Vana'diel Timeline
This timeline chronicles the known events throughout the history of Vana'diel. Some events in this timeline have exact years, based on information from the Vana'diel Tribune and other official sources. Others have either approximate years or no known year at all, and are placed in relation to events that are known to have happened before or after them.
This timeline may contain some spoilers.
The Golden Age of the Ancients
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??? | The True Crystal creates the world and its creatures, and fills it with people that will become the Gods and Goddesses of Vana'diel. Each being is forged of a single element of its light: Fire, Water, Wind, Thunder, Earth, Ice, Light, Darkness, Life, Death, etc. |
??? | The Age of the Gods, also known as Paradise, ends. The Age of Mortals begins. |
??? | The Olduum civilization is founded, known for its mastery of electricity. Its remains can be seen today in Aht Urhgan. |
??? | The Zilart civilization is founded. |
??? | The Kuluu plague sweeps through the Zilart, marking a new "race" of the same name. The Kuluu are banished to the cities that will become modern day Windurst and Temple of Uggalepih. |
??? | A young prince of the Zilart accidentally comes too close to a mothercrystal and has his Emptiness crystalized within him, giving himself both immortality and a vision of Paradise. |
??? | The construction of the Crystal Line and Tu'Lia begins. |
10,000 years ago |
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10,000 years ago | While Bahamut and his army attack Al'Taieu, a Kuluu force attacks the Vahzl Crag, destroying it. This causes a chain reaction, known as the Meltdown, that almost destroys Vana'diel. The Sea of Shu'Meyo is actually the crater of the explosion.
Religion records this event as the birth of the Five Races and the Beastmen. |
After 10,000 years ago | While life on Vana'diel slowly recovers from the incineration that was the Meltdown, the new races build their first civilizations. The energy from the explosion slowly finds hosts, becoming the legends of the Celestial Gods:
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About 1,000 years ago | August Adoulin unites the island nations and becomes the Founder King of Adoulin. |
The centuries before 1 C.E. | Built on the more primitive civilization of Olduum, the Alzadaal Empire becomes the most powerful country during the recovery. It conquers a vast area with its mastery of electricity, robotics and alchemic artificial lifeforms known as chimera. They begin to build a towering robot to house their god Alexander, to bring his power to the battlefield. |
900 years ago. | The Alzadaal Empire come into conflict with a country that worships their god's hated rival, Odin. |
Exactly 885 years ago. | His followers, desperate to stop Alzadaal, perform a human sacrifice to summon Odin. Odin and Alexander clash, destroying each other's vessels, and everything else for thousands of miles. Alzadaal is no more. From the view of the Middle Lands, a brilliant flash of light races across the sky followed by a cataclysmic storm. It takes a full year for the sun to return. Its return marks year 1 of the Crystal Era (C.E.). |
The Age of Beasts
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Since 10,000 years ago | While empires rise and fall elsewhere, the Middle Lands, once the center of Zilart power, is nothing but a forgotten backwater. With no functioning technology to rebuild on, it has nothing worth conquest by outside forces. Internally, its various tribes and races are too busy killing each other to bother looking outside its borders. This entire era of war is known as The Age of Beasts. The Galka and Mithra build the first stable nations in the region. Humes are relatively unknown in the Middle Lands and the Elvaan are divided into dark ages-style tribes. The nomadic Tarutaru tribes are at the mercy of their neighbors. Then, according to legend, a great star leads the Tarutaru tribes to Windurst in the pre-Crystal Era. |
C.E. ??? | The war between the Galka of Zepwell Island and the Antica beastmen begins by accident. |
C.E. 219 |
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The Age of Magic
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C.E. ??? | Du'Dha is born. |
C.E. 250 | Du'Dha becomes the king of the Quadav. |
C.E. 274 | Tukuku is born. |
