When it happens
OpensEsfonmas (Melt Month, early spring), Year 1
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ClosesGespamas (Gleaning Month, mid-autumn), Year 1
"Grimly Wood, Late Summer"; Battle of Timberwatch dated to Autumnal Equinox; "I want to marry her by Yule."
Introduced in this book 15
Antrig
Captain
Baston
Toll-keeper / road warden
Bendonal
Warmage
Cormaran
Warmage
Dunselen
Court Mage of Castal
Grendine
Duchess
Hartarian
Censor General
Jannik
Minstrel
Kavial
Mercenary Captain (Kavial's Company)
Kindine
Prime Minister of Castal
Rard
Duke of Castal
Rardine
Heir to the Family
Rolof
High Mage (Boval Veteran)
Sarakeem
Warmage
Wenek
Warmage
Also appearing 18
Major events 2
Battle of Timberwatch
Battle · Year 1
The pitched day-long battle that broke the first gurvani horde -- and the night it ended, Duke Lenguin of Alshar was assassinated by Isily on the Family's orders, disguised as a battlefield wound. Hesia and Horka fell on the field; the Hesian and Horkan Orders would later be named for them at the Robinwing Conclave. Lenguin's death cleared Rard's path to the throne of Castalshar.
Siege of Tudry
Siege · Year 1
Some ten thousand gurvani encircled the chartered city of Tudry while Duke Lenguin of Alshar refused to send relief from Vorone. Minalan and a coalition of warmagi, mercenary companies, and the heavy cavalry of the Baron of Megelin coordinated a relief battle that broke the siege. After the battle, Azar burned the Lord Mayor of Tudry alive in council for invoking the Bans on Magic. Civil control passed to Captain Volerin of the City Guard; military command was given to Astyral, who would hold it for the rest of the early war. Tudry became the warmagi's forward base for the entire Penumbra war that followed.
Places in play 6
Timberwatch baronyThe Wilderlands regionDuchy of Alshar duchyTudry cityVorone capitalThe Umbra region
Joined the ranks
- Minalan — Head of the Arcane Orders, Arcane Orders of Castalshar
- Pentandra — Former Administrator, Arcane Orders of Castalshar