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Below is a time line of events transpiring in the history of the Warhammer world.

[edit] History of the Warhammer World

The timeline lists general dates of major events according to the Imperial Calendar. If a date is given in the source material according to a different calendar (such as the Nehekhara calendar which dates year 0 as the beginning of Settra's second reign, or the Gospodarin calendar which dates year 0 as the founding Kislev,) dates are adjusted to the Imperial calendar by matching them against the founding of the Empire by Sigmar (year 0, Imperial Calendar.) The names of the ages of creation are credited to the Lizardmen from their source book.

Whenever the date of an event is unknown, but it is understood to have happened after the given year, it will be listed as a subset of the given year.

[edit] The Dawn of Creation

• -15,000 The Old Ones arrive in Lustria.
  • The first spawning of Slann Mage-Priests.
• -10,000 The founding of the first city, Itza. Soon, Xlanhuapec and Tlax are founded as well.
  • The second generation of Slann are spawned and set out to change the orbit of the planet, making it more hospitable to life.
  • The Old Ones begin to exert control over the various races of the world, bending them to their will
  • The third generation of Slann are born. They found the cities of Tlaxtlan, Quetza, Zlatlan.
  • The fourth generation of Slann are born to attend to the polar warp gates, and found the remaining temple-cities of the Lizardmen empire.
  • The Old Ones split the world's super continent into continents closer to what they look like today. The "World Pond" is created.
  • The Saurus are created to protect the Temple Cities, and force the will of the Old Ones. They set out to exterminate many undesirable races.
  • The Old Ones experiment further, bending primordial races to new and different shapes. Elves, Dwarfs, and Humans are created.
  • The Old Ones create suitable habitats and climates for each of the races they have created.
  • Elves record this time as their Golden Age.
  • Greenskins first appear. The Old Ones send the Saurus to war against the undesirable race. The Saurus are never able to stamp out the menace, presumably due to their reproductive system.

[edit] The Fall

• -5,600 to -4,500 The polar Warpgates collapse. Chaos enters the world (also known as the First Chaos Incursion).
  • The Old Ones disappear from the world.
  • Before they leave, the Old Ones create Giants to protect the island of Albion.
  • The temple city of Xahutec falls to Chaos, all within are slaughtered.
  • The Lizardmen muster the largest armies ever assembled to combat the Chaos hordes. Millions are killed in the gigantic battles.
  • Huatl, Tlanxla, Chaqua, and Xhotl are all destroyed by the Chaos demons.
  • Contact between the Lizardmen of Lustria and the Southlands is broken.
  • One of the oldest Slann, Chiccotta of Zlatlan, manages to remove the Chaos hordes from the Southlands in one gigantic spell, dying in the process.
  • The Ogham Circles, defences created to keep Chaos at bay are erected.
  • The temple city of Chupayotl begins to sink into the ocean.
  • The Dwarfs settle in the World's Edge Mountains.
  • Dwarfs first encounter Elves.
  • The Dwarf Ancestor Gods disappear.

