History of the Greater and Lesser Arc (Worldscross series)

The Long Flight

4900 BCE

Following the alliance of Elder and Younger brothers and their failed uprising, survivors flee the last outpost in a stolen ship and make for the Rim. They arrive in the Arc and settle on Maseer.

The Flight of Knowledge

1 CE

The Thirty-Four Universities flee Oliand's political crisis and settle on Nothi Seoton. Year One of the RNS calendar.

The Fall of Peliad

212

Old Peliad disintegrates; the Golden Age is over. Year One of the AFP calendar.

The last fall of Peliad

370

Death of the Golden King; the Hall of Stars is burned to the ground.

Elletry expansion

370

Elleter begins to expand through its home system

The Great Vowel Shift

Period: 430 to 445

MSS, MCS, and TAB experience a major vowel shift.

The Vasilissan Empire

457

In the capitol of Elleter, Vasilissa, the great general Vasilinna I the Victor inaugrates the empire.

The Second Foibas Plague

510

The second wave of the Foibas plague sweeps Lacai. Yon Winterrain dies.

Vasilinna III the Great dies

544

followed shortly by her heir, both under mysterious circumstances. A period of unrest follows as the empire struggles to hold together in the absence of a clear leader.

Restoration

551

Vasilinna V the Conquerer ascends and restores the old line of rulers, leading the empire into the Great Expansion.

Lacane mobilization movement begins

562

Over the next few years, Lacai becomes a fully mobilized society under the Bureau of Mobilization; all citizens are under military authority.

Rainfield Plague

Period: 565 to 571

The Rainfield Plague sweeps the Tetrabellonic Zone, moving from the front lines to civilian centers and killing millions.

Clerr the Martyr executed

576

After two years of imprisonment for giving and advocating aid and comfort to enemy combatants, the Martyr of Barletoun is executed on charges of treason.

Aghan Dicca martyred

Dec 24, 605

A Gibosan healer who frequently led Order missions into mined battlefields, she was twice captured by Lacane forces and released by sympathetic front-line officers. Her third capture sent her to Lacai, where she was tried on a number of conflicting charges by the increasingly unstable Bureau of Mobilization and executed in 605. She is remembered for having articulated many central Gibosan beliefs: records of her trial defense are among the earliest and most-studied texts of the period.

Sacking of the First Sanctuary

Dec 24, 645

Lacane forces hunting deserters locate and bombard the Sanctuary of the Gibosan Order; many perish in the collapsing structure, including the head of the Order, Pellin Kea the younger.

Establishment of the Second Sanctuary

Dec 24, 652

Dmiana De completes construction of the Second Sanctuary of the Gibosan Order; the complex is officially opened by Order head Letica Soonc.

The Fools' Years

Period: Dec 24, 721 to Dec 25, 732

The four governments of the Tetrabellonic Zone develop and deploy bioweapons; it soon becomes clear that biowarfare is unsustainable and uncontrollable, and plagues rage across the region.

Death of Vasilinna XVII the Eternal

Dec 24, 731

The last of the supposedly divine rulers of the Eternal Dominion is defeated and slain by unknown persons. The Dominion splinters briefly as generals and admirals fight over the imperial seat.

The Medics' Truce

Period: Dec 24, 733 to Dec 25, 750

Public health organizations of all four planets call for a ceasefire in order to recover from the pandemic devastation of the Fools' Years; this turns out to be the longest ceasefire in recorded history.

War returns

Dec 24, 750

Campollion and Jurat return to a state of war; Maseer rejoins shortly after, followed by Lacai just before the new year.

The Age of Division begins

Dec 24, 771

Pelion enters a period of unrest and intercity cold war, which occasionally flares up into open warfare.

Joris Venata born

Dec 24, 818

The first Venata to leave Taugett. He started a small shipping business with his daughters Eruthia and Erthusa and his son-in-law Laden Brenike.

The Argosine Revolution

Dec 24, 822

The Vasilissan Navy, with the support of the orbiting shipyards of Argosy, openly revolts against the Dominion, quickly securing the outer orbits of the Elleter system and cutting the Dominion off from the imperial city.

The Century Plague

Dec 24, 832

sweeps the Tetrabellonic Zone, with death tolls rivalling those of the early Fools' Years. Trisa Pabish leads the Order mission to fight the plague on Jurat.

Treaty of Frigate Meer

Dec 24, 834

Aboard the frigate <i>Meer</i>, two of the four admirals of the now-independent Argosine Navy sign a peace treaty with the governor of the imperial city Vasilissa, bringing an end to the Siege of Elleter and the remnants of the Dominion.

Eruthia Venata born

Dec 24, 843

Made a full partner in her father's trading company at the age of 19, her aggressive captaincy of the second Venata vessel, <i>Light of Morning</i>, won the family a reputation for speedy and reliable transportation of goods.

