How old is everyone? Oargev is 17, Alaric is 19, and I'm not sure, off the top of my head, where everyone else is.
Info-dump Part 1: Recent History.
Year 952: Thom Trannith is Born
Year 955: Breland, Aundair, and Cyre form an alliance to destroy Thrane. This offensive proves unsuccessful.
Year 956: Valaes Tairn mercenaries claim the southern portion of Cyre as Valenar. Queen Dannel publically condemns the move, but does nothing to take back the land. Cyre continues to employ the Valenar war-bands as mercenaries. Cyre’s strength and the Queen’s authority is at an all-time low.
Year 958: Aundair withdraws its long-standing support of Queen Dannel’s claim to the crown of Galifar. Their new purpose for waging war is to restore Aundair’s borders.
Year 961: King Boranel of Breland takes a Cyran noblewoman as his bride, but refuses to discuss any political connections in relation to his queen.
Year 962: Karrnath and Thrane begin a long campaign against each other, leaving Cyre free to rebuild their armies and defenses.
Year 964: Goblin raids into southern Cyre begin.
Year 965: Cannith starts mass-producing and selling Warforged.
Year 968: Prince Brusst of Cyre is born to Queen Dannel. A few days later, he dies, casting the queen into a deep depression.
Year 969: Darguun is formally founded, claiming lands from Cyre and Breland.
Year 971: Queen Dannel finally begins coming out of her depression and seeks to strike a devestating blow against Karrnath. Alaric ir’Drake is born to General Marius ir’Drake while Marius is leading a wing of Cyre’s invasion of Karrnath. The third siege of Korth begins.
Year 972: Varis d’Lyrandar is born. Marius ir’Drake leads the charge that breaches the walls of Korth. He manages to kill the crown prince of Karrnath, Prince Drago, and wounds King Jaron. Jaron later dies from his wounds. The residents of Korth still manage to expel the invaders from the city.
Year 973: Queen Dannel ir'Wynarn of Galifar, Protector of Cyre, gives birth to her only child, Prince Oargev ir'Wynarn. The next morning, she is forced to give the order to withdraw from the 3rd Siege of Korth, withdrawing troops to Cyre from Karrnath. Despite the failure of the siege, General Marius ir’Drake is promoted to Lord High General, leading all of Queen Dannel’s armies.
Year 974: Thrane’s firebombing of Karrnathi city Rekkenmark leads Breland, Aundair, Cyre, Zilargo, Karrnath, and most of the Dragonmarked houses to sign a document threatening to unite in order to burn Thrane to the ground if they ever use such tactics again.
Year 975: Thom Trannith, having distinguished himself in the arcane arts, is employed as a tutor for the court.
Year 976: Keeper Tagor of Thrane seeks peace with Cyre. These diplomatic negotiations fail, sabotaged by Silver Flame Fundementalists led by Cardinal Krozen.
Year 978: Keeper Tagor's offers of peace are renewed. Cyre and Thrane decide to band together against Karrnath in the north. When Breland begins harrying Thrane in the south, and Cyre refuses to help, Thrane abandons the northern offensive and turns against both Breland and Cyre.
Year 979: Cyre retaliates and invades Thrane. The Massacre at Arythawn Keep is committed by a unit of Cyran warforged.
Year 982: Kraken is given to Cyre by House Cannith, one of a number of Warforged produced to replace the defective, overly-aggressive warforged that committed the Arythawn Keep atrocity.
Year 983: Thrane sends a legion, led by 4 Angels called "The Messengers," to invade Cyre. City after city falls, and much of western Cyre is controlled by Thrane. General Marius ir'Drake is killed in the invasion. Young General Alvos ir’Brillik saves much of Cyre after his fall. Kraken is reassigned as a royal bodyguard when his unit is wiped out, guarding Prince Oargev as he is smuggled out of Cyre to avoid the Thrane invasion.
Year 984: The Eastern Legion of Thrane leaves Cyre when the 4 Messengers mysteriously give up the fight. Prince Oargev meets a Lyrandar apprentice named Varis when sailing back home from hiding.
Year 988: Breland recognizes Valenar's independence, earning the loyalty of most of the Valaes Tairn. Seeking a way to replace the loss of troops, Cyre pays for the service of the Lhesh Haruuc and his army of Darguun goblinoids.
Year 989: Varis d’Lyrandar becomes a full-fledged journeyman of his house. He decides to serve as a liaison to Cyre’s court for house Lyrandar, arranging most of their over-sea transportation and weather needs. There he becomes close with his old friend, Prince Oargev.
Year 990: Prince Oargev turns 17. He is given command of a hand-picked troop of heroes with which to complete missions of state for his mother, Queen Dannel. He asks his childhood friends Dev and Alaric to join, as well as more recent friend and companion Varis d'Lyrandar. His mother asks his arcane tutor, Thom, to advise him. Prince Oargev's warforged bodyguard, Kraken, as has been the custom these last seven years, guards the prince.
More character-specific info-dump to come.