[edit] The Age of Recovery

• -4500 Aenarion passes through the Sacred Flame to become the first Phoenix King of Ulthuan.
• -4470 Aenarion draws the Sword of Khaine and the elven race is cursed.
• -4461 Aenarion finds and marries Morathi
• -4458 birth of Malekith.
• -4421 Aenarion is wounded in the battle of the dead and flys to Blighted Isle and places the sword back on the altar. He is never seen again.
• -4421 The Elves create the Vortex, draining vast amounts of chaos from the world while being aided covertly by the slann.
• -4119 Malekith called Malekith the Great at this time, and Snorri Whitebeard (High King of the Dwarfs) combine their armies to drive Chaos from the Old World.
  • The first High Elf explorers venture into the jungles of Lustria.
• -3894 Chupayotl slips into the sea. Rumours persist to this day of an under water race taking up residence within.
• -2839 Phoenix King Bel-Shanaar visits Karaz-a-Karak and strikes a peace accord with Snorri Whitebeard. The two races prosper until civil strife on Ulthuan recalls the Elven ambassadors.
• -2750 Bel Shanaar is assassinated. Malekith passes through the Sacred Flame in an attempt to become the new Phoenix King, but he is horribly burned and subsequently flees to Nagarythe. Chracian hunters save the life of the future Phoenix King Caledor I, and become known as White Lions. Civil war erupts in Ulthuan.
• -2723 The Sundering. As the intensity of the Ulthuan civil war increases, cataclysmic energies are unleashed, sinking Tiranoc and smashing Nagarythe to pieces. The Dark Elves, led by Malekith, raise the Black Arks and depart to the cold north to found the kingdom of Naggaroth, leaving the High Elves to rebuild their shattered land.
• -2500 Settra conquers all the lands of Nehekhara, appointing Princes to protect his rule. This begins the first dynasty of Nehekhara.
  • Settra founds Khemri as his seat of power.
  • The Priesthood of Awakening is founded.
  • The Pyramid of Eternity is built.
  • During the reign of Utep of Khemri, the priests of Awakening take the first steps towards immortality.
• -2188 The High Elves finally return to the Old World.
• -2005 Malekith sends Dark Elf warriors to harass Dwarf caravans, stealing gold and killing indiscriminately. Tensions rise between the Dwarfs and the High Elves (who are framed for the incident).
• -2000 Ancient texts from Zlatlan speak of strife with the lost Dwarf stronghold of Karak Zorn.
  • Kavzar is founded by Humans. Eventually, it will become the seat of Skaven power, Skavenblight.
• -1999 High King Gotrek Starbreaker send ambassadors to Ulthuan in attempt to secure peace between the Elves and Dwarfs. When they ask for fair recompense for the damage the Elves supposedly caused, they are expelled and their beards are shorn. The War of the Beard formally begins.
• -1950 Dwarfs settle in Kavzar, creating an under-city, and helping the humans build their over-city.
• -1880 Construction begins on the great Temple of Kavzar.
• -1780 The Temple of Kavzar is completed except for single stone. Warpstone rains down on the city, and it is overrun by giant mutated rats.
• -1600 Phoenix King Caledor II is killed by High King Gotrek Starbreaker at the 14th siege of Tor Alessi (The Battle of the Three Towers) to bring the War of the Beard to an end.
  • The first true Skaven emerge from the newly named Skavenblight. Skaven begin experimenting with magic, and begin to scour the land for more Warpstone.
• -1589 High Elf forces are re-called from the Old World to combat a new attempt by Dark Elves to gain a foothold on Ulthuan.
• -1501 Athel Loren is founded by High Elves who choose to remain in the Old World, who become the Asrai, or Wood Elves.
• -1500 The Slann make a minor shift in the world's plates assumed to be in accordance with the Old One's wishes. The World's Edge Mountains are torn apart by the resulting earthquakes.
  • The changes in the World's Edge Mountains are known as the Time of Woes for the Dwarfs. Many records created in strongholds are lost and interrupted. The Great Book of Grudges in Karaz-a-Karak falls silent.
  • The Skaven enact a plan to use magic to expand the size of Skavenblight. A great machine is built to do this, but backfires and kills most of the city. The Council of Thirteen and Order of the Gray Seers rise to prominence to lead their race.
  • Karak Ankor is shattered as many Dwarf settlements and strongholds are destroyed. The great Underway is blocked or destroyed in places, cutting off several Dwarf strongholds from each other.
  • The first fortress to fall to the oncoming hordes of Orcs, Goblins, Skaven, Trolls and Ogres is Karak Ungor. It is taken by Night Goblins and is from then onwards known as Red Eye Mountain. The period following this is known as the Goblin Wars.
• -1499 Karak Varn falls to the Skaven and Night Goblins.
• -1498 The mines of Ekrund are seized by the Orcs after heavy fighting with the Dragonback Dwarfs.
  • The watch towers of Mad Dog Pass are gradually abandoned and seized by the Goblins.
• -1497 The Night Goblins seize the gold mines of Mount Gunbad, the largest mine in the World's Edge Mountains, as well as a major source for Brightstone.

