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 ====== The Modern Age of Cahyali ======
+The Modern Age is marked by two major things: the rise of adventuring as a notable profession on Cahyali, and the reigns of terror of the nations [[settings:cahyali:leyork|Ley'Ork]] and [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora.]] This would culminate in a war that embroiled the entirety of Esrior, save for the Sublime Veld.
+===== Destruction of Dipha =====
+=== 7/2/2558 ===
+On the night of Murh 2, 2558, around 11 PM Pthoran time, the night sky lit up... first, with a terrifying and tragic sight. The brightest of Cahyali's three moons, Dipha, full and high in the sky, imploded and collapsed over the course of a few minutes... leaving a donut-shaped celestial body behind. The debris thrown out from the implosion remains suspended in the sky, seemingly unmoving and held in place by some kind of magical power. Everyone witnessing the event feels the absence of something comforting, that they never had realized was there before. As this took place, all priests across Cahyali suddenly felt their powers disappear entirely.
+Immediately after the moon's implosion, a giant view of the Godwheel appeared over the entire sky, appearing identically all across Cahyali. All priests had their connections to their deities return greatly strengthened, and became powered up for a few hours before their powers slowly returned to normal by the next morning. [[https://discord.com/channels/312278248270856192/312278835829932033/1363393840610017391|Those feeling disturbed feel the last of that comforting presence embrace them and assure that everything will be alright, before fading entirely.]]
+Harmlessly, across Esrior and possibly beyond, small stone flowers crashed to the ground throughout the night in almost perfect condition. They bring a strange sort of emotional comfort to any who hold them.
+Mages and astronomers are still struggling to explain what may have caused this, or what the ramifications may be. However, a few prominent occultists have theorized that Dipha was the host or body of some kind of otherworldly being, and the moon's destruction means that this being was killed, or otherwise incapacitated... but it may return one day.
+===== The Great War Blazes =====
+=== Winter 2558 - Ongoing ===
+//This event is large and ongoing! Check back for updates.//
+==== Battle of the Blooming Wood ====
+Following the failed attack on Victoria, [[settings:cahyali:leyork|Ley'Ork]] declared war on [[settings:cahyali:shinneok|Shinneok,]] citing multiple accounts of terrorism on New Spire City and the President's death. The HTUC has declared martial law for the time being. [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora]] and [[settings:cahyali:nahrul|Nahrul]] also declared their intention to ally with Ley'Ork, naming the new alliance the **Blazing Coalition.**
+A few days after these events, a large contingent of the Ember Army attempted a rush attack on the devastated Victoria, culminating in a massive battle in the forests east of the city. However, the [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:dragons|dragons]] who had previously arrived lended their aid to what resistance the city could muster, decimating the Pthoran forces and driving the offensive back. Nonetheless, the battlefront remains on Shinnean soil.
+It was reported to the military that a major hospital and town of [[gods:isis|Isisites,]] named Brensweep, was destroyed by a Pthoran strike team. Any survivors have not yet been found. Fleeing the war, refugees from the greater Victoria area have made their way south to Aquino.
+==== Mustering Alliances ====
+With the threat of the Blazing Coalition, the rest of the Oxis Alliance has finally made a statement, intending to assist Shinneok in resisting the combined Ley'Orkian and Pthoran forces.
+Days later, Queen Pua'lani returns to [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulos,]] having been rescued from New Spire City by adventurers, and convinces the Magic Circle to declare war on the Coalition, in the name of reclaiming the annexed lands of Moku'pele. [[settings:cahyali:ruefang|Ruefang]] and the [[settings:cahyali:raikougan|Raikougan]] have announced their intention to honor their longstanding alliance with Ulos and join the war.
+Several voices from [[settings:cahyali:splint|Splint]] also cry out for blood, bringing the fractured territory united into this conflict. Allied against the mighty Blazing Coalition, the combined forces of Shinneok, [[settings:cahyali:arenti|Arenti]], [[settings:cahyali:vervand|Vervand]], Ulos, Ruefang, Raikougan, and Splint name themselves the **Orchid Alliance.**
+Cahyali has been embroiled, in near totality, in war.
