MoradoniaTimeline
Year 0: Moradon, the Briar King seals off the Veil to the West, shielding the lands from the Blood Lord - but never returns to his keep.
Year 5: The settlement that will become Briarkeep begins to expand, with a town begins to grow around the fort of the lost Briar King.
Year 948: Civil war of succession ruins Vran Duchy; causes a wave of refugees to abandon Vran lands and settle outside Aethdale walls
Year 998: The present day
Spring 998: Raid on Big Pickle: In pre-dawn hours raiders attacked Big Pickle, setting fire to the buildings, looting valuables and kidnapping unfortunate souls.
Summer 998: The Gate of Blood: In Farholme, an emissary appears from the Kingdom of Blood and warns that they will return in one year to wreck their revenge on the children of the Briar Lord
Summer 998; Peasant rebellion in Anrit Duchy: Sigrid leads a rebelion against Duke of Anrit, claiming disproportionate taxes as root cause
Winter 998; Briar Knights begin to appear, searching travellers on the roads around Godsmount for an urn of great power. A 'blood plague' was unleashed on Gods Mount at the height of the solstice festivities, turning all water into blood and turning anyone who consumed it into a ravening killer. By the time the curse was dispelled, hundreds have been killed or injured and the city has suffered huge damage.
Year 999
- More Blood Cultists have started to appear in Moradonia
- Similarly, Knights of the Briar have been rabble rousing, preparing for war
- Steel Phoenix adventurers cross the barrier and bring back reports of mass sacrifices and beastlings gathering
- Lord Jared Byrne, the supposed wielder of the Briar Spear is murdered and the spear disappears.
- Lady Jessica Silverblade of the Briar Moot is revealed as a Blood Cultist and killed in battle.
Year 1000
- The barrier falls and the Blood Lord invades
- Farholme, the Wyrm Wood, the Culderfell Hills and much of the Forest of Sighs is lost to their advances, before they are turned back.
- Oar's Rest is devastated and Briarkeep itself is damaged, but does not fall.