THE HISTORY OF ORCS
THE AGE OF CREATION
DAWN OF AEGIS
(Est. 1 - 700 BCW)
1 BCW: The Four Brothers are born into the lands of Aegis: Krug, Horen, Malin, and Urguan
2 BCW: The descendants battle in the fateful war against Iblees and the Undead
3 BCW: Krug becomes scarred and burned by Iblees touch and cursed with bloodlust after the Arch-Daemon was defeated. In return, the Aenguls blessed Krug and his kin with Honor and Valor as contribution after the war.
4 BCW: The Four Brothers split into separate ways raising great families and unique civilizations.
5 BCW: Krug takes upon many mates creating vast amounts of sons and daughters, but the children of Grahla whomst was Krugβs life mate was recognized to be the most popular. These children went by the names of Rax, Dom, Gorkil and Lur.
6 BCW: Krugβs children triumph in many battles and obstacles earning great respect to their names.
7 BCW: Krug wages war against the Empire of Horen. While the Orcs sieged the city, Krug is challenged to an honor duel by the Emperor. Horen is swiftly defeated by Krug who planted his war axe into his brotherβs skull.
CLAN WAR
(Est. 700 - 1300 CW)
1 CW: The Orc Clans came about when the children of Krug began having descendents and eventually they separated into different families, or Clans. These Clans would have many differences and would respect their Clan Father and die for Him.
2 CW: These Clans would eventually start following Clan fathers, and there were two who possessed the most appeal; The Great Warrior Tythor, Slayer of the Kar'ak Scorpion, and The Great Shaman Orta, who could call down whole lightning storms.
3 CW: Two major Mega-Clans of the time were the Rax Clan led by TythorβRax and Dom Clan led by OrtaβDom.
4 CW: The Clan Wars tear through the lands of Krug between the Clan Dom and Clan Lur
5 CW: Warlord VerukβGorkil leads a campaign against Warlord TythorβRax in the Battle of Nomad Plains leading 500 Gorkils riding their fastest war boars against 1,200 Jabbernacks that TythorβRax brought to battle. The Gorkils tore through the Rax cavalry while the Domβs sent lightning crashing from the sky into the center of the Rax forces. At the end of the battle, TythorβRax retreated with 150 Jabbernacks while VerukβGorkil only lost 30 War Boars and even fewer Gorkils.
6 CW: TythusβRax is pronounced War Lord of the Rax Clan after TythorβRax falls in battle.
7 CW: The Clans of Krugmar are exposed to the truth of the dark shamanism utilized as a weapon by Dark Shamans of Clan Dom after slaughtering through the numbers of Clan Lur. This causes Clan Gorkil and Clan Rax to join Lur and face the Doms.
8 CW: Warlord TythusβRax led many victories over the Dominus Clan and in one fateful battle, the High Shaman Orta tried to use Dark Magic to win. Krug, in anger, showed his displeasure for the weak and sent down lightning bolts to aid Tythus. Orta was killed and the Dominus Clan was eliminated, many showing fealty to Tythus soon after.
9 CW: War Lord TythusβRax leads a great victory over the Elves, taking their ruined city and establishing it as the capital of the War Nation, SanβJazel.
THE AGE OF BLOOD
AEGIS
(1305 -1349 IG)[2011 - 2012 IRL]
1 CW - 1300 - Aegis began. Although the realm had already existed for a long time.
2 CW - 1305 - TythusβRax unites the Clans after the end of the Clan Wars and establishes the first Rexdom of Krugmar
3 13XX - BeinβLur suggests the formation of an Orcish Army and Rex Tythus grants Bein the title Dominus.
4 13XX - A Nomad Village was land granted to the Dominus of Krugmar by Rex Tythus
5 13XX β Dominus BeinβLur scouted a village near SanβJazel that was called Riverside. After some interactions and conflicts the Dominus waged war upon Riverside. The details of the battles are foggy, but the Orcs prevailed and the Dominus reconstructed the ruins forging a new city called SanβHar.
6 13XX - An Orc named Petri bought a home in Kellogg but began building an army in a short span of time. It was brought to the attention of Dominus BeinβLur and as Petri was confronted a skirmish broke out and left Petriβs army scattered and demoralized.
7 13XX - The Orcish Horde was reformed and construction of Fort Krug is completed.