C.E. 277/278 | At the age of three, Tukuku unconsciously casts her first black magic spell, unwittingly incinerating her own home. Being recognized for her skill in magic at an early age, Tukuku is summoned as an apprentice scribe into the service of Star Sibyl Tabilolo. |
C.E. 290 | Mounting tension between the four Tarutaru tribes:
Star Sibyl Tabilolo dies. Tukuku is named to succeed Star Sibyl Tabilolo, however, not one Tarutaru chieftain attended the rite of succession of the Star Sibyl; the advent of magic had escalated conflicts between the tribes to new heights. |
C.E. 291 |
The Quadav launch an offensive on the Coumlaud, an Elvaan tribe that dominated Central Quon, using it as a hunting ground, led by King Du'Dha himself. The Quadav are victorious against the Coumlaud in Derfland. |
C.E. 294 | Star Sibyl Tukuku appears at the site of a major battle between two Tarutaru tribal alliances, and casts a powerful spell that stuns both sides of the conflict. She then gathers all of the chieftains and strongly urges them to unite as one nation. After three days and three nights of negotiations, the Federation of Windurst is established. |
C.E. 298 | Star Sibyl Tukuku dies. |
Late 200s~Early 300s C.E. | The Galka lose their war with the Antica and the survivors flee through the cave systems that connect Zepwell Island to Quon. All the Galka who flee through Kuftal Tunnel are completely massacred. The Galka who take Korroloka Tunnel take heavy losses, but a few thousand make it to modern-day Bastok. |
C.E. 342 | Lungo-Nango is born in the Federation of Windurst. |
C.E. 3??-373 |
Lungo-Nango discovers his talent as a beastmaster and becomes a Combat Caster after a fallout with Windurst's School of Magic. Lungo-Nango is promoted to the position of Master Caster and Magistrate over the region of Norvallen. He petitions to the Parliament of Patriarchs for the subjugation of the Elvaan tribes who laid waste to the Norvallen region and builds an army to deal with Elvaan insurgents. Lungo-Nango pens a work known as the "Grimoire", a text that would later become an irreplaceable resource of the proponents of the Schultz School of Martial Theory. |
C.E. 373 | Lungo-Nango performs a successful invasion of the Elvaan-occupied Southern Quon. |
C.E. 373-376 |
Lungo-Nango receives the title of Warlock Warlord, an honor that was bestowed upon him unconventionally from the countless victories that he had achieved. As Warlock Warlord, Lungo-Nango sweeps across the Quon continent with decisive force, subduing its varied inhabitants. |
C.E. 371 | Samariri is born in the Federation of Windurst. |
C.E. 376 |
Lungo-Nango is declared a hero for his conquest in the Quon continent and is called back to the capital for a victory parade. The Parliament of Patriarchs accuses Lungo-Nango of insubordination and removes him from his post, thus dissolving his armies and stripping him of his status. He subsequently disappears from the public eye in a state of despondency. After Lungo-Nango's death, the mages of Windurst narrow their research to the study of pure magic, and Lungo-Nango's brilliant magical, martial tactics were all but forgotten. |
C.E. 381 | The Elvaan and Quadav Alliance
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C.E. ??? | The Kingdom of San d'Oria is established with Lanfeaur d'Oraguille as its first ruler. |
C.E. ??? | The Poroggos
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C.E. 404 | Samariri dies. |
C.E. ??? | With the art of magic now known to all the people of Vana'diel-–even beastmen-–the Tarutaru, filled with regret, enter an era of isolation. They close their borders to all but their longtime friends, the Mithra. Over time, the once-proud civilization would become more and more out of touch with the rest of the world. |
The Age of Power
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350 | A civil war known as "The Rebellion" rips Adoulin apart as the Twelve Orders fight for rights to settle Ulbuka in preparation for a period of colonization called "The Great Expedition". |
In the late 300s C.E. | Gold and Mythril are discovered in southern Quon. The Great Rush is on and thousands come to the southern provinces of San d'Oria from around the world, mostly Humes. |
First half of 400s | Sverdhried, the founder of the Rune Fencer job, returns from Rhazowa, where he learned about runes. |
C.E. 4?? | Mayer is born in the Near East. |
