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History of the Dragonian Empire
Time Frames According to Dragonian Time Keepers
????? - World Tree is born
5000 - Civilisations started to develop; 4 major- Dragonlords, Dragonites, Constalia, Alerians
4971 - Dragonite nomads discover the World Tree
4830 - Magic is first discovered and used by early Dragonite and Alerian warlords
Beginning of the Age of The Dragon
4700 - Dragons begin to teach several tribes
4650 - cities started to develop
4600 - Dragonlords begin taking severe loses from barbarians and wild dragons
4525 - Dragons introduce methods of controlling an empire and begin to group the tribes together into more cohesive civilisations
4513 - Across the world 15 different kingdoms and empires arise; consisting of the Kingdom of Degin, the Kingdom of Trokair, the Dragonlord Empire, the Kingdom of Alsmoth, the Kingdom of Suroth, the Constalia Empire, the Kingdom of Naltesh, the Kingdom of Carlanta, the Kingdom of Gontu, the Dragonite Empire, the Alerian Kingdom, the Kingdom of al’Nema, the Kingdom of Hasiton, the Kingdom of Ralek, and the Kingdom of Keldar
4126 - Dragons become the first teachers of mana as many begin to show their power in the force
4121 - Copper Dragons begin the schools for the teaching of magic. Centin’a’tama, also known as the Castle, is established north of the Dragon Spine Mountains and Centon’a’tama is established south of the World Tree, on the Eastern Continent. This begins the falda'tama.
3865 - An infant by the name of Majisto Lotren is discovered at the entrance to Centin’a’tama and is taken in by several of the mages
3834 - Majisto receives the rank of koma’tama
3798 - Majisto receives the rank of mashtel’tama
3568 - Construction on the Castle of the Dragonlords begins
3500 - Council of the Dragonlord Empire is established, the empire is broken into city-states for more efficient ruling. Government is formed by one representative from each city-state and among them an Emperor is elected.
3495 - Zerota is elected to Emperor
3490 - Formation of city-state militias are approved
3482 - Construction of the Castle of the Dragonlords is finished and established as the capitol of the Empire
3450 - End of the first Emperor’s rule, Menzal is elected to Emperor
3435 - Shyron is sacked by raiders before help can arrive
3429 - Shyron is completely razed
3427 - the longbow is first used on a wide scale by the Dragonlords, and the Constalians
3420 - Shyron is rebuilt at a harbour location
3204 - The First War of Power is fought. A powerful mage proclaims himself the Dark One and creates an army of twisted creatures. Coming out of the Frozen North the army over ran the kingdom of Degin and laid siege to the Castle of the Dragonlords while the rest of his army ravaged the continent. The kingdom of Degin and Trokair were both annihilated during the war. Majisto and Skein Obuh manage to sneak into Centin’a’tama just before winter
3203 - The koma’tama forge the twelve alges’diala, using them the Dark One’s armies were defeated and cast back into the Frozen North. On the Eastern Continent the War of Power continues to ravage cities across both the Dragonite and Alerian Empires, destroying several small kingdoms along the northern border
3202 - after moving the alges’diala to Centon’a’tama the First War of Power finally ends, although many of the major cities around the world have been razed or suffered massive damage
3200 - the empires of Ruqhnah begin to rebuild
3004 - Majisto Lotren dies at the age of 830
End of the Age of The Dragons
Beginning of the Age of The Magi

2582 - People from the Dragonite Empire migrate south and found the island kingdom of Trelton
2368 - Zoc is born
2299 - Zoc becomes a mashtel’tama
2289 - The Blùrùhnq unblu Nìat begins their rise in the Frozen North. Ten mages take command of the armies of the Scourge and call themselves the Fallen Ones
2140 - Using the kli’a’jenta the Fallen begin a war with every kingdom in the world by teleporting raids through them begining the Magi Wars
2139 - Four armies, each around two hundred thousand strong and led by several of the Fallen march out of the Frozen North and begin to assault the northern kingdoms and empires
2137 - The movements of the Fallen are slow compared to the actions of the Dark One during the War of Power, this is because of the turmoil that the Fallen have been able to seed throughout the world, larger empires are forced to deal with both internal and external threats
2136 - Much of the northern territories are conquered by the Fallen and in places several Fallen are placed as viceroys of conquered provinces, meanwhile The Deliverer and The Follower begin their siege of Centin’a’tama and Centon’a’tama: the emperor of the Dragonite Empire is killed and replaced.
