1000 Accession
of Va-Toran to the Imperial Throne at Karath-Din
980 Growing
tectonic and volcanic activity
970 Evacuation of
Karath-Din, and relocation to other cities in the Empire. Guild of Enlightenment remains behind to
guard the Tower.
500 Breakdown
of order
300 Precursor
central civilisation collapses.
Beginning of the Dark Ages
70 The Prophet Jeremyn
produces or collates the Book of the Nail, one of the foundations of Hammerite
doctrine.
50 Baron
finances construction of a wall around the City.
150 The
City becomes the only part of the Baron’s lands
170 Construction begins on the
Baron’s Palace.
250 End of the Dark
Ages. City gains extensive revenues as
trade grows. Expands in size and
population. Start of Golden Age
270 District of Shalebridge
built for warehousing and industry.
Canals dug in it to aid transport and drain the marshy land.
280 Construction of City
Guildhall.
300 Creation of nobility, as
City is divided into administrative districts.
Rise of the middle classes
310 Customs House built to
collect customs duties.
315 Commissioner of Taxes
appointed to oversee the collection of the Baron’s revenues from tolls, customs
and levies.
325 Census Bureau set up to
store records from the Commissioner of Taxes
350 End
of Golden Age. War erupts in lands
around the City. The Baron is forced to
grant concessions to the middle classes in order to raise money. Creation of the City Council, with Inner and
Outer Circle.
400 War
ends. Baron apportions captured land to
nobles, appointing Governors over them.
Trade revives. Start of second
Golden Age.
415 Census Bureau creates
Hall of Records and Licenses to regulate increased construction in the City.
430 Building
booms brings Order of the Hammer to prominence.
460 Baron
forces his election as High Priest of the Order.
470 Construction of sewerage
and other infrastructure by the Order.
Creation of a standing army and police force. Cragscleft prison constructed in the mountains.
480 Baron forces Master
Forgers to elect his son to High Priest upon his death. Forms extremely important precedent.
520 City
captures Northern Territories from Blackbrook
540 Newmarket Exchange built
to act as central commercial site of the City.
550 Construction
of the Hammerite Cathedral.
610 Dissent in Order over
increased secularisation. Master
Forgers refuse to elect Baron’s son.
Hammerites withdraw from secular society. End of second Golden Age
615 Baron forced to admit
defeat. Sets up Department of Public
Works to maintain and operate infrastructure.
Commissioner of the City Guard appointed to control the new policing
service, the City Guard.
620 Skirmishes
between Baron and the Order of the Hammer as each claim right to arrest, try
and punish criminals. Baron and nobles
co-operate to subdue Hammerites and retain secular control of the judiciary.
630 Baron
forced to call City Council and ask to raise taxes and grant a subsidy due to
risk of insolvency.
640 Disputes
with Blackbrook over territory spill over into war. Baron again increases taxes in order to raise an army.
650 Economy
begins to shrink due to heavy burden of taxation and fall-off in trade
revenues.
680 Events
at the Hammerite Cathedral. Cathedral
and surrounding area sealed off behind the Barricades, by order of the Baron
City Council. Hammerite worship becomes
focused at the Hammerite Temple.
700 Order
of the Hammer enters decline.
730 The
Trickster’s Dark Project. Start of the
Metal Age.
731 Emergence of the
Mechanist Order, and continued decline of the Hammerites. Blackbrook invades – Baron departs to fight them,
leaving a Regency Council. Sheriff
Truart becomes undisputed leader of the City Watch following the purging and
reform of the City Guard.
732 Karras’s
project.