8 13XX - Orta the Dark Shaman returns from death with the help of Iblees after being cast to the Nether by Krug for using Dark Magic. Dominus Bein is captured but after numerous attacks upon Orc cities he is defeated and killed by a group of Orcs in the Battle of SanβJazel.
9 13XX - Dominus Thyst challenges Tythus for the title of Rex and was mortally wounded in the battle. He suffered from his wounds and eventually was sent into the afterlife of the StargushβStroh.
10 13XX - Many of the Clans despised the leadership of Rex Tythus and united together to overthrow him in a revolt.
11 13XX - Just before the Assault of SanβJazel many of the clans became conflicted amongst themselves. Many laid their support in the Chieftain MogrokaβGorkil while others supported the Lower Dominus GorefangβGorkil.
12 13XX - Mogroka and Gorefang decided it could only be settled through a duel. The duel lasted for three days and nights but neither got the upper hand. On the fourth day, after dehydration and starvation begins to set in the two Orcs land a solid blow upon each-other ending the duel without a winner.
13 13XX - Many feared that bloodshed and civil war would soon break out without a winner and just as each side prepared for battle they were interrupted by The Wandering Wizard who convinced the Clans to re-unite to their cause to prevent the Undead from reaping their lands.
14 13XX -A prophecy is told by Elder Shaman KrinkβGorkil that two brothers would lead the Orcs to victory and it would be the Orcβs Golden Age.
15 13XX - Mogroka and Gorefang together set out for SanβJazel to meet the Rex and challenge him for the Rexdom. Rex Tythus arrogantly accepted both challenges at the same time and was defeated leaving Mogroka and Gorefang to share the Rex title.
16 13XX - ShezβLur, son of BeinβLur, destroys SanβHar and opens rebellion against MogrokaβGorkil believing him to be a Usurper since he had never held the title of Dominus. Rex Mogroka acted quickly and had the rebels in full retreat as ShezβLur was killed in the fighting.
17 13XX - The Great War began with a series of skirmishes between the Orcs and Dwarves outside of Sanβjazel.
18 1336 - Rex MogrokaβGorkil of Krugmar and Prince Mylas of the Holy Princedom of Malinor, accompanied by Hochmeister Gaius Marius, marched on the capital of the Grand Kingdom of Urguan, KalβUrguan
19 1336 - The Wandering Wizard falls defending against a horde of Undead
20 1339 - Grand Councilor Valen Blackaxe of Kal'Urguan and Warlord Mogroka of Krugmar end the Great War with a peace treaty, allowing Kal'Urguan to join the United Aegis Coalition.
21 1343 - The Dwarves begin work on a new coalition made up of Kal'Urguan, Renatus, Malinor, Hanseti and Krugmar.
22 1349 - Aegis falls
1 The Verge - Explored and colonized towards the end of Aegis, the Verge was a collections of islands that the people of Aegis fled through a portal to when Iblees' power became too great to contain. There they built ships to travel to Asulon.
ASULON
(1351 -1414 IG)[2012 IRL]
1 1351 - The orcs ventured to Asulon with the other mortal races and saw a boost in their population.
2 1351 - An idea spurred that the Rexdom of Krugmar was not working for the orcs, and thus the War Uzg, a nation of violence, was born.
3 13XX - As a result of the new found strength, the War Uzg aids the Hanseti in raids against the Kingdom of Renatus
4 13XX - War eventually breaks out with the orcs and Hansetians on one side and the Kingdom of Renatus on the other side. The war is stalemated after the orcs take over the fort of Das Boot.
5 13XX- After these tensions, the War Uzg set it's eyes on the Silver City of the High Elves. Within time, the orcs had burned down the Silver City after weeks of raiding. After the sacking of the Silver City, the War Uzg sat dormant for a while, until a new political advance in the War Uzg occurred.
6 13XX - The first Rex Klomp of the War Uzg occurs between the standing Rex MogrokaβGorkil and Warlord Pok of the Ugluk Clan. After a fierce battle, PokβUgluk emerges the winner and becomes the Third Rex to ever hold the title.