2135 - Zoc learns about the Rangers and tells them everything they know about the Fallen, the Rangers begin their strikes against the Blùrùhnq unblu Nìat
2132 - Once organised the kingdoms of the Ruqhnah rally against the dwindling mages and the Fallen eventually turning them back: the Fallen retreat back into the Frozen North
2131 - Ruqhnah begin to rebuild after the end of the Magi War
2006 - Zoc dies
End of the Age of The Magi
Beginning of the Age of Darkness
420 - Abel, Daisy, Johnock, Ashly, Steven are mysteriously rifted to this world,
418 - Johnock, a traveller with Abel and Daisy, dies of unknown causes, all travellers feel the death
412 - Abel joins Centin’a’tama as falda’tama
402 - Abel is raised to Journeyman among the falda’tama but leaves the Castle
400 - Abel is brought before the Council of the Dragonlords, here he joins the royal guard as a Defender of the Council
395 - Menzal is assassinated and a military coup takes control of the national government
390 - war is declared upon Constalian Empire to the south
389 - Steven joins Centin’a’tama as falda’tama
388 - Dragonites build a working catapult
387 - Shyron is sacked by Constalian maritime raiders
385 - Daisy, a new delegate to the Council, petitions for increased defences for the port town of Shyron
382 - Abel and Daisy meet on the floor of the military dictator Mulchan petitioning for an end to the war
381 - Steven is risen to koma’tama among the falda’tama, he is the fastest to achieve this rank in the past one thousand years
370 - The military leader Mulchan is assassinated by a Constalia soldier
368 - The Council of the Dragonlord Empire is re-established and Lentral is elected Emperor: Abel is raised to Commander of the Defenders of the Council
366 - the war against the Constalians is called off and an uneasy truce is signed, the shattered Suroth Empire that was caught in between the fighting merges with the Kingdom of Alsmoth
340 - the port town of Shyron Fort is finished and deemed a military port
336 - Emperor Lentral dies and Sethtal Anathorn becomes Emperor
300 - crude explosives are invented by the Dragonites
289 - Emperor Sethtal dies and Denthria becomes Emperor
288 - explosives are discovered by the other major powers
250 - Emperor Denthria dies and Inztral becomes Emperor
200 - Daisy joins the Council of the Dragonlord Empire: Emperor Inztral is usurped and Kìto is made Emperor
178 - Daisy meets with the ruler of Alsmoth in Signtoh and negotiates an alliance between them and the Dragonlords, this alliance solidified Dragonlord control of north part of the Western Continent
149 - Emperor Kìto is killed in an accident, no Emperor was named
128 - The northern island city of Rage becomes the lead scientific city in the Dragonlord Empire
120 - A reliable technological time piece is invented in Rage
115 - Iron is used on a wide scale, from weapons to plumbing
100 - Social reforms bring about the fall of Council of the Dragonlord Empire
98 - The Council of the Dragonlords is re-established but members are appointed for life,
20 - Ashly becomes a dragonrider in the Dragonlord army
40 - Ashly is given command of a group of dragonriders in Shyron. Over the next few years she forms the group into group of only reds. She names the three wing after the dragonrider that fought during the First war of Power.
0 - Common Time Keeping was agreed upon by the major world powers
50 seconds per minute
50 minutes per hour
20 hours per day (equal to 24 earth hours)
25 days per month
20 months
500 days per year
19 - Shyron has expanded and become a prosperous port city defended by cannons and large fortified walls
30 - the falda’tama predict a time in the near future when the Dark Lord will arise to claim the planet. The Council discounts them as raving lunatics
49 - ruler Rakinlè dies suddenly, Council of the Dragonlords is torn on who to elect
50 - Drathtel is appointed Emperor by the Council, despite his age
69 - Drathtel dies and Akornik is appointed Emperor: Daisy is promoted to Fourth Chair on the High Council of the Dragonlords: Abel and Daisy get married, Constalia goes to war with the Dragonlords
70 - Dragonlords seize control of the Constalia Empire
71 - Skein Obuh, the last of the metallic Dragons, dies. Only breed dragons survive now: The Dark One arises and claims the planet as his own to rule and destroy. Dragonlords resist along with the Dragonites and Alerians. This begins the Second War of Power: later that year Centin’a’tama is razed to the ground by the Dark One, most of the falda’tama are killed in the defence of the city
72 - The Dark One is reported on the Eastern Continent. In his absence the Dragonlord armies regroup and defeat the Scourge on the Western Continent, then set sail as aid for the Dragonite Empire: Centon’a’tama is razed: Alerian-Dragonite armies are defeated at Mount Idununki on the Eastern Continent: Dragonlord reinforcements arrive just in time to hold back the rampaging armies of the dark. Abel and Daisy fight the Dark One in a battle lasting 34 hours. In the end the Dark One was driven off vowing to return
74 - A tear appears in the middle of Shyron drawing Abel, Daisy, Steven, and Ashly towards it, following their ancient prophecies they leave the planet: the World Tree dies, with it all Magic in the world begins to disappears
End of the Age of Darkness
Beginning of the Age of Uncertainty
82 - Without Abel or Daisy for diplomats tensions strain between Dragonites and Dragonlords
83 - Rage develops combustion of gunpowder and invents the cannon
85 - A search of Abel and Daisy’s quarters reveals dozens of large scrolls that show a record of the planets history, their travels and tells of prophecies of the future, Dragonlord priests adopt these as a “gift” from “the travellers”
90 - Through priests interpretations of these scrolls, in collaboration with scientists Rage develops a crude musket
91 - Alerian sailors are first to circumnavigate the world
100 - Alerians and Dragonites begin sharing technological advances
106 - Dragonlord militia groups bribe officials into declaring war on the Dragonites: Dragonlord Empire declares war on the Dragonites
107 - Alerians develop muskets
108 - Dragonites develop Muskets from Alerians
111 - Dragonlords force the Dragonite front 400 miles inland capturing Sisora, Asiva and dozens of other hamlets
