TIMELINE
Aspects of the Timeline are still a WIP (obviously... its tiny)
This Timeline will certainly be difficult to follow without keeping the Myrme Map open in another tab.
AGE OF GODS
YEAR 0- Start of the Universe.
- Frothe & Terra are born.
- FIRST-WAVE GODS: Cogito, Narke, Azamora, Wyn, La Llune, Metara, & Beytte are born.
- Letter Colony is founded on Frothe Island, by Frothe and Terra.
- Phyton, Hatterne, & Claerene are born.
- Shell Colony breaks off from Letter Colony and takes up residence near the northern ice floes, led by Claerene.
- SECOND-WAVE GODS: Saltis, Cleverly, Palorme, Ihalas, Logos Pathos, & Sime are born.
- Phyton stages a siege on Letter Colony, kidnapping Firset and his supporters and bringing them back to Clover Colony.
- Firset remains an outspoken critic of Phyton.
- Phyton murders Firset and covers up the death.
- Officially, Firset is said to have died in his sleep from sustained wounds from a raid.
- A group of Shell Colony boats shipwreck on the shores of Palorme Beach, and found Ink Colony with the assistance of Saltis and Palorme.
- Ink Colony names Hatterne as its founder.
- Disagreements internally cause a group of Ink Colony Ants to leave their colony and found Rain Colony, across the Hatterne River.
- They are led by Tsa.
- They are assisted by Palorme, who becomes their patron worshipped god. Ink Colony rescinds support of Palorme.
- A disagreement between Saltis and Narke results in sea levels lowering to a fraction of what they once were, caused by the fight between the two.
- THIRD-WAVE GODS: Olympe, Solar, & Lynna are born.
- Beytte intervenes and brings the ocean back.
- Narke apologizes for the fight.
- Sophisticated agriculture inventions allow for population booms in most colonies.
- Ink Colony establishes a small outpost on Morrelle Isle, on the Hatterne River.
- Phynor Clover is born.
- Saltis bands together with a small group of outlaws to form the city of Saltis in the northern ice floes.
- The Knights Ordained are founded by Solar to serve as a method of communication between mortals & gods.
- Saltis officially leaves Gemline, permanently.
- Ink Colony stages an invasion on Rain Colony, utilizing the outpost on Morrelle Isle. The invasion fails.
- Rain Colony pushes Ink back across the Hatterne River, and the Morrelle outpost is abandoned.
- Phyton resigns as leader of Clover Colony. The resulting power vacuum results in a small-scale civil disagreement.
- Phyton constructs his own residence at the northernmost tip of Clover Colony's territory.
- Ochtriallach Clover is born.
- Shell Colony stages a large-scale attack on Clover Colony, while they are in the throes of civil disagreement.
- Shell succeeds in the battle and formally claims control of Clover Colony.
- Clover Colonists band together under the banner of Phynor Clover, and massacre the Shell Colonists who had taken up residence in Clover lands.
- Phynor's Rebellion chases the Shell Colonists back to the coastline, where they burn and pillage their ships. News reaches Shelldeck, who formally rescind ownership of Clover Colony.
- Phynor becomes Colony Leader and ends the civil disagreement.
- Abyssal Colony is founded, with the assistance of Beytte, who blesses water breathing into their bloodlines.
- Shell Colony attempts to invade Saltis, but fails when they cannot successfully utilize their icebreaking ships.
- Sires Abyssal is born.
- Phyton's location is revealed by colonists looking to construct an outpost, who stumble upon him.
- Ink Colony establishes the Aaxe Agricultural Outpost in the wetlands past the Grotto Mountains.
- Rain Colony establishes the city of Palorme along the southwest coastline.
- Phynor establishes the city of Firset along the southwestern coastline.
- Phyton is murdered at the northernmost tip of Clover Colony's continent by Phynor, solidifying his leadership.
- The lands behind the Grotto and Morelle Mountains, bordering Ink & Rain Colony, are flooded in a disagreement between Solar and Palorme over leadership of Ink Colony.
- The resulting sea is named Hatterne Cove.
- The resulting increase of water causes the Hatterne River to flood, damaging both Rain and Ink Colony.
- Construction of the Tsa Dam begins by Rain Colony to help stem the flooding.
- Construction of the Tsa Dam is completed, and Rain Colony claims ownership of the dam. It spans between two peaks of the Grotto and Morelle Mountains.
- The mountains block rainwater from reaching the southern areas of Rain Colony's territory, resulting in the growth of a desert eventually named "Palorme Drylands".
