Found on RPG.net and Relevant: Solar/Lunar Bond

All the Incarnae could reasonably have predicted that something was going to exist after the Primordial War ended, that their chosen would exist, and Creation would exist, and that the one would have lasting effects on the other. And have planned for the eventuality. You can see a lot of that planning. But they all think differently, and plan for future problems differently.

The Sun is a straightforward solutions guy. His answer to the problems of an uncertain future is a be so good that he can handle anything. And the anything he expects to handle is direct threats; monsters from the Wyld, leftover behemoths, renegade Primordials, and so forth. Discreet, external, unambiguously Bad Stuff. So, he built his chosen that way, like him, because that's the best way to be. If a Solar can identify a problem, he can work, and prepare, and eventually, probably pretty quickly, stand in front of that problem and shut it down cold. The Sun doesn't anticipate problems, or plan for them, he identifiesthem and then solves them.

Meanwhile, the Maidens are cheaters. They're the opposite. They intentionally look ahead in the game, via crazy precognition magic and Samsara, and then, at the right time, just conveniently happen to have a solution already prepared for the problem. When ghosts show up, having never previously existed, well, gosh, it's sure convenient that their chosen have magic that puts the animate dead to rest, isn't it? Gosh, it's like they knew... And so, they skip all the intermediate steps and just insert the solutions to problems. This doesn't always work, because the Maidens still like a surprise now and then, plus the illusion of Free Will, so they just peek ahead a little bit, and stop as soon as they think they understand enough of the problem to solve it, rather than getting a complete walkthrough. This is frustrating for their chosen, because frequently they get to stroll around making it look easy, but sometimes they drop into a situation ready for a zombie apocalypse and realize they're actually dealing with a flash mob of unruly cosplayers.

Luna, on the other hand, plans for the future all the time, but she doesn't have cheaty future-looking powers. She plans the old-fashioned way, by thinking hard, sometimes with multiple brains at once. And she's powerful, but not infinitely powerful, so she can't always plan on steamrolling any threats. Plus, she's good friends with some who CAN steamroll just about any threat, so why should she bother? It's no fun to be, literally, a pale imitation of the Unconquered Sun. If there's a problem that can be solved with force, she can always pick up the phone and call the sun. If there's a problem that can be foreseen, she doesn't even have to call the Maidens, they'll know about it and deal with it on their own. Luna plans for the problems that Sun can't steamroll, and the Maidens can't cheap-shot. She's there to pop up when some jackass Ishvara thinks he's discovered kryptonite for the Sun and Creation is his for the taking, to deliver a quick kidney punch and send him crying back to Nirupadhika. Luna thinks sideways, to solve problems that weren't anticipated. And, I maintain, her chosen are built from that same philosophy.

So, then, what does this have to do with giving every Lunar a solar bondmate?

The answer is that the solar bond does not, in the end, exist for the benefit of the Lunars. It also does not exist for the benefit of the Solars. Luna wasn't trying to help either of those groups; they didn't exist yet when she was forging exaltions.

Solar Bond exists for the benefit of Creation, which Luna is Fiercely Protective of, after all.

I think Luna, in all her tricksy, tricksy, glory, looked around at things and tried to figure out what Creation would need the most. She tried to figure out what the greatest threats to Creation would be, and make sure her Chosen were set up to do something about it. And, being the sort of outside-the-box thinker that she is, the being whose first act upon creation was to win a knife fight with infinite potential varieties of herself and eat them, Luna realized that the greatest possible threats to Creation, in the long run, stemmed from the Solar Exalted.

Solars, in their purviews, are unbeatable. Like their patron, if a Solar sets about doing something, it will be done, unless opposed by someone of equivalent power.

Therefore, so long as the Solars exist and are reliable, Creation is safe. It's protected. It's secure. That's good.

It follows, then, that any real threat to Creation is necessarily going to involve either some enemy neutralizing the Solars, or the Solars themselves turning on Creation and becoming a threat. To threaten Creation, you must either take the Solars out of play, or turn the Solars themselves against the world.

Luna is the only patron who could make this determination. The Sun could conceive of his chosen losing, but there's nothing he can do to protect against that which he hasn't already done. He's made them the best he can. And he can no more imagine them turning against the world en mass than he can contemplate turning traitor himself. It's not how he operates. And the Maidens are totally unreliable. If they look ahead and see that Creation should end that way, they'll sit by and let it happen, and praise the workings of Samsara. Plus, there's no cheat code for beating Solars.

So, Luna spat on her hands and set to work, and built a solution Luna Style. To protect the world, she needed her chosen to protect the Solars; protect the solars from getting chumped when some unanticipated weakness popped up to take them off the field, and to protect their loyalty; to ensure that most of them always served Creation, and would not abandon it to build their own castles in the Wyld or tear it down with their own hands.

And, being Luna, she drew on her experience with Gaia and utilized her most powerful and terrible weapon: love. Gaia wished to abandon Creation, and would have, but Luna loved her, and was loved by her in turn, and so anchored her to the world. Luna bound Gaia to the good of Creation with bonds of affection, and not even the other titans could pull those apart.

So, Luna recreated that, in miniature, with her chosen. Each Lunar loves one Solar, values him, will fight for him. And each Solar, no matter how far he grows from humanity, no matter how old he becomes, has one person who loves him, and will seek him out, sooner or later, and stand with him.

Capture a Solar alive, and send him to the most distant shores of the Faraway, lost and unable to reincarnate? There is one being who will never stop looking for that solar, never give up, because love does not give up, and that being is equipped with every advantage Luna could give to survive any hardship and trail her prey across any distance. Bury a solar at the bottom of the sea, and the lunar will become a fish and swim to the rescue. Entomb a solar in the underworld, and the lunar will turn into a ghost and hunt him still. And whatever means you used to disable the solar, whatever trick or weakness you employed, will not stop the lunar, because the lunar changes like the moon, and can change weaknesses as easily as changing a face.

And, if a solar were to turn against Creation, become its enemy, still the Lunar is there. When the neverborn whisper to an Abyssal that the world has nothing good in it, that all is ashes and pain, there's one being who will stand there and call them liars, out of love. One being that can't be scourged by Resonance, can't be driven off by horror. No abyssal can truly say, "I hate all things, for all things hate me." When the Yozi sing their songs of failure and spite and envy, when they say that an Infernal has been given nothing good by Creation, and should give it back evil in turn, there's always a Lunar there to call them liars, and offer one good thing, at least. One being they can't be punished for associating with, for making compromises to, one being who will not flinch at monstrous form and inhuman changes. No infernal can truly say, "I despise all things, for all things despise me."

Obviously, this plan hasn't been perfect. The Lunars were driven off, for a time, and the solars were neutralized, and then many turned against that which they should protect, just as Luna thought might happen. But that's when you need a plan of last resort the most. And there's still time for this plan to bear fruit, because Luna's chosen are still there, they still love, and they were selected to never, ever, quit.