+==== Fall of Arenti ====
+In early Halden 2558, [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulosian]] Republican scouts reported back to the capital recently with harrowing news: it appears that the [[settings:cahyali:leyork|Ley'Orkian]] navy stationed on its western coast is preparing its fleet for invasion into the Medius Ocean. In preparation to defend itself, Ulos has begun the process of temporarily withdrawing the majority of its forces from fighting near the Oxian Gulf, promising to re-send reinforcements once the threat to the Abundant Expanse has been dealt with.
+However, in the gray foggy morning of 2/24/2558, a detachment of Blazing Coalition forces invaded the southern bays of [[settings:cahyali:arenti|Arenti.]] Unprepared, the Arentian forces were pushed across the River Martinaise, back to their capital of Reggiarte over a three-day period of fierce fighting. Despite calling for reinforcements, the sudden nature of the attack rendered [[settings:cahyali:vervand|Vervand]] and [[settings:cahyali:shinneok|Shinneok]] unable to respond in time, with the first vanguard of royalist forces arriving only when Ley'Orkian mechs were already in siege upon the Reggiarte outskirts. Many priceless locales were razed, and an as-of-yet uncounted number of exquisite artistic works were destroyed in the invasion.
+The invasion of Ulos was a feint, with the preparing Ley'Orkian ships sailing not for Moku'pele, but north to Arenti. Ulos, with its navies drawn close to its heartland, was also rendered unable to lend aid in time. The white flag was flown over the House of Justice on 2/27, signaling an official Arentian surrender. Reggiarte is now under full control of the Coalition, with a fairly even occupying force between Ley'Ork and [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora.]] The other cities in Arenti have been given an ultimatum: surrender willingly to Coalition occupation, or face the same fate as Reggiarte.
+It has been reported that the Unicorn Knights, Arenti's most elite fighting force, was found on the main thoroughfares leading through the city - the unicorns' horns pierced through mech windows and into the hearts of their drivers. The Knights' captain's body is rumored to have been found resting on the body of his steed on the steps of the House of Justice, surrounded by ten enemy men. Not a single Knight was found alive.
+Despite this surrender, Arenti's leader, Iudex (High Judge) Chrysanthe Félicien Roux was not captured by Coalition forces. She is believed to have escaped the city, with the Unicorn Knights' sacrifice having bought her enough time for an unknown group to spirit her away from Reggiarte. A bounty has been posted, promising a handsome sum of Ley'Orkian gold notes for her delivery into Coalition hands - alive.
+==== Pthoran Surrender ====
+In Led of 2558, a military coup made its move against Katerina Zimina, tyrannical dictator of [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora]]. A group of adventurers assisted, soliciting the help of a mechanically-minded beasthide tribe from the tundras... who launched an attack on the palace, blowing up about half of it. In the chaos, Marshal Wyrdett Volkov and his men seized their chance to take the palace, as the adventurers pursued Zimina.
+Both the adventurers and Zimina would disappear into a portal, leading into the Dreaming by Volkov's account, and then take off to Dipha, the largest of Cahyali's moons... and remain missing for nearly a week. However, on 7/2/2558, the adventurers returned, as **Dipha visibly collapsed in the sky, leaving a donut-shaped husk of itself surrounded by apparently magically levitated debris.** Somehow, not a single meteor from the lunar destruction struck Cahyali's surface. The adventurers returned Zimina's sword, and she was declared dead. Volkov's group struck a diplomatic treaty with [[settings:cahyali:shinneok|Shinneok]], and Pthora officially withdrew from the war. However, [[settings:cahyali:leyork|Ley'Ork]] still fights on...
 ===== Sparking of the Bonfire =====
-=== 7/1/10082 - 7/24/10082 ===
+=== 7/1/2557 - 7/24/2557 ===
 //Fall 2024 Newbie Campaign: Gilded Slumber //
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 Tensions are high and mistrust towards Shinneans is beginning to stir in the Ley’Orkian populace. The day’s events are reported on in further detail by the [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ocDjRtnHe9Gq1kxBQrz5TAig3Z8PZ7z/view?usp=sharing|Murh 1 issue of the New Spire Gazette]], the city’s premier newspaper published by Metropolitan News.
