====== Timeline of Known Events ======


| ** Year            ** ^ Event |
| **-1000**        | [[azema|Azema the Benevolent]], weaves elements from each of the [[planes|planes]] together to form the world of [[ulos|Ulos]].|
| **-1000**        | The other gods battle for influence in [[azema|Azema's]] new realm (this is the period represented in [[https://thunderworksgames.com/products/dawn-of-ulos-board-game|Dawn of Ulos]]).|
| **-999**        | [[azema|Azema]] takes six key artifacts, one from each of six hub [[planes|planes]], and uses them to power the gate of [[brizoor_waal|Brizoor Waal]]. [[azema|Azema]] opens the gate. She invites one representative from each sentient race in the [[planes|Planarverse]] to come and form the [[council_of_founders|Council of Founders]]. This event is known as [[The Arrival|The Arrival]].|
| **0**       | [[azema|Azema]] dies. Her last instructions are to close the gates of [[brizoor_waal|Brizoor Waal]] and to bury the six key artifacts and all other extraplanar objects of power in [[durgolium|durgolium]] chambers. Then, after 3000 years, the people of Ulos are to unearth the artifacts and open the gates, so that her spirit can return. [[azema|Azema]] is buried near the southern shores of [[ulos|Ulos]]. |
|**≈0** | [[temple_of_ulos|Temple of Ulos]] is constructed over [[azema|Azema's]] burial site. |
|**?** | [[castle_carleval|Castle Carleval]] is built by the [[satyr|Satyr]] in the Witchwood ([[forgotten_forest|Forgotten Forest]]). |
|**≈990** | [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]] is built. |
|**≈990** |The Minotaurs found Perilth on the Shoreside Expanse.|
|**≈998** |Queen [[gimnax|Gimnax]] breaks off her affair with [[gulpax|Gulpax]], the famed inventor, after her consort's loyalties are brought into question.|
|**≈998** |In a secret exploratory mission to the [[Frozen Expanse|Frozen Expanse]], [[gulpax|Gulpax]] makes a deal with the [[frost giant|Frost Giants]] and the [[flayer|Flayers]] of the [[Arcazion Pit|Arcazion Pit]], allowing her to create a new laboratory away from the prying eyes of the [[gimnax|Queen of Nalos]].|
|**1000** | After a millennium, the location of the artifacts has been forgotten. Under the command of [[gimnax|Queen Gimnax]], residents of the southern continent have built [[sabek|Sabek]] City in the land surrounding the [[temple_of_ulos|Temple of Ulos]]. Then they begin mapping their world and laying claim to territory, actions sometimes resisted by the less organized residents of the north. (This period of history is represented by [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/cartographers.html|Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale]]) Territorial conflicts between the southern kingdom, now known as [[nalos|Nalos]], and the northern kingdom, now known as the [[dragul|Dragul]] City-States, escalates into war. (This period of history is represented by [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/cartographersheroes.html|Cartographers Heroes]]) |
|**1001** | Queen [[gimnax|Gimnax]] outlaws worship of the [[dragul|Dragul]] [[deities|gods]]. Fearing an outbreak, she orders the catacombs beneath the [[temple_of_ulos|temple of Ulos]] to be cleansed of the [[undead|undead]], despite the fact that the [[undead|undead]] priests are venerated by many as "servants of Azema." Lord [[yuvan_rokta|Rokta]] rebels, escaping from [[sabek|Sabek]] before the [[gimnax|queen]] is able to arrest him for his crimes.|
|**1001** | As tensions rise between the forces of [[nalos|Nalos]] and the [[dragul|Dragul]], [[bugbear|Bugbears]] set fire to the Dwarven mines of [[lorkheim|Lorkheim]].|
|**1001** | Angered by a perceived alliance between the [[heroes_guild|Heroes Guild]] and Queen [[gimnax|Gimnax]], the [[dragul|Dragul]] hire the Order of Assassins to attack the [[immortal_knight|Immortal Knight]] and other guild members.|
|**1001** | The [[dragul|Dragul]] and the forces of [[nalos|Nalos]] battle in the [[Frozen Expanse|Frozen Expanse]] in what later becomes known as the Battle of the [[Arcazion Pit|Arcazion Pit]].|
|**1002** | As a result of [[gulpax|Gulpax's]] betrayl, Queen [[gimnax|Gimnax]] bans the League of Inventors. Experimentation is outlawed, ushering in an dark age for scientific discovery.|
|**≈1028** | General [[khathandor|Khathandor]] is buried in the catacombs beneath [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]], where many of the [[dragul|Dragul]] soldiers who served under him are now detained. |
|**≈1029** | Through a great calamity, the [[abandoned_lands|Abandoned Lands]] are created, a vast swath of uninhabitable terrain. |
|**≈1029** | As part of the ripple effects of these cataclysmic events, the [[Frozen Expanse|Frozen Expanse]] melts, leaving only a small chain of surviving islands in its place.|
