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