Alternate Dimensions Presents: Damara - An Alternate Timeline

• 991 DR Year of the Breaking Ice: The kingdom of Sossal [331, 1319] is rocked by a series of earthquakes. The tremors create fissures in parts of the Great Glacier, unleashing several powerful demons trapped there since the fall of Narfell. Led by their ruler Londraeth, the warriors of Sossal manage to vanquish the rampaging fiends.

• The marilith Vaas is released from a demoncyst beneath Vaasa by earthquakes. She slowly begins calling her allies to the lands beneath Vaasa where she was imprisoned.

• 1038 DR Year of Spreading Spring: The Great Glacier retreats from the lands of Damara, Vaasa, and upper Narfell. Many folk from Impiltur and Thesk migrate north to the newly uncovered lands.

• The Great Glacier is entirely absent from the lands of Damara, Vassa, and upper Narfell by spring of this year and does not return in winter. This prompts a wave of migration of Impilturan and Narfelli settlers that claim the lands of Damara for their own. The orcs and other monsters claim Vaasa.

• 1064 DR: Feldrin Bloodfeathers is accused of piracy by a fellow noble house of Sembia and is found guilty. The young man in his early twenties flees with the entire wealth of his family to the settlement of Ravensburg in Damara, where his family has owned land for centuries since before Sembia existed.

• 1075 DR: Feldrin Bloodfeathers establishes the realm of Damara with himself as King Feldrin I by conquering the settlement of Heliogabalus and ousting the Nar tribes that lived in the north western lands of Damara. His first act is to ennoble a number of his financial and military supporters.

• 1076 DR: Bellathar Maris, associate of Feldrin Bloodfeathers and newly established noble of Damara begins construction of a castle upon the site where Trailsend now stands.

• 1077 DR: At the urgings of Higenzi the Witch, Damara mounts a campaign to free Bloodstone Pass from the clutches of the monsters of Vaasa.

• 1079 DR: Bloodstone Pass is secured and prospecting expeditions extract large numbers of precious gemstones named Bloodstones in honour of the king.

• 1080 DR: Feldrin Bloodfeathers three sons are born; Feldrin, Banacath, and Tranth. Feldrin is named heir apparent, Banacath is granted the Barony of Morov and Tranth is granted the Barony of Bloodstone. Feldrin’s wife dies in childbirth.

• 1095 DR Year of the Dawndance: War-Captain Imphras Heltharn of Lyrabar using the swords of Soargar’s Legacy and wielding Dornavver, personally unites the city-states of the Easting Reach and leads them to victory over a hobgoblin horde from the hobgoblin nation of Naratyr in the Giantspire Mountains which was sent by Soneillon.

• King Feldrin Bloodfeathers of Damara is slain in battle against the hobgoblin horde of Naratyr. Higenzi becomes regent for several months until Feldrin II comes of age.

• 1096 DR: Feldrin II is crowned King of Damara at the age of 16.

• 1122 DR Year of the Rose Pearls: Princess Ilmara of Impiltur founds the fortress-city of Ilmwatch to guard against the return of the hobgoblins.

• Queen Sambral dies, and after grieving for her, Imphras I soon passes as well. Their son and eldest child Imbrar takes the Crown of Narfell as the ruler of Impiltur. Princess Ilmara, Imbrar’s sister, becomes a sorceress under Mhilra of Milvarune and finds the scrying stones of Myth Drannor before founding Ilmwatch to guard against the return of the hobgoblins of Naratyr.

• The aging and addled King Feldrin II of Damara takes offence at the creation of Ilmwatch as he believes it could be used for an invasion of his country.

• 1127 DR Year of the Luminar Procession: Using the scrying stones of Myth Drannor, Ilmara sees the hobgoblins stirring in the Giantspire Mountains and alerts her brother.  King Imbrar of Impiltur foolishly leads an army into the Giantspire Mountains to eradicate the hobgoblin menace accompanied by his Royal Guard and carrying with them many of the royal blades of Impiltur; Soargar’s Legacy including some say Dornavver wielded by King Imbrar himself. His warriors are murdered and the succubus Soneillon corrupts the king into a death knight. Imbrar’s sister Ilmara takes the crown of Narfell and is crowned queen of Impiltur.

