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Exandria Unlimited: Calamity takes place over the course of a single day in the Age of Arcanum, right at the beginning of the Calamity. The following is a timeline of the campaign. It includes a number of events significant to the campaign that take place before and after.

Pre-campaign

 * The Schism
 * Among the final battles, Pelor and Melora seal the primordials Rau'shan and Ka'Mort under Mount Ygora, leading to the founding of Toramunda.
 * The Betrayer Gods are banished from Exandria.


 * 292 years prior
 * Imyr Por'co and the Gau Drashari negotiate an arrangement where the wizards may take the peak of Mount Ygora for their flying city in exchange for a tithe and the responsibility of caring for the Tree of Names.
 * Wizards, led by Imyr Por'co, separate Toramunda into the flying city of Avalir and the terrestrial city of Cathmoíra.
 * The Tree of Names, unbeknownst to Avalir, begins writing an abjuration spell across the world to protect Exandria from extraplanar threats.


 * 112 to 119 years prior
 * On an Apogee Solstice, The Raven Queen ascends to godhood, becoming the new god of death.


 * 119 years prior
 * Replenishment year.
 * During the Replenishment, the Gau Drashari update the Pact of Crown and Throne and build the Arboreal Calix to protect the Tree of Names.


 * about 13 years ago
 * Evandrin Alterra and an infant Elias arrive in Cathmoíra. Shortly after, Zerxus comes to consider Elias as his son. He falls in love with Evandrin, and they marry.


 * 9 and a half years prior
 * Evandrin becomes First Knight of Avalir.


 * 8 or 9 years prior
 * In Vasselheim, Elena Tuvaris interviews Vespin Chloras for the Herald's Tome. In the interview, he expresses interest in ascending to godhood by replacing a Betrayer God instead of a Prime Deity.


 * 7 years prior
 * Replenishment year.
 * During the Replenishment, Loquatius Seelie and Laerryn Coramar-Seelie are married. They divorce at some unknown point after.
 * Evandrin finally fades away entirely and is presumed dead.
 * Zerxus Ilerez becomes First Knight of Avalir.
 * Elias begins living with Eaedalus Okiro and his family in Cathmoíra.


 * Some years prior
 * Loquatius dismisses Elena from the Herald's Tome to protect Laerryn. Her files on Evandrin subsequently disappear.


 * 2 weeks prior
 * In Vasselheim, Vespin attempts and fails to ascend to godhood by replacing Asmodeus. He vanishes from Exandria and becomes a devil of the Nine Hells.
 * Karwen, an oracle in Avalir's Hall of Prophecy, delivers a prophecy that the Tree of Names will be destroyed and the Calamity will occur. She is deemed mad and the prophecy false. Oracles who attempt to heal her began to go allegedly mad as well.
 * A Betrayer God, presumably Asmodeus, makes a follower a k'nauthi to engineer a return to Exandria.
 * While Avalir travels over Gwessar, the Hall of Prophecy contacts the Chair of the College of Divination regarding the allegedly mad oracles. The Chair, in turn, contacts the Ring of Gold.
 * Avalir is stationed over Vasselheim, its last port of call, for ten days.
 * While over Vasselheim, the Eyes of Avalir is informed that Vespin is missing. They search the city for him and, failing to find him and believing his death a simple failed ascension ritual, dismiss the case.


 * Over 1 week ago
 * Volucia, of the Ring of Gold, begins working with the Hall of Prophecy to attempt to help the allegedly mad oracles.
 * The guildmaster of the Porter's Guild is ousted following an exposé, as engineered by Betrayer God cultists to ensure the guild is leaderless.
 * Magister Micah Cormorant begins smuggling k'nauthi into the city using an illegally modified teleportation pad.


 * Recently
 * With her marriage to Cerrit Agrupnin strained by his obsessive dedication to his work, Wrayne leaves Avalir for Gwessar until Cerrit provides a reason for her return.


 * Yesterday
 * After an argument with Loras (also of the Ring of Gold) regarding the oracles, Volucia renounces magical practice and leaves Avalir. Loras takes over management of the Hall of Prophecy and has the Hall quietly closed tomorrow.

Campaign

 * Between 5 : 00 am and 5 : 45 am
 * Dawn.
 * Zerxus wakes from a nightmare involving Elias, Evandrin, Asmodeus, and Pelor.


