Solidar Proper uses a different calendar, “Aurora Hominus” (AH). Simply add +1486 years to the MD calendar to translate dates to AH. In year 1 AH (1971 years ago), according to Solidar scholars, mankind rose to conquer most of Solidar Proper and established their first king, Victor Solidaris, demigod & direct descendant of the god Sol. In the histories of Solidar Proper, events even before 1 AH are referred to in reverse numerical order from that point as SD or “Somnium Draconis.”
Ancient History section to be added later, when/if it is researched.
Metabantur Dei Calendar of Solidar Minor (& Related) Events
In Solidar Minor, the “Metabantur Dei” Calendar (MD) is used, beginning just after a terrible infernal cataclysm that affected the entire Realm, the appearance of the first Mist Gnomes, and beginning with the arrival of the Weh’Lan from across the sea and the epic tragedies of the Crucible Wars:
??? Mists Gnome Entry: Mist Gnomes come from another Realm to this one; disquieted.
Start of “Metebantur Dei” calendar established by 18.5 MD.
1 MD The Culling: Fiendish armies invade HARD. Lands of Solidar Proper goes nuts. Humans, Elves, & Dwarves war with their brothers & sisters turned toward evil. An onslaught of mystical illusions and contagious insanity so great and pervasive as to call into question all previous knowledge accosts the Realm, dividing all and reducing previous civilizations to a fever dream. Massive book burnings as text itself becomes toxic. The Realm faces annihilation.
1 Arrival of the Weh’Lan: Mute & Sterile Elves begin to arrive from across the Eastern Sea.
1-12 Crucible Wars: New influx of Weh’Lan Elves tell of a War of Gods, bringing with them a means to Slay Gods (The Crucible). By 5 MD, The Crucible is effective in slaying lots Demons from The Culling. Immediately, Estragos Elves want this to slay all their foes. Schism; Estragos are denied by Cierto & Friogris, then subsequently ally with dark powers and turn on brethren to gain this forbidden knowledge. Some Gods intervene directly. Most other races banish those that openly pursue The Crucible. Massive War Across the Realms.
The Bloodstorm: Orcs take on Demonic patrons, gaining Racial Rage; Rains of Blood follow.
True Socket Items: Mist Gnomes create artifacts to combat the Rebel Races & Invading Demonic Horde.
Into the Webs: Estragos are cursed & driven underground for their betrayals.
12.5 The Mingling: To dilute & subvert their curse, Weh’Lan Elves attempt to interbreed with humans. Still mute & weird, but can at least further procreate; creates “Firstborn” Weh’Lani.
13 Mist Gnome Exodus: Seeing what they have wrought, Mist Gnomes leave en masse.
13.5 Battle at Foehammer: Huge Human/Elf/Dwarf throwdown against Gobs/Orcs/Ogres/Trolls.
14 King of Solidar Proper claims all lands north of Fuming Peaks in the wake of “Realm War.”
14.5 First Alliance with Elves: (commingling with Friogris sovereigns; were the Solidars Slaves?)
15-17 Domination Wars: Heretic Humans revolt against Solidar Families & Friogris Elves
16 Desolation at Skypoint: Massive storm or a dragon attack? Most Humans disperse.
17 Mighty War: Cierto elves, Tugevus dwarves, Solidar & Olvidar men fight off Evil Giants.
17-18 The Blinding Light: Exile last Demons / dissenting humans stripped of nobility.
18.5 Massive Book burning & magic item destruction. Brief Dark Age of Knowledge, “MD” established.
19 Slaying of Dracaedes: When the Slaughter Dragon is slain, many other monsters retreat & hide.
23 Securing of the Northern Spread: Smaller satellite human kingdoms of Solidar Minor join Proper dynasty, including Baron Septes Lavie of Bran and Earl Montgomery Howlett of Narrowmarsh.
27 Fort MacGuffin Built: Lord Winsiquikset loses his mind, builds giant death trap.
29 Exodus of the Dwarves: Most Tugevus & Tarkus Dwarves retreat to mountains or underground & away from Solidar.
30 Fall of the Colossus: Heroes finally slay the Colossal Hyldavar Mech at Pitchfork Pass.
30.5 The Gain: First major Solidar Proper Colonization of Solidar Minor. Establish Karfax County.
31 Wildling Wars: Solidar Allies aggressively claim more land from Olvidar barbarian tribes; make treatise with & absorb larger Olvidar nations.