• Ilmara Heltharn accedes to the throne of Impiltur upon the death of her brother and gives up a life of adventure and travels.

• King Feldrin II of Damara severs diplomatic ties with Impiltur over the army amassing on his border with Impiltur. His last message delivers an ultimatum that should Impiltur’s army cross Damara’s borders there will be war. This influences King Imbrar’s decision to deal with Soneillon accompanied only by his royal guard and Soargar’s Legacy.

• 1150 DR: An insane and almost incapable Feldrin II of Damara declares war on Impiltur. He is slain on the same day by his eldest son Feldrin who is promptly imprisoned and convicted of treason. Feldrin is exiled from Damara forever and moved in the line of succession. His younger brother, Veldrin I is crowned King of Damara at the age of 37.

• Higenzi falls out of favour with the Bloodfeathers dynasty and disappears from court life.

• 1152 DR: Orcs pour out of Vaasa through Bloodstone Pass and lay waste to much of northern Damara. The disparate orcs are quickly eliminated but the people call for Vaasa and the Bloodstone Pass to be secured for the future prosperity of Damara.

• 1153 DR: King Veldrin I declares the land that will later be known as Vaasa to be crown property of Damara. The land is open to settlement to all that can keep and hold an area of land for a year with appropriate proof provided of continued dwelling to the crown. This attracts adventurers and settlers from across Faerûn.

• 1154 DR: A noble scion of House Belmaris is one of the first to enter Vaasa and claim land along the river running through the centre of Vaasa. The name eventually becomes corrupted to Beaumaris River.

• Settlers and adventurers in Vaasa endure nightly attacks by demonic forces that severely hamper growth and settlement in the region.

• Late in Nightal all the settlers in Vaasa disappear over the course of a week. Secretly they are enslaved by the forces of Vaas, a marilllith demon released from her imprisonment nearly two centuries earlier and has been busy building her tanar'ri forces and enslaving the local grey orc tribes. The humans are kept with the orc slaves which quickly creates a large population of half orcs.

• 1158 DR: Scouting expeditions into Vaasa all disappear without a trace. A demonic envoy proclaims that Queen Vaas of Vaasa now rules the lands beyond Bloodstone Pass. The heads of the Damaran scouting expeditions are delivered to the Damaran Court on gigantic platters.

• 1160 DR: Beginning in this year groups of twisted demonic orcs from Vaasa attack Damara in ever greater numbers. Damara beseeches Impiltur for aid using the exiled Feldrin as an ambassador. Queen Ilmara is reluctant to engage in a war on foreign soil after what happened to her brother Imbrar.

• Impilturan Holy Orders dedicated to Ilmater venture into Damara to aid those under siege by the demons from Vaasa.

• 1171 DR: With aid finally arriving from Impiltur the forces of Damara and Impiltur march on Vaasa. The human armies are met with innumerable hordes of tanar’ri and twisted half demon spawn.

• The battle quickly turns in favour of Queen Vaas until Higenzi arrives behind Vaas’ forces with several thousand half orcs. Together the forces of good win the day and Vaas is forced to flee the field of battle.

• Damara claims Vaasa as crown land and then awards the half orcs the land around the former settlement of Cinnabaran. The orcs quickly rebuild the ruin into a fortress which they call Palischuk. Higenzi once again gains favour with the Damaran court.

• As part of the newly formed alliance between Impiltur and Damara, Crown Prince Veldrin is married to a great grand niece of Imphras the great of the Heltharn dynasty.

• 1172 DR: Crown Prince Veldrin’s wife dies following a difficult birth. His son is born and also named Veldrin.

• 1175 DR: King Veldrin I and his son Veldrin II are both slain under mysterious circumstances on consecutive days. Veldrin II’s son is crowned Veldrin III king of Damara at the age of 3. The boy always seems to have a vacant expression and never leaves the side of Higenzi the Witch who acts as his regent.

• 1242 DR Year of the Yellow Rose: The Monastery of the Yellow Rose [1373] is founded in Damara.

• 1281 DR: At the impossible age of 109, King Veldrin III, also known as King Veldrin the Immortal, sires a son Beldrinar.

