I pulled the time line of Théah from the Temple of the Rose and Cross website before it went down. Here it is.
Our scholars have recently unearthed a corrected timeline of events in Theah that in some parts contradicts doctrine as laid out in the great book of the 7th Sea. Where this confusion occurs, this tome should be considered the correct dating and information.AV (Anno Veritas, "Year of Truth")1 AV The first Prophet preaches of a single deity and against the rise of sorcery. He is smuggled into the Senate building where the Senators arrest him for cedition.
2, 2nd of Quintus The First Prophet is martyred, but the work of his teachings speads and forms the beginnings of the Vatacine Church.
32 The Numans are defeated and driven out their acquisitions in the Cresent peninsula. First use of the term 'Empire of the Crescent Moon' by Numan scholars.
98 The forces of the II Legio stop a barbarian invasion from the wastes of Ussura just short of Numan territory.
~ The Numan holdings split into Eastern and Western Empires as the barbarian raids continue, with Imperators and capitals at Numa and what will become San Christobal. Generally considered as the end of the Old Empire.
~ The kingdoms of Rurik and Somojez embrace the teachings of the Prophet. Pagan dissenters led by Vladimir Aryov emigrate to the lands around the Azov forest, where they found the kingdom of Veche.
105The Eastern Empire recognises the Faith of the Prophets, the West soon follows suit.
130 Most noble families in Numa now practice some form of sorcery. Magic has become genetic, passing from parent to child with each successive generation.
202 Establishment of the Caliph as a single elected voice for the tribes of the Crescent Empire.
203 Eastern Imperator Danatius coverts to the Faith of the Prophets, forcing the sorcerous Senatorial families to flee.
240 A brief civil war in Gallegos province is ended when woman en mass refuse to give comfort to their husbands leading to mass desertions from both armies.
297 Fall of the Numan Empire. The Brutomanni tribe from the north sack Numa, killing the Imperator and causing the fall of the Eastern Empire. The kingdom of Rurik absorbs Somojez and parts of upper Vodacce, forming a bulwark of civilisation against the Eisen and Tumen barbarians on each side.
299 Castille is united under King Josémaria de Castillo, a descendant of Senator Castillus.
305 The Second Prophet appears from the East, preaching a message of piety and calling for the great pilgrimage.
306, Primus 1 The Second Prophet having escaped from captivity in Numa dies on the edge of the Crescent Empire with his followers, triggering years of militant crusades.
~ A coup within the Crescent Empire claims the life of the ruling Caliph.
~ Warlord Jaala Khan of the Kosar tribe unites the Tumen raiders beneath his rule and launches a war of conquest. He quickly takes Molhyna and upper Gallenia, preparing to move against the passes in the Bolshoi mountains.
~ Jaala Khan's advance is halted at the Battle of Demetrian's Pass. The Tumens gradually become known as the Kosar, a name that has remained to the present day.
312 Following the crusades, Imperator Corantine conquers the remnants of the Old Republic. He declares the Faith of the Prophets as the official religion of his Empire.
313 The Kingdom of Castille and the Caliphate of the Cresent Empire are united under the rule of Alonzo Al-Mahmud de Josémaria. This marks the beginning of seven centuries of co-operation between the two nations, although the king's powers are severely limited by the Imperator and his people bitterly divided by the Crusades.
325 The Corantine Convention presents the Vaticine Credo to Cornatin, combining the various strands of the faith into the Reformed Vaticine Church and forming the position of the Hierophant.
~ The Knias of Rurik travels 1,800 miles to the Corantine Convention, only to spit at the Imperator's feet and renounce the teachings of the Second Prophet. He is executed, but his scribe escapes and his tale marks the beginning of the Ussuran Orthodox Church.
326 Grand Duke Vsevolod declares his city of Sousdal a safe haven against the newly founded Vatacine Church. The Church sends an armed force to take the city, but it is defeated in a viscious battle lasting two days.
~ 327 The Ussuran Orthodox Church is formally founded with its capital at Sousdal.