31.5 Treaty of Dirkwood: Karfax spreads, new Solidar settlers create Kismet County.
32-35 The Silver Years: Humans populate old Dwarven mines at foot of Mighty Mountains; years of prosperity.
36 Revolt of the Mad Sheik: Saffron Road cut off; human vs human battles.
37 Saffron Treaty: Mad Sheik is assassinated; Sapphire county created & absorbed.
37.5: Secret Order of the Golden Scythe established by hidden royalists loyal to the dead Mad Sheik.
38 Renewal of the Dance: Karfax establishes peaceful ties with Cierto, distinguishing them from Friogris, with political ripples also easing post-Domination War tensions up north.
38.5 Dunham’s Purge: Goblins & Orcs driven from Karfax, build Foehammer Temple.
40 Brother’s Feud: Dispute over regency splits Karfax; brother Karlyl wins vs Kirtain.
40.5 Southern Concord: Satellite burgs swear allegiance to Duchy of Karfax. Shield Road fortified, Timore founded.
42 Pacific Sanction: Official disbanding of the Sol Inquisitors after Jaghr scandal.
44.5 Elven Schism: last of the Friogris & Cierto abandon what becomes Weh’Lan nation.
45 Weh’Lan Dusk: Huge influx of Elves from Weh’Lan into Karfax during a plague.
46-86 The Jubilation: Karfax does well economically, with no catastrophes for 40 years.
86.5: Hařa: Weh’Lan develop Hařa, a means for 2 or more people to procreate without physical sex, but mutually shared love & various arcane alchemy. With it their curse is gone. Raises eyebrows among clergy & traditionalists. Children conceived by Hařa cannot be raised or resurrected by magical means, and age as humans do; they now resemble a race of half-elves.
87: Rhizon Awakens: A beneficent Brass Dragon Rhizon enters world politics in Solidar Minor.
87.5-89: Solidar Minor experiences mass redistribution of wealth, social justice, humane practices, and joy for the common folk (at the expense of elf & human royal families). Lethe Lotus Tea becomes mad fad for disenfranchised youth among old royal families. Rhizon is seen as tyrant by old guarde, savior by all else.
89.5 Shadow Blight: Undead rise. Old Forest = Black Forest. Karfax fast panic decline.
90 Dawn Patrol: Sol Inquisitor rebirth to fight Undead. Very successful. Blame hedonism & faithlessness.
90.5 Red Dawn: Dawn Patrol takes over Counties in a military state. Rhizon is Slain to dismay of many. Lethe Lotus & Hařa both declared Heretical, many other practices declared taboo (ranging from natural sorcery, extraplanar magic in general, to homosexuality, and even overt fraternization with non-Soldiar cultures). Lots of racial divides. Bad times follow.
91-123 Southern Purgatory: Severe oppressed years under rule of Theocracy. Split from Solidar Proper. One positive outcome of the prison-like state is that labor camps and press gangs transform Salt, Scythe, and Shield from worn dirt gullies into respectable paved roadways.
124 Ofrob’s Denial: Factionalism within Dawn Patrol results in Civil War, lead by Oracle Prophet.
125-126 Faithless Desolation: Years without clear political distinctions in Minor, local warlords rule.
127 Kos’nier the Wise: Human kingdoms are loosely reunited by adventurer and his band.
127.5 The Salve: Kos’nier’s Heroes find true blood royals to retake old thrones. Reinstate old lines.
128-142 Independence Years: Reinstated kingdoms still have few interactions with Solidar Proper.
143 King Kroskar’s Reinstatement: Solidar Major takes a renewed interest in reclaiming Solidar Minor.
144 Rise of the Eye Tyrant: Gui’Djak the Beholder conquers Karfax; slain by Prince Jerod’s Posse.
144.5 Flight of the Four: 4 noble families vacate Karfax for Solidar. Economic retrograde.
145 Cereblex Invasion: Cereblex the Tyrant, a Psionic Green Dragon, emerges to conquer.
146-157 Cereblex’s Reign: The Tyrant Dragon rules Solidar Minor, eating souls.
158 End of the Mind Eater: A group of adventurers banish Cereblex to the Astral.
159-199 Dragon Fugue: Everyone pieces together the wreckage of Cereblex. Dark time.