 * Morning to afternoon
 * Avalir is projected to dock at Cathmoíra at 5:35 am, ten minutes before sunrise.
 * Loquatius delivers the morning broadcast.
 * Laerryn receives news from Calum Staffwright that the Grand Geometer registered a significant movement in the leylines, confirming an Apogee Solstice tomorrow.
 * Cathmoíra becomes visible to Avalir just on the horizon. Spell kites from Cathmoíra begin entering Avalir.
 * Loquatius visits Laerryn, and they agree to
 * Nydas Okiro turns away Magister Milus Phren, who heard he is illicitly selling ether. He focuses on preparations for the Replenishment, the Parade of Beasts, and other festivities.
 * Cerrit is brought into the investigation of Vespin's disappearance, which Orwyn has re-opened after interest from the Ring of Silver this morning. Concerned by the unusual details found in Vespin's sanctum, he instructs Orwyn to lock the psychometric chamber down for the next hour and send a full catalog of the sanctum and Vespin's personal effects to his office.
 * Patia Por'co meets with Loras and Eldamir the Wise. Loras informs her of Cerrit's investigation and instructs her to relay any information she learns directly to the Ring of Gold, instead of the usual chain of command through the Octothurge and Magisterium.


 * Sunset
 * The Feast of Imyr starts at the Palazzo Por'co, hosted by Patia.
 * The Parade of Beast starts in Excelsior Plaza.


 * Between sunset and 10 : 00 pm
 * Zerxus flies over Cathmoíra on Tempus.
 * Cerrit, Nydas, Loquatius, Laerryn, and Zerxus arrive at the Feast of Imyr.
 * Lacrytia Hollow arrives at the Feast of Imyr with a k'nauthi cultist disguised as her hodmedod attendant.
 * Purvan Suul is mocked by Lacrytia Hollow and the other guests at the Feast of Imyr. As he leave, Loquatius and Zerxus follow him to talk, foiling an assassination attempt by Lacrytia. Purvan informs Loquatius and Zerxus that the Raven Queen is anxious about Vespin's disappearance, and he warns them that the future is troubled.
 * While investigating the disanimated hodmedod, Cerrit discovers and kills the k'nauthi in the Palazzo Por'co. Simultaneously, Maya breaks her curfew to attend a party at the Sorcerer's Academy. Her brother Kir contacts their father Cerrit to tattle on her. Cerrit instructs Kir to follow her but to remain unseen.


 * about 9 : 40 pm
 * Laerryn and Nydas leave the Feast of Imry and, with Dweomer, perform a test of the Astral Leywright.


 * 10 : 00 pm
 * The Ring of Brass reconvenes at the Ivy Table, then investigates the body of the k'nauthi Cerrit killed.
 * The fireworks extravaganza begins.


 * after 10 : 00 pm
 * The Ring of Brass finds that Lacrytia gifted Patia a vial of poison as an alternative to what is to come.
 * Patia discovers that Madara Glyph witnessed Lacrytia's foiled assassination attempt on Purvan and that Micah altered her memory to remove it.
 * Loquatius and Cerrit search the archives at the Herald's Tome. Cerrit discovers the interview with Vespin. He also discovers Elena's files on Evandrin missing, but Loquatius lies to Cerrit about them and Cerrit chooses not to push further.
 * Patia and Laerryn visit Micah's office at the Magisterium and swiftly kill him.
 * Zerxus and Nydas visit the Hall of Prophecy. Zerxus has a vision with Asmodeus and attempts to magically absolve Asmodeus. Nydas reads Karwen's original prophecy.


 * 1 : 00 am
 * Avalir begins its descent to Cathmoíra.
 * Immediately after the descent begins, Akami Rowe is killed by Lacrytia Hollow, Milus, Findras Lightbreaker, and k'nauthi cultists.
 * The Ring of Brass arrive minutes later, and they kills Lacrytia, Milus, Findras, and the cultists in a fight.
 * The finale of the fireworks extravaganza begins.
 * Under the cover of the fireworks finale, k'nauthi attack the city's twelve Eldritch Batteries. All attacks except one are successfully repelled by the city's defensive forces.