111 - Dragonriders begin suffering heavy losses due to the long range attacks, dragons are mostly unharmed, however their riders are often killed
112 - Alerians declare war on Dragonlords
118 - Dragonlords are pushed out of Asiva and forced back the coast
120 - Dragonites develop mortar guns
123 - Dragonite soldiers shell Sisora forcing Dragonlord soldiers to retreat by boat to their homeland
130 - Rage develops the first submersible
132 - Submersibles number about 4 and are used for spying
134 - A crude flying machine is invented by Dragonite scientists
135 - Dragonlord spies steal plans for manned flyer and begin construction
140 - Both Dragonite and Dragonlord civilisations display their flyers
150 - Cannons are made light enough and small enough to fit on board a sailing vessel
151 - Alerians arm a sailing ship with 4 cannons
152 - Dragonriders are restricted to honour guards and ceremonies
155 - Both Dragonlords and the Dragonite-Alerians begin fitting their ships with cannons
160 - Shyron, now largest Dragonlord port, is attacked by 13 Alerian battleships and 20 Dragonite destroyers: Dragonlord warships respond and fight off the attack with over 40 warships: Losses: 23 Dragonlord; 29 Dragonite-Alerian
179 - Rage develops the process used for smelting and the forging of steel
200 - Sanitation improves through out the world, better sewers and aqueducts emerge everywhere
213 - Steel plating is added to the wooden hulls of Dragonlord warships for better protection
215 - 4 Battleships and 10 Destroyers, Dragonlord, attack and defeat over 25 Dragonite-Alerian warships: losses; 8 Dragonlord: 17 Dragonite-Alerian
245 - Negotiations begin for an end to the war
246 - All Dragonlord, Alerian and Dragonite diplomats are killed in an explosion inside the meeting hall: each side thinks the other did it leading to even more fighting.
290 - Scientists at Rage develop the steam engine
300 - Sailing ships, especially war ships are fitted with experimental steam engines
320 - Dragonlord, scientist develop more reliable steam engines
330 - Dragonlord war ships are now faster, stronger, and better armoured
331 - Dragonlord fleets strike a major victory at Sisora crushing a Dragonite-Alerian armada of over 50 warships: losses; 27 Dragonlord: 54 Dragonite-Alerian, no survivors
350 - Dragonite-Alerian thinkers develop steel
359 - Rage develops a short range underwater torpedo to be equipped on submarines
360 - Submersible fleet increases from 10 to 40 in less then 2 years
363 - Submarines carry 2 torpedoes and begin to strike hard at merchant vessels and enemy docks
372 - Dragonlord fleet of 13 Battleships, 27 destroyers and 23 submarines move to attack the Dragonite-Alerian naval base on the Eastern continent
373 - Dragonlord armada engages the Dragonite-Alerian armada of over 70 warships: Losses: 29 Dragonlord: 68 Dragonite-Alerian
416 - Alerian spies steal the technology for rifles and steam engines
420 - Supply shortages on all sides bring the war to a grinding halt
425 - Dragonite nation is so broken and shattered they merge with the Alerians forming two major world powers: Dragonlords and the Alerians
430 - Dragonlord ambassadors meet with Alerian diplomats and agree to a peace treaty ending 324 years of war
431 - Badly needed funds are diverted from the military to more civilian purposes
436 - Wars and fighting finally ends, everywhere
End of the Age of Uncertainty
Beginning of the Age of Discovery
437-500 - Golden age of discovery
501 - small warlords arise seeking claim on lands
523 - scientists all over meet in Rage for the transfer of ideas and designs
560 - Steam engines begin a wide scale use in aqueducts and water transfer systems
590 - Most warships are converted to merchant vessels
620 - Merchant fleets all over the world grow in size
635 - Pirates grow as naval fleets shrink
657 - After repeated loses of merchant fleets Dragonlord fleets begin to sail with Warship escorts
700 - Alerian scientists begin to invest more resources into astronomy
705 - Alerian astronomers discover another planet in their system
710 - Dragonlord developers create a more powerful telescope and share the findings with Alerian astronomers
719 - Alerian astronomers discover an asteroid belt at the edge of the system
720 - Dragonlord - Alerian astronomers agree that their planets orbit the sun, not everything around them
723 - Alerian astronomers name the planets and asteroid belt and develop crude maps of the system


SUN - - - - - - - - (B)- - - L- - - - - AB
(Sol)SUN-M- - V - -(E) - - M - - - AB - - -J - - - - S - - - - - N - - - - - - - U - - - - - - - -P
L = Laurel B = Berylia


740 - Road systems throughout the Dragonlord Empire are rebuilt with cobblestones, city streets are also rebuilt to better direct water flows through the streets
745-749 - Poor sanitary conditions in outlying towns of the Dragonlord Empire leads to a plague that sweep through the northern region eliminating nearly half the population, Rage is quarantined and was unaffected
752 - Sanitation efforts are increased dramatically and research diverts from arms to medical research
756 - Shyron boasts the first hospital in the Dragonlord Empire, many more are under construction through out the empire though; theory of spontaneous generation explains numerous topics; i.e. mouldy bread
790 - Alerian and Dragonlord hospitals actually save numerous lives due to the more sterile conditions and actual attempt to help
810 - Organisms are found to be airborne and that spontaneous generation is not practical
812 - Airborne life is attributed to the cause of illnesses, sterile environments are stressed in all hospitals
825 - Iron plumbing begins to rust and wear out, are replaced by tin-alloy piping
826 - Filtering technologies improve, increasing purity of water
840 - Dragonlord government increases taxes to 25% to pay for research at Rage
850 - Another increase in taxes (up to 35%) begins to cause lower class workers to fall into debt
855 - Tariffs are placed on imported goods as a solution to a failing economy
860 - Government tries to increase taxes to 45% but unpopular support stop the taxes raise
862 - Dragonlord government increases taxes any way to 40% of income
865 - Dragonlord Empire again increases taxes to pay for refitting of old facilities
870 - Over taxed southern regions of the Dragonlord Empire rebel, forming the Dragonian Empire.