[edit] The Age of Strife

• -1400 Wandering clans of Skaven build the first settlements in The Southlands, Araby, and The Dark Lands. Lord Markrit founds The Hell Pit, & Lord Viskrin leads Clan Eshin into Cathay.
• -1399 The Skaven Clan Pestilens occupies the ruined Lizardmen city of Quetza. Plague spreads throughout Lustria.
• -1387 The Silver Road Wars begin between the Dwarfs and Goblins.
• -1367 The Dwarf stronghold of Mount Silverspire is taken by the Orc Warlord Urk Grimfang who further fortifies the mine, renaming it Mount Grimfang. This marks the end of The Silver Road Wars.
• -1362 The Dwarfs withdraw from their eastern empire in the World's Edge Mountains, including their mines and smaller settlements.
• -1300 - 1250 The Skaven fight with Nagash in The War of Cripple Peak.
• -1250 Thunder Mountain erupts, forcing Orcs, Goblins and Trolls towards the north. The Troll Wars begin for the Dwarfs.
  • The Dwarf strongholds of Valhorn and Budrikhorn fall to rampaging Trolls.
• -1245 Dwarf King Morgrim Blackbeard leads his forces to the south and pushes the Orcs out of the World's Edge Mountains to the north of Mad Dog Pass.
  • Logazor Brightaxe leads an army east and retakes Mount Gunbad, but has to abandon the mines.
  • Mount Silverspire is unsuccessfully attacked when Trolls and Ogres move against Karaz-a-Karak.
  • For the next 250 years, the Dwarfs set out to consolidate their holdings in the mountain chain, reopening mines previously lost.
• -1200 The end of the living line of Nehekharan kings and the 6th dynasty.
  • Nagash awakens all the kings resting in the necropoli.
  • Plagues sweep through the Nehekharan lands. All its citizens are left dead or dying.
  • Nagash sacks Lhamia.
  • Alcadizaar is victorious over Nagash and releases the Tomb Kings from his servitude, founding the 7th dynasty.
  • After Nagash's defeat, he founds Nagashizzar in The Cursed Pit. This drives scores of Orcs and Goblins from the area, back into the World's Edge Mountains.
  • Nagash and The Skaven declare a truce in the War of Cripple Peak. The Skaven receive Warpstone in return for Orc and Goblin slaves.
  • The Council of Thirteen has Nagash assassinated.
• -1185 Runesmith Kadrin Redmane clears the ruins of Karak Varn of the Skaven and resettles the Stronghold due to the discovery of a rich vein of gromril.
• -1151 Settra awakes and becomes Settra the Imperishable.
• -1150 Settra wages and wins a civil war with the other awakened Tomb Kings for the throne of Nehekhara, and declares it his "Reign of Millions of Years".
• -975 The Battle of a Thousand Woes. King Skorri Morgrimson leads a huge Dwarf army north to attempt to recapture Karak Ungor. They are partially successful but ambushed as they attempt to enter the Keep itself. Skorri leads his forces back to Karaz-a-Karak and dies shortly after. Little information about the Greenskins is recorded for the next few hundred years.
• -750 The Red Cloud Goblin tribe attacks Karak Azgul and is repelled. They then move on to Karak Azul, partially capturing the hold for 10 years. Eventually they are expelled from the fortress.
• -650 The first Slayer King, Baragor, dedicates the Great Shrine of Grimnir in Karak Kadrin. He then takes the name of Ungrim, which all of his descendants bear to this day.
• -617 King Alkharad wages war against the Greenskins in what will become known as the War of Bones.
• -513 Over the course of 100 years, Karak Eight Peaks eventually falls as each of the eight mountains are gradually overrun by Goblins and Skaven. Eventually the Skaven poison the wells and use toxic gasses to oust the Dwarfs. King Lunn orders the tombs of the Kings of Old rune-sealed, vowing to return in the future.
• -469 Karak Azgal is attacked and destroyed by Orcs and Goblins who then move on to take Karak Drazh, renaming it Black Crag. The lands between the Mad Dog Pass and Fire Mountain are taken by the Goblins, save for the stronghold of Karak Azul.
• -420 The Dwarfs first discover gun powder on the body of a Skaven, realizing the Skaven are beginning to use their own weapons against them.
• -400 Establishment of the Underempire. The Skaven spread tunnel networks out across the Old World.
• -380 Ork Warlord Ugrok Beardburner lead a Waaagh! northwards to Karaz-a-Karak. Many small settlements are destroyed, mines overwhelmed, and hundreds of Dwarfs die.