C.E. 4?? | While still a youth, Mayer is seduced by the gold rush's promise of easy wealth, and stows away on a ship bound for the Quon continent. |
C.E. 4?? | Now a dedicated miner, Mayer’s tireless excavations in Gusgen Mines earn him the nickname "Ironman Mayer". |
C.E. 480 | A famous painting of the World Tree, Yggdrasil, is finished. |
C.E. 491 | The Royal Knights of San d'Oria are formed with Lord Fainevlure Ordelle as their first captain. |
C.E. 49? |
Mayer's wife is killed by a San d'Orian soldier. Mayer decides to put down his pickaxe for a sword and forms a partisan force along with his friend Dalha. |
C.E. 49? | Mayer and his men lure the San d'Orian army into a narrow ravine, where they succesfully overwhelm the Elvaan forces. Mayer gains fame and respect among the working class because of this. |
C.E. 494 | The Republic of Bastok is declared. Mayer is elected to a lifelong term as the first President of the Republic of Bastok. |
C.E. 494-503 | During his time in office, Mayer builds the foundation of the republic by forging diplomatic relations with other countries and drafting the constitution of the Republic of Bastok. |
C.E. 500 | Realizing that his death is imminent, King Du'Dha begins fasting rites, ordering his policies for the next hundred years to be carved onto his gravestone as an epitaph. King Du'Dha the Everyoung dies, but his reign continues despite his physical death. |
C.E. 503 | President "Ironman" Mayer is assassinated by a Galkan youth. |
C.E. 524 | A Quadav named Vo'Gho infiltrates the King Du'Dha's chambers and usurps the throne, declaring the former king's death to the kingdom. King Vo'Gho destroys King Du'Dha's epitaphs and mobilizes the kingdom for conquest and territorial expansion. |
C.E. 542 | Acheufagais R d'Oraguille, the fourth son of Harvest King Resviel, is born in the Kingdom of San d'Oria. |
C.E. 550~580s | A series of massive earthquakes rocks Ulbuka and Adoulin during a period of colonization called "The Great Expedition". These literally reorganize the land, making previous maps completely unusable. |
C.E. 557 | Marelinne R d'Oraguille is born to the sibling of King Resviel in the Kingdom of San d'Oria. Both of Marelinne's parents die. She is secretly adopted and raised by the family cook. |
C.E. 558 | Prince Acheufagais personally slays his stepbrother—-a contender for the throne—-to become the ninth ruler of the Kingdom of San d'Oria. |
C.E. 558-563 | King Acheufagais focuses his efforts on war, leading campaigns against foes such as the Orcs and the Republic of Bastok. Fighting in many battles himself, he is feared by enemies and allies alike as the "Warking." |
C.E. 563 | The First Battle of Konschtat:
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C.E. 567 | King Acheufagais "Warking" R d'Oraguille dies at the young age of twenty-five. Rumors of foul play by the aristocrats begin running rampant throughout San d'Oria. The sudden death of King Acheufagais leads to a dispute over his successor, heightening tensions between regional leaders of San d'Oria. |
C.E. 568 | Just when it seems that a civil war is imminent, Marelinne R d'Oraguille's name surfaces as the rightful successor to the throne, when it was proven that she was a blood relative of the late king, thus making her the tenth ruler of the Kingdom of San d'Oria. A new dispute begins over who would be Queen Marelinne's guardian until she is of age. |
C.E. 5?? | Growing weary of the intrigue surrounding her, Queen Marelinne leaves the capital under the pretext of surveying other regions. She never returned to the capital again, always issuing her orders from wherever she journeyed. |
C.E. 588 | Queen Marelinne R d'Oraguille vanishes without a trace, never to be seen or heard from again. |
C.E. 607 | Sheep are introduced to Quon for the first time as trade from Adoulin in exchange for flour from Zulkheim |
The Age of Technology
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C.E. 657 | Friese is born to a peasant family in the Republic of Bastok. |
C.E. 6?? | Friese becomes an apprentice to a Galkan blacksmith at an early age. |
C.E. 673 | All colonization efforts end in Adoulin and the "Great Expedition" is declared over. The people retreat behind the Jorius Yett and the nation turns to mercantilism. |
C.E. 676/677 | Friese's work catches the attention of the chief of the Republic of Bastok's Department of Industry, who set her to the task of helping plan the construction of Bastok’s windmills. |
