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Twothumb · 22nd October 2006, 01:06 PM

January 2004

First issues of the Sosarian Morning Poste appear in Sosaria. The premier newspaper informs us of all events ever since.
The alliance between Kaldor and Vesper is shattered, and Lenar has his men swear allegiance to Trinsic.
Caroline divorces Irvyn, having apparently taken a lover. The same lover is found murdered on the road to Britain shortly after.
Britain sends an inquisitor to investigate Duke Irvyn over the murder. Irvyn places himself in his own prison to escape being hauled to Britain. Nashra von Sahyn, recognising the inquisitor as her hated brother Raziel, offers her help and that of the Shades.
War finally breaks out between Vesper and Trinsic, after a fierce power struggle for command of the Vesperian army between the Covian governor Volchak (who was commander to begin with), mayor Borbarad and captain Kaelith (who eventually comes out on top). There are skirmishes at the village of Cove, and several battles in Trinsic. Having beaten the Duchy into submission a few times, Vesper retreats to the north. Kaelith's successful campaign is rewarded with a province of his own.
Gurthadil, the evil spirit that terrorised Valoria, is defeated by the Elven sisters and their friends. Slowly townlife in Valoria returns to almost normal again.
Brigands of the Crimson Claw, led by the legendary Raul, terrorise the towns. Somewhere along Raul looses his other ear, prompting the comment "Well, at least he looks more symetrical now!" The ear is reattached later.

February 2004

Borbarad resigns abruptly as Vesper mayor.
Twothumb decides to carve the land around Vesper into separate provinces and appoints governors for each. Controversially, one of the provinces is Cove.
Twothumb admits defeat in war on Trinsic, claiming the odds are too much stacked against Vesper. Instead, Vesper will fight the groups he holds directly responsible for his brother’s death – Kaldor and the Britannia Guards.
The Valorian House of Crafters establishs repair-hours twice a week for all and everyone who needs such service

March 2004

Throughout the year, several prominent people are badly affected by nightmares, which are eventually found out to be the work of mysterious "dream senders". Investigations into this last for longer than anyone would think possible and go well into the next year.
Lenar Isawa, after some spells of madness and countless arrests, steps down as Kaldorian commander and joins the priesthood.
Relations between Trinsic and Kaldor sour after several attacks on Duchy guards by restless Kaldorians, which the new commander Cal Soulshadow – Lenar’s wife – struggles to stamp out.
Kaldor and the Britannia Guards score several successes in the war against Vesper, successfully burning vital bridges in Vesper and even part of Twothumb's house.

April 2004

The tide of the war turns against Kaldor and the Britannia Guards as Vesper and its allies force back the attackers and force them to barricade themselves in Cove, which governor Volchak surrenders with little resistance.
Volchak is summoned to Vesper to explain himself for letting Kaldor and the Guards take Cove with barely a fight. Rather than face questioning and imprisonment, he commits suicide. His death is short-lived though, and he is once again seen only a few weeks later, remembering little of what happened.
Ashoka of Nujel'm vanishes under mysterious circumstances on an expedition to explore some outlying islands, and is never seen again.
Cal Soulshadow files for divorce from Lenar Isawa.
The Knights of Virtue discover a spring with amazing healing powers at their home in Tel’Mar. the so-called Pool of Vitality is to be open to all.

May 2004

Kaldor and the Guards abandon Cove and retreat by boat. Vesper claims victory though according to Kaldor, their retreat has nothing to do with the progress of the war, but is down to them receiving new orders to focus their campaign on Trinsic, which was easier to defend and strategically more important.
Plague breaks out in Vesper, soon spreading to Trinsic.
Fire wrecks Naeloth library. The library stays closed for repairs for many weeks, but a large section of irreplaceable documents are lost forever.
Kaldor declares war on Trinsic barely a week after retreating from Vesper. After a short but bloody battle the Kaldorians win control of the city. However, they find that taking a city is a lot easier than holding it. A resistance movement is soon formed and giving her difficulties, and after a week or so of struggling to maintain order, a final battle is fought between Trinsic and its allies and the Kaldorians, which the Kaldorians lose. Cal Soulshadow gives herself up in exchange for the other Kaldorians being allowed to retreat, leaving the Duke and the old administration to return.
Robert de Craon takes responsibility for various failures which permitted the Kaldorian takeover of Trinsic, and flees the city. Captain Dargalin is appointed to be Baron, with Tetsuo Shima replacing him as Captain of the Guard
Lenar Isawa returns to Gorimdor, never to be seen again.
Kaelith steps down as Vesper commander and joins the relatively new order of the Knights Hospitaller, also based in Vesper. Hanse Davion is made commander.
Valoria's House of Crafters is cowardly emptied by a false 'Priest' of a dubious religious Order that settled in Valoria. The Valorians catch the thief and take everything back, and exile him from the town. With the aid of neighbour cities and friends of Valoria, Concordia is able to re-open the House of Crafters again.

