| Year |
Ruler |
Milestones |
| 1 |
Anarchy |
Initial settlement of the Sphere, universal panic. |
| 5 |
Basil (mayor of Sheepstone) |
The beginning of civilized society, foundation of Sheepstone. Today Sheepstone is the capital of Hyperion, the largest continent, but it's no longer the largest city of the Sphere. The name most probably is derived from the words sheep and stone. |
| 7 |
|
First experimental use of magic. Appear the very first, as yet weak mages. |
| 15 |
|
Foundation of Bangville, the second city to be built in this world. It is still in existence. Bangville is in the very center of Hyperion but monster-infested forests around it make trade and communication with this city extremely uncertain. |
| 20 |
Basil (the First King) |
A monarchy is decided upon as the future form of government for the Sphere. Mayor of Sheepstone Basil is almost unanimously elected as the Fist King. |
| 31 |
|
Foundation of Pitvale. |
| 47 |
|
A group of free builders establishes a new sovereign city Nomrad. However, without King Basil's supports the new city languishes until, in the end, the Nomradians are obliged to accept the supremacy of the Sheepstone mayor. |
| 172 |
|
Two magic schools are formed: the Outgoing ones and the Remaining ones. |
| 185 |
|
Foundation of Sanpool. Today it's the largest city on Hyperion. |
| 203 |
|
A rift develops between the Outgoing and the Remaining mages. |
| 217 |
|
Foundation of Erentown. |
| 385 |
|
Foundation of Anhelm. |
| 402 |
|
Foundation of Torweal, a mining town which still exists. The name is probably derived from the words tor (high rocky hill) and wealth. |
| 451 |
|
Foundation of Greenyard. |
| 510 |
|
Foundation of Umrad. |
| 662 |
|
Foundation of Nightveil. |
| 980 |
Valentine |
The throne is inherited by Basil's son Valentine. |
| 1005 |
|
First transformations, first lycanthropes appear. |
| 1008 |
|
Amilus invents a small magic pot. Before, the alchemists had to use large ovens to work their magic. |
| 1014 |
|
Chaos, all over the Sphere roam bands of monsters and lycanthropes. Many of the cities, such as Bangville, Erentown and Anhelm are destroyed to their foundations, others are controlled by monsters. |
| 1015 |
|
The first Council of the Outgoing and the Remaining mages. The Sphere is split into two parts - Hyperion and Helios. |
| 1025 |
Katon |
King Valentine is unseated, a new continent - Rodos - is broken off Helios. |
| 1026 |
|
Kingtown, a magnificent city of Kings is built. |
| 1031 |
Anarchy |
The first dragon on Rodos is spotted. King Katon panics and orders to break Rodos into two parts but due to a mistake in calculations the break goes exactly through the Kingtown and King Katon and his alchemists die. |
| 1051 |
|
The first successes of baron Leon in his war of liberation against monsters. |
| 1056 |
Leon |
All the major cities are again under human control, the second (and the last) Council of Mages elects Leon as the King of Sphere. |
| 1057 |
|
The island of Leon is broken off Feb. Because of yet another mistake in calculations a shock wave hits the lowest of the continents so that a large piece (Haron) is broken off. |
| 1071 |
|
Rector Bertran and mage Gvidion fight each other in a duel following a heated theoretical dispute. Gvidion nearly loses the fight but at the last moment uses a short dagger and wins. The defeated Bertran is obliged to comply with the terms of the fight: mention his opponent's theory in all his subsequent scientific papers. |
| 1072 |
|
Rector Bertran, the head of the School of Alchemists and King Leon's chief alchemist, writes his famous collection of scrolls describing everything known to the science of alchemy at the time, from its basic principles up to its most advanced theories. Only a small portion of these scrolls are still in existence today and they are of enormous scientific importance because alchemy has been steadily declining since then. |
| *** |
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| 6800 |
|
The Weaver goes into cold sleep. |
| *** |
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| 7420 |
Leon II |
Leon the Second or King-the-Enlightener becomes the King. A whole series of scientific books and manuals were written under his auspices including the well-known Nilus Encyclopedia which not only contained a wealth of knowledge about the world of the Sphere, but also listed a number of alchemical recipes. |
| 7423 |
|
Completion of Nilus Encyclopedia. |
| 7824 |
|
The Weaver establishes a link with the External World. Work is started on the Sphere game. |