  • The Dwarf High King Logan Proudbeard is captured and humiliated by the Orcs spurring the Dwarfs under Gorazin Silverhorn into a furious assault, driving the Orcs away from the capital. Orc armies continue to rampage until they are defeated at the Battle of Black Water.
• -350 Skaven overrun Crookback Mountain and enslave several tribes of Night Goblins, establishing a permanent foothold in The Dark Lands.
• -300 The first members of Clan Pestilens return from Lustria, and begin the first Skaven Civil War.
• -250 Dwarfs intensify trade with the Human civilizations which are slowly forming into the Empire.
• -215 The first Dark Elf raiders venture into Lustria to steal priceless artefacts.
• -100 Nagash is resurrected and returns to Cripple Peak and Nagashizzar. He destroys the Skaven Clan Rikek in a single night.
• -39 Nagash is awakened by Arkhan.
  • Settra and all the armies of the Tomb Kings follow them into the wilderness and defeat the heretics.
  • The Tomb Kings Zandri and Numas revolt against Settra, but are defeated.
• -30 Sigmar is born to King Bjorn of the Unberogen tribe of men.
• -15 A trading convoy led by King Kurgan Ironbeard is captured by the Skaven, who then sell him to Orcs for warpstone. However, the king is rescued by Sigmar. Ironbeard rewards Sigmar by giving him the Rune Hammer Ghal Maraz, paving the way for a great alliance.
• -1 The Battle of Black Fire Pass. A massive Orc army is destroyed by a combined army of Dwarfs and Humans under Sigmar.
  • The Orcs and Goblins are slowly driven from the areas west of the World's Edge Mountains.
  • Many Dwarfs move into human lands, helping them build cities and introducing them to new technologies.
  • Orcs and Goblins are kept at bay by Dwarf and Human armies. Several attempts to retake strongholds are launched but fail.
• 0 Sigmar is crowned the first Emperor by the High Priest of Ulric, marking the foundation of the Empire.
  • The Prophecy of Sotek is brought to fruition with the appearance of the Twin Tailed Comet. The Red-Crested Skinks migrate and the Cult of Sotek rises among the Lizardmen, spreading throughout Lustria.
  • Sigmar pushes the Norsii people from their lands on the sea of claws into what is now Kislev. The Ungols, a major tribe of the region, pushes them even further into what is now known as Norsca.
• 15Sigmar wins the Crown of Sorcery from the Necromancer Morath. Upon hearing this, Nagash leads an army from Nehekhara into the Empire to claim the crown.
  • Nagash takes residence in the abandoned High Elf city of Athel Tamera and begins to swell the ranks of his army with the newly dead.
  • Nagash and Sigmar duel outside of Altdorf during the ensuing battle. Sigmar strikes Nagash down, and the invading army of Undead crumbles into dust. As he falls, Nagash curses the vampires of the world to forever be driven back by the name of Sigmar.
• 17 Sigmar destroys the Skaven horde in the Middle Mountains of the Empire.
• 50 After half a century of prosperity of the newly proclaimed Empire, Sigmar disappears in the East.
• 73 Johann Helsturm is the first Great Teogonist of the growing cult to Sigmar, Patron God of the Empire.
• 100 Clan Pestilens abandons Quetza for the Old World when Sotek sends thousands of snakes into their tunnels. The Slann recognise Sotek as the pre-eminent Lizardmen god.
  • Settra sends warships north of his lands to seek out slaves. Upon their return, the slaves are put to work building wells and restoring Nehekhara's former glory.
  • Clan Eshin returns from Cathay and is immediately put to work by The Council of Thirteen in the civil war.
• 200 Plague Lord Nurglitch travels to Skavenblight and strikes a peace accord with the council in return for a seat among them (and under duress from a plague he carries with him). This marks the end of the first Skaven Civil War.
• 287 Dwarfs discover the nest of the dragon Mordrak in the mountains south of Karak Azul.
• 315 Lord Tepec-Inzi leads an expedition into Naggaroth to recover stolen artefacts.
• 657 Thori Gundrikson discovers gromril in the caves west of Black Water. The Skaven eventually overrun the mines, but not before the gromril is exhausted.
• 685 Dorin Heldour brings the skin of the dragon Fyrskar to King Finn Sourscowl. Heganbor the Runesmith forges it into a cloak engraved with mighty runes.