What Fesojynok Looks Like

Fesojynok's appearance is a cross between the three following people:

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He wields a pair of orichalcum Artifact flame pieces that look like a cross between the following images:

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The two pistols are chained together with a very long orichalcum chain, at the center of which is a setting for a hearthstone, which looks like a cross between the following images:

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For anyone who is descriptively- or depictively-inclined, there are experience points on the table for describing/depicting Fesojynok. The xp will be awarded as if you had described or depicted your character.

Visual reference..

See the dude walking across the sand at 1.00 :)

Crimson Jaguar Character

Crimson Jaguar

CRIMSON JAGUAR was born Suadi Ilmadre, the son of a shoemaker and a fortune-teller, one of the scattered Izhalvi peoples of Harborhead. He was the first and only child born to his parents before they were both slain by bandits on their way to Kirighast. The attackers thought to put him out of his misery, but the tattoos on his mothers hands marked her as a witch- it was bad enough luck to have murdered her without taking her child as well.

Only six years old, he might have died in those great plains, but he was found by a much more well equipped merchant caravan of the Shayanti. The wealthy leader of the caravan kept him as a slave and gopher, free to give him hazardous objectives without the guilt of endangering a child of his own people. The young Suadi, or Little Dog as he was then called, was not a gifted thief - but as he returned time after time from bungled and dangerous assignments, bruised, bleeding but still furiously alive, the merchant began to recognize his natural talent as a fighter. As he grew older, he learned the hunting skills of his people in the urban jungle of Kirighast; He made his first kill at the age of twelve. The merchant grew fond of his little assassin, whom no-one suspected capable of taking so many lives, who was so good at finding the secrets of his quarry that made them easy prey.

That fondness ended when Suadi presented evidence collected over many years of the merchant's corruption to the Capital Army, bringing down his benefactor with a thrown knife to the calf as he tried to escape. With no-where else to go, he signed up with the 47th Legion to continue his training. He knew that his father has been too weak to protect him, and resolved to dedicate his life to the aquisition of martial power, the only kind of freedom he knew.

Suadi quickly rose through the ranks, performing his duties with single-minded dedication. As a platoon commander, he led devastating sting operations against the bandit groups around Kirighast. He would often take point on these missions, not trusting his cohorts to match his discretion - only after he had silently disposed of the bandit leaders and spread panic among the rest would the men under his command rush to his aid, finding their leader showered with blood and surrounded by corpses. It was during this time that he was given the name of Crimson Jaguar.

His military career brought him respect, a living wage, and after a time a wife and a son of his own. It also brought a debilitating ennui and depression. It seemed to him that no matter how strong and skilled he became, he still lived and died at the behest of another. Worse, he was a servant of the Realm, whose exploitation and corruption became more apparent as he grew in years. Disinterested in gambling and the company of women, he turned to solitary alcoholism and drug abuse, experimenting with a wide variety of substances in search for a way out of his own psyche.

Such was his prowess that his chronic consumption didn't slow down his rise to power. His skilful investigation into an unusually insular cult of Alhat revealed the corrupting influence of the Yozis, and after a fierce duel with the cult's demon-blooded leader - whose claws carved the triple-scar across his face - he was recognized by one of the agents of the local Wyld hunt. It seemed that he had a new purpose - instead of hunting his fellow men, he would be part of an elite group dedicated to purging the enemies of humanity from the world. It seemed like a new day was dawning..

NOTES ON SUADI'S FUTURE

The Crimson Jaguar is not a leader. Foremost, he is a hunter and a killer. In an ideal world, he would work as part of a perfect Circle of Solars, allowing the Zenith to be the inspirational leader and figurehead. However, his growing dissatisfaction with his life of serving unworthy masters, coupled with the new sense of purpose gifted by his Solar exaltation, means that if he cannot find a leader he feels he can put his sword behind, he may feel called to assume the mantle of leadership. He is not well inclined towards leadership, as reflected by his relatively low social abilities and lack of favored social abilities. Investing his experience here will be inefficient, and he will assume such a role with reluctance; however, if this is the best way to serve his people, then so be it.

Suadi's drug habit has not been cleaned away by his Exaltation. It is prone to act on him in his most vulnerable moments, of which it is often the cause; a night terror will leave him sweating, shaking and reaching for the medicine bag. Worse, he will sometimes be assailed by hallucinations during his waking hours, causing him to make critical errors of judgment or confusing him at a crucial moment. He is privately ashamed of his drug use, and extremely defensive about it. In his heart of hearts though, he believes that freeing himself from this burden is essential for him to realize his destiny.

Homework for Extra Experience

Remember, it is your responsibility to find ways to bring this homework into actual play. I will help and will try to incorporate what I can, but the rest is up to you. Meta-discussion of how you would like to bring it into play (e.g., "I think it would be awesome if my Yozi-worshiping brother was our Guild contact") is highly welcome! Also, you only gain the experience points when the homework is posted to this blog; excepting the extra xp for coolness and other such value judgments, you can just log the new experience when you post.

EXPERIENCE WHICH CAN BE EARNED BEFORE FIRST SESSION

Character Background - Up to 4 xp

Create a convincing character background and post it here. For every 200 words of story that are written, your character gets one experience point, to a maximum of

2 xp. There are an additional 2 xp floating around for interesting ideas, amusing incidents and the number of useable adventure hooks.

Character Appearance – up to 1 xp

A written description of your character or a picture, hand-drawn, photoshopped or collaged, is worth up to 1 xp.

Create an NPC – up to 2 xp.

Create a description of somebody your character has very strong feelings about. Perhaps an enemy, a long lost love, a family member, etc. Your character gets 1xp for every 200 words written, to a maximum of 1. Providing a picture or written description of the NPC is worth an additional 1 xp.

Questionnaire - up to 3 xp

Complete a questionnaire on behalf of your character. Give as short or long an answer as you wish. The base experience point award will be 2 xp, but there will be a bonus of 1 xp for imaginative, amusing or particularly insightful answers.

1. Who is the most important person in your life?

2. Where do you want to be in 20 years time?

3. What are you most scared of?

4. What makes you happy?

5. What is your idea of a good evenings entertainment?

6. If you were not an adventurer, what would you be?

7. What item would you not live without?

8. When was the last time you cried?

9. When do you want to have children?

10. If you were an animal, what would you be?

11. What is your favorite bard song?

12. Do you prefer the town or the country? Why?

13. What was the last thing that made you laugh?

14. If made to decide, would you rather be deaf or blind? Why?

15. What is the worst thing you’ve ever done?

16. If you had to describe yourself in five adjectives, what would they be?

17. How do you want to die?

18. What is the worst thing someone has done to you?

19. Who do you admire?

20. How much is a pint of mead?

21. How old are you?

22. What was your family life like?

23. Where are you from?

24. How were you Exalted?

25. When did you meet your companions?

26. How has power changed you?

27. What do you think of mortals?

28. What motivates you to be a hero?

29. Who or what do you worship?

30. What would drive you to commit murder?

Recent History – up to 2 xp

Write about your characters thoughts of the two months leading up to the campaign. You should describe their feelings of the current situation and what positive and negative things have happened to them. Maybe they would like to comment on how your character feels about being sent to a new and strange area. You get 1 xp for every 200 words written, up to a maximum of 2 xp

Home Region - up to 3 xp.

