UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050610 Firefox/1.0.4 (Debian package 1.0.4-3) IP: 64.81.113.168 URI: http://wesnoth.slack.it/?WesnothHistory - - - - - Index: WesnothHistory =================================================================== RCS file: /home/wesnoth/cvsroot/wikiroot/WesnothHistory,v retrieving revision 1.73 diff -u -r1.73 WesnothHistory --- WesnothHistory 10 Jul 2005 02:19:34 -0000 1.73 +++ WesnothHistory 10 Jul 2005 03:37:57 -0000 @@ -1,35 +1,41 @@ -Historian's notes: Portions of entries surrounded by parentheses -and containing a question mark are assumed or unconfirmed -information: for instance, "BLAH BLABITY BLAH ( the king of the BLAH ?)" +||Timeline of Wesnothian History|| -[Ages Before Wesnoth] +Historian's notes: Portions of entries surrounded by parentheses and containing a question mark are assumed or +unconfirmed information: for instance, "BLAH BLABITY BLAH ( the king of the BLAH ?)". Also, BW=before wesnoth, YW=years +wesnoth. They function the same way as BC and AD do in our timekeeping system. + +Prehistory: -Birth of the world -Elves and Dwarves inhabit the Great Continent. - -Humans inhabit the distant West [From the perspective of a person of HttT - Era Wesnoth. Since the World is probably round this could even be the Eastern - shore of The Great Continent.] + -Humans inhabit the distant West [From the perspective of a person of HttT Era Wesnoth. Since the World is probably + round this could even be the Eastern shore of The Great Continent.] -Haldric's people colonise the Green Isle from a continent further to the west. -[Centuries later] -[The fall of the Green Isle] +200 BW: -The Lich-Lords arrive on the Green Isle after losing a war in the distant West. -After a long war Haldric's people come to dominate the Green Isle. -The 'Wesfolk' and their Lich-Lords are pushed onto marginal lands. - - [A couple of centuries pass] - -The Great Continent is discovered by the eldest Prince of Southbay. - -After several voyages to the Great Continent, the elder Crown Prince falls ill and dies. - -His younger brother is implicated in a plot to kill him. + + +12 BW: + -The Great Continent is discovered by the Crown Prince of Southbay. + +11-7 BW: + -The Crown Prince makes several voyages to and fro. + +6 BW: + -After these voyages the Great Continent, the elder Crown Prince falls ill and dies; his younger brother is implicated + in a plot to kill him. -As a distraction the younger Prince starts a war with the Wesfolk and their Lich-Lords. - -The Lich-Lords sense they will be destroyed and - open gates to the homeland of the Orcs in the West. + -The Lich-Lords sense they will be destroyed and open gates to the homeland of the Orcs in the West. + +6-2 BW: -The Green Isle is overrun with Orcs. -The Wesfolk desert their Lich-Lords as they fear becoming prey for the Orcs. -Prince Haldric leads the evacuation of the survivors to the Great Continent. -[The Arrival of Man] - -The elder Crown Prince of Southbay discovers the Great Continent. - - [10 years later] +1 BW: -Human settlers, led by Prince Haldric, arrive at the Great Continent in large numbers. -Humans arrive in the middle of a simmering dispute between the Elves and Dwarves. -The Elves and Dwarves are distrustful of humans, and there is a small skirmish. @@ -37,19 +43,20 @@ -Prince Haldric asks the Four Elvish Lords (Dionli, Logalmier, Aryad, and El'Isomithir) for help and land. -They set before him four quests to prove his worth, which he completes. + +0 YW: -Haldric is granted the plains north and south of the Great River. -Haldric agrees to a Pact of Mutual Defence with the Elves. - -Haldric founds the country of Wesnoth in these lands - -The founding of Wesnoth marks year 0 in Years Wesnoth (YW) reckoning + -Haldric founds the country of Wesnoth in these lands. + -Reign of Haldric I begins. - -[Reign of Haldric I] http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/noble-lord.png - -Orcs, following the ships fleeing from the Green Isle, begin to arrive - on the Great Continent. +1 YW: + -Orcs, following the ships fleeing from the Green Isle, begin to arrive on the Great Continent. -These Orcs are defeated by Haldric's forces. -Some of the Orcish survivors flee back to the Green Isle, others move to attack the Elves. - -King Haldric I is established as first King of Wesnoth. -King Haldric helps the Elves fight