199-200 Dwarfgate: King Srigto emerges to claim surface lands in Solidar Minor.
200.5 Srigto’s Loss: Humans in claimed lands form militia and fight back against Dwarf Lord.
201-222 The False Calm: Srigto at stalemate; Solidar Minor seems fine.
223 Srigto’s Folly: Dwarves invade again, fight Humans & Elves. Everybody weakened.
223.5 Srigto’s Renege: Orcs invade again from everywhere. Wreck everything.
224 The Bloodiest Year: War, war, war. Everyone loses. Orcs fill every corner of Solidar Minor.
225-274: Hodi Bellum: 50 years of Solidar Minor monster madness; everything South goes South.
275 Scourge of Janice: Efreet Sorceress wrecks more shit. Everyone loses more.
276 Penance Pact: Adventurers gather to stop Janice & Orcs. Stabilize Solidar Minor.
276.5 Prophets for Profit: Investors come in to buy property & restructure royal houses.
277-282 The False Utopia: Everything seems good, but now in hands of venture merchants.
283 The King’s Coin Inflation: Suddenly Gold loses 50% its value. Huge turnover.
283.5 Solidar Minor Exodus Redux: Royal families withdraw from failing provinces.
284 Tolmu Rebuild: Wealthy Tolmu Merchant Guild seizes cheap properties in Solidar Minor.
284.5 Tolmu Devouring: Old cities become ruins. New Cities flourish.
285 Tolmu Demise: Patron of Tolmu Guild revealed to be Vampire; slain. Economic upheaval.
285.5 Tolmu Legacy: Major shifts in who owns what, and Royal Family Claims.
286-309 Yuri’s Grip: Genius gnome legate keeps Solidar Minor prospering under his influence.
310-311 Reign of the Righteous: Religious fanatics kill Yuri under pretense of alleged diabolic dealings, and plunge the realm into chaos.
312-332 Years of Darkness: Religious faction splinters, monsters attack en masse.
333 Boy King: Nestor the Child single handedly slays many tyrants & monsters in Solidar Minor.
334-358 Age of Innocence: Nestor declared “King of the South,” leads Solidar Minor into a new Age of Peace, but King Occulon of Solidar Proper denies his regency.
358.5 The Ravaging: Nestor vanishes, new foes from all corners descend on Solidar Minor.
359-363 Years of the Tentacle: Solidar Proper sends in delegates, army, & adventurers to clean up & reclaim Solidar Minor, but still a terrible mess. Alien monsters wreck shit.
364 Sol’s Weeping: Major floods devastate Karfax’s farms, reducing them to marsh. City of Timore’s Southern District practically underwater. However, many monsters perish, banished, driven underground or deep into lakes.
365-388 Gray Time: Karfax slips from national power to economic & cultural depression. Skilled laborers migrate en masse north to Solidar Proper to find work; Karfax reconstruction suffers further for it.
389 Coronation of Duke Lonnel. An industrious sovereign, he negotiates favorable lumber export to Solidar Proper and across Munda Aqua to Drakengard. Karfax economy begins to stabilize once more.
391 Kismet Lumber Tax: Puts a damper on Duke Lonnel’s trade, bit of a setback.
391.5 Taking of the Brass Lance: Drakengard royal refugees flee across the Munda Aqua, seeking asylum in Kismet, only to be attacked by pirates. Political strife ripples up to Solidar Proper, forcing them to cut off much needed aid money for Karfax.
392 Dissolution of House Rackham: For their inability to control crime & piracy, Duke Lonnel had the royal family of Cheslie removed, instating the Seven Guild Council in its place to govern Kismet County. Cheslie erupts in Riots.
392.5 Birth of Lexus: Duchess Leiga dies in childbirth, and Duke Lonnel becomes ill with a persistent bloody cough.
397 Death of Duke Lonnel: Clerics had been able to postpone his fate for years, but eventually he succumbs. Young Lexus is raised by the Duke’s counsel Magistrate Siete and Captain Jonas Conner.
410 Coronation of Duke Lexus: Fierce ruler who carries on the memory of Duke Lonnel’s work.
412 Ragamuffin Rebellion: Duke Lexus puts down a resurgence of Kismetians trying to reinstate House Rackham’s authority. Adds an 8th to the Council in Cheslie – the Patriots Guild.