-The next day, Sylas Concord himself made a chilling announcement at 11:45 AM, along with his followers, the Order of the Weightless Scale. They interrupted around 90% of Ley'Ork's radio broadcast signals. The announcement was a hostile declaration on Cahyali, identifying their leader, Sylas Concord, to be Dreamt who intended to end all war on the world.
+The next day, Sylas Concord himself made a chilling announcement at 11:45 AM, along with his followers, the Order of the Weightless Scale. They interrupted around 90% of Ley'Ork's radio broadcast signals. The announcement was a hostile declaration on Cahyali, identifying their leader, Sylas Concord, to be [[lore:creatures:dreamt|Dreamt]] who intended to end all war on the world.
-Around 3 AM on 7/9/82, An airship was struck by lightning in a sudden thunderstorm, a “freak act of nature” as far as the public knows, causing it to explode and rain flaming refuse from the sky over Lockford, Shinneok. Luckily, it seems that there were no fatalities and minimal injuries for Lockford citizens, and it is unknown if there are any survivors from aboard the airship.
+Around 3 AM on 7/9/2557, An airship was struck by lightning in a sudden thunderstorm, a “freak act of nature” as far as the public knows, causing it to explode and rain flaming refuse from the sky over Lockford, Shinneok. Luckily, it seems that there were no fatalities and minimal injuries for Lockford citizens, and it is unknown if there are any survivors from aboard the airship.
 === Assassination! ===
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 === Terror over Shinneok ===
-On 7/18, Victoria fell into chaos as it was discovered that Archpontiff Elymas, leader of the Ninite Church, had been under influence of the Dreamt; eyewitnesses identified a figure identifying itself as "the Wanderer" manifesting from the high priest's body. The archpontiff was ousted, and the matter of the church's succession is still at large.
+On 7/18, Victoria fell into chaos as it was discovered that Archpontiff Elymas, leader of the [[gods:ancientwind|Ninite Church,]] had been under influence of the Dreamt; eyewitnesses identified a figure identifying itself as "the Wanderer" manifesting from the high priest's body. The archpontiff was ousted, and the matter of the church's succession is still at large.
-One day later, a massive roar was heard over Ley'Ork's Guardian Mountains, and a massive black dragon was seen flying overhead. Old folklore of giantkin tribes identified this beast as the "Suneater" - a dragon ancient beyond belief. Its intentions were unknown until 7/24, when it suddenly attacked Sparkpoint Labs' lower levels.
+One day later, a great roar was heard over Ley'Ork's Guardian Mountains, and a massive black [[lore:creatures:greatbeasts:dragons|dragon]] was seen flying overhead. Old folklore of giantkin tribes identified this beast as the "Suneater" - a dragon ancient beyond belief. Its intentions were unknown until 7/24, when it suddenly attacked Sparkpoint Labs' lower levels.
 On 7/21, Shinneok's top general, ever-steadfast Gwendolyn Young, fell to the Sleeping Curse, and royal advisors Taran and Angharad Tremayne were named acting Shinnean leaders. The Tremaynes are known members of the Crimson Circle, a longstanding and respected mages' guild in Shinneok who had also been assisting Ley'Orkian interests in industry and research.
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 Hawks Stranglehold had been onboard the skeleton during transit, and was killed by adventurers shortly after landing, leaving Ley'Ork temporarily without a president. A firestorm would soon form over the skies, and a mild earthquake shook the ground. The Ninite Church of the Conflagration was heavily damaged in the process, as was about one-quarter of the city's buildings.
+=== Aftermath ===
 By the dawn of 7/29, the time bubble would decay and, as the first rays of the sun touched the land, the Sleeping Curse was lifted. All previous sufferers awoke no worse for wear, apart from atrophy from weeks of sleeping. They report seeing the regretful face of a child, crowned with antlers, just before waking.