the surviving Orcs. + +7-11 YW: -In the eighth year of Haldric's reign a second wave of Orcs arrive from the Green Isle. -These Orcs start claiming large portions of the Great Continent for themselves. -Haldric I dishonors the Pact he spoke with the Elves and refuses to give aid. @@ -59,134 +66,154 @@ -Elves refuse to aid the Humans in confronting the Orcs. -Orcs attack the lands north of the great river from the mountains, then owned by Wesnoth. -Humans are forced back to the great river and are able to hold it against Orcish attacks. - -Haldric I dies. -[Reign of Haldric II] - -Prince Haldric II ascends to the throne of Wesnoth. +20 YW: + -Haldric I dies. + -Haldric II ascends to the throne. -King Haldric II allows emissaries of the Elves to return to Wesnoth. -Haldric sends General Aldar west with a portion of the Wesnoth army, to aid the Elves. -The Orcs in the eastern lands are defeated. -[LONG time later] +110-120 YW: + -The Taming of the Wild. -[The Lich-Lords have been forgoten by this age, the undead are thought to be myths or old wives tales] - -[Taming of the Wild, approximately 120 YW] - -City of Elensefar is sacked by orcs and eventually retaken - -Elensefar becomes an independent city-state for the first time - -[The Time of the Great Kings of Wesnoth, a golden age approximately spanning the years 200-400 YW] - -The wizards of Wesnoth construct the massive fortress Halstead to protect the west - -Wesnoth grows to its largest size during this time - -Elensefar is united with the Kingdom of Wesnoth -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/elvish-lord.png -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/elvish-champion.png +122 YW: + -City of Elensefar is sacked by orcs. + -Meneldur, a sailor of Elensefar, sets out on a quest to regain the city. + +123 YW: + -Elensefar is retaken by Meneldur along with Undead from the Green Isle. + -Elensefar becomes an independent city-state for the first time. + +200-350 YW: + -The time of the Great Kings, the Golden Age of Wesnoth. + -The wizards of Wesnoth construct the massive fortress Halstead to protect the west. + -Elensefar is united with the Kingdom of Wesnoth. -Urug-Telfar attacks the lake atop mount Eregonor and pillages the surounding areas. -The Elvish Heroes Kalenz and Glatrid are sent to defeat Urug-Telfar. -Kalenz and Glatrid are successful in destroying the encamped Orcish forces. -[Decline of Wesnoth, approximately 100 years before the reign of Asheviere] - -Fractioning of kingdom caused by death of ??? - -Elensefar remains a province of Wesnoth but exerts increasing independnce due to isolation - -Treaty between lord of Elensefar and king of Wesnoth signed - -[Reign of Garard I] - -Garard the first becomes king of Wesnoth. - - [Two years later] +350 YW: + -Fractioning of kingdom caused by death of Haldric IV. + -Elensefar remains a province of Wesnoth but exerts increasing independence due to isolation. + -Treaty between lord of Elensefar and king of Wesnoth signed. + +440 YW: + -Garard I becomes king of Wesnoth. + +442 YW: -Dark hordes of undead are reported in the plains of the East, terrorising the inhabitants. -Garard sends a battle group to defeat the undead. -Soldiers return from the battle reporting a crushing defeat. -Garard asks the council of mages for help and is advised to send more troops. -The young mage Delfador asks the King for permission to lead a force of mages instead. -Garard agrees to let Delfador confront the undead. - -Delfador is successful. - -Delfador becomes a trusted advisor to King Garard. + -Delfador is successful and becomes a trusted advisor to King Garard. -Three outposts are built on eastern border to repel local orcs. - -Crown Prince Garard II is born (some time during his fathers reign) - -Prince ????? is born (after Garard II - Konrad's father) - -Dwarves agree to craft the Sceptre of Fire for King Garard -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/dwarf-lord-defend.png -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/dwarf-runemaster-attack.png -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/misc/item-sceptreoffire.png - -(twenty-five years later) The Sceptre of Fire is completed - -Orcs besiege Knalga, and the Sceptre is lost + +447 YW: + -Crown Prince Garard II is born. + -Dwarves agree to craft the Sceptre of Fire for King Garard. + +450 YW: + -Prince Arand is