Detail your characters homeland/village/suburb/tribe. Go crazy and do whatever you want. Up to 1 xp will be awarded for a map of the region, while up to 2 xp will be awarded for a description of the area, its local history and government, as well as a general idea of important NPC’s of the region. There is no real favoritisms displayed on the type of region you choose. Writing about a small town is worth just as much as a general country/ society overview.

Exaltation - up to 3 xp

Describe the character's Exaltation. 1 xp per 200 words, maximum 2 xp. An additional 1 xp available for coolness.

TOTAL EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE: 18 xp

EXPERIENCE WHICH CAN BE GAINED BETWEEN OTHER SESSIONS

Party Relationship - up to 1 xp.

This task can only be completed after the first session. Write a paragraph or two on how your character feels about each of the other individuals in the group. You get awarded 1 xp for every 200 words written, to a maximum of 1 xp.

Journalling - up to 4 xp

Write something describing the events of the previous session or any other session previous, provided you haven't joournalled it already. Include character reactions and such. 1 xp per 200 words, maximum 4 xp.

Repeated Assignments - Varies

Between sessions, you can repeat ONE and only ONE of the assignments in the first section of this document for the same number of xp. You can repeat any of the assignments at any time (i.e., if after the first session, you create a second NPC, you can still describe your home region after third session), and you can only gain the xp if the assignment is significantly different than any of the previous versions of the assignment (meaning that the questionnaire is unlikely to be often repeated).

TOTAL EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE: 5+ xp per inter-session period

EXPERIENCE TO BE GAINED IN PLAY

NOTE: That is a lot of experience available, especially with the cookies added atop it. Thus, I am reducing the canon xp rewards. I will note where I am changing them.

Showing Up - 1 xp

Exactly what it sounds like. Reduced from the canon 4 xp.

Stunt Award - 1 xp

Once per session, a player can opt to receive this award when the Storyteller confirms a natural three-die stunt. Players who opt to do so do NOT regain Essence or Willpower.

Story Award - 3 xp

This award is given out when the players achieve a significant story goal, either set for themselves or determined by the Storyteller. It should come down the pipe once every 4 to 7 sessions. Reduced from the canon 5 xp.

Cookies - up to 3 xp

Every player is given ONE and only ONE cookie at the beginning of every session. They may not eat this cookie. It is to give to someone who did something they thought was cool. They may NOT give it to themselves.

Food - 1 xp

If a player brings food for the group (and I mean both enough and of the right nature to be consumed by the entire group), they gain 1 xp.

TOTAL EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE: 9 xp

Jostled Mother Mooreeffoc, God of Brakhani Butter Coffee

Jostled Mother Mooreeffoc is an ancient god, long brought low in the hierarchy of Yu Shan. She serves now under the god of Brakhani cuisine in the Bureau of the Divine Witnesses of Human Works and Deeds, whom she serves (in part) as a tentative liaison with Ahlat, god of cattle and Southern war.

Jostled Mother Mooreeffoc is served by a mere couple hundred Brakhani priests throughout all of Harborhead, but occasional honors are thrown her way by most Brakhani at some point. Many Harborheadites of the other Peoples have also said a quick word of appreciation after a particularly good cup. Well, those who have acquired the taste for Brakhani butter coffee, that is.

Butter coffee is a drink particular to the Brakhani People, and especially to that subset that lives high in the Summer Mountains. The Brakhani begin, obviously, by boiling water. When the water boils, a great handful of ground coffee beans is crumbled into it and allowed to stew for between ten and fifteen minutes, until the whole infusion is so opaque that it looks almost black. At this stage a pinch of salt is added; the Brakhani always put salt, never sugar, in their coffee. They sometimes add a little soda, in order to give the beverage a pinkish tinge, but this is very rare. They very seldom, on the other hand, drink coffee without butter in it. If a Brakhani is at home, e empties the saucepan into a big wooden churn, straining the coffee through a colander made of reed or horsehair. Then e drops a large lump of butter into it, and, after being vigorously stirred, this brew is transferred to a huge copper teapot and put on a brazier to keep it hot. When Brakhani travel, they do not normally take a churn with them, so everyone fills eir wooden bowl with coffee, scoops a piece of butter out of a basket, puts it in the bowl, stirs the mixture gently with eir finger, and, finally, drinks the tea.

As mentioned before, Jostled Mother Mooreeffoc serves as an occasional liaison between the Sub-Sub-Ministry of Brtakhani Cuisine and Ahlat, god of cattle and Southern war. This is due to the afore-mentioned custom of adding butter to one's coffee among the Brakhani. This association has, naturally, carried over to the Brakhani People themselves, who consider butter coffee a warriors' drink, prizing the energy, stamina, and focus provided by the drink. This is thje reason why there is as much of a cult for this minor goddess as there is, though elements of the cult's theology suggest a much more ancient and powerful aspect for her.

This element of Jostled Mother Mooreeffoc's theology is particularly played up by the Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army, which has as much as a full quarter of priests dedicated to her service. This is because she is one of the three gods their Eclipse Caste leader Fesojynok has built a relationship with, who use lost Charms to lend him their power and share his body. When Fesojynok and Jostled Mother Mooreeffoc are joined in this way, he gains great powers of speed and agility.

Notes on Brakhani Cuisine in General

Brakhani cuisine reflects local climes and customs. Few crops grow at the high altitudes that characterize the inner portion of Brakhani territory in the Summer Mountains, although some areas in the Summer Mountains are low enough to grow such crops as rice, oranges, bananas, and lemon. The most important crop is barley. Flour milled from roasted barley, called apmast, is the staple food of the Brakhani. Pelab is Brakhani bread eaten for breakfast and lunch. Apkuth is mainly consumed for dinner. It consists of noodles of various shapes, vegetables and meat in broth. Brakhani cuisine is traditionally served with wooden chopsticks, in contrast to other Summer Mountain cuisines, which are eaten by hand. Small soup bowls are also used, and rich Brakhani feed from bowls of gold and silver.