• 700 Warlocks of Clan Skyre perfect the Warpstone Thrower. Reports of the weapon are discredited as the ravings of madmen.
• 876 The vampire Luthor Harkon arrives in Lustria and founds the Vampire Coast.
• 888 The Norse adventurer Losteriksson founds the settlement of Skeggi. Rumours of the Amazons begin to surface in the Old World.
• 977 Gilles le Breton conqueres all the lands west of the Grey Mountains.
• 979 Gilles le Breton officially founds Brettonia. This marks the beginning of the Brettonian Calendar.
  • The new Brettonian armies force Orcs and Goblins from their new holdings into the Grey Mountains.
• 1106 - 1110 Drakwald Forest succumbs to ever-increasing numbers of Beastmen.
• 1110 Lord Vilner, heir to the Drakwald throne is assassinated by Deathmaster Silke, sparking a Civil War in the Empire.
• 1111 The Black Death sweeps throughout the Old World. Over half of the Empire's population succumbs to the sickness. The plague is created by the Skaven to weaken the Empire prior to a massive planned invasion.
  • The Black Death marks the beginning of the Skaven Wars.
  • The Dwarfs shut off the outside world to protect themselves but the Skaven burrow in, engaging the Dwarfs in drawn out conflicts.
• 1115 Emperor Goldgather is assasinated by Deathmaster Silke. When no successor is named, the Skaven declare themselves rulers of the Empire.
• 1116 The Skaven march into Sylvania. Necromancer Van Hel raises a huge army of the Undead to break their advance. The two armies war for the next 5 years.
• 1122 - 1124 Count Mandred of Middenland rallies plague-ravaged citizens against hordes of oncoming Skaven, earning the title Mandred The Ratcatcher, or Mandred Skaven-Slayer. Mandred puts an end to the Skaven Wars.
  • Mandred is crowned Emperor, holding court in Middenheim.
• 1142 Guillame, the third king of Brettonia, forces the last of the Greenskins from Brettonia at the Battle of Armandur.
• 1150 Ibn Jellaba of Araby treks over land searching for a route to the centre of the Southlands. He encounters the lost Lizardmen city of Zlatlan.
• 1152 The assassination of Emperor Mandred. The assassination was ordered by The Council of Thirteen, and carried out by Nartik of Clan Eshin.
  • The Elector Counts are unable to decide on a successor. Civil war erupts between the leading regions of the succession - Stirland and Talabecland.
• 1153 - 1200 Unsupported, villages of Drakwald fall into decline, and Chaos Beasts claim them for their own. Thousands are slain by beasts and Goblins.
• 1247 The Tilean explorer Marco Pilare reaches Cathay and writes of seeing Skaven under the city of Wei-Jin.
• 1265 Count Faulk of Middenland rallies and army to reclaim Drakwald.
  • Beastlord Kartok Great-horn gathers thirty warbands of Beastmen and destroys Faulk's force in the fourth week of their campaign. No survivors return to Middenland.
  • Kartok is slain in a duel with Doombull Urgorgoth.
• 1300 Clan Moulder creates the first successful Rat Ogre, raising their prominence in the Underempire.
• 1360 Ottilia of Talabecland is selfproclaimed Empress. During two centuries there will be two Emperors: the elected Emperor and the governant Count of Talabecland.
• 1414 Nordland and Middenland, after centuries of war, split the contested lands of Drakwald. Scores of Beastmen in the region keep either side from exerting control over the forrest.
• 1430 Sultan Jaffar of Araby expands the holdings of his city state into a great desert empire. He secretly employs Skaven as assassins and spies in exchange for Warpstone.
• 1437 An expedition from Araby strikes deep into Nehekhara. The grave robbers sack Zandri, slaying many Liche Priests. They are eventually stopped during a raid on Khemri.
• 1448 The Skaven convince Sultan Jaffar that the Estalia plan to attack Araby. The Araybians invade Estalia and captures Magritta.
  • The Crusades begin. Araby is pushed out of Estalia, and the Sultan is eventually defeated at the Battle of Al-Haikk.
• 1492 Marco Colombo discovers Lustria and reports that there are Skaven on the continent engaged in warfare with the Lizardmen.
• 1524 Khan-Queen Shoika founds the nation of Kislev. She declares herself Tzarina to indicate her rule over all lands north of the Urskoy.