872 - Current Dragonlord Empire denies the right of succession and declares that the rebels be subjugated. The Emperor sends an army of 15,000 riflemen to quell the rebellion.
873 - The first skirmish between Dragonlord and Dragonian forces results in a bloody loss for the Dragonlord Empire, all 15,000 riflemen were killed or captured
874 - Dragonian Empire re enlists Dragonriders into armed services after several losses and few victories
877 - Alerian Empire declares neutrality in the civil war. Meanwhile over 80,000 have died on both sides
878 - Dragonian Dragonriders begin to perfect hit and run tactics: rifle men redevelop guerrilla warfare
879 - Dragonlord Empire increases training of new soldiers. On the battle field single shot rifles become more of a nuisance due to the close combat, more and more soldiers begin to turn towards old hand to hand fighting
880 - Dragonian blacksmiths create a double bladed sword that many new soldiers preferred to carry into close combat: Riots in Shyron cause the Dragonlord Empire to declare martial law in many northern cities near the fighting
882 - Dragonian/Dragonlord losses number over 310,000
883 - Dragonian soldiers march as far north as Shyron. After a 29 day siege, rebels are able to force open the main gates causing the stronghold to fall into Dragonian control
885 - Dragonian forces surround the Castle of the Dragonlords and begin a siege
886 - After 267 days, the Castle of the Dragonlords falls, the old Empire and council is disbanded. After 14 years and 620,000 deaths the Dragonian Empire seizes control of the government, all of the old council members have fled and gone into hiding
890 - New government is formed consisting of seven chairs: Head, Navy, Army, Religious, Three Civilian elect: The Castle of the Dragonlords is renamed Tantengal and made capital of the new government
892 - Dragonian Empire lowers taxation of poor and raises taxation of the wealthy. The 50 year rebuilding movement begins
942 - The Dragonian Empire begins a unification process in attempts to end quarrels all over the Empire
943 - After nearly collapsing many of the city-states, lords around the Empire pledge loyalty to the new Dragonian Empire, and thus securing its control
945 - The Dragonian reopens many of its Eastern ports for trade with the Alerians
950 - Trade has increased the Empire’s income allowing a tax relief for citizens, taxes dropped to 25% of income
952 - Alerians replace ageing aqueducts with steel, steam engines begin to pump large amounts of water through hundreds of kilometres of pipes
955 - Alerian and Dragonian emissaries meet on the island of Baharata to agree to sharing of sanitation and water pumping and purifying technology
959 - The High Council by vote of 6-1 increase funding of sanitation and public water systems through out the entirety of the Empire
990 - Hundreds of towns and cities have finally received upgraded water pumping systems, and hospitals are constructed
1000 - Dragonian Empire formalises all forms of money through out the Empire, the treasury is based off a gold reserve held in the town of Signtoh
1004 - The Dragonian Treasury is fortified with enormous walls and guards patrol the complex twenty hours a day
1009 - Thieves attempt to break into the Treasury reserve, but were unsuccessful
1017 - All currency is finally replaced with standardised monitory units
1019 - Dragonian army system is refitted, thousands of Dragonian minute-men are recruited into full army service
1020 - Dragonriders form an elite division of the Dragonian Army
1021 - Army is divided into three sections; Infantry, Cavalry, Dragon
1022 - Rage develops the ‘cartridge’ bullet; a shell holds a pre-measured amount of gun-powder that ignites when struck by a flint hammer causing the bullet, at the front of the shell, to be shot; the shell is then discarded
1029 - New shells are implemented into small fire-arms: Alerians make similar fire-arms
1040 - Cavalry and Dragonrider divisions are trained to utilise small arms five-shooters while moving: accuracy increases to 45%
1041 - Infantry are sent through tough hand to hand combat and taught to utilise the bolt-rifle: accuracy increases to 70%
1045 - newly trained troops quickly stifle a raid on small towns near the Frozen North
1047 - Dragonian Empire boasts an army of 100,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry and 144 Dragonriders. Uniforms, ranks, pay and arms are now standard all over the Empire
1050 - Skolhotentot develops banking as a more secure way of storing money. Record keeping improves greatly as new jobs open.
