| Date |
Event, URL if available |
| c5000 BP |
The Pataki peoples establish themselves as the dominate people of the now-named Patak
valley, the fertile region nestled between the two arms of the Pataki mountains of central,
modern Rovens. They are a fusion of the Chakran and Zipangi peoples of modern-day
Westermarc. Anthropological evidence suggests that the Pataki people were Chakran peoples
of modern-day Armatirion who fused with wandering tribes of Zipangi over hundreds and
thousands of years.
The Pataki people tell that the mountain range are the arms of the great god Cunis,
their guardian, their protector, who would protect them from their enemies, and from the
elements. The land would provide a natural base for their civilisation; fertile, protected
and warm jungle. |
| c.3000 BP |
The Pataki people have expanded their domain. They dominate from their valley to the
southern coast, and far into the west to the great river. They also spread around the
mountains in the south and into the fertile east of the land. They have their own civilisation,
but it is only a collection of small kingdoms without a central government, only a common
pantheistic religion, social structure and culture. |
| c.2500 BP |
The Kpothan people from modern-day Begral expand further down the east coast, and expel
the few Pataki they find there. At the same time, the Pataki central Kingdom, in the Pataki
valley begins absorbing neighbouring kingdoms into itself. |
| c.2100 BP |
The Pataki Empire takes shape, spreading as far afield as modern-day Ada, down to the
fertile river delta, across the south coast of modern-day Rovens, to the disputed line
with the Kpothans, further north into modern-day Begral, to the river. It is formed when
the eastern Kingdom, based in Apkotari, merges with the western kingdom.
Apkotari renames to Potok, and the Pataki rule from the twin capitals, Patak and
Potok. |
c.1900 -
1400 BP |
A series of wars with the Kpothan people both to the south of the mountains, and in
the north near where the great river meets the mountain range take place over 500 years,
as the Kpothans establish their own empire. |
| c.1500 BP |
Utani traders and explorers from the south land on the south coast of the Pataki Empire,
establishing contact, trading and exploring. They are tolerated, and even allowed to
establish permanent outposts on the south coast. |
| c.1000 BP |
As the Utani come in greater numbers, they establish colonies, produce new vegetable
crops, and expand their holdings all under the authority of Pataki governors. The Pataki
people in that region are weakened by the war against the Kpothans, with whom the Utani
make a peace, and the area is slowly ceded to the Utani, but under the Imperial crown. |
| c.700 BP |
With the advent of the Savaj Empire, the Gvonj colony, as the Utani now call it, briefly
asserts independence, but then asserts allegiance to the Pataki Empire. Short little
rebellions often inflame, but are successively put down. |
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Gvonj-Pataki War (602-523 BP) |
| 602 BP |
The Savaj Empire lays claim to the Gvonj Utani provinces. The Gvonj Utani are split as
to whom their loyalties lie. The Empire moves in the troops and persecutions begin, with
thousands killed and villages burnt by the hundreds. The Gvonj call on the Savaj Empire
to aid them. |
| 596 BP |
The first troops from the Savaj Empire arrive in the south-east of Gvonj, at Ojomo,
using that town as the base of their operations. Numbering only about 10,000 men, they
establish a foothold, then train the local Utani to fight. They also establish an alliance
with the Kpothan Empire that is eagar to join in the fight against their arch-enemies. |
| c.583 BP |
Catastrophe strikes the Pataki Empire. After a glorious 1,600 years of conquest,
sciences, arts, architecture and civilisation, the Empire splits, with Potok seceding
from the Patak. Blame over causing the Gvonj crisis is said to have precipitated the split,
but it was most certainly an internecine split, with the princes of the Empire accusing
the others of conspiricy and treasury theft. All documentation of the period seems to
suggest the Empire regarded the Gvonj rebellion as a non-issue. |
| c.581 BP |
The Gvonj rebellion strikes deep into Pataki territory, as far north as then-Gvonj
borders again. By now, over 40,000 troops from the Savaj Empire have been shipped to the
colony, and Utani nationalism in Gvonj, in contrast to the past, is at fever pitch. With
the Empire pushed out of Gvonj-proper, the Utani desire to fight degrades, though the
locals are as nationalistic as never before, and a desire to punish the Pataki for the
massacres of twenty years ago grows, with each successive generation. |
| c.577-551 BP |
The Patak Emperor, Knhosa VI (577-551 BP), is absolutely determined to reforge the
Empire his forefathers once ruled. He pits his empire against the Gvonj, against the
Kpothans, and even against the Potok Empire, in a bid to subdue each one for rightful
return of the Pataki Imperial Crown. But, split between so many enemies, the war against
the Gvonj is slow. |
| 551 BP |
Patak Emperor Gsamre III takes power in a bloodless coup (save the gruesome executions
of the Knhosan royal family). He immediately ends the war with the Potok (indeed, his
coup was SPONSORED by that same empire), and three years later establishes a peace with
the Kpothans. He then focuses all his energies against attacking the Gvonj Kingdom, which
"sits upon the lands the Pataki hold dear".