Meat dishes are likely to be beef, goat, or mutton, often dried, or cooked in a spicy stew with potatoes. Mustard seed is cultivated in the Summer Mountains, and therefore features heavily in its cuisine. Yoghurt, butter and cheese are frequently eaten, and well-prepared yoghurt is considered something of a prestige item.

Other Members of the Sub-Sub-Ministry of Brakhani Cuisine

1. ???, god of apkuth, a Brakhani noodle dish
2. ???, god of pelabash, a bread stuffed with seasoned beef and fashioned into semi-circular or circular shapes and which according to regional variations is either deep fried or pan fried like pot stickers.
3. ???, god of pelabnukrok, a central Summer Mountain flatbread cooked on a skillet rather than in an oven.
4. ???, god of somom, a type of steamed dumpling, a heavier version of the Realm's jiaozi.
5. ???, god of kuthneth, a type of cold-weather soup made with noodles and various vegetables.
6. ???, god of bashart, stir-fried meat tossed with celery, carrots and fresh green chili.
7. ???, god of amryug, Brakhani blood sausages with cow or sheep's blood and roasted barley flour or rice as filler
8. ???, god of edkuth, a type of soup that includes beef or sheep stock along with rice, different types of Brakhani cheeses and amord which is a type of gourd-shaped Summer Mountain root.
9. ???, god of kuthmast, a type of soup that uses beef or sheep stock and roasted barley flour as well as a variety of Brakhani cheeses.
10. ???, god of iserd, Brakhani sweet dish using rice that is cooked in unsalted butter and mixed with raisins, amord, dates and other nuts. This dish is usually served only during Calibration.
11. ???, god of yepsakh, Brakhani cookies or biscuits that are deep fried and usually made during Calibration or celebrations such as weddings. Yepsakh are fashioned into many different intricate shapes and textures. Some are sprinkled with powdered sugar while other shapes such as the donkey ear-shaped yepsakh are used for decoration.

New Scroll of Errata

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Character Notes for Patrick's Character

Changing Caste Lunar Exalt

Water Snake

• transmute poison -- inner alchemy -- anything that has effect on other things
• moves/travels through world in rhythm
• on mission of own knowledge that rest of world is not aware of
• ever transformative as with shedding of skin
• hypnotism through rhythmic undulation
• in touch with the magick of the world
• inclined to a solo mission willing to move with partnership if it is in service to the greater mission
• moving with rhythm of DNA the core fabric of creation deeper than is often seen in physical manifestation
• connected to the altered states reached through DMT and other medicinal psychotropic substance
• intrigued and not violently opposed to Fair Folk
• once Exalted voice becomes intuitive guide rather than torture

Before Exaltation

• nomadic island hermit
• mentally split
• hearing voices that were telling hi of a mission so departed from civilization
• DM gets to decide where voice is coming from

Exaltation

• island looking to be settled due to powerful resource on the island, I am imprisoned and tortured to get me to talk about the secret of the island, I do not give in to the torture and Exalt during it. I then trick the settlers/profiteers to leave the island and rig their ship to sink.

Silver Pact

• Before sinking ship eat the heart of water snake use this power to rig the ship to sink -- After this am swooped out of the water by a seahawk who was sent by the Silver Faction Sidereals who were watching the island due to the Artifact -- the hawk Lunar inducts me into the Silver Pact.

Start of Game

• following Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army because in favor of their missions, although not in favor of the fact that they are an established group looking to put in place another civilization -- my mission is to aid Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army in fight against the Realm although then am looking to overthrow Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army

Character Notes for Joey's Character

Loyal soldier of the Realm. Rose to prominence from a house of little power for his ruthlessness and keen tactical ability. Left his family behind in the Realm to attend a tour of duty in the Wyld Hunt in the Threshold; for him, protecting the Realm means protecting his family. His excellence in his duties and his self-sacrifice conceals a deeper yearning for purpose and destiny; something in his soul rejects the Immaculate philosophy, and he cannot be content with simply occupying his place in the great cycle of reincarnation. He turns to drugs to numb himself between his duties, but such is his brilliance that none have been able to exploit this weakness.

All this changes when a fateful minion leads to his Exaltation by the Unconquered Sun, making him one of the very devils he once hunted . . .

• Lunar bond creates conflict with his family
• Has a great fondness for Gateway

Introduction to the Game

It is Ascending Earth RY 768, and a conflict brews in Harborhead that very well might change the face of Creation in ways no one could foresee.

To the Maiden of Battles's eyes, this conflict must be a thing of complex beauty. Mars, no doubt, sees the flowering glory of nationalism blossoming in the wake of the poisoning death of the previous Leopard, an Izhalvi by the name of Reshoom Keshara, at the hands of the Realm satrap, Cathak Voper. Even as this nationalism washes away the intertribal conflicts that have doomed previous Harborheadite rebellions, it blooms with many petals and continues to divide the people. Some band together as Harborheadites, some as Shayanti or Brakhani; the Izhalvi have yet to develop their own brand of nationalism, but that could easily change if Reshoom Keshara's rumoured heir could be found.

It is Ascending Earth RY 768, and this is the fulcrum moment when peace could be planted in fertile soil in Harborhead. One of the most powerful and numerous of the Harborheadite nationalist groups, the Harborhead People's Transcendent Liberation Army, has just begun talking with the Leopard Seat and the Realm figurehead sitting upon it about the possibility of peace, along with a few other, smaller groups. Seemingly unwilling to be left out of such important talks, the Anathema Fesojynok, who leads the Brakhani nationalist Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army, has asked to join the conversation. Peace seems, if not inevitable, then at least possible.

The game begins as Fesojynok travels to meet with the Leopard and the other rebel groups.

Timeline of All Creation's History (please check my math!!)

This is the timeline for my Exalted campaign. It includes non-canonical and canonical sources. I will endeavour to point out where I diverge from canon. I also welcome additions and corrections from anyone and everyone, particularly my players.

Dates in RY are, obviously, dated in the reckoning of the Realm, which counts forward from the activation of the Realm Defense Grid by the Scarlet Empress. It also soes not group the years into any particular unit. The abbreviation stands for Realm Years.

Dates in Years of Epochs before or of the Shogunate are dated in the reckoning of the Terrestrial Shogunate, which counts forward or backward from the founding of that nation. It groups the years into Epochs of 125 years each. Thus, the 3^rd year of the 3^rd Epoch would be (125x3)+3 years, or 378 years.

Dates in DA are dated in the reckoning of the inhabitants of Autocthonia, which dates from the Great Maker’s departure from Creation. It also does not group the years into any particular unit. The abbreviation stands for Dawn of Autocthon.

Dates in a series of numbers separated by periods are dated in Old Realm Long Count (SOURCE: which can be found on the unofficial wiki), the reckoning of the Old Realm and the Solar Deliberative, which counts forward from the founding of that first of nations. It groups the years into cycles of 25 years, the cycles into eras of 25 cycles, and the eras into ages of 5 eras. The system, it is important to note, counts what has passed, not what is current. Thus, the 7^th day of the month would be recorded here as 06.

