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 |  0 EE | **The Berusian Confederacy**. Families of Berusians gather together to form the Berusian Confederacy, a union of like minds in a representative meritocracy. This coincides with the founding of Xatitar. |
 |  34 EE | **Berusian Foundations**. Early versions of the modern Foundations and the BFA are created, with three Foundations; Erudition, Telestism, and Warding. |
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 |  211 EE | **[[lore:history:events:kaian_manijahu|Kaian Manijahu]]**. On the shard of Masreya, one warlord rises from among the masses to unify the Sidsel people and drive off their chief competitor - becoming the First Kaian and founding the Manijahu Covenant in her name. |
 |  304 EE | **Ferocity of Fezre'zalash**. Famed Kezvee warrior Fezre’zalash defends the Kezve’ta from assault by dangerous creatures of the span. In the wake of the battle, they were chosen to lead the defense of the Kezve’ta, founding the Fezre’za. |
+|  313 EE | **[[lore:history:events:the_first_bearer|The First Bearer]]**. A Vassellian named Destin DiConteur manifests the first known Relic on Vasselern, trying to defend his village, thus beginning a lineage of Bearers. |
+|  342 EE | **Foundation of Preservation**. The Foundation of Preservation is formed and folded into the Berusian Foundation Authority. |
+|  461 EE | **First Recorded Sighting of a Vecca**. Berusian administration clerk Betitit Hizili catches a glimpse of a Vecca during a risky pearl run. |
+|  486 EE | **First Magisail Spanship**. A Vassellian ship is equipped with magicked sails and simple enchantments is foisted out into the Span for the first time. |
+|  499 EE | **The Othergate**. First contact with the Other as told by Saenoch storytellers. The story has been skewed and is now mostly myth. |
+|  583 EE | **First Berusian Spanship**. Powered by the first versions of Arcane Engines, the Berusians build their first functional Spanships and began tentative explorations around their shard. |
+|  599 EE | **Ky'limek Conscription**. The Ky’limek Creches, long hidden and slumbering in the depths of the shards, are slowly corrupted and conscripted by Szekaris’ influence. |
+|  607 EE | **[[lore:history:events:fall_of_berus|Fall of Berus]]**. As the Berusians expand deeper into the caverns of their homeshard, they seem to awaken hoards of insectoid monstrosities that overwhelm and force the species to flee into the Span. |
+|  622 EE | **Berusians Arrive at Vasselern**. After nearly two decades of searching, the Berusian’s fleet of Spanships arrive at Vasselern, seeking aid. |
+|  623 EE | **[[lore:history:events:founding_of_the_accord|Founding of the Accord]]**. A formal agreement between the Vassellian Sovereignty and the Berusian Confederacy forms the first form of the Accord - which would grow into a shard spanning alliance. |
+|  642 EE | **[[lore:history:events:unearthing_of_the_wrought|Unearthing the Wrought]]**. A series of excavations into the mountains of eastern Vasselern uncover stores of constructs, seeming servitors of the Caretakers, that awaken as a new sentient species - unaware of their past or future. |
+|  651 EE | **First Arclock Weapon**. Developed by a Vassellian tinkerer, the first Arclock weapon is developed - a simple firearm using metal balls as ammunition, propelled by arcane magic. |
+|  704 EE | **[[lore:history:events:the_foulheart|The Foulheart]]**. See main article. |
+|  705 EE | **New Berus Colony**. After returning to Berus in the wake of the destruction of the Foulheart, the Berusians refound Xatitar under the name of New Berus. |
+|  705 EE | **The Foundation of Wardens** is refounded in New Berus after their fall nearly a century prior. |
+|  707 EE | **The Accord Spancrystal Safety Act** is passed. This founds the First Protectorate, which is responsible for managing Spancrystal trade, and Spancrystals are made a regulated commodity. |
+|  709 EE | **The Legacy of Berus**. A group of survivors are discovered in the Coreward region of Berus, who had formed their own system of government after believing themselves to be the only survivors. Efforts began to reintegrate them into Berusian society. |
+|  712 EE | **Masreyan Defensive Pact** is signed, granting military Accord assistance to the Masreyan Covenant. |
+|  724 EE | **Vecca First Contact** is established. The Vecca step out of the shadows of myth and reveal themselves to the living creatures of the Shards. |
+|  727 EE | **[[lore:history:events:the_oraszan_gap|The Oraszan Ga]]p**. The First of two such events, where all contact and ability to transport to the Other becomes impossible for the span of one year - and denizens of the Other are left with no memory before this gap. |
+|  730 EE | **The Accord Expansion Act** is passed. This subsidizes colonization efforts. A number of colonies are formed in the next five years. |
+|  730 EE | **New Wrought Representative Selected.** |
+|  730 EE | **Moranda is Founded** as the first colony of the Accord, named after the reigning Queen. |
+|  735 EE | **The Masreyan-Ch’toklan Ceasefire**. Fighting ends, negotiations begin. |
+|  736 EE | **The Outburst**. Nearly 30 years after the destruction of the Foulheart, bursts of corruptive energy - now known as the Sorrows - explode throughout the shards, leaving Sorrowscars in their wake. |
