800 | 1927 years Cenáric-Ak'imonian Wars 1877 - 1925 Cenáric Invasions of Beothéria 1964 - 1988 Cenáric-Bhathairic War 2017 - 2025 Artokian-Butterfly Wars 1760 - 1821 Artokian expeditions into Butterfly territory 1998 - 2005 500-century gap in historical knowledge Most probable cause is deliberate destruction of Bee tomes and honeycomb tablets, estimated to have occurred sometime in the 3rd Age 1134 - 1618 Estimated time when the last Spiders in Ardasepa fled from the Black Serpent into the Godshield Mountains 150~ B.F - 110~ B.F Estimated lifespan of the Black Serpent 340~ B.F - 27 A.F Artokian Unification Wars 1651 - 1658 Anticatrix's wars of Artokian expansion 1661 - 1694