C.E. 676/677-6?? | Friese earns great fame for her part in the construction of Bastok's windmills. During the construction of Bastok's windmills, Friese records her observations of the Quadav and approaches the Republic of Bastok's Department of Mining with her writings. Friese becomes acquainted with the department senator and is appointed captain of the newly formed Gold Musketeers. |
C.E. 684 |
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C.E. 68? | The miner Babenn's name is ordered wiped from the records of the Palborough Mines and the other miners ordered never to reveal he existed. His friend, Omran, obeys, but rescues his unaltered diary. He secretly gives it to his great-grandson Elki before he dies. |
C.E. 688 | Gwynham Ironheart is born in the Republic of Bastok. |
C.E. 690~? | The Second Battle of Konschtat:
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C.E. 698 | Captain Friese dies. |
C.E. 700s | Gwynham Ironheart becomes a sailor on a trading vessel plying the Bastore Sea. |
C.E. 719 | The Federation of Windurst celebrates the 500-year anniversary of Star Sibyl Rimilala's discovery of magic. To commemorate this event, Rimilala Stripeshells are minted in the Federation. |
C.E. 738 | Ginuva is incarnated. |
C.E. 740s | Captain Gwynham Ironheart's trading vessel sinks. He survives, while the rest of his crew is lost at sea. |
C.E. 748 | After losing both his ship and his crew at sea, an elderly Gwynham Ironheart decides to take up the profession of adventurer and sets out on foot to map all the lands of Vana'diel. He makes an inscription in a stone off the shore of South Gustaberg to serve as a monument for the beginning of his journey, first surveying his home Gustaberg region. |
C.E. 749 | While surveying North Gustaberg, Gwynham Ironheart pays his respects to the pioneers that dug the Palborough Mines. Gwynham Ironheart journeys to Drachenfall, in the depths of North Gustaberg. While there, he makes an inscription in a stone behind a waterfall and spends the night there drinking to the nameless Galkan heroes who lost their lives in Palborough Mines. |
C.E. 750 | While making his map of the Konschtat Highlands, Gwynham Ironheart carves an inscription into a slab of stone inside a cave in the central part of the highlands. On it, he tells of the trading that goes on between Bastok and San d'Oria within the highlands. |
C.E. 751 | While making his map of East Ronfaure, Gwynham Ironheart decides to attend San d'Oria's Autumn Hunting Festival. However, despite the fact that he found the event to be grand, he grew bored of it upon realizing that all there was to hunt were wild sheep and rams because all the other animals in the forests of Ronfaure had been hunted to extinction. Later, he leaves an inscription on a slab of stone in the southern area of East Ronfaure (near the site that would become the tomb of the future King Ranperre) telling of his time at the Autumn Hunting Festival as well as the potential damage that may be done to Ronfaure's ecosystem due to the Elvaan's extensive hunting and introduction of new animals into the environment. |
C.E. 755 |
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C.E. 757 | While mapping out Rolanberry Fields, Gwynham Ironheart makes an inscription on a stone slab in the southeastern part of the area, explaining the importance of rolanberries. |
C.E. 758 | Gwynham Ironheart visits Vunkerl Inlet in hopes of going fishing where the Bastore Sea and Sea of Shu'Meyo meet. He explains in detail why this makes the Inlet a fabled fishing spot. But his trip is interrupted by Gigas, and after inscribing the story of his encounter in the cave he hides in, he flees. |
C.E. 759 | During his survey of Batallia Downs, a place believed to be the cradle of modern civilization in Vana'diel, Gwynham Ironheart journeys to an island off the south shore of the area. It is here that he leaves an inscription on a stone slab explaining the significance of the area, and even of life itself. |
C.E. 761 | Gwynham Ironheart returns to the Kingdom of San d'Oria for the first time in ten years. He is shocked at the sight of Orcish warriors roaming far south of their land, and even more shocked to find out that the Elvaan knights don't consider them a threat. He later leaves an inscription on a stone slab in the southern forests of West Ronfaure, telling of the Elvaan's lack of concern for the situation and predicting that someday thousands of orcs will bring war to the kingdom. |