415 Sulan/Torag Affair: A Temple with the dual purpose of being a cultural center of arts, music, and theater as well as an embassy to the Weh’Lan Elves being built in Timore is cancelled; elves sorta pissed. They get even hotter when its land & monies are dedicated to Torag, dwarf god of Artifice & Protection.
416 Prayers to Torag: Duke Lexus reaches out to Tarkus Clans to rebuild Karfax economy & labor.
416.5-422 Hammer Boom: Karfax economy doing much better, but agriculture suffers.
423 Famine of Spite: All Solidar Minor suffers famine, Karfax hit hardest. Weh’Lan blamed.
440 Birth of Lapis
451 Stolen Glory: Adventurers bring wealth stolen from Far South Pharaoh Tombs into Karfax, helps Duke Lexus’s economy but sparks Crusades between Karfax & Sapphire Counties (pushed for & funded by Guilds in Sapphire with ties to Southern Sheiks).
453-457 War of Blue & Gold: Karfax is in heated War with Sapphire county.
457 Treaty of Burning Blood: After huge grisly Battle in the Shameless Desert, both Duke Lexus of Karfax & Duke Lazar of Sapphire agree to an armistice. The Golden Scythes (Assassins Guild) still hate Lexus. He dies of mystery illness, they are suspect but never proven.
458 Reign of Duke Lapis: Lexus’s Son, Lapis, ascends to his father’s position at age 18.
459 Draining the Swamp: Duke Lapis dedicates sizable tracts of land near Equipolis & Wheaton to Weh’Lan Druids, asking for their help in making the Scythe Road farms fertile once again. Building of the Ratatrabajo Aquaducts.
460 Threefold Treaty: Duke Lapis signs an accord with the leaders of the elf & dwarf communities guaranteeing safe passage throughout all his lands, civil rights, fair trade, and military support. Met with mostly praise.
463 New Era: Duke Lapis declares his reign will see Karfax great again. With aid of Weh’Lan Druids, repairs the damage of Sol’s Weeping. Karfax is becoming a strong County once again.
465 Dissolution of Patriot’s Guild: After learning of their abhorrent acts against the remainder of the Rackham family, Duke Lapis removes the Patriots from the Cheslie Council, and offers the Rackham estate 250,000 gp, under the condition that they move north to Solidar Proper and sign a dictum never to return. Bastard Anne Bonny was the only Rackham to sign the dictum, took the money, and supposedly now captains a pirate ship in Munda Aqua.
467 The Leguizamo Incident: While entertaining guests of various royal families from Solidar Proper, including distant relatives of his own, Duke Lapis makes a fool of himself while drunk, commits several faux pas (particularly concerning Earl Clowen Leguizamo), and accidentally serves Lady Ashenburry food she is allergic to. It is years before his reputation recovers, and House Leguizamo still regularly blocks requests for aid or monies to the South.
467.5 The Flaccid Sword: King Belmont of Solidar Proper decrees that Duke Lapis consolidate the colonies of Solidar Minor, most likely in recompense for the Leguizamo Incindent. Duke Lapis refuses to act against the Weh’Lan, but does attempt to march north on The Magnar Jorgun Tivan. His troops are slaughtered to the man. He then denies the decree as being unjust and refuses further efforts. The loss against Tivan spurs some rebel lords to declare independence throughout Solidar Minor.
468.5 Riots in Old Dwarton result in their unofficial secession from Karfax rule, lead by the giant Crogar.
469 Pen-Knife Papers: After a year and a half of insolence from rebels, Duke Lapis is forced to crack down on traitorous lords. Rather than march his army to each defiant fiefdom, he offers lands, titles, and monetary settlements to those who would turn on their own kin in favor of the Solidar Proper Crown. While it is seen as a coward’s move by most of the people, it is surprisingly effective. Few renegade kingdoms remain in Karfax, but now the land is divided (many bergs lead by ‘usurpers’) and the royal coffers are low.
472: Mass migration of Lizardfolk from Far South into Solidar Minor, filling local Forests & Swamps.
474: Beginning of the Jacobian art and music movement in Timore. Surrealist & critical of the crown.
476: Duke Lapis declares he will marry Duchess Lazuli to end any remaining conflict with Sapphire County.
Present Day
Karfax’s position in national politics is at a recent high, although economy is tenuous…