1055 - Rage develops the first printing press which increases the proliferation of books and literacy
1063 - Dragonian Council pass new proclamation that all towns and cities begin to open schools that enforce literacy, math, culture, and history
1078 - Literacy increases all over the empire and across the sea in the Alerian Empire. Banks become more common as qualified people can take up the record keeping
1090 - Schools are common all across the empire as costs are reduced by increased government funding. Schools run four out of the five day week
1100 - Rage develops increased magnetism allowing for more accurate compasses and increased astrological plotting
1105 - Increases in the income and exporting of goods and money through out the empire and over seas allows for an increase of living conditions for many lower class citizens
1110 - Lower class begins to shrink as the newer middle class expands greatly
1117 - Educated people now number 35% of the Empire as opposed to the 4% a mere 20 years ago
1124 - Natural Gas is pumped out of swampy areas and first used on a wide scale bases
1130 - Natural Gas is used to power steam engines as a less polluting alternative to coal
1132 - Pumping systems work more effectively on similar amounts of gas and coal
1138 - Water works are laid into streets and piping is finally connected to many houses through out the Empire. Running water is finally available inside homes
1145 - Through monuments costs many cities have their roads torn up to install piping
1149 - Fire rips through Ildrine destroying much of the cramped city and killing hundreds.
1151 - Council decree increases funding to fire prevention. Water connectors are attached to a cities water works so hoses can utilise the water source to battle the fires
1153 - Water pipes begin to connect to nearly every building in Shyron, Tantengal, Ildrine, Rage, Okinmiere, and several other major cities
1154 - Ildrine bank is robbed; first ever.
1155 - Banking in Ildrine slumps until the robbers were caught and executed
1158 - Schools now educate nearly 60% of the Empire
1163 - Urbanisation causes many people to move towards cities looking for jobs. Tantengal now boasts a population of approximately 860,000
1168 - Public services are found to be a large cost for the Empire and the Council increases taxes by 1% (to 21%) to pay for the service
1172 - Many tax collectors are found to be short of the approx. income. First census is taken of the Empire
1177 - Census of the Empire is finally finished, population numbers 138,420,981 people
1179 - Council decree causes new gas piping to be laid along side the water works for future Gas usage
1182 - Rage boasts the first University. The new school offers more detailed courses offered by clerics and priests, however the cost prevents many lower citizens from attending
1184 - Gas is used at a staggering rate as large companies owned by the government are established to light road lamps along cities
1187 - Council decrees that every major city is to have at least one university.
1191 - Building of the Shyron University begins
1193 - Gas lighting is used in nearly every major city including; Shyron, Rage, Tantengal, Skohatentat
1198 - The Dragonian Army begins to fall as many people prefer to become “learned” men. A military academy is built in Shyron as a location to educate soldiers
1200 - Gas is used to light buildings in Tantengal
1202 - Shyron University is finished
1210 - Gas lighting is used to light the main Castle in Tantengal
1213 - Shyron Military Academy is finished and boasts an enrolment of over 2000. The Academy is open only to soldiers in the Shyron militia and offered better education
1216 - Tantengal begins construction of the Tantengal School of War, another military academy
1220 - Military enrolment increases to unbelievable levels, people are actually denied entrance to the military
1222 - Funding for armed services increases
1223 - Taxes are raised to 22% to allow funding increases, the raise is passed by the civilian population
1228 - Toilets and plumbing are installed in homes. Outhouses are no longer needed
1232 - Gas companies are made very wealthy from the proliferation of gas usage
1239 - Natural gas services are subsidised and added to the Public Services
1245 - Dragonian economy is thriving as trade with the Alerians increases and as new companies pop up through out the Empire, as people get wealthier the more tithing is collected by the government
1248 - New cities are planned out to hold nearly 500,000 citizens before they are built
1253 - The island city of Baharata in the middle of the Great Sea becomes one of the worlds most prosperous trading cities; plumbing, running water and gas power are standard in nearly every house in the entire island
1258 - Petrol is sucked from the planet and used as a combustible fuel. For now all the petrol is held by the government and used in research at Rage
1266 - Micronization occurs; many inventions become smaller
1268 - Steam engines are used to power trains
1270 - Industrial Revolution begins. Steam Engines are used to power factories as many manual labour jobs are replaced by steam power
1275 - Railroads are being implemented around the Empire
1279 - Railroads connect Lipton, Shyron, Tantengal, Ildrine, Theralta and Tulon. Rage is connected to every city on its island
1283 - Railroads begin to proliferate through out the empire sparking new jobs and increasing peoples wealth
1285 - a mere 15 years after railroads were invented hundreds of thousands of kilometres of railroads stretch across the Dragonian continent
1289 - Archaeologists uncover the ruins of several ancient cities including the ruins of Centin’a’tama and Trokair: numerous artefacts are recovered from the sites: the finds confirm myths of such places and opens thoughts about the ancient history of the planet
1291 - bodies and bone fragments are recovered from the site, many are unrecognisable; eight bands, crafted of palladium and a strange diamond like crystal, are uncovered
1292 - Rage develops a crude internal combustion engine
1298 - Crude petrol is later refined in Rage to be more efficient and cleaner
1300 - Steam Engines are coupled with Electro-magnets to produce electricity. Rage brings in an new age
1304 - the Combustion Engine begins to get more efficient and gets smaller
