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.

The Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army

The poisoning death of Reshoom Keshara, Leopard of Harborhead, in RY 766 at the hands of Realm satrap Cathak Voper marked a period of intense turmoil. The fierce Brakhani feared the loss of their traditional dominance of the military; though all Harborheadites see themselves as warriors, the Brakhani train harder and from an earlier age than the rest.

That year, a God-Blooded Bride of Ahlat named Anekwal, the daughter of one of his war aurochs, established the ??? Movement, a resistance movement she claimed to be inspired by Ahlat himself. She portrayed herself as a prophet who received messages from Ahlat. Twisting Immaculate messages against the Realm, she believed that the Brakhani, and by extension all of Harborhead, could defeat Cathak Voper and his newly-appointed puppet Leopard by casting off witchcraft and spiritualism embedded in their culture, dedicating themselves fully over to the worship of Ahlat. In short, she was a monotheist. According to the messages she claimed to receive from the Bull-God himself, her followers should cover their bodies with nut oils as protection from Charms, never tke cover or retreat in battle, and never kill snakes or bees. Fesojynok, leader of the Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army, preaches a similar practice, encouraging warriors to use oil to draw his caste mark on their chest as a protection from Charms.

The Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army is a sectarian religious and military group based in the Summer Mountains of Harborhead. The group formed last year and is now engaged in an armed rebellion against Realm forces (and, occasionally, with Harborhadite nationalist groups). It is led by Fesojynok, a Brakhani Solar Exalt of the Eclipse Caste who proclaims that he holds the Exaltation of Tkamuh and works as a spirit medium.

In Ascending Air RY 767, Fesojynok made his first appearance as a spirit medium. Few took notice as numerous cult leaders claiming to be the torchbearers of a holy war emerged after the initial success of the ??? Movement of Akwenal. Throughout RY 767, Fesojynok gained military strength by absorbing small units of the Harborheadite nationalist rebel Harborhead People's Transcendent Liberation Army, and through violent competition with other Brakhani rebel groups for resources and fighters. Former Harborhead People's Transcendent Liberation Army commander Ngodo Ketal convinced Fesojynok to adopt guerrilla tactics, primarily surprise attacks on civilian targets, such as villages. The Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army has also occasionally carries out large-scale attacks to underline the inability of Leopard Oshom Kurgaz and satrap Cathak Voper to protect the populace. They raid the populace for supplies, which are carried away by villagers who are abducted for short periods. While many abductees are taken to carry items looted from raided villages, some are also used as soldiers and sex slaves. The Army performs abductions primarily from the Brakhani people.

In late RY 767, he agreed to join the Harborhead People's Transcendent Liberation Army in attacking Bent Creek; however, he then betrayed them by attacking their headquarters in retaliaton for their attempts to steal food being delivered by Fesojynok's supporters. Around this time, Fesojynok changed the name of the group to the Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army, reflecting the increased importance he placed on the religious aspects of his insurgency and revealing himself to be a Solar Exalt. Specifically, he claimed that he was the latest incarnation of the ancient Eclipse Caste called Tkamuh.

In the lore of the Tkamuhi Glorious Revolution Army, Tkamuh was an ancient Solar Exalted who fought in the Primordial War. He was personally given the first daiklaive, called Only By Death Are We Freed, by Autocthon himself, and later used it to slay the first Primordial to be killed by the Exalted, creating the Underworld and the First Neverborn. Stories are also told in the Army that, during the Usurpation, an Air Caste Dragon-Blooded named Thnalro stole Only By Death Are We Freed from an incarnation of Tkamuh named Truth in Death in an attempt to kill the Unconquered Sun and destroy the Solar Empire in a single blow. After Thnalro – who is said to be a previous incarnation of Cathak Voper – was slain by the Unconquered Sun, Truth in Death disassociated himself from the Terrestrial Exalted and any connection with the Realm. In this way, say the leaders of the Army, he maintained his honor and strength, and was not imprisoned in the Jade Prison.

The Army claims that Tkamuh maintained his position as bringer of Death to all throughout the entire time of his Solar brethren's imprisonment. They say that he became a god of mercenaries and soldiers, and could be found on all sides in any conflict. This last, according to their stories, made him both an ally of Ahlat the Bull, and occasionally a rival, as Ahlat clearly chooses sides in any conflict. Tkamuh, in Army theology, encourages honor and courage and disdains pointless slaughter. He keeps the Underworld well-populated by honorable warriors.

Soldiers in the Army (often abductees) are told that worshipers of Tkamuh can look forward to a special section of the Underworld, corresponding to a secret valley in the Summer Mountains, reserved for them by the ancient Solar to practice and prepare for a coming Final Battle. From this secret base, they are also said to protect the Underworld from the machinations of the Neverborn. The Army cares little what happens to the corpses of their dead, save that they are treated with local respect and do not become undead. Members of the Army usually sing a song of victory over any grave, commemorate the dead with a feast, then move on. It is not uncommon that the broken sword of the member is left stuck into the grave or funeral area.

In the name of Tkamuh, incarnated as Fesojynok, the Glorious Resistance Army claims to seek to establish a theocratic state in Harborhead, ruled by the Brakhani.

At the beginning of RY 768, prominent ex-soldier Yomonyokul joined the Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army He was popular for his high moral standards for the conducts of the Army, especially in their treatment of civilians. This resulted in a rivalry with Fesojynok, but the two managed to reconcile before it led to a split in the organization.

Anekwal has distanced herself from Fesojynok, claiming that Ahlat doesn't want them to kill innocents or prisoners of war. Fesojynok being a devotee of the Unconquered Sun rather than of Ahlat himself, of course, doesn't care about her Ahlat-centric theology. Meanwhile, he has gained a reputation as being possessed by spirits (having built a mutually beneficial relationship with several spirits possessing the rare Ride Charm and ghosts possessing the Puppeteer's Masterful Hand Arcanos). He has become a spiritual figure or a medium. Anekwal scored several key victories on the battlefield and began a march towards Kirighast. Fesojynok seized this opportunity to recruit members of the ??? Movement who had remained behind. When Anekwal was defeated at Bent Creek last year and fled to the Republic of Chaya, Fesojynok became the leader of the Ahlat Mobile Force II, which he rebuilt into the Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army.

Last year, the Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army attacked the ??? Girls Boarding School in Tiraktou.

The Tkamuhi Glorious Resistance Army henotheistically worships the Unconquered Sun. That is, they acknowledge the existence of other gods, but believe that the Unconquered Sun is supreme above them all and therefore is the only fitting object of worship. This is tied in with a highly detailed eschatology describing the Age of Sorrows as the Final Days before the world is destroyed. Politically, they use this religious structure to support Brakhani nationalism, setting them against the Realm and its interests and winning them no friends in the growing Harborheadite nationalist movement. Their goal seems to be to expel the Realm from Harborhead and rebuild it as a theocratic nation under the control of the Brakhani. This combination of ideologies quickly becomes complex and nearly impossible to understand.