347 The Order of the Knights of the Cross, known as Die Kruezritter, is recognised by the church.
376 The aged Corantine dies. His three sons divide his Empire between them, but their lesser kingdoms quickly fall.
~ 400 First appearance of the White Plague.
446 Following a period of slow decline, the Kommenian family seizes control of Rurik.
452 The Molhyni tribe ferment a revolt against the ruling Kosars. They usurp power following a fierce battle at the city of Goroduk, founding the nation of Molhyna.
492 The peasantry of Rurik rise up against their rulers. When Somojez responds by declaring independance, it effectively destroys the kingdom as a viable political entity.
520 Koschei Pietrov becomes ruler of Molhyna.
522 Matushka confronts the incestuous Saska Tomiech, ruler of Veche, in an epic battle of sorcery. The Little Grandmother defeats Saska, imprisoning her and her infant son in a coffin of ice beneath the Tomiech palace.
523 Eisen soldiers under General Johann von der Velde invades Ussura, only to die in a freak ice storm in the middle of summer.
525 The five kingdoms of Ussura are united on the command of Matushka into a single political entity. Matushka chooses a ruling Gaius from the peasant class, with a council of ruling kings known as the Knias Douma to advise him. This system of government has existed essentially unchanged for over a thousand years.
600 Carleman conquers most of western Theah, what will later become Montaigne, Eisen and Vodacce.
609 Carleman is declared as Imperator by Vaticine Church. Also this year the city of Tara in Inismore falls under a powerful curse.
~ Years later the O'Bannon breaks the Curse on Tara.
~ For centuries Castillian's mingle with Crescents.
~ Crescents build the city of Hil'al, which is now known as San Christobal.
654 Imperator Carleman dies, leaving his kingdom split between his three sons: Charles, Stefan and Iago.
659 Charles, son of Carleman, dies and his wife Isabeau of the Montanus family renames the kingdom as the nation of Montaigne.
686 Dracheneisen is found, stengthening the rule of Stefan and securing against any agression from the other nations.
~ Iago, son of Carleman, is overthrown by the former Senators Delaga, Lorenzo and Gallili who split up the land of Vodacce between them.
691 The nation of Eisen is official founded by Stefan, son of Carleman.
782 Eisen Imperator Gottschalk I conquers much of northern Vodacce and grants the Vatacine Church with land surrounding Numa, so establishing the Holy Republic.
818 The barbarian raiders of the northern seas are united under the name of Vestenmannavnjar by Gunnef Ravenhaired. She then launches a series of raids against the Avalon Isles, which continue for centuries.
~ Construction of Thingvallavatn in Vestenmannavnjar.
~ 900 Gunnef Ravenhaired dies and is replaced as the Vesten High King by Ash Dagfinnrson.
900 - 1300 The White Plague spreads across Theah, killing a full third of the population. Castille is spared much of the suffering due to the actions of the church.
918 The inbred von Drachen family are destroyed in a popular uprising, taking the art of Zerstörung with them to Legion. Their lands are taken by Sieger and become part of Eisen.
972, 15th of Primus The Third Prophet is born.
~ 1000 Highlander Leila MacDonald travels to the Vesten Isles. Legend holds that she translated the Grumfather Cycle, a text which might explain countless aspects of the nation's past, into Thean but no copy has even been found.
1000 The Third Prophet appears in Castille at the site which will become the Vaticine City. He deposes the ruling family of sorcerors with the backing of the church.
1002 A Vatacine bishop is murdered in Malaca by a Cresent mob. The Third Prophet calls for a Crusade to drive the Cresents out of Castille resulting in civil war.
1004 The Inquisition is formed by the Hierophant to deal with threats to the church.
1009 The High King Garcia and the remaining Cresents are defeated at the Battle of Malaca, bring Cresent influence to an end in Theah.
1010 Vodacce nobles and crusaders are defeated at the Battle of Los Llanos del Sangre ("Plains of Blood").
1011 The Lorenzo family is destroyed trying to manipulate fate to destroy the Cresent forces. The entire island dissapears. The Crusade effectively end, with the forces of the church to depleted to engage the Cresent armies, although sporadic fighting continues.