born. + +473 YW: + -The Sceptre of Fire is completed. + -Orcs besiege Knalga, and the Sceptre is lost. -Garard I dies. -[Reign of Garard II, approximately 472-499 YW] +474 YW: -Garard II rises to throne of Wesnoth. + +478 YW: -Garard marries Asheviere. + -Garard II issues the Sceptre Edict of Royal Succession + +480 YW: -Crown Prince Eldred is Born. + +498 YW: -Princess Li'sar is born. - -Other princes are born. - -Prince ????? has several sons, the youngest is Konrad. - -Garard II issues the Sceptre Edict of Royal Succession - - [27 years after Garard II's coronation] + +500 YW: + -Prince Konrad is born, the youngest of several sons of of Prince Arand. -Wesnoth and the Orcs of the north go to war. -Garard leads his army to orc encampment at Galcadar by the Ford of Abez. -Garard's forces split into two groups, one led by himself and the other by his son Eldred. - -Eldred betrays his father and attacks him with the troops under his control. - -King Garard is slain in battle along with his brother and his other sons. - -Delfador escapes the battle and heads to capital of Wesnoth, Weldyn. + -Eldred betrays his father and attacks him with the troops under his control; King Garard is slain in battle along with + his brother Prince Arand and his other sons. + -Delfador escapes the battle and heads to Weldyn. -Eldred bribes the Orcish king into peace. - -[Reign of Eldred the Traitor] -Delfador gathers a force of Loyalists to avenge Garard's Death. -Eldred's forces confront Delfador's Loyalists at Weldyn. -The Loyalists are defeated, but Eldred is slain by Delfador in the fight. -Delfador escapes the battle. -[Reign of Queen Asheviere, 499 YW - 517? YW] http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/human-queen.png +501 YW: -Asheviere orders the execution of Garard's nephews and declares herself Queen of Wesnoth. -Hearing of the news Delfador infiltrates the palace. - - [Mild spoilers beyond this point] -Delfador finds the youngest prince Konrad as he is slain. -Delfador flees, taking Konrad's body for burial to the land of the Elves. - -Elf Lady Parandra finds an orphaned human child. + -While traveling through Wesnoth Elf Lady Parandra finds an orphaned human child. -Parandra and Delfador agree to give the orphan the identity of Prince Konrad. - -Delfador and Konrad flee to live in refuge with the Elves (in Wesmere Forest ?). - - [also during this time...] - -Elensefar regains its status as an independent city-state. + -Delfador and Konrad flee to live in refuge with the Southwestern Elves. + -Elensefar refuses to submit to Asheviere and declares itself an independent city-state. -Western Wesnoth border recedes, is fixed, and remains heavily defended. - -As a result the Elves flourish to the SW of Wesnoth. + -As a result the Elves flourish to the Southwest of Wesnoth. -A band of humans inhabits the Isle of the Damned. - - [Seventeen years pass] + +502-517 YW: -Delfador raises Konrad under the protection of the Elves. - - [The tutorial fits in here] -[End of Asheviere's Reign: "Heir to the Throne" campaign begins here] +517 YW: -Asheviere hires Orcish forces to hunt down her nephew-in-law Konrad. -Orcish forces converge on Delfador's refuge. -Konrad flees his home with the elves and embark upon a quest to regain the throne of Wesnoth. -[Reign of Queen Li'sar and King Konrad I] http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/konrad-lord.png -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/human-battleprincess.png - -Delfador sucumbs to old age and dies, his body is entombed alongside his staff in Eregonor. +518 YW: + -Konrad crosses the Great River into the Northlands on a search for the Sceptre of Fire. + -They enter the Caves of Knalga, ally with Princess Li'sar, and find it. + +519 YW: + -They return to Wesnoth and claim the throne. + +522 YW: -Birth of Princess Ana'sar -[Approximately 100 years later, Reign of Haldric VII] - -Haldric VII becomes king of Wesnoth - - [5 years later] +533 YW: + -Delfador sucumbs to old age and dies, his body is entombed alongside his staff in Eregonor. + -The next great sage of Wesnoth, Dacyn, is born. + +589 YW: + -Haldric VII becomes king of Wesnoth. + -Dacyn the White Mage and Ravanal, an eastern wizard, compete to be the king's advisor. + -The king chooses Dacyn, Ravanal flees Wesnoth and becomes a lich. + +592 YW: -Konrad II is born. - -Dacyn the White Mage