C.E. 762 | After rescuing a swimmer in Valkurm Dunes, the girl takes Gwynham Ironheart to an inlet to watch dolphins. He recognizes it as a good harbor and names the place after the girl, Selbina. Before he leaves he writes his inscription on a stone. |
C.E. 762 | Bastok pays Gwynham Ironheart to map Grauberg in preparation for building a fort. After almost falling to his death, his life is saved by pixies. He writes of his encounter before returning to Bastok to advise stopping the project. |
C.E. 763 | Gwynham Ironheart travels to Pashhow Marshlands and is captured by the Quadav. But after they learn he is a mapmaker, they release him and give him a guided tour of the area. In his inscription he marvels at the Beastmen's metalworking skills. |
C.E. 764 | Gwynham Ironheart visits La Theine Plateau and looks upon the Crag of Holla. Although priests say these were made by the gods, he believes he has discovered they are man-made. Before leaving for Valdeaunia to prove his idea, he writes a good-bye to his daughter in case he dies. |
C.E. 765 | Gwynham Ironheart dies at the hands of Orcish marauders while exploring the northern region of Valdeaunia. He is buried in Valdeaunia by his Elvaan rival, Lord Torresapet B Ordelle. |
C.E. 768 | Erpalacion B Chanoix is born. |
C.E. 770 | Gwynham Ironheart's daughter Enid continues her father's work by becoming the first westerner to enter the continent of Mindartia in hundreds of years. Like her father before her, she leaves an inscription on a stone in Sauromugue Champaign telling of the destruction of the original Garlaige Citadel and predicts a bridge being built across the Jeuno Straits. |
C.E. 773~ | Imperial rule is abolished in Adoulin and the council of the Twelve Orders takes over, marking the establishment of the Sacred City of Adoulin. |
C.E. 774 | Enid almost dies from a fever, but finds refuge in a cave in Tahrongi Canyon. As she recovers, she carves the names of her companions who died in a heat wave on the wall. |
C.E. 777 | Enid arrives in Windurst and leaves an inscription in East Sarutabaruta commenting on how the towers match drawings her father sent her from the northlands. She believes the same civilization built them, although they are hundreds of miles apart. |
C.E. 778 |
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C.E. 782 | Agents of East San d'Oria murder the King of San d'Oria. Prince Ranperre R d'Orguille inherits his father's throne and becomes the twenty-fourth ruler of San d'Oria. |
C.E. 784? | Miners in Gusgen Mines stumble onto the Moblin city of Movalpolos. A Galka miner, Jabbos, miscommunicates the meaning of a statue of Promathia they had dug up because of his stutter, starting a war between the Moblins and Bastok. The fighting ends when the statue is taken by the Tavnazian Cathedral. The Moblins then move their town, and Jabbos leaves with them. |
C.E. 784/785 | Having studied under the tutelage of a dragoon veteran, a young Erpalacion B Chanoix is conferred the rank of master dragoon. |
C.E. 786 | General Erpalacion B Chanoix earns recognition in his homeland of San d'Oria and beyond for his achievements in the Elshimo campaign. |
C.E. 7?? | General Erpalacion B Chanoix is selected to become the general of the San d'Orian Royal Knights-—the youngest recorded in history. |
C.E. 7?? | After ten years of fighting, King Ranperre-—who had earned the nickname "Dragon King"—-subdued the East San d'Orian forces and put an end to the long and bloody civil conflict. |
Late 700s~Early 800s C.E. | During the initiation of a new Tavnazian nun, the Baptismal Vessel flashes a blinding white and sends a shock wave through the room, killing almost everyone. The handful of survivors are plagued with nighmares and visions of the god of death, Promathia. The initiate, a 12-year-old girl named Prishe, awakens to find black crystal imbedded in her chest and abdomen. She soon develops strange powers, and over the following years discovers she no longer ages. She is declared "The Abhorrent One" and is imprisoned in the cathedral. |
C.E. 808 | The book Ten Timeless Tales of Tradition is published by Federation Publishing. This is possibly one of the earliest writings which tell the legend of the Smilebringers. |
C.E. 812 | The Seventh Yagudo War begins when Nee Lufa the Manifest leads the Yagudo Theomilitary against the Federal Forces of Windurst in West Sarutabaruta. |