In Old Realm Long Count, the age is indicated first. So far, the only notations placed here are Glory (referring to the period after the Primordial War, the Age of Our Unending Glory) and Wonder (referring to the period after the end of the First Age, the Age of Wonder). Following the age is indicated the number of eras in that age which have been completed, from 0-4. Then come the number of cycles and years, respectively, which have been completed, from 00-24. The periods I have left as questions marks are intended to display the number of months completed (from 00-Cal) and the number of days (from 00-27).

Before Any Calendar

The Primordials are defeated during the Calibration preceding the first year of the Old Realm Long Count.

Glory.0.00.00.??.??/-615 DA/120^th Year of the 25^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -5020

Beginning of the Old Realm Long Count.

Beginning of the Ochre Fountain Era.

Queen Merela accepts the Crown of Thunders from the Unconquered Sun.

Chejop Kejak is born.

Glory.0.00.08.??.??/-607 DA/112^th Year of the 25^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -5012

Brigid returns to the Ochre Fountain with the secret of sorcery.

Glory.0.03.24.??.??/-516 DA/21^st Year of the 25^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4921

The capitol of Creation is moved from Rathess to Meru.

Glory.0.04.08.??.??/-507 DA/12^th Year of the 25^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4912

The founding of the Solar Deliberative.

Glory.0.04.09.??.??/-506 DA/11^th Year of the 25^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4911

Beginning of the First Deliberative Era.

The Deliberative renames the Ochre Fountain the Realm.

Glory.0.24.15.??.??/1 DA/5^th Year of the 21^st Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4405

Autocthon leaves Creation, forming Autocthonia out of his body (this is a departure from canon).

Glory.1.00.13.??.??/24 DA/107^th Year of the 20^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4382

The Dissolution Invasion begins.

Glory.1.01.01.??.??/37 DA/94^th Year of the 20^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4369

The Dissolution Invasion ends.

Glory.1.01.02.??.??/38 DA/93^rd Year of the 20^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -4368

The beginning of the Unfurling Horizon Era.

The Deliberative begins its war of expansion against the Wyld.

Glory.1.15.13.??.??/424 DA/82^nd Year of the 17^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -3982

Brigid vanishes.

Glory.1.18.06.??.??/492 DA/14^th Year of the 17^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -3914

Beginning of the Aftershock War, where a rogue Primordial returned to make war upon Creation before its demise.

Glory.1.22.14.??.??/600 DA/31^st Year of the 16^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -3806

The beginning of the Shining Reflection Era, which was a renaissance of culture and art for the Exalted.

Glory.2.16.19.??.??/1105 DA/26^th Year of the 12^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -3301

Facet Raven becomes the first Solar to die of old age.

Glory.2.16.20.??.??/1106 DA/25^th Year of the 12^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -3300

The beginning of the Thousand Struggles Era, where after the Solars discovered that they were not truly immortal, they took the opportunity to cultivate alliances an nurse grudges against each other.

Glory.2.20.4.??.??/1191 DA/65^th Year of the 11^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -3215

Ingosh Silverclaws is born.

Glory.3.14.18.??.??/1709 DA/47^th Year of the 7^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -2697

The Time of Cascading Years begins, in which Creation is broken. It lasts 217 years, 129 days, 11 hours, 43 minutes, and 8 seconds.

Glory.3.19.09.??.??/1916 DA/80^th Year of the 5^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -2480

The Time of Cascading Years ends.

Glory.3.19.10.??.??/1917 DA/79^th Year of the 9^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -2479

The beginning of the Second Deliberative Era.

The Celestial Exalted found a new Delibrative with the Hierophant as its de facto leader.

Glory.4.20.09.??.??/2566 DA/55^th Year of the 4^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -1830

I AM is activated.

Glory.4.20.20.??.??/2577 DA/44^th Year of the 4^th Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -1819

The beginning of the Era of Dreams, the last age of the Celestial Exalted prior to the Usurpation.

Glory.4.22.21.??.??/2628 DA/118^th Year of the 3^rd Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -1768

Admiral Leviathan is born.

Wonder.0.02.07.??.??/2739 DA/7^th Year of the 3^rd Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -1657

The Black Nadir Concordat emerges from the Underworld with the secret of necromancy.

Wonder.0.08.09.??.??/2866 DA/5^th Year of the 2^nd Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -1530

Operation Wyldhand begins, lasting into the next year.

Wonder.0.09.07.??.??/2889 DA/107^th Year of 1^st Epoch before the Shogunate/RY -1507

The Usurpation occurs during Calibration and continues until the vast majority of the Solar Exalted are slain or imprisoned and the Lunar Exalted are driven beyond the borders of Creation.

1^st Year of the 1^st Epoch of the Shogunate/2996 DA/Wonder.0.13.09.??.??/RY –1400

The founding of the Terrestrial Shogunate.

24^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5395 DA/Wonder.2.19.08.??.??/RY -1

The Seventh Legion of the Shogun, controlled by the Daimyo of Deheleshen, arrives at his city, leveled by the Fair Folk.

The Seventh Legion of the Shogun builds an encampment at Deheleshen (the future site of Lookshy) (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 1/25^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5396 DA/Wonder.2.19.09.??.??

The end of the Great Contagion

The Destruction of the Fair Folk Armies

The Annihilation of the Seven Tigers

The Founding of the Realm (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, pp. 17-22)

RY 12/36^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5407 DA/Wonder.2.19.20.??.??

The All-Seeing Eye is chartered. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 22)

RY 18/42^nd Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5413 DA/Wonder.2.20.01.??.??

Founding of the First ministries and magistrates in the Realm

RY 20/44^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5415 DA/Wonder.2.20.03.??.??

The Seventh Legion founds the city of Lookshy on the ruins of Deheleshen, as civilian settlements spring up among the ruins (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 38/62^nd Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5433 DA/Wonder.2.20.21.??.??

The core of the Realm ministries is in place by this year. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 22)

RY 40/64^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5435 DA/Wonder.2.20.23.??.??

The legions of the Realm first return to the full strength they had in the Shogunate. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 23)

RY 44/68^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5439 DA/Wonder.2.21.02.??.??

The Empress’s consort Jeresh assassinated by a lovesick suitor

RY 45/69^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5440 DA/Wonder.2.21.03.??.??

Realm emissaries make first contact with several Scavenger Lands city-states, demanding Oaths of fealty. They persuade some to swear fealty to the Empress; most, like Lookshy, refuse. Threats compel more city-states to sign on. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 47/71^st Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5442 DA/Wonder.2.21.05.??.??

First invasion of the River Province by the Realm. Based in costal cities, elements of the Fourth Imperial Legion begin a systematic campaign of conquest, bypassing Lookshy.