Joris Venata and family depart Taugett

Dec 24, 862

Having invested in three fast Pelian cargo clippers, the Venata family start a small shipping business, running cargo throughout the Greater Arc.

Liberation of Comes Corronel

Dec 24, 867

The prisoners and laborers of the manufacturing camp ally with the remaining Comisine to overthrow the camp authorities and storm Corronel Base, restoring the Comes as an independent and sovereign body. The provisional government invites the exiled Comesine to return to their historic home and reinstates the national language, which had long been illegal.

Last Pelian Civil War

Period: Dec 24, 892 to Dec 25, 912

The last great civil war on Pelion breaks out between six coalitions of Great Families and city-states.

Orin Venata born

Dec 24, 894

The death of his elder sister Eritha in an attack on the <i>Blaze of Noon</i> placed him unexpectedly at the head of the family. He despatched agents to track down the stolen cargo, preserving the Venata reputation. He was more cautious and risk-averse than his daring sister and famous aunts, but he maintained a grudge against the pirates of the Lesser Arc for the rest of his life. He oversaw Venata investment in the rebuilding of Pelion, securing the family a seat on the Assembly of the Sun.

Pelian Cataclysm

Dec 24, 912

The planetary seismic and volcanic disaster forces an abrupt end to the civil war as factions struggle to minimize the destruction.

The Alber Plague

Dec 24, 915

breaks out on Jurat and spreads rapidly to nearby moons, then to Maseer, which publicly requests Gibosan aid and offers official cooperation; despite the Maseerzy's historic respect for the Order, this is the first time a planetary government extends diplomatic relations to the Gibosan Order. (The Comes Corronel are a sovereign, but not a planetary, government.)

Peliadine Union founded

Dec 24, 925

Drawing on the memory of the golden age of the Peliad, the Assembly of the Sun officially accedes diplomatic and inter-planetary economic powers to the newly-inaugrated Assembly of Stars. All relations between Pelion (at this time the only member state) and other planets are to pass through the Union; although the Union only includes one planet, representatives from Mulmul and Ennea contribute to the creation of the new constitution.

Ennea enters the Union

Dec 24, 934

After nearly a decade of negotiation and public support, Ennea formally joins the Peliadine Union and sends its first nine representatives to the Assembly of Stars.

Mulmul enters the Union

Dec 24, 936

Having contributed heavily to the constitution and organization of the Assembly of Stars, Mulmul formally joins the Peliadine Union and sends its first nine representatives to Pelion.

Arinda Venata born

Dec 24, 950

Eldest daughter of Arkady Venata, current head of the Venata merchant family; sister of Phemi, Pella, and Foreo Venata. She threw her support behind Lorrell's petition for entry into the Peliadine Union, blocked the Esperdine Trading Co.'s aggressive move on Taugett, and devoted family resources to her cousin Althé Pergren's humanitarian work in the Tetrabellonic Zone.

The Sacking of the Second Sanctuary

Dec 24, 979

The Second Sanctuary of the Gibosan Order is firebombed by a rogue Campolli general; Campollion authorities save face by declaring their support of the attack, and factions within the government use the event to build public support for further measures against Force sensitives.

The Flight of the Innocents

Period: Dec 24, 979 to Dec 25, 989

As anti-Force sensitive prejudice turns ugly and several planetary governments pass measures against them, thousands of sensitives flee the Tetrabellonic Zone with help from Peliadine intervention forces, the Gibosan Order, and several independent shipping groups.

Lorrell enters the Union

Dec 24, 980

Lorrell formally enters the Peliadine Union and becomes the first member world to have not been present at the writing of the constitution. Its entrance also marks the beginning of the rise of Interventionism as a political movement in the Union.

Esperdees Terraforming Co.

Dec 24, 982

Terraforming begins on Nossa, a moon of Galantha in the Esperdees. The completion of the five-year project is offered as a proof of concept to investors.

Founding of the Elpis Order

Dec 24, 985

Althé Pergren, with support from the Gibosan Order and the Venata merchant family, founds Healers House on Elpis. The school begins accepting students immediately; in the first few years, many are refugees from the Tetrabellonic Zone, including young Force sensitives and the evacuated children of the Gibosan Order.

Siege of Helica begins

Dec 24, 1020

After a popular uprising sends the oligarchs of Helica fleeing to nearby Skoina, the combined forces of Alusida, Penthos, and Skoina establish a blockade of Helica. The provisional government requests Union aid; Ennean forces set out to break the blockade (without Union mandate) but are forced to turn aside to head off Alimnine forces and a fleet of Thrennon contractors. Union support is stalled by division in the Assembly, but the Helican war is already underway.