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| 546 BP |
The great armies smash through the border defences of the Gvonj, and thousands enlist
in the counter-offensive army, eagar to avenge their ancestors of the 112 IC massacre
(they used the Imperial Calendar at that time).
The Pataki Armies overrun Kopara, slaughtering thousands, and besiege Yoma-Koj, the
fortified city in 545 BP.
The Savaj Empire sends thousands upon thousands of soldiers marching along the coast
of modern-South Bay, only to have them slaughtered and die along the way, and reach the
Potok border and have to fight their way through the river delta, to the city of
modern-Bay. They are all-but wiped out in 534 BP. |
| 544 BP |
Yoma-Koj holds long enough to see the grand armies of Gvonj attack the Pataki armies
besieging the city. Thousands against thousands, and the resultant slaughter is a Pyhrric
victory for the Utani. |
| 541 BP |
The second army from Utania arrives by sea, in fishing vessels and makeshift ships,
consisting of 38,000 soldiers. Joined by more Gvonjians, the great army makes haste to
recapture Kopara, doing so by the end of the year after five years under the Pataki.
Within two years, the Pataki have been expelled from Gvonj, but, they are returning
with a new army. |
| 541-537 BP |
A series of border wars ensues, with neither side able to crush the other's army. That
all changes in 537, under General Amea Akopanya. Knowing that the Patak Empire's renewed
strength is the Potok Empire, sends his army to the river delta of Bay, and besieges that
city. The brazen move quickly sees the Potok Empire make a peace with the Gvonj, and
withdrawing supply to the Patak Emperor.
Patak Emperor Gsamre III finds he is no long able to raise such enormous armies without
quite the same funding, and is forced into defensive. |
| 537-530 BP |
General Akopanya completes a series of amazing strategic victories against the Patak
forces, all the while promising the Potok Emperor portions of the Patak Empire as reward
for favour.
More troops arrive from Utania, and the General's campaign into the heartlands of the
enemy see him come within sight of Patak by 530 BP. |
| 529 BP |
The capital of the Patak Empire is besieged. |
| 526 BP |
The fortified city of Patak, besieged for the past two years, finally capitulates to
the forces of the Savaj Empire, and the Pataki valley essentially becomes part of the
Savaj Empire. In exchange, the Potok Empire is granted control of the west, very much
along the South Bay-Gvonj border of today. |
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Savaj Empire rule of Patak (523-146 BP) |
| 512 BP |
The ever-so-brief Gvonj-Kpothan war, the first of many that would now proceed, as the
Kpothan attempt to expand into Gvonj, while the Utani expand slowly eastward. |
| 287 BP |
After centuries of conflict and a moving border, the Utani of Gvonj conquer the entire
southern coast of Kpotha, taking all the land to modern-Haastadt. |
| 146 BP |
After a relatively peacful almost-300 years, the Pataki are beginning to revolt, with
the assistance of their cousins further west. So begins a revolt lasting 120 years, in
which the Utani, unsure why they control the area, lose control of the Pataki valley. |
| 27 BP |
Utani control of the Pataki valley finally ends. The Utani garrisons have been defeated,
after the fall of Patak. The Potok Empire has long disappeared, so a series of kingdoms
rule over the Pataki. |
| Plague-time |
The population of the region is decimated by the plague. Hundreds of thousands are
killed. |
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Guwimithian rule of all lands |
| c.20 AP |
The Gvonj kingdom joins in a confederation of nations based in Guwimith, and soon the
Kpothan kingdom follows. The Pataki never do, and control over that region is not cemented
by the Guwimithians until later. |
| 110 AP |
A colony is established on the east coast, which will become known as the Port of
Olives, named after the original product of the area. A huge garrison is sent to reinforce
the position of the people there. |
| 134-166 AP |
For thirty-two years, the Guwimithian Army takes control of the whole region, with
little resistance met. Civilised peoples are put in charge of the dependency peoples
but the region outside the Port of Olives colony isn't considered all that important. |
| 160-230 AP |
The Colony has expanded further west from the coast, and south, and Namurian, Ingallish
and Teuton immigrants move into Gvonj and Kpothan lands, clearing it, establishing farms
and digging minerals. Seventy years of moderate prosperity.
