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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 55 Loose ends for coming to the end of the timeline! 1115BCE: The Olympians recognized that the new toys they’d given their mortals were strong tools in the right hands and explosive mistakes in the wrong hands. To ensure the magical artifacts weren’t misused, Zeus created…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 54 This one details the heroic rise of Balin that led to him retaking Fangaroot from the kobolds. 638BCE: Balin, the great-great-grandson of Shaelin got the idea to gain glory so he could replace the insane Bjorn. He made a team with his halfling friend, Terry,…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 53 King Aeëtes leads Colchis eternally, but he comes under attack by the armies of Hades every solar eclipse. I detailed some of the earlier eclipse attacks, but I’ve been leaving them behind for a while. Here’s the rest of them! 978BCE: A solar eclipse allowed…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 52 Tying Nomingburg after the Dragon War to Tracy’s Return and then the eventual rise of Duke Jingo. 879BCE: With Tracy gone the people of Nomingburg began elections to choose their leader, the Duke of Nomingburg. 877BCE: Nomingburg became a home base for many of the…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 51 Mars’ Oasis needs a little bit of connecting history to establish the threats and the relationship between the city and the Shacklack Desert. 696BCE: The soldiers turned settlers of Mars’ Oasis needed a staple food crop in the desert. The nymphs found a cactus fruit…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 50 A little more mixing of history and fantasy. The Persians invaded Scythia in 513BCE to scare off the Scythians before the Persian invasion of Greece. In the real world the Scythians/Amazons just ran away and came back after the Persians left. In my version they…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 49 Changing gears a bit. I said I’d be working on the remaining history of Cimmeria from both ends. Gazeara’s history that’s closer to the current date in my campaign is done, but I needed some additional events for the founding of the city. 605BCE: King…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 48 656BCE: Noga’anyo, the descendant of Queen Stanasha, led a rebellion against King Lygdamis. Jeutontic and Cecilia declared independence from the Xorian Kingdom. 655BCE: King Lygdamis besieged Cecilia. Tired of the city’s history for betrayal, he assaulted the walls rather than accept a peaceful surrender of…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 47 Before I can continue the Xorian story I have to add some stuff about the Amazons and the foundation of Dradelden to the timeline. I wrote about the initial Amazon invasion back in my Kingdoms Sprouting Up Part 5 post, but I never committed those…
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Previous: Cimmerian Timeline Part 46 I get to mix in that historical Cimmeria stuff I was posting about earlier. Hurray! 770BCE: Free from war with Nox, King Cotinasath of Jeutontic declared war against the town of Cecilia. A port would allow for greater trade income for the crown. 766BCE: After…