+|  736 EE | **Masreya Joins the Accord**. On the condition the Masreyans do not engage in violence with the Ch’toklans, the Sidsel are granted citizenship in the Accord. This enforces the cease fire, the Masreyans know they will lose support if they attack, and the Ch’toklans know they are outnumbered if they do. |
+|  736 EE | **The Masreyan Cold War Begins**. With peace never officially signed between the Masreyan and the Ch’toklans, but both sides being policed by the Accord, the war cools to a tepid tension. Border skirmishes never truly stop, and a vague ‘neutral zone’ is established between their territories. |
+|  736 EE | **The Accord Expansion Act’s funding is suspended** while the Accord studies The Outburst and determines the threat. |
+|  739 EE | **Queen Florence Augusta DiMorandi Retires**. When old age begins to inhibit her judgment, the Queen retires - prompting the election of a new Queen. |
+|  739 EE | **Election Scandal of 739**. Prospective Queen Kelaina DiNancledra is caught attempting to bribe members of Parliament to skew the upcoming election. DiNancledra and several members of Parliament are dismissed and jailed. In the wake of this the aggressive and expansionist Sovereign Elaina Arqueleda is elected. |
+|  740 EE | **The Accord Expansion Act** is renewed in tandem with the Accord Colony Protection Act which includes funding for defenses, ships and other equipment needed for frontiersfolk. |
+|  741 EE | **Ky’isst Autarchy**, a society of free and self-sufficient Ky’limek begin forming on the fringes of the northern Span under the oversight of Queen K’k’iist’a. |
+|  743 EE | **The Sorrowspan**. The first colony ship goes missing in the dark northern regions of the span, which is labeled as a region to ‘enter at one’s own risk’. |
+|  744 EE | **New Berus** is proclaimed the official capital of the Berusian Confederacy. |
+|  744 EE | **The Flotilla Schism**. Heads of homeships in the Berusian Flotilla who elect to remain in their ships decide to form their own city state. After a year of arguments and embargoes, they opt to rejoin the Confederacy. |
+|  747 EE | **Spancrystal Control Act is passed**. This ordered the First Protectorate, which previously policed Spancrystal trade, to confiscate and collect all spancrystals into one location. Distribution is then tightly policed and regulated. |
+|  750 EE | **Bearers Decline**. The Order of Bearers reports an alarming decline in the number of new Relics found - less than 20% of previous generations. |
+|  755 EE | **Kezve’ta-Accord Trade Federation is formed**. While this agreement does not make the Kezvee members of the Accord, it does solidify a number of trade arrangements between the Accord and the Kezvee Trade Union. |
+|  757 EE | **The Underhold forms** as an attempt for the wealthy elite of Tidehold to have a sanctuary and exclusive community, far from the prying eyes of the Accord. The construction quickly proves expensive, however, and the project is abandoned. This doesn’t stop numerous workers and squatters to quickly occupy the partially constructed villas, and take the colony for their own. |
+|  759 EE | **Battle of Rasatya**. With the urging of Sovereign Arqueleda, the Accord offers military support for a number of attacks against Ch’toklan positions on the borders of the Rasatya neutral zone, in violation of the terms of the cease fire. In retaliation, the Ch’toklan unleash powerful weapons on a number of civilian Masreyan towns - with massive death tolls. |
+|  759 EE | **[[lore:history:events:sorrows_emerge|Sorrows Emerge]]**. On the same day as the bloody Battle of Rasatya, a lost AEF Colony Ship emerges from the so-called Sorrowspawn. The former crew corrupted and mutated by unknown magics, they attacked several Accord vessels before being destroyed by the AEF. |
+|  759 EE | **Sovereign Elaina Arqueleda Resigns**. After pressure from the press, the people, and Parliament, the Sovereign resigns, as the consequences of the Battle of Rasatya are considered to be linked to the emergence of the Sorrowspawn. |
+|  760 EE | **Safety-In-Expansion Emergency Act** is passed by a monarch-less Parliament, restricting travel into the Sorrows and setting up patrols along the border to the region. |
+|  760 EE | **Queen Calia DiAltsada is Elected**. A cautious Queen, DiAltsada focuses on the defense of the Vasselern and the Accord and less on expansion. Begins a long era of cautious stagnation. |
+|  763 EE | **Accord Chancellor Zezz Kazita Appointed**. To create a singular entity who can break ties in debates and ensure process for the Accord Council, the role of Chancellor is created. The Chancellor is selected in rotation from the various member states, and is considered an independent from their home nation while holding the Chancellor seat, each for seven years. |
+|  770 EE | **Terminus is Founded** as the first independent free colony of the Wrought. The Accord recognises the Wrought as an independent nation, and ends their vassalship. As part of this, a new Wrought Council is formed as their heads of state. |
+|  777 EE | **The Year of the Seven**. A yearlong series of festivals are held across Vasselern, honoring the Seven Infinites. |
+|  779 EE | **Bearers Consolidation**. With membership stabilizing at only a sliver of what it was before the Shift, the Bearers reorganize their ranks and work to establish new exchanges with non-Accord nationals for the induction of new Bearers. |
+|  782 EE | **[[lore:history:events:convocation_of_the_cycle|Convocation of the Cycle]]**. In 782 EE, a large delegation of Vecca arrive on Vasselern, eager to speak with the heads of the Shardkeeper Enclave - a faction of druids and naturalists they viewed as the Accord’s most naturally-attuned leaders. |