• 1319 DR: Despairing of ever inheriting the throne, Beldrinar of Damara finally manages to slay his father King Veldrin III by hiring a coterie of mages to cover the entire palace in an anti magic field. Veldrin III ages rapidly and quickly turns to dust. The anti magic field also reveals secret passages in the palace and the hidden plots of Higenzi the witch.

• Higenzi the Witch is found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. She flees the country into exile and is never heard from again.

• Beldrinar is barred from the succession and exiled to Vaasa for slaying King Veldrin. His ten year old son Virdin is made heir apparent and his mother acts as regent until his accession.

• C. 1347 DR Year of the Bright Blade: Zhengyi the red wizard lich who studied the Black Star artefact for years arrives in Vaasa directed by Orcus to locate Telos and use the primordial's power to perform powerful magical rituals. His first test is raising Castle Perilous using this new source of power.

• 1348 DR Year of the Spur: Zhengyi invades Damara, skirmishing with the forces of Damara for 10 years.

• 1357 DR Year of the Prince - The Time of Troubles: Zhengyi conquers Damara. Telos is awakened by the disruption in magic with the death of Mystra and also because Zhengyi has been tapping him for power.

• The forces of Vaasa slay king Virdin of Damara. Zhengyi now controls both Vaasa and Damara through his puppets installed as rulers of the duchies and baronies of Damara.

• 1359 DR Year of the Serpent: Zhengyi is slain; the flow on the power tap with Telos reverses and Zhengyi's soul is drawn into the primordial instead of his phylactery. Castle Perilous crumbles into ruin and is occupied by an avatar of Tiamat.

• 1360 DR Year of the Turret: Sylvia and Dimian Ree marry, uniting the baronies of Ostel and Morov. Within a year a son is born named Feldrin Ree.

• An attempt is made on Christine Dragonsbane’s life by Cat One-Eye. The assassination attempt fails but Cat One Eye escapes.

• The Red Wizards of Thay open another enclave in Praka in Ostel and use this as an early platform for supplying the expedition into Vaasa. The Red Wizard Enclave also aids Baroness Sylvia by arranging the secret kidnap and enslavement of those that oppose her in Ostel. The coins from the Red Wizards also enrich Sylvia's funds.

• 1361 DR Year of Maidens: The Gates of Bloodstone Pass are finished; adventurers begin to venture into Vaasa thanks to Damara's bounty on monstrous humanoids.

• Cat One-Eye makes an attempt on Dimian Ree's life but is foiled by Spysong who are tipped off about the meeting by Baroness Sylvia, instead the Baron of Morov is rendered incapacitated (a condition that is perpetuated by Baroness Sylvia's magic which foils clerical attempts to heal him).

• Baroness Sylvia becomes acting Regent of Morov until Feldrin Ree comes of age. Helmont 15th Duke of Carmathen formally allies himself with Baroness Sylvia of Ostel and Morov, the people of Carmathen no longer object now that Dimian Ree is incapacitated.

• 1362 DR Year of the Helm: Duchess Sylvia declares her intention to press the claim of her son Feldrin Ree to be proclaimed King of Damara, Gareth Dragonsbane counters this claim with his own. With the duchies of Morov, Ostel, Carmarthen and Polten on one side and Bloodstone, Arcata, Brandiar, and Soravia on the other, the country of Damara prepares for civil war.

• Donlevy the younger is convinced to side with Baroness Sylvia by Zorth his advisor to keep the old dynasty of Damara alive as his father would have wanted.

• 1363 DR Year of the Wyvern: The armies of Damara meet at the ford of Goliad and a stalemate ensues, some lives are lost by low level skirmishing, but the people of Damara have no real stomach for another war.

• Tarkos Ree, leader of the Tightpurse thieves’ guild in Heliogabalus exposes Sylvia’s plots and schemes when his agents discover her using magic to continue Dimian Ree's confusion and illness. Sylvia orchestrated the assassination attempt of Christine Dragonsbane using her new husband’s connections to the citadel of assassins. She then arranged a second assassination on Dimian Ree and deliberately informed Spysong of the meeting to throw them off her trail. Then she could press her son’s claims on the kingdom of Damara with the richest duchies behind her.

