Timeline of Benacia

WIP. Considered a scratchpad right now.

Primarily for figuring out the history of Benacia between the fall of Khaz Modan and the eventual establishment of modern (3rd Era) Shireroth.

First Era

• 79: Duke Raynor of Brookshire conquers Goldshire and declared himself the Kaiser of Shireroth.

• 515: King Eduinus of Machiavellia marries into the Line of Raynor, and manages to manoeuvre himself to the kaisership. A few months later, he is hailed as Kaiser Edwin I. Shireroth is now technically under Machiavellian rule, though Shirerithian historians would say that Machiavellia was now under Shirerithian rule.

• 589: The Shirerithians finally expell the Machiavellians from its territory, killing the now old Kaiser Edwin I in the process.

Second Era

The second era was dominated by warring states, who somewhat tenuously laid claim upon the bloodlines of the Kaisers of the preceding era, who vied for dominion over the course of the Red Elwynn between Shirekeep and Musica. An increasing reliance upon necromancy and daemons on the part of the houses as they struggled for paramountcy saw the society of the duchies of Brookshire and Goldshire progressively undermined until, after the diabolical pact of Kaiser John, those who remained were unable to maintain the sovereignty of eastern Benacia in the face of foreign colonists.

Third Era

1440's

• 1444: Audentior, tired of the anarchy and the late payment of scheduled debts, formally annexed Shireroth. The Kaiser, Erik II, was allowed to keep his title and history records that his reign continued for another year.
• 1446: The eccentric and irascible son of Erik II, Kaiser Brrapa V staged a successful attempt to break away from Audentior's crumbling colonial empire. The effort was perhaps not so successful however as the act of secession was followed immediately by annexation by the Flying Islands of Jasonia in the same year.