+|  789 EE | **The Underhold Riots of 789**. Loosely coined as ‘riots’, rising tensions between the organizations and gangs of the Underhold boil over into brawls and street warfare, forcing the Accord to step in. The entire city of the Underhold is locked down by the AEF for weeks, while the issue is debated. |
+|  791 EE | **The Underhold** is declared a subject of the Accord, and new policing efforts are implemented. Low budgets and priorities make this effort less than successful. |
+|  794 EE | **The Restitution**. The Ky’limek Queen of the Autarchy sends an envoy to the Berusian people, offering amends of resources to the rebuilding nation, in the hopes of demonstrating their sorrow at being involved in the destruction of their home. |
+|  797 EE | **The Absolution**. After years of debate - a particularly long time for Berusians - they finally agree to accept the Ky’limek offer. While this is a political decision, the general populace are still distrusting of the Ky’limek people. |
+|  799 EE | **[[lore:history:events:gratos_rebellion|Gratos Rebellion]]**. A colony in the far flung reaches of the Accord discovers a rich vein of Spancrystals. When frustrations with the Accord and the First Protectorate come to a head, the colony declares its independence, forming the Freehold Collective. |
+|  809 EE | **The Second Oraszan Gap**. Confirming the 82 year cycle suggested by some Skrabb who managed to leave the Other, all access to the Other is impossible for one year. |
+|  810 EE | **Queen Calia DiAltsada Passes**. Unexpectedly, the Queen - while aged - was in good health, yet passed in her sleep. |
+|  811 EE | **The Parliament publicly debate the need for a Monarch**. At the end of months of debate and hearings, the Parliament decides to keep the Monarchy, but reduces their authority somewhat in the wake of a stagnant rule under DiAltsada. |
+|  812 EE | **Sovereign Nia Francisca is Elected**. Descended from Admiral Francisca, they set their sights on improving the connection between the members of the Accord and, although very kind, are somewhat weak on policy. |
+|  827 EE | **The Accord Free Captains Act** is passed. In response to the growth of the Freehold Collective and a communal desire for more independence, Sovereign Francisca petitions the Accord to create a program for Accord-sponsored and subsidized Free Captains. |
+===== The Current Era =====
+In comparison to the excitement of the 700s, the early 800s have thus far been quiet and peaceful - even to the extent of criticism by the detractors of the Accord and its allies.
+With few threats beyond mild internal strife and the somewhat passive Sorrows, focus has been shifted to empowering the denizens of the Shards to uncover the Expansion Regions and continue apace with steady exploration and expansion.
+==== The Modern Accord ====
+It is the opinion of many voices within the Accord - and without - that the alliance has hit a plateau of quiet - albeit stagnant - stability in the early 800s. With passive leaders in Vasselern, a Berus still focused on internal development and recovery, the Sidsel still restricted by a cold war, and a number of once promising colonies finding a home instead in the Freehold Collective, the Accord has made little headway in expansion or development since the 770s.
+The current Accord Chancellor, Astute Observation, has focused their efforts on the bolstering of the Sorrowgate outpost - a military installation of the AEF intended to prevent any creatures or vessels from the Sorrows from infiltrating Accord territory. While much of the Accord agrees the protection of its shards is critical, this has meant much of the AEF’s resources have been pulled from their typical exploratory efforts - leaving the bulk of the shards still unexplored.
+For now, the Accord keeps the peace, and strives to maintain the status quo for its member states, leaving the adventure and exploration in the hands of free captains and brave pioneers. While this policy shift has its detractors, the push for independent exploration has brought about a renaissance for adventurers and freelance pilots.
+==== Push for Independent Exploration ====
+To this end in 827 EE, as a response to the formation of the Freehold Collective, Sovereign Nia Francisca of Vasselern proposed the Accord Free Captains Act, which subsidizes independent exploratory and colony efforts with funding and support from the AEF.
+Adventurers who register with the Accord as Independent Expeditionaries are granted a number of rights and privileges as outlined by the Free Captains Act, including discounted Gateway access, emergency support by the AEF, and the ability to seek grants for Spanships or supplies for establishing new outposts.
+Independent Expeditionaries also have the unique ability to contract specific missions and assignments on behalf of the AEF - from running supplies, to exploring to regions - and be rewarded for their work.
+While this program has been well regarded by many who were tired of stagnation and poor resource management in the case of the AEF, some have argued that this is simply an effort to foist the expansion of the Accord onto private citizens, and the elite reap benefits.
+Either way, this program has brought about a wave of new Spanships and explorers headed for the fringes of Accord territory, and into the Expansion Regions beyond - eager to step into the unknown, and face what meets them.