1306 - Rage military division develops a rapid click hammer for rifles, automatic weapons are invented
1308 - Alerian spies are capture stealing plans for the internal combustion engine
1312 - Rage fails in creation of light from electricity
1315 - Rifle calibre increase as larger guns are invented, the navy begins to produce the first long range artillery cannon with a 30 cm bore and a 3 meter barrel. Effective range: 8 kilometres
1318 - Combustion engines are used to power small test vehicles on the island of Rage
1320 - Cars are first released to the market
1321 - Rage invents the first working light bulb
1329 - Tantengal Castle is wired to use the light bulb as the gas piping is converted to power a generator in the Castle’s dungeon
1330 - Rage develops the vacuum tube
1332 - the Electric light quickly finds its way into practically every building as the government provides large funding to boost the living conditions of millions of people throughout the Empire
1336 - Electricity is subsidised and added to Public Services, taxes are increased by 1% (to 23%)
1339 - Cars are produced on mass production lines and become widely available
1345 - Tanks are produced by the military
1349 - Air-planes are refined from the earlier Flyers into faster more fuel efficient fighter planes
1350 - Economic growth allows taxes to be cut to 21%
1360 - the first computational machine is constructed at Rage; Alerians showed a similar model off shortly after, it is uncertain who made the first one
1362 - Project Talon begins as computers are used to make the larger calculations needed to undertake the task of splitting an atom
End of the Age of Discovery
Beginning of the Age of The Void
1363 - Project Talon is moved to Ildrine
1367 - Computers shrink from several rooms to one
1369 - Secondary Atomic pile outside of Ildrine goes critical, no one was killed however the immediate area was decimated
1370 - Project Talon is successful as the first atom is properly split by Dragonian bomb makers. The first atomic bomb is detonated near Ildrine
1373 - Alerians detonate their own Atomic bomb outside Asiva
1374 - the Turbo prop is invented at Rage allowing Fighters to reach near sonic speeds
1379 - Alerian pilots break the sound barrier
1380 - Dragonian pilots break the sound barrier and set record speeds
1382 - Rage invents the integrated circuit: Dragonian Space and Exploration Agency is founded
1384 - Rocketry is developed into missiles and micronized to fit onboard fighters
1386 - Dragonians stabilise a nuclear reaction creating the first nuclear power plant
1387 - First guidance system is put on a missile
1394 - DSEA puts the first artificial satellite in orbit
1395 - Alerian spy is caught stealing plans for the satellite
1398 - Alerians, despite failed espionage, launch first person into space. Three orbits were performed then the person returned safely
1400 - General computers reach speeds of over 2 GHz and super computers are able to process several dozen teraflops of data per second
1402 - DSEA places their first man in space: the Dragonian Empire and Alerian Empire meet and sign a declaration of nuclear disarmament, both sides agree
1403 - Alerians put first permanent structure in space, Alerian Science Station
1405 - DSEA places a Space based research lab in similar Alerian orbit
1406 - Council raises taxes to 23% to pay for increases in DSEA and DAF budgets: Hyper sonic jets reach speeds of over 8500 Kph: DSEA puts several communications satellites into orbit
1407 - Dragonian spies steal info on future Alerian Space station: Espionage has raised tensions between the two empires: Alerians launch first part of Space Station
1408 - Dragonians develop a reusable payload delivery system: DSEA put part one of seven part Dragonian space station in orbit: Alerians deliver third part: Dragonians develop Zero-G weapons: Dragonians deploy part two
1409 - Alerians deploy part four: Dragonian space station connects with original station put in orbit 4 years prior: DSEA connects part 3: Alerians launch 5 and 6 of their station
1410 - Dragonians connect parts 4, 5, 6: Alerians finish space station, more equipment is shuttled up to orbit: Dragonian Security Agency steals plans for a construction platform in space
1411 - Council, fearing Alerian space supremacy, orders that new “rail guns” arm the space station: DSEA begins construction of their own space platform: Part 7 is deployed to the Dragonian Space Station: Alerians begin construction of lunar vessel at Alerians station in orbit
1412 - Dragonians begin construction in orbit of a space travel vessel, to be launched at Laurel: DSEA announces that they will launch several probes to the moon to ascertain possible colonisation
1413 - DSEA and DSA secretly send several probes to Laurel by claiming their probes lost power and missed the lunar surface
1414 - DSEA receives info from probes declaring that Laurel is similar in size, however the atmosphere is almost non-existent: Council approves of manned mission to Laurel
1415 - Alerians are first to reach the moon of Berylia. Tension between the Dragonians and the Alerians grows to breaking limits: Laurel launch crew preps for their mission
1416 - DSEA finishes the DSS Traveller and launches for their sister planet: Alerians are outraged that the DSEA would attempt such a thing: hundreds of satellites orbit Berylia relaying TV signals, radio, etc…
1417 - Dragonian Empire establishes a colony on Laurel
1418-1440 - Improvements upon existing technology
1444 - Dragonians deploy their 3rd space station
1450 - Dragonian radicals raid Alerian villages: Council condemns the actions but pays no compensation to Alerians
1459 - Rage develops a cold fusion power core
1469 - Alerian Empire declares War on the Dragonian Empire: Alerians deliver a massive blow to the Dragonians by attacking all space stations and dozens of satellites
1470 - ICBM attacks retaliate on Alerian Space craft, all stations in orbit and dozens of satellites are destroyed
1480 - Scandal rocks the DSA as a top official is caught smuggling the plans for the fusion core, unfortunately the Alerians got the technology
1492 - The Dragonian Empire captures the Alerian capitol putting an end to the Great War. The Alerian government is ordered to disband their government and accept Dragonian rule.
