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The Cimmerian Pointed Hats finished off the eldritch horror threat created by Barakah. Meanwhile the Parthians worked hard on replacing the Seleucids as masters of Persia.

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250BCE: Antiochus II of the Seleucid Empire constantly led campaigns against the other Hellene states in the west. His distracted focus allowed pirates to reemerge as a serious force in the Caspian. Aractrash and other Indian satrapies revolted. Warlords vied for control of Aractrash.

248BCE: Absyrtus conquered Cecilia and Jeutontic for the Colchian Kingdom.

247BCE: Arasces I of the Parni tribe defeated all other challengers for control of Aractrash. He crowned himself king of the new kingdom, Parthia.

212BCE: Antiochus III led a resurgence of the Seleucid Empire. He conquered lands south and west of the Caspian that had been absorbed by Colchis.

209BCE: Antiochus III attacked Parthia. He took the capital of Hecatompylos. Arasces II surrendered and became a King under Antiochus III’s rule.

190BCE: The Pointed Hats succeeded in gaining a foothold in the Orclands. Eldritch horrors were slain everywhere they were found. Orc villages were reestablished with teleportation stones to organize a Pointed Hat response if the horrors attacked in large numbers.

177BCE: King Oglamar rose to rule the cleansed Orclands. Thankful to the Pointed Hats he promised to assist them in purifying the Shacklack Desert.

176BCE: Phraates I of Parthia inherited the throne and declared his independence from Seleucid Persia.

175BCE: Seleucus IV of Persia organized a response to Parthia’s independence but was assassinated before he could carry out his plans.

163BCE: Orc attacks on the Shacklack Desert horrors sent them fleeing over the Dominarie Mountains into Parthia. King Mithridates I of Parthia fought to defend his kingdom from the abominations.

161BCE: Seleucid Persia was embroiled in wars with the Roman Empire. Absyrtus took advantage of their weakness to reclaim Jeutontic and Cecilia.

155BCE: The waves of eldritch horrors coming over the Dominarie Mountains finally ceased. The orcs had almost eliminated the vile species. Any remnants went into hiding underground.

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