Subject: [Mystara] Another timeline, pt 2
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 3999 BC: The Afridhi overrun valemen settlements and smash their armies. 
   The Vales become the first province in the Afridhi Empire.(DA1)
 3998 BC: Afridhi armies hunt down and slaughter surviving Valemen.(DA1)
 3997 BC: Afridhi practice heavy infantry tactics of the valemen.(DA1)
 3996 BC: The Afridhi begin to march across the Plains of Hak.(DA1)
   Umra Dir enters the Sisters of Fire, devoting herself to the worship 
   of Zugzul.(DA4)
   Gerry Castegere is born.(DA4)
 3995 BC: Afridhi complete their march across the Plains of Hak. They 
   develop light cavalry.(DA1)
   In Mohacs, Emperor Iyx I recieves word of the Afridhi migration. He 
   ignores it.(DA1)
   Afridhi begin their campaign against the Duchy of Ten.(DA1)
   Fort Mugger is established in the Eastern Hak.(DA3)
 3993 BC: Men of Blackmoor beg Thonia for aid. Emperor Iyx I ignores 
   them, sends offers of peace to the Afridhi; Thonian envoys are 
   sacrificed to Zugzul.(DA1)
   Hieronymus Castegere's wife (Gerry Castegere's mother) dies during a 
   plague.(DA4)
 3988 BC: Afridhi conquer the Duchy of Ten.(DA4)
   During the first six months of occupation, Thonian temples are burned, 
   and worship of Zugzul declared mandatory. Minor rebellion in Duchy of 
   Ten.(DA4)
   Kay Degern takes the title of Baron of Oktagern when his father is 
   slain by the Afridhi. He goes into hiding.(DA4)
   Men of Blackmoor and Afridhi clash; Thonian agents sent to arrest 
   Baron Uther. Uther evades Thonian armies for months, finally defeating 
   them at the Battle of Root River.(DA1)
 3987 BC: Northern barons defeat Afridhi at the Battle of the Neck.(DA1)
   After failed attempts at reconciliation with the Empire of Thonia, 
   Uther declares himself first King of Blackmoor- many rally to his 
   banner.(DA1)
   Menander Ithamis is selected as Lord of the Northern Elves.(DA1)
   Marshal Taha Marcovic is appointed Duke of Borno, to hold the Empire's 
   northwestern frontier against the new Kingdom of Blackmoor.(DA1)
c.3987BC: Bartertown is founded.(DA1)
 3983 BC: Thonian forces driven out of Blackmoor; Marshal Taha Marcovic 
   commands the rear guard during the retreat, earning the nickname, "The 
   Iron Duke."(DA1)
 3982 BC: Kingdom of Blackmoor manages to end immediate threats; New 
   lands open up. Settlements planted between the Crystal Peaks and the 
   Wurm River. University of Blackmoor is started.(DA1)
   The Peshwan Na Shepro is awarded the Barony of Dragonia; Brother 
   Richard starts a small monastery in his fief.(DA1)
   Federation Starship, FSS Beagle, crashes in the lands south of 
   Blackmoor.(DA3)
   Shortly thereafter, refugees from the starship, lead by Security Chief 
   Stephen "the Rock" Rockwell, seek shelter in Frog Swamp. 'Saint' Stephen 
   reforms the Order of the Frog; Froggie activity increases.(DA2,3)
 3981 BC: The Regency Council sends an expedition to the Valley of the 
   Ancients, to investigate the City of the Gods.(DA3)
   The Bishop of Blackmoor sends Gregor Mendicamp, a Thonian priest, to 
   serve as an agent in the Duchy of Ten.(DA4)
 3979 BC: Following the kidnap of his new bride, Bascom Ungulian, the 
   Baron of Glendower, leads a small band of retainers into the domain of 
   the Egg of Coot.(DA1)
 3978 BC: King Uther is kidnapped while staying at the Blackmoor Comeback 
   Inn. The Regency Council is baffled.(DA1)
   Timothy Curlytop, Shiremaster of Booh, is elected Clan Chief and 
   Regent of the Halflings of the Northern Marches.(DA1)
   Uberstar Khazakhum is captured by the Gruuk of the Black Hand(*); 
   Lortz Kharnundrum is named Regent of the Mines in his stead.(DA1)
 3977 BC: Adventurers from the future appear in Blackmoor. They are 
   instrumental in the rescue of King Uther.(DA1)
   Two months after Uther's rescue, Rissa Aleford, Baroness of the Lakes, 
   is captured.(DA2)
   Two months later, a second expedition is sent to the City of the 
   Gods.(DA3)
   Three months after the completion of the second expedition, an 
   expedition is made to the Duchy of Ten, to destroy the Well of Souls.
   (DA4)


* Note- in DA1, these are called the Orcs of the Black Hand, but given 
that later sources have stated that true orcs did not exist until after 
the Great Rain of Fire, in 3000 BC, I arbitrarily changed the tribe's 
name to the Gruuk of the Black Hand, in honor of the name of the Beastmen 
language (as per the Hollow World Boxed Set.)