1503 - Eighty-seven Alerian long-travel ships leave Berylia carrying over 4 million people and head to the nearest star system travelling at .5 the speed of light. The Great Schism has occurred
1504 - The Dragonian Council renames the planet Dragonia Prime and establishes more colonies on Laurel and the Dragonian moon
1521 - Alerian fleet is caught in a natural wormhole and carried hundreds light-years from Berylia, now Dragonia Prime, and finally makes planet fall. The planet is named Berylia II
1535 - DSEA is reworked and made into the new Dragonian Navy. Rage develops propulsion that enables a vessel to travel at near light speeds (.800)
1540 - Phase theory allows for the possibilities of faster then light travel by phasing a ship partially into another dimension: Project Shifter is initiated
1547 - Project Shifter is deemed a success as Rage develops the Phase Shift Drives allowing for speeds up to twice that the speed of light.
1548 - Dragonian Empire colonises a liveable planet outside their solar system. The Dragonian Empire adopts the name Galactic Dragonian Empire (GDE): Rage increases efficiency of fusion core
1550 - Phase Shift Drives improve to 5 times light speed
1553 - Dragonian deep space scouts make contact with the Aroñi Confederacy Both scouts were destroyed during the fire-fight
1556 - A GDE war frigate enters Aroñi solar system and engages in diplomatic contact, a peace truce is called. The GDE deems them a weaker species in terms of military power.
1557 - GDE High Council issues that new ship yards be built in orbit around Dragonia Prime and Laurel to increase ship production: Large mineral deposits are found on Laurel
1567 - 32 light-years from Dragonia Prime GDE scouts stumble upon a natural wormhole
1568 - GDE scouts make contact with the Paroñe. Half the scouts returned to Dragonia Prime: Phase Shift Drive improves to 10 times light speed
1572 - 3 GDE war frigates enter the Paroñe Empire and begin diplomatic negotiations: A peace truce is signed between the Dragonians and the xenophobic Paroñe
1578 - GDE discovers wormhole linking them to Berylia II
1580 - Alerian scouts engage Dragonian scouts, the feud continues. The Alerian scout was destroyed but the Dragonian scout, damaged as it was, never returned to base
1582 - Dragonian astronomers register a large explosion 8 light years from Dragonia Prime, Alerians have shut the wormhole
1592 - Invisible shields are theorised as possibility: Project Shell is initiated
1600 - Rage develops the Plasma-Induction core: such an increase of power permits study of wormhole travel
1602 - GDE moves closer to the Aroñi front provoking an attack. War is declared on the Aroñi Empire
1605 - GDE moves quickly against the Aroñi. The GDE seizes 4 systems out of the approximate 13 that they controlled in the first 16 months
1606 - Dragonian losses increase inside Aroñi space due to a new invisible foe: 5 months later the DSA is able to steal a small Aroñi cruiser, onboard they discover an on board cloaking devise, all attempts to integrate the cloak into Dragonian power cells fails: despite new enemy techs the GDE seizes three more systems
1607 - captured Aroñi cloaking device is rendered useless when a plasma based power source was attached to it: GDE war frigates suffer heavy losses and withdraw from four systems, a truce is signed
1608 - Project Shell is completed: a kinetic shield matrix is installed in space stations and docks: engineers begin ways to micronize it and boost power rating
1609 - Shield tech progresses slowly due to incapability of fusion and plasma energies, fusion cores are needed to power the engines and plasma cores are needed for the shields
1610 - Rage physicist theorise of artificial wormhole travel: Kinetic shields are installed on the first GDE war frigate Mk-II, the vessel has two power systems, a large fusion core and a smaller plasma core for the shields
1612 - Project Gateway is initiated
1614 - A research division in Rage is given funding to develop better space based weapons
1620 - Rage develops a rapid fire laser cannon
1623 - Fusion cannon is developed: Missiles are able to be produced smaller then before
1637 - Dragonian scouts encounter Alerian forces again
1639 - Particle Beam cannons are developed
1640 - Project Gateway is completed: engineers begin ways to micronize the drives and shielding
End of the Age of The Void
Beginning of the Age of The Gates
1643 - Deep in the mantle of Dragonia Prime geologists discover a crystalline structure called Cryler, this extremely hard crystal is found to be several times stronger then diamond, High Council quickly moves to prohibit the ownership of Cryler (only the government has access to the crystal)
1644 - High Council initiates construction of a thermal borehole to mine the crystal
1647 - Armour and Shield ratings are developed by Galactic Dragonian Armed Forces to better asses situations, conflicts, and strengths; Anivier is born
1648 - Kjeldor and Senoria are born
1649 - Hendrà, Dien Cet and Lanthalor are born
1650 - Estralla, Boraic and Tavorius are born
1656 - Cryler is synthesised and an industrial grade is used for armour plating
1660 - GDE Naval corp. adopts large ship doctrine; ships measuring hundreds or thousands of meters go onto the drawing board
1661 - Zeratus is born
1662 - Uckzekaj and Resorna are born.