~ The Crusades sputter to a halt, with Vodacce in disarray and the Vatacine forces too exhausted to continue the attack. Fighting will continue sporadically for the next three centuries, depending on the zeal of the Hierophant.
1012 - 1019 The Hieros War. A conflict erupts between Castille and Vodacce after the Prophet moves to usurp the Numa Papacy and move the seat of the church to Castille.
1014 Roman Sandoval is declared High King of Castille for his actions during the Hieros War. This starts the rule of the Sandoval dynasty.
~ The O'Bannon returns to Inismore and forces the Vesten towns to swear fealty to his rule.
1019 The decisive defeat of an attacking Vodacce army ends the Hieros war and the Third Prophet declares Castille to be the new seat of the church. Construction of the Vaticine City begins.
~ The Lightning Guard of the Montaigne Kings formed after the church's destruction of the sorcerer kings of Castille
1021 Abdicating the throne, O'Bannon returns to wandering and Inismore is taken by the powerful O'Toole family after a period of infighting.
1028 Henri du Montaigne sucessfully invades Avalon and defeats King Athrwys at the Battle of Three Roads. He goes on to also annex the Highland Marches and Inismore. The Sidhe flee, taking the Graal and the power of Glamour with them.
1030 The Third Prophet dies in his bed.
1034 The Eisen launch another invasion of Ussura, however a series of freak earthquakes and blizzards force the army to retreat before it is destroyed.
~ Sorcery is hidden for over 500 years.
1088 Documents from the Great Library at Alexia are donated by the five Cardinals of Vodacce to the Hierophant, they are placed in Numa and so consolidate their power base in the church.
1099 - 1312 The New Crusades succeed in conquering a portion of the Crescent Empire Rise.
1118 The Order of the Poor Knights of the Prophet is established by Hughes Allais du Crieux to help defend the weak Crusader states.
1153 - 1175 Queen Elaine of Montaigne declares her husband dead in the Crusades and marries the King of Avalon. Her rule is ended when her brother-in-law Charles executes her for treason.
1157 Robin Goodfellow is born.
1170 Ewan O'Toole dies, leaving Inismore in chaos and open to subjugation by the Avalon lords who rule into the fourteenth century.
1175 The Serrano family falls into financial ruin, one of the Lorenzo line of Vodacce. Their island fell to the Caligara family.
1177 - 1199 Robin Lovaine returns from the Crusades and as Robin Goodfellow fights against the tyranny of King Charles. He is eventually killed in a skirmish with the King's men, but his legend lives on.
1207 Eisen launches a third invasion of Ussura. As before, disasterous weather inflicts heavy casualties and forces the army to retreat.
1215 After a defeat by Montaigne in which he loses claim to all holdings on the continent, the Council of Free Nobles forces King Charles of Avalon to sign an agreement that limits the power of the monarchy.
~ Robert the Dark rises to power in the Highland Marches.
1216 The true King of Avalon returns from the Cresents and deposes his uncle Charles.
1218 Robert the Dark defeats the Avalon forces at the Battle of Dun Vahl and is declared as High King of the Highland Marches the following year.
1267 The Hierophant announces the Declaration of Deference. The Stein, a military fortress on the Rostrom river, is built at what will become Freiburg on the order of Stefan III.
~ 1300 The Vodacce renaissance sees a blossoming of artistic and scientific thought, forming the basis of a great merchantile empire that dominates Theah up to the rise of the Vendel.
1308 The Poor Knights of the Prophet are condemned as heretics and destroyed. This marks the end of Western control over Crescent lands.
1347 Another outbreak of the white plague happens across Théah, with the isle of Avalon particular badly hit.
1348 Eisen try yet another invasion of Ussura, this time under the leadership of General Ernst Heilgrund. He advances to the Ekaterina River, before a massive flood destroys the entire force. The Imperator issues an edict forbidding further invasions.