7 13XX- Rex Pok quickly turns relations with the nation of Salvus for the worst and forms four powerful alliances
8 13XX - The War Uzg declares war on Salvus, backed by the coalition Pok had formed. The coalition consisted of Alras, Renatus, Hanseti, and Malinor as well as some larger guilds and a rebellion lead by a Human noble.
9 1414 - The Descendants depart from Asulon
1 Elysium - A collection of islands that the people stopped on during their sea trip from Asulon to Anthos.
2 Kalos - A big island which the people stopped to restock on supplies between Elysium and Anthos.
ANTHOS
(1420 -1454 IG)[2013 - 2014 IRL]
1 1420 - The Descendants reach Anthos
2 14XX - The Orcs of the War Uzg occupied the capital of San'Orka.
3 14XX - The dwarves push back the orcs, after a victorious battle at Storm's Crossing, ending the war between the two races.
4 1440 - The War Uzg is disbanded and the Orcish desert is called the Orcish Badlands. The Orcish Clans become the center of Orcish political life.
5 1454 - A new land would be discovered by the descendants, known to most as the Fringe, a peculiar land seeming near ancient as Anthos itself, with a sprawling temple of marble with a peculiar obsidian portal, seeming much like the ones once used in Aegis by the Undead around roughly a century ago.
1 The Fringe - Explored and colonized towards the end of Anthos, the Fringe was a land surrounded by very high mountains, with weird natural land formations. The people escaped here through a tunnel when Anthos was flooded.
2 Thales - When a harsh heat passed through the Fringe, the people took a portal to Thales, where they stayed there until finding a more suitable land of Athera.
THE AGE OF IRON
ATHERA
(1470 -1513 IG)[2014 - 2015 IRL]
1 1470 - Power struggles existed each and every day, orcs had no honor towards each other. This occurred over the span of Athera, until an ancient and experienced orc known as Vrograk'Gorkil took it upon himself to fix things and declared himself Rex.
2 1470 - The Iron Uzg was established
3 14XX - Rex Vrograk'Gorkil orders construction of a capital city, Kodar'Goi. After years of construction, the fearsome city of violence was completed - arguably one of the most defendable places in Athera.
4 14XX - Skirmishes soon broke out naturally between the dwarves and the orcs. Primarily, the dwarves were angered by the shaving of dwarven beards by the Rex, Vrograk'Gorkil.
5 14XX - The Grand Kingdom of Urguan issued what was known as The Treaty of the Red Sands, which angered many orcs. Without second thought, Vrograk'Gorkil used the treaty as toilet paper - his faith in his newly revived orcs higher than ever. Soon after, both nations mobilized their armies in preparation for a bloody war.
6 14XX - A battle is won decisively for the Iron Uzg as they then marched to Kal'Ekknar - the Grandaxe Village.
7 14XX - After a long battle at Kal'Ekknar, the Dwarves utilized a strong flanking route and sent the Iron Uzg in a full retreat back to their original land.
8 1491: After a several year long conflict, peace has been made between the Kingdom of Akovia, Mardonic League, the Dwarves and the orcs.
9 1513: The Orc-Dwarf War comes to an end, and within a few months a giant worm destroys most of Athera. The descendant races then move on to The Isles of Vailor.
VAILOR
(1513 -1570 IG)[2015 - 2016 IRL]
1 1513 - Shortly after the arrival into Vailor, Rex Vrograk'Gorkil fell fatally ill - later dying, but not before naming his son, Vrogrash'Gorkil, to be trained to be the Rex of the Iron Uzg.
2 15XX - After some years it was realized that Rex Vrogrash'Gorkil never truly lived up to his father's legacy, and he later left the Iron Uzg.
3 15XX - In his place, surprisingly, the first non-orcish rex in history - Phaedrus'Yar took over the Iron Uzg as the Rex. At first faced with opposition, Phaedrus quickly proved he was an orc in an elf's body - truly the most vile elf to ever live.
4 15XX - Under Phaedrus's rule, the clans were reunified after a brief period of seclusion, tribute to the rex was expected from all clans, a holy warrior of the Church of Canon was slain in a duel, and most surprisingly - outlawed slavery and declared an era of industry.
5 15XX - Phaedrus'Yar was later defeated in an honorable duel by the orc known as Kahn'Braduk, an orc more ancient than Vrograk'Gorkil himself.
