Everglade Loses

Hasan Born

Aug 17, 1376

Hasan Samara is born and quickly reported to the Seekers as Phoenix.

Eternos Born

Jul 30, 1400

Crown Prince Eternos Forge is born to Horatio and Odessa Forge

Cassian Born

Oct 4, 1400

Silver Heir Prince Audrion is born to Cassian and Henrietta Everglade. Golden Heir Prince Richard was born only two years earlier.

Eternos Crowned King

Apr 12, 1419

Prince Eternos ascends to the Drake throne, following his father's brutal murder. Eternos takes Essa Echo Whirlpool as his bride. Though neither Everglade nor the Gladian royal family were responsible for this crime, Eternos's suspicion that it could have been Cassian turns their childhood rivalry dangerous.

Audrion Born

Sep 12, 1420

Prince Audrion takes the throne during the tumultuous period following Cassian's death at Eternos's hands. Due to his unflinching control, he is sometimes called "The Iron King". Overwhelmed by his father's death, failing marriage, and young child, Richard abdicates. Audrion decides to rule alone, bypassing his brothers, and eventually reign with his first born.

Cassian Crowned King

May 28, 1422

Following his mother's death on the battlefield, Prince Cassian takes the throne as Silver King, elevating his uncle Anthony to Golden King. As he was famously known for diving for pearls in Riazan for his future wife's engagement ring, he nearly immediately becomes known as "The Pearl King".

Brian Born

Feb 18, 1430

Crown Prince Brian is born to Eternos and Echo Forge

The Pearl War

1437

Eternos's aggression leads to a skirmish on Gladian soil. A short, brutal affair, it was named for the Pearl King after the violence took his life.

Audrion Crowned King

Mar 8, 1437

Young Prince Audrion takes the throne following his father's death. Richard refuses to accept his place as Silver King, still reeling from his father's murder at Eternos's hands. Instead of ascending a different brother, Audrion decides to take the throne by himself. Due to this hardline decision, and his general nature, Audrion is sometimes called the Iron King.

Helena Born

Jun 3, 1437

Helena Rainbird is born to Runa Rainbird and deceased fiancé Sebastian Shieldmark. As Runa does not wish to sully her family name with a bastard child, an easy way out presents itself when it becomes clear Helena is Phoenix. She piously gives her daughter over to be raised by the Seekers.

Ketra Born

Dec 20, 1439

Golden Heir Ketra is born to Audrion and Ivy Everglade. There is debate of her ascending the throne immediately, but Audrion decides against it.

Frostfall Rebellion

1440

Nicholas Frostfall stages a rebellion against the ruling Forges. Though he starts with comparatively little manpower, it looks like he'll be on the winning side - until some of his allies turn against him. Eternos, victorious, executes Nicholas and his allies, leaving only their young heirs alive. These heirs are stripped of their titles and holdings, intended as bartering chips in marriages and bodies to fight wars.

Kaede Born

1442

Crown Princess Kaede is born to Shui and his queen in Riazan.

Rea Born

May 3, 1445

Princess Rea Greatly is born to the current king and queen of Carina. She is quickly revealed to be Pearl, and elevates Carina's status on the world stage.

Fedor Born

Jul 14, 1447

Fedor Skala is born and quickly revealed to house the soul of Paramour. The Royal Family takes a very active interest in his raising.

Markus Born

Jan 23, 1448

Silver Heir Markus is born to Audrion and Ivy Everglade. As he has blue hair, there is immediate controversy over his legitimacy. The royal stance is that he is a genetic anomaly.

Daphne Born

Aug 16, 1448

Crown Princess Daphne is born to Brian and Kara Forge.

Attack of Riazan

1452

Tagus uses resources from an alliance with Dragoon to invade Riazan. The lack of support from Riazan causes Loire to be utterly destroyed, leaving Tagus in control of all three island kingdoms. This vastly boosts the slave trade.
Princesses Kaede and Noriko escape alive, but their parents don't survive.

The Tagan Empire

1453

The Duponts establish the Tagan empire, freely trading elementist and traceblood citizens to Dragoon. Though many evacuate to Solkenton, not all escape this terrible fate. Riazan and Loire become arms of Tagus, being renamed Navari and Leon respectively.

Light Elementi Rebellion

1458

The long enslaved Light elementi in Dragoon attempt a rebellion. Those that aren't killed are forced to run, leaving previous elementi Tallith dead and new elementi Tanith and her mother fleeing into the wasteland of Laina.

The Carinian War

1462

Dragoon invades Carina, and Everglade enters the war to assist. Eventually, Audrion and Ketra take the field. With Fedor/Paramour on their side, however, the tides are turned against the Carina Everglade alliance. Audrion sends Ketra home, and is killed in battle. Ketra returns and manages to evacuate Imperia, but stays behind and is killed herself when Everglade cousin, Amista, lowers the magic shields to let in Dragoon. Markus and Ivy survive.

Drake Union

1463

Dragoon assumes control of both Carina and Everglade, reducing them to territories managed by dukedoms. Fedor Skala is given Everglade, which is renamed Cypress, and Carina is given to the Legions and renamed Etruvia. Caltha retreats behind their walls.

ER

1465

Laura steps through the portal and into Aurora's life. She was raised as a Seeker and was never Phoenix, sheltered and obedient to the cause. Learning slowly of Everglade's fate, she resolves to help the world even without her gifts.