June 2004

Cal Soulshadow, who had been released from Trinsic jail on bail, returns to stand trial for her warmongering actions. The hope is that standing trial for the Trinsic occupation will mend relations.
Kain Twothumb starts courting, being hotly pursued by Irvyn's ex-wife Caroline, Pyper Windemere of Loerdell and Tae'nu Ver, former foreign minister of Britain. Tae'nu Ver wins the race.
The so-called "Vesper Ripper" leaves a murderous trail of corpses across the north. He is eventually caught and identified as Avery Little, and swiftly executed.
Cal Soulshadow stands trial for war crimes, receives a light sentence – fine, 2 weeks exile and 40 lashes.
Irvyn Middlethorn marries Eleanor Truearrow of Skara Brae in a quiet ceremony.
The Rusty Anchor Inn closes. Nashra von Sahyn seems to have lost all support from her unknown backers and the trade license renewal is refused. Nashra hands over the inn to her successor and leaves the city. No more is heard from her.

July 2004

The notorious slaver Mehdi Ibn Salaad is sentenced to death and executed in Vesper
Undead march on Britain. Lord Helrick, Knight of Balance at Lord British’s Court, gathers the Royal Guard to oppose the evil forces of Marcus Forlan. The eventual epic fight sees the undead beaten back, but Helrick captured.
Kain Twothumb survives assassination attempt.

August 2004

Kain Twothumb marries Tae'nu Ver
Octiovus Von Richter is appointed Baron of Cove by Twothumb. Vesper Councillors weren’t consulted and aren’t amused.
Kaldorians discover a shipwreck in Trinsic harbour and decide to try and lift it. This causes an angry standoff between the people of the Trinsic Shades, who apparently invited the Kaldorians in, and the Duchy guards, who have banned most Kaldorians from town following the occupation two months earlier. As the simmering war between Trinsic and Kaldor flares up again, many of the Shades’ residents turn their backs on Trinsic in disgust.

September 2004

Cal Soulshadow marries husband number three, Kaldorian Maul Knight Mordred.
The Five Aces Gentlemen’s Club and notorious gambling den in Trinsic closes its doors, after a successful run that lasted over one year.
Leadership election in Vesper. Twothumb, unpopular for his decision to make his wife his vice-governor, wins only narrowly; the main opponent being a farmer called Carver McCallows.
Eleanor Middlethorn gives birth to a son, Isidore.
The Guardmen Militia, which has long has stuck to its own affairs in Yew, start making diplomatic overtures to its old allies in Trinsic. They are welcomed in friendship.

October 2004

First Sosarian Olympic Games held at Luna Arena.
First Festival of Tales held at various locations across the land.
Jordan Jurrel appointed new commander of the Royal Guard. Takes up residence in Minoc. He makes friendly overtures to all the towns and is gladly received in the loyalist towns. He receives a rather cooler welcome in Vesper.
Vesper rivers poisoned. Source thought to be mining waste from Minoc.
Cove suffers series of devastating raids by rampaging orcs from the nearby fort
Kain Twothumb feared dead after Vesper meeting hall collapses. Tae'nu Ver tries to take power in his stead but fails (the Vesperians don't trust her) and goes into hiding. Chaos ensues as the Vesperian factions fight for power.
All former inhabitants of the Trinsic Shades have left, leaving the buildings vacant and doors and windows boarded up. Some are seen in Haven, but nothing more is heard from most of them.

November 2004

After months of an uneasy truce with Trinsic, the Kaldorians, isolated from all the major cities, decide to work hard to repair the trust they'd lost. Eventually a tentative peace treaty between Trinsic and Kaldor is signed. The Kaldorians win the right to an embassy in Trinsic, and the duty to help defend the city once more. However, underlying tensions with Trinsic remain.
More leadership elections in Vesper. Yiveth, the head of the Vesper Trade Company, wins after a turbulent campaign – but the backstabbing, revolutions and counter-revolutions continue.
A new trade association, the Sosarian Trade Federation and Union, is established.