Scattered resistance intensifies. Soon the Realm can control only what it can see. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 52/76^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5447 DA/Wonder.2.21.10.??.??

Council of Entities takes control of Nexus. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 53/77^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5448 DA/Wonder.2.21.11.??.??

Fourth Imperial Legion withdraws from the Scavenger Lands to its allied cities on the coast after increasing losses with guerrilla warriors. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 68/92^nd Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5463 DA/Wonder.2.22.01.??.??

Cevis Ghandarva and his followers leave the Blessed Isle.

Peace of Song Forgotten discovers The Pool of the Forest Witches

RY 69/93^rd Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5464 DA/Wonder.2.22.02.??.??

Brem Marst, who will found the Guild, born in a Kingdom that will one day be part of Great Forks. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 71/95^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5466 DA/Wonder.2.22.04.??.??

Oreithyia falls in love with Valentin.

RY 72/96^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5467 DA/Wonder.2.22.05.??.??

Ghandarva betrays Samathi Anja in exchange for Domnica’s mantle.

RY 75/99^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5470 DA/Wonder.2.22.08.??.??

Second Realm invasion of the Scavenger Lands begins, with four legions as the invasion force. Resistance is fierce but disorganized.

Lookshy is besieged by the Sixth and Ninth Legions of the Realm.

Nexus is occupied. After several weeks, the Emissary of Nexus decrees all realm forces withdraw because only the council can maintain an army in Nexus. The Realm refuses, killing two Councilors. Within a week, all officers above the rank of Talonlord are slain. Realm forces accept exile and leave. (all, Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 76/100^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5471 DA/Wonder.2.22.09.??.??

As the Realm’s invasion of the Scavenger Lands continues, Seventh Legion (Lookshy) troops use First Age Weapons against the Legions of the Realm. The Realm’s forces are destroyed by the weapon and subsequent sally, creating the shadowland of Mourning Field.

Seventh Legion troops endure forced march to location where Great Forks now stands, the conjunction of the Yellow River and the Rolling River, and destroys The Fourth Imperial Legion there.

Realm Forces withdraw from the Scavenger Lands again. (all, Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 83/107^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5478 DA/Wonder.2.22.16.??.??

Realm ships engage in unofficial and allegedly unsanctioned attacks on merchant ships from the Scavenger Lands.

Several Scavenger Land states issue Letters of Marque against Realm ships and begin building navies. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

RY 88/112^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5483 DA/Wonder.2.22.21.??.??

Realm’s third, last, and fullest invasion of the Scavenger Lands, with seven entire Legions and allied Legions, including the Empress’s own Guard.

Realm Legions are pushed back with great difficulty, Seventh Legion (Lookshy) forces are scattered, but forces from Melehvil and Nathir keep Realm forces pinned down while guerrilla forces attack. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

Brem Marst, unable to return home, stays and studies with the Counters, a mystical cult of merchant-philosophers, at The Lap. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 89/113^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5484 DA/Wonder.2.22.22.??.??

Empress' Own Guard destroyed near Melevhil. The third invasion of the Scavenger Lands is repulsed. General Vondy Beulen of the Realm defects to Lookshy along with several Dragons. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

Brem Marst returns home with new system for governing large scale trading operations. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 95/119^th Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5490 DA/Wonder.2.23.03.??.??

The free cities of the River Province, including Lookshy, Nexus, Sijan, and over a dozen others, form a coalition for mutual aid and support called the League of Many Rivers. (Scavenger Sons, p. 66)

Brem Marst expands trading opportunities.

RY 99/123^rd Year of the 11^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5494 DA/Wonder.2.23.07.??.??

With merchants from all directions but Center, Brem Marst founds the Guild. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 103/2^nd Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5496 DA/Wonder.2.23.11.??.??

The Deliberative of the Realm is created. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 23)

RY 104/3^rd Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5498 DA/Wonder.2.23.12.??.??

Coastal states of the Scavenger Lands begin to petition to join the League of Many Rivers, with Guild support. The process of determining whether or not they can join will continue for the next 5 years, until RY 109. (Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 109/8^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5503 DA/Wonder.2.23.17.??.??

Coastal states allowed to join the League of Many Rivers

The Realm protests the states joining the League of Many Rivers. They are met with derision.

RY 114/13^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5508 DA/Wonder.2.23.21.??.??

An assassination attempt on the Empress prompts her to promote infighting among the servants of the Realm as a security measure, known as the policy of the Thousand Mazy Paths. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 24)

The Empress takes the noble Rawar of Arjuf as a husband. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 26)

RY 117/16^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5511 DA/Wonder.2.23.24.??.??

Guild allies with Council of Entities in Nexus and moves HQ there.

First Guild Directorate codified and established. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 130/29^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5524 DA/Wonder.2.24.12.??.??

Birth of Manosque, Great House Founder.

RY 137/36^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5531 DA/Wonder.2.24.19.??.??

Ghandarva’s followers become bandits, at the request of Evelina the Dead.

Forest Witch’s manse open to outsiders.

RY 139/38^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5533 DA/Wonder.2.24.21.??.??

Ragara, Great House Founder, is born to the Empress and Rawar of Arjuf. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 26)

RY 144/43^rd Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5538 DA/Wonder.3.00.01.??.??

Forest Witch’s Manse destroyed by internal conflict.

RY 145/44^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5539 DA/Wonder.3.00.02.??.??

Valentin killed.

Ghandarva bargains with Oreithyia

RY 146/45^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5540 DA/Wonder.3.00.03.??.??

Bagrash Köl uses the Eye of Autochthon to found a great kingdom in the north that surpasses the Realm

The Guild allies with Bagrash Köl. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 174/73^rd Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5568 DA/Wonder.3.01.06.??.??

Nine Duchies Banner is raised in rebellion against the Scarlet Empress in the Northwest across the sea from the Realm.

The Guild allies with the Nine Duchies Banner.

Brem Marst visits Bagrash Köl’s kingdom.

Three Legions are sent to crush the Nine Duchies Banner. The Empress discovers Guild involvement after the rebellion is crushed.

Guild quietly begins withdrawing personnel and supplies from Bagrash Köl’s kingdom. (all, Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 176/75^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5570 DA/Wonder.3.01.08.??.??

The Eye of Autochthon destroys Bagrash Köl's kingdom. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 179/78^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5573 DA/Wonder.3.01.11.??.??

Brem Marst dies. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 202/101^st Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5596 DA/Wonder.3.02.09.??.??

The Thousand Scales reaches its current form.

RY 211/110^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5605 DA/Wonder.3.02.18.??.??

The Delzahn horde conquers Chiaroscuro

The Delzahn horde offers fealty to the Realm. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 212/111^th Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5606 DA/Wonder.3.02.19.??.??