and Ravanal, an eastern wizard, compete to be the king's advisor - -The king chooses Dacyn, Ravanal flees Wesnoth and becomes a lich -[Reign of Konrad II] +612 YW: -Konrad II becomes King of Wesnoth. - - [13 years later] + -Dacyn continues his duties as advisor with Konrad. + +625 YW: -Mysterious disappearances of livestock and peasants along the eastern border of Wesnoth. - -Konrad II sends the White Mage Dacyn and three officers (Oweac, Sudoc and Gweddry) - to man the old eastern outposts. - -Mal-Ravanal attacks the middle outpost where Gweddry and Daycn are stationed. - -Dacyn and Gweddry travel to the northern outpost, and, with Owaec, retreat into the northlands - -Wesnoth's last defences are broken and the undead march on Wesnoth - -In the northlands, the orcs drive Gweddry's army back across the river - -Weldyn is besieged - -Gweddry breaks through undead lines to reach Weldyn - -A council is held - -Gweddry's army kills Mal-Ravanal through sheer luck - -Wesnoth is saved, but has been turned by the undead into a barren wasteland, and the 100 years that - follow are considered the dark ages of wesnoth + -Konrad II sends the Dacyn and three officers (Owaec, Sudoc and Gweddry) to man the old eastern outposts. + +626 YW: + -Mal-Ravanal attacks the middle outpost where Gweddry and Dacyn are stationed. + -Dacyn and Gweddry travel to the northern outpost, and, with Owaec, retreat into the northlands. +627 YW: + -Wesnoth's last defences are broken and the undead march on Wesnoth + -In the northlands, the orcs drive Gweddry's army back across the river. + -Weldyn is besieged. + -Gweddry breaks through undead lines to reach Weldyn. + -A council is held. + -Gweddry's army kills Mal-Ravanal through sheer luck. + -Wesnoth is saved, but has been turned by the undead into a barren wasteland, and the 100 years that follow are + considered the dark ages of Wesnoth. History derived from: -The Challenges @@ -197,30 +224,24 @@ Timelined by Kamahawk. -||Tenative Alternate History Regarding the Sceptre of Fire||</br> -derived from:</br> -The Sceptre of Fire campaign, by Turin</br> -The Legend of Wesmere campaign, by Santi</br> - -[Reign of Haldric II, approximately 30 YW] -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/dwarf-lord.png -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/dwarf-runemaster-attack.png -http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/misc/item-sceptreoffire.png - - Haldric II commissions a dwarven tribe to build the Sceptre and recieve the ruby from Haldric II - - Elves attack the dwarves as Haldric II is giving them the ruby - - The dwarves, searching for supplies, attack another dwarvish clan, the Shorbears - - The Elves siege the dwarves in the Shorbears' citadel for a year, during which time the sceptre is made - - The dwarves break the siege and head underground, into the depths of the volcano where Khrakrahs the Dragon lives - - One of Khrakrahs' teeth is incorporated into the sceptre, adding to its magical power - - The volcano erupts, killing the dwarves and the elves who followed them - - A human messenger escapes to report to Haldric II that the Sceptre was created - +||Alternate History Regarding the Sceptre of Fire|| -[Reign of Garard I] - - Garard I issues a challenge to pass the crown onto whomever finds the Sceptre and returns it to Wesnoth +25 YW: + - Haldric II commissions a dwarven tribe to build the Sceptre and recieve the ruby from Haldric II. + - Elves attack the dwarves as Haldric II is giving them the ruby. + +26 YW: + - The dwarves, searching for supplies, attack another dwarvish clan, the Shorbears. + - The Elves siege the dwarves in the Shorbears' citadel for a year, during which time the sceptre is made. + - The dwarves break the siege and head underground, into the depths of the volcano where Khrakrahs the Dragon lives. + - One of Khrakrahs' teeth is incorporated into the sceptre, adding to its magical power. + - The volcano erupts, killing the dwarves and the elves who followed them. + - A human messenger escapes to report to Haldric II that the Sceptre was created. + +Alternate history derived from: + -The Sceptre of Fire campaign, by Turin + -The Legend of Wesmere campaign, by Santi -[Reign of Asheviere] http://wesnoth.slack.it/wesnoth-images/human-queen.png - - Konrad finds the Sceptre ||See Also||
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