• Gareth Dragonsbane quickly declares Sylvia a traitor and all the duchies of Damara (except Ostel and Morov) declare Gareth Dragonsbane king of Damara.

• The armies of Damara besiege Bloodfeather Palace; they are unopposed by the merchants and their mercenaries. Sylvia is captured and imprisoned. The child baron Feldrin Ree remains baron of Morov.

• Sylvia escapes imprisonment in Bloodfeather Palace and wanders the realms for a means to seek her revenge.

• King Dragonsbane is crowned in Heliogabalus which he names as capital of Damara. He quickly cracks down on the Tightpurse thieves’ guild in Damara because of its links to the citadel of assassins.

• The Barony of Morov's capital is moved back to Morovar with Feldrin Ree in charge and a regent loyal to the crown appointed to him. Dimian Ree recovers from his illness and is appointed the newly created title Baron of Heliogabalus which currently has no lands while King Gareth Dragonsbane has his capital at Heliogabalus. Dimian Ree is not so politely informed he will only be in charge in the King's absence which is a situation that should only occur on the King's death and so a new King would be appointed.

• King Dragonsbane is unable to undo the legal contract between the Barony of Ostel and the Red Wizards of Thay so the enclave remains so long as it breaks no laws. The enclave is careful not to pursue its secret slaving activities for many years.

• 1364 DR Year of the Wave: Sylvia of Ostel returns to Damara claiming to be a noble relation of House Praka that moved to Ravens Bluff many centuries ago. In her travels Sylvia discover a girdle of masculinity and femininity and is now passing herself off as Edelbard Prakos of Ravens Bluff. Due to the recent troubles with Duke Helmont, King Dragonsbane immediately asks the Monastery of the Yellow Rose and the Heralds to check Edelbard/Sylvia’s claim of descendant and he contacts ambassador Carrague in Ravens Bluff as well.

• 1365 DR Year of the Sword: Following falling returns from the Tightpurse thieves’ guild after the crowning of King Dragonsbane, Banak strikes against Timoshenko the Grandfather of Assassins whose popularity has begun to wane. Timoshenko is slain and animated as an undead creature that serves Banak without question. Banak and Knellicht now rule the Bandit Army jointly in an uneasy truce with neither one able to easily defeat the other.

• Duke Helmont the 15th of Carmathen is exposed as an impostor by the monks of the yellow rose. He is quickly ousted by his own subjects and imprisoned before paladins from Heliogabalus, sent by King Dragonsbane, arrive.

• The Monastery of the Yellow Rose and the Heralds both verify Edelbard Prakos’ claim of descent from House Praka. Ambassador Carrague of Ravens Bluff likewise verifies Edelbard’s story but does not bother to check on the noble’s current status within the city. The real Edelbard Prakos is still living in Ravens Bluff partying his way through society and dulling his wits with too much ale. For a significant sum of money Edelbard Prakos is awarded the title of Baron of Ostel and Sylvia returns to power.

• 1371 DR Year of the Unstrung Harp: Orcs from Thesk still loyal to the Zhentarim begin migrating towards Vaasa.

• 1373 DR Year of Rogue Dragons: The Rage of Dragons causes the flight of dragons around Castle Perilous to destroy itself.

• 1374 DR Year of Lightning Storms: Warlock Knights are voted into ruling councils in settlements across Vaasa - even non human settlements- thanks to the warlock knights open recruitment policies and their efforts in combating the Rage of Dragons. The warlock knight rulers of Palischuk soon meet with fatal accidents orchestrated by the Banites.

• 1375 DR Year of Risen Elf Kin: The Warlock Knights declare open rule in Vaasa from the Ironfell Council in Telos. Zhengyi the Voice of Telos once again rules Vaasa (even if he is not in control this time). The Warlock Knights immediately begin cracking down on all forms of deviant behaviour - not worshipping Telos being the primary deviance. Thousands of people are thrown into the Clefts of Razack and sacrificed to Telos.

• King Gareth Dragonsbane of Damara, watching events unfold in Vaasa, decides to seal the Vaasan Gate isolating Vaasa from the rest of the Bloodstone Lands.