-Investigations after the fact revealed the Tremaynes, as well as the Crimson Circle, to have been conspirators in the attack on Victoria. Two of the guild's masters were found dead after the attack, while the Tremaynes are still at large. Following the attack, the HTUC would assume martial law over Ley'Ork, declaring war on Shinneok citing the multiple terrorist attacks and the president's death, as well as an intention to ally with Pthora and Nahrul in this effort. This new alliance has named themselves the **Blazing Coalition.**
+Investigations after the fact revealed the Tremaynes, as well as the Crimson Circle, to have been conspirators in the attack on Victoria. Two of the guild's masters were found dead after the attack, while the Tremaynes are still at large. Following the attack, the HTUC would assume martial law over Ley'Ork, declaring war on Shinneok citing the multiple terrorist attacks and the president's death, as well as an intention to ally with [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora]] and [[settings:cahyali:nahrul|Nahrul]] in this effort. This new alliance has named themselves the **Blazing Coalition.**
 ===== War in the Northeast =====
-=== 1/1/10082 - Ongoing ===
+=== 1/1/2557- 7/1/2557 ===
 Jovial New Year’s celebrations in Shinneok were violently disrupted by news from Pthora and a brutal, yet short-lived attack on a military base on the eastern Shinneok coast: in retaliation for an attempt on the Pthoran High General’s life, Pthora has declared war on Shinneok.
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 Regardless, the New Year’s attacks have stirred ire in Shinneok. They now look westward to their allies in the Oxis and southward to Ley’Ork for assistance in a counterattack.
-As of 1/10/10082, Ley’Ork has responded and sent troops, as well as supplies, to bolster the Shinnean forces. Arenti and Vervand have made no such moves, seemingly leaving Shinneok to fight this war itself. Some say this is a bad sign for the formerly tightly-allied Oxis…
+As of 1/10/2557, Ley’Ork has responded and sent troops, as well as supplies, to bolster the Shinnean forces. Arenti and Vervand have made no such moves, seemingly leaving Shinneok to fight this war itself. Some say this is a bad sign for the formerly tightly-allied Oxis…
-//This event is ongoing! Check back for updates.//
 ===== Reappearance of Mordrik Island =====
-=== 7/7/10081 - 1/1/10082 SF ===
+=== 7/7/2556 - 1/1/2557 SD ===
 //**The Space Between; Echoes of Another (TSB;EOA)** - Joint campaign by Zoe Kogut (@shadowthorn15), Zachary Evans (@aieslwz), and Simeon Rice (@foxtrot_mulder)//
 On the third day of the sixth month, a haunting melody was heard across [[settings:cahyali:vervand|Vervand]] as the island of Mordrik, which mysteriously vanished nearly 5500 years ago, reappeared off the coast of Vervand. Initial studies show an unseen energy emanating from and surrounding the island and the public has been advised to stay away.
-This strange energy is believed to believed to be connected to the instability of elemental magic currently affecting [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulos,]] reported issues of connecting to spirits in the [[settings:planes:kurago|Kurago,]], and other strange phenomena. Adventurers are contracted by the government of Vervand to investigate. They left on 7/7/10081.
+This strange energy is believed to believed to be connected to the instability of elemental magic currently affecting [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulos,]] reported issues of connecting to spirits in the [[settings:planes:kurago|Kurago,]], and other strange phenomena. Adventurers are contracted by the government of Vervand to investigate. They left on 7/7/2556.
+All communication was lost with the search parties until 7/28/2556, when the parties returned, confirming that Mordrik had been stuck between planes during its absence. It has stabilized back into Cahyali, marking a momentous occasion in Vervish history. The parties reported various phenomena and events, involving a strange eldritch entity that they had to expel from the boundary between planes.
-All communication was lost with the search parties until 7/28/10081, when the parties returned, confirming that Mordrik had been stuck between planes during its absence. It has stabilized back into Cahyali, marking a momentous occasion in Vervish history. The parties reported various phenomena and events, involving a strange eldritch entity that they had to expel from the boundary between planes.
