Timeline of Yathrib

Timeline of Events

2500 - 2770: Diaspora

• Somewhere in here, PAMA discovers Yathrib and sells colonization rights to hardy colonists.
• 2753: - Birth of Palamedes Alecto, the first Patriarch of the Universal Church.

2771 - 2850: The Age of Miracles

• 2771: Zebulon and Paulus arrive on Yathrib. Miracle of the Humble Lion.
• 2772: Zebulon sees the Holy Flame in Revelation and begins to preach the Omega Gospels.
• 2849: Martyrdom of the Prophet. Zebulon dies on peace mission to Vau as his ship mis-jumps. Age of Miracles Ends.

2850 - ?: Ukari War

• 2850: Palamedes Alecto declares himself the first Patriarch of the Universal Church of the Celestial Sun. Palamedes unites most followers of the Prophet in the Universal Church.
• 2855: Yathrib conquered by Ukari, beginning '40 Years of Night'
• 2895: Human fleet pushes past Aylon, starting 10 year reconquest of Yathrib.
• 2904: Yathrib is liberated in full.

The Fall

• 4061: Count Jackson De Moley liberates Akko from Cavil the pure. Brother Battle are officially formed.
• 4073: Brother Battle destroy Sathrist stronghold of Discovery Bay from orbit. It was the only way to be sure.
• 4093: Sathrists disable jumpgate while St. Godfrey is off-world for medical care, beginning the Sundering, 700 years of disconnect from the Known Worlds.
• 4611: Titus Alecto, rich from slave plantations in the northern jungles, crowned himself King of Asher with the tacit support of the Brother Battle.
• 4640: A coalition lead by Maxwell Justinian unseats Alecto of Asher. The Alecto family is outlawed, with its surviving scions absorbed by House Gesar.

The Sundering

• 4672: Statute of Counts designates the “Seven Seigneuries”, including Johburg, as the chief vassals of the Lord of Akko (Lord Walker Justinian) in response to the rise of the Prince-Bishoprics around Revelation
• 4756: All-Saints' War starts
• 4776: All-Saints War brought to an end as House de Moley displace Justinians, and Brother Battle gain control over Prince-Bishops by 4800
• 4800: Succession of Long Wars started, against Sathraist lands to the West
• 4841: The three-year War of the Ports begins between Johburg and Leon. Crow's Landing is extracted by Johburg as part of an enforced peace on Leon.

4874 - 4991: Kurgan Conquests

• 4874: Kurgan invasion, in response to which the Seven serve as the chief captains of Akko's forces.
• 4874: Spoiling of the Pearls, in which the Cities are stripped of their orbital defenses. Kurgan attacks upon them commence.
• 4889: Conversion of the Gesar brings the war for the Pearls to an end.
• 4892: First Siege of Revelation (unsuccessful)
• 4908: Second Siege of Revelation (unsuccessful)
• 4919: Third Siege of Revelation (unsuccessful)
• 4924: Fourth Siege of Revelation (successful, as Kurgans brought Orbital Bombardment to bear)
• 4925: Crusader State of Revelation founded, with sworn intent of retaking the Holy City
  • Late 4925: Peace at the River of Joy establishes refugee camps and provides a break in hostilities
• 4940: War resumes following Church-inspired rebellion in the Pearl Cities
• 4973: Renaud Germain De Moley born to Josciline the Elder.
• 4980: Tyche falls to the Kurgans
• 4986: “Golden Season”, in which Geoffrey de Moley briefly retakes Revelation

4992 - 4996: Betrayal and 1st Crusade

• 4992: The Betrayal: Rutger Mortimer, Count of Aubrey, leads a Kurgan invasion
• 4993:
  • Spring: Renaud De Moley, son of Count Joscilin, is captured north of Tyche. He is presumed dead.
  • Fall: Count Joscelin de Moley, brother of the Lord of Akko, sees a vision of a reborn sun: he and his son (Joscelin) along with a few others set out to find it.
• 4994: Seaborne landings near Johburg succeed in establishing beachheads; siege of the Johburg follows
• 4996:
  • January 1: Count Joscelin De Moley kneels before Emperor Alexius I and swears Fealty.
  • Fall 4996: 1st Crusade arrives to relieve Akko and the Crusader State. Count Joscelin dies while breaking the siege of Akko.
  • Winter 4996: “Year and a half” siege of the Johburg finally lifted, following Battle of Akko

4997 - 4998: Reconquest

• 4998: Jumproute to Aylon reopened
  • Spring:
    • Renaud De Moley escapes from captivity and returns to Leon. He is invested as the Count of Leon shortly after.

4999: Flavian Crusade

• 4999: Prince Flavius Li Halan's Crusade arrives.

5000: The present and beyond

• 5000: Flavius's Crusade peters out
• 5001:
  • April:
    • Renaud, Caelwyn, Linnea and Lyov visit with the Kurgan Potentate of Ash-Shallalat and with Renaud's assistance, Lyov and the Potentate come to terms regarding the war season of Karak. Full war will be averted in return for a duel between Chiaka and the Khan of Karak.
    • Renaud, Desideria, Tarah, Antonio and Alcinder visit The al-Za'Abal Oasis in route to sabotaging the Bridge of Saints.
  • May:
    • Khalid Ashram Khalid al-Gesar, the 'Red Corsair' of the Shining Gulf attempts to kidnap Nathalie din alt Van Gelder. Baron Valintijn din alt Van Gelder, Baroness Desideria Rolas and Sir Zakaria al-Malik find Khalid in the Strandhaus Shallows and a duel is fought atop Strandhaus Station, in which Zakaria triumphs.