- Similar occurrences happen with the Grotto Mountains, beginning the growth of the Grotto Desert.
- Ink Colonists at the Aaxe Agricultural Outpost begin processing large amounts of water and building seawalls to protect the fertile wetlands from being consumed by Hatterne Cove.
- Azamora flees Gemline due to increased infighting and takes up residence in Abyssal Colony.
- Osage Clover is born.
- Phynor resigns as colony leader and cites Osage Clover as his successor.
- Clover Colony splits between outcry for Phynor to resume leadership and support for Osage.
- Phynor willingly commits suicide to end the arguments about his succession.
AGE OF MORTALS
YEAR 245,691- Cleverly takes up residence in Letter Colony for the time being, changing his identity.
- Sires Abyssal takes over Abyssal Colony.
- Cleverly dons his current identity and moves to Clover Colony.
- Osage Clover willingly steps down from leadership of Clover Colony.
- Cleverly becomes leader of Clover Colony.
- Sires and Azamora Abyssal have a demigod child, Oaranelle.
- Narke abandons Gemline and disappears.
- Ihalas takes over leadership of Gemline.
- Alaenna Abyssal is born.
- Cogito calls for the citizens of Gemline to vote for who they would wish to be leader: Cogito, or Ihalas.
- Cogito wins the vote, becomes leader, and casts Ihalas out of Gemline.
- A drought in Letter Colony nearly wipes them off the map; Cleverly intervenes and refills the wells.
- Cleverly establishes the summits; meetings of the leaders of the colonies to ensure all is well within each other's borders.
- Letter, Clover, and Shell agree to the Summit Agreement. Abyssal, Ink, and Rain do not.
- Cogito announces his rule and his desire for the lesser gods of Gemline to return home. They all decline, much to his chagrin.
- Abyssal agrees to the Summit Agreement.
- Alaenna Abyssal attempts to duel Sires Abyssal for control of the colony; Alaenna loses.
- Ink Colony agrees to the Summit Agreement.
- The Summit Agreement is amended to recognize the Hatterne River as unclaimed territory.
- As a formal institution, the Ordained Knights cease operations.
- Rain Colony agrees to the Summit Agreement.
- A plague centralized in Shell Colony heavily damages the population, spurring the other colonies to temporarily stop warfare to support them.
- The plague spreads to Ink Colony and the peace treaty disintegrates.
- Ink Colony stages a retaliatory attack on Shell Colony, citing the plague as their reasoning. Shell Colony docks at Shelldock and calls for assistance.
- Rain Colony and Letter Colony ally themselves with Shell Colony.
- Abyssal and Clover remain neutral.
- Shell, Rain, and Letter Colony attack Aaxe, the capital of Ink, as one.
- Aaxe is pillage, burnt, and left to rot. Ink formally submits in the war, but no colony offers to overtake it completely.
- Ink Colony begins reconstruction efforts.
- Ink Colony shutters its borders and pledges to halt warfare to focus on advancing its own.
- Skirmishes between Ink and Rain Colony, primarily over territory, begin again.
- Narke reappears as a mortal under Letter Colony.
- Sires and Azamora Abyssal have another demigod child, Aglaope.
- Sires no longer sires gyne eggs.
- A blight in Ink Colony nearly wipes out its crops before winter; Cleverly intervenes and restores the farms.
- Roma Clover is born.
- Flourish Ink is born.
- Elpida Abyssal is born.
- Sprig Clover is born.
- Jules Clover and Glynn Clover are born.
- Arcopolis Abyssal, Quade Abyssal, and Kherva Clover are born.
- Shell Colony destroys the colony outpost of Laceria Crater, belonging to Abyssal Colony.
- The survivors of the attack are scattered.
- Quade Abyssal is found by Clover Colony residents and integrated. He changes his name to Quade Clover.
- Flourish Ink overtakes Ink Colony by dueling the previous leader.
- Elpida Abyssal becomes Commander of Abyssal's Army.
- Arcopolis Abyssal becomes Ergate Manager of Abyssal Colony.
- Alvicalvi Shell is born.
- Jezi Shell is born.
- Tinte Ink is born.
- Tinte Ink overtakes Ink Colony by dueling Flourish Ink and killing him.
- Tinte Ink launches an attack on Rain Colony, destroying it and annexing its survivors and land.
- Jezi Shell is chosen as the next Fleetmaster of Shell Colony.
- Tinte Ink kidnaps the youngest child of Sires Abyssal, Aglaope Abyssal.
- Modern day
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