December 2004

Gerrick Adarastos, who’d been quietly governing far-away Magincia, resigns, handing power to some complete unknown, who is later replaced by Mehdi ibn Salaad.
Kain Twothumb makes a surprise return, apparently it wasn't his body under the rubble after all. His attempt to retake control of Vesper is resisted by Yiveth and her allies, and Yiveth holds on to power
Moiraine retires as Trinsic Justice in favour of former Baron Robert deCraon, who has returned from his exile

22nd October 2006, 01:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
Twothumb Guardian Join Date: Jul 2006 Shard: Snowbourne Posts: 592 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: A History of RP on Europa January 2004 First issues of the Sosarian Morning Poste appear in Sosaria. The premier newspaper informs us of all events ever since. The alliance between Kaldor and Vesper is shattered, and Lenar has his men swear allegiance to Trinsic. Caroline divorces Irvyn, having apparently taken a lover. The same lover is found murdered on the road to Britain shortly after. Britain sends an inquisitor to investigate Duke Irvyn over the murder. Irvyn places himself in his own prison to escape being hauled to Britain. Nashra von Sahyn, recognising the inquisitor as her hated brother Raziel, offers her help and that of the Shades. War finally breaks out between Vesper and Trinsic, after a fierce power struggle for command of the Vesperian army between the Covian governor Volchak (who was commander to begin with), mayor Borbarad and captain Kaelith (who eventually comes out on top). There are skirmishes at the village of Cove, and several battles in Trinsic. Having beaten the Duchy into submission a few times, Vesper retreats to the north. Kaelith's successful campaign is rewarded with a province of his own. Gurthadil, the evil spirit that terrorised Valoria, is defeated by the Elven sisters and their friends. Slowly townlife in Valoria returns to almost normal again. Brigands of the Crimson Claw, led by the legendary Raul, terrorise the towns. Somewhere along Raul looses his other ear, prompting the comment "Well, at least he looks more symetrical now!" The ear is reattached later. February 2004 Borbarad resigns abruptly as Vesper mayor. Twothumb decides to carve the land around Vesper into separate provinces and appoints governors for each. Controversially, one of the provinces is Cove. Twothumb admits defeat in war on Trinsic, claiming the odds are too much stacked against Vesper. Instead, Vesper will fight the groups he holds directly responsible for his brother’s death – Kaldor and the Britannia Guards. The Valorian House of Crafters establishs repair-hours twice a week for all and everyone who needs such service March 2004 Throughout the year, several prominent people are badly affected by nightmares, which are eventually found out to be the work of mysterious "dream senders". Investigations into this last for longer than anyone would think possible and go well into the next year. Lenar Isawa, after some spells of madness and countless arrests, steps down as Kaldorian commander and joins the priesthood. Relations between Trinsic and Kaldor sour after several attacks on Duchy guards by restless Kaldorians, which the new commander Cal Soulshadow – Lenar’s wife – struggles to stamp out. Kaldor and the Britannia Guards score several successes in the war against Vesper, successfully burning vital bridges in Vesper and even part of Twothumb's house. April 2004 The tide of the war turns against Kaldor and the Britannia Guards as Vesper and its allies force back the attackers and force them to barricade themselves in Cove, which governor Volchak surrenders with little resistance. Volchak is summoned to Vesper to explain himself for letting Kaldor and the Guards take Cove with barely a fight. Rather than face questioning and imprisonment, he commits suicide. His death is short-lived though, and he is once again seen only a few weeks later, remembering little of what happened. Ashoka of Nujel'm vanishes under mysterious circumstances on an expedition to explore some outlying islands, and is never seen again. Cal Soulshadow files for divorce from Lenar Isawa. The Knights of Virtue discover a spring with amazing healing powers at their home in Tel’Mar. the so-called Pool of Vitality is to be open to all. May 2004 Kaldor and the Guards abandon Cove and retreat by boat. Vesper claims victory though according to Kaldor, their retreat has nothing to do with the progress of the war, but is down to them receiving new orders to focus their campaign on Trinsic, which was easier to defend and strategically more important. Plague breaks out in Vesper, soon spreading to Trinsic. Fire wrecks Naeloth library. The library stays closed for repairs for many weeks, but a large section of irreplaceable documents are lost forever. Kaldor declares war on Trinsic barely a week after retreating from Vesper. After a short but bloody battle the Kaldorians win control of the city. However, they find that taking a city is a lot easier than holding it. A resistance movement is soon formed and giving her difficulties, and after a week or so of struggling to maintain order, a final battle is fought between Trinsic and its allies and the Kaldorians, which the Kaldorians lose. Cal Soulshadow gives herself up in exchange for the other Kaldorians being allowed to retreat, leaving the Duke and the old administration to return. Robert de Craon takes responsibility for various