History Timeline / TheElderScrolls

* 1E 1102: Ceyran, a minor Ayleid warlord, is killed by an unknown assassin. Ceyran, rumored to be a devotee of Molag Bal, is best known for building and losing three separate dominions during his long life.

* 4E 15: Potentate Ocato is assassinated as part of a plot by the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]] (a religious extremist Altmer political party) to destabilize the Empire. It works as the petty squabbling of the Elder Council causes the Empire to [[VestigialEmpire further deteriorate]], initating a short, but very tumultuous period for the Empire, known as the Stormcrown Interregnum.

* 4E 10: Potentate Ocato is assassinated as part of a plot by the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]] (a religious extremist Altmer political party) to destabilize the Empire. It works as the petty squabbling of the Elder Council causes the Empire to [[VestigialEmpire further deteriorate]], initating a very tumultuous period for the Empire, known as the Stormcrown Interregnum.
* ca. 4E 11-15:

** Jurgen Windcaller, one of the last "Tongues" of the Nords (those who can use the Thu'um), begins his "[[HeelFaithTurn Seven Year Meditation]]" in response to the [[ShockingDefeatLegacy Nordic defeat]].

* 1E 423: Jurgen Windcaller finishes his Seven Year Meditation, as he comes to the conclusion that the Nords had grown arrogant with their use of the Thu'um, much like the Dragons before them did. Windcaller reasons that the Divines granted them the Thu'um to use in self-defense, not for conquest, and their defeat against the Chimer and Dwemer was a punishment for misusing the gift. Windcaller instead positits that the Thu'um should only be used as a means to honor the gods and as way of attaining knowledge, enlightenment, and inner peace, not to attain power, and he names his new doctrine the Way of the Voice. Windcaller then returns to his fellow Tongues in order to convince them of this way of thinking. This is not an easy task, however, and according to the legend, Windcaller has to engage seventeen of the Tongues at once in a fierce duel with the Thu'um that lasts three days in order to make his point. Exhausted from the long duel and with Windcaller still standing tall, the other Tongues finally acknowledge the superiority of the Way of the Voice. They agree to follow Windcaller to the old fortress of High Hrothgar on the Throat of the World, where he founds the monastic order of Greybeards in order to teach his philosophy.

* 2E 299: Potentate Versidue-Shaie, wanting to allow for larger sailing vessels to be able to pass from Topal Bay to the River Niben, plans to demolish Leyawiin's bridges. Leyawiin's Chamber of Legates, however, fear that this will only result in additional merchant traffic simply sailing through Leyawiin without stopping and therefore stall the project through bureaucracy. Chamber of Legates are eventually successful in gettin the Potentate to abadoning the plan entirely.

** The Elder Council votes between two contenders to the Ruby Throne: Thules the Gibbering, a Nibenese "witch warrior", and Titus Mede, a Colovian warlord. Not well-liked by the people and known for having various perversions, Thules was nonetheless named Emperor by vote of the Elder Council.

* 4E 17:

* ca. 4E 18-21:

* 4E 22: The Thalmor ride a wave of populist support and seize control of the Summerset Isles. They rename it Alinor.

* ca. 4E 166: Skald Felgeif becomes the Jarl of the Pale in Skyrim. He rules under the name Skald the Younger, though in time, he becomes known as Skald the Elder.

* 1E 2811: Reman II attempts to expand the Empire further into Argonia in what is known as the Blackwater War. The war effort, headed by the Fourth Legion under leadership of the young and popular Commander Augurius Bucco, goes well at first, as the Legion very persuasively wins the one-sided Battle of Argonia, but it soon turns into a disaster, when the Argonians starts waging a guerilla war from the deeper parts of the swamp. Accustomed to fighting in the comparatively tame hills of Cyrodiil, the Legion only make very limited headway into the hostile terrain of the thick swamp forest over the next years. Due to the humid climate, disease runs rampant amongst the Imperial forces, and becomes the leading cause of death in the campaign, killing roughly half of the legionnaires. The rest are slowly, but surely, bled dry from constant skirmishes and harassment by Argonian warriors.

* ca. 1E 150-200: Gauldur is a renowned [[TheArchmage Archmage]] and master in [[SummonMagic Conjuration magic]] residing in Skyrim. His fame casts a long shadow over his three sons, Jyrik, Mikrul, and Sigdis, who murder Gauldur and steal his amulet, a major source of magical power. They split the amulet into three pieces and, [[DrunkWithPower consumed by their newfound power]], use their magic to wreck havoc across Skyrim. High King Harald of Skyrim orders a company of battlemages, led by Geirmund, to put a stop to the brothers' rampage. The battlemages confront the brothers, [[WizardDuel leading to a deadly duel with magic]]. Despite suffering great losses, Geirmund and his men emerge victorious with Jyrik and Mikrul slain. Only Sigdis, the middle child, remains. Unable to flee, he challenges Geirmund to a [[DuelToTheDeath formal duel]] in the fields near Ivarstead, a challenge which Geirmund is honor-bound to accept. After a fierce duel, Sigdis manages to defeat Geirmund, but [[TakingYouWithMe Geirmund is able to take Sigdis with him in death]], bringing an end to the rampage of the Gauldursons. To commemorate Geirmund's courage, High King Harald orders a tomb built for him on an island in Lake Geir, and has Sigdis' body interred there, as well, so that he would be forever guarded by the one who slew him. Because of the destruction caused by Gauldur's family, High King Harald orders the Gauldur name struck from all historical records, but the true story of the events eventually emerges over time.

** Igmund, the son of Jarl Hrolfdir, learns that Madanach is making political moves to have his independent Reachman kingdom officially recognized as a part of the Empire. Desperate to retake the jarldom his family has been disposed from, Igmund strikes a deal with Ulfric Stormcloak, now firmly established amongst his peers as a veteran and hero of the Great War. Ulfric will lead a Nord militia to retake the Reach in exchange for permitting the free worship of Talos in Markarth. Despite being aware that this would constitude a flagrant breach of the White-Gold Concordat, Igmund agrees to Ulfric's terms, hoping that the Thalmor will not learn about it.