6 15XX - Briefly, the Iron Uzg was a part of the Southern Vailor Coalition, but Rex Kahn believing the Chancellor of the coalition, Aelthir Tundrak was trying to control him, took his nation out of the alliance and left the heart of the great beast the Fleugal at their feet, challenging them to seek retribution.
7 15XX - The Iron Uzg had brief skirmishes with the combined armies of Urguan and Fenn, but did not react until the Southern Vailor Coalition broke up after the vassalization of Aeroch Nor by the Holy Oren Empire.
8 1527 - The Iron Uzg begins advancing towards the Princedom of Fenn as an act of retribution to prior threats.
9 1528: The Iron Uzg wins against the Ivae'Fenn outside their city, and prepare to siege Tar'sil, the Princedom's capital.
10 1529: The Princedom of Fenn with Dunamis support bests the Iron Uzg in a siege against the Princedom of Fenn's capital.
11 15XX - Regrouping his forces, Rex Kahn'Braduk attempted again and conquered the Snow Elves. He ultimately fell ill, and was challenged by his friend Targoth Ubba'Ugluk who would go on to become Rex and reform the Iron Uzg as the War Uzg
12 1560 - The Iron Uzg collapsed and is reformed into the War Uzg
13 15XX - Rex UbbaβUgluk falls ill and grants the Rex title to his friend, SnoopβAzog.
14 15XX - The clans showed dissatisfaction for their newly elected Rex, SnoopβAzog and was defeated after entering an honor duel with KharakβRaguk.
15 15XX - The Shaman Rex KharakβRaguk leads the War Uzg on the Orgonic campaign. During this time much of the land became blighted or tainted with disease.
16 1570 - The Descendants flee Vailor through a Spirit Portal after the Great Spirit of Disease, Orgon, tainted the land and created an imbalance of nature ultimately destroying it.
AXIOS
(1571 -1642 IG)[2016 - 2017 IRL]
1 1571 - Vailor falls into destruction while the Orcs sail through the magical sea corridor into the lands of Axios eventually splitting from the mass of Vailoric Ships and anchored at the Jungles of Asul in the city of SanβGarath.
2 1573 - Rex KharakβRaguk dies at the hands of a mysterious spirit, and KulgarokβLak, a notable shaman, succeeds him.
3 1574 - Kulgarok constructs a new city, SanβKharak, in the swamp not far from SanβGarath. SanβGarath is promptο»Ώly abandoned.ο»Ώο»Ώ
4 1576 - Rex KulgarokβLak is challenged by MalgunuzβRaguk, who handily defeats Kulgarok and takes the title of Rex. A group of Orcs known as the Sarnites break off from the Uzg and establish their own settlement across from SanβKharak, claiming themselves to be the true Rexdom. A civil war erupts between the Sarnites and the War Uzg.ο»Ώ
5 1577 - The Order of the Angathgul is formed and separates from the Uzg, making its home on Ceru, by Sutica. Later that year, The βIvory Mandateβ is signed in Oren, stating that all Orcish tusks brought to the crown will be rewarded with a hefty sum of minas.
6 1579 - John I Owyn, Emperor of the Holy Orenian Empire, declares war on the War Uzg. As a response, the Sarnites reunite with the War Uzg and their disagreements are put aside in order to stand up against the Orenian menace. The first major engagement, known as βThe Battle of Atlayβ, is a decisive Orenian victory.
7 1580 - VorgoβYar claims Rexdom after MalgunuzβRaguk is imprisoned by the Skygods.
8 1581 - SanβKharak is evacuated right before Oren encircles the city and begins to siege it, the only people left to defend it being VorgoβYar, Dominus KhargakβRaguk, and the honorary MorkaβVorgor. The city quickly falls, with Khargak being slain at the battle, and Vorgo and Morka being brought to the Johannesburg Courthouse for trial, ending with both of them dying. Afterward, the War Uzg is disbanded and the remaining Orcs hide across Axios to try and recover from the devastating genocidal war they have battled.
9 1582 - The surviving Orcs begin to reunite and sail to the desert of Urguan as provided refuge by the Grand King of Urguan, Torvin Grandaxe, and founded a camp in the wasteland of Azaghol, where the Orcs lived as a loose band with little in the means of government.