About 220 AP, rubber becomes a key ingredient in the Guwimithian Empire, so jungle in
the Pataki valley is cleared to make way for the rubber plantations. |
| 260 AP |
A massive famine in the Pataki valley, partly due to the overabundance of rubber plants
in place of food crops, leads the population to raid food-farm storehouses over the
mountain ranges, and so begins the Pataki rebellion. |
June 15th,
278 AP |
The communist and democratic Pataki rebels take the city of Patak off the Guwimithian
Army, in a crushing victory. The communist Pataki Peoples' Army cements its position as
the dominant rebel group by crushing the others, one by one. |
March 18th,
299 AP |
Zartlam Oil exploration rigs are attacked by a coalition of anti-development and
anti-Guwimith rebels. The Guwimithian government, beset with internal struggles, discord
and disinterest, unknowningly raised the ire of the Zartlam owners, the Zartanian and
Whitlamite governments, who sent troops to "secure" the Dependencies in early April. It
effectively ended 300 years of Guwimithian rule of the region, and the Empire collapsed
soon after. |
May
299 AP |
The UNVCOCN takes control of the region, reforms it substantially, then begins to give
independence to the nations. |
| April 300 AP |
A proposal by the Utanian provisional government to take control of the Gvonj at the
same time they become independent is rejected by the UNVCOCN. The UNVCOCN Director for the
northern region is determined to see UNV region-Gvonj form one country. |
September 13th,
300 AP |
174 councillors from across the UNV-administered "Gvonj" province gather to discuss a
proposal for independence and 154 of the delegates combine to form the Peoples Independence
Movement for Rovens (PIMR), a cross-party union, pushing ahead with one proposal.
 |
| December 300 AP |
The UNV approves the PIMR proposal and Rovens is born. |
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Independent Rovens |
January 1st,
301 AP |
Rovens is independent. |
March 30th,
301 AP |
An attempted coup is staged by the leader of the Rovenian paratrooper battalion,
Colonel Enra Zegannin. He calls on the rest of the Army to support him, but two days later,
Rovenian Army CiC, General Keralski, denounces the attempted coup and the paratroopers
largely surrender there and then. Colonel Zegannin is arrested on the 5th.
Coup-master arrested
Keralski condemns coup |
July 19th,
301 AP |
One of the key leaders of the Pataki Peoples' Army, and architect of the modern Peoples'
State, Rhosei Penyassa is assassinated in the city of Kpotha in the country's centre.
Thousands burst onto the streets the following day in protest, and they continue for days,
progressively getting more violent.
Rovens Aflame! |
July 30th,
301 AP |
One million people march through the capital city of Haastadt in protest against the
government that has been stalled by -- it is claimed -- inaction, croneyism, and corruption,
and the people blame the K'yonte government for the Penyassa assassination.
Over one million rally in capital.
The following day, President K'yonte, after only six months in the top job, resigns,
accepting all responsibility for the failure of his government to yield the result the
people need.
President resigns
It will be another two months before a new President is elected, as the PIMR government
appears to be increasingly shaky and divided. Amea Kope, the man that sealed the truce
with the rebel groups, including the PPA, is elected primarily with support from the
communist Rebel's political party, the PCP.
President Kope gives a speech defying the country's factions to try and overrun him.
President Kope lays down the law |
February 15th,
302 AP |
Free elections over two days begin at 11am this morning. They are the first in the
country's history. Over 15.5 million voters are expected to participate. |
