The time period of the vivarium is split up into four eras and uses the year denomination of the Jöndr calendar. Below you find a list of the eras and their events # The Wilden Times This is the period of time before the jarl Hjalmar joined the loose tribes of the north under the Íssax tribe. It is known as the wilden times and usually doesn't denote a year. However, if needed it denotes its years as a negative number. Most information about this time is lost to the people of the vivarium. During the wild times there were mostly tribes and city-states, each with their own ruling and way of determining time. This makes it extremely difficult to pin down just how long ago certain events in the Wild Times were. ###### [[The Wilden Times|View Event Timeline]] # The Era of Blood and Stone The Era of Blood and Stone is the first official era of the timeline and is denoted with the prefix '1st'. This era starts when the first king of the Kingdom of Stone and Ice, Hjalmar Jöndr, instated this very calendar as the standard in his kingdom. What followed was a long era of conquering and assimilation as King Jöndr pushed the edges of his kingdom into the regions now known as the Widelands, Grimm Thwaite, and Rurimi. After his passing, his first born son took up his fathers mantle and continued the expanding of their empire. The era ends after 1st 572 when the second king dies and the kingdom is divided among his three offspring. ###### [[The Era of Blood and Stone|View Event Timeline]] # The Era of Kingdoms and Realms After the death of King Amand Jöndr, the Kingdom of Stone and Ice was divided into three kingdoms: Svenrok, Fjölvidr, and Torfella. Most surrounding countries formed their own type of kingdoms. As the three siblings were vying to see who'll be the next great king of the next great empire, Al'rimal, Aq'Jung, and Tsékooh were afraid their lust for fame and power will lead to war with their countries. After the discovery of the great underground tunnel network connecting almost all of the corners of Usworld with each other, an alliance between the three countries was formed to protect them from the military goals of the three budding kingdoms. Fjölvidr didn't last long, as the elves didn't look to kind to their new king exploiting their forest for his war efforts. They overthrew the king in a bloody revolution and created the kingdom of Grimm Thwaite. This took the pressure of the Alliance, as the kingdom of Torfella focussed on subjugating Grimm Thwaite and Svenrok focussed on gaining territories in the north of the Savanna. The era ends in 2nd 634 when Pharaoh Ras Al'sha dies and his son Ras Al'dam starts his tyranny over the people of Al'rimal. ###### [[The Era of Kingdoms and Realms|View Event Timeline]] # The Era of Revolution and Rebirth The 3rd era starts with the terrible tyrannical rule of Ras Al'dam, who breaks the Alliance between Al'rimal, Aq'Jung, and Tsékooh. The Kingdom of Torfella started taxing the population enormously to get funding for better defences as they are afraid of the rising threat in Al'rimal. This drives the extremists nationalists group to grow in popularity, until they perform a coup to form the new kingdom of Reidtir. With the fallen alliance and the rising tensions in both Reidtir and Al'rimal, Aq'Jung closes their borders to all outsiders. In Al'rimal, the death of Ras Al'dam brings forth the rule of his son Al'mumit, who turns to demonology to subjugate his people. This in turn leads to a rebellion and the creation of the Pale Skins. Reidtir starts ethnically cleansing their kingdom of the already dwindling population of full-blood dwarves. In retaliation, Svenrok declares war on Reidtir. However, due to the arcane prowess of Reidtir, Svenrok is forced to turn to Grimm Thwaite. The two kingdoms form an alliance and together they start retaliating against Reidtir. The era ends in 3rd 1054 when King Lazula is killed and the kingdom of Reidtir is subjugated into the kingdom of Svenrok as the Widelands. ###### [[The Era of Revolution and Rebirth|View Event Timeline]] # The Era of Pillaging The 4th era is the era in which the power of organizations start to rival those of the settled countries. The armies of the fallen Reidtir kingdom have turned into roving bands of pillagers, raiding the Widelands. One group of these pillagers have pushed into Tsékooh and claimed the Mesa for themselves, dubbing it The New West. The Widelands are now a vassal state of Svenrok, given to Baron Sunderman. Many of the old settlements of the Reidtir kingdom lie in total ruins. Some are abandoned, some give shelter to pillagers and goblins. The people of the Widelands are desperate to cling to anything due to the suffering the pillagers bring, from which the True Church of the Allfather seems to benefit the most. To the west, the tensions between the Bone and Wolf tribe increase significantly due to the refugees fleeing from the Mesa into the Savanna. ###### [[The Era of Pillaging|View Event Timeline]]