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Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:33 pm
by Ari Rahikkala
I am currently collecting a timeline of events on Micras (mostly Shirithian, but also things like the rise and fall of the GC) related to Straylight (mostly in the sense of "they had nothing to do with us, but you could say the effects were felt here, too"). My plan is to eventually join the entire history of this whole area into asingle fictional narrative that combines both my "old ideas" and "new ideas". Oh, and I'm throwing out the idea about time passing at a different rate in Straylight. It was simply too insane. This means that I've got about 2076 years of history to consider, or about 4550 when you consider the Khaz-Modani connection.

I'm not sure if ten years is enough for this.

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:37 pm
by andelarion
It would be interesting to say the least.

One thing I can remember is this Isle of Sago thing. How did that affect Straylight?

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:49 pm
by Ari Rahikkala
I have no idea yet. It will be included, somehow.

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:11 pm
by andelarion
In the next 1000 "years", it might be Straylight a legend...

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:14 pm
by Ari Rahikkala
* thinks *

Scott's history places the foundation of Straylight at "circa 8.4.2002"... hm... I think it was a month earlier or so, at least, considering that I was coronated as Ari 0 on 17.3.2002, and I'm quite confident I'd already founded Straylight by then..

... I hate having an incomplete historical record :(

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:17 pm
by Ari Rahikkala
* ponders further *

Still, on the other hand... at least it's not Kildare...

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:01 pm
by Shyriath
*Intends to keep an eye on this, for better coordination of Sunderspray's history*

I never did get around to placing various history-related documents back into the wiki, though.

Edit: Ahhh, apparently Erik did, though...

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:46 am
by Scott of Hyperborea
My usual method in those histories if I couldn't find the actual founding post was to find the first post I could that mentioned the subdivision existing and then put "circa" in front of its date. So your memory is most likely correct.

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:46 am
by Ari Rahikkala
Hm... I guess I misremembered, after all: http://www.geocities.com/giantsquid1_19 ... ue141.html
SHIREKEEP, SHIREROTH - The succession of weak Kaisers and Stewards has been broken with the return of Erik Metzler in the form of Kaiser Mors I.
Mors, short for Mortis Mercator (which roughly translates "Merchant of Death") appeared Sunday morning and quickly put down the Yardistani revolt by cowing them by presenting an ancient Shirerothian relic. He then went on a mad decreeing spree, including but not limited to a decree to kick all foreign (which means the Tymarian government and other Tymarian states) armies out of Shireroth, a decree to make James "Fax Celestis" the new heir, a decree taking Shireroth unilaterally out of the Hegemony of Alexandros, a decree to create a new Duchy, Straylight, for former Kaiser Ari Rahikkala, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. He also shook the House of Nations up by proposing that Shireroth get a second seat (see next article) and shook up Babkha by telling them they had to stop their recwar against the Shireroth territory of South Mondesia.

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:00 pm
by Ari Rahikkala
Found the interest and time to work on this a bit tonight... unless you're *reaallly* interested in Straylight (and it doesn't seem many people are), please just consider this "internal documentation"...

903: http://pub9.ezboard.com/uzhakithedolphi ... anguage=EN
Registration of the Zhaki the Dolphin account. Later Zhaki becomes the Duke of Straylight.

954: http://shireroth.org/wiki/index.php?title=Kaiser_Ari_0
Ari 0, the Dolphin kaiser, takes the throne.

964:
In an as-of-yet unexplained incident, Kaiser Ari 0 is gruesomely assassinated.

976: For lack of a better choice of date, I'll use this as the date of the foundation of the Duchy of Straylight. Decreed by Mors I.

1162: http://p211.ezboard.com/Preparing-for-t ... =223.topic
Zhaki (conveniently still alive after almost two hundred years of Dukedom) and some other character (conveniently named Ari), able to shapeshift between human and dolphin, have a little talk with a Ly'Tecnomaezj in hiding named Dexter on their way to the coronation of Kaiser Letifer I.

1248: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... f=7&t=2854
Duchy of Straylight dissolved due to inactivity.

1374:
Barony of Straylight refounded under Brookshire.

1377: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =94&t=5820
Millions of dolphins bring Shirithian naval commerce to a halt in protest over... forum colours?

1400: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =94&t=5817
Baron Rahikkala asks for activity...

1404: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =94&t=5822
Baron Shyriath instated.

1406: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... php?t=5818
Places for Straylightians to know. Dexter Ewing's cottage, The Porpoise Leaps, Straylight Reef, Zhaki's Palace (*), Ops Center, the Burnt Arena, Palace of the Representatives. Undersea City (for dolphins). These will be incorporated into the timeline in the places where they were actually constructed once the fictionalisation begins.

1465: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =94&t=5835
Baron Rahikkala returns to activity and power, ousts Shyriath by means of Duke of Brookshire.

1472: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =94&t=5840
Shirlan incorporated. Shirlanian insanity ensues.

1493: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =94&t=5856
Silence of the Dragons. Baron Rahikkala slaps Shirlanians around for insanity.

1502: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =45&t=4871
Warning to Shirlan. Duke Metzler slaps Shirlanians around for insanity.

1511: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... f=8&t=2947
Baron Rahikkala emigrates due to problems with life in general.

1523:
After things have generally wound down somewhat, Shirlan gets dissolved.

1536:
Barony of Straylight is dissolved.

Somewhere around this time:
Straylight is reinstated as a County under Yardistan.

1915 or earlier: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... 998#p34998
Straylightian decrees, prosumably in County of Straylight. Mostly lost to history now.
Decree numbering was about how decrees would get negative numbers for now, and if I ever lose my place in the decrees again they'd get numbers of the form a+n where a is an appropriately chosen arbitrary integer and k the actual number of the decree since the latest time the numbering began again.
Flag was about the flag that's still the flag of Straylight.
Currency was about the Straylightian currency, the Piece o' Nift (usually abbreviated PON, or just called pon). One Piece o' Nift is approximately worth one profound-sounding Latin saying.

2072: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =91&t=5668
Straylight is reopened... yet it might be more problematic to find the post in which it was closed...

2117: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =91&t=5681
Duke Moose of Yardistan reforms Barony of Straylight, to be led by Baron Nick

2118: http://shireroth.kuroshiro.net/forum/vi ... =91&t=5682
Moose of Yardistan unreforms Barony of Straylight.

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:18 pm
by Liam conToketi
How are those years calculated? I've since lost the site that does it for you....

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:20 pm
by Ari Rahikkala

Re: Ambitions

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:24 pm
by Liam conToketi
Thank you. That gives me a good perspective of time for this list. (i.e. Toketi is still about a year from forming when you leave off ;))