+By 8/10/2556, dimensional magic had begun to stabilize, and the anomalies seen with elemental and spiritual magic subsided. The topic of whether Mordrik should be fully reincorporated into Vervand was debated, but by New Year's Day of 2557 they decided to make the island an "Autonomous Administrative Division" of Vervand. It continues to govern itself while both Vervand and Ulos assist its reintegration into Cahyali.
-By 8/10/10081, dimensional magic had begun to stabilize, and the anomalies seen with elemental and spiritual magic subsided. The topic of whether Mordrik should be fully reincorporated into Vervand was debated, but by New Year's Day of 10082 they decided to make the island an "Autonomous Administrative Division" of Vervand. It continues to govern itself while both Vervand and Ulos assist its reintegration into Cahyali.
 ===== Ruefang-Raikougan Second War =====
-=== 7/5/10081 - 9/4/10081 ===
+=== 7/5/2555- 9/4/2555===
 Spurred by the strip-mining of the [[settings:cahyali:raikougan|Raikougan]] land for the Ars Machina Engine and the brutality of the Turtle Bay Massacre - an event where hundreds of lives were lost on both sides - open war is but a straw away from fully breaking out between continental [[settings:cahyali:ruefang|Ruefang]] and the Archipelago.
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 The three remaining Ruefang commissions denounced this act and the war, but could do nothing to stop the army - as it was mostly self-sufficient at this point. Civil protests against the war were widespread in most Ruefang cities save for Shanzhu, as were counter-protests supporting the RCA's activities.
-In the fray was the Blood Hawk pirate **Ryosuke,** a seemingly unkillable man with enigmatic and terrifying storm powers. After killing Bakuhatsu Izumi, the ruler of Juuken,'s son as well as killing Kentaro Ryuji and slaughtering multiple Ruefang villages, a bounty was put on his head and a hit squad led by Kentaro Ryou, Ryuji's son, took off in search. This group reported their victory over Ryosuke on 8/17/10081.
+In the fray was the Blood Hawk pirate **Ryosuke,** a seemingly unkillable man with enigmatic and terrifying storm powers. After killing Bakuhatsu Izumi, the ruler of Juuken,'s son as well as killing Kentaro Ryuji and slaughtering multiple Ruefang villages, a bounty was put on his head and a hit squad led by Kentaro Ryou, Ryuji's son, took off in search. This group reported their victory over Ryosuke on 8/17/2555.
-  * **Battle of Port Taihou:** 8/11/10081. Won by the Shogunate army under command of Takumi Nao; assisted by Ryosuke, who had appeared and begun attacking the RCA fleet, as well as destruction of a major Continental supply line.
+  * **Battle of Port Taihou:** 8/11/2555. Won by the Shogunate army under command of Takumi Nao; assisted by Ryosuke, who had appeared and begun attacking the RCA fleet, as well as destruction of a major Continental supply line.
-  * **Ginkawa River Valley Battle:** 8/16/10081. Won by the Ruefang Continental Army, securing major river ports and establishing a chokehold over transportation and supply lines over Juuken. They close in on the suspected location of Bakuhatsu Kenzo, acting warlord of Juuken.
+  * **Ginkawa River Valley Battle:** 8/16/2555. Won by the Ruefang Continental Army, securing major river ports and establishing a chokehold over transportation and supply lines over Juuken. They close in on the suspected location of Bakuhatsu Kenzo, acting warlord of Juuken.
-  * **Tetsutou Iron Mine Battle:** 8/22/10081. Won by the Ruefang Continental Army - barely. As the Raikoujin army began to see defeat on the horizon, it was found that they had rigged the mine with explosives prior to the fighting. Just when the RCA thought they had run, the mines exploded, collapsing and burying an as-of-yet unknown number of people inside. The mines have been rendered impassable and inoperable.