 * 2 : 00 or 3 : 00 am
 * Cerrit leaves the group to take care of his children Maya and Kir.


 * Before 4 : 00 am
 * Orwyn is killed in the Hall of Eyes by cultists. The cultists additionally steal Vespin's personal effects from Cerrit's office to begin a ritual to summon him into Exandria.
 * Cerrit arrives at the Hall of Eyes to discover that Vespin's items are missing. He contacts Kir and instructs him to bring Maya home immediately. He then discovers that Orwyn has been dead for some time, and he receives the Runes of Recall that Orwyn
 * Gruumsh is released into Exandria.
 * Ghor Dranas is established.
 * Maya and Kir arrive home.


 * about 4 : 00 am
 * Laerryn casts Blight on the Tree of Names, destroying it and allowing Asmodeus to step into Exandria. Patia is killed in the instantaneous aftermath.
 * Zerxus further pulls the true heart of Asmodeus into the world. He is killed numerous times by Asmodeus immediately after.
 * Asmodeus creates the Mace of the Black Crown from Xartaza.
 * Loquatius dies from wounds sustained from the destruction of the Tree of Names and arrival of Asmodeus.
 * Laerryn escapes and witnesses Asmodeus discussing plans with Vespin. He summons devils to attack Avalir through the k'nauthi and orders Vespin to release Rau'shan and Ka'Mort so they may join an attack on Vasselheim.
 * Cerrit arrives home. He sends Maya and Kir to Wrayne in Gwessar, then burns down the house down. He begins making his way to Laerryn.
 * Zerxus accepts the Mace of the Black Crown
 * Zerxus uses Cleansing Touch on Vespin, allowing him to temporarily regain himself. Vespin then alters the contract so that it does not take effect until sunrise.
 * Zerxus casts Revivify on Loquatius and Patia.


 * 4 : 15 am
 * The Ring of Brass arrives at the Hall of Prophecy.
 * Karwen delivers a second prophecy to the Ring of Brass. She foresees the Prime Deities losing the upcoming war should the Rau'shan and Ka'Mort be released, thus damning the world to eternal torture by the Betrayer Gods.


 * 4 : 20 am
 * The Ring of Brass leaves the Hall of Prophecy.


 * after 4 : 20 am
 * Patia casts Teleport on her Sphere of Power, sending it to Maya.
 * She informs Eldamir that Avalir is about to fall. Loras teleports to the Herald's Tome headquarters.
 * Nydas prepares the airships of the Golden Scythe to evacuate the people of Avalir. He kills Badran, who attempted to stop him, and discovers that cultists tampered with some of the Taxmen.
 * Loquatius traps Loras in a Wall of Force, then delivers a broadcast instructing civilians of Avalir and Cathmoíra to evacuate. He instructs city officials of Avalir to remain.


 * 5 : 00 am
 * Dawn begins.
 * Zerxus visits Elias in Cathmoíra, then orders the devils in the city to lay down their weapons.
 * Evacuation in Cathmoíra begins in full.


 * 5 : 15 am
 * Laerryn begins work on the Astral Leywright to banish Ra'shaun and Ka'Mort.


 * 5 : 33 am
 * Two minutes until Avalir docks.
 * The Ring of Brass reconvenes at the Astral Leywright.
 * Over eighteen seconds, they defend the Astral Leywright from Vespin and corrupted Taxmen. Zerxus, Nydas, and Patia are knocked unconscious in battle.
 * Nydas and Patia die from their wounds.
 * Zerxus gives in to his contract before he dies, becoming a champion of the Nine Hells.
 * Calum reconnects the Eldritch Battery previously brought offline by cultists.
 * The Astral Leywright banishes Ra'shaun and Ka'Mort from Exandria, destroying Avalir, Cathmoíra, and the rest of Domunas in the process. Loquatius and Laerryn are killed in the explosion. Cerrit escapes.


 * 5 : 45 am
 * Sunrise.

Post-campaign

 * In the day after
 * The Betrayer Gods attack Vasselheim. The siege lasts twenty days, ending when the Prime Deities force the Betrayer Gods to retreat. This starts the Calamity.


 * Weeks later
 * After flying across Exandria, Cerrit reunites with his family in Gwessar.


 * Centuries later
 * The Calamity ends with the Divergence.
 * The Age of Arcanum ends.