WESTCLIFF

[23 BR] Foundation of Guldorand Logging Camp (Westcliff)
Foundation of a small logging camp in the Skull Crags Mountains that would later grow into the nation of Guldorand.

[50 AR]
Alyssa Darkwind is elected Mayoress of Guldorand.

[73 AR]
Kiyat Zadrimme is mayor of Guldorand for the next year.

[75 AR]
Gavaine d'Amorte becomes mayor of Guldorand.

[76 AR]
Yvaine Aeglieriel, Gavaine's romantic partner, becomes mayoress of Guldorand for the next nine years, until 85 AR.

[83 AR]
Gavaine d'Amorte becomes Mayor of Guldorand after the disappearance of Yvaine.

[86 AR] The Sencliff Institute
A cabal of various infamous individuals formed with the purpose of colonizing and subjugating the local populace of Sencliff around 86 AR. Most infamous among them was Archmalefactrix Jel, who would become Lord Governess of Guldorand and leader of Sencliff. This faction would eventually annex Benwick as a vassal city before leading the settlement to ultimate destruction in 88 AR.

The organization would also collaborate with the renowned monk Amadeo Pnuema in the creation of the Astrolabe in 89 AR.

[89 AR]
Raunrai, Vonevar's former slave, becomes mayor of Guldorand with Caige Ridre serving as Commander of the Guldorand Militia until 92 AR.

[92 AR] The High Watch
Mayrien di Dolcemaria becomes Mayor and under the new leadership, The High Watch is created. Serving as the first Commanders are Khayal Khamsin, Gaelmesh Rhun and Alhambra.

[93 AR]
Layla Rashmi is appointed as the new Commander of the High Watch.

[94 AR]
Layla Rashmi rises to the position of Mayor and rules until 97 AR. Ariel Vankova is appointed the new Commander of the High Watch.

[95 AR]
The Speedy Message Company establishes a representative in the Guldorand Logging Camp.

[98 AR] The Dominion
The Guldorand Mayor Gil'thilak, The Wharftown Mayor Khayal Khamsin, and Bendir’s Mayor Elanor form a coalition known as the Dominion. This partnership would last less than a year.

[98 AR]
Aeyl'kin is elected Mayor of Guldorand and quickly moves to exile several former citizens, including Layla Rashmi. Torvas Harlan, abyssalist assassin, is appointed as Commander of the High Watch.

[99 AR]
After the resignation of Aeyl'kin The Tempite Elzi, who was secretly a Cyricist, is elected as Mayor of Guldorand. Torvas Harlan, aware of Elzi's cyricist nature, continues to serve as commander of the High Watch until he eventually quit/retired.

[100 AR] Fort Guldorand
Kouto Wemblethen is elected as Mayor of Guldorand. Under her leadership, work commenced to turn the logging Camp into a fort with improved defenses. Green, leader of the Tempites, is appointed Commander of the High Watch.

[101 AR]
Sillina Hall, Commander of the High Watch, resigns after the election of Modéro Starker as Mayor.

[102 AR]
Kouto Wemblenthen is elected Mayor of Guldorand and appoints Layla Rashmy, a former Mayor herself, to the position of Commander of the High Watch.

[115 AR] The First Great War
War is declared when a former Wharftown official flees to Guldorand with the town’s treasury. This conflict draws Cordor, Sencliff, Myon, Minmir, and Sibayad into the struggle as treaties of alliance between settlements are called upon.

[118 AR] Armistice
The First Great War comes to an end as the city-states involved meet at the Myart Shrine to finalize a peace treaty.

[142 AR] Dominion – Andunor War
The final years of Thane Ghestaldt's rule was marked with open war against cyricists and allies led by Ezra and Vance Gravelle operating out of Andunor. Several campaigns were fought during the breath of the conflict, with the Dominion suffering a defeat at the Battle of Minmir Bridge, but ultimately claiming victory as Vance Gravelle’s efforts were halted. A later assault on Andunor by Dominion forces successfully ended the war in Brogendenstein’s favor.

[143 AR] Guldorand’s Reward
For their service in the Dominion - Andunor War Guldorand, under Mayor Alice Highfen, is released from the village by Thane Ghestaldt and leaves the Brogendenstein Dominion.

[148 AR] The Second Great War
Tensions between the settlements and several minor skirmishes across the island culminated in a Brogendenstein led ambush, under Kuldarn Gotriik of clan Vintergard, against a Cordor & Banite joint Drow hunting force at the Nexus Falls Portal. The allied host was soundly defeated in the surprise attack, with Chancellor Emily Azuretide and Vice-Chancellor Rick Snyder of Cordor falling in the engagement. War was officially declared after the battle by Cordor Chancellor Emily Azuretide and Coronal Vaylani Moontear of Myon against the newly signed Axehold Accord members of Guldorand, the Arcane Tower Conclave, Sencliff, and the Dominion of Brogendenstein on 25 Nightall, 148 AR. Minmir would unofficially join the conflict on Cordor's side. However, King Edward of Cordor would intervene on the 5th of Hammer, 149 AR by calling for an end to hostilities. An armistice would be signed on the 18th of Ches, 149 AR, with the Arcane Tower issuing a formal apology for their part in the conflict and Myon ceding the territory from the dam in the Nexus Falls to the Thousand Stairs to Brogendenstein. Reasons for the conflict are debated by both sides, with justifications ranging from territorial border claims and personal vendettas to Instigating settlement insurrections.