• 1527 Norvad, the greatest settlement of the Ungol is captured by Kislev and is renamed Erengrad. This completes the modern lands of Kislev.
• 1547 The Count of Middenheim is selfproclaimed Emperor. At that moment there was three Emperors. None of them gains the loyalty of the other provinces and so every one of them controls an indepentend state.
• 1563 Skaven overrun the city of Tobaro in Tilea and force Prince Marcelli to evacuate.
• 1565 Marcelli returns to Tobaro with what is reportedly the largest mercenary force ever. With the help of High Elves, he is able to recapture the city.
• 1666 Clan Skyre develops Warpfire cannons.
• 1705 - 1712 Gorbad Ironclaw succeeds in uniting Iron Claw and Broken Tooth Greenskin tribes, forming a massive WAAAGH!
  • Gorbad leads his army into the Empire, ransacking Averland and the Moot.
  • Averheim and Nuln are burned by the rampaging Greenskin forces.
  • The Battle of Solland's Crown. The Count of Solland is slain by the Greenskins, and his sword Runefang is taken.
  • The Battle of Grunberg. Gorbad is seriously wounded, but still forces a victory. The Empire army retreats to Altdorf.
  • The WAAAGH! lays siege to Altdorf. The Emperor Sigismund is killed in the battle. Gorbad's wound is aggrivated, causing the Orc to slowly grow weaker and weaker, until the WAAAGH! buckles and breaks up - leaving the eastern half of the Empire in ruins.
• 1786 Clan Eshin releases rats carrying The Red Pox in the Brettonian city of Bordelaux. A third of the city's population dies, and the Baron Du'Pont orders the Poor Qaurter burned to the ground, effectively ending the plague.
• 1801 The ousted Prince of Sartosa, Luciano Soprania, founds Port Reaver.
• 1812 The Skaven release The Red Pox again, this time on both Brettonia and northern Tilea.
  • Anarchy breaks out in Brettonia, and the city of Brionne is torched by crazed citizens.
  • The Skaven attack, and the cities of Brionne, Bordelaux, & Maglianno, are all destroyed.
  • The Skaven lay siege to Quenelles.
• 1813 Brettonia strikes a deal with the High Elves. The combined forces break the siege of Quenelles and drive the Skaven back under ground. Over a third of the population of Brettonia have died in the plague and war.
• 1847 Duke Tudual du L'Anguille funds an expedition, headed by his son, into Lustria. Six months into the expedition, Huatl is robbed of its sacred artefacts. The young Bretonnian noble and his expedition are never heard from again (or missed).
• 1941 Warlord Skinchewer of Clan Skab allies himself with one of the Tomb Kings, gaining a new form of magic for the Underempire.
• 1979 Magritta of Mairenburg is elected Empress by the Elector Counts who want the crown for themselves. The Great Teogonist of Sigmar doesn't approve the naming and the Imperial system disappears. From that moment until the crowning of Magnus the Pious, there is no Emperor and the Empire becomes more and more divided.
• 1999 The city of Mordheim is hit by a meteorite of pure warpstone, marking the greatest known concentration of the mineral ever. The Skaven immediately take possession of the town and begin mining the meteorite.
• 2010 The Dwarfs fight alongside the Humans in the War of the Vampire Counts, including the Night Siege of Castle Tempelhof, the defeat of the Vampire Countess Emmanuelle, and the Battle of Hunger Wood.
• 2025 Vlad Von Carstein is slain by Grand Master Kruger of the Knights of the White Wolf. However, Von Carstein is seen at the head of an army within a year, while Kruger's body is found at the base of Ulricsburg, drained of blood.
• 2084 Clan Skyre perfects the Farsqueeker - allowing instantaneous communication between warrens of any distance.
• 2111 Citizens of Rotebach discover that the Count of Middenland has made a bargain with Chaos. He has the entire city hanged to protect himself.
• 2145 Battle of Hel Fenn. Manfred von Carstein, the last Vampire Count of Sylvania, is destroyed along with his Undead hordes.
• 2163 Finubar is crowned Phoenix King.
• 2201 The King of Brettonia, Louen Orc Slayer, begins the Errantry Wars, setting out to rid Brettonia of Greenskins for good. Over the next century, Brettonia is again cleared, as the Orcs again take refuge in the Grey Mountains and surrounding forests.
