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Hasan Samara is born, and quickly reported to the Seekers that he is Phoenix by his parents.
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Prince Eternos is born to Horatio and Odessa Forge
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Prince Cassian is born to Danielle and Gero Everglade. Silver heir Princess Vita will be born a few years later.
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Eternos takes the throne after his father Horatio's brutal murder, marrying Echo a year later. Though Everglade and Cassian were not responsible, this resparked the long seated hatred between the two countries. The rivalry between Eternos and Cassian turned from childhood envy to dangerous.
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Silver Heir Prince Audrion is born to Cassian and Henrietta Everglade. Golden Heir Prince Richard was born only two years earlier.
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Prince Cassian ascends the throne with his wife, Henrietta, and sister, Vita, upon Danielle and Vaughn's deaths on the battlefield. As he famously dove for the pearls in her engagement ring in Riazan himself, he becomes known as "the Pearl King".
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Prince Brian is born to Eternos and Echo Forge
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Eternos's aggression leads to a skirmish on Gladian soil. As it resulted in the end of the "Pearl King" Cassian's life, the war was given his name. Silver Queen Vita, fighting alongside him despite her age, died much younger than expected and left Cassian's sons very young to take the throne.
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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.
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Princess Ketra is born to Audrion and Ivy Everglade. She is the Golden Heir, and future potential Silver Queen. Audrion decides against ascending her immediately.
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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 - then 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.
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Crown Princess Kaede is born to King Shui Matsumoto and his queen. -
Kenetari as Vera Karian. She is later identified as the holder of Pearl’s soul. -
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Prince Markus is born to Audrion and Ivy Everglade. He is the Silver Heir, and one day to be Ketra's Silver King. He is also the water elementi.
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Crown Princess Daphne is born to Brian and Kara Forge
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Aurora Bloomburn is born to Charity Bloomburn and Vyncent Spiderwood. As they are Seekers, she is immediately announced as Phoenix. This is also, of course, the day of Hasan's death.
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Blessed Princess Noriko Matsumoto is born to Shuichi and his queen in Riazan. -
Following the death of her mother, ten year old Crown Princess Kaede is crowned Queen Kaede, with her Aunt Haruna as her regent. -
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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.
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Lighting and Ice refugees stage a rebellion that leads to the take over of the royal family's palace. Only the young queen's quick thinking and the intervention of assassin Ryan Talonshade retook the island for the crown.
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King Brian, attempting to make it easier to invade Everglade, completely invades Carina. He has 99% of the Greatly family killed, and came incredibly close to victory. Only William Rainbird's inventions drove the Drake forces back.
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Marik is permanently injured protecting soon to be former fiancé, Amista, from Drake forces. Though the trial against him goes in his favor, Amista shifts public opinion and he is has to leave Everglade for Riazan. -
Markus Everglade hears of Princess Saria's kidnap and sets out to save her. (Markus is seventeen)
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Queen Kaede accompanies her sister, Noriko, on her traditional gladiatorial debut when she turns 18 and both sisters get caught up in more than they bargained for. (Markus is 19)
