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− | '''The Season of Wood:''' A season of planting and late-Spring-like weather, with Descending Wood beginning to warm up significantly. Some places that get warm early may have a first harvest by the end of this season.
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− | '''The Season of Fire:''' The hottest season, a time of long light and growing, with Summer-like temperatures. Most places feature a first harvest by the end of this season, though some are already into a second harvest.
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− | '''The Season of Earth:''' A time of warmth and ripening, without the stifling heat of the Season of Fire. Late Summer-like weather for most of the season, with early-Autumn-like weather and harvests happening at the end of Descending Earth.
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− | '''The Season of Air:''' Starting off with colder early-Autumn-style weather featuring trees shedding leaves. Harvests of vines and trees tend to occur in Resplendent Air. Cools significantly by the end of Ascending Air and is very cold and winter-like through Descending Air.
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− | '''The Season of Water:''' Very Winter-like in early Ascending Water, but beginning to warm up, with snows melting and an early Spring coming in Resplendent Water. Early planting begins then.
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− | '''Calibration:''' The five days "outside of time" in Creation, when the veils between the world of spirits and the world of mortals drops, and the cracks between Creation and the Underworld, Malfeas and the Wyld widen enough to allow things to slip through. An uncanny time, one best spent in the company of others. Many settlements bar their gates and don't allow travelers in during the five days of Calibration. Essence regeneration increases by 50% during Calibration.
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| ==[[Legacy-Pre-Chronicle|Pre-Chronicle]]== | | ==[[Legacy-Pre-Chronicle|Pre-Chronicle]]== |
− | * '''748:''' The Autocrat of Thorns dies. His younger son conspires with the Realm to invade the Confederation of Rivers in exchange for the throne of Thorns. The Realm sends a complement of Dragon-Blooded “advisors” to aid the younger son in his bid for power. Afterward, the Scarlet Empress legitimizes the usurper. The Realm then sends additional “advisory” forces to Thorns, along with a large supply of First Age armaments, under the pretense of loaning them to the Realm’s new ally. | + | * '''Realm Year 748 to Realm Year 766''' |
− | * '''752:''' The army of Thorns, bulwarked by Realm troops, invades the western states of the Confederation of Rivers. The war quickly turns against Thorns, as its soldiers are unused to war, while the troops of the Scavenger Lands’ heartlands have been hardened by the region’s constant state of conflict. Urged on by his Dragon-Blooded advisors, the Autocrat of Thorns has little choice but to pour more and more jade and lives into the conflict. | + | ** The most important events in recent years, both to the setting as a whole and to our heroes. |
− | * '''754:''' The forces of Thorns and their Dragon-Blooded allies are defeated at the Battle of Mishaka. With its military annihilated, Thorns teeters on the brink of civil war. The Autocrat maintains his rule only thanks to his Dragon-Blooded allies. | + | ==Realm Year 766== |
− | * '''761:''' The Bull of the North sends a portion of his forces to attack the Rokan-jin and Talinin tribes south of the Linowan. | + | ===Prelude:Training of the Solars=== |
− | * '''762:''' The Linowan send aid to the Rokan-jin and Talinin tribes against the rumored Anathema known as the Bull of the North. The raiding escalates to open warfare that continues all year. | + | * ''Ascending Air - Resplendent Earth:'' '''[[Legacy-001|Chapter One: Ancient Heroes]]''' |
− | * '''763:''' The Scarlet Empress is publicly acknowledged as having vanished. The Linowan, having faced the demons and magic of the Bull of the North's armies, send a request to the Realm. The Tepet Legions arrive to aid the Linowan. Shortly thereafter, the Bull of the North and other Anathema engage the Tepet Legions. The Bull of the North and the Tepet Legions go back and forth, without decisive victory on either side. | + | * ''Resplendent Earth'': '''[[Legacy-002|Chapter Two: The Serpent Awakens]]''' |
− | * '''764:''' The Council of the Empty Throne. Armies of Mask of Winters attack and sack Thorns. Early in the year, the Bull of the North strikes a decisive blow against the Tepet Legions, nearly destroying them. A contingent of the Wyld Hunt arrives to aid the Tepet Legions, but they are destroyed utterly. The Battle of Futile Blood, the Bull of the North slaughters the remainder of the Tepet Legions, under the command of Tepet Arada, in the Valley of Shards. | + | * ''Resplendent Earth - Descending Earth'': '''[[Legacy-003|Chapter Three: Forgotten Tomb]]''' |
− | * '''768:''' Chronicle Begins | + | ===Book One: The Black Phalanx=== |
− | | + | * ''Ascending Wood:'' '''[[Legacy-101|Chapter One: Death of the Heir]]''' |
− | ==[[Prelude:Training of the Solars]]==
| + | * ''Ascending Wood:'' '''[[Legacy-102|Chapter Two: Mountain Storms]]''' |
− | ==Book One==
| + | * ''Ascending Wood - Resplendent Wood:'' '''[[Legacy-103|Chapter Three: Winter Temples]]''' |
− | ===Realm Year 768===
| + | * ''Resplendent Wood - Descending Wood:'' '''[[Legacy-104|Chapter Four: The Ruins of Hollow]]''' |
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| + | ...the record stops here. I guess that Kanji lost his journal (or more likely Aapo lost it) and we must assume he started another one where the tales of his companions continue to be recorded out of our reach. How this one came to be in our possession we can only guess at. I found it lying near an old neglected shrine to the Unconquered Sun. The final entry was bookmarked with a recipe for Taruzake's rice wine and scratched into the cover was a crude image of a child playing marbles with a fox. |
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