10 1589 - Kulgarok returns and briefly claims Rexdom. However, very quickly he is challenged by a returning ancient orc, DrokonβUgluk, who beats Kulgarok and reforms the Orcish society into the War Nation of Krugmar.
11 1591 - A Warzone erupts between Urguan and Azaghol versus Orenia and the Dominion of Malin after Wood Elf scouts found Orcs in Azaghol also known as βThe Battle of the Gray Peninsulaβ, which ends in a loss for the Orcs.
12 1593 - Rex DrokonβUgluk helps form a Coalition alongside The Grand Kingdom of Urguan, The Kingdom of Courland, the Ivaeβfenn, and Norland to fight against the warmongering Orenian Empire.
13 1594 - The Orenian Empire attempt to cross through a valley in the desert but are defeated by the Coalition forces in a fight known as βThe Battle of the Gorgeβ, marking the first battle the Empire had lost in over a hundred years.
14 1595 - The Coalition battles for the unstable county of Lorraine which is famously known as βThe Battle of Goldfieldβ.
15 1596 - DrokonβUgluk is severely injured after a hunt, only being saved due to both a surgery performed by MurgoshβRaguk and some magic by the dark shaman Kulgarok. Drokon is severely altered by Kulgarokβs magic and the Rex goes a spree of killing many Wargoths and other Orcs who he believes are conspiring against him. Soon after, Kulgarok reforms the Clan of Dom, bringing with him a new era of dark shamanism.
16 1597 - Drokon is returned to his right state of mind, ending his reign of terror.
17 1599 - Rex DrokonβUgluk, out of shame for what he had done and the countless he had killed, hands the title of Rexdom over to OrgothβBraduk. With this abdication, the clan Ugluk is decreed to be absorbed into clan Gorkil.
18 1602 - The Clans Braduk and Raguk, in an attempt to shore up their lacking numbers, merge to form the Clan Braguk.
19 1606 - Rex OrgothβBraduk abdicates Rexdom to GurakβYar.
20 1608 - A coup is attempted by the Wargoth KuntklobberaβRaguk at a feast, leading to a short battle that ended with Kuntklobbera being stripped of his status, yet still in Orcish society.
21 1612 - The Braguk Clan breaks up, reverting to Clans Braduk and Raguk.
22 1614 - GurakβYar steps down, leaving a void in the leadership that is filled by KulgarokβDom. Immediately, Kulgarok is challenged and defeated by EathβLur, and is once again banished from Krugmar.
23 1615 - Rex EathβLur steps down and hands the title over to KuntklobberaβRaguk a bit before the World Cactus Festival.
24 1617 - A Coalition is formed between the War Nation, Urguan, Veris, and Norland to fight against the newly reformed Oren.
25 1619 - Anti-Laurehβlin sentiment rises immensely, with a spree of raids and taunts from the Rex and other Orcs, leading the two nations to the brink of war. The tensions did not result in any major conflicts, but they persisted for years afterwards.
26 1620 - The Shamanic Fellowship is founded.
27 1621 - Kuntklobbera'Raguk, in order to show his devotion to Leyd, changes his name to Leydluk'Raguk.
28 1642 - The Isles of Axios sunk into a deep thanic winter while the Orcs and other descendants escaped by sea.
THE AGE OF DARKNESS
ATLAS
(1643 - 1705 IG)[2017 - 2019 IRL]
1 1643 - The Descendants reach the shores of Atlas after spending some time sailing upon the sea.
216XX - Orcs enter the first half of the Orc-Elf War and shortly into it Rex UβlaβYar is captured by mercenaries and executed by the Dominion of Malin.
3 16XX - LeydlukβRaguk reclaims the Rexdom and leads the War Nation of Krugmar
416XX - Rex LeydlukβRaguk involves the War Nation in the Courland-Renatus War
5 16XX - Rex Leydluk orders the construction of Fort Stronk bordering the lands of the Dominion of Malin
6 16XX - Several skirmishes and conflicts occur upon the roads outside of Fort Stronk
7 16XX - Rex LeydlukβRaguk relieves himself of the title and raises the Targoth PuknaakβLak as the next Rex of Krugmar.
8 16XX - Krugmar enters the second half of the Orc-Elf War as Rex Puknaak orders a re-design of Fort Stronk. Many battles continue to happen between the Elves and Orcs.