The Mandala Guard established among the Forest Witches

RY 223/122^nd Year of the 12^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5617 DA/Wonder.3.03.05.??.??

By this year, most of the Threshold -- those nations on the shore of the Inland Sea -- is under Realm control. Exceptions include the Scavenger Lands and a few others. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 25)

RY 227/1^st Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5621 DA/Wonder.3.03.09.??.??

Nellens taken as consort by the Empress.

RY 231/5^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5625 DA/Wonder.3.03.13.??.??

Birth of Sesus, Great House Founder.

RY 235/9^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5629 DA/Wonder.3.03.17.??.??

Birth of Ledaal, Great House Founder.

RY 244/18^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5638 DA/Wonder.3.04.01.??.??

Viridian Manosque uses the Eye of Autochthon to attempt to stage a coup.

Viridian Manosque destroyed by the Realm’s defenses.

House Manosque put to the sword. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 24)

RY 261/35^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5665 DA/Wonder.3.04.18.??.??

Nellens dies.

RY 263/37^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5667 DA/Wonder.3.04.20.??.??

Tensions rise between Laris and Velen districts in the Scavenger Lands over disputes dating to the First Age. (Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 265/39^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5669 DA/Wonder.3.04.22.??.??

Velen district forces seize control of some irrigation and viaduct pumping stations along Sandy River and destroying others.

Laris forces wreck dikes at Lowground and Sutter’s Marsh, destroying those cities.

War between Laris and Velen districts begins. (Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 270/44^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5674 DA/Wonder.3.05.02.??.??

The Raksha Yseult re-enters Creation. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 64)

RY 278/52^nd Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5682 DA/Wonder.3.05.10.??.??

Refugees, with their Gods, meet near the Rolling and Yellow Rivers.

Great Forks is founded. (Scavenger Sons, p. 78)

RY 281/55^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5685 DA/Wonder.3.05.13.??.??

Haltans make a treaty with the Fair Folk. (Kingdom of Halta, pp. 29, 37)

RY 286/60^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5690 DA/Wonder.3.05.21.??.??

Ghandarva reborn as Ledaal Demyen.

RY 299/73^rd Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5703 DA/Wonder.3.06.09.??.??

Peasant uprising on the Blessed Isle: Trae Leng's Revolt. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 28)

RY 301/75^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5705 DA/Wonder.3.06.11.??.??

House Iselsi sponsors semi-official expedition into the Scavenger Lands, which is quickly crushed by Seventh Legion forces. (Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

Ghandarva returns to Forest Witches with Blood and Spear Sutras.

Company of Thrones formed among Forest Witches.

RY 303/77^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5707 DA/Wonder.3.06.13.??.??

303: House Iselsi attempts a coup in the Realm after their unsuccessful adventure of two years ago. It is crushed out of hand andHouse Iselsi stripped of most of their possessions and made servants of the Throne. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 24)

RY 318/92^nd Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5722 DA/Wonder.3.06.18.??.??

The Outcaste DragonBlooded Summer Conflagration leads the Linowans in an attack on Halta and is miserably defeated. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 37)

RY 326/100^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5730 DA/Wonder.3.07.01.??.??

Peasant uprising on the Blessed Isle: the Vengeful Harvest. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 28)

RY 335/109^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5739 DA/Wonder.3.07.10.??.??

The Guild establishes its first office on the Blessed Isle, at Chanos. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 362/116^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5746 DA/Wonder.3.07.17.??.??

Tepet taken as consort by the Empress

Blood on the Horn born in Harborhead

RY 364/118^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5748 DA/Wonder.3.07.19.??.??

Arczeckhi hordes invade the Scavenger Lands. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

Barbarian incursions along the northern coast of the Inner Sea repulsed by the Gleaming Fang Legion (formerly the 11th).

RY 369/123^rd Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5753 DA/Wonder.3.07.24.??.??

Birth of Mnemon, Great House Founder.

RY 370/124^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5754 DA/Wonder.3.08.00.??.??

The Empress' husband Rawar of Arjuf is assassinated. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 26)

RY 371/125^th Year of the 13^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5755 DA/Wonder.3.08.01.??.??

The Guild establishes Lord's Crossing as its first hub city on the Blessed Isle. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

Tepet vanishes.

RY 385/14^th Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5769 DA/Wonder.3.08.15.??.??

Blood on the Horn conquers coastal Harborhead.

RY 392/21^st Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5776 DA/Wonder.3.08.22.??.??

Fane of Upswept Horns restored in Harborhead.

RY 393/22^nd Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5777 DA/Wonder.3.08.23.??.??

Tariffs begin being levied against Guild merchants traveling on the Blessed Isle. One notable tariff is from House Tepet on wagon wheels, even when attached to wagons. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

RY 416/45^th Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5800 DA/Wonder.3.09.21.??.??

Guild boycotts trade with the Blessed Isle.

Trade War between Guild and Realm begins. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

The Realm attacks Harborhead.

RY 418/47^th Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5802 DA/Wonder.3.09.23.??.??

The Trade War ends with a pseudo-compromise, as each side recognizes futility of continued hostilities. A two-century Realm tariff on Guild trade items begins. Also, Guild hubs on the Blessed Isle are banned, forcing all business between the Realm and the Guild to go through Cherak. (Manacle and Coin, p. 13)

Rise of Dukantha among the Lintha

RY 422/51^st Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5806 DA/Wonder.3.10.02.??.??

Elevation of House Nellons.

Blood on the Horn killed.

Harborhead falls to the Realm.

RY 433/62^nd Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5817 DA/Wonder.3.10.13.??.??

Fire seen in sky over Imperial Mountain.

Mountain People send emissaries to Empress, return fewer but with great gifts.

RY 435/64^th Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5819 DA/Wonder.3.10.15.??.??

Arczeckhi horde invades the South, ravaging several cities in the Hundred Kingdoms. They are turned back by Hundred Kingdoms mercenaries and Lookshy regulars. The Guild provides substantial help. (Scavenger Sons, p. 67)

RY 465/94^th Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5849 DA/Wonder.3.11.20.??.??

Peasant uprising on the Blessed Isle: Unbroken Rushes Rebellion. Lasts until next year. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 28-29)

RY 466/95^th Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5850 DA/Wonder.3.11.21.??.??

The Unbroken Rushes Rebellion is broken by the Scarlet Empress’s might.

RY 474/103^rd Year of the 14^th Epoch of the Shogunate/5858 DA/Wonder.3.12.04.??.??

First major rebellion in Harborhead begins (and ends).

RY 535/39^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6119 DA/Wonder.3.14.15.??.??

A second rebellion in Harborhead begins over a slain cleric.

RY 547/51^st Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6131 DA/Wonder.3.15.02.??.??