failures which permitted the Kaldorian takeover of Trinsic, and flees the city. Captain Dargalin is appointed to be Baron, with Tetsuo Shima replacing him as Captain of the Guard Lenar Isawa returns to Gorimdor, never to be seen again. Kaelith steps down as Vesper commander and joins the relatively new order of the Knights Hospitaller, also based in Vesper. Hanse Davion is made commander. Valoria's House of Crafters is cowardly emptied by a false 'Priest' of a dubious religious Order that settled in Valoria. The Valorians catch the thief and take everything back, and exile him from the town. With the aid of neighbour cities and friends of Valoria, Concordia is able to re-open the House of Crafters again. June 2004 Cal Soulshadow, who had been released from Trinsic jail on bail, returns to stand trial for her warmongering actions. The hope is that standing trial for the Trinsic occupation will mend relations. Kain Twothumb starts courting, being hotly pursued by Irvyn's ex-wife Caroline, Pyper Windemere of Loerdell and Tae'nu Ver, former foreign minister of Britain. Tae'nu Ver wins the race. The so-called "Vesper Ripper" leaves a murderous trail of corpses across the north. He is eventually caught and identified as Avery Little, and swiftly executed. Cal Soulshadow stands trial for war crimes, receives a light sentence – fine, 2 weeks exile and 40 lashes. Irvyn Middlethorn marries Eleanor Truearrow of Skara Brae in a quiet ceremony. The Rusty Anchor Inn closes. Nashra von Sahyn seems to have lost all support from her unknown backers and the trade license renewal is refused. Nashra hands over the inn to her successor and leaves the city. No more is heard from her. July 2004 The notorious slaver Mehdi Ibn Salaad is sentenced to death and executed in Vesper Undead march on Britain. Lord Helrick, Knight of Balance at Lord British’s Court, gathers the Royal Guard to oppose the evil forces of Marcus Forlan. The eventual epic fight sees the undead beaten back, but Helrick captured. Kain Twothumb survives assassination attempt. August 2004 Kain Twothumb marries Tae'nu Ver Octiovus Von Richter is appointed Baron of Cove by Twothumb. Vesper Councillors weren’t consulted and aren’t amused. Kaldorians discover a shipwreck in Trinsic harbour and decide to try and lift it. This causes an angry standoff between the people of the Trinsic Shades, who apparently invited the Kaldorians in, and the Duchy guards, who have banned most Kaldorians from town following the occupation two months earlier. As the simmering war between Trinsic and Kaldor flares up again, many of the Shades’ residents turn their backs on Trinsic in disgust. September 2004 Cal Soulshadow marries husband number three, Kaldorian Maul Knight Mordred. The Five Aces Gentlemen’s Club and notorious gambling den in Trinsic closes its doors, after a successful run that lasted over one year. Leadership election in Vesper. Twothumb, unpopular for his decision to make his wife his vice-governor, wins only narrowly; the main opponent being a farmer called Carver McCallows. Eleanor Middlethorn gives birth to a son, Isidore. The Guardmen Militia, which has long has stuck to its own affairs in Yew, start making diplomatic overtures to its old allies in Trinsic. They are welcomed in friendship. October 2004 First Sosarian Olympic Games held at Luna Arena. First Festival of Tales held at various locations across the land. Jordan Jurrel appointed new commander of the Royal Guard. Takes up residence in Minoc. He makes friendly overtures to all the towns and is gladly received in the loyalist towns. He receives a rather cooler welcome in Vesper. Vesper rivers poisoned. Source thought to be mining waste from Minoc. Cove suffers series of devastating raids by rampaging orcs from the nearby fort Kain Twothumb feared dead after Vesper meeting hall collapses. Tae'nu Ver tries to take power in his stead but fails (the Vesperians don't trust her) and goes into hiding. Chaos ensues as the Vesperian factions fight for power. All former inhabitants of the Trinsic Shades have left, leaving the buildings vacant and doors and windows boarded up. Some are seen in Haven, but nothing more is heard from most of them. November 2004 After months of an uneasy truce with Trinsic, the Kaldorians, isolated from all the major cities, decide to work hard to repair the trust they'd lost. Eventually a tentative peace treaty between Trinsic and Kaldor is signed. The Kaldorians win the right to an embassy in Trinsic, and the duty to help defend the city once more. However, underlying tensions with Trinsic remain. More leadership elections in Vesper. Yiveth, the head of the Vesper Trade Company, wins after a turbulent campaign – but the backstabbing, revolutions and counter-revolutions continue. A new trade association, the Sosarian Trade Federation and Union, is established. December 2004 Gerrick Adarastos, who’d been quietly governing far-away Magincia, resigns, handing power to some complete unknown, who is later replaced by Mehdi ibn Salaad. Kain Twothumb makes a surprise return, apparently it wasn't his body under the rubble after all. His attempt to retake control of Vesper is resisted by Yiveth and her allies, and Yiveth holds on to power Moiraine retires as Trinsic Justice in favour of former Baron Robert deCraon, who has returned from his exile __________________ Ereborna , Snowbourn Guardian lvl 50 Grand Master Metalsmith 5 Chalk Street, Derndelf , Shire Homesteads Kinship House in Derndelf also at 4 Brookbank Street