1349 The Crescent Caliph arranges the marriage of his daughter to a minor noble of Somojez in Ussura. Although a kidnapping prevented the marriage a treaty was formed between the nations.
1355 The infamous pirate captain Justin Rogers dissapears in the western seas while being pursued by the Montaigne.
1360 Murakhan al'Tazir becomes the first Sultan or supreme ruler of the Crescent Empire.
1386 The entire Castillian royal family dies at San Christobal from an outbreak of the white plague, launching a flurry of political infighting for the throne.
1389 Rebel tribes are defeated by Crescent forces at the Battle of Razgrad. Sultan Murakhan is killed and suceeded by his son Bayazed.
1394 The treatise "Means to Ends" is published by Cristoforo Scarovese in Vodacce, forming a core to the nation's political system.
1398 - 1400 The Bianco family are destroyed by the Vestini, their strange and demonic powers unable to hold of the relentless assault. The knight Andare destroys their capital at Quattro Alle.
1402 Christobal Gallegos leaves San Christobal in an effort to sail around the world. He is never seen again.
1411 The die Kruezritter are destroyed at the Battle of Tannen by the forces of Imperator Arvid I.
1413 - 1422 David III becomes King of Avalon and leads a number of successful actions against Montaigne and claims several western provinces. On his death, his ten-year old son David is forced to deal with internal disputes.
1425 Avalon is forced to relinquish its claims to Montaigne territory.
1438 The printing press is invented in Pösen, Eisen, by the monk Tobias Vogel in order to spread the Book of the Prophets.
1444 Mehmet ben Seliman is named heir to the Crescent Empire when he marries the daughter of the Sultan and becomes the first in a new dynastic line.
~ 1460 The well-known knight Bastion dies, so beginnning the Fall of Chivalry.
1473 The merchant guilds humble the king of Montaigne.
1501 A small Vesten village starves to death because their Jarl took their grain to feed his warriors. In responce, a trader named Inger Holmstrom calls a great gathering of the Vesten underclass. They agree to travel from the isles to learn about trading in order to improve their standard of living.
1513 The Villanova family force the rival family of Aldo Caligara to renounce their heritage and take the lesser name Caligari. They become bitter rivals.
1516 Inger Holmstrom forms a de facto council of the Vesten farming class (carls) and serfs (thralls), which effectively seizes political power from the Vesten warrior kings, many of who are away on raids.
1517, Octavus Mattias Leiber posts his ninety-five questions in south Heilgrund, unintentionally beginning the Objectionist Movement. At the Diet of Castille Leiber is arrested for heresy, but escapes back to Eisen with the help of Imperator Franz II.
~ Ussura gives up on the shieldwall.
1527 An unsuccessful assassination attempt on Richard Lovaine by Henry IV, known as the "Bloody Boar", turns the nobles against the King leading to another civil war.
1528 The growing power of the merchant classes forces a change in name of the north islands to the nation of Vendel over the protest of many of its militant tribes.
1531 Defeat for Henry at the Battle of Bedgrane brings the Avalon civil war to an end, with Richard II taking the throne and launching an invasion of Inismore.
~ Richard II launches a fresh invasion of Inismore.
1541 The last Inish resistance is crushed leading to a new period of Avalon rule for the island nation.
1547 High King Eindridi Utterstrom dies to be replaced by the intolerant Ulf Hövsgaard, who challenges the Vendel council and questions their actions at every turn.
~ 1548 Vincenzo Caligari is born.
1552 - 1563 Cardinal Alfonso Ordunez plans and builds the island prison on la Palabra de Dios.
~ 1565 High King Hövsgaard dissapears following an argument with a powerful Vendel merchant. He is the last Vesten King to publically declare his crown.
1570 The Firework Dam incident. A group called the Rilisciare destroy a new dam being constructed by the King to create a fishing lake.
1571 A Crescent pirate fleet attacks the Vodacce island of Amozare and is defeated.
1574 The Seliman dynasty of Sultans ends and the Meklis Kabal'e chose the Muradin family to start a new line.
Rebecca Deveraux du Mons
