Hello All,
I've lurked on this board for a bit and thought I might make a contribution.
I drew up the following timeline based on Dale Rippke's chronology with some interpolations of my own - not everyone will agree with his (or my) interpretations. The entries are arranged by years, the "0" being the point at which my current campaigns started. Hope this is useful to some people out there.
-9 Sack of Venarium, end of Aquilonia’s colonial designs in Cimmeria.
-8 Attempt by Thoth-Amon (now a powerful figure in Stygia) to murder Kalanthes of Hanumar goes awry resulting in deaths of Kallian Publico and Aztrias Petanius in Numalia, Nemedia.
-7 Death of Yara the priest in the City of Thieves (Arenjun?), collapse of the Tower of the Elephant, king of Zamora released from priest’s influence.
-6 Death of the Nabonidus the ‘Red Priest’ (Corinthian city-state?) freeing the king from his influence.
-5 War in Yaralet – Corinthian city-state?
-4 Civil war in Koth – King Strabonus vs. Prince Almuric; peace made – mercenaries raid Koth, Zamora and Turan, destroyed by Shah Amurath of Akif on the Ilbars river but the shah perishes soon after. King Yildiz of Turan dies, succeeded by Yezdigerd, Turan expands army for imperial ambitions.
In the next 5-6 years Turan raids Stygia, Brythunia, Ophir, Corinthia, Nemedia and Hyperborea, conquers Shem as far west as Shushan and extracts tribute from Zamora and eastern Koth; also wars with Vendhya and conquers Khorbul in Ghulistan. Steppe kozaki increasingly troublesome.
-3 Rise of Natohk (Thugra Khotan) in Kuthchemes – eastern Shemite cities sacked, joined by rebel Stygian prince Kutamun, defeated by army of Khoraja. (Turan takes advantage of situation in Shem?)
-2 (Argos is at peace). Black Corsairs raid along the western coasts under the leadership of Bêlit and Conan - sacking the Black Coast city of Abombi and burning the Stygian Fleet in its harbour at Khemi.
-1 Death of Bêlit and decimation of the Black Corsairs on a voyage up the river Zarkheba.
0 Civil war in Shamballah, capital of Kush. Almuric again rebels against Strabonus of Koth – rebel army defeated and flees across Shem and Stygia, is annihilated.
1 Khauran taken over by Salomé and Shemite mercenaries, defeated by local rebels and desert Zuagirs. The latter raid the Turanian borders – possibly storming Vezek - until their horde breaks up.
2 Kozaki and pirates of the Red Brotherhood cooperate to raid Turan, possibly burning Khawarizm – destroyed thanks to Kerim Shah, spy of Yezdigerd. Dagonia briefly resurrected on Xapur by Khosatral.
3 Afghulis of Himelians troublesome to Turan and Vendhya – the two nations themselves at war, the armies of the former setting out from Secunderam. King Bunda Chand of Vendhya killed by the Black Seers of Yimsha but their master is soon also destroyed. The Devi Yasmina succeeds to the throne of Vendhya having (along with Conan and the Afghulis) defeated a Turanian army.
4 Totrasmek, the priest of Hanuman in Zamboula is killed, as is Aram Baksh the treacherous innkeeper; Turanian power in the city is reinforced. Koth and Argos at war with Stygia, the latter’s forces led by Prince Zapayo da Kova. He defeats the Stygian fleet and lands an army but it is overcome in the southern interior of Stygia, Koth having made peace. Ollam-Onga, the evil being that dominates Gazal is destroyed. Civil war in Tombalku.
5 Internecine conflict among the rulers south of Kush.
6 Barachan Pirates particularly troublesome.
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8 Namedides replaces Vilerus as king of Aquilonia, starts a more aggressive policy against the Picts. Tsotha-lanti of Koth defeats his rival Pelias the sorcerer and imprisons him – establishes unrivalled dominion over Strabonus. Count Valenso of Korzetta disappears from the Zingaran court – fleeing to the coast of Pictland to avoid a demonic debt.
9 Trouble with Picts in Conajohara – the shaman Zogar Sag leads an attack that destroys fort Tuscelan but the town of Velitrium is saved and the shaman killed.
10 Barachan pirates again troublesome, Zingara counterattacks and destroys a pirate fleet off Shem. Free Companions led by Zarallo hired by Stygia to protect southern border around Sukhmet from Darfari raids. Feuding inhabitants of Xuchotl finally all killed (as is last ‘dragon’ in the forests outside).
11 Trouble in Keshan, possibility of war with Punt and Zembabwei.
12 Namedides’ rule in Aquilonia is increasingly oppressive and unpopular – war with Zingara. Rise of Conan of Cimmeria as an Aquilonian general, defeating Zingara; the latter degenerates into civil war and anarchy.
13 Count Trocero of Poitain rebels against Namedides – civil war in Aquilonia.
14 Another Pictish attack defeated. Conan strangles Namedides upon his throne and becomes king of Aquilonia.
15 The Rebel Four (Volmana, Gromel, Dion and Rinaldo) summon Ascalante from exile on the southern border of Koth (Thoth-Amon has fallen from power in Stygia and is in his service); together they plot against King Conan.
16 The Rebel Four, at the instigation of Ascalante, attempt to assassinate King Conan; they fail and all five of them die. In the process Thoth-Amon recovers his ring and his power; returns to Stygia? Numa is king of Nemedia at this time.
17 Aquilonia enters an alliance with King Amalrus of Ophir. Amalrus’ brother holds the east of the country, Kothic barons rebel sporadically
18 Conan leads an army to Ophir to help fight Strabonus of Koth – is betrayed, army defeated and is captured by Tsotha-lanti (sorcerer behind the throne of Koth). Ophir and Koth invade Aquilonia but Conan escapes – Amalrus, Strabonus and Tsotha are all killed. Pelias the sorcerer released.
19 An ambitious cabal in Nemedia resurrect Xaltotun of Acheron (using the Heart of Ahriman) and use his power to kill King Nimed and his three sons, putting Tarascus (his younger brother) on the throne. They then invade Aquilonia and capture Conan, replacing him with Valerius (an exile of royal blood, possibly close to former king Vilerus?). Conan escapes and tracks the Heart of Ahriman through Zingara (still in a state of civil war) and Argos (at peace) to Stygia (at peace with Argos); Thoth-Amon is back in power by this time and living in Luxur, presumably to better dominate king Ctesphon. Xaltotun attempts to revive Acheron.
20 Conan returns, Valerius and Xaltotun killed but Tarascus survives and is ransomed back to Nemedia.