|**≈1029** | [[myrros|Myrros]], the capital city of the [[dragon|Dragon]], sinks into the [[eastern_sea|Eastern Sea]].|
|**≈1029** | After the cataclysmic events in the [[abandoned_lands|Abandoned Lands]], the forces of [[nalos|Nalos]] and the [[dragul|Dragul]] meet in battle at Barrowman Hollow, a treacherous valley cutting through the [[stonespine_ridge|Stonespine Mountains]].|
|**1030** | After what became known as “the [[Great War|Great War]],” [[nalos|Nalos]] and the [[dragul|Dragul]] sign a treaty known as the Final Peace. Both sides agree to leave a strip of land between them unpopulated. The [[dragul|Dragul]] will remain in the North, the kingdom of [[nalos|Nalos]] in the south, and between them the [[abandoned_lands|Abandoned Lands]] (where the Gates of [[brizoor_waal|Brizoor Waal]] lay in disrepair).  |
|**1030** | The Duntum family is granted deed and title to [[castle_carleval|Castle Carleval]], originally built by the [[satyr|Satyr]] in the [[forgotten_forest|Forgotten Forest]].  |
|**2000** | A group of folks from [[nalos|Nalos]] form the [[starlit_door|Starlit Door]], an occult group dedicated to the study of ancient sites and ancient [[six_artifacts|artifacts]]. Their aim is to be in possession of the six key artifacts on the year of Azema’s return.|
|**2965** | [[hortgully|Hortgully]] establishes the dungeon-crafting school in the Stonespine Mountains (represented by [[https://www.stonespinearchitects.com|Stonespine Architects]]).|
|**≈2984** | [[zerith|Zerith]] and [[Eklar|Eklar]], two scholars from the [[starlit_door|Starlit Door]], return to the ruins of the [[Arcazion Pit|Arcazion Pits]] beneath the [[Frozen Expanse|Frozen Expanse]], uncovering an artifact hidden by [[gulpax|Gulpax]] the Crafter.|
|**2985** | The [[starlit_door|Starlit Door]] secretly infiltrate the [[dragul|Dragul]] City-States looking for the six key artifacts. They unearth some powerful extraplanar objects but do not find the six keys to [[brizoor_waal|Brizoor Waal]]. The unearthing of these objects creates rifts over the [[dragul|Dragul]] homelands. These rifts gradually make the north unlivable.   |
|**2990** | The [[dragul|Dragul]] discover the [[starlit_door|Starlit Door]] plot. Enraged that citizens of [[nalos|Nalos]] have violated the Final Peace and made their land unlivable, the [[dragul|Dragul]] declare war on Nalos. This conflict is known as “[[Dragul Invasion|the Dragul Invasion]].” (This period of history is represented by [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/roll-player.html|Roll Player]], [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/roll-player-monsters--minions.html|Monsters & Minions]], and [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/roll-player-fiends--familiars.html|Fiends & Familiars]], and [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/lockup.html|Lockup: A Roll Player Tale]])  |
|**≈2990** | After a devastating attack on their city by the [[dragul|Dragul]], Queen [[amalia|Amalia]] allows the [[minotaur|Minotaurs]] to use laborers from [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]] to rebuild their dungeons and labyrinths.|
|**≈2990** | Queen [[amalia|Amalia]] dies during the war against the [[dragul|Dragul]], leaving her husband, King [[taron|Taron]], to rule in her place.|
|**≈2990** | [[glavrun|Glavrun]], the [[dragul|Dragul's]] greatest wartime strategist, is captured. In solitary confinement at [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]], she invents the card game, [[goblin_vaults|Goblin Vaults]] (This game is represented by [[https://thunderworksgames.com/products/goblin-vaults-card-game|Golbin Vaults]]), which quickly spreads in popularity amongst the other [[dragul|Dragul]] Prisoners -- and even some of the [[construct|Construct]] guards. |
|**?** | Slaying of [[moortish_soot-tongue|Mortish Soot-tongue]] - [[hydra|Hydra]] who led a thousand [[kobold|Kobold]] soldiers over Brokentooth pass during the [[Dragul Invasion|Dragul Invasion]]. Said to be slain by [[taron|King Taron]]. In truth, [[bisthum_of_orkholm|Bisthum of Orkholm]] was the slayer.|
|**?** | Battle of Gurlung Bay.|
|**?** | Battle of [[cutty_s_landing|Cutty's Landing]].|
|**3000** | In the year of [[azema|Azema’s]] return, the [[dragul|Dragul]] are nearly defeated. Prisoners of war have been sent to [[kulbak_prison|Kulbak Prison]] or to fight in [[taron_s_arena|Taron's Arena]]. The Starlit Door discovers that the six key artifacts are hidden in Nalos and begins to search for them. (This period of history is represented by [[https://www.thunderworksgames.com/roll-player-adventures.html|Roll Player Adventures]])|
|**3000** | Battle at [[blacklake|Blacklake]].|
|**3000** | Battle of [[brizoor_waal|Brizoor Waal]].|

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≈ = Date is an approximation.


? = Exact date currently not established in the timeline.