Timeline of Calabria

A timeline of known events in the history of Calabria and it's world.

Prehistory

Circa 2000 YA - Doloreaux arrive in Calabria, possibly the first thinking species to arrive, possibly from Avami. Possibly this is speciesist propaganda.

Doloreaux enslaved for three centuries. They are freed by a hero Bruge, who rules for a long time. These legends as enumerated by a priestess Clairmunda become the basis of Lutarism.

Circa 1000 YA - Phelans arrive. Rinaldi are probably on Calabria by this time already, as are the Auvoirdupois, who claim to have been first.

Phelan War With The Goblins

20 year Phelan civil war

10the Don of the Rinaldi founds Triskellian. Beginning of the Age of War. Doloreaux go to war tirelessly with their neighbors to expand their territory against those they see as more advanced. They move to attack Triskellian, but are prevented from marching south by the Chevenaise.

s'Allumer Reckoning

Year	Event	House Involved
1	Helloise has a vision at the death of the 14th Don of the Rinaldi, Don Rafael. She cures his son, and eventually the entire city of Triskellian, martyring herself in the process, thus founding s'Allumer.	Rinaldi
Circa 80	The Doloreaux begin to feel pressure to join the Church of s'Allumer. They adopt written records for practical matters.	Doloreaux
123	Avoirdupois lords meet to discuss the Échorcheur nomad menace. They appoint Gage l’Amorce to lead their forces. Apocryphally he is lit by the light of S'allumer, and proceeds to lead the Avoirdupois forces to victory despite heavy losses. The thread eliminated, they begin to rebuild.	Auvoirdupois
141	Gage dies.	Auvoirdupois
Circa 150	Without Gage to lead them, he families go to war with each other. By 150 there are 11 families with armies in the field.	Auvoirdupois
180	Founding of Harrowgate by one of the Phelan tribes, which would centuries later become known as the Bianfáel (well before they would become the Bisclavret). This event is the beginning of Bisclavret literary tradition.	Phelan/Bisclavret
221	Theudebald, a reformer of ancient Anu worship culture tradition contemporary with King Paien I, dies.	Auvoirdupois
Circa 240	End of the Age of War. Doloreaux are no longer able to keep up with Auvoirdupois and Rinaldi advancements.	Doloreaux and most others
330	“Good King Gan” dies, leaving the throne to his sickly great-grandson Paien IV, with his uncle Childeberd as regent.	Auvoirdupois
Late 330s	Bad administration by Childeberd leads to widespread famine. Riots begin.	Auvoirdupois
340	Childeberd is stabbed to death by one of his own guards, and is succeeded as regent by Gurlan de Marteau. Gurlan executes corrupt nobles and gives patents of nobility to individuals to replace rebellious lords. The papers of the patents become known as “Leaves” and thus the civil war that follows is referred to as The War of Leaves.	Auvoirdupois
345	Paien IV takes rule officially, but Gurlan continues to be his most important advisor.	Auvoirdupois
347	Gurlan assassinated.	Auvoirdupois
349	Paien, influenced by Itta d'Enclume, reconciles with the nobility, ending The War of the Leaves.	Auvoirdupois
359	Penitent's chapels closed by decree	Auvoirdupois
364	s'Allumer ordination illegal	Auvoirdupois
373	King Evrouin dies, succeeded by Evrouin II, but the Priests of Anu maintain control	Auvoirdupois
379	Arkbites massacre penitents at Fermerouge. Precipitates war that results in Evroin II being assassinated. Duke Ètiene du Sabot assumes power, and marches on Triskellion, besieging it, disastrously. Etiene is eventually forced to swear fealty to the Rinaldi becoming but an Archduke, and has to foreswear the worship of Anu and take up the s'Allumer faith.	Auvoirdupois
Circa 385	The Bianfáel tribe of the Phelan is recognized, and begins expansion into other areas.	Bisclavret
390	“Iconoclast” movement starts, persecuting priests of Anu and Akarbites, and destroying temples.	Auvoirdupois
395	Ètiene issues the Edict of Toleration, granting Heliodromes protection.	Auvoirdupois
402	Archduke Étienne dies. Church of s'Allumer prospers under successors.	Auvoirdupois
450	Council of Archbishops in Triskellion sets out official doctrine. Constantine of Triskellian made first Pontiff.	All
451	Bohémond du Sauldre succedes Constantine as Pontiff.	All
478	Bohémond dies	All
Circa 580 - 690	A charismatic Bianfáel chieftain named Gaisce Mac Roth adopts feudalism and a desire to modernize. He adopts coinage, removes the druids from their lands, and begins to attack other houses. Gaisce dies and is succeeded by his son Slaine, who continued his fathers plans. Slaine dies and is succeeded by Riddock Déanamh-Gaisce. Riddock ends the Tuath na Bianfáel, and establishes himself as King Riddock, Lord of the Western Wood, and his bloodline to be known as the Bisclavret (Charte du Bisclavret). They attack Rinaldi holdings and the Rinaldi go to war with them, but are defeated. Don Fabroni is forced to sue for peace, and recognizes the Bisclavret as a Great House. Riddock adopts s'Allumer, and bans druidism further. Druids go underground becoming bards. Riddock rules for ten years and is succeeded by his son Raldred, who continues expansion to where the borders are today.	Bisclavret
722	Harbin du Marteau, cousin of Duke Ombragé du Marteau dies creating an inheritance issue. This results in Ombragé creating a group of subversives against the church.	Auvoirdupois
749	Ombragé du Marteau caught and executed, but his followers carry on as the Éteignoirs.	Auvoirdupois
Circa 842	Duke Leal de Doloreaux attempts to “pacify” the Chevernaise of Chevernaise Pass in spectacularly unsuccessful fashion. Since then the Doloreaux see the Chevernaise as evil, and there are no relations.	Doloreaux
848- 878	Duke Tremaine du Bisclavret reigns, implementing a new round of modernization. Lowers taxes in Bisclavret ports, which attracts shipping away from Triskellian, but also attracts criminal elements (crack-downs late in his reign were somewhat successful, but criminals remain in the port cities).	Bisclavret
878	Tremaine dies, and his 9 year old son Mausein inherits. Lord Castellan Thainistear rules as regent (and there is speculation he will not step aside when it is time for Mausein to ascend).	Bisclavret
882	Currrent Day - Rinaldi Heir goes missing	Rinaldi