C.E. 816 | General Erpalacion B Chanoix disappears while returning from an overseas expedition. Although his body is never recovered, a state funeral is held for General Chanoix of the San d'Orian Royal Knights, who was referred to as the "Last Dragoon". |
C.E. 820 | Doggvdegg is born. |
C.E. 824 | The bounty hunter and alchemist Azima is born. |
C.E. 82? | Having successfully taken over West Sarutabaruta, the Seventh Yagudo War ends with the Yagudo successful in their conquest. |
C.E. 827 | Tzee Xicu is born to a militaristic Yagudo farming household. Tzee Xicu's family is scattered just days after her birth, in a night raid by the Federal Forces of Windurst. The young Tzee Xicu is picked up and raised by a Mithran beastmaster from the Windurstian forces. |
C.E. 830 |
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C.E. 831 | Tzee Xicu manages to escape from Windurst and return to Giddeus, the Yagudo stronghold in West Sarutabaruta formed during the Seventh Yagudo War. However, she cannot understand the language of the Yagudo and is interrogated for deviance, a crime punishable by death. The head of the Divine Inspirers, the war choral unit of the Yagudo Theomilitary, hears Tzee Xicu's voice and argues fervently to save her life. |
C.E. 832 | Ranperre "Dragon King" R d'Oraguille dies and Grantieul R d'Oraguille becomes the twenty-fifth ruler of San d'Oria. King Ranperre is put to rest in his expansive tomb located on the borders of West Ronfaure. It is rumored that he made a pact with a black dragon to protect his tomb. |
C.E. 833 | Halver is born. |
C.E. 835 |
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C.E. 837 | Choh Moui is born. |
C.E. 843 | Haja Zhwan is born. |
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C.E. 8?? | Tzee Xicu becomes a member of the Divine Inspirers herself. |
C.E. 8?? | Having become famous for her singing, Tzee Xicu is declared the new Manifest, the divine incarnate, by Soo Luma the Manifest, who claims that a divine revelation had shown that her voice was in the range of the gods. |
C.E. 851 | During a royal hunt, King Grantieul R d'Oraguille is single-handedly slain by Doggvdegg, along with his retinue of ten bodyguards. Destin R d'Oraguille becomes the twenty-sixth ruler of San d'Oria. Doggvdegg's name becomes public knowledge after an Eastern San d'Orian dissident is arrested for planning King Grantieul's assassination, and forced to reveal the full details of the crime. |
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C.E. 852-3 | Atarefaunet's Band is founded, led by Atarefaunet Revemel. This gang quickly gains control of the roads of Quon and are declared a terrorist group by all nations but Tavnazia, which gives them refuge and a base of operations. |
C.E. 853 | Rahal is born. |
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C.E. 857 | A ferry route is opened between Mhaura and Selbina. |
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The Crystal War
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The Age of Adventurers
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C.E. 869 | Queen Leaute dies. She is buried in her garden. | |
C.E. 871 | Jakoh Wahcondalo is chosen as representative of Norg in a duel of champions over a territorial fight with Kazham. She wins. Chieftainess Romaa Mihgo proposes a treaty with Norg, but the price is Jakoh Wahcondalo. Jakoh leaves Norg to become Romaa's bodyguard. | |
C.E. 873 | The Air Travel Agency is founded in Jeuno. | |
C.E. 874 |
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C.E. 875 | The Airship, Jeuno - Bastok route opens. | |
C.E. 876 | The Airship, Jeuno - San d'Oria and Airship, Jeuno - Windurst routes open. | |
C.E. 878 | Curilla beats Trion in the final round of the tournament to be crowned the best swordsman in San d'Oria, but at the cost of her left eye. | |
C.E. 879 |
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C.E. 880 | Ygnas S. Adoulin declares the restart of colonization. This proves controversial and quickly divides the government. | |
C.E. 884 | The beginning of FFXI, 20 years after the end of the Crystal War, when a novice adventurer walks into one of the three nations... | It can be taken that all present-day activities take place in this year, as it is the year stated as current during The Voracious Resurgence, which requires completion of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, itself requiring progress in all expansions. |