Shermans fantasy world

1. Timeline of the War Between the Tal-Shie and Kalaallit

~150 Years Ago: The First Breach

  • The Lich Mages of Kalaallit, seeking to expand their power and secure dominion over planar boundaries, begin raiding the lands of Tuarnedelose, home of the Tal-Shie.
  • Initial strikes test the ancient elemental wards of the Tal-Shie.
  • Retaliation comes in the form of devastating stormfronts and elemental upheavals unleashed upon Kalaallit’s coastal outposts.

~140 Years Ago: The War of Elements and Bone Begins

  • War erupts in full. The Lich Mages raise massive undead legions.
  • The Tal-Shie unite their elemental castes to oppose them.
  • The land between begins to twist from magical overuse, and summoned horrors begin to appear, including Choulcalgan doppelgangers.

~120 Years Ago: The Jijkik Horrors Arrive

  • The Tal-Shie unleash the Jijkik Horrors, interplanar monsters of utter nightmare, held in control only by the Harvester Sword.
  • The tide turns in the Tal-Shie’s favor.
  • The borderlands between the nations become a zone of devastation, forever warped.

~100 Years Ago: The Shattering of Tuarnedelose

  • Kalaallit launches devastating counter-rituals.
  • Permanent spells erupt across the region: unending firestorms, spatial rifts, and zones of madness.
  • The land becomes the “Land of Dead Magic,” and both nations begin to lose control of their summoned creations.

~60 Years Ago: The Harvester Sword is Lost

  • During the catastrophic battle at Vaelmor-Shai, the Harvester Sword vanishes into a dimensional rift.
  • The Jijkik turn on everything around them, then vanish into the wild zones.
  • The Tal-Shie lose their greatest weapon. The war turns grim.

~40 Years Ago: Total Stalemate, Mutual Collapse

  • Entire cities are devoured by magical backlash and wandering abominations.
  • The Tal-Shie retreat to surviving strongholds. The Lich Mages begin to consume their own to retain power.
  • The middle lands are abandoned by both sides.

~10 Years Ago: Kalaallit Begins to Recover

  • The Lich Mages consolidate their power and begin dark reconstruction.
  • The Tal-Shie grow weaker and more fractured. Their elemental strength falters.

~2 Years Ago: The Hunt for the Harvester Begins

  • United by desperation, the Tal-Shie Council commits its full power to recover the Harvester Sword.
  • Agents, elemental adepts, and mercenary spirits are dispatched into the Expanse.
  • Augury and planar tracking suggest the sword has re-emerged somewhere far beyond the battlegrounds.

Current Year: The Fall of Taurdain

  • One year ago, Tal-Shie seers confirmed the Harvester Sword had come into possession of a human from the distant island kingdom of Taurdain.
  • Attempts to recover it by force were made when the Tal-Shie ambushed the ship Sea Hag, bearing the sword. Though crippled, the Sea Hag destroyed both attacking airships and escaped.
  • Rasputin VonBlitskrieg and his companions used illusion and deception to travel overland, evading Tal-Shie patrols.
  • A month ago, they arrived in the city of Ravensmoor, where the sword was taken to the capital.
  • During the Festival of Ukko, a cataclysm erupted in the heart of the city.
  • Massive explosions devastated entire districts. The Great Clock Tower fell when an airship crashed through it.
  • In the final moments of the battle, Lord Blue, the ancient dragon-king of Taurdain, Rasputin VonBlitskrieg, and Roger VanMorian perished.
  • The Harvester Sword shattered, fulfilling a prophecy as it pierced the heart of D’Josso, rumored son of a Tal-Shie deity.
  • Now, Taurdain suffers under a wasting curse. All native-born of the island slowly wither and die from an incurable malady.
  • One expedition to investigate the aftermath was sent two weeks ago—feared lost.
  • A second expedition to Glimmermere, deep within Deathwatch Mountain, is currently being formed.