Fair Folk invade the Hundred Kingdoms; the League of Many Rivers alliance collapses under the assault, although the Guild continues to support the Hundred Kingdoms. (Scavenger Sons, pp. 64-65, 67)

RY 550/54^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6134 DA/Wonder.3.15.05.??.??

Second rebellion in Harborhead ends with the Realm in control.

The Guild renegotiates treaties with Chiaroscuro and other major cities and the Realm to reduce tariffs.

RY 554/58^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6138 DA/Wonder.3.15.09.??.??

Fair Folk are finally driven from the Hundred Kingdoms. Guild establishes trade ties with many, and is scandalized for it. (Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 557/61^st Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6141 DA/Wonder.3.15.12.??.??

Representatives from the Scavenger Lands’ major cities renegotiate a new, stronger treaty called The Confederation of Rivers. (Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 563/67^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6147 DA/Wonder.3.15.18.??.??

Beginning of the war between the Fair Folk nobles Slulura and Yseult, in the Northeast. Lasts 5 years until RY 568. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 60)

Ghandarva reborn as God-Blooded son of Spinner of Glorious Tales from Great Forks

RY 564/68^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6148 DA/Wonder.3.15.19.??.??

Proseria delivers the Blessing of Awakening to the Forest Witches.

The Company of Messengers formed among the Forest Witches

The Table of Fiends is formed among the Forest Witches

The Tax of Fading Embers levied among the Forest Witches

RY 568/72^nd Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6152 DA/Wonder.3.15.23.??.??

Creation of the stone forest of the Proving Ground ends the 5-year war between Slulura and Yseult. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 65)

RY 578/82^nd Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6162 DA/Wonder.3.16.08.??.??

Realm goes to war with Anathema Jochim

RY 585/89^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6169 DA/Wonder.3.16.15.??.??

War with Jochim ends with Jochim slain by Tepet Arada “The Wind Dancer”

Ghandarva returns to Forest Witches again

RY 591/95^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6175 DA/Wonder.3.16.21.??.??

Peasant uprising on the Blessed Isle: Ragara's Widow's Uprising. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 28)

RY 615/119^th Year of the 15^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6199 DA.Wonder.3.17.20.??.??

Several officers of the Seventh Legion killed by a First Age Weapon at Gunzota redoubt

RY 686/65^th Year of the 16^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6270 DA/Wonder.3.20.16.??.??

Sacrifice War in Harborhead. Realm puts down another rebellion

RY 688/67^th Year of the 16^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6272 DA/Wonder.3.20.18.??.??

The Black Scale Embassy Established among the Forest Witches

RY 707/86^th Year of the 16^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6291 DA/Wonder.3.21.12.??.??

Peasant uprising on the Blessed Isle: Bloodied Scythe Uprising. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, p. 28)

RY 708/87^th Year of the 16^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6292 DA/Wonder.3.21.13.??.??

House V'neef is founded. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, pp. 27, 84-87)

RY 748/2^nd Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6332 DA/Wonder.3.23.03.??.??

Autocrat of Thorns dies.

Empress supports succession of Autocrat of Thorn’s second son in exchange for a promise to attack the Scavenger Lands.

Realm sends Dragon-Blooded “advisers” to help him seize power from his Elder Brother, then legitimizes usurper. More “advisory” forces and First Age Weapons sent to “help” new Autocrat.

Guild attempts to forestall war, fails. (all, Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 750/4^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6334 DA/Wonder.3.23.05.??.??

Thorns attacks the Scavenger Lands. (Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

RY 752/6^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6336 DA/Wonder.3.23.07.??.??

The forces of Thorns are mauled, their forces unused to war compared to their opponents.

The Realm is forced to put more and more money into helping Thorns.

RY 754/8^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6338 DA/Wonder.3.23.09.??.??

Battle of Mishaka: Armies of Thorns annihilated by the Confederation of Rivers. Great Forks forces crushed. (Scavenger Sons, pp. 65, 67)

Popular opinion turns against new Autocrat, civil war begins.

RY 761/15^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6345 DA/Wonder.3.23.16.??.??

Resplendent Air

The Bull of the North attacks the Rokan-jin and Talinin tribes south of the Linowan, leading to the war between him and the Realm (specifically the Tepet legions). This war lasts 3 years until Ascending Earth RY 764. (Kingdom of Halta, pp. 38-41)

RY 762/16^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6346 DA/Wonder.3.23.17.??.??

Ascending Water

The Bull of the North sends the Sorceress Samea to assist his forces against the Rokan-Jin and Talinin tribes as his war with the northeastern tribes escalates.

The Linowan enter the fray against the Bull. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

Open warfare erupts between Icewalkers and Rokan-jin and Talinin Tribes.

RY 763/17^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6347 DA/Wonder.3.23.18.??.??

The Solar Exalted begin to return en masse

The Abyssal Exalted begin to appear en masse

Descending Earth

Linowans request aid from the Realm in their war with the Bull of the North and the Icewalkers. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

Descending Wood

The Tepet legions join the Linowan in their war with the Bull of the North and the Icewalkers. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

Resplendent Fire

The Bull of the North commits completely to the war between his forces and the Realm in the Northeast. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 38)

Calibration

The Empress disappears. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, pp. 30, 33)

The Guild works to counter the Realm’s attempts to keep vanishing secret.

RY 764/18^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6348 DA/Wonder.3.23.19.??.??

Council of the Empty Throne elects Regent Fokuf to "reign" over the Realm. (Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, pp. 30, 33

Thorns is conquered by the Mask Of Winters. (Exalted, p. 77; Exalted: The Dragon-Blooded, pp. 30, 33)

Ascending Air

The Battle of Krellin Ford: Four dragons of the Tepet forces defeats five dragons under the Dragon-Blooded Mors Ialden and force them to retreat. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 39)

The Bull of the North's forces retreat from Krellen Ford, but devastate their Tepet pursuers after being reinforced by Samea and two dragons. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 39)

Resplendent Air

The Battle of Ironthorn Forest: Half the Tepet Legions attack and wound Samea, forcing a retreat. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 40)

The Bull of the North slays seven Immaculates, and his summoned creatures destroy five Warstriders.

Ascending Water

The Battle of Fallen Lapis: Two Bronze Faction Sidereals destroy the allied city of Fallen Lapis, slaying all inhabitants. The Bull of the North and Samea slay one Sidereal and devastate their forces. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 41)

Resplendent Water

Tepet Arada, “The Wind Dancer”, orders a retreat from the Bull of the North to Greyfalls. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 41)

Ascending Earth

Last of the Tepet legions in the Northeast are destroyed in the Battle of Futile Blood. (Kingdom of Halta, p. 41)

RY 766/20^th Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6350 DA/Wonder.3.23.21.??.??

Former Leopard of Harborhead killed along with her family, new one installed.

RY 768/22^nd Year of the 17^th Epoch of the Shogunate/6352 DA/Wonder.3.23.23.??.??

Present year.