+  * **Tetsutou Iron Mine Battle:** 8/22/2555. Won by the Ruefang Continental Army - barely. As the Raikoujin army began to see defeat on the horizon, it was found that they had rigged the mine with explosives prior to the fighting. Just when the RCA thought they had run, the mines exploded, collapsing and burying an as-of-yet unknown number of people inside. The mines have been rendered impassable and inoperable.
-  * **The Second Cloudfall:** 8/29/10081. During a battle, a certain magical event led to an eruption in the Raikougan leylines, destabilizing the weather patterns and leading to a second Cloudfall event. From 8/29 to 9/4, passage in or out of the Raikougan was impossible due to the hurricane, and a constant storm covered the entire nation.
+  * **The Second Cloudfall:** 8/29/2555. During a battle, a certain magical event led to an eruption in the Raikougan leylines, destabilizing the weather patterns and leading to a second Cloudfall event. From 8/29 to 9/4, passage in or out of the Raikougan was impossible due to the hurricane, and a constant storm covered the entire nation.
 After the end of the Second Cloudfall, it was revealed that Nan Fengge had been working with a group of conspirators to foster war in the Abundance. Him and his associates have been court-martialed and will stand trial by their respective governments, and the RCA has been disbanded and replaced by a **Commission of Justice**. Additionally, a **Commission of Development** in charge of reclaiming Ruefang's wilds lost to the leyline crisis and continuing infrastructure is being established.
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 There is no remaining alliance or partnership between Ruefang and Raikougan, and any lands claimed by the RCA during the war have been peacefully handed over to the Shogunate.
 ===== The Ars Machina Incident =====
-=== 4/27/10081 - 6/5/10081 SF ===
+=== 4/27/2555 - 6/5/2555 SD ===
 //[[history:newbiearchive#2023: Smoke & Steel|Fall 2023 Newbie Campaign]]: Smoke & Steel//
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 ===== Azeroth Invades Nahrūl =====
-=== Summer of 10078 SF ===
+=== Summer of 2553 SD ===
 //[[history:newbiearchive#2020 (Spring): Terror of the Nightmare King|Spring 2020 Coordinated Campaign]]: Terror of the Nightmare King//
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 ===== Druidic Assault on Ley'Ork Spire =====
-=== Autumn of 10077 SF ===
+=== Autumn of 2552 SD ===
 //Fall 2020 Newbie Campaign: Nature's Wrath//
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 ===== Ley'Ork Annexes Kainoa =====
-=== Spring of 10059 SF ===
+=== Spring of 2535 SD ===
 After a long period of heavy presence in the southeastern [[settings:cahyali:ulos|Ulosian]] province of Kainoa, [[settings:cahyali:leyork|Ley'Ork]] suddenly moved in a large military presence and declared its annexation of the volcanic island chain. Its young monarch, Queen Pua'lani Kainoa, has been extradited to New Spire City and has not been heard from since the annexation. Tensions have risen steadily ever since, though Ulos has not yet made an official move nor a statement.
 ===== Pthoran Ember Army Rises =====
-=== Winter of 10003 SF ===
+=== Winter of 2479 SD ===
-An ever-destabilizing governmental system known as the Throneless, coming off the tails of a string of dictators, was overthrown in 10003 by Katerina Zimina and her Ember Army. With relentless propaganda and charisma, she took absolute control of [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora]] as its new dictator. Ever since, Pthora has been under its rule, and the [[settings:cahyali:factions#Ystervius|Ystervius]] have been sent out as intelligence operatives, silently spreading the Ember Army's ideals and goals across the world. Being human, it is unknown how Zimina has retained her iron grip on the country for the better part of a century...
+An ever-destabilizing governmental system known as the Throneless, coming off the tails of a string of dictators, was overthrown in 2479 by Katerina Zimina and her Ember Army. With relentless propaganda and charisma, she took absolute control of [[settings:cahyali:pthora|Pthora]] as its new dictator. Ever since, Pthora has been under its rule, and the [[settings:cahyali:factions#Ystervius|Ystervius]] have been sent out as intelligence operatives, silently spreading the Ember Army's ideals and goals across the world. Being human, it is unknown how Zimina has retained her iron grip on the country for the better part of a century...