1665 - Anivier joins the military
1666 - Kjeldor joins the military; Anivier quits the Tantengal School of War and takes up politics, here he meets Senoria
1667 - Hendrà enrols in Sisora Military Academy; Lanthalor and Tavorius meet and attend Rage University; Dien Cet joins the Order of the Source in Sisora
1668 - Boraic is admitted to the Tantengal School of War; Estralla joins the Laurel Naval Academy
1670 - The proto-type Tempest class battleship, 2000 meters, departs from dry-dock with standard Jump-Drives
1671 - The proto-type Angelic class destroyer, 1000 meters, and Victory class carrier, 700 meters, depart from dry-dock with standard Jump-Drives; Kjeldor graduates from the Shyron Military Academy and is taken into the DSA; Kro’nos and Startál are born
1672 - Hendrà graduates from the Sisora Military Academy and joins the DSA, here he meets Kjeldor, the two quickly become rivals; Nereus and Kentràl are born
1673 - The proto-type Valient class corvette, 300 meters, is launched with Jump Gate shields; Anivier and Senoria become involved in Dragonia Prime’s political structure; Boraic graduates top of his class, he is given command of a small company in the local defence group on Dragonia Prime; Estralla is pulled out of command school by the Admiral of the Dragonian Navy, second chair on the High Council; she is given a command position on board the current flagship
1674 - Lanthalor and Tavorius graduate from Rage University and become political advocates for the Council; Kro’nos is put into an orphanage after his parents are killed
1677 - Dien Cet is accepted as a full Priestess in the Order
1679 - Zeratus joins the Dragonian military school on Laurel, cleric division; Kjeldor is appointed to the chiefs of staff for the DSA
1680 - Hendrà is appointed to Staff Colonel to the General, behind Kjeldor; Uckzekaj and Resorna join the Sisora Naval Academy
1682 - Dragonian Engineers develop plans for the Nor defence station as well as Dontél space stations; Zeratus goes full military, dropping clerical training
1684 - Kjeldor is promoted to second in command of the DSA; Dien Cet is asked to be on the staff to the High Priest; Kro’nos is arrested for shop lifting and graffiti; Construction of Khaz An Nor in the Gorath sector begins
1685 - Head of the DSA retires and appoints Hendrà to his position, Kjeldor is furious; Zeratus graduates from Sunora School of War on Laurel; Uckzekaj and Resorna graduate from Sisora Naval Academy and join the local defence force; Kro’nos is released from Juvenile Detention, his teachers urge him to think of a possible military career
1689 - GDE Naval fleet undergoes major overhaul; ships are upgraded to the most current tech; General Boraic takes command as supreme commander of the Dragonian Army and his place on the Dragonian High Council; Kro’nos joins the Shyron Military Academy; Startál joins the Sisora Military Academy
1690 - Admiral Estralla takes command as supreme commander of the Dragonian Navy and her place on the Dragonian High Council; Kentràl and Nereus join the Shyron Military Academy; Estralla orders construction of a new flagship for the Dragonian Navy; construction on Khaz An Nor is finished.
1692 - Construction of the Nemisis begins in the Laurel Ship Yards; Dien Cet befriends the High Priest and the Tantengal chapter of the Order of the Wise
1693 - Old Council head passes away and Anivier is elected as Head of the Dragonian High Council by the Senate; Dien Cet convinces the new High Council and DSA to create a Psi-program to investigate and enrich “gifted” people; Estralla and Boraic get plans for Na’Kot Nor, defence station for Dragonia Prime confirmed
1694 - Laurel begins construction on Na’Kot Nor; Anivier appoints Senoria to Head of Civilian control; Hendrà appoints Kjeldor to director of the Psi-program; Kro’nos graduates from Shyron Military Academy top of his class; Startál graduates from Sisora Military Academy, both are accepted into the DSA SOP; the High Priest passes away and the Tantengal chapter of the Order of the Wise appoints Dien Cet to High Priestess, Dien Cet takes her place on the Dragonian High Council as High Priestess
1695 - Anivier appoints Lanthalor and Tavorius to Civilian seats on the Dragonian High Council; Zeratus is promoted to Colonel; Nereus and Kentràl graduate from Shyron Military Academy and join the DSA; Kro’nos is given command of a special operations patrol; the Dragonian flagship Nemisis is completed
1696 - Uckzekaj is promoted to Captain and given the destroyer Angelic to command, Resorna takes command of the carrier Retaña
1697 - On his first actual mission Kro’nos and his patrol manage to capture an Alerian supply frigate carrying stolen goods, among them was a Plasma-Induction core from a remote manufacturing plant
1699 - Construction on Na’Kot Nor is completed
1700 - The World Tree is reborn. Members of the old Magi Clans are called together to wage a new war against the GDE. Lead by the Dark One of anciant lore a Third War of Power consumes most of the galaxy
1701 - Excavation of the ruins of Centon’a’tama begin, almost 400 years after Centin’a’tama and Trokair are discovered

 

 
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