• 2205 The Battle of Black Falls. Dwarfs and Goblins meet at the shores of the Black Water. Both the Dwarf High King Alrik and the Goblin Warlord Gorkil Eyegouger are killed. The Goblin mortally wounded by the Dwarf, drags Alrik with him over the falls. The Goblin army is routed and follow their Warlord.
• 2231 Workers building the Temple of Sigmar in Altdorf uncover ancient human tombs dated to the deity's time.
• 2250 Skirmishes between the Skaven and Tomb Kings breaks out into full war. The Skaven use this as a chance to expand their tunnel networks in the Southland.
• 2252 King Qus sets out from Nehekhara to plunder gold from the Dwarfs to the north. The Dwarfs retaliated by sacking Numas.
• 2302 The Great War Against Chaos, also known as The Second Great Chaos Incursion.
  • The oncoming Chaos army forces large groups of Orcs southwards into the Empire and World's Edge Mountains. Some join the onslaught, while others harry the Army as they pass.
  • The Gray Seers succeed in summoning The Horned Rat during a feast in Skavenblight. The Clan Lords are so terrified by the manifestation that the Council of Thirteen is reorganized according to the Horned Rat's will, and all hostilities among Skaven are halted.
  • Karaz-a-Karak is attacked.
  • Praag is besieged and destroyed by the attacking Chaos host.
  • Ar-Ulric Kriestov leads and army to relieve Kislev. During his absence, Middenheim is ravaged by beastmen in his absence. The raids stop when Ar-Ulric returns.
  • Chaos lays siege to Kislev, but is eventually repelled by a combined force of Elves, Dwarfs, and Humans led by Magnus the Pious. This marks the end of the war.
• 2303 The Skaven are exhausted by hundreds of years of war. They battle both the Empire and the forces of Chaos during the great war, but are mostly marginalized.
• 2304 Magnus the Pious is elected Emperor. Rebuilding of the Empire. Magnus stablishes his court in Nuln.
• 2305 Teclis founds the Colleges of Magic in Altdorf.
• 2320 - 2321 The destruction of the Marienberg fleet results in Skaven raids all over the Old World coast. Dwarf Ironclads from Barak Varr seek out and destroy the Skaven in the Black Gulf.
• 2377 The Monkey King ascends to the throne of Cathay. He installs Warlord Kishkik of Clan Eshin as an adviser and begins to trade with the Underempire.
• 2387 Skaven sappers undermine the walls of Castle Siegfried in Sylvania. When Prince Karsten of Waldenhorf fails to pay them for this service, they carry off every child in his city.
• 2399 Clan Skyre perfects "Warprails", warpstone powered locomotives. Originally used to move mine carts, it is quickly adapted to carry troops as well.
• 2420 Goblin Warlord Grom destroys many Dwarf tombs, mines, and small settlements before defeating a Dwarf army at the Battle of Iron Gate.
  • Grom and his army enter the Empire. Nuln is again burned to the ground.
  • Grom eventually drives his army towards the sea, where he builds a great fleet and sets sail. They are never seen in the Old World again.
  • Eventually, it understood that Grom sailed to Ulthuan and ravaged the island until finally defeated by the High Elves under Eltharion in the siege of the city of Tor Yvresse in Yvresse.
  • Brettonian King Charlen anounced his intention to lead the Errantry Wars east into The Border Princes' lands and beyond. Brettonia wins a huge battle at Blood River, and more settlers move into the Border Princes' lands.
• 2473 Belegar, descendent of King Lunn, declares himself King of Karak Eight Peaks and sets up camp on the site of the old citadel. The Dwarfs descend into the Keep but are outnumbered and become stuck in a permanent siege with the Orcs.
• 2488 The Brettonian armies are finally beaten at the Battle of Death Pass by Warboss Morglum Necksnapper. This marks the end of the Errantry Wars.
• 2492 Tzar Vladimir Bhoka is killed by Goblins east of Kislev. His son, Boris, inherits a nation that has done little to rebuild after the Second Great Chaos Incursion.
• 2493 Tzar Boris Bhoka defeats a large army of Beastmen outside Praag, earning the name Radii Bhoka (Bhoka The Red).
• 2497 Radii Bhoka travels into the wilds with his war-bear Urskin. He becomes the first High Priest of Ursun in over 400 years, taking the title Boris Ursus.
• 2498 The Battle of the Jaws. A Dwarf army heads south to reinforce Karak Eight Peaks. The leader, Duregar, defeats the Orcs and moves south, before being ambushed again at the Battle of the East Gate.

