Continuity/Viamontian History

Early Game

We had sparce information on the Viamontians (then called Viamonters) during the early period of the game. By piecing together information from several sources, we are able to create the following timeline:

Roulean Year	Event
787 RC	Reign of Pwyll II begins in Aluvia. It lasts 17 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers>2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Aluvian Rulers</ref>
804 RC	Viamont invades Aluvia, reign of Pwyll II ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega>1999/11 Release - The Reign of Alfrega</ref> Reign of Alfric begins in Aluvia. Alfric is the Viamontian invader that is ruling Aluvia. His reign lasts 20 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
824 RC	Reign of Alfric ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/> Reign of Theolaud, son of Alfric, begins. It lasts 30 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
854 RC	Reign of Theolaud Ends. It is said that during this time, King Elous VIII rules in Viamont, and that Theolaud was killed during a duel with the Viamontian king.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/> Reign of Alfrega, daughter of Theolaud, begins. It lasts 14 years.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
868 RC	Reign of Alfrega ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/> Reign of Osric, son of Alfrega, begins. It lasts 31 years. Osric is Viamontian, but begins to mend the Aluvian culture.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=TheReignOfAlfrega/>
899 RC	Reign on Osric ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/> Reign of Pwyll III, son of Osric, begins. It lasts 25 years. Pwyll III is killed by an ambassador from Viamont on what is described as the eve of war between the two nations, and it is said that knights and commoners alike fell upon their enemies and destroyed them.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/><ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro>1999/11 Release - Zogblaster Archive - Aluvian Introduction</ref>
924 RC	Reign of Pwyll III ends.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/> Reign of Cellric II begins. It is not known how long it lasts.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/>
Around 1003 RC	The Century of Storms begins. During this time of chaos in Gharu'n no fewer than twenty-five different would-be Maliks and Malikas will rule the Gharu'ndim people.<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars>2000/04 Thorns of the Hopeslayer - The Silifi of the Crimson Stars</ref><ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro>1999/11 Release - Zogblaster Archive - Gharu'ndim Introduction</ref>
Prior to 1103 RC	During Century of Storms, Viamont sends armies to Gharu'n to invade. The Viamontians install Zahir ibn Ma'mun as a puppet leader, while they rule Gharu'n from afar.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /> During his rule, Zahir ibn Ma'mun murdered all his rivals, except for a young lord named Jawhar al-Shamshir. Seeing what has become of his homeland, Jawhar travels the desert in secret, banding together the people.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /> Jawhar defeats Zahir ibn Ma'mun and drives the Viamontians from the shores of Gharu'n. He becomes the new Malik, and returns Gharu'n to the glory it had known in Yasif's time.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro />
1311 RC	After approximately 400 years pass (387, by these dates), the reign of Cedraic III begins.<ref name=SQOnAluvianRulers/> It is listed as having an unknown end date, but lasting 10 years, implying it is the current reign.
Present Day	"Good King Cedraic" reigns in Aluvia during this time.<ref name=ZogblasterAluvianIntro />

AC:DM

With the release of Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty, players were given the AC:DM CD Lore. Among these files was the Ages of the Empyrean, which outlined the history of Auberean. It also contains a few valuable pieces of information regarding the Roulean Calendar:

Eipoth	Portal Year	Roulean Year	Event
ME 564	-15 PY*	1261 RC	Humans arrive on Dereth.<ref name=AgesEmp>2001/11 Dark Majesty - Ages of the Empyrean</ref>
ME 579	0 PY	1276 RC	Olthoi Queen is defeated.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
ME 591**	12 PY	1284 RC	Marae Lassel opens.<ref name=AgesEmp/>
*Stated in numerous other sources. **extrapolated from 1:1 ratio of Eipothi to PY.

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