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Bellona-Augustus HouseWar

Aug 1, 656

Alcyoneus au Augustus attempts to assassinate Priam au Bellona, head of House Bellona, and fails, leading House Bellona to declare HouseWar upon Augustus. Archgovernor of Mars Octavian au Cylus declares his forces for Bellona.

The End of Augustus

Dec 20, 656

House Bellona wins the HouseWar and every Augustus is put to death. All except for seven-year-old Caligula au Augustus who is to be raised by House Cylus.

New Year, New Knights

Jan 1, 670

Legendary razormaster Culmos au Arcos is appointed as Hearth Knight and Daphne au Rein is appointed as Morning Knight.

The Lion's Rebellion

May 5, 676

Electra au Lune and Caligula au Augustus ally, aiming to stage a coup against Agamemnon au Lune and Octavian au Cylus. Two factions are created and The Lion's Rebellion begins, with Houses Carthii and Augustus behind Electra and Houses Bellona, Arcos, and Cylus behind Agamemnon.

Invasion of Luna

Nov 9, 681

Electra au Lune with her Carthii forces, invades Luna, bringing her plan to assassinate her father into fruition. With many Praetorian forces swayed to Electra’s side, Luna takes significant damage. However the Hearth Knight leads the Rage and Morning Knights to capture Electra and once dispatched they quickly succeed in doing so. Meanwhile the Storm, Death, and Fear Knights move on Mars to take Caligula. Caligula sways Death and Storm but the Gorgons are released upon Agea and capture all three

First Moon Lord's Rebellion

Jan 2, 682

Seeking to capitalize on the instability following in the wake of the Invasion of Luna, the Moon Lords, long desirous of independence, launch a full-scale rebellion against the Core government.

Bloody Valentine's

Feb 14, 683

Caligula au Augustus, Electra au Lune, the Death Knight (name later), the Storm Knight (later), and prolly some Carthii (fix later) are publicly executed by ritual gauntlet for treason against the Society and its Sovereign Agamemnon au Lune.

The Glassing of Rhea

Mar 23, 683

Agamemnon au Lune sends Antaeus au Grimmus, Imperator of the Sword Armada, to teach the Moon Lords a lesson. When he arrives at Rhea, he glasses the moon, sending nuke after nuke, completely decimating it.

The Raven's Shadow

Dec 9, 683

The position of Shadow Knight is created and Tiberius au Falthe becomes the first to hold the mantle.

Rise of the Leopard

Jul 3, 685

Two rather prominent Grimmus rise to high positions of power: Antaeus au Grimmus becomes ArchImperator and Asterion au Grimmus becomes Fear Knight.

Heir to the Morning Throne

Dec 25, 687

Cecilia au Lune is born to Agamemnon au Lune and someone else au something (fix later), becoming the new heir to the Morning Throne.

The Griffin and the Moon

Jul 19, 719

Cecilia au Lune and Caesar au Arcos marry, uniting House Arcos and House Lune.

A New Moon

Jan 21, 720

Agamemnon au Lune dies of old age, Cecilia au Lune is crowned as Sovereign of Society.

An Imperator Disgraced

Oct 5, 729

Imperator of the Classis Mercurium, Julius au Faustus, is caught having a relationship with a Green woman. The Green is executed, Julius is stripped of his title, and he is exiled in disgrace to Hildas.

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