[edit] The Age of Recompence

• 2500 Orc Warlord Gnashrak forms a massive WAAAGH!, uniting all the Greenskin tribes of the World's Edge Mountains, and leading the army a long the Silver Road towards Karaz-A-Karak.
• 2502 Crowning of Karl Franz, the current Emperor.
• 2503 - 2507 Karak Azul is attacked by Orcs under Gorfang Rotgut, entering by a long forgotten tunnel. The King, Kazador, is captured in his throne room and many are dragged off to the Black Crag dungeons. Kariz, the kings son, is shaved and nailed to his father's throne in insult to the king.
• 2505 Tilean armies sack the tombs of Zandri in Nehekahara.
• 2509 Settra The Imperishable builds a great army to expand his realms in what is referred to as "The Great Purge".
• 2510 The Orc Warlord Gnashrak is finally defeated by King Ungrim of Karak Kadrin at the Battle of Broken Leg Gulley.
• 2512 Azhag the Slaughterer leads a large army of Greenskins into the northern Empire.
• 2514 Fritz Von Halstadt, Chief Magistrate of Nuln, is discovered trading Warpstone with Skaven under the purview of Gray Seer Thanaquol. Von Halstadt is put to death, and Thanaquol leads an army to the city, ravaging half of it, before being driven back by fires set by the city's defenders. Half of Nuln is destroyed.
• 2515 Beastlord Graktar raids and destroys the villages of Gorstburg and Leitenbad, but is defeated at the Battle of Helmgart. He is forced to fight a series of duels to maintain his position.
  • The Battle of Osterwald. Azhag is finally met and defeated by the Imperial armies.
• 2516 - 2517 Graktar is defeated in a challenge by Khazrak. Khazrak ventures across Drakwald, sacking the settlements of Jagerhausen, Immelscheld, and Arenburg, as well as razing the castle of Graf Sternhauer outside of Grimminhagen.
• 2517 Tzar Boris Ursus dies fighting in Troll Country. Tzarina Katarin is crowned.
• 2518 Boris Todbringer of Middenheim and Middenland sets out to purge Drakwald of beastmen. He personally takes the eye of Khazrak at the Battle of Elsterweld. Khazrak becomes known as "Khazrak The One Eye".
• 2519 The Battle of a Hundred Cannons. A large Goblin horde attacks Zhufbar and a relief force marches from Karaz-a-Karak.
  • A force of Ogres bypass Karak Kadrin and march on the Moot. It is realized the Ogre army pushed the Goblins to attack Zhufbar.
  • Armies from Karaz-a-Karak, Karak Kadrin and Zhufbar unite under High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer and battle as the Ogres try to cross the River Aver.
  • An army from Nuln arrives and aid the Dwarfs by surrounding and destroying the Ogres using the largest concentration of artillery ever seen in the Old World.
  • Khazrak avenges his losses when he takes the eye of Boris Todbringer during an ambush on the count's army outside Norderingen. The count places a 10,000-crown reward on Khazrak's head.
• 2520 The threat to Albion. The Slann create gates to the island, and Scar-Leader Kroq-Gar leads the first war parties to cleanse the island.
  • Lord Mazdamundi begins to alter the climate of the island, and a new jungle is formed. Works begins on a new temple city, Konquata (Place of Resistance).
• 2521 The sacred mists of Albion are restored. In the Empire, the time known as "The Storm of Chaos".
• 2522 The growing power of Chaos is evidenced by Marauder tribe striking into Lustria led by Dark Elves.
  • Mazdamundi and Koq-Gar leave Konquata for Hexoatl to defend against these incursions.
• 2523 Thorgrim Grudgebearer commands King Alrik Ranulfsson to clear the Silver Road and attack Mount Gunbad. This is done easily as many Orcs had rallied to the banner of Grimgor Ironhide.

[edit] References

• Warhammer Armies : Lizardmen, Games Workshop, 2003
• Warhammer Armies : Dwarves, Games Workshop, 2000
• Warhammer Armies : Tomb Kings, Games Workshop, 2002
• Warhammer Armies : Kislev, Games Workshop, 2003
• Warhammer Armies : Beasts of Chaos, Games Workshop, 2003
• Warhammer Armies : High Elves, Games Workshop, 1993
• Warhammer Armies : Empre, Games Workdhop, 1995
• The Life of Sigmar, Games Workshop, 2000
• Children of the Horned Rat, Black Industries & BL Publishing, 2006