[153 AR] Bonfire of Insanity (Fourth Sharran War)
The Church of All-Shadow, in collaboration with their allies from the Pirate's Union and Andunor, temporarily seized control of the Skull Craig Weather Stone to enact a powerful magical ritual known as the Bonfire of Insanity. Numerous attempts by a coalition of surface settlements to dislodge the group and halt the ceremony failed. Upon the ritual's conclusion, a cursed Stormfront was created and driven by fierce winds, settled over the logging camp of Westcliff. Tainted rainfall soaked the earth, causing long-dormant corpses to arise and terrorize the living. With the ritual fulfilled, the forces of the Church of All-Shadow withdrew from the Weatherstone.

[155 AR] Heart of the Mountain
The logging town of Westcliff received an ultimatum from the Archfey named "The Heart of the Mountain", warning the settlement it would be destroyed within the year and that its people should flee with all their belongings. From the time of the prophecy to the day of judgement factions from across the island worked in some fashion to affect the omens' outcome. Sharrans and Pirates worked with the Vampire Queen of the Skull Craigs to free her children for the attack, while the members of the Accords tried to find a peaceful solution. Ultimately it was decided by vote that Westcliff would stand, accepting help from the Underdark, as they fortified the town and awaited the Archfey’s arrival. On the Day of Judgment the village was leveled by fire, raided by monks of the Viper Sect, and attacked by Undead from the mountains. There was no hope of victory. Buildings were destroyed and the defenders slain. However the Archfeys warning that the town would be destroyed, never to rise again, proved false. Over time the logging camp was rebuilt and still stands to this day. (The event is believed to have been a settlement destruction plotline to accommodate the soon-to-come Fortress City. However, plans likely changed and Westcliff remained after the destruction to be a vassal town to the Fortress City)

[158 AR]
The longstanding mayor Ezekiel Klennald holds his last moot before retiring.

[167 AR] Westcliff Burns
An Underdark army under the command of Matron O'annir of House Z'ress raids the logging village of Westcliff to free the captured Orge Warchief Ikarus. The Republic of Guldorand experiences a major defeat with the rescue of the prisoner, a large number of casualties, and vandalizing of the settlement."

FORTRESS CITY

[170 AR] The Fortress City of Guldorand
The Founder's Council, a collection of various new leaders that now rule over Guldorand, opens the gates on the newly constructed Fortress City. With their rule comes the Founder's Charter, a set of new laws and decrees for Guldorand to follow. (New Area Added to Server)

[170 AR] Blood & Taxes
In 170 AR, the vampire Adelyn Belle’rose imposed a blood tithe upon the newly opened Fortress City of Guldorand, seeking the blood of twenty individuals in order to forge a new ritual blade. When city officials refused her demand, Adelyn and her servants donned the guise of tax collectors, harvesting blood by force from unsuspecting citizens. The grim collection continued until the aasimar Zaphiel Aethos offered his own rare blood in full payment of the remaining tithe. Satisfied, Adelyn accepted the sacrifice, vanished with her grim bounty, and slipped once more into the shadows.

[172 AR] Blood Rain
The necromancer Etmn opened the skies above Guldorand’s Fortress City through a totemic ritual, causing blood and leeches to rain down upon the citizens in an effort to free Holly Holtz from captivity. However Etmn was misinformed, as Holly was not a prisoner of Guldorand, and instead the event was used as a graduation test from her master Theodor Helbrecht of whom she was an apprentice.

[174 AR] The United Republic of Guldorand
The Firbolg Kesa Hillside is elected as High Sheriff of Guldorand. Under her leadership the settlement’s laws were clarified and the Expanded Warehouse economy was reworked. Two Landed Nobles, Aliana Drake & Samatha Goodman are replaced by Veisha Calan and the Thayan Red Wizard Nishkir Uskura. The Republic’s military Garrison's Lord Marshal of many years, Derristan Barley retired and Avalri DeLocke was appointed to his position. Guldorand would then move to formally withdraw from the Axehold Accords and end formal Trade with Cordor in protest over King Edward's revival of the Lodestar Network Mk. II. Trade with Myon would be the next to end after the elven nation refused to make any formal agreements in writing. During her two terms the Republic saw a shift towards the Founder's Council vision until the High Sheriff's death at the hands of two unknown guild assassins.

[174 AR]
Veisha Calan is elected High Sheriff after the death of Kesa Hillside.

[182 AR] Moander's Rot Plague
The Fortress City of Guldorand is besieged by a noxious gas that leaves many injured and dead. Despite efforts to seek relief, the malevolent cloud persisted, afflicting Freeport most of all. Unable to control its spread, the choice was made to seal the Beggar's Gate and quarantine the district, separating friends and families. The plague would run its course and eventually come to an end after the loss of many lives.

[184 AR Month 2, Day 22 ]
On Day 22 of the Second Month, 184 AR, conflict erupted as Guldorand’s City Watch, joined by volunteer adventurers, breached the Zhentarim-barricaded Freeport and launched a forceful assault on the Banite Embassy. Their objective was to secure the release of a prisoner held by members of the Minmir congregation. The confrontation quickly escalated to bloodshed, with the superior numbers of Guldorand’s war band tipping the scales. Once the prisoner was freed, both sides withdrew and later presented their grievances before the Founder’s Council.

[184 AR Month 4, Day 8] Minmir Crusade
Doomguide Klara Send of Guldorand’s Founders Council declares a holy crusade against the undead forces of Minmir in the name of the Kelemvor. This call to arms rallies the faithful, spurred by the recent actions of the Church of Bane, which released the Earl from his binding wards, endangering the realm.

[184 AR Month 4, Day 12]
Following a recent meeting with the Founder's Council in the wake of the Freeport and Minmir incidents, High Sheriff Eshima Nakai announced on Month 4, Day 12 that Guldorand will refrain from declaring war on Minmir. Instead, diplomatic negotiations will be initiated with Minmir Keep. Furthermore, Ambassador Lismane committed the support of Zentil forces, who will join Guldorand and the faithful in their crusade against the undead horrors unleashed by Earl Manfried.