Ark of Fools Timeline

Note: All counts are reckoned in astral years, which are more stable than "local" (Akadazian) years. The new year starts on the anniversary of the Ancient's reign on Armaz-Daka.

0: The Ancient declares a new kingdom for himself on the body of a dead god he has discovered in the astral plane. No one else is around to hear it, so we'll have to take his word for it.
c. 100: Other exiles and wanderers start accruing on the Ark.
c. 250: Followers of Armaz and Daka discover the location.
c. 320: Dwarves excavate down through the Throat and discover Akadazia (the Interior.)
c. 340: The first dwarven colonies in the western mountains of Akadazia are established. Rich mineral and metal deposits discovered there.
c. 400: The Miracle of the New Sun: a priest of Pelor rallies the settlers in what will become Lakeland, and they call the sun into being for Akadazia.
521-530: The first campaign: the Ancient tries to reconquer his homeland. Fails.
889-913: The second campaign: the Ancient tries to reconquer his homeland. Fails.
1442-1480: The third campaign: the Ancient tries to reconquer his homeland. Fails.
c. 1710-1730: Dust Years in Lakeland. Years of drought triggers increased raiding from the north. By the 1720s, Lakeland is in very bad shape, despite the weather returning to normal. Survivors flock to the banner of Eskrai de Nagel (a silver dragon married to a human woman). Dragon cultists claim credit for summoning him.
1727: Goosetown burns to the ground.
1730-1878: The Lord Protector unifies Lakeland and has a long, fairly peaceful reign. Draconic relatives from Nagel (a high mountain in a foreign plane) visit Lakeland during this time, and many have flings with the locals. The Lakeland population grows quickly.
1793: Vivian Smith, the LP's wife, dies of old age. LP Eskrai goes into a funk. She is survived by 12 half-dragon children (some good, some evil).
1875-1894: The fourth campaign: the Ancient tries to reconquer his homeland. Fails.
1878-1899: Succession war wracks Lakeland after the Lord Protector vanishes. Eventually, end up with a weakened Goosetown dominating the area. The other larger towns were razed. (But some have since been rebuilt.) Sophie Eskrai (3rd child of Vivian and Eskrai) claims victory.
1912: Sophie is assassinated by her younger brother (6th child of Vivian and Eskrai), who had been thought dead. He is killed now. Her son, Stefan Eskrai, takes over as High Lord of Lakeland, though he is still a child. A Council of Regents rules for 10 years (until 1922).
1987: The fifth campaign: the Ancient tries to reconquer his homeland. Fails.
1990: The last election. The present Lord Hagard assassinates the previous one and takes his place on the Council of Three. He keeps the name, as it has brand-name power over the masses.
1992: The Ancient returns in ignominious defeat, to brood and build up his power again. (He does learn. He just makes new mistakes each time.)
1998: The year the MUX opens.
1999: The sun seems to become slightly brighter. (Gerard is captured and executed.)
2000: The troubles at Makantha, the gladiator town near Godsdoor
2001: In Akadazia: a peace treaty is signed between the High Lord of Lakeland and the Storm Tyrant (ruler of the barbarian tribes of the Storm Plains). Refugees from the plains are settled in the wastelands of Overlake.
2002: The "current day".