9 16XX - PuknaakβLak enters and honor duel with the Prince of the Dominion as suggested by Emperor Aurelius of Renatus-Marna which concluded with Rex Puknaakβs defeat and death.
10 16XX - MorlakβLak rises as Rex when the clans decide upon him after his brother, Puknaakβs, death.
11 16XX - After Rex Morlakβs death, the clans fumble for the Rexdom and an honor duel is declared between FalumβLur and Blogus the Black. After a decisive brawl, Rex FalumβLur reigns over what remained of Krugmar and SanβKala which was shortly stripped away and granted to the Dominion of Malin.
12 16XX - Rex FalumβLur departed for some time leaving Krugmar after SanβKala was taken and left the Orcs in great unrest. When he returned, Warlord ShakulβGorkil claimed himself as Rex backed by a newly elected Warlord of Braduk. Shakul challenged Falum and dueled each other in a close match until the Gorkil claimed victory and earned the title as Rex ShakulβGorkil.
13 16XX - Rex ShakulβGorkil settles the orcs in the lands of the Frostbeards of KazβUlrah for some time but eventually reclaims SanβKala then facing the conflict of the separate Orc Horde of ThagurzβGrish and resolves the situation by assimilating the Horde into Krugmar and allowing them to continue their ways.
14 16XX - Many Clans become unsatisfied with Rex ShakulβGorkil as he often referred to making intolerable actions in the view of the Clans of Krugmar.
15 16XX - Glottgut'Raguk and Rognor'Lak lead a revolt of the clans in hopes to overthrow Rex ShakulβGorkil which then phased into a Clan War.
16 16XX - After several battles, Rex ShakulβGorkil is defeated and the Warlords choose Rex GilgameshβBraduk, son of the late KahnβBraduk, to reign.
17 16XX - The War Nation of Krugmar is reformed into the Rexdom of Krugmar
18 16XX - Rex Gilgamesh vanishes from the lands of Krug and Warlord MurakβGorkil rises to the occasion claiming the Rexdom.
19 1700 - Clan Raguk gets banished from Krugmar by Rex MurakβGorkil
20 1705 - The inhabitants of Atlas escaped to Arcas.
ARCAS
[(1705 - SA 0) 1705 - 1796 IG]{2019 - 2020 IRL}
1 1705 - The Orcs and other Descendants reach the lands of Arcas after escaping Atlas.
2 17XX - Relations with Clan Raguk are repaired by Rex BurburβLur, but remain separate entities.
3 1715 - Rex BurburβLur gives an order to begin reconstruction of SanβStrohk.
4 1732 -The Battle of Lowveld was fought between the forces of the Holy Orenian Empire and the Federation of Mokh-Uruk. The battle proved to be a victory for Mohk-Uruk
5 1734 - The Holy Orenian Empire declared war against the Federation of Mokh-Uruk.
6 1796: Arcas was destroyed and people settled on Almaris. Some people started to mark this as the beginning of the Second Age and reset the year to 0.
ALMARIS
(SA 0 - SA 128 IG)[1796 - 1924 IG]{2020 - 2023 IRL}
1 SA 35 - The Grand Kingdom of Urguan issued a declaration of war against the War Nation of Krugmar.
2 SA 39 - The war between Urguan and Krugmar ends in an Urguani victory.
3 SA 72 - After failed negotiations, the Orcs of the Iron Uzg declare war on the Kingdom of Elysium for apparent racism, sparking the Orc-Elysium War.
4 SA 76 - The Siege of Elysium transpired concluding with an Iron Uzg victory
5 SA 78 - The Elves of Malinor send an ultimatum to The Horde, demanding that they withdraw from their Haelun'orian lands. The Horde refuses, and sparks the Malinor-Horde War.
6 SA 83 - The Kingdom of Haense & The Grand Kingdom of Urguan declare a joint war against The Horde, sparking the Almaris Coalition War.
7 SA 83 - With the mitigation of the Kingdom of Oren, the Horde and Malin'or finally sign a peace treaty, ending the Malinor-Horde War.
8 SA 85 - The Almaris Coalition War ends with the signing of a treaty
9 SA 102 - The Iron Uzg declares war on those who use "Dark Magics" and